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championship titles along with 4 Rice Bowl Championships.

Team history

*1974 Team founded. Team known as the ''Matsushita Electric Works Impulse'' *1995 Won first Tokyo Super Bowl title. Also won first Rice Bowl National Championship. *2004 Team celebrates 30th anniversary of founding. Won 2nd Rice Bowl National Championship. *2008 Team name changed to ''Panasonic Electric Works Impulse''. Won 3rd Rice Bowl National Championship. *2011 Team name changed to ''Panasonic Impulse''. *2015 Won 7th Japan X Bowl title and 4th Rice Bowl National Championship.

Seasons

Import players

Current import players Japanese-American players Former import players

References

External links

* (Japanese) {{Panasonic American football in Japan Panasonic Kadoma District 1974 establishments in Japan American football teams established in 1974 X-League teams