Since 1934, Japan has been playing American Football. Today, they have highly organized leagues from youth football up to a professional league called the X-League. Compared to a lot of other international leagues I’ve seen, Japan seems to have a lot of talent and potential. I hope that by watching this video, you find it interesting, and can gain a better understanding of a country other than the US that plays American football.
Full disclaimer, I have no clue how to speak Japanese. People who have watched my other videos, might think that I’m not great at speaking English as well. I did my best to say many of the names and cities in this video. So, my apologies if I butchered any names or other words.
I also blurred out an image that I regretfully took from someone. Just a learning experience for my next video. So, you'll see around a 10-second blur once I start talking about the X-League at then end of the video.
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Below is a podcast called Gridiron Japan Hosted by John Gunning of Inside Sport Japan, form Obic Seagull BJ Beatty, Professional Football Researchers Association member, Greg St. James. The cover the ins and outs of football in Japan and have a lot of great interviews with current and former X league players. Make sure you check them out and give them a listen:
gridironjapan.jp/
gridironjapan.net/
Here are links to the two channels I mentioned in the video about football in Japan:
- Colby Campbell: Vlog from an American Football Player in Japan youtube.com/@colbycampbellc4?...
- X-League: Main channel for the X-League. They post highlights of games and great interviews with some of their athletes youtube.com/@xleague1996?si=n...
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18 янв 2024