The Hosei Orange football program represents
Hosei University in
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 ...
. They are members of the Top 8 in the
Kantoh Collegiate American Football Association.
Name
In January 2017 the club's sponsor, Dome Corporation, announced that the name "Tomahawks" would be replaced by "Orange".
Tomahawks Field
With permission and assistance from
Boise State University, Hosei is the first university in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
to have a blue turf playing surface granted to them under the first international licensing of the playing surface through a Boise State trademark.
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American football in Japan
1935 establishments in Japan
American football teams established in 1935
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