Japan national American football team
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| Association | JAFA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Region | Asia (AFAF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colors | Red, White | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Kiyoyuki Mori | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General manager | Shinzo Yamada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Japan 24–14  Sweden(Palermo, Italy; June 28, 1999) |
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Japan 88–0  South Korea(Osaka, Japan; February 23, 2003) |
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Japan 12–59  United States(Canton, United States; July 18, 2015) |
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| Appearances | 5 (first in 1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result |
 (1999, 2003) |
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| Representing Japan
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1999 Italy | Team Competition |
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2003 Germany | Team Competition |
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2007 Japan | Team Competition |
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2011 Austria | Team Competition |
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2015 United States | Team Competition |
The Japan national American football team represents Japan in international American football competitions. The team is controlled by the Japan American Football Association, and has been one of the world's strongest international teams since it began participating regularly in international tournaments in the 1990s, and currently possesses the second most American Football World Cups (1999, 2003).
Japan won the inaugural 1999 IFAF World Championship and won again in 2003. In 2007 they advanced to the final, losing to the United States 23–20 in overtime. In 2010 Japan beat Germany 24–14 in the inaugural Germany-Japan Bowl. On February 2011, Japan bested South Korea (76–0) to qualify for the 2011 IFAF World Championship.
Preparing for the qualification match for the 2015 IFAF World Championship, the JAFA scheduled an international friendly match against Germany on April 12, 2014 at Kawasaki Stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. 85 players were initially chosen for the national team on March 11 which was whittled down to the required 45-men roster before April 12. Before a crowd of 1,889, Japan defeated Germany 38-0 in a strong defensive showing for the Japanese which limited Germany to only 135 yards of total offense as well as cause four turnovers and two sacks, the latter of which was all in the second half. Before going against the Philippines, Japan made 5 changes in their roster replacing WRs Ryoma Hagiyama and Naoki Maeda with Takeshi Akiyama and Junpei Yoshimoto, RB Keita Takanohashi with Takashi Miyako, LB Yuki Ikeda with Yoshiki Tanaka, and S Toshinari Masatani with Takeshi Miyake. Against a young Philippine team that was in its first year in the IFAF, the Japanese showed no quarter, scoring on every offensive possession as well as holding the Philippines to only 1st down en route to a 86-0 victory, the 2nd biggest win in the national team's history. With the win, Japan along with South Korea (which defeated Kuwait in the other qualification match 69-7.) qualified for the 2015 IFAF World Championship tournament in Canton, Ohio, United States.
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