The
IBM Big Blue are an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
team located in the
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 244,528 in 108,669 households and a population density of 862 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 20.3%. The total ar ...
. They are a member of the
X-League.
Team history
*1976 Team founded as the IBM Thinkers.
*1977 Joined the X-League.
*1989 Team name changed to IBM Big Blue.
*1996 Won X2 Central Divisional title. Defeated
Penta-Ocean Construction Co. 28-27 in X2-X1 replacement game.
*1997 Promoted from X2 to X1.
*2010 Advanced to Final stage. Lost to
Panasonic Impulse 28-31.
*2014 Defeated the
Lixil Deers in the Final stage to advance to the
Japan X Bowl
The Japan X Bowl (previously the Japan Super Bowl) was the annual championship game of the X-League, the highest level of professional American football in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island countr ...
. Lost to the
Fujitsu Frontiers 10-44.
*2016 Celebrated 40th anniversary of team founding.
Seasons
Current import players
Former Import Players
See also
IBM Big Blue (rugby union)
References
External links
* (Japanese)
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American football in Japan
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
1976 establishments in Japan
American football teams established in 1976
Sports teams in Ibaraki Prefecture
X-League teams