Fujitsu Frontiers

Fujitsu Frontiers
Fujitsu Frontiers
General information
Founded	1985
Stadium	Kawasaki Stadium
Headquartered	Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Colors	FUJITSU Red, black, and white
Mascot	Fronti the wolf
Website	http://sports.jp.fujitsu.com/frontiers/
Personnel
Owner	Hiroyuki Ono
General manager	Takahide Yamada
Head coach	Hiroshi Yamamoto
League / conference affiliations
	X-League; X1 Super Division
Championships
	Japan X Bowl titles: 9; (2014, 2016-19 & 2021-23
	Division championships: 10; (2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2013-2018)

Founded1985

StadiumKawasaki Stadium

HeadquarteredKawasaki, Kanagawa

ColorsFUJITSU Red, black, and white^[1]

The Fujitsu Frontiers are an American football team located in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. They are a member of the X-League. The Fujitsu Frontiers play their home games at the 2,700-capacity Kawasaki Stadium.

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Season	Division	Regular Season				Post Season Results	Awards	Head coaches
Season	Division	Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties	Post Season Results	Awards	Head coaches
1997	East	4th	2	3	0			Kurt Rose
1998	Central	4th	2	2	1			Kurt Rose
1999	Central	3rd	3	2	0			Kurt Rose
2000	East	1st	5	0	0	Won Wild Card match (at Nissan Prince Tokyo) Lost semi-finals match (Matsushita Electric Works)		Kurt Rose
2001	East	2nd	4	2	0	Lost Wild Card match (at Recruit) 14-24		Kurt Rose
2002	East	1st	5	0	0	Won Wild Card match (Onward) 20-17 Won Semi-finals match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 7-0 Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XVI (at Recruit) 7-14		Kurt Rose
2003	East	3rd	4	2	1			Kurt Rose
2004	Central	4th	2	3	0			Shima
2005	East	3rd	3	3	0			Satoshi Fujita
2006	Central	3rd	5	2	0			Satoshi Fujita
2007	East	1st	6	1	0	Won Semifinals match (Onward) 31-21 Lost Japan X Bowl XXI (Matsushita Denko) 13-33		Satoshi Fujita
2008	East	2nd	7	2	0	Lost Wild Card match (Kashima) 19-21		Satoshi Fujita
2009	East	1st	7	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (Nihon Unisys) 61-0 Won 2nd Stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 43-21 Won Final stage match (Asahi Beer) 31-21 Lost Japan X Bowl XXIII (Kashima) 14-21		Satoshi Fujita
2010	Central	2nd	8	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 34-3 Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic Denko) 6-23		Satoshi Fujita
2011	East	2nd	6	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 58-14 Won 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 24-10 Won Final stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 38-3 Lost Japan X Bowl XXV (Obic) 17-24		Satoshi Fujita
2012	Central	2nd	7	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (at As One) 27-9 Lost 2nd stage match (at Kashima) 15-27 Lost final stage match (at Kashima) 14-24		Satoshi Fujita
2013	East	1st	7	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (at As One) 55-0^[2] Won 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 45-24^[3] Won Final stage match (Panasonic) 28-13^[4] Lost Japan X Bowl XXVII (at Obic) 16-24	Keiya Hiramoto (MVP) Junpei Yoshimoto (ROY)	Satoshi Fujita
2014	East	1st	8	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 65-0^[5] Won 2nd stage match (at Panasonic ) 48-24^[6] Won Final stage match (Obic) 27-17^[7] Won Japan X Bowl XXVIII (IBM) 44-10^[8] Won 68th Rice Bowl National Championship game (at Kwansei Gakuin) 33-24	Gino Gordon (MVP) Colby Cameron (ROY)	Satoshi Fujita
2015	East	1st	7	0	0	Won 2nd stage match (at Elecom Kobe) 28-7 Won 2nd Stage match (Lixil Deers) 34-24^[9] Won Final stage match (Obic) 27-6^[10] Lost Japan X Bowl XXIX (Panasonic) 21-24		Satoshi Fujita
2016	East	1st	8	1	0	Won Quarterfinals match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 42-6^[11] Won Semi-finals match (IBM) 28-26^[12] Won Japan X Bowl XXX (Obic) 16-3^[13] Won 70th Rice Bowl National Championship game (at Kwansei Gakuin) 30-13	Colby Cameron (MVP)	Satoshi Fujita
2017	East	1st	7	2	0	Won Quarterfinals match (Elecom Kobe) 47-17 Won Semifinals match (Obic) 7-0^[14] Won Japan X Bowl XXXI (IBM) 63-23 Won 71st Rice Bowl National Championship (Nihon U.) 37-9		Satoshi Fujita
2018	East	1st	8	1	0	Won Quarterfinals match (All Mitsubishi) 35-7 Won Semifinals match (Obic) 13-10^[15] Won Japan X Bowl XXXII (IBM) 35-18 Won 72nd Rice Bowl National Championship (at Kwansei Gakuin U.) 52-17	Trashaun Nixon (MVP) Michael Birdsong (ROY)	Satoshi Fujita
2019	X1 Super	1st	9	1	0	Won Semifinals match (Elecom Kobe) 31-13 Won Japan X Bowl XXXIII (Panasonic) 28-26 Won 73rd Rice Bowl National Championship (Kwansei Gakuin U.) 38-14	Samajie Grant (X1 Super ROY & MVP)	Hiroshi Yamamoto
2020	X1 Super	1st	3	0	0	Lost Japan X Bowl XXXIV (Obic) 7-13		Hiroshi Yamamoto
2021	X1 Super	2nd	6	1	0	Won Semifinals match (Obic) 17-10 Won 75th Rice Bowl National Championship Game (Panasonic) 24-18		Hiroshi Yamamoto
2022	X1 Super Div. B	1st	7	0	0	Won Quarterfinals match (Asahi Beer) 65-3 Won Semifinals match (Elecom Kobe) 39-21 Won 76th Rice Bowl National Championship Game (Panasonic) 29-21	Trashaun Nixon (X1 Super MVP)	Hiroshi Yamamoto
2023	X1 Super Div. B	1st	6	1	1	Won Quarterfinals match (Tokyo Gas) 10-3 Won Semifinals match (Obic) 24-17 Won 77th Rice Bowl National Championship Game (Panasonic) 16-10	Trashaun Nixon (X1 Super MVP)	Hiroshi Yamamoto
2024	X1 Super	1st	8	2	0	Won Quarterfinals match (IBM) 49-14 Won Semifinals match (Sekisui) 52-21 Lost 78th Rice Bowl National Championship Game (Panasonic) 27-34	Samajie Grant (X1 Super MVP)	Hiroshi Yamamoto
2025	X1 Super Central	1st	5	3	0	Won Quarterfinals match (Nojima Sagamihara) 42-28 Lost Semifinals match (at Panasonic) 20-23		Hiroshi Yamamoto
Total			165	39	3	(1997–2025, includes only regular season)
			48	16	0	(1997–2025, includes only playoffs)
			213	55	3	(1997–2025, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Coach	Years	Record
Kurt Rose	1997–2003	28–12 (.700)
Shima	2004	2–3 (.400)
Satoshi Fujita	2005–2018	125–27 (.822)
Yo Yamamoto	2019–present	58–11–1 (.836)

Jersey #	Name	Position	Years with the team	Alma mater	Achievements
#0	Joe Mathis	OLB	2018–2019, 2021–present	Washington	3X All X-League Team member (2018, 2020, 2022)
#2	Trashaun Nixon	OLB/RB	2015–2018, 2020–present	New Mexico State	3x X-League MVP award (2018, 2022, 2023) 7x All X-League Team member (2016–2017, 2020–2024)
#4	Samajie Grant	RB/WR	2019-present	Arizona	X1 Super Rookie of the Year (2019) 2x X1 Super MVP (2019, 2024) X Bowl MVP (2019) 3x All X-League Super Team member (2019, 2020, 2024)

Name	Position	Years with the team	Alma mater	Achievements
Al-Rilwan Adeyemi	CB	2013–2023	San Diego	11x All X-League Team member (2013–2017, 2020–2023)
Michael Birdsong	QB	2018–2020	Tennessee Tech	X-League ROY (2018) X1 Super MVP (2020) All X-League Super Team member (2020)
Colby Cameron	QB	2014–2017	Louisiana Tech	X-League MVP award (2016) X-League ROY award (2014) 2x All X-League Team member (2014, 2016)
Gino Gordon^[16]	RB	2013–2017	Harvard	X-League MVP award (2014) 3x All X-League Team member (2014, 2016, 2017)
Austin Flynn	DE	2014	Arkansas
Andrew Seumalo	DE	2013	Oregon State
Brad Brennan	WR	2002–2011	Arizona	2x All X-League Team member (2004, 2009)

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