Deers Football Club

Tainai Deers
Established1989
Based inChofu, Tokyo, Japan
Head coachMotohide Takano
Owner(s)Yoshiaki Fujimori
LeagueX-League
DivisionCentral
ColoursBurgundy and white    
Mascot(s)Deer-kun
Japan X Bowl titles2 (1997 and 2009)
Division titles14 (1997-99, 2001, 2003-05, 2007-12, 2014)
Websitehttp://www.deers.jp

The Tainai Deers is an American football team located in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. They are a member of the X-League.

Team history

  • 1989 Team founded by the Kajima Business group. Team known as the Kajima Deers
  • 1992 Promoted from X2 to X1.
  • 1997 Won first Tokyo Super Bowl title.
  • 2009 Won 2nd Japan X Bowl title and 1st Rice Bowl National Championship
  • 2014 Kajima Group ends team sponsorship. Lixil Group offers new sponsorship. Team renamed the LIXIL Deers.[1]
  • 2021 Lixil Group end sponsorship. Team renamed Deers Football Club.[2]
  • 2022 Team renamed Tainai Deers.

Seasons

X-League Champions (1987–present) Division Champions Final Stage/Semifinals Berth Wild Card /2nd Stage Berth
Season Division Regular Season Post Season Results Awards Head coaches
Finish Wins Losses Ties
1989 East 1st 4 0 0 Makoto Kaneji
1990 East 1st 8 0 0 Makoto Kaneji
1991 East 1st 10 2 0 Won X2-X1 promotion match (Silver Ox) 24-16 Makoto Kaneji
1992 East 3rd 6 4 0 Makoto Kaneji
1993 East 4th 7 6 0 Shigeru Saito
1994 East 1st 6 2 1 Lost semifinals match (Onward) 6-34 Shigeru Saito
1995 East 3rd 8 3 0 Shigeru Saito
1996 Central 3rd 6 2 0 Motohide Takano
1997 Central 1st 10 1 0 Won Semifinals match (Onward) 23-20 2OT
Won Tokyo Super Bowl XI (Matsushita Electric Works) 48-12
Won 51st Rice Bowl National Championship game (Hosei) 39-0 		Motohide Takano
1998 Central 1st 8 2 0 Lost semifinals match (Asahi Beer) 13-38 Motohide Takano
1999 Central 1st 9 0 0 Won Semifinals match (Recruit) 20-13
Lost Tokyo Super Bowl XIII (Asahi Beer) 16-18 		Motohide Takano
2000 Central 3rd 6 3 0 Kiyoyuki Mori
2001 Central 1st 9 1 0 Lost semi-finals match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 13-21 Kiyoyuki Mori
2002 East 2nd 9 3 0 Lost Wildcard match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 10-28 Kiyoyuki Mori
2003 Central 1st 7 1 0 Lost Wild Card match (Asahi Beer) 3-7 Kiyoyuki Mori
2004 East 1st 10 0 0 Lost Wild Card match (Obic) 3-10 Kiyoyuki Mori
2005 Central 1st 9 2 0 Won Wild card match (Onward) 27-6
Lost semi-finals match (Matsushita Denko) 0-3 		Kiyoyuki Mori
2006 East 2nd 5 3 0 Won Wild Card match (Asahi Beer) 14-6
Won Semi-finals match (Matsushita Denko) 13-6
Lost Japan X Bowl XX (Onward) 21-24 		Kiyoyuki Mori
2007 Central 1st 6 2 0 Lost Wild Card match (Obic) 13-19 OT Kiyoyuki Mori
2008 Central 1st 10 0 0 Won Wild Card match (Fujitsu) 21-19
Won Semi-finals match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 24-7
Lost Japan X Bowl XXII (Panasonic Denko) 14-28 		Kiyoyuki Mori
2009 Central 1st 8 1 0 Won 2nd stage match (Suita) 32-19
Won 2nd stage match (Asahi Beer) 24-14
Won Final stage match (Panasonic) 34-26
Won Japan X Bowl XXIII (Fujitsu) 21-14
Won 63rd Rice Bowl National Championship game (Kansai) 19-16 		Kiyoyuki Mori
2010 East 1st 7 1 0 Won 2nd stage match (Meiji Yasuda) 52-13
Lost 2nd stage match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 38-23
Lost final stage match (Obic) 21-28 OT 		Kiyoyuki Mori
2011 East 1st 7 0 0 Won 2nd stage match (As One) 55-7
Lost 2nd stage match (Nojima Sagamihara) 20-27 OT
Lost final stage match (Obic) 20-45 		Kiyoyuki Mori
2012 East 1st 7 1 0 Won 2nd stage match (at As One) 40-6[3]
Won 2nd stage match (Fujitsu) 27-15[4]
Won Final stage match (Fujitsu) 24-14[5]
Lost Japan X Bowl XXVI (at Obic) 24-27 		Yasuhiro Maruta (MVP)
Kohei Arai (ROY) 		Kiyoyuki Mori
2013 East 2nd 7 1 0 Lost 2nd stage match (IBM) 35-56
Won 2nd stage match (at Panasonic) 47-45[6]
Lost final stage match (at Obic) 12-21 		Kiyoyuki Mori
2014 Central 1st 7 1 0 Won 2nd stage match (at Asahi Soft Drinks) 23-7[7]
Lost 2nd stage match (IBM) 10-38
Lost final stage match (at IBM) 54-69 		Kiyoyuki Mori
2015 Central 2nd 5 2 0 Won 2nd stage match (at Elecom Kobe) 35-8
Lost 2nd stage match (at Fujitsu) 24-34 		Kiyoyuki Mori
2016 Central 2nd 7 3 0 Lost quarterfinals match (IBM) 16-37 [8] Kiyoyuki Mori
2017 East 2nd 6 3 0 Lost quarterfinals match (IBM) 31-51 Tominaga Hajime
2018 Central 3rd 4 5 0 Lost Wildcard match (at Tokyo Gas) 7-14 OT Tominaga Hajime
2019 X1 Area Central 1st 6 3 0 Motohide Takano
2020 X1 Area Central N/A 3 0 0 Motohide Takano
2021 X1 Area Central 1st 4 2 0 Motohide Takano
2022 X1 Super Div. A 5th 3 5 0 Motohide Takano
2022 X1 Super Div. B 6th 1 5 1 Lost X1 Super Ranking match (Asahi Soft Drinks) 8-14
Lost X1 Super/X1 Area replacement match (All Mitsubishi) 17-31 		Yasushi Nakagawa
Total 231 68 2 (1989–2023, includes only regular season)
23 26 0 (1989–2023, includes only playoffs)
254 94 2 (1989–2023, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Head coaches

Coach Years Record
Makoto Kaneji 1989-1992 29-6 (.829)
Shigeru Saito 1993-1995 21-12-1 (.618)
Motohide Takano 1996-1999, 2019–22 46-10 (.821)
Kiyoyuki Mori 2000–2016 154-54 (.760)
Tominaga Hajime 2017-18 10-10 (.500)
Yasushi Nakagawa 2023-present 1-7-1 (.125)

Current Import Players

Jersey # Name Position Years with the team Alma Mater Achievements
#41 Michael Hawkins CB 2022-present University of San Diego

Former Import players

Name Position Years with the team Alma Mater Achievements
Ian Park LT 2019–2023 Northwestern University 2x All X-League Area Team member (2019 & 2020)
Joseph Marton DL 2022 SGS College
Joe Mathis OLB 2020 Washington 2x All X-League Team member (2018 & 2020)
Dakota Torres TE 2019 University of Hawaii at Manoa
Max Look CB 2019 Pacific University All X-League Area Team member (2019)
Fred Wyatt DT 2019 Northwestern University
Derrick Bryant LB 2018 University of Indianapolis

References

  1. ^ Nagatsuka, Kaz (January 31, 2014). "X League's Deers begin new life as club team". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  2. ^ 公式サイト, Xリーグ. "ディアーズフットボールクラブ | Xリーグ 公式サイト". Xleague (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  3. ^ "Deers ground Black Eagles for 2nd year in row". xleague.com. November 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  4. ^ Marantz, Ken (November 19, 2012). "Kato dives, passes Deers past Frontiers". xleague.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  5. ^ Marantz, Ken (December 4, 2012). "Deers rally to win rematch, advance to final". xleague.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  6. ^ "Kajima rallies past Impulse in thriller to keep season alive". xleague.com. November 21, 2013. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  7. ^ "Deers remain unbeaten by fending off Challengers". xleague.com. November 3, 2014. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Marantz, Ken (November 15, 2016). "IBM ends LIXIL's magical run, earns spot in semifinals". xleague.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
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