Panasonic Impulse Explained

Panasonic Impulse
Established:	1974
Location:	Kadoma, Osaka
Colours:	Panasonic Blue, Black and Yellow^[1]
Coach:	Tadashi Araki
Manager:	Tetsuro Shikata
League:	X-League
Division:	X1 Super
League Champ Type:	Japan X Bowl titles
League Champs:	7 (1990, 1994-95, 2004, 2007-08, 2015)
Div Champs:	16 (1997, 2000, 2002-07, 2009-13, 2015-18)
Website:	http://panasonic.co.jp/es/go-go-impulse/

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 7 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.

Seasons

X-League champions (1987–present)

Division champions

Final stage/semifinals berth

Wild card/second stage berth

Season	Division	Regular season				Postseason results	Awards	Head coaches
		Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties
1997	West	1st	5	0	0	Won semi-finals match (Asahi Beer) 26-6 Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XI (Kashima) 12-48		Kawaguchi
1998	West	2nd	4	1	0	Lost Wild card match (Asahi Beer) 10-26		Kawaguchi
1999	West	3rd	3	2	0			Murakami
2000	West	1st	7	1	0	Won semi-finals match (Fujitsu) Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XIV (Asahi Soft Drinks) 18-20		Murakami
2001	West	1st	9	0	0	Won semi-finals match (Recruit) 10-7 OT Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XV (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 7-14		Murakami
2002	West	1st	7	1	0	Lost semi-finals match (Fujitsu) 0-7		Murakami
2003	West	1st	8	1	0	Lost semi-finals match (Asahi Beer) 14-21		Murakami
2004	West	1st	10	0	0	Won semi-finals match (Obic) 10-7 Won Japan X Bowl XVIII (Asahi Beer) 15-6 Won 58th Rice Bowl National Championship game (at Ritsumeikan) 26-7		Murakami
2005	West	1st	8	2	0	Won semi-finals match (Kashima) 3-0 Lost Japan X Bowl XIX (at Obic) 16-25		Murakami
2006	West	1st	7	1	0	Lost semi-finals match (Kashima) 6-13
2007	West	1st	9	0	0	Won semi-finals match (Obic) 29-26 OT Won Japan X Bowl XXI (Fujitsu) 33-13 Won 61st Rice Bowl National Championship game (Kwansei Gakuin) 52-38
2008	West	2nd	8	1	0	Won Wild card match (Obic) 49-7 Won semi-finals match (Onward) 44-17 Won Japan X Bowl XXII (Kashima) 28-14 Lost 62nd Rice Bowl National Championship game (Ritsumeikan) 13-17
2009	West	1st	8	0	0	Won 2nd stage match (IBM) 49-7 Won 2nd stage match (Obic) 23-20 Lost final stage match (Kashima) 26-34
2010	West	1st	9	0	0	Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 24-19 Won 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 23-6 Won final stage match (IBM) 31-28 Lost Japan X Bowl XXIV (Obic) 16-20
2011	West	1st	8	2	0	Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 28-10 Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 10-24
2012	West	1st	7	3	0	Won 2nd stage match (at IBM) 34-17^[2] Lost 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 27-28	Ryohei Imanishi (MVP)	Nobuyoshi Araki
2013	West	1st	9	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (at IBM) 55-24^[3] Lost 2nd stage match (Kashima) 45-47 Lost final stage match (at Fujitsu) 13-28	Tetsuo Takata (MVP) David Motu (ROY)	Nobuyoshi Araki
2014	West	2nd	7	1	0	Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Beer) 65-3^[4] Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 24-48		Nobuyoshi Araki
2015	West	1st	7	0	0	Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Beer) 38-14^[5] Won 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 36-0 Won final stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 45-17^[6] Won Japan X Bowl XXIX (at Fujitsu) 24-21 Won 69th Rice Bowl National Championship game (Ritsumeikan) 22-19^[7]	Tetsuo Takata (MVP)	Nobuyoshi Araki
2016	West	1st	8	1	0	Won quarterfinals match (Asahi Beer) 21-14^[8] Lost semi-finals match (at Obic) 6-9 OT^[9]		Nobuyoshi Araki
2017	West	1st	9	0	0	Won quarterfinals match (All Mitsubishi) 20-3 Lost semifinals match (IBM) 24-31	Benjamin Anderson (MVP)	Nobuyoshi Araki
2018	West	1st	8	1	0	Won quarterfinals match (Tokyo Gas) 45-0 Lost semifinals match (IBM) 17-24		Nobuyoshi Araki
2019	X1 Super	3rd	5	3	0	Won semifinals match (Obic) 24-14 Lost Japan X Bowl XXXIII (at Fujitsu) 26-28		Nobuyoshi Araki
2020	X1 Super	N/A	1	1	0	Lost semifinals tournament match (Obic) 35-34		Nobuyoshi Araki
2021	X1 Super	1st	6	0	0	Won semifinals match (IBM) 38-31 Lost 75th Rice Bowl Championship (Fujitsu) 18-24	Jaboree Williams (MVP)	Nobuyoshi Araki
2022	X1 Super Div. A	1st	7	0	0	Won quarterfinals match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 38-28 Won semifinals match (Obic) 30-10 Lost 76th Rice Bowl Championship (Fujitsu) 21-29	Jaylon Henderson (ROY)	Nobuyoshi Araki
2023	X1 Super Div. A	1st	7	0	1	Won quarterfinals match (Asahi Beer) 27-0 Won semifinals match (IBM) 47-23 Lost 77th Rice Bowl Championship (Fujitsu) 10-16		Nobuyoshi Araki
Total			191	22	1	(1997–2023, includes only regular season)
			34	22	0	(1997–2023, includes only playoffs)
			225	44	1	(1997–2023, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Import players

Current import players

Jersey #	Name	Position	Years with team	Alma mater	Achievements
80	Dax Raymond		2023-present
23	Joshua Cox		2019-present		All X-League Team member (2020)
2			2020-21, 2023-present
39	Jaboree Williams		2020-present		2X All X-League Team member (2021-22) X1 Super MVP (2021)

Japanese-American players

Jersey #	Name	Position	Years with team	Alma mater	Achievements
12	Tsubasa Brennan		2021-present
10			2023-present
5	Victor Jamal Mitchell		2019-present		Japan National Team Selection (2020) 3x All X-League Team member (2020-22)
40	Moses Kaito Wiseman		2019-present		Japan National Team Selection (2020)

Former import players

Name	Position	Years with the team	Alma mater	Achievements
Jaylon Henderson		2022		X-1 Super ROY award (2022)
Alfonso Onunwor		2022		4x All X-League Super team member (2019-22)
Anthony Lawrence		2019–2021		All X-League Team member (2021)
Gabe Ahner		2019
Aaron Ahner		2017–2019
Daniel Wise		2019
Carlton Jones		2015–2019		All X-League Team member (2017)
Edmond Davis		2015–2018	Alabama State	4x All X-League Team member (2015-18)
Benjamin Anderson		2017–2018		MVP award (2017)
Edward Burns		2018
Emory Polley		2015–2017	Brown	2x All X-League Team member (2016-17)
		2015–2016		All X-League Team member (2015)
Matthew Oh		2014

External links

• (Japanese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: X-League profile, Panasonic Impulse. April 17, 2015. December 30, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151217030352/http://www.xleague.com/profile/impulse.php. December 17, 2015. dead.
2. Web site: Panasonic pounds out 2nd-stage win over IBM . Marantz . Ken . November 4, 2012 . xleague.com . March 7, 2016.
3. Web site: Panasonic repeats win over IBM, but in more dominant fashion . Marantz . Ken . November 3, 2013 . xleague.com . March 7, 2016.
4. Web site: Impulse force 9 turnovers, score on 4 of them, in rout of Silver Star. . November 9, 2014 . xleague.com . March 4, 2016.
5. Web site: Panasonic pummels 1st Kanto foe as Dupree, defensive line shine. . Marantz . Ken . November 2, 2015 . xleague.com . March 4, 2016.
6. Web site: Impulse repeat rout of Rise, earn 1st trip to X bowl in 5 years . Marantz . Ken . December 1, 2015 . xleague.com . March 4, 2016.
7. Web site: Impulse hang on in Rice Bowl thriller for 1st national title since 2008 . Marantz . Ken . January 5, 2016 . xleague.com . February 28, 2016.
8. Web site: Impulse hold off Silver Star to book berth in semifinals . November 16, 2016 . xleague.com . November 20, 2016.
9. Web site: Obic emerges from deluge with OT win, ticket to Japan X Bowl . November 29, 2016 . xleague.com . November 29, 2016.
10. Web site: On the gridiron, a world away, American players get one more shot at glory .
11. Web site: Rise quarterback Kurt Palandech eager to impress in shortened season . 20 November 2020 .
12. Web site: 2015 Season Team Preview | NEWS & NOTES | ENGLISH | パナソニック インパルス | Panasonic .