The Panasonic Impulse is an American football team based in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. The Impulse compete in the X-League, and are a member of the top tier X1 Super division along with Fujitsu Frontiers, Obic Seagulls, IBM Big Blue, Nojima Sagamihara Rise, Elecom Kobe Finies, Tokyo Gas Creators, and All Mitsubishi Lions. The team currently holds 8 Japan X Bowl championship titles along with 4 Rice Bowl Championships.
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. 2024 Won 8th Japan X Bowl title. 2025 Won 9th Japan X Bowl title.
Seasons X-League champions (1987–present)Division championsFinal stage/semifinals berthWild card/second stage berth
SeasonDivision Regular seasonPostseason resultsAwardsHead coachesFinishWinsLossesTies1997West1st500Won semi-finals match (Asahi Beer) 26-6Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XI (Kashima) 12-48Kawaguchi1998West2nd410Lost Wild card match (Asahi Beer) 10-26Kawaguchi1999West3rd320Murakami2000West1st710Won semi-finals match (Fujitsu)Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XIV (Asahi Soft Drinks) 18-20Murakami2001West1st900Won semi-finals match (Recruit) 10-7 OTLost Tokyo Super Bowl XV (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 7-14Murakami2002West1st710Lost semi-finals match (Fujitsu) 0-7Murakami2003West1st810Lost semi-finals match (Asahi Beer) 14-21Murakami2004West1st1000Won semi-finals match (Obic) 10-7Won Japan X Bowl XVIII (Asahi Beer) 15-6Won 58th Rice Bowl National Championship game (at Ritsumeikan) 26-7Murakami2005West1st820Won semi-finals match (Kashima) 3-0Lost Japan X Bowl XIX (at Obic) 16-25Murakami2006West1st710Lost semi-finals match (Kashima) 6-132007West1st900Won semi-finals match (Obic) 29-26 OTWon Japan X Bowl XXI (Fujitsu) 33-13Won 61st Rice Bowl National Championship game (Kwansei Gakuin) 52-382008West2nd810 Won Wild card match (Obic) 49-7Won semi-finals match (Onward) 44-17Won Japan X Bowl XXII (Kashima) 28-14Lost 62nd Rice Bowl National Championship game (Ritsumeikan) 13-172009West1st800 Won 2nd stage match (IBM) 49-7Won 2nd stage match (Obic) 23-20Lost final stage match (Kashima) 26-342010West1st900 Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 24-19Won 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 23-6Won final stage match (IBM) 31-28Lost Japan X Bowl XXIV (Obic) 16-202011West1st820 Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 28-10Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 10-242012West1st730 Won 2nd stage match (at IBM) 34-17Lost 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 27-28Ryohei Imanishi (MVP)Nobuyoshi Araki2013West1st910 Won 2nd stage match (at IBM) 55-24Lost 2nd stage match (Kashima) 45-47Lost final stage match (at Fujitsu) 13-28Tetsuo Takata (MVP)David Motu (ROY)Nobuyoshi Araki2014West2nd710 Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Beer) 65-3Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 24-48Nobuyoshi Araki2015West1st700 Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Beer) 38-14Won 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 36-0Won final stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 45-17Won Japan X Bowl XXIX (at Fujitsu) 24-21Won 69th Rice Bowl National Championship game (Ritsumeikan) 22-19Tetsuo Takata (MVP)Nobuyoshi Araki2016West1st810Won quarterfinals match (Asahi Beer) 21-14Lost semi-finals match (at Obic) 6-9 OT Nobuyoshi Araki2017West1st900Won quarterfinals match (All Mitsubishi) 20-3Lost semifinals match (IBM) 24-31Benjamin Anderson (MVP)Nobuyoshi Araki2018West1st810Won quarterfinals match (Tokyo Gas) 45-0Lost semifinals match (IBM) 17-24Nobuyoshi Araki2019X1 Super3rd530Won semifinals match (Obic) 24-14Lost Japan X Bowl XXXIII (at Fujitsu) 26-28Nobuyoshi Araki2020X1 SuperN/A110Lost semifinals tournament match (Obic) 35-34Nobuyoshi Araki2021X1 Super 1st600Won semifinals match (IBM) 38-31Lost 75th Rice Bowl Championship (Fujitsu) 18-24Jaboree Williams (MVP)Nobuyoshi Araki2022X1 Super Div. A1st700Won quarterfinals match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 38-28Won semifinals match (Obic) 30-10Lost 76th Rice Bowl Championship (Fujitsu) 21-29Jaylon Henderson (ROY)Nobuyoshi Araki2023X1 Super Div. A1st701Won quarterfinals match (Asahi Beer) 27-0Won semifinals match (IBM) 47-23Lost 77th Rice Bowl Championship (Fujitsu) 10-16Nobuyoshi Araki2024X1 Super 2nd900Won quarterfinals match (Elecom Kobe) 24-3Won semifinals match (Obic) 24-5Won 78th Rice Bowl Championship (at Fujitsu) 34-27Naoya Takayama2025X1 Super West1st800Won quarterfinals match (IBM) 52-14Won semifinals match (Fujitsu) 23-20Won 79th Rice Bowl Championship (Obic) 9-7Naoya TakayamaTotal208221(1997–2025, includes only regular season)40220(1997–2025, includes only playoffs)248441(1997–2025, includes both regular season and playoffs)
Import players Current import players Jersey #NamePositionYears with teamAlma materAchievements #85 Caleb Phillips TE 2024–present University of Hawai'i #23 Joshua Cox DB 2019–present Central Michigan University 4x All X-League Team member (2020, 2023–2025) #4 Jaboree Williams LB 2020–present Wake Forest University 3X All X-League Team member (2021, 2022, 2024)X1 Super MVP (2021) Japanese-American players Jersey #NamePositionYears with teamAlma materAchievements #12 Tsubasa Brennan WR 2021–present Waseda University #10 Les Maruo LB 2023–present University of Texas at San Antonio #5 Victor Jamal Mitchell RB 2019–present University of Virginia's College at Wise Japan National Team Selection (2020)4x All X-League Team member (2020–2022, 2025) #40 Moses Kaito Wiseman LB 2019–present Nihon University Japan National Team Selection (2020) 3x All X-1 Super Team member (2023–2025)
Former import players NamePositionYears with the teamAlma materAchievements Dax Raymond TE 2023 Utah State University Shay Fields WR 2020–2021, 2023 University of Colorado Boulder Jaylon Henderson QB 2022 Boise State University X-1 Super ROY award (2022) Alfonso Onunwor WR 2022 Idaho 4x All X-League Super team member (2019–2022) Anthony Lawrence QB 2019–2021 University of San Diego All X-League Team member (2021) Gabe Ahner OL 2019 University of Louisville Aaron Ahner DL 2017–2019 University of Louisville Daniel Wise WR 2019 Colorado State Pueblo Carlton Jones DE 2015–2019 Alabama State All X-League Team member (2017) Edmond Davis C 2015–2018 Alabama State4x All X-League Team member (2015–2018) Benjamin Anderson QB 2017–2018 UAPB MVP award (2017) Edward Burns CB 2018 Elon Emory Polley CB 2015–2017 Brown2x All X-League Team member (2016–2017) Ben Dupree RB 2015–2016 The Citadel All X-League Team member (2015) Matthew Oh LB 2014 Dartmouth
Notable coaches NameRoleYears with the teamAlma materAchievements Tim Goins Offensive coordinator & director of international football operations 2014-2015 UNLV The first American coach in Panasonic Impulse historyRecruited the Impulse’s first full roster of import playersJapan National Champion (2015)
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