Panasonic Impulse

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Panasonic Impulse
Established1974
Based in Kadoma, Osaka
Head coachTadashi Araki
General managerTetsuro Shikata
League X-League
DivisionX1 Super
Colours    Panasonic Blue, Black and Yellow [1]
Japan X Bowl titles7 (1990, 1994-95, 2004, 2007-08, 2015)
Division titles16 (1997, 2000, 2002-07, 2009-13, 2015-18)
Website http://panasonic.co.jp/es/go-go-impulse/

The Panasonic Impulse is an American football team based in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. The Impulse compete in the X-League, and are a member of the top tier X1 Super division along with Fujitsu Frontiers, Obic Seagulls, IBM Big Blue, Nojima Sagamihara Rise, Elecom Kobe Finies, Tokyo Gas Creators, and All Mitsubishi Lions. The team currently holds 7 Japan X Bowl championship titles along with 4 Rice Bowl Championships.

Contents

Team history

Seasons

X-League Champions (1987–present)Division ChampionsFinal Stage/Semifinals BerthWild Card /2nd Stage Berth
SeasonDivisionRegular seasonPostseason resultsAwardsHead coaches
FinishWinsLossesTies
1997West1st500Won Semi-finals match (Asahi Beer) 26-6
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XI (Kashima) 12-48		Kawaguchi
1998West2nd410Lost Wild card match (Asahi Beer) 10-26Kawaguchi
1999West3rd320Murakami
2000West1st710Won Semi-finals match (Fujitsu)
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XIV (Asahi Soft Drinks) 18-20		Murakami
2001West1st900Won Semi-finals match (Recruit) 10-7 OT
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XV (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 7-14		Murakami
2002West1st710Lost semi-finals match (Fujitsu) 0-7Murakami
2003West1st810Lost semi-finals match (Asahi Beer) 14-21Murakami
2004West1st1000Won 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
2005West1st820Won Semi-finals match (Kashima) 3-0
Lost Japan X Bowl XIX (at Obic) 16-25		Murakami
2006West1st710Lost semi-finals match (Kashima) 6-13
2007West1st900Won 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
2008West2nd810Won 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
2009West1st800Won 2nd stage match (IBM) 49-7
Won 2nd stage match (Obic) 23-20
Lost final stage match (Kashima) 26-34
2010West1st900Won 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
2011West1st820Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 28-10
Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 10-24
2012West1st730Won 2nd stage match (at IBM) 34-17 [2]
Lost 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 27-28		Ryohei Imanishi (MVP)Nobuyoshi Araki
2013West1st910Won 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)		Nobuyoshi Araki
2014West2nd710Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Beer) 65-3 [4]
Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 24-48		Nobuyoshi Araki
2015West1st700Won 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)Nobuyoshi Araki
2016West1st810Won Quarterfinals match (Asahi Beer) 21-14 [8]
Lost semi-finals match (at Obic) 6-9 OT [9] 		Nobuyoshi Araki
2017West1st900Won Quarterfinals match (All Mitsubishi) 20-3
Lost semifinals match (IBM) 24-31		Benjamin Anderson (MVP)Nobuyoshi Araki
2018West1st810Won Quarterfinals match (Tokyo Gas) 45-0
Lost semifinals match (IBM) 17-24		Nobuyoshi Araki
2019X1 Super3rd530Won Semifinals match (Obic) 24-14
Lost Japan X Bowl XXXIII (at Fujitsu) 26-28		Nobuyoshi Araki
2020X1 SuperN/A110Lost semifinals tournament match (Obic) 35-34Nobuyoshi Araki
2021X1 Super1st600Won Semifinals match (IBM) 38-31
Lost 75th Rice Bowl Championship (Fujitsu) 18-24		Jaboree Williams (MVP)Nobuyoshi Araki
2022X1 Super Div. A1st700Won Quarterfinals match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 38-28
Won Semifinals match (Obic) 30-10
Lost 76th Rice Bowl Championship (Fujitsu) 21-29		Jaylon Henderson (ROY)Nobuyoshi Araki
2023X1 Super Div. A1st701Won Quarterfinals match (Asahi Beer) 27-0
Won Semifinals match (IBM) 47-23
Lost 77th Rice Bowl Championship (Fujitsu) 10-16		Nobuyoshi Araki
Total191221(1997–2023, includes only regular season)
34220(1997–2023, includes only playoffs)
225441(1997–2023, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Import players

Current import players

Jersey #NamePositionYears with teamAlma materAchievements
#80Dax Raymond TE 2023-present Utah State University
#23Joshua Cox DB 2019-present Central Michigan University All X-League Team member (2020)
#2 Shay Fields WR 2020-21, 2023-present University of Colorado Boulder
#39Jaboree Williams LB 2020-present Wake Forest University 2X All X-League Team member (2021-22)
X1 Super MVP (2021)

Japanese-American players

Jersey #NamePositionYears with teamAlma materAchievements
#12Tsubasa Brennan WR 2021-present Nihon University
#10 Les Maruo LB 2023-present University of Texas at San Antonio
#5Victor Jamal Mitchell RB 2019-present University of Virginia's College at Wise Japan National Team Selection (2020)
3x All X-League Team member (2020-22)
#40Moses Kaito Wiseman LB 2019-present Nihon University Japan National Team Selection (2020)

Former import players

NamePositionYears with the teamAlma materAchievements
Jaylon Henderson QB 2022 Boise State University X-1 Super ROY award (2022)
Alfonso Onunwor WR 2022 Idaho 4x All X-League Super team member (2019-22)
Anthony Lawrence QB 2019-21 University of San Diego All X-League Team member (2021)
Gabe Ahner OL 2019 University of Louisville
Aaron Ahner DL 2017-2019 University of Louisville
Daniel Wise WR 2019 Colorado State-Pueblo
Carlton Jones DE 2015-2019 Alabama State All X-League Team member (2017)
Edmond Davis C 2015-2018 Alabama State 4x All X-League Team member (2015-18)
Benjamin Anderson QB 2017-2018 UAPB MVP award (2017)
Edward Burns CB 2018 Elon
Emory Polley CB 2015-2017 Brown 2x All X-League Team member (2016-17)
Ben Dupree RB 2015-16 The Citadel All X-League Team member (2015)
Matthew Oh LB 2014 Dartmouth

Notable Coaches

NameRoleYears with the teamAlma materAchievements
Tim Goins Offensive Coordinator & Director of International Football Operations [10] [11] [12] 2014-2015 UNLV The first American coach in Panasonic Impulse history

Recruited the Impulse’s first full roster of import players

Japan National Champion (2015)

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References

  1. ↑ "X-League profile, Panasonic Impulse". April 17, 2015. Archived from the original on December 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.
  8. ↑ "Impulse hold off Silver Star to book berth in semifinals". xleague.com. November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Obic emerges from deluge with OT win, ticket to Japan X Bowl". xleague.com. November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ https://www.tampabay.com/sports/football/bucs/on-the-gridiron-a-world-away-american-players-get-one-more-shot-at-glory/2270752/?outputType=amp [ bare URL ]
  11. ↑ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/11/20/football/rise-quarterback-kurt-palandech/ [ bare URL ]
  12. ↑ https://panasonic.co.jp/ew/go-go-impulse/en/news/2015/09/ [ bare URL ]
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