Panasonic Impulse
The Panasonic Impulse is an American football team based in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. The Impulse compete in the X-League, and are a member of the top tier X1 Super division along with Fujitsu Frontiers, Obic Seagulls, IBM Big Blue, Nojima Sagamihara Rise, Elecom Kobe Finies, Tokyo Gas Creators, and All Mitsubishi Lions. The team currently holds 8 Japan X Bowl 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.
- 2024 Won 8th Japan X Bowl title.
- 2025 Won 9th Japan X Bowl title.
Import players
Current import players| Jersey # | Name | Position | Years with team | Alma mater | Achievements |
| #85 | Caleb Phillips | TE | 2024–present | University of Hawai'i | |
| #23 | Joshua Cox | DB | 2019–present | Central Michigan University | 4x All X-League Team member |
| #4 | Jaboree Williams | LB | 2020–present | Wake Forest University | 3X All X-League Team member X1 Super MVP |
Japanese-American players
| Jersey # | Name | Position | Years with team | Alma mater | Achievements |
| #12 | Tsubasa Brennan | WR | 2021–present | Nihon University | |
| #10 | Les Maruo | LB | 2023–present | University of Texas at San Antonio | |
| #5 | Victor Jamal Mitchell | RB | 2019–present | University of Virginia's College at Wise | Japan National Team Selection 4x All X-League Team member |
| #40 | Moses Kaito Wiseman | LB | 2019–present | Nihon University | Japan National Team Selection 3x All X-1 Super Team member |
Former import players
| Name | Position | Years with the team | Alma mater | Achievements |
| Dax Raymond | TE | 2023 | Utah State University | |
| Shay Fields | WR | 2020-21, 2023 | University of Colorado Boulder | |
| Jaylon Henderson | QB | 2022 | Boise State University | X-1 Super ROY award |
| Alfonso Onunwor | WR | 2022 | Idaho | 4x All X-League Super team member |
| Anthony Lawrence | QB | 2019–2021 | University of San Diego | All X-League Team member |
| Gabe Ahner | OL | 2019 | University of Louisville | |
| Aaron Ahner | DL | 2017–2019 | University of Louisville | |
| Daniel Wise | WR | 2019 | Colorado State Pueblo | |
| Carlton Jones | DE | 2015–2019 | Alabama State | All X-League Team member |
| Edmond Davis | C | 2015–2018 | Alabama State | 4x All X-League Team member |
| Benjamin Anderson | QB | 2017–2018 | UAPB | MVP award |
| Edward Burns | CB | 2018 | Elon | |
| Emory Polley | CB | 2015–2017 | Brown | 2x All X-League Team member |
| Ben Dupree | RB | 2015–2016 | The Citadel | All X-League Team member |
| Matthew Oh | LB | 2014 | Dartmouth |