Tainai Deers

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Tainai Deers
General information
Founded1989
Headquartered Chofu, Tokyo, Japan
ColorsBurgundy and white   
MascotDeer-kun
Website http://www.deers.jp
Personnel
OwnerYoshiaki Fujimori
Head coachMotohide Takano
League / conference affiliations
X-League
Central Division
Championships
Japan X Bowl titles: 2
(1997 and 2009)
Division championships: 14
(1997–99, 2001, 2003–05, 2007–12, 2014)

The Tainai Deers is an American football team located in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. They are a member of the X-League.

Contents

Team history

Seasons

X-League Champions (1987–present)Division ChampionsFinal Stage/Semifinals BerthWild Card /2nd Stage Berth
SeasonDivisionRegular SeasonPost Season ResultsAwardsHead coaches
FinishWinsLossesTies
1989East1st400Makoto Kaneji
1990East1st800Makoto Kaneji
1991East1st1020Won X2-X1 promotion match (Silver Ox) 24–16Makoto Kaneji
1992East3rd640Makoto Kaneji
1993East4th760Shigeru Saito
1994East1st621Lost semifinals match (Onward) 6–34Shigeru Saito
1995East3rd830Shigeru Saito
1996Central3rd620Motohide Takano
1997Central1st1010Won Semifinals match (Onward) 23–20 2OT
Won Tokyo Super Bowl XI (Matsushita Electric Works) 48–12
Won 51st Rice Bowl National Championship game (Hosei) 39–0		Motohide Takano
1998Central1st820Lost semifinals match (Asahi Beer) 13–38Motohide Takano
1999Central1st900Won Semifinals match (Recruit) 20–13
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XIII (Asahi Beer) 16–18		Motohide Takano
2000Central3rd630Kiyoyuki Mori
2001Central1st910Lost semi-finals match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 13–21Kiyoyuki Mori
2002East2nd930Lost Wildcard match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 10–28Kiyoyuki Mori
2003Central1st710Lost Wild Card match (Asahi Beer) 3–7Kiyoyuki Mori
2004East1st1000Lost Wild Card match (Obic) 3–10Kiyoyuki Mori
2005Central1st920Won Wild card match (Onward) 27–6
Lost semi-finals match (Matsushita Denko) 0–3		Kiyoyuki Mori
2006East2nd530Won Wild Card match (Asahi Beer) 14–6
Won Semi-finals match (Matsushita Denko) 13–6
Lost Japan X Bowl XX (Onward) 21–24		Kiyoyuki Mori
2007Central1st620Lost Wild Card match (Obic) 13–19 OTKiyoyuki Mori
2008Central1st1000Won Wild Card match (Fujitsu) 21–19
Won Semi-finals match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 24–7
Lost Japan X Bowl XXII (Panasonic Denko) 14–28		Kiyoyuki Mori
2009Central1st810Won 2nd stage match (Suita) 32–19
Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 24–14
Won Final stage match (Panasonic) 34–26
Won Japan X Bowl XXIII (Fujitsu) 21–14
Won 63rd Rice Bowl National Championship game (Kansai) 19–16		Kiyoyuki Mori
2010East1st710Won 2nd stage match (Meiji Yasuda) 52–13
Lost 2nd stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 38–23
Lost final stage match (Obic) 21–28 OT		Kiyoyuki Mori
2011East1st700Won 2nd stage match (As One) 55–7
Lost 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 20–27 OT
Lost final stage match (Obic) 20–45		Kiyoyuki Mori
2012East1st710Won 2nd stage match (at As One) 40–6 [3]
Won 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 27–15 [4]
Won Final stage match (Fujitsu) 24–14 [5]
Lost Japan X Bowl XXVI (at Obic) 24–27		Yasuhiro Maruta (MVP)
Kohei Arai (ROY)		Kiyoyuki Mori
2013East2nd710Lost 2nd stage match (IBM) 35–56
Won 2nd stage match (at Panasonic) 47–45 [6]
Lost final stage match (at Obic) 12–21		Kiyoyuki Mori
2014Central1st710Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 23–7 [7]
Lost 2nd stage match (IBM) 10–38
Lost final stage match (at IBM) 54–69		Kiyoyuki Mori
2015Central2nd520Won 2nd stage match (at Elecom Kobe) 35–8
Lost 2nd stage match (at Fujitsu) 24–34		Kiyoyuki Mori
2016Central2nd730Lost quarterfinals match (IBM) 16–37 [8] Kiyoyuki Mori
2017East2nd630Lost quarterfinals match (IBM) 31–51Tominaga Hajime
2018Central3rd450Lost Wildcard match (at Tokyo Gas) 7–14 OTTominaga Hajime
2019X1 Area Central1st630Motohide Takano
2020X1 Area CentralN/A300Motohide Takano
2021X1 Area Central1st420Motohide Takano
2022X1 Super Div. A5th350Motohide Takano
2023X1 Super Div. B6th151Lost X1 Super Ranking match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 8–14
Lost X1 Super/X1 Area replacement match (All Mitsubishi) 17–31		Yasushi Nakagawa
2024X1 Area Central1st900Lost X1 Super/X1 Area replacement match (FujiFilm Ebina) 17–20Takashi Kubo
2025X1 Area Central1st900Won X1 Area East Japan Championship (Dentsu) 21–16Takashi Kubo
Total249682(1989–2025, includes only regular season)
24270(1989–2025, includes only playoffs)
273952(1989–2025, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Makoto Kaneji1989–199229–6 (.829)
Shigeru Saito1993–199521–12–1 (.618)
Motohide Takano1996–1999, 2019–2246–10 (.821)
Kiyoyuki Mori2000–2016154–54 (.760)
Tominaga Hajime2017–1810–10 (.500)
Yasushi Nakagawa20231–7–1 (.125)
Takashi Kubo2024–present19–1 (.950)

Current Import Players

Jersey #NamePositionYears with the teamAlma materAchievements
#21Paul Morant DB 2025–present Old Dominion University X1 Area ROY (2025)

Former Import players

NamePositionYears with the teamAlma materAchievements
Michael Hawkins CB 2022–24 University of San Diego
Ian Park LT 2019–2023 Northwestern University 2x All X-League Area Team member (2019 & 2020)
Joseph Marton DL 2022 SGS College
Joe Mathis OLB 2020 Washington 2x All X-League Team member (2018 & 2020)
Dakota Torres TE 2019 University of Hawaii at Manoa
Max Look CB 2019 Pacific University All X-League Area Team member (2019)
Fred Wyatt DT 2019 Northwestern University
Derrick Bryant LB 2018 University of Indianapolis

References

  1. ↑ Nagatsuka, Kaz (January 31, 2014). "X League's Deers begin new life as club team". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ 公式サイト, Xリーグ. "ディアーズフットボールクラブ | Xリーグ 公式サイト". Xleague (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  3. ↑ "Deers ground Black Eagles for 2nd year in row". xleague.com. November 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ Marantz, Ken (November 19, 2012). "Kato dives, passes Deers past Frontiers". xleague.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ Marantz, Ken (December 4, 2012). "Deers rally to win rematch, advance to final". xleague.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Kajima rallies past Impulse in thriller to keep season alive". xleague.com. November 21, 2013. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Deers remain unbeaten by fending off Challengers". xleague.com. November 3, 2014. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ Marantz, Ken (November 15, 2016). "IBM ends LIXIL's magical run, earns spot in semifinals". xleague.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
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