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It was founded in 1971 as the Japan American Football League and organized the first X Bowl in 1987. The league changed its name to the X League in 1997. The league is divided into four divisions (X1 Super, X1 Area, X2, and X3) with promotion and relegation between them. [1] Teams are split into different divisions or blocks, depending on the tier.
This is a list of the schools in Japan that have varsity football teams and are overseen by the Japan American Football Association. [1] There are a total of eight leagues divided between East Japan (東日本) and West Japan (西日本). Each league has at least two tiers of program.
The Japan American Football Association (JAFA) is the governing body of gridiron football in Japan which oversees middle school, high school, collegiate, club, and even corporate teams. It was founded in 1934.
American football was introduced in the early 1930s, when Paul Rusch, a teacher and missionary from Kentucky, who came to Japan in 1925 to help rebuild following the 1923 earthquake, George Marshall, an athletic teacher at Tokyo based Rikkyo University, and two military attaches at the US embassy, Alexander George and Merritt Booth, helped to form the first football teams at three universities ...
The Hokuriku Collegiate American Football League (北陸学生アメリカンフットボール連盟) is an American college football league made up of colleges and universities in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The winner of the Hokuriku league participates in the post season on the West Japan side of the bracket.
The Kansai Collegiate American Football League (関西学生アメリカンフットボール連盟) is an American college football league made up of fifty-three colleges and universities in the Kansai region of Japan.
The Kantoh League is a major college football league in eastern Japan. The league is divided into seven divisions. The winner of the league goes on to play in the Koshien Bowl against a team from the West Japan. The winner of the bowl may advance to play the champion of the X-League in the Rice Bowl.
1989 Joined the X-League X3; 1990 Promoted from X3 to X2; 1991 Promoted from X2 to X1; 1992 Placed 6th in the East Division. Demoted from X2 to X1 at the end of the season. 1994 Placed 1st in the X2 East division. Promoted from X2 to X1 for the following season. 2008 Team name changed to All Tokyo Gas Creators. Placed 5th in the Central ...