Japan X Bowl

The Japan X Bowl (previously the Japan Super Bowl) was the annual championship game of the X-League, the highest level of professional American football in Japan.

Japan X Bowl (1987-2021)

Year	Bowl	Stadium	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award	Most Improved Player (MIP)	Attendance
1987	Tokyo Super Bowl I	Yokohama Stadium	Renown Rovers	31-28	Silver Star
1988	Tokyo Super Bowl II	Tokyo Dome	Renown Rovers	28-20	Matsushita Electric Works Impulse
1989	Tokyo Super Bowl III	Tokyo Dome	Asahi Beer Silver Star	14-9	NEC Falcons
1990	Tokyo Super Bowl IV	Tokyo Dome	Matsushita Electric Works Impulse	14-6	Onward Oaks
1991	Tokyo Super Bowl V	Tokyo Dome	Onward Oaks	49-10	Sunstar Finies
1992	Tokyo Super Bowl VI	Tokyo Dome	Asahi Beer Silver Star	21-7	Matsushita Electric Works Impulse
1993	Tokyo Super Bowl VII	Tokyo Dome	Asahi Beer Silver Star	13-0	Sunstar Finies
1994	Tokyo Super Bowl VIII	Tokyo Dome	Matsushita Electric Works Impulse	48-28	Onward Oaks
1995	Tokyo Super Bowl IX	Tokyo Dome	Matsushita Electric Works Impulse	54-20	Recruit Seagulls
1996	Tokyo Super Bowl X	Tokyo Dome	Recruit Seagulls	30-10	Onward Oaks
1997	Tokyo Super Bowl XI	Tokyo Dome	Kajima Deers	48-12	Matsushita Electric Works Impulse	RB Yasushi Horiguchi (Kajima)		38,500
1998	Tokyo Super Bowl XII	Tokyo Dome	Recruit Seagulls	45-24	Asahi Beer Silver Star	WR Takashi Horie (Recruit)		32,000
1999	Tokyo Super Bowl XIII	Tokyo Dome	Asahi Beer Silver Star	18-16	Kajima Deers	QB Kanaoka (Asahi Beer)		24,000
2000	Tokyo Super Bowl XIV	Tokyo Dome	Asahi Soft Drink Challengers	20-18	Matsushita Electric Works Impulse	Tamon Nakamura (Asahi Soft Drink)		25,000
2001	Tokyo Super Bowl XV	Tokyo Dome	Asahi Soft Drink Challengers	14-7	Matsushita Electric Works Impulse	LB Shinzo Yamada (Asahi Soft Drink)		25,000
2002	Tokyo Super Bowl XVI	Tokyo Dome	Seagulls	14-7	Fujitsu Frontiers	QB Daisuke Takahashi (Seagulls)		21,500
2003	Japan X Bowl XVII	Tokyo Dome	Onward Skylarks	13-10	Asahi Beer Silver Star	RB Yasuhiro Kabata (Onward)		22,500
2004	Japan X Bowl XVIII	Kobe Wing Stadium	Matsushita Electric Works Impulse	15-6	Asahi Beer Silver Star	K/P Masahiro Ota (Matsushita)		15,500
2005	Japan X Bowl XIX	Tokyo Dome	Obic Seagulls	25-16	Matsushita Electric Works Impulse	DE Kevin Jackson (Obic)		13,564
2006	Japan X Bowl XX	Kyocera Dome Osaka	Onward Skylarks	24-21	Kajima Deers	Takashi Kojima (Onward)		12,327
2007	Japan X Bowl XXI	Tokyo Dome	Matsushita Electric Works Impulse	33-13	Fujitsu Frontiers	QB Tetsuo Takata (Matsushita)		17,629
2008	Japan X Bowl XXII	Kyocera Dome Osaka	Panasonic Electric Works Impulse	28-14	Kajima Deers	Jindai Ishino (Panasonic)		13,834
2009	Japan X Bowl XXIII	Tokyo Dome	Kajima Deers	21-14	Fujitsu Frontiers	WR Naoki Maeda (Kajima)		22,059
2010	Japan X Bowl XXIV	Tokyo Dome	Obic Seagulls	20-16	Panasonic Electric Works Impulse	QB Shun Sugawara (Obic)	S Atsushi Tsuji (Panasonic)	18,353
2011	Japan X Bowl XXV	Tokyo Dome	Obic Seagulls	24-17	Fujitsu Frontiers	WR Noriaki Kinoshita (Obic)	QB Hiroshi Izuhara (Fujitsu)	19,864
2012	Japan X Bowl XXVI	Tokyo Dome	Obic Seagulls	27-24	Kajima Deers	RB Takuto Hara (Obic)	S Hiroki Kato (Kajima)	23,126
2013	Japan X Bowl XXVII	Tokyo Dome	Obic Seagulls	24-16	Fujitsu Frontiers	DE Kevin Jackson (Obic)	CB Al-Riwan Adeyami (Fujitsu)	22,488
2014	Japan X Bowl XXVIII	Tokyo Dome	Fujitsu Frontiers	44-10	IBM Big Blue	RB Gino Gordon (Fujitsu)	TE John Stanton (IBM)	25,085
2015	Japan X Bowl XXIX	Tokyo Dome	Panasonic Impulse	24-21	Fujitsu Frontiers	QB Tetsuo Takata (Panasonic)	WR Junpei Yoshimoto (Fujitsu)	25,408
2016	Japan X Bowl XXX	Tokyo Dome	Fujitsu Frontiers	16-3	Obic Seagulls	QB Colby Cameron (Fujitsu)	DL Hiroaki Nakazato (Obic)	25,455
2017	Japan X Bowl XXXI	Tokyo Dome	Fujitsu Frontiers	63-23	IBM Big Blue	WR Teruaki Clark Nakamura (Fujitsu)	-	22,953
2018	Japan X Bowl XXXII	Tokyo Dome	Fujitsu Frontiers	35-18	IBM Big Blue	RB Trashaun Nixon (Fujitsu)	-	25,457
2019	Japan X Bowl XXXIII	Tokyo Dome	Fujitsu Frontiers	28-26	Panasonic Impulse	RB Samajie Grant (Fujitsu)	-	20,000
2020	Japan X Bowl XXXIV	Tokyo Dome	Obic Seagulls	13-7	Fujitsu Frontiers	RB Taku Lee (Obic)	-

Japan X Bowl appearances by team

Appearances	Team	Wins	Losses	Winning percentage
15	Panasonic Impulse	7	8	.467
12	Fujitsu Frontiers	5	7	.416
11	Obic Seagulls	9	2	.818
8	Asahi Beer Silver Star	4	4	.500
6	Onward Skylarks	3	3	.500
6	Lixil Deers	2	4	.333
3	IBM Big Blue	0	3	.000
2	Asahi Soft Drink Challengers	3	0	1.000
2	Renown Rovers	2	0	1.000
2	Elecom Kobe Finies	0	2	.000
1	NEC Falcons	0	1	.000