Fujitsu Frontiers

Fujitsu Frontiers
Established	1985
Based in	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Home field	Kawasaki Stadium
Head coach	Hiroshi Yamamoto
General manager	Takahide Yamada
Owner(s)	Hiroyuki Ono
League	X-League
Division	X1 Super
Colors	FUJITSU Red, black, and white
Mascot(s)	Fronti the wolf
Japan X Bowl Titles	9 (2014, 2016-19, 2021-23 & 2024
Division titles	10 (2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2013-2018)
Website	http://sports.jp.fujitsu.com/frontiers/

Last updated May 16, 2024

The Fujitsu Frontiers are an American football team located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. They are a member of the X-League.

Team history

1985 Team was founded by the Fujitsu Group.
1986 Promoted from X2 to X1.
1992 Pearl Bowl runner-up
2000 Won first divisional title.
2002 Japan X Bowl runner-up.
2005 Satoshi Fujita hired as head coach.
2006 Won 1st Pearl Bowl Championship.
2009 Japan X Bowl runner-up
2010 Won second Pearl Bowl Championship.
2014 Won 1st X-League title and 1st National title.
2015 Japan X Bowl Runner-up.
2016 Won 2nd X-League & National title.

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
Season	Division	Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties	Post Season Results	Awards	Head coaches
1997	East	4th	2	3	0			Kurt Rose
1998	Central	4th	2	2	1			Kurt Rose
1999	Central	3rd	3	2	0			Kurt Rose
2000	East	1st	5	0	0	Won Wild Card match (at Nissan Prince Tokyo) Lost semi-finals match (Matsushita Electric Works)		Kurt Rose
2001	East	2nd	4	2	0	Lost Wild Card match (at Recruit) 14-24		Kurt Rose
2002	East	1st	5	0	0	Won Wild Card match (Onward) 20-17 Won Semi-finals match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 7-0 Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XVI (at Recruit) 7-14		Kurt Rose
2003	East	3rd	4	2	1			Kurt Rose
2004	Central	4th	2	3	0			Shima
2005	East	3rd	3	3	0			Satoshi Fujita
2006	Central	3rd	5	2	0			Satoshi Fujita
2007	East	1st	6	1	0	Won Semifinals match (Onward) 31-21 Lost Japan X Bowl XXI (Matsushita Denko) 13-33		Satoshi Fujita
2008	East	2nd	7	2	0	Lost Wild Card match (Kashima) 19-21		Satoshi Fujita
2009	East	1st	7	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (Nihon Unisys) 61-0 Won 2nd Stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 43-21 Won Final stage match (Asahi Beer) 31-21 Lost Japan X Bowl XXIII (Kashima) 14-21		Satoshi Fujita
2010	Central	2nd	8	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 34-3 Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic Denko) 6-23		Satoshi Fujita
2011	East	2nd	6	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 58-14 Won 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 24-10 Won Final stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 38-3 Lost Japan X Bowl XXV (Obic) 17-24		Satoshi Fujita
2012	Central	2nd	7	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (at As One) 27-9 Lost 2nd stage match (at Kashima) 15-27 Lost final stage match (at Kashima) 14-24		Satoshi Fujita
2013	East	1st	7	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (at As One) 55-0^[2] Won 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 45-24^[3] Won Final stage match (Panasonic) 28-13^[4] Lost Japan X Bowl XXVII (at Obic) 16-24	Keiya Hiramoto (MVP) Junpei Yoshimoto (ROY)	Satoshi Fujita
2014	East	1st	8	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 65-0^[5] Won 2nd stage match (at Panasonic ) 48-24^[6] Won Final stage match (Obic) 27-17^[7] Won Japan X Bowl XXVIII (IBM) 44-10^[8] Won 68th Rice Bowl National Championship game (at Kwansei Gakuin) 33-24	Gino Gordon (MVP) Colby Cameron (ROY)	Satoshi Fujita
2015	East	1st	7	0	0	Won 2nd stage match (at Elecom Kobe) 28-7 Won 2nd Stage match (Lixil Deers) 34-24^[9] Won Final stage match (Obic) 27-6^[10] Lost Japan X Bowl XXIX (Panasonic) 21-24		Satoshi Fujita
2016	East	1st	8	1	0	Won Quarterfinals match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 42-6^[11] Won Semi-finals match (IBM) 28-26^[12] Won Japan X Bowl XXX (Obic) 16-3^[13] Won 70th Rice Bowl National Championship game (at Kwansei Gakuin) 30-13	Colby Cameron (MVP)	Satoshi Fujita
2017	East	1st	7	2	0	Won Quarterfinals match (Elecom Kobe) 47-17 Won Semifinals match (Obic) 7-0^[14] Won Japan X Bowl XXXI (IBM) 63-23 Won 71st Rice Bowl National Championship (Nihon U.) 37-9		Satoshi Fujita
2018	East	1st	8	1	0	Won Quarterfinals match (All Mitsubishi) 35-7 Won Semifinals match (Obic) 13-10^[15] Won Japan X Bowl XXXII (IBM) 35-18 Won 72nd Rice Bowl National Championship (at Kwansei Gakuin U.) 52-17	Trashaun Nixon (MVP) Michael Birdsong (ROY)	Satoshi Fujita
2019	X1 Super	1st	9	1	0	Won Semifinals match (Elecom Kobe) 31-13 Won Japan X Bowl XXXIII (Panasonic) 28-26 Won 73rd Rice Bowl National Championship (Kwansei Gakuin U.) 38-14	Samajie Grant (X1 Super ROY & MVP)	Hiroshi Yamamoto
2020	X1 Super	1st	3	0	0	Lost Japan X Bowl XXXIV (Obic) 7-13		Hiroshi Yamamoto
2021	X1 Super	2nd	6	1	0	Won Semifinals match (Obic) 17-10 Won 75th Rice Bowl National Championship Game (Panasonic) 24-18		Hiroshi Yamamoto
2022	X1 Super Div. B	1st	7	0	0	Won Quarterfinals match (Asahi Beer) 65-3 Won Semifinals match (Elecom Kobe) 39-21 Won 76th Rice Bowl National Championship Game (Panasonic) 29-21	Trashaun Nixon (X1 Super MVP)	Hiroshi Yamamoto
2023	X1 Super Div. B	1st	6	1	1	Won Quarterfinals match (Tokyo Gas) 10-3 Won Semifinals match (Obic) 24-17 Won 77th Rice Bowl National Championship Game (Panasonic) 16-10		Hiroshi Yamamoto
Total			152	34	3	(1997–2023, includes only regular season)
			45	14	0	(1997–2023, includes only playoffs)
			197	48	3	(1997–2023, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Head coaches

Coach	Years	Record
Kurt Rose	1997-2003	28-12 (.700)
Shima	2004	2-3 (.400)
Satoshi Fujita	2005-2018	125-27 (.822)
Yo Yamamoto	2019-present	42-4-1 (.913)

Current Import Players

Jersey #	Name	Position	Years with the team	Alma Mater	Achievements
#0	Joe Mathis	OLB	2018-19, 2021-present	Washington	3X All X-League Team member (2018, 2020 and 2022)
#2	Trashaun Nixon	OLB/RB	2015-18, 2020-present	New Mexico State	2x X-League MVP award (2018 & 2022) 5x All X-League Team member (2016-17 & 2020-22)
#40	Al-Rilwan Adeyemi	CB	2013-present	San Diego	10x All X-League Team member (2013-17, 2020-22)
#4	Samajie Grant	RB/WR	2019-present	Arizona	X1 Super Rookie of the Year (2019) X1 Super MVP (2019) X Bowl MVP (2019) 2x All X-League Super Team member (2019 & 2020)

Former Import Players

Name	Position	Years with the team	Alma Mater	Achievements
Michael Birdsong	QB	2018-2020	Tennessee Tech	X-League ROY (2018) X1 Super MVP (2020) All X-League Super Team member (2020)
Colby Cameron	QB	2014-2017	Louisiana Tech	X-League MVP award (2016) X-League ROY award (2014) 2x All X-League Team member (2014 & 2016)
Gino Gordon^[16]	RB	2013-2017	Harvard	X-League MVP award (2014) 3x All X-League Team member (2014, 2016-17)
Austin Flynn	DE	2014	Arkansas
Andrew Seumalo	DE	2013	Oregon State
Brad Brennan	WR	2002-2011	Arizona	2x All X-League Team member (2004 and 2009)

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References

↑ "X-League profile, Fujitsu Frontiers". April 17, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
↑ "Frontiers open 2nd stage with a bang, blast Black Eagles". xleague.com. November 5, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
↑ Ikezaka, Hiroshi (November 17, 2013). "Frontiers down Rise in X League regular-season finale". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
↑ "Frontiers flatten Impulse, earn 5th shot at elusive title". xleague.com. December 6, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
↑ Marantz, Ken (November 3, 2014). "Fujitsu batters Asahi Beer from the air and ground". xleague.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
↑ "Fujitsu pounds Panasonic, advances as lone unbeaten team". xleague.com. November 23, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
↑ Ikezaka, Hiroshi (November 30, 2014). "Four-time defending champion Obic Seagulls eliminated from X League title chase". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
↑ Marantz, Ken (December 16, 2014). "Gordon's 4 TDs lift Fujitsu to rout of IBM, 1st Japan X Bowl triumph". xleague.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
↑ Ikezaka, Hiroshi (November 15, 2015). "Cameron leads Frontiers to win over Deers". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
↑ Marantz, Ken (December 1, 2015). "Fast and furious Frontiers cruise past Seagulls, into Japan X Bowl". xleague.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
↑ Marantz, Ken (November 13, 2016). "Unbeatens Fujitsu, Obic progress to semifinals in similar style". xleague.com. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
↑ Marantz, Ken (November 29, 2016). "Cameron drives, Nishimura kicks Fujitsu in Japan X Bowl". xleague.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
↑ Marantz, Ken (December 14, 2016). "Frontiers regain league crown as defense grounds Seagulls in Japan X Bowl". xleague.com. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
↑ Marantz, Ken (November 27, 2017). "Cameron runs hot, Fujitsu defense stops Obic cold as Frontiers march back into Japan X Bowl". xleague.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
↑ Marantz, Ken (November 25, 2018). "Flash News: Defending champion Fujitsu, IBM set up rematch in Japan X Bowl". xleague.com. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
↑ Nagatsuka, Kaz (September 25, 2013). "Harvard grad Gordon hoping to make impact for Frontiers". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved February 28, 2016.

External links

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[1] "X-League profile, Fujitsu Frontiers". April 17, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.

[2] "Frontiers open 2nd stage with a bang, blast Black Eagles". xleague.com. November 5, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.

[3] Ikezaka, Hiroshi (November 17, 2013). "Frontiers down Rise in X League regular-season finale". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved February 28, 2016.

[4] "Frontiers flatten Impulse, earn 5th shot at elusive title". xleague.com. December 6, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.

[5] Marantz, Ken (November 3, 2014). "Fujitsu batters Asahi Beer from the air and ground". xleague.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

[6] "Fujitsu pounds Panasonic, advances as lone unbeaten team". xleague.com. November 23, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

[7] Ikezaka, Hiroshi (November 30, 2014). "Four-time defending champion Obic Seagulls eliminated from X League title chase". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

[8] Marantz, Ken (December 16, 2014). "Gordon's 4 TDs lift Fujitsu to rout of IBM, 1st Japan X Bowl triumph". xleague.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

[9] Ikezaka, Hiroshi (November 15, 2015). "Cameron leads Frontiers to win over Deers". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

[10] Marantz, Ken (December 1, 2015). "Fast and furious Frontiers cruise past Seagulls, into Japan X Bowl". xleague.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

[11] Marantz, Ken (November 13, 2016). "Unbeatens Fujitsu, Obic progress to semifinals in similar style". xleague.com. Retrieved November 20, 2016.

[12] Marantz, Ken (November 29, 2016). "Cameron drives, Nishimura kicks Fujitsu in Japan X Bowl". xleague.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

[13] Marantz, Ken (December 14, 2016). "Frontiers regain league crown as defense grounds Seagulls in Japan X Bowl". xleague.com. Retrieved December 15, 2016.

[14] Marantz, Ken (November 27, 2017). "Cameron runs hot, Fujitsu defense stops Obic cold as Frontiers march back into Japan X Bowl". xleague.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.

[15] Marantz, Ken (November 25, 2018). "Flash News: Defending champion Fujitsu, IBM set up rematch in Japan X Bowl". xleague.com. Retrieved November 25, 2018.

[16] Nagatsuka, Kaz (September 25, 2013). "Harvard grad Gordon hoping to make impact for Frontiers". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved February 28, 2016.

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