Panasonic 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.

Panasonic Impulse
Established1974
Based inKadoma, Osaka
Head coachTadashi Araki
General managerTetsuro Shikata
LeagueX-League
DivisionX1 Super
ColoursPanasonic 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)
Websitehttp://panasonic.co.jp/es/go-go-impulse/

Team history

  • 1974 Team founded. Team known as the Matsushita Electric Works Impulse
  • 1995 Won first Tokyo Super Bowl title. Also won first Rice Bowl National Championship.
  • 2004 Team celebrates 30th anniversary of founding. Won 2nd Rice Bowl National Championship.
  • 2008 Team name changed to Panasonic Electric Works Impulse. Won 3rd Rice Bowl National Championship.
  • 2011 Team name changed to Panasonic Impulse.
  • 2015 Won 7th Japan X Bowl title and 4th Rice Bowl National Championship.

Seasons

X-League Champions (1987–present) Division Champions Final Stage/Semifinals Berth Wild Card /2nd Stage Berth
Season Division Regular season Postseason 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 7 1 0 Won Semi-finals match (Fujitsu)
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XIV (Asahi Soft Drinks) 18-20
Murakami
2001 West 1st 9 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 7 1 0 Lost Semi-finals match (Fujitsu) 0-7 Murakami
2003 West 1st 8 1 0 Lost Semi-finals match (Asahi Beer) 14-21 Murakami
2004 West 1st 10 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 8 2 0 Won Semi-finals match (Kashima) 3-0
Lost Japan X Bowl XIX (at Obic) 16-25
Murakami
2006 West 1st 7 1 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 8 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 8 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 9 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 8 2 0 Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 28-10
Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 10-24
2012 West 1st 7 3 0 Won 2nd stage match (at IBM) 34-17[2]
Lost 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 27-28
Ryohei Imanishi (MVP) Nobuyoshi Araki
2013 West 1st 9 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)
Nobuyoshi Araki
2014 West 2nd 7 1 0 Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Beer) 65-3[4]
Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 24-48
Nobuyoshi 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) Nobuyoshi Araki
2016 West 1st 8 1 0 Won Quarterfinals match (Asahi Beer) 21-14[8]
Lost Semi-finals match (at Obic) 6-9 OT[9]
Nobuyoshi Araki
2017 West 1st 9 0 0 Won Quarterfinals match (All Mitsubishi) 20-3
Lost Semifinals match (IBM) 24-31
Benjamin Anderson (MVP) Nobuyoshi Araki
2018 West 1st 8 1 0 Won Quarterfinals match (Tokyo Gas) 45-0
Lost Semifinals match (IBM) 17-24
Nobuyoshi Araki
2019 X1 Super 3rd 5 3 0 Won Semifinals match (Obic) 24-14[10]
Lost Japan X Bowl XXXIII (at Fujitsu) 26-28
Nobuyoshi Araki
2020 X1 Super N/A 1 1 0 Lost Semifinals tournament match (Obic) 35-34 Nobuyoshi Araki
Total 171 22 0 (1997–2019, includes only regular season)
29 19 0 (1997–2019, includes only playoffs)
200 41 0 (1997–2019, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Import players

Current import players

Jersey # Name Position Years with team Alma mater Achievements
#18Anthony LawrenceQB2019-presentUniversity of San Diego
#23Joshua CoxDB2019-presentCentral Michigan University
#12Shay FieldsWR2020-presentUniversity of Colorado Boulder
#39Jaboree WilliamsLB2020-presentWake Forest University

Japanese-American players

Jersey # Name Position Years with team Alma mater Achievements
#73Gabe AhnerOL2019-presentUniversity of Louisville
#5Victor Jamal MitchellRB2019-presentUniversity of Virginia's College at WiseJapan National Team Selection (2020)
#40Moses Kaito WisemanLB2019-presentNihon UniversityJapan National Team Selection (2020)

Former import players

Name Position Years with the team Alma mater Achievements
Aaron AhnerDL2017-2019University of Louisville
Daniel WiseWR2019Colorado State-Pueblo
Carlton JonesDE2015-2019Alabama StateAll X-League Team member (2017)
Edmond DavisC2015-2018Alabama State 4x All X-League Team member (2015-18)
Benjamin AndersonQB2017-2018UAPBMVP award (2017)
Edward BurnsCB2018Elon
Emory PolleyCB2015-2017Brown2x All X-League Team member (2016-17)
Benjamin DupreeRB2015-16The CitadelAll X-League Team member (2015)
Matthew OhLB2014Dartmouth

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. AFI (December 2, 2019). "Panasonic Impulse upset Obic Seagulls, punch ticket to Japan's X Bowl". americanfootballinternational.com. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
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