Asahi Beer Silver Star
Japanese football team
Established | 1970 |
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Based in | Kawasaki City, Kanagawa |
Head coach | Hayato Arima |
League | X-League |
Division | East |
Colors | Navy Blue and Silver [1] |
Japan X Bowl titles | (1989, 1992, 1993, 1999) |
Division titles | 3 (1997, 2006, 2009) |
Website | http://www.asahibeer.co.jp/silver/ |
The Oriental Bio Silver Star are an American football team located in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan. They are a member of the X-League.
Team history
- 1970 Team Founded as Asahi Beer Silver Star
- 1989 Won first Tokyo Super Bowl championship.
- 1993 Won first Rice Bowl National Championship.
- 1999 Won fourth Tokyo Super Bowl championship.
- 2009 Won Eastern divisional title. Advanced to the Final stage where they lost to eventual X-League runner up, the Fujitsu Frontiers 31–21.
- 2024 Asahi Breweries ends team sponsorship. Oriental Bio Co, LTD. takes over sponsorship. Team renamed Oriental Bio Silver Star [2]
Seasons
X-League Champions (1987–present) | Division Champions | Final Stage/Semi-finals Berth | Wild Card /2nd Stage Berth |
Season | Division | Regular Season | Post Season Results | Awards | Head coaches | |||
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Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||
1997 | East | 1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | Won Wild card match ( Nissan Prince Tokyo) 31-13 Lost semi-finals match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 6-26 | Abe | |
1998 | East | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | Won Wild card match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 26-10 Won Semi-finals match (Kashima) 38-13 Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XII (at Recruit) 24-45 | Abe | |
1999 | Central | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | Won Wild card match (Onward) 23-13 Won Semi-finals match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 20-15 Won Tokyo Super Bowl XIII (Kashima) 18-16 Won 53rd Rice Bowl National Championship game (Kwansei Gakuin 33-17 | Abe | |
2000 | East | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost Wild card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) | Abe | |
2001 | Central | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost Wild card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 6-24 | Abe | |
2002 | Central | 3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | Fukabori | ||
2003 | East | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 2 | Won Wild Card match (at Kashima) 7-3 Won Semi-finals match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 21-14 Lost Japan X Bowl XVII (at Onward) 10-13 | Fukabori | |
2004 | East | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | Won Wild Card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 10-7 Won Semi-finals match (at Onward) 13-10 Lost Japan X Bowl XVIII (at Matsushita Denko) 6-15 | Fukabori | |
2005 | Central | 2nd | 9 | 2 | 0 | Won Wild Card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 22-19 Lost semi-finals match (at Obic) 7-13 | Fukabori | |
2006 | Central | 1st | 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost Wild Card match (Kashima) 6-14 | ||
2007 | East | 3rd | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
2008 | East | 3rd | 9 | 3 | 0 | |||
2009 | East | 1st | 8 | 2 | 0 | Won 2nd stage match (Suita) 22-20 Lost 2nd Stage match (Kashima) 14-24 Lost final stage match (Fujitsu) 21-31 | Kiyoshi Oka | |
2010 | East | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 19-24 Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 3-34 | Kiyoshi Oka | |
2011 | Central | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 10-28 Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 14-58 | Kiyoshi Oka | |
2012 | East | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost 2nd stage match (at Obic) 7-69 Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 26-20 OT[3] | Kiyoshi Oka | |
2013 | East | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost 2nd stage match (at Obic) 7-21 Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 34-10[4] | Kiyoshi Oka | |
2014 | Central | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost 2nd stage match (at Fujitsu) 0-65 Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 3-65 | Kiyoshi Oka | |
2015 | Central | 3rd | 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 14-38 Lost 2nd Stage match (at Nojima Sagamihara) 7-14 OT | Mason Mills (ROY) | Kiyoshi Oka |
2016 | East | 3rd | 4 | 5 | 0 | Lost quarterfinals match (at Panasonic) 14-21 Won Super9/Battle9 classification match (All Mitsubishi) 17-0 | Kiyoshi Oka | |
2017 | East | 3rd | 3 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wildcard match (All Mitsubishi) 17-20[5] | Hayato Arima | |
2018 | East | 3rd | 3 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wildcard match (All Mitsubishi) 6-17[6] | Hayato Arima | |
2019 | X1 Area East | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | Won X1 Area Final (Asahi Soft Drinks) 34-31 Lost X1 Area-Super promotional match (at Nojima Sagamihara) 20-32 | Hayato Arima | |
2020 | X1 Area East | 2 | 1 | 0 | Hayato Arima | |||
2021 | X1 Area East | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | Hiroshi Kawamura (X1 Area MVP) | Hayato Arima | |
2022 | X1 Super Div. A | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | Lost quarterfinals match (at Fujitsu) 3-53 | Hayato Arima | |
2023 | X1 Super Div. B | 4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | Lost quarterfinals match (at Panasonic) 0-27 | Hayato Arima | |
Total | 122 | 66 | 3 | (1997–2023, includes only regular season) | ||||
16 | 24 | 0 | (1997–2023, includes only playoffs) | |||||
138 | 90 | 3 | (1997–2023, includes both regular season and playoffs) |
Current Import Players
Jersey # | Name | Position | Years with the team | Alma Mater | Achievements |
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#11 | Jimmy Laughrea | QB | 2022–present | UC Davis | |
#15 | Devin Phelps | WR | 2023-present | Shepherd | |
#24 | Ponce de Leon | DB | 2023-present | Shepherd | |
#37 | Ryan Boehm | DL | 2022–present | Fresno State | Team MVP award (2022), Team Defensive Player of the Year award (2022) |
Former Import Players
Name | Position | Years with the team | Alma Mater | Achievements |
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Ridge Jones | WR | 2019 | New Mexico | |
KeDarius Humphries | QB | 2019 | Murray State | |
Jonah Hodges | RB | 2018–19 | San Diego | |
Anthony Wallace | LB | 2019-20 | North Texas | |
Jared Stegman[7] | QB | 2018 | Queensland | |
Mason Mills | QB | 2015-16 | San Diego | ROY award (2015), All X-League Team member (2015) |
Roman Wilson | WR | 2015 | Princeton | All X-League Team member (2015) |
References
- ^ "X-League profile, Asahi Beer Silver Star". April 17, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ "Asahi Beer Silver Star changes team name to 'Oriental Bio Silver Star'". xleague.jp. January 18, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ Marantz, Ken (November 11, 2012). "Asahi Beer wins overtime thriller over corporate cousin". xleague.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- ^ "Silver Star storm to victory in intra-Asahi clash". xleague.com. November 12, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- ^ Marantz, Ken (November 6, 2017). "Lions roar to historic win over Silver Star in wildcard playoff". xleague.com. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ Marantz, Ken (November 6, 2018). "Creators, Lions beat the odds, Super 9 foes to advance to quarterfinals". xleague.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
- ^ "First Down - Under Center". insidesportjapan.com. April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
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