Annual American football championship tournament held in Japan
For the Japanese rice dish, see
Donburi . For the term used for highly productive agricultural areas, see
Breadbasket .
College football bowl game
The Japan Championship Rice Bowl is an annual American football national championship game held in Japan every January 3 that determines the champion of the X-League . The game was originally a collegiate all-star game until 1983. From 1984 to 2021, the game matched the champions of the Japan X Bowl with the college Koshien Bowl winners. The game can draw over 30,000 spectators.
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National Championship Era [ edit ] X-League vs College Era Results [ edit ]
Date Game College Team Score X-League Stadium Attendance January 3, 1984 37 Kyoto 29-28 Renown Rovers National Stadium — January 3, 1985 38 Nihon 53-21 Renown Rovers National Stadium — January 3, 1986 39 Kwansei Gakuin 42-45 Renown Rovers National Stadium — January 3, 1987 40 Kyoto 35-34 Renown Rovers National Stadium — January 3, 1988 41 Kyoto 42-8 Renown Rovers National Stadium — January 3, 1989 42 Nihon 47-7 Renown Rovers National Stadium — January 3, 1990 43 Nihon 42-14 Asahi Beer Silver Star National Stadium — January 3, 1991 44 Nihon 35-13 Matsushita Electric Works Impulse Tokyo Dome — January 3, 1992 45 Kwansei Gakuin 6-28 Onward Oaks Tokyo Dome — January 3, 1993 46 Kyoto 20-29 Asahi Beer Silver Star Tokyo Dome — January 3, 1994 47 Kwansei Gakuin 23-28 Asahi Beer Silver Star Tokyo Dome — January 3, 1995 48 Ritsumeikan 14-16 Matsushita Electric Works Impulse Tokyo Dome — January 3, 1996 49 Kyoto 35-21 Matsushita Electric Works Impulse Tokyo Dome — January 3, 1997 50 Kyoto 16-19 Recruit Seagulls Tokyo Dome — January 3, 1998 51 Hosei 0-39 Kashima Deers Tokyo Dome — January 3, 1999 52 Ritsumeikan 16-30 Recruit Seagulls Tokyo Dome — January 3, 2000 53 Kwansei Gakuin 17-33 Asahi Beer Silver Star Tokyo Dome — January 3, 2001 54 Hosei 13-52 Asahi Soft Drink Challengers Tokyo Dome — January 3, 2002 55 Kwansei Gakuin 30-27 Asahi Soft Drink Challengers Tokyo Dome — January 3, 2003 56 Ritsumeikan 36-13 Obic Seagulls Tokyo Dome — January 3, 2004 57 Ritsumeikan 28-16 Onward Oaks Tokyo Dome — January 3, 2005 58 Ritsumeikan 7-26 Matsushita Electric Works Impulse Tokyo Dome 28,000 January 3, 2006 59 Hosei 17-47 Obic Seagulls Tokyo Dome 28,041 January 3, 2007 60 Hosei 29-30 Onward Skylarks Tokyo Dome 32,598 January 3, 2008 61 Kwansei Gakuin 38-52 Panasonic Electric Works Impulse Tokyo Dome 34,487 January 3, 2009 62 Ritsumeikan 17-13 Panasonic Electric Works Impulse Tokyo Dome 34,655 January 3, 2010 63 Kansai 16-19 Kashima Deers Tokyo Dome 35,742 January 3, 2011 64 Ritsumeikan 0-24 Obic Seagulls Tokyo Dome 35,750 January 3, 2012 65 Kwansei Gakuin 28-38 Obic Seagulls Tokyo Dome 25,059 January 3, 2013 66 Kwansei Gakuin 15-21 Obic Seagulls Tokyo Dome 27,371 January 3, 2014 67 Kwansei Gakuin 16-34 Obic Seagulls Tokyo Dome 29,564 January 3, 2015 68 Kwansei Gakuin 24-33 Fujitsu Frontiers Tokyo Dome 30,361 January 3, 2016 69 Ritsumeikan 19-22 Panasonic Impulse Tokyo Dome 31,345 January 3, 2017 70 Kwansei Gakuin 13-30 Fujitsu Frontiers Tokyo Dome 33,521 January 3, 2018 71 Nihon 9-37 Fujitsu Frontiers Tokyo Dome 34,500 January 3, 2019 72 Kwansei Gakuin 17-52 Fujitsu Frontiers Tokyo Dome 33,242 January 3, 2020 73 Kwansei Gakuin 14-38 Fujitsu Frontiers Tokyo Dome 31,345 January 3, 2021 74 Kwansei Gakuin 18-35 Obic Seagulls Tokyo Dome
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X-League Championship Era [ edit ] Date Game Higher Seed Score Lower Seed Stadium Attendance January 3, 2022 75 Panasonic Impulse 18-24 Fujitsu Frontiers Tokyo Dome January 3, 2023 76 Panasonic Impulse 21-29 Fujitsu Frontiers Tokyo Dome January 3, 2024 77 Panasonic Impulse 10-16 Fujitsu Frontiers Tokyo Dome
East vs West All-Star College vs X-League
East Japan - 東日本 West Japan - 西日本 Bowl games People Seasons Major Venues See also
X1
X2 X3 Championship See also
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