Panasonic Impulse

Panasonic Impulse
Established 1974
Based in Kadoma, Osaka
Head coach Tadashi Araki
General manager Tetsuro Shikata
League X-League
Division West
Colours Panasonic Blue, Black and Yellow [1]
Japan X Bowl titles 7 (1990, 1994-95, 2004, 2007-08, 2015)
Division titles 14 (1997, 2000, 2002-07, 2009-13, 2015)
Website http://panasonic.co.jp/es/go-go-impulse/
Panasonic Sports
Football Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's)
Rugby union American football Baseball
Athletics Kendo

The Panasonic Impulse are an American football team located in the Kadoma, Osaka,Japan. They are a member of the X-League.


Team History

Seasons

X-League Champions (1987–present) Division Champions Final Stage/Semifinals Berth Wild Card /2nd Stage Berth
Season Division Regular Season Post Season Results Awards Head coaches
Finish Wins Losses Ties
1997 West 1st 5 0 0 Won Semi-finals match (Asahi Beer) 26-6
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XI (Kashima) 12-48
Kawaguchi
1998 West 2nd 4 1 0 Lost Wild card match (Asahi Beer) 10-26 Kawaguchi
1999 West 3rd 3 2 0 Murakami
2000 West 1st 5 0 0 Won Semi-finals match (Fujitsu)
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XIV (Asahi Soft Drinks) 18-20
Murakami
2001 West 1st 5 0 0 Won Semi-finals match (Recruit) 10-7 OT
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XV (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 7-14
Murakami
2002 West 1st 5 0 0 Lost Semi-finals match (Fujitsu) 0-7 Murakami
2003 West 1st 5 0 0 Lost Semi-finals match (Asahi Beer) 14-21 Murakami
2004 West 1st 5 0 0 Won Semi-finals match (Obic) 10-7
Won Japan X Bowl XVIII (Asahi Beer) 15-6
Won 58th Rice Bowl National Championship game (at Ritsumeikan) 26-7
Murakami
2005 West 1st 5 0 0 Won Semi-finals match (Kashima) 3-0
Lost Japan X Bowl XIX (at Obic) 16-25
Murakami
2006 West 1st 5 0 0 Lost Semi-finals match (Kashima) 6-13
2007 West 1st 9 0 0 Won Semi-finals match (Obic) 29-26 OT
Won Japan X Bowl XXI (Fujitsu) 33-13
Won 61st Rice Bowl National Championship game (Kwansei Gakuin) 52-38
2008 West 2nd 7 1 0 Won Wild card match (Obic) 49-7
Won Semi-finals match (Onward) 44-17
Won Japan X Bowl XXII (Kashima) 28-14
Lost 62nd Rice Bowl National Championship game (Ritsumeikan) 13-17
2009 West 1st 7 0 0 Won 2nd stage match (IBM) 49-7
Won 2nd stage match (Obic) 23-20
Lost Final stage match (Kashima) 26-34
2010 West 1st 7 0 0 Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 24-19
Won 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 23-6
Won Final Stage match (IBM) 31-28
Lost Japan X Bowl XXIV (Obic) 16-20
2011 West 1st 7 0 0 Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 28-10
Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 10-24
2012 West 1st 6 1 0 Won 2nd stage match (at IBM) 34-17[2]
Lost 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 27-28
Ryohei Imanishi (MVP) Tadashi Araki
2013 West 1st 7 1 0 Won 2nd stage match (at IBM) 55-24[3]
Lost 2nd stage match (Kashima) 45-47
Lost Final stage match (at Fujitsu) 13-28
Tetsuo Takata (MVP)
David Motu (ROY)
Tadashi Araki
2014 West 2nd 7 1 0 Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Beer) 65-3[4]
Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 24-48
Tadashi Araki
2015 West 1st 7 0 0 Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Beer) 38-14[5]
Won 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 36-0
Won Final stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 45-17[6]
Won Japan X Bowl XXIX (at Fujitsu) 24-21
Won 69th Rice Bowl National Championship game (Ritsumeikan) 22-19[7]
Tetsuo Takata (MVP) Tadashi Araki
Total 111 7 0 (1997–2015, includes only regular season)
27 16 0 (1997–2015, includes only playoffs)
137 23 0 (1997–2015, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Current Import Players

Jersey # Name Position Years with the team Alma Mater
#10 Emory Polley CB 2015-present Brown University
#21 Carlton Jones DE 2015-present Alabama State University
#24 Benjamin Dupree RB 2015-present The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
#65 Edmond Davis C 2015-present Alabama State University

Former Import Players

Name Position Years with the team Alma Mater
Matthew Oh LB 2014 Dartmouth University

References

  1. "X-League profile, Panasonic Impulse". April 17, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  2. Marantz, Ken (November 4, 2012). "Panasonic pounds out 2nd-stage win over IBM". xleague.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  3. Marantz, Ken (November 3, 2013). "Panasonic repeats win over IBM, but in more dominant fashion". xleague.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  4. "Impulse force 9 turnovers, score on 4 of them, in rout of Silver Star.". xleague.com. November 9, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  5. Marantz, Ken (November 2, 2015). "Panasonic pummels 1st Kanto foe as Dupree, defensive line shine.". xleague.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  6. Marantz, Ken (December 1, 2015). "Impulse repeat rout of Rise, earn 1st trip to X bowl in 5 years". xleague.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  7. Marantz, Ken (January 5, 2016). "Impulse hang on in Rice Bowl thriller for 1st national title since 2008". xleague.com. Retrieved February 28, 2016.

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