Asahi Beer Silver Star

Asahi Beer Silver Star

Established	1970
Based in	Kawasaki City, Kanagawa
Head coach	Kiyoshi Oka
League	X-League
Division	Central
Colors	Navy Blue and Silver [1]
Japan X Bowl titles	(1989, 1992, 1993, 1999)
Division titles	3 (1997, 2006, 2009)
Website	http://www.asahibeer.co.jp/silver/

The Asahi Beer Silver Star are an American football team located in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan. They are a member of the X-League.

Team History

• 1970 Team Founded
• 1989 Won first Tokyo Super Bowl championship.
• 1993 Won first Rice Bowl National Championship.
• 1999 Won fourth Tokyo Super Bowl championship.
• 2009 Won Eastern divisional title. Advanced to the Final stage where they lost to eventual X-League runner up, the Fujitsu Frontiers 31-21.

Seasons

X-League Champions (1987–present)

Division Champions

Final Stage/Semi-finals Berth

Wild Card /2nd Stage Berth

Season	Division	Regular Season				Post Season Results	Awards	Head coaches
		Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties
1997	East	1st	5	1	0	Won Wild card match ( Nissan Prince Tokyo) 31-13 Lost Semi-finals match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 6-26		Abe
1998	East	2nd	4	1	0	Won Wild card match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 26-10 Won Semi-finals match (Kashima) 38-13 Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XII (at Recruit) 24-45		Abe
1999	Central	2nd	4	1	0	Won Wild card match (Onward) 23-13 Won Semi-finals match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 20-15 Won Tokyo Super Bowl XIII (Kashima) 18-16 Won 53rd Rice Bowl National Championship game (Kwansei Gakuin 33-17		Abe
2000	East	2nd	4	1	0	Lost Wild card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks)		Abe
2001	Central	2nd	4	1	0	Lost Wild card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 6-24		Abe
2002	Central	3rd	3	2	0			Fukabori
2003	East	2nd	6	2	2	Won Wild Card match (at Kashima) 7-3 Won Semi-finals match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 21-14 Lost Japan X Bowl XVII (at Onward) 10-13		Fukabori
2004	East	2nd	5	4	0	Won Wild Card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 10-7 Won Semi-finals match (at Onward) 13-10 Lost Japan X Bowl XVIII (at Matsushita Denko) 6-15		Fukabori
2005	Central	2nd	9	2	0	Won Wild Card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 22-19 Lost Semi-finals match (at Obic) 7-13		Fukabori
2006	Central	1st	7	2	0	Lost Wild Card match (Kashima) 6-14
2007	East	3rd	6	1	0
2008	East	3rd	9	3	0
2009	East	1st	8	2	0	Won 2nd stage match (Suita) 22-20 Lost 2nd Stage match (Kashima) 14-24 Lost Final stage match (Fujitsu) 21-31		Kiyoshi Oka
2010	East	3rd	6	4	0	Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 19-24 Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 3-34		Kiyoshi Oka
2011	Central	3rd	5	3	1	Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 10-28 Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 14-58		Kiyoshi Oka
2012	East	3rd	6	3	0	Lost 2nd stage match (at Obic) 7-69 Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 26-20 OT[2]		Kiyoshi Oka
2013	East	3rd	4	3	0	Lost 2nd stage match (at Obic) 7-21 Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 34-10[3]		Kiyoshi Oka
2014	Central	3rd	5	3	0	Lost 2nd stage match (at Fujitsu) 0-65 Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 3-65		Kiyoshi Oka
2015	Central	3rd	6	1	0	Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 14-38 Lost 2nd Stage match (at Nojima Sagamihara) 7-14 OT	Mason Mills (ROY)	Kiyoshi Oka
Total			106	40	3	(1997–2015, includes only regular season)
			15	20	0	(1997–2015, includes only playoffs)
			121	60	3	(1997–2015, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Current Import Players

Jersey #	Name	Position	Years with the team	Alma Mater
#3	Roman Wilson	WR	2015-present	Princeton University
#17	Mason Mills	QB	2015-present	University of San Diego

References

1. "X-League profile, Asahi Beer Silver Star". April 17, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
2. Marantz, Ken (November 11, 2012). "Asahi Beer wins overtime thriler over corporate cousin". xleague.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
3. "Silver Star storm to victory in intra-Asahi clash". xleague.com. November 12, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)