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Panasonic Impulse

{{Infobox American football team

| name = Panasonic Impulse

| logo =

| helmet =

| uniform =

| established = 1974

| suspended =

| folded =

| location = Kadoma, Osaka

| field =

| colours = {{colourbox|#0040be}}{{colourbox|#000000}}{{colourbox|#ffee00}} Panasonic Blue, Black and Yellow{{cite web|title=X-League profile, Panasonic Impulse|url=http://www.xleague.com/profile/impulse.php|date=April 17, 2015|access-date=December 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217030352/http://www.xleague.com/profile/impulse.php|archive-date=December 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}

| nickname =

| coach = Tadashi Araki

| manager = Tetsuro Shikata

| owner =

| mascot =

| league = X-League

| division = X1 Super

| league_champ_type = Japan X Bowl titles

| league_champs = 8 (1990, 1994-95, 2004, 2007-08, 2015 & 2024)

| div_champs = 16 (1997, 2000, 2002-07, 2009-13, 2015-18)

| website = http://panasonic.co.jp/es/go-go-impulse/

}}

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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.

Seasons

class="wikitable"

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|X-League champions (1987–present)

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|Division champions

|bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Final stage/semifinals berth

|bgcolor="#96CDCD"|Wild card/second stage berth

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
rowspan="2"|Season

!rowspan="2"|Division

!colspan="4"| Regular season

!rowspan="2"|Postseason results

!rowspan="2"|Awards

!rowspan="2"|Head coaches

Finish

!Wins

!Losses

!Ties

align="center"|1997

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st

|align="center"|5

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|0

|Won semi-finals match (Asahi Beer) 26-6
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XI (Kashima) 12-48

|

|Kawaguchi

align="center"|1998

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor=""|2nd

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|0

|Lost Wild card match (Asahi Beer) 10-26

|

|Kawaguchi

align="center"|1999

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor=""|3rd

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|0

|

|

|Murakami

align="center"|2000

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|0

|Won semi-finals match (Fujitsu)
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XIV (Asahi Soft Drinks) 18-20

|

|Murakami

align="center"|2001

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor=""|1st

|align="center"|9

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|0

|Won semi-finals match (Recruit) 10-7 OT
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XV (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 7-14

|

|Murakami

align="center"|2002

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|0

|Lost semi-finals match (Fujitsu) 0-7

|

|Murakami

align="center"|2003

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|0

|Lost semi-finals match (Asahi Beer) 14-21

|

|Murakami

align="center"|2004

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|1st

|align="center"|10

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|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

align="center"|2005

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|0

|Won semi-finals match (Kashima) 3-0
Lost Japan X Bowl XIX (at Obic) 16-25

|

|Murakami

align="center"|2006

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|0

|Lost semi-finals match (Kashima) 6-13

|

|

align="center"|2007

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|1st

|align="center"|9

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|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

|

|

align="center"|2008

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|2nd

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|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

|

|

align="center"|2009

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|0

| Won 2nd stage match (IBM) 49-7
Won 2nd stage match (Obic) 23-20
Lost final stage match (Kashima) 26-34

|

|

align="center"|2010

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st

|align="center"|9

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|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

|

|

align="center"|2011

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|0

| Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 28-10
Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 10-24

|

|

align="center"|2012

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#96CDCD"|1st

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|0

| Won 2nd stage match (at IBM) 34-17{{cite web |url=http://www.xleague.com/news/news_league/panasonic-pounds-out-2nd-stage-win-over-ibm/ |title=Panasonic pounds out 2nd-stage win over IBM |last=Marantz |first=Ken |date=November 4, 2012 |website=xleague.com |access-date=March 7, 2016}}
Lost 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 27-28

|Ryohei Imanishi (MVP)

|Nobuyoshi Araki

align="center"|2013

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st

|align="center"|9

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|0

| Won 2nd stage match (at IBM) 55-24{{cite web |url=http://www.xleague.com/news/news_league/panasonic-repeats-win-over-ibm-but-in-more-dominant-fashion/ |title=Panasonic repeats win over IBM, but in more dominant fashion |last=Marantz |first=Ken |date=November 3, 2013 |website=xleague.com |access-date=March 7, 2016}}
Lost 2nd stage match (Kashima) 45-47
Lost final stage match (at Fujitsu) 13-28

|Tetsuo Takata (MVP)
David Motu (ROY)

|Nobuyoshi Araki

align="center"|2014

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#96CDCD"|2nd

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|0

| Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Beer) 65-3{{cite web |url=http://www.xleague.com/news/game_report/impulse-force-9-turnovers-score-on-4-of-them-in-rout-of-silver-star/ |title=Impulse force 9 turnovers, score on 4 of them, in rout of Silver Star. |date=November 9, 2014 |website=xleague.com |access-date=March 4, 2016}}
Lost 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 24-48

|

|Nobuyoshi Araki

align="center"|2015

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|1st

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|0

| Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Beer) 38-14{{cite web |url=http://www.xleague.com/news/game_report/panasonic-pummels-1st-kanto-foe-as-dupree-defensive-line-shine/ |title=Panasonic pummels 1st Kanto foe as Dupree, defensive line shine. |last=Marantz |first=Ken |date=November 2, 2015 |website=xleague.com |access-date=March 4, 2016}}
Won 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 36-0
Won final stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 45-17{{cite web |url=http://www.xleague.com/news/game_report/final-stage-impulse-repeat-rout-of-rise-earn-1st-trip-to-x-bowl-in-5-years/ |title=Impulse repeat rout of Rise, earn 1st trip to X bowl in 5 years |last=Marantz |first=Ken |date=December 1, 2015 |website=xleague.com |access-date=March 4, 2016}}
Won Japan X Bowl XXIX (at Fujitsu) 24-21
Won 69th Rice Bowl National Championship game (Ritsumeikan) 22-19{{cite web |url=http://www.xleague.com/news/game_report/impulse-hang-on-in-rice-bowl-thriller-for-1st-national-title-since-2008/ |title=Impulse hang on in Rice Bowl thriller for 1st national title since 2008 |last=Marantz |first=Ken |date=January 5, 2016 |website=xleague.com |access-date=February 28, 2016}}

|Tetsuo Takata (MVP)

|Nobuyoshi Araki

align="center"|2016

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|0

|Won quarterfinals match (Asahi Beer) 21-14{{cite web |url=http://www.xleague.com/news/news_league/impulse-hold-off-silver-star-to-book-berth-in-semifinals/ |title=Impulse hold off Silver Star to book berth in semifinals |date=November 16, 2016 |website=xleague.com |access-date=November 20, 2016}}
Lost semi-finals match (at Obic) 6-9 OT{{cite web |url= http://www.xleague.com/news/news_league/obic-emerges-from-deluge-with-ot-win-ticket-to-japan-x-bowl/|title=Obic emerges from deluge with OT win, ticket to Japan X Bowl |date=November 29, 2016 |website=xleague.com |access-date=November 29, 2016}}

|

|Nobuyoshi Araki

align="center"|2017

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st

|align="center"|9

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|0

|Won quarterfinals match (All Mitsubishi) 20-3
Lost semifinals match (IBM) 24-31

|Benjamin Anderson (MVP)

|Nobuyoshi Araki

align="center"|2018

|align="center"|West

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|0

|Won quarterfinals match (Tokyo Gas) 45-0
Lost semifinals match (IBM) 17-24

|

|Nobuyoshi Araki

align="center"|2019

|align="center"|X1 Super

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|3rd

|align="center"|5

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|0

|Won semifinals match (Obic) 24-14
Lost Japan X Bowl XXXIII (at Fujitsu) 26-28

|

|Nobuyoshi Araki

align="center"|2020

|align="center"|X1 Super

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|N/A

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|0

|Lost semifinals tournament match (Obic) 35-34

|

|Nobuyoshi Araki

align="center"|2021

|align="center"|X1 Super

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st

|align="center"|6

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|0

|Won semifinals match (IBM) 38-31
Lost 75th Rice Bowl Championship (Fujitsu) 18-24

|Jaboree Williams (MVP)

|Nobuyoshi Araki

align="center"|2022

|align="center"|X1 Super Div. A

|align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|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

align="center"|2023

|align="center"|X1 Super Div. A

|align="center" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st

|align="center"|7

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|1

|Won quarterfinals match (Asahi Beer) 27-0
Won semifinals match (IBM) 47-23
Lost 77th Rice Bowl Championship (Fujitsu) 10-16

|

|Nobuyoshi Araki

align="center"|2024

|align="center"|X1 Super

|align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|2nd

|align="center"|9

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|0

|Won quarterfinals match (Elecom Kobe) 24-3
Won semifinals match (Obic) 24-5
Won 78th Rice Bowl Championship (at Fujitsu) 34-27

|

|Nobuyoshi Araki

align="center" rowSpan="3" colSpan="3"|Total

|align="center"|200

|align="center"|22

|align="center"|1

|colSpan="3"|(1997–2024, includes only regular season)

align="center"|37

|align="center"|22

|align="center"|0

|colSpan="3"|(1997–2024, includes only playoffs)

align="center"|237

!align="center"|44

!align="center"|1

|colSpan="3"|(1997–2024, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Import players

Current import players

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Jersey #

!Name

!Position

!Years with team

!Alma mater

!Achievements

#85Caleb PhillipsTE2024–presentUniversity of Hawai'i
#23Joshua CoxDB2019–presentCentral Michigan University3x All X-League Team member (2020, 2023–24)
#4Jaboree WilliamsLB2020–presentWake Forest University3X All X-League Team member (2021-22 & 2024)
X1 Super MVP (2021)

Japanese-American players

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Jersey #

!Name

!Position

!Years with team

!Alma mater

!Achievements

#12Tsubasa BrennanWR2021–presentNihon University
#10Les MaruoLB2023–presentUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
#5Victor Jamal MitchellRB2019–presentUniversity of Virginia's College at WiseJapan National Team Selection (2020)
3x All X-League Team member (2020–22)
#40Moses Kaito WisemanLB2019–presentNihon UniversityJapan National Team Selection (2020)
2x All X-1 Super Team member (2023–24)

Former import players

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!Name

!Position

!Years with the team

!Alma mater

!Achievements

Dax RaymondTE2023Utah State University
Shay FieldsWR2020-21, 2023University of Colorado Boulder
Jaylon HendersonQB2022Boise State UniversityX-1 Super ROY award (2022)
Alfonso OnunworWR2022Idaho4x All X-League Super team member (2019–22)
Anthony LawrenceQB2019–2021University of San DiegoAll X-League Team member (2021)
Gabe AhnerOL2019University of Louisville
Aaron AhnerDL2017–2019University of Louisville
Daniel WiseWR2019Colorado State Pueblo
Carlton JonesDE2015–2019Alabama StateAll X-League Team member (2017)
Edmond DavisC2015–2018Alabama State

|4x All X-League Team member (2015–18)

Benjamin AndersonQB2017–2018UAPBMVP award (2017)
Edward BurnsCB2018Elon
Emory PolleyCB2015–2017Brown2x All X-League Team member (2016–17)
Ben DupreeRB2015–2016The CitadelAll X-League Team member (2015)
Matthew OhLB2014Dartmouth

Notable coaches

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!Name

!Role

!Years with the team

!Alma mater

!Achievements

Tim GoinsOffensive coordinator & director of international football operations{{cite web | url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/football/bucs/on-the-gridiron-a-world-away-american-players-get-one-more-shot-at-glory/2270752/?outputType=amp | title=On the gridiron, a world away, American players get one more shot at glory }}{{cite web | url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/11/20/football/rise-quarterback-kurt-palandech/ | title=Rise quarterback Kurt Palandech eager to impress in shortened season | date=20 November 2020 }}{{cite web | url=https://panasonic.co.jp/ew/go-go-impulse/en/news/2015/09/ | title=2015 Season Team Preview | NEWS & NOTES | ENGLISH | パナソニック インパルス | Panasonic }}2014-2015UNLVThe first American coach in Panasonic Impulse history

Recruited the Impulse’s first full roster of import players

Japan National Champion (2015)

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://panasonic.co.jp/es/go-go-impulse//}} (Japanese)

{{X-League}}

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