Asahi Beer Silver Star

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Oriental Bio Silver Star
Established1970
Based in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa
Head coachHayato Arima
League X-League
DivisionEast
ColorsNavy Blue and Silver [1]
Japan X Bowl titles(1989, 1992, 1993, 1999)
Division titles3 (1997, 2006, 2009)
Website http://www.asahibeer.co.jp/silver/

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

Contents

Team history

Seasons

X-League Champions (1987–present)Division ChampionsFinal Stage/Semi-finals BerthWild Card /2nd Stage Berth
SeasonDivisionRegular SeasonPost Season ResultsAwardsHead coaches
FinishWinsLossesTies
1997East1st510Won Wild card match ( Nissan Prince Tokyo) 31-13
Lost semi-finals match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 6-26
Abe
1998East2nd410Won 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
1999Central2nd410Won 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
2000East2nd420Lost Wild card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks)Abe
2001Central2nd420Lost Wild card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 6-24Abe
2002Central3rd330Fukabori
2003East2nd622Won 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
2004East2nd540Won 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
2005Central2nd920Won Wild Card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 22-19
Lost semi-finals match (at Obic) 7-13
Fukabori
2006Central1st720Lost Wild Card match (Kashima) 6-14
2007East3rd610
2008East3rd930
2009East1st820Won 2nd stage match (Suita) 22-20
Lost 2nd Stage match (Kashima) 14-24
Lost final stage match (Fujitsu) 21-31
Kiyoshi Oka
2010East3rd640Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 19-24
Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 3-34
Kiyoshi Oka
2011Central3rd531Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 10-28
Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 14-58
Kiyoshi Oka
2012East3rd630Lost 2nd stage match (at Obic) 7-69
Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 26-20 OT [3]
Kiyoshi Oka
2013East3rd430Lost 2nd stage match (at Obic) 7-21
Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 34-10 [4]
Kiyoshi Oka
2014Central3rd530Lost 2nd stage match (at Fujitsu) 0-65
Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 3-65
Kiyoshi Oka
2015Central3rd610Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 14-38
Lost 2nd Stage match (at Nojima Sagamihara) 7-14 OT
Mason Mills (ROY)Kiyoshi Oka
2016East3rd450Lost quarterfinals match (at Panasonic) 14-21
Won Super9/Battle9 classification match (All Mitsubishi) 17-0
Kiyoshi Oka
2017East3rd360Lost Wildcard match (All Mitsubishi) 17-20 [5] Hayato Arima
2018East3rd360Lost Wildcard match (All Mitsubishi) 6-17 [6] Hayato Arima
2019X1 Area East1st540Won X1 Area Final (Asahi Soft Drinks) 34-31
Lost X1 Area-Super promotional match (at Nojima Sagamihara) 20-32
Hayato Arima
2020X1 Area East210Hayato Arima
2021X1 Area East1st600Hiroshi Kawamura (X1 Area MVP)Hayato Arima
2022X1 Super Div. A4th230Lost quarterfinals match (at Fujitsu) 3-53Hayato Arima
2023X1 Super Div. B4th340Lost quarterfinals match (at Panasonic) 0-27Hayato Arima
2024X1 Super9th350Hayato Arima
Total125713(1997–2024, includes only regular season)
16240(1997–2024, includes only playoffs)
141953(1997–2024, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Current Import Players

Jersey #NamePositionYears with the teamAlma MaterAchievements
#12Darrius Sample QB 2024–present University at Albany
#15Devin Phelps WR 2023-present Shepherd
#90Nicolas Rabi DL 2024–present Southern Illinois University

Former Import Players

NamePositionYears with the teamAlma MaterAchievements
Jimmy Laughrea QB 2022–23 UC Davis
Ponce de Leon DB 2023 Shepherd
Ryan Boehm DL 2022–23 Fresno State Team MVP award (2022), Team Defensive Player of the Year award (2022)
Ridge Jones WR 2019 New Mexico
KeDarius Humphries QB 2019 Murray State
Jonah Hodges RB 2018–19 San Diego
Anthony Wallace LB 2019-20 North Texas
Jared Stegman [7] QB 2018 Queensland
Mason Mills QB 2015-16 San Diego ROY award (2015), All X-League Team member (2015)
Roman Wilson WR 2015 Princeton All X-League Team member (2015)

References

  1. "X-League profile, Asahi Beer Silver Star". April 17, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  2. "Asahi Beer Silver Star changes team name to 'Oriental Bio Silver Star'". xleague.jp. January 18, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  3. Marantz, Ken (November 11, 2012). "Asahi Beer wins overtime thriller over corporate cousin". xleague.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  4. "Silver Star storm to victory in intra-Asahi clash". xleague.com. November 12, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  5. Marantz, Ken (November 6, 2017). "Lions roar to historic win over Silver Star in wildcard playoff". xleague.com. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  6. Marantz, Ken (November 6, 2018). "Creators, Lions beat the odds, Super 9 foes to advance to quarterfinals". xleague.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  7. "First Down - Under Center". insidesportjapan.com. April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.