The Pleiades Fukuoka Suns are an American football team located in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka Japan. They are a member of the X-League.

Team history

  • 2017 team founded as the Fukuoka Suns. Finished first in the X3 West division (6 wins, 0 losses).
  • 2018 team name changed to Opatsu Fukuoka Suns. Finished first in X2 West division (5 wins, 0 losses). Defeated Sidewinders in X2-X1 promotion match 22-7
  • 2019 team name changed to Me-Life Fukuoka Suns
  • 2021 team name changed to Equal One Fukuoka Suns
  • 2022 team name changed to otonari Fukuoka Suns
  • 2024 team name changed to Pleiades Fukuoka Suns

Seasons

X-League champions (1987–present) Division champions Final Stage/Semifinals Berth Wild Card /First Stage Berth
Season Division Regular Season Post Season Results Awards Head coaches
Finish Wins Losses Ties
2017 X3 West 1st 6 0 0 Won X3-X2 promotion match (Fuji Xerox J-Stars) Toru Yoshino
2018 X2 West 1st 5 0 0 Won X2-X1 promotion match (Sidewinders) 22-7 Toru Yoshino
2019 X1 Area West 2nd 5 3 0 Toru Yoshino
2020 X1 Area West 2nd 1 1 0 Toru Yoshino
2021 X1 Area West 2nd 5 1 0 Toru Yoshino
2022 X1 Super Div. B 6th 0 6 0 Won X1 Super/Area exchange match (PentaOcean Pirates) 14-9 Toru Yoshino
2023 X1 Super Div. B 5th 1 6 0 Lost X1 Super Ranking match (Dentsu) 28-30 Toru Yoshino
2024 X1 Super 12th 0 6 0 Won X1 Super/Area exchange match (AS ONE) 34-20 Toru Yoshino
2025 X1 Super West 4th 1 6 0 Toru Yoshino
Total 24 31 0 (2017–2025, includes only regular season)
4 1 0 (2017–2025, includes only playoffs)
28 32 0 (2017–2025, includes both regular season and playoffs)

Current import players

Jersey # Name Position Years with the team Alma mater Achievements
#4Ben von JagowWR2025–presentSan Diego State University
#91Pai'ea MikaelaDT2025–presentEastern Washington University
#97 Nick Patterson DE 2026- present Mercy University

Former import players

Name Position Years with the team Alma mater Achievements
Ben von JagawWR2024Western University
Minsok LeeOL2023Pittsburg State
Robbie WallaceLB2023Wingate
Daniel WiseRB2022Colorado State-Pueblo
Edward GermanyRB2022Texas A&M University
Brandon BerryOLB/RB2019–2021Buffalo2x All X1-Area Team member (2019, 2021)
Donnie King Jr.WR2018–2021Hawai'iAll X1-Area team member (2020)
Richard EllebieDT2019Westminster (PA)

References

  1. ↑ "X-League profile, Equal One Fukuoka Suns". xleague.com. X-League. Retrieved January 4, 2022.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me-Life_Fukuoka_Suns