THE OBIC SEAGULLS
April,2014

1

INTRODUCTION• We are an American Football club team based in
the city of Narashino in the prefecture of Chiba.
Located just 15 miles directly east of Tokyo.
• We were founded as a corporate team, but for the
past 10 years we have operated as a club team.
• In an effort to develop the sport of American Footballin Japan, we involve ourselves in various activities on
and off the field. The goal of these activities are to
grow the sport into a major and successful sport in
the likes of baseball and soccer.

2

HISTORY• 1983, Team founded and administered as a corporate team within the company Recruit Co.,Ltd.
• 1988, The team became a priority club within Recruit Co., Ltd. Formally became a member ofthe football federation.
• 1996, Won first league and national title.
• 1998, National Champion.
• 1999, Following an economic downturn, the team transitioned from a corporate team under
Recruit Co., Ltd., to a club team.
• 2002, Became a self-supporting club team.
• 2003, Obic Co., Ltd., became the official main sponsor and the team officially became the“Obic Seagulls.”• 1996, 1998, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 National Champions. The most titles held by aJapanese organization.
• 2012, Went on record as being the first club team in Japan (Amongst currently registered X
league teams) to play in an international exhibition game (Germany/Dresden Monarchs).
(General information about the game and summary included in this presentation).
• 2013, Played in an international exhibition game in Dusseldorf, Germany vs. the Dusseldorf
Panthers. Became the first Japanese team to win four consecutive national championships.

3

FIRST EXPERIENCE ABROAD
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE BOWL 2012
@ DRESDEN, GERMANY

・Winning the championship for the third straight time was the goal that we set for ourselves as a team at the outsetof the season. For the second game of the Spring season we did something that no other club or corporate team inJapan has done. We became the first team to play against an international opponent overseas. We felt that such agame would be a great experience and challenge for our team. An experience and challenge that if handledproperly would make us stronger as a team and ready to face all challengers back home in Japan.

4

INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE BOWL 2012
@ DRESDEN, GERMANYQB Shun Sugawara threw for 204 Yards and two touchdowns to help his Obic Seagulls to a 29-17 win against theDresden Monarchs from Germany's top league, the GFL. In front of 5.900 fans at Dresden's Glücksgas Stadium
Sugawara finished the Seagulls' first possession (10 plays, 66 yards) with a 5-yard pass to WR Ryoma Hagiyama for a
7-0 lead and threw a 33-yard strike to WR Kentaro Mori for a 17-3 lead on the Seagulls' third possession - a one-playdrive that followed a fumble by Monarchs RB Larry Croom when he was brought down seven yards behind the lineof scrimmage. The Seagulls scored on all four possessions of the first half. K Yosuke Kaneoya kicked two 25-yard field
goals and the japanese champion took a 20-3 lead into halftime. K Jan Hilgenfeldt scored the only points in the firsthalf for the Monarchs on a 48-yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter.
The home team made the game more interesting in the second half. On the second play of the third quarter DB
Ladislav Jensik intercepted a deep pass to the left side by Sugawara at the Monarchs 37-yard line. The only mistakeby Obic's offense was followed by an impressive six-minute drive (13 plays, 63 yards) and a 1-yard touchdown run by
Warren Smith to cut the deficit to 20-10. And following a 41-yard field goal by Kaneoya on the Seagulls' ensuingpossession the Monarchs went 75 yards in six plays and Smith threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to WR Radko Zoller on
the first play of the fourth quarter to bring the Monarchs within six points (23-17).
The Seagulls, though, never got in danger to lose the game. After the two teams traded punts the Seagulls took
over at the Monarchs 44-yard line and six plays later QB Manabu Tatsumura threw a 6-yard touchdown pass overthe middle to WR Ken Shimizu for a 29-17 lead with just over five minutes left to play. A Tatsumura pass for a potential
two-point conversion failed. The Monarchs got the ball back twice in the final minutes but first had to punt after fiveplays and later reached the 36-yard line of the Seagulls before time ran out.

5ALL-TIME RESULTS• In 26 seasons / 180 total games(including league,
playoff and bowl games): 144 wins / 33 loses / 3
draws• X League championships (Japan X Bowl): 8 titles*(the most titles by any one team)• Japan national championships (Rice Bowl): 7 titles*(the most titles by any one team)

6

ORGANIZATIONAL MAKE-UP• The club team “Obic Seagulls” is administered by
OFC Co., Ltd. (Obic Football Club)• The organization consists of 62 players, 13 coaches,
10 staffers, and 16 cheerleaders.
• The players(Japanese and American alike)work
during the week and come together on weekends at
our facility in Narashino, Chiba to practice.
• The team’s main sponsor is Obic Co., Ltd. Along with
Obic Co., Ltd., there are a number of sub-sponsors
and contributors that support the organization.

7

AMERICAN FOOTBALL IN JAPAN• American football in Japan has a 79 year long history. The
first game was held in 1934.
• The college league is divided into 8 regions and consists of
220 teams.
• American football on the high school level is divided into
two regions(Kanto / Kansai) and the total number ofteams nationwide are 114. Middle school competitions
are also divided between these two regions, but only 30
teams currently compete.
• The X league is the top league/level of football in Japan. It
is a 4 division league that consists of 61 total teams.

8

THE X LEAGUEThe X League is an amateur American football league in Japan. It was founded
in 1996, and the four tier league(X1, X2, X3, and X4) are divided into threedivisions(East, West, and Central). The X League is made up of two types ofteams. Company teams are teams in which only employees of the sponsoring
company are allowed to participate as players. Club teams have no such
stipulations and are therefore fielded by players from different occupational
backgrounds.
Game rules are based on, and mirror those of the NCAA in the United States.
The only major difference is the game length. The X League has opted to gowith 12 minute quarters for the majority of its games as opposed to the
traditional 15 minute quarters played at the American collegiate level. The
regular season consists of three stages(1st stage, 2nd stage, final stage) inwhich all 18 teams in the top division vie for the X League title which is decided
in the Japan X Bowl(X League championship game). The regular season usually
starts the last week of August and ends with the national championshipgame(Rice Bowl)) on January 3rd.
9

THE X LEAGUE(CONT.)The are also two Spring tournaments(Pearl Bowl tournament, Green Bowl
tournament) which are used by teams to ready themselves and evaluate
new players before the start of the Fall season. The Spring season usually
begins the last week of April and runs through the last week of June.
Foreigners(Namely Americans) are often recruited to play for X League.
There are strict rules in place regarding foreign player participation. The
maximum number of foreigners on a single roster is limited to 4 players.
Also, No more than 2 foreign players are allowed on the field of play per
team. Lastly, foreign / with prior professional experience are disqualified
from competing in the X League.
X League url: www.xleague.com

10

JAPAN ON THE WORLD STAGE• 1998, The international body IFAF(International Federation ofAmerican Football) was established• 1999, The first ever World Championship of American
Football(also known as the IFAF World Cup) was held in Italy.
National teams from 6 countries participated. Japan placed 1st,and Mexico finished as the runner-up.
• 2003, The second IFAF World Cup was held in Germany.
National teams from 4 countries participated. Once again,
Japan placed 1st and Mexico finished in 2nd.
• 2007, The third IFAF World Cup was held in Japan. National
teams from 6 countries participated. Japan placed 2nd behind
the United States which won the tournament in it’s 1st
appearance.
• 2011, The fourth IFAF World Cup was held in Austria. National
Teams from 8 countries participated. Japan finished 3rd behind
Canada(2nd ) and the United States which won its second
consecutive tournament.
11

JAPAN ON THE WORLD STAGE
・United States: NFL, NCAA, Both the level of play andscale of business operations are the best in the world.
-A Japanese player has yet to play in the NFL.
-Indoor football is also a vibrant sport in the U.S.
・Canada: CFL, University, The foremost level of playoutside of the United States.
・Europe: NFL Europe(1995 ~ 2006), Many Japaneseplayers participated. It was considered to be a big
stage. Many players had opportunities to showcase
their skills for international audiences.

12

GAME RESULTS / ATTENDANCE（2013）
Spring Season
Date

Opponent

Location

ResultAttendance

5/11

Tokyo Gas

Kawasaki Stadium

45-0

574

Pearl Bowl First Round

5/25

Fujitsu

Kawasaki Stadium

13-31

1,689

Pearl Bowl Second Round

8/31

Keishicho

Kawasaki Stadium

31-0

1,037

Fall League Game 1

9/14

Meiji Yasuda

Kawasaki Stadium

63-0

809

Fall League Game 2

9/29

IBM

Akitsu Soccer Field

42-41

2,342

Fall League Game 3

10/6

All Mitsubishi

Kawasaki Stadium

46-7

963

Fall League Game 4

10/20

NojimaYokohama Stadium

12-3

1,434

Fall League Game 5

11/4

Asahi Beer

Oi Field #2

21-7

842

Post Season Round 1

11/17

Asahi Inryo

Nagai Stadium

44-17

2,500

Post Season Round 2

12/1

KajimaYokohama Stadium

21-12

3,867

X League Semi Final

12/17

FujitsuTokyo Dome

24-16

22,488JXB (X League Championship)

1/3

Kwansei Gakuin
University

Tokyo Dome

34-16

29,564

Rice Bowl (National Championship)Game

Fall Season

13

2013 OFF STATSPASSING
Pos/Name/#

Att

Com

%

Yds.

Long

TD

Int

QB #6 Shun
Sugawara

156

101

64.7%

1,538

66

12

10

QB #15
ManabuTatsumura

86

50

58.1%

798

68

6

3

QB #13
Yoshihito
Kinoshita

5

1

20.0%

40

40

0

0

WR #18
Noriaki
Kinoshita1

1100.0%

5

5

1

0

RB #20
TakuyaFurutani11100.0%

5

5

1

0

TOTAL

249

154

61.8%

2,386 －

20

13

14

2013 OFF STATS
RUSHING
Pos/#/Name

Att

Yds.

Av.

Long

TD

RB #20 Takuya
Furutani

91

553

6.1

60

7

RB #32 Takuto
Hara

87

487

5.6

55

4

RB #35 Koji
Yamazaki

24

133

5.5

14

2

RB #36 Asaki
Mochizuki

27

99

3.7

13

5

RB #37 Hiroki Kato

5

75

15.0

65

1

QB #6 Shun
Sugawara

32

55

1.7

21

1

WR #7 Yuki Ikei

1

12

12.0

12

0

WR #83 Ken
Shimizu

1

2

2.0

2

0

WR #18 Noriaki
Kinoshita3-3-1.0 －

QB #15 Manabu
Tatsumura

9

-9

-1.0

QB #13 Yoshihito
Kinoshita3-10-3.3 －

0

283

1,394

4.9 －

21

TOTAL

0
3

1

15

2013 OFF STATSRECEIVING
Pos/#/Name

Rec

Yds

Av

Long

TD

WR #18 Noriaki
Kinoshita

48

816

17.0

68

10

WR #85 Ryoma
Hagiyama

30

639

21.3

61

4

WR #83 Ken Shimizu

19

238

12.5

40

1

WR #7 Yuki Ikei

13

199

15.3

66

2

WR #10 Kentaro Mori

13

123

9.5

21

0

WR #17 Yuki Hirano

6

101

16.8

40

0

TE #89 Akimitsu Mori

7

82

11.7

25

3

TE #88 Sumitaka Ando

4

40

10.0

17

0

WR #19 Yoshiki Okada

2

34

17.0

25

0

RB #32 Takuto Hara

2

33

16.5

13

0

RB #20 Takuya
Furutani

5

26

5.2

10

0

WR #26 Takahito Anan

1

24

24.0

24

0

RB #35 Koji Yamazaki

3

18

6.0

6

0

RB #36 Asaki
Mochizuki

1

13

13.0

13

0

154

2,386

TOTAL

15.5 －

20

16

2013 DEF STATS
Pos/#/Name

Tackles

Sacks

Pass Def.

INT

DL #11 KevinJackson30

8

2

DL #23 Byron
Beatty Jr.

22

5

4

Big Play Points
42
1

39

LB #2 Naoki Kosho

34.5

1

12

DB #14 Masashi
Fujimoto

21

7

1

16

DB #25 Keizaburo
Isagawa

14

3

3

23

DB #16 Takeshi
Miyake25.5

4

DL #31 Takehiro
Mitsui19

LB #9 Masayoshi
Tsukada15

3

LB #45 Tomotaka
Hayasaka

17

1

DL #99 Yoshihiro
Nakata14.5

DB #3 Teruhisa
Takizawa

12.5

2

DL #54 Shota
Tomita

7

1

12

2

22
1

18
14

1

13
1

11
16

17

2013 DEF STATS(CONT.)DB #8 Yuichi
Watanabe10

LB #4 Masafumi
Toyoda16

LB #28 Yosuke
Nakanishi

9.5

LB #52 Noriki
Hagino9

DL #94 Daiki
Hatakeyama

8

LB #5 Satoshi
Sakata6

DB #22 Yudai
Maruyama

11.5

DB #27 Takayuki
Kurita

5.5

1

2

3

1

4

LB #30 Yu
Kuwahara
DB #33 Keisuke
Shimazu

4.5

2

2

8
5

2

8
2

5
7

1

1

1

8

2

DL #44 Seiji
Kurawaki2

2

DB #24 Gen
Yanogawa

3

1

18

2013 SPECIAL TEAM STATSKICK/PUNT
Field Goal
Pos/#/Name

Extra Point

Att

Good

%

Att

Good

%

K/P #1
YosukeKaneoya

15

11

73.3%

33

32

97.0%

K #47
Takahito
Maruta

1

0

0%

7

7

100%

TOTAL

16

11

68.8%

40

39

97.5%

Average

Long

Punt

Yds

TouchbackK/P #1 Yosuke
Kaneoya

19

603

31.7

47

1

DB/P #29
Satoshi Kaneuji

13

466

35.8

55

0

TOTAL

32

1,069

33.4 －

1

19

2013 SPECIAL TEAM STATSKICKOFF RETURN
Pos/#/Name

Att

Yds

AverageLong

TD

WR #18 Noriaki
Kinoshita

11

160

14.5

25

0

WR #83 Ken Shimizu

2

52

26.0

35

0

RB #20 Takuya
Furutani

4

41

10.3

17

0

RB #32 Takuto Hara

5

36

7.2

15

0

WR #81 Shota
Matsunaga

1

5

5.0

5

0

LB #9 Masayoshi
Tsukada

1

3

3.0

3

0

WR #85 Ryoma
Hagiyama

2

0

0 －

0

TE #89 Akimitsu Mori

1

0

0 －

0

WR #7 Yuki Ikei

1

0

0 －

0

DB #25 Keizaburo
Isagawa

1

0

0 －

0

TOTAL

29

297

10.2 －

020

2013 SPECIAL TEAM STATS
PUNT RETURN
Pos/#/Name

Att

Yds

AverageLong

TD

WR #7 Yuki Ikei

11

178

16.2

51

1

WR #18 Noriaki
Kinoshita

4

71

17.8

26

0

WR #81 Shota
Matsunaga

6

45

7.5

21

0

DB #14 Masashi
Fujimoto

1

26

26.0

26

0

DL #23 Byron Beatty
Jr.

1

17

17.0

17

0

DB #22 Yudai
Maruyama

1

2

2.0

2

0

RB #36 Asaki
Mochizuki

1

0

0 －

0

DL #11 KevinJackson

1

0

0 －

0

LB #45 Tomotaka
Hayasaka

1

0

0 －

0

RB #32 Takuto Hara1

-4-4.0 －

0

TOTAL

28

335

12.0 －

1

21

HEAD COACH/DEF COORDINATOR
Head Coach/Def Coordinator
Makoto Ohashi

Playing career-Obic Seagulls LB (1989~1996)
Coaching career (Obic Seagulls / Japan National Team)-Obic Seagulls Special teams coordinator (1996)-Obic Seagulls Defensive coordinator (1997~1999/ 10’~)-Obic Seagulls Head Coach (2000~)-Japan National team Defensive Coordinator for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th IFAF World Cup. Also
Japan National Team Defensive Coordinator for the Japan-USA Bowl 05’, Notre Dame-Japan Bowl09’, German-Japan Bowl 10’, and the 1st Asian Regional Championships in 11’-Married, proud father of two teenagers.
22

OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
Offensive Coordinator
HAJIME TOMINAGA

Coaching career (Obic Seagulls )-Obic Seagulls Assistant Defense coach（1995）-Obic Seagulls RB coach（1999~2003）-Obic Seagulls TE coach（2001）-Obic Seagulls Special Team Coordinator（2003）-Obic Seagulls Scouting Coordinator（1996~2006）-Onward Oaks LB Coach（2007~2008）-Obic Seagulls DB Coach（2009）-Obic Seagulls Special Team Coordinator & Offense Run Unit Coach（2010）-Obic Seagulls Offense Coordinator（2011~）-Married, proud father of one

23

SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR
Special Teams Coordinator
Takamasa Suzuki

Playing career-Obic Seagulls DL/SE (2000~2003)-IBM Big Blue DL/TE (2003~2008)-Arena Football FB/LB (2002~2006) (Hawaiian Islanders,
Bossiercity Shreveport BattleWings , San Diego Riptide , Samurai Warriors)
Coaching career (Obic Seagulls )-Obic Seagulls Special Teams Coordinator / DL coach (2010~)- Married, proud father of two .
24

OFF COACH
OL/TE Coach
Hiroshi Ono

Offense Line CoachYuji Kimura

Playing career-Panasonic Impulse (1999~2001)-Asahi Inryo Challengers (2002~2005)-Obic Seagulls (2006~2008, 2010)-Arena Football FB/LB (2003) Florida
Firecats

Coaching career (Obic Seagulls )-Obic Seagulls OL coach (2013~)

Playing career- Obic Seagulls OL （1997~2005）
Coaching career (Obic Seagulls )-Obic Seagulls OL coach（2006）
Fujitsu Frontiers OL coach（2007~ 2009）
-Obic Seagulls OL coach（2010~2012)-Obic Seagulls OL/TE coach (2013~)- Married.

25

OFF COACH
Wide Reciever CoachToshihide Nakamura

Playing career- Onward Oaks WR (1997~1999)- Obic Seagulls WR （2000~2006）- Arena Football 2 Memphis- Xplorers WR/DB (2004)
Coaching career (Obic Seagulls )- Obic Seagulls WR coach (2007~)- Married, proud father of three son .

Running Back CoachTakuya Furutani

Playing career-Obic Seagulls RB （1999~）- Arena Football 2 Louisville Fire WR/DB (2004)- Arena Football Philadelphia Soul WR/DB(2005)-Selected to 2nd WC in Germany (2003)-BEST11 OF 2nd WC (2003)-Member of The National Team "JAPAN-USA BOWL" (2005)-Selected to 3rd WC in Japan (2007)-Member of The National Team "NOTRE DAM JAPAN BOWL“(2009)-Member of National Team of "GERMAN JAPAN BOWL" (2010)-Selected to 4th WC in Austria (2011)
Coaching career (Obic Seagulls )-Obic Seagulls RB coach（2009~）-Married. proud father of two

26

DEF COACH
Line Backer Coach
Hirohito Okumura

Playing career-Nakamura Logistics Golden Go’s LB/C
(1998-2002)
Coaching career (Obic Seagulls )-Obic Seagulls Assistant WR coach(2006)-Obic Seagulls Assistant WR coach(2007)-Obic Seagulls LB coach（2010~）-Married, proud father of two.
27

DEF COACH
Line Backer Coach
Naoki Kosho

Playing career-Obic Seagulls DB（2001~2003）- Arena Football 2 Albany Conquest WR/DB (2003)-Obic Seagulls LB（2004~）-Member of The National Team "JAPAN-USA BOWL" (2005)-Selected to 3rd WC in Japan (2007)Vice Captain-Member of The National Team "NOTRE DAM JAPAN BOWL“(2009) Captain-Member of National Team of "GERMAN JAPAN BOWL" (2010)-Selected to 4th WC in Austria (2011) Captain
Coaching career (Obic Seagulls )-Obic Seagulls LB coach（2010~）-Married. proud father of one

Difensive Back CoachYuichi Watanabe

Playing career-Obic Seagulls DB (1997~)-Arena Football 2 Albany Conquest Def Specialist (2003)-Arena Football 2 Louisville Fire Def Specialist(2004)-Member of Samurai Warriors (2004,2006)- Arena Football New York Dragons WR/DB (2005)-Member of The National Team "JAPAN-USA BOWL" (2005)-Selected to 3rd WC in Japan (2007)-Member of The National Team "NOTRE DAM JAPAN BOWL“(2009)-Member of National Team of "GERMAN JAPAN BOWL" (2010)-Selected to 4th WC in Austria (2011)
Coaching career (Obic Seagulls )-Obic Seagulls DB coach(2011~)

28-Married, proud father of one

ASSISTANT COACH/RB
Assistant Coach/RB

Ryota Yamabe

Coaching Career (Obic Seagulls)-Obihiro Chikusan University Headcoach/Offensive coordinator (2008~2009)-Hokusei Gakuin University Headcoach/Offensive coordinator (2010~2011)-Obic Seagulls Assistant crew (2012)-Obic Seagulls Assistant coach/Assistantcrew (2013~)
29

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Player(DE/OLB) / Staff(PR Manager/Marketing)
Kevin Jackson
Playing career-University of Hawaii DE (1999~2003)-Green Bay Packers OLB (Free Agent/participated in OTA’s/mini-camp) 03’)
-Obic Seagulls DE (2005~)

Staff-Obic Seagulls PR Manager/Marketing (2012~)

30

KEY PLAYER #18 NORIAKI KINOSHITA
Wide Receiver/Returner
Noriaki Kinoshita
Playing career-Ritsumeikan University WR/RT(2001~2004)-Amsterdam Admirals WR/RT (2005~2007)-Atlanta Falcons WR(Free Agent/Practice Squad 2008)-Member of The National Team "NOTRE DAME JAPAN BOWL“ (2009)-Obic Seagulls WR/RT (2011~)-Selected to 4th WC in Austria (2011)
Highlights-Selcted ALL NFL Europe 2006,2007-Japan X Bowl MVP 2011
-All X League 2011--X League MVP 2013
He is considered the best Japanese football player ever. His strength is his speed. He runs 4.38 40yard dash. Not only
does he have speed, he also has a lot of experience that enables him to contribute a great deal to this team. Only
he has experienced the highest level of American football, the NFL. His brother Yoshihito Kinoshita #13 also plays for
the Obic Seagulls.

31

AMERICAN SEAGULLSKevin Jackson-University of Hawaii 03’-Obic Seagulls 05”~
-All X League 2005~-X League MVP 2005
Frank Fernandez-Harvard University 07’-Obic Seagulls 09’~
-All X League 2008,2011
Byron Beatty Jr.
- Colorado University 10’-Obic Seagulls 12’~-All X League 2013
Kai Maiava-UCLA 11"
-Obic Seagulls 13"~
-All X League 2013
-X League Rookie of the Year 2013

• There are currently four Americans on
the roster of the Obic Seagulls. After
graduating from college, Kevin,Frank, Byron, and Kai decided to goeast to Japan. All three have foundJapan to be a second home, andthe Obic Seagulls to be their family
away from home. X-League
regulations require that all athletes
work. Not only have Kevin, Frank,
Byron, and Kai been key to Obic’s
on-field success, they have all
flourished away from the field in theJapanese corporate world. They aremaking the most of theiropportunities, and are serving as
great ambassadors of our sport,
team, and home country of theUnited States.
32

NARASHINO, CHIBA• 2008, We began a hometown outreach program. (Thegoal of the program was to spread awareness of ourteam and activities throughout the community)• Held games at Chiba Marine Stadium(QVC Marine
Field in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), and Akitsu Soccer
Stadium(2013).
• Flag Football classes and events directed towards thecity’s youth.
• Participation in city festivals and events.
• Recipients of the 2013 Narashino city 'Honorable
Citizens Award'.
33

BE AN ALT IN THE CITY OF NARASHINO• The city of Narashino is currently looking for ALT’s for schools
throughout the city.
• The term ALT primarily to refers to English language speakers
who assist with the teaching of English in elementary, junior highand high schools. ALTs are required to be college graduates,
but they are usually not certified teachers like their Japanesecolleagues.
• Teaching abroad is a great opportunity to see the world andexperience new cultures. To have the chance to live and workoverseas is an opportunity that should not be missed. Japan is asafe, fun and rewarding choice of places to go. The
experience, friendships formed and culture one will learn are all
memories that will be held dear for life.
• Kevin Jackson worked as an ALT for the 05’/06’ school year.

34

FLAG FOOTBALL

35

CITY OF TUSCALOOSA EXCHANGE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

36

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA-TUSCALOOSAEXCHANGE

37

FESTIVAL PRESENCE

38

COMMUNITY SERVICE CAMPAIGNS39

PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

40

HOMETOWN GAMES IN CHIBA

41

HOMETOWN FAN SUPPORT

42

VICTORY CEREMONY43

Narashino city 'Honorable Citizens Award'.

44

THE ROAD AHEAD
・We would like to increase the number of people that love towatch and enjoy the sport of American Football here in
Japan.
・We would also like to introduce the very engaging andattractive world of sports and all of its benefits to as many
people as possible. To that end we would like to partner withother sports and organizations to create a community wheresuch education can be made possible.
・Eventually we would like to raise and send out players fromthe city of Narashino/prefecture of Chiba that are able tocompete in the NFL.

45