The Fuji Xerox Minerva are an American football team located in Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan. After four years in the X2 league, the team was promoted to the X-League X2 division for 2017.
Seasons X-League champions (1987–present)Division championsFinal Stage/Semifinals BerthWild Card /2nd Stage Berth
SeasonLeagueDivision Regular SeasonPostseason resultsAwardsHead coachesFinishWinsLossesTies2009X1East5th160Won 2nd stage relegation match (Bullseyes-Tokyo) 14–10Lost 2nd stage relegation match (Meiji Yasuda) 13–222010X1East6th160Won 2nd stage relegation match (Nihon Unisys) 18–13Lost 2nd stage relegation match (All Tokyo Gas) 7–31Won X1-X2 replacement match (Tokyo MPD) 14–02011X1East6th070Lost 2nd stage relegation match (at IBM) 14–70Lost 2nd stage relegation match (at All Tokyo Gas) 28–41Won X1-X2 replacement match (Hurricanes AFC) 25–192012X1Central6th070 Lost 2nd stage relegation match (at Meiji Yasuda) 7–72Lost 2nd stage relegation match (at Nihon Unisys) 9–10Lost X1-X2 replacement match ( Hurricanes AFC) 13–20 Ichiro Narushima2013X2Central3rd512 Won X2 2nd stage relegation match (at Warriors) 24–0Ichiro Narushima2014X2East3rd620 Won X2 2nd stage relegation match (Bullseyes-Tokyo) 17–0Ichiro Narushima2015X2Central1st810Lost X2-X1 promotion match (Bullseyes-Tokyo) 13–21Ichiro Narushima2016X2Central2nd610Won X2-X1 promotion match (Bullseyes-Tokyo) 27–7Ichiro Narushima2017X1East4th370Takao Kaohara2018X1Central5th360Shinichiro Sugawara2019X1 AreaEast2nd540Shinichiro Sugawara2020X1 AreaEast5th120Shinichiro Sugawara2021X1 AreaEast4th150Shinichiro Sugawara2022X1 Area3rd520Takao Asakura2023X1 Area2nd920Won X1 Area/X1 Super promotion match (Dentsu) 17–10Takao Asakura2024X1 Super10th062Won X1 Area/X1 Super relegation match (Tainai) 20–17Takao Asakura2025X1 SuperCentral4th170Takao AsakuraTotal55724(2009–2025, includes only regular season)980(2009–2025, includes only playoffs)64804(2009–2025, includes both regular season and playoffs)
Current import players Jersey #NamePositionYears with the teamAlma materAchievements #1 Chevan CordeiroQB 2025–present San Jose State University #50 Terrance Lane DL 2025–present Brown University Former import players NamePositionYears with the teamAlma materAchievements Solomon Brown DL 2024 Clemson University Ian Park LT 2024 Northwestern University 2x All X-League Area Team member (2019, 2020)
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