The Nojima Sagamihara Rise are an

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team located in

Sagamihara City is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...

Kanagawa is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanagaw ...

, Japan. They are a member of the X-League. Similar to how fellow X-League member Elecom Kobe Finies's visual identity is inspired by the

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, the Nojima Sagamihara Rise's visual identity is inspired by the

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, primarily in respect to its colors (navy blue and orange), logo (A charging horse with a flame-like mane) and uniforms (The Rise's home jersey is navy blue with orange accents - similar to the Broncos' 1997-2011 home jersey/2012-present alternate jersey), though the shade of orange which the Rise uses is closer to red.

Team history

*2009 Team founded. First named Sagamihara Rise. Promoted from X3 to X2 at the end of the year. *2010 Won X-League replacement game. Promoted from X2 to X1 for the following year. *2011 Naming rights contract with the Nojima Corporation. Team name changed to Nojima Sagamihara Rise. Advanced to the Final Stage. *2012 Advanced to the Final stage for the 2nd consecutive year. *2015 Advanced to the Final stage. Lost to eventual champion Panasonic Impulse 45-17.

Seasons

Current import players

Former import players

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* (Japanese) American football in Japan 2009 establishments in Japan American football teams established in 2009 X-League teams {{americanfootball-team-stub