Obic Seagulls

The Obic Seagulls are an American football team located in the Narashino, Chiba, Japan. They are a member of the X-League. The Obic Seagulls have won over 17 championships during their team history (8 Rice Bowl championships and 9 Japan X Bowl championships) the most of any American football team in Japan.

Team history

 * 1983 Team founded as the "Recruit Seagulls"
 * 1989 Promoted from X2 to X1
 * 1995 Won first Division Title
 * 1996 Won first league and national title.
 * 1998 Won second league and national title.
 * 1999 Following an economic downturn, the team transitioned from a corporate team under Recruit Co., Ltd., to a club team.
 * 2002 Recruit withdraws team sponsorship. Team became a self-supporting club team under the name "Seagulls".
 * 2003 Obic Co., Ltd., becomes new team sponsor. Team name changed to Obic Seagulls.
 * 2005 Won third League and national title.
 * 2012 Went on record as being the 1st club team in Japan (Among currently registered X-League teams) to play in an international exhibition game (Germany/Dresden Monarchs).
 * 2013 Played in an international exhibition game in Dusseldorf, Germany vs. the Dusseldorf Panthers. Became the first Japanese team to win 4 consecutive national championships dating back to 2010.
 * 2014 Played in a sister cities international exhibition game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A. vs. the APDFL(Amateur to Professional Developmental Football League) Blazers.

Current Import Players
Former Import players