Panasonic Impulse

Panasonic Impulse

Established	1974
Based in	Kadoma, Osaka
Head coach	Tadashi Araki
General manager	Tetsuro Shikata
League	X-League
Division	West
Colours	Panasonic Blue, Black and Yellow[1]
Japan X Bowl titles	7 (1990, 1994-95, 2004, 2007-08, 2015)
Division titles	14 (1997, 2000, 2002-07, 2009-13, 2015-16)
Website	http://panasonic.co.jp/es/go-go-impulse/

Panasonic Sports
Football	Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)
Rugby union	American football	Baseball
Athletics	Kendo

The Panasonic Impulse are an American football team located in the Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. They are a member of the X-League.

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				Post Season 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	5	0	0	Won Semi-finals match (Fujitsu) Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XIV (Asahi Soft Drinks) 18-20		Murakami
2001	West	1st	5	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	5	0	0	Lost Semi-finals match (Fujitsu) 0-7		Murakami
2003	West	1st	5	0	0	Lost Semi-finals match (Asahi Beer) 14-21		Murakami
2004	West	1st	5	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	5	0	0	Won Semi-finals match (Kashima) 3-0 Lost Japan X Bowl XIX (at Obic) 16-25		Murakami
2006	West	1st	5	0	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	7	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	7	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	7	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	7	0	0	Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 28-10 Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 10-24
2012	West	1st	6	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (at IBM) 34-17[2] Lost 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 27-28	Ryohei Imanishi (MVP)	Tadashi Araki
2013	West	1st	7	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)	Tadashi Araki
2014	West	2nd	7	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Beer) 65-3[4] Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 24-48		Tadashi 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)	Tadashi 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]		Tadashi Araki
Total			127	9	0	(1997–2016, includes only regular season)
			27	17	0	(1997–2016, includes only playoffs)
			155	26	0	(1997–2016, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Current Import Players

Jersey #	Name	Position	Years with the team	Alma Mater	Achievements
#10	Emory Polley	CB	2015-present	Brown University
#21	Carlton Jones	DE	2015-present	Alabama State University
#24	Benjamin Dupree	RB	2015-present	The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina	All X-League Team member (2015)
#65	Edmond Davis	C	2015-present	Alabama State University	All X-League Team member (2015)

Former Import Players

Name	Position	Years with the team	Alma Mater	Achievements
Matthew Oh	LB	2014	Dartmouth University

References

1. "X-League profile, Panasonic Impulse". April 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.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)