The Ritsumeikan Panthers football program, established in 1953, represents

Ritsumeikan University is a private university in Kyoto, Japan, that traces its origin to 1869. With the Kinugasa Campus (KIC) in Kyoto, and Kyoto Prefecture, the university also has a satellite called Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC) and Osaka-Ibaraki Campus (OIC). Tod ...

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

. Ritsumeikan is a member of the

Kansai Collegiate American Football League The Kansai Collegiate American Football League (関西学生アメリカンフットボール連盟) is an American college football league made up of fifty-three colleges and universities in the Kansai region of Japan Japan ( ja, 日本 ...

History

Coaching history

Records, championships, and notable games

Notable players

Masafumi Kawaguchi Masafumi Kawaguchi (born February 19, 1973) is a former Japanese player of American football. He was born in Kawanishi, Hyogo and introduced to football during his senior year at San Clemente High School in California, when he moved there ...

Noriaki Kinoshita , born December 29, 1982) is a Japanese football wide receiver who currently plays for the Obic Seagulls of the X-League. He was signed by the Amsterdam Admirals in 2005. He played college football for the Ritsumeikan Panthers. Earl ...

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* official website * American football teams established in 1953 American football in Japan 1953 establishments in Japan Sports teams in Kyoto Prefecture {{Japan-sport-stub