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.
Team history 1985 Team was founded by the Fujitsu Group. 1986 Promoted from X2 to X1. 1992 Pearl Bowl runner-up. 2000 Won first divisional title. 2002 Japan X Bowl runner-up. 2005 Satoshi Fujita hired as head coach. 2006 Won 1st Pearl Bowl Championship. 2009 Japan X Bowl runner-up. 2010 Won second Pearl Bowl Championship. 2014 Won 1st X-League title and 1st National title. 2015 Japan X Bowl Runner-up. 2016 Won 2nd X-League & National title.
Seasons X-League champions (1987–present)Division championsFinal Stage/Semifinals BerthWild Card /2nd Stage Berth
SeasonDivision Regular SeasonPost Season ResultsAwardsHead coachesFinishWinsLossesTies1997East4th230Kurt Rose1998Central4th221Kurt Rose1999Central3rd320Kurt Rose2000East1st500Won Wild Card match (at Nissan Prince Tokyo)Lost semi-finals match (Matsushita Electric Works)Kurt Rose2001East2nd420Lost Wild Card match (at Recruit) 14-24Kurt Rose2002East1st500Won Wild Card match (Onward) 20-17Won Semi-finals match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 7-0Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XVI (at Recruit) 7-14Kurt Rose2003East3rd421 Kurt Rose2004Central4th230 Shima2005East3rd330 Satoshi Fujita2006Central3rd520 Satoshi Fujita2007East1st610 Won Semifinals match (Onward) 31-21Lost Japan X Bowl XXI (Matsushita Denko) 13-33Satoshi Fujita2008East2nd720 Lost Wild Card match (Kashima) 19-21Satoshi Fujita2009East1st710 Won 2nd stage match (Nihon Unisys) 61-0Won 2nd Stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 43-21Won Final stage match (Asahi Beer) 31-21Lost Japan X Bowl XXIII (Kashima) 14-21Satoshi Fujita2010Central2nd810 Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 34-3 Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic Denko) 6-23Satoshi Fujita2011East2nd610Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 58-14Won 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 24-10Won Final stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 38-3Lost Japan X Bowl XXV (Obic) 17-24 Satoshi Fujita2012Central2nd710 Won 2nd stage match (at As One) 27-9Lost 2nd stage match (at Kashima) 15-27Lost final stage match (at Kashima) 14-24Satoshi Fujita2013East1st710 Won 2nd stage match (at As One) 55-0Won 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 45-24Won Final stage match (Panasonic) 28-13 Lost Japan X Bowl XXVII (at Obic) 16-24Keiya Hiramoto (MVP)Junpei Yoshimoto (ROY)Satoshi Fujita2014East1st810 Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 65-0Won 2nd stage match (at Panasonic ) 48-24Won Final stage match (Obic) 27-17Won Japan X Bowl XXVIII (IBM) 44-10Won 68th Rice Bowl National Championship game (at Kwansei Gakuin) 33-24Gino Gordon (MVP)Colby Cameron (ROY)Satoshi Fujita2015East1st700 Won 2nd stage match (at Elecom Kobe) 28-7Won 2nd Stage match (Lixil Deers) 34-24Won Final stage match (Obic) 27-6Lost Japan X Bowl XXIX (Panasonic) 21-24Satoshi Fujita2016East1st810Won Quarterfinals match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 42-6Won Semi-finals match (IBM) 28-26Won Japan X Bowl XXX (Obic) 16-3Won 70th Rice Bowl National Championship game (at Kwansei Gakuin) 30-13 Colby Cameron (MVP)Satoshi Fujita2017East1st720Won Quarterfinals match (Elecom Kobe) 47-17Won Semifinals match (Obic) 7-0Won Japan X Bowl XXXI (IBM) 63-23Won 71st Rice Bowl National Championship (Nihon U.) 37-9 Satoshi Fujita2018East1st810Won Quarterfinals match (All Mitsubishi) 35-7Won Semifinals match (Obic) 13-10Won Japan X Bowl XXXII (IBM) 35-18Won 72nd Rice Bowl National Championship (at Kwansei Gakuin U.) 52-17Trashaun Nixon (MVP)Michael Birdsong (ROY) Satoshi Fujita2019X1 Super1st910Won Semifinals match (Elecom Kobe) 31-13Won Japan X Bowl XXXIII (Panasonic) 28-26Won 73rd Rice Bowl National Championship (Kwansei Gakuin U.) 38-14Samajie Grant (X1 Super ROY & MVP)Hiroshi Yamamoto2020X1 Super1st300Lost Japan X Bowl XXXIV (Obic) 7-13Hiroshi Yamamoto2021X1 Super2nd610Won Semifinals match (Obic) 17-10Won 75th Rice Bowl National Championship Game (Panasonic) 24-18Hiroshi Yamamoto2022X1 Super Div. B1st700Won Quarterfinals match (Asahi Beer) 65-3Won Semifinals match (Elecom Kobe) 39-21Won 76th Rice Bowl National Championship Game (Panasonic) 29-21Trashaun Nixon (X1 Super MVP)Hiroshi Yamamoto2023X1 Super Div. B1st611Won Quarterfinals match (Tokyo Gas) 10-3Won Semifinals match (Obic) 24-17Won 77th Rice Bowl National Championship Game (Panasonic) 16-10 Trashaun Nixon (X1 Super MVP)Hiroshi Yamamoto2024X1 Super 1st820Won Quarterfinals match (IBM) 49-14Won Semifinals match (Sekisui) 52-21Lost 78th Rice Bowl National Championship Game (Panasonic) 27-34 Samajie Grant (X1 Super MVP)Hiroshi Yamamoto2025 X1 Super Central1st530Won Quarterfinals match (Nojima Sagamihara) 42-28Lost Semifinals match (at Panasonic) 20-23 Hiroshi YamamotoTotal165393(1997–2025, includes only regular season)48160(1997–2025, includes only playoffs)213553(1997–2025, includes both regular season and playoffs)
Head coaches CoachYearsRecord Kurt Rose 1997–2003 28–12 Shima 2004 2–3 Satoshi Fujita 2005–2018 125–27 Yo Yamamoto 2019–present 58–11–1
Current import players Jersey #NamePositionYears with the teamAlma materAchievements #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)
Former import players NamePositionYears with the teamAlma materAchievements 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 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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