Japan national American football team

Japan 日本

Home Away
Association	JAFA
Region	Asia (AFAF)
Founded	1984
Colors	Red, White
Head coach	Kiyoyuki Mori
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 12–59  United States (Canton, United States; July 18, 2015)
IFAF World Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 1999)
Best result	(1999, 2003)

Japan national American football team

Medal record
Men’s American football
Competitor for  Japan
World Championship
	1999 Italy	Team Competition
	2003 Germany	Team Competition
	2007 Japan	Team Competition
	2011 Austria	Team Competition
	2015 United States	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 second most American Football World Cups^[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
1999	1st	3	3	0	84	14
2003	1st	2	2	0	57	20
2007	2nd	3	2	1	116	23
2011	3rd	4	3	1	103	61
2015	2nd	3	1	2	65	109

2011 IFAF World Championship Roster

2015 IFAF World Championship Roster

Quarterbacks

• 19 Katsuya Nagakawa QB/WR
•  8 Tetsuo Takata
• 10 Shohei Kato

Running Backs

• 20 Takuya Furutani
• 6 Kousuke Kamiyama
• 29 Li Zhuo
• 21 Ryo Takagi

Wide Receivers

• 1 Junpei Yoshimoto
•  7 Shoma Endo
•  18 Noriaki Kinoshita
• 88 Takahiro Haruta TE/LS
• 11 Naoki Maeda
• 81 Takashi Kurihara
• 83 Yuta Hayashi
• 80 Yasuhiro Miyamoto WR/K

Offensive Linemen

• 79 Akira Katsuyama RT
• 57 Tetsuya Seita RG
• 78 Kohei Arai C
• 66 Shun Mochizuki LG
• 72 Yutaro Kobayashi LT
• 77 Takehito Noda OL
• 59 Yusuke Yamamoto OL
• 75 Haruhisa Kurokawa OL

Defensive Linemen

• 90 Takuya Seike DT
• 92 Mitsunori Kihira DT
• 4 Toru Hirasawa DE
• 13 Motoyuki Hirai DE
• 41 Ryota Takahashi DL
• 43 Yasuo Wakisaka DE
• 99 Shota Tomita DT
• 54 Shoichi Shikama DE

Linebackers

• 17 Kensuke Amaya OLB
• 42 Shuhei Takeuchi OLB
• 96 Haruka Sawada OLB
• 45 Shoichiro Suzuki OLB
•  5 Masayoshi Tsukada MLB

Defensive Backs

• 14 Masashi Fujimoto CB
• 22 Ryohei Imanishi CB
• 21 Tojo Kento DB
• 16 Takeshi Miyake S
• 24 Yuki Ishii DB
• 27 Atsushi Tsuji S
• 36 Takashi Sunagawa S

Special Teams

• 26 Shintaro Saeki K/P

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See also

• Eyeshield 21
• X-League

Notes

External links

• (Japanese) Japan American football national team Official website

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