Japan national American football team

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Association JAFA
Region Asia (AFAF)
Founded 1984
Colors Red, White
First international
 Japan 24–14  Sweden
(Palermo, Italy; June 28, 1999)
Biggest win
 Japan 88–0  South Korea
(Osaka, Japan; February 23, 2003)
Biggest defeat
 Japan 27–31  Canada
(Graz, Austria; July 13, 2011)
IFAF World Championship
Appearances 4 (first in 1999)
Best result (1999, 2003)
Japan national American football team
Medal record
Men’s American football
Competitor for  Japan
World Championship
Gold 1999 Italy Team Competition
Gold 2003 Germany Team Competition
Silver 2007 Japan Team Competition
Bronze 2011 Austria Team Competition

The Japan national American football team represents Japan in international American football competitions. The team is controlled by the Japan American Football Association, and has been one of the world's strongest international teams since it began participating regularly in international tournaments in the 1990s, and currently possesses the same amount of American Football World Cups as the United States[1] (1999,2003).

Japan won the inaugural 1999 IFAF World Championship and won again in 2003.[2] In 2007 they advanced to the final, losing to the United States 23–20 in overtime.[3][4][5] In 2010 Japan beat Germany 24–14 in the inaugural Germany-Japan Bowl.[6] On February 2011, Japan bested South Korea (76–0) to qualify for the 2011 IFAF World Championship.[7]

IFAF World Championship record

Year Position GP W L PF PA
Italy 19991st3308414
Germany 20031st2205720
Japan 20072nd32111623
Austria 20113rd43110361
United States 2015Qualified

2011 IFAF World Championship Roster

Japan National American Football Team roster
Quarterbacks
  • 11 Naoki Maeda QB/WR
  • 29 Yasuhiro Maruta QB/RB
  •  6 Shun Sugawara
  •  8 Tetsuo Takata
  • 19 Minoru Tono

Running Backs

  • 20 Takuya Furutani
  • 25 Kosuke Kimiyama
  • 31 Tomokazu Sueyoshi

Wide Receivers

  • 85 Ryomi Hagiyama
  •  7 Shoei Hasegawa
  •  1 Noriaki Kinoshita
  • 84 Takahiro Haruta TE
  • 17 Michihiro Ogawa
  • 87 Yuji Oya TE
  • 83 Ken Shimizu
Offensive Linemen
  • 77 Haruhisa Hiramoto OL
  • 71 Yutaro Kobayashi OL
  • 57 Kazuhiro Kuramochi OL
  • 75 Tsukasa Miyamoto OL
  • 67 Yuta Murai OL
  • 72 Takanari Murakami OL
  • 70 Tsuneno Sano OL
  • 73 Yuji Taniguchi OL

Defensive Linemen

  • 53 Motoyuki Hirai DL
  • 93 Mitsunori Kihira DL
  • 92 Takeshi Nisikawa DL
  • 37 Munekazu Shikama DL
  • 41 Daiki Takechi DL
  • 43 Yasuo Wakisaka DL
  • 13 Masayoshi Yamanaka DL
  • 96 Takayuki Yoneda DL
 Linebackers
  • 10 Kentaro Azuma LB
  •  2 Naoki Kosho LB
  • 42 Takashi Makiuchi LB
  • 55 Akinobu Soma LB
  • 45 Shoichiro Suzuki LB
  •  9 Masayoshi Tsukada LB

Defensive Backs

  • 14 Masashi Fujimoto DB
  • 22 Ryohei Imanishi DB
  • 21 Koki Kato DB
  • 16 Takeshi Miyake DB
  • 24 Tadanari Sano DB
  • 27 Atsushi Tsuji DB
  • 36 Yuichi Watanabe DB

Special Teams

  • 15 Daisuke Aoki K/P
 Inactive List

Roster updated 2011-07-08

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "IFAF Competition". IFAF. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  2. ↑ http://www.worldcup2003.info/
  3. ↑ "U.S. edges Japan to win football World Cup". Bangor Daily News. July 16, 2007. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ "U.S. wins American football title". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 15, 2007. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  5. ↑ http://wc2007.info/index_e.html
  6. ↑ http://www.ifaf.info/articles/view/413/Lw==
  7. ↑ http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sf20110227a1.html

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