# 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.

## Team history

* 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

## Seasons

| X-League Champions (1987–present) | Division Champions | Final Stage/Semi-finals Berth | Wild Card /2nd Stage Berth |
| Season | Division | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | Post Season Results | Awards | Head coaches |
| Season | Division | Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | Post Season Results | Awards | Head coaches |
| 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | Hayato Arima |
| 2018 | East | 3rd | 3 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wildcard match (All Mitsubishi) 6-17 | | 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 |
| 2024 | X1 Super | 9th | 3 | 5 | 0 | | | Hayato Arima |
| Total | Total | Total | 125 | 71 | 3 | (1997–2024, includes only regular season) | (1997–2024, includes only regular season) | (1997–2024, includes only regular season) |
| Total | Total | Total | 16 | 24 | 0 | (1997–2024, includes only playoffs) | (1997–2024, includes only playoffs) | (1997–2024, includes only playoffs) |
| Total | Total | Total | 141 | 95 | 3 | (1997–2024, includes both regular season and playoffs) | (1997–2024, includes both regular season and playoffs) | (1997–2024, includes both regular season and playoffs) |

## Current Import Players

| Jersey # | Name | Position | Years with the team | Alma Mater |
| #12 | Darrius Sample | QB | 2024–present | University at Albany |
| #15 | Devin Phelps | WR | 2023-present | Shepherd |
| #90 | Nicolas Rabi | DL | 2024–present | Southern Illinois University |
Former Import Players
| Name | Position | Years with the team | Alma Mater | Achievements |
| Jimmy Laughrea | QB | 2022–23 | UC Davis | |
| Ponce de Leon | DB | 2023 | Shepherd | |
| Ryan Boehm | DL | 2022–23 | Fresno State | Team MVP award (2022), Team Defensive Player of the Year award (2022) |
| 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 | 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) |