The Ryukoku Seahorse football program represents

Ryukoku University is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as a school for Buddhist priests of the Nishi Hongan-ji denomination in 1639, and became a secularized university in 1876. The university's professors and students founded the literary m ...

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 ...

. Ryukoku 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 ...

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* American football in Japan Sports clubs and teams in Kyoto Prefecture 1975 establishments in Japan American football teams established in 1975 {{Japan-sport-stub