Asahi Beer Silver Star

The Oriental Bio Silver Star are an American football team located in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan. They are a member of the X-League.

Oriental Bio Silver Star
Established1970
Based inKawasaki City, Kanagawa
Head coachHayato Arima
LeagueX-League
DivisionEast
ColorsNavy Blue and Silver [1]
Japan X Bowl titles(1989, 1992, 1993, 1999)
Division titles3 (1997, 2006, 2009)
Websitehttp://www.asahibeer.co.jp/silver/

Team history

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  • 1970 Team Founded as Asahi Beer Silver Star
  • 1989 Won first Tokyo Super Bowl championship.
  • 1993 Won first Rice Bowl National Championship.
  • 1999 Won fourth Tokyo Super Bowl championship.
  • 2009 Won Eastern divisional title. Advanced to the Final stage where they lost to eventual X-League runner up, the Fujitsu Frontiers 31–21.
  • 2024 Asahi Breweries ends team sponsorship. Oriental Bio Co, LTD. takes over sponsorship. Team renamed Oriental Bio Silver Star [2]

Seasons

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X-League Champions (1987–present) Division Champions Final Stage/Semi-finals Berth Wild Card /2nd Stage Berth
Season Division Regular Season Post Season Results Awards Head coaches
Finish Wins Losses Ties
1997 East 1st 5 1 0 Won Wild card match ( Nissan Prince Tokyo) 31-13
Lost semi-finals match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 6-26
Abe
1998 East 2nd 4 1 0 Won Wild card match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 26-10
Won Semi-finals match (Kashima) 38-13
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XII (at Recruit) 24-45
Abe
1999 Central 2nd 4 1 0 Won Wild card match (Onward) 23-13
Won Semi-finals match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 20-15
Won Tokyo Super Bowl XIII (Kashima) 18-16
Won 53rd Rice Bowl National Championship game (Kwansei Gakuin 33-17
Abe
2000 East 2nd 4 2 0 Lost Wild card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) Abe
2001 Central 2nd 4 2 0 Lost Wild card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 6-24 Abe
2002 Central 3rd 3 3 0 Fukabori
2003 East 2nd 6 2 2 Won Wild Card match (at Kashima) 7-3
Won Semi-finals match (at Matsushita Electric Works) 21-14
Lost Japan X Bowl XVII (at Onward) 10-13
Fukabori
2004 East 2nd 5 4 0 Won Wild Card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 10-7
Won Semi-finals match (at Onward) 13-10
Lost Japan X Bowl XVIII (at Matsushita Denko) 6-15
Fukabori
2005 Central 2nd 9 2 0 Won Wild Card match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 22-19
Lost semi-finals match (at Obic) 7-13
Fukabori
2006 Central 1st 7 2 0 Lost Wild Card match (Kashima) 6-14
2007 East 3rd 6 1 0
2008 East 3rd 9 3 0
2009 East 1st 8 2 0 Won 2nd stage match (Suita) 22-20
Lost 2nd Stage match (Kashima) 14-24
Lost final stage match (Fujitsu) 21-31
Kiyoshi Oka
2010 East 3rd 6 4 0 Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 19-24
Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 3-34
Kiyoshi Oka
2011 Central 3rd 5 3 1 Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 10-28
Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 14-58
Kiyoshi Oka
2012 East 3rd 6 3 0 Lost 2nd stage match (at Obic) 7-69
Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 26-20 OT[3]
Kiyoshi Oka
2013 East 3rd 4 3 0 Lost 2nd stage match (at Obic) 7-21
Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 34-10[4]
Kiyoshi Oka
2014 Central 3rd 5 3 0 Lost 2nd stage match (at Fujitsu) 0-65
Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 3-65
Kiyoshi Oka
2015 Central 3rd 6 1 0 Lost 2nd stage match (Panasonic) 14-38
Lost 2nd Stage match (at Nojima Sagamihara) 7-14 OT
Mason Mills (ROY) Kiyoshi Oka
2016 East 3rd 4 5 0 Lost quarterfinals match (at Panasonic) 14-21
Won Super9/Battle9 classification match (All Mitsubishi) 17-0
Kiyoshi Oka
2017 East 3rd 3 6 0 Lost Wildcard match (All Mitsubishi) 17-20[5] Hayato Arima
2018 East 3rd 3 6 0 Lost Wildcard match (All Mitsubishi) 6-17[6] Hayato Arima
2019 X1 Area East 1st 5 4 0 Won X1 Area Final (Asahi Soft Drinks) 34-31
Lost X1 Area-Super promotional match (at Nojima Sagamihara) 20-32
Hayato Arima
2020 X1 Area East 2 1 0 Hayato Arima
2021 X1 Area East 1st 6 0 0 Hiroshi Kawamura (X1 Area MVP) Hayato Arima
2022 X1 Super Div. A 4th 2 3 0 Lost quarterfinals match (at Fujitsu) 3-53 Hayato Arima
2023 X1 Super Div. B 4th 3 4 0 Lost quarterfinals match (at Panasonic) 0-27 Hayato Arima
Total 122 66 3 (1997–2023, includes only regular season)
16 24 0 (1997–2023, includes only playoffs)
138 90 3 (1997–2023, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Current Import Players

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Jersey # Name Position Years with the team Alma Mater Achievements
#11 Jimmy Laughrea QB 2022–present UC Davis
#15 Devin Phelps WR 2023-present Shepherd
#24 Ponce de Leon DB 2023-present Shepherd
#37 Ryan Boehm DL 2022–present Fresno State Team MVP award (2022), Team Defensive Player of the Year award (2022)

Former Import Players

Name Position Years with the team Alma Mater Achievements
Ridge Jones WR 2019 New Mexico
KeDarius Humphries QB 2019 Murray State
Jonah Hodges RB 2018–19 San Diego
Anthony Wallace LB 2019-20 North Texas
Jared Stegman[7] QB 2018 Queensland
Mason Mills QB 2015-16 San Diego ROY award (2015), All X-League Team member (2015)
Roman Wilson WR 2015 Princeton All X-League Team member (2015)

References

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  1. ^ "X-League profile, Asahi Beer Silver Star". April 17, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  2. ^ "Asahi Beer Silver Star changes team name to 'Oriental Bio Silver Star'". xleague.jp. January 18, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  3. ^ Marantz, Ken (November 11, 2012). "Asahi Beer wins overtime thriller over corporate cousin". xleague.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  4. ^ "Silver Star storm to victory in intra-Asahi clash". xleague.com. November 12, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  5. ^ Marantz, Ken (November 6, 2017). "Lions roar to historic win over Silver Star in wildcard playoff". xleague.com. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  6. ^ Marantz, Ken (November 6, 2018). "Creators, Lions beat the odds, Super 9 foes to advance to quarterfinals". xleague.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  7. ^ "First Down - Under Center". insidesportjapan.com. April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
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