The Koshien Bowl is the annual Japan

Japan

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ese American

American football

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 college football

College football

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 national championship game, usually played in December at Koshien Stadium

Koshien Stadium

is a baseball park located near Kobe in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The stadium was built to host the national high school baseball tournaments, and opened on April 1, 1924. It was the largest stadium in Asia at the time it was completed, with a capacity of 55,000.The name Kōshien comes...

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From the 2009 season until 2010 season, the game is held as the final game of Japan University American Football Championship. The game is held between 2 universities from East Japan (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto) and West Japan (Tokai, Hokuriku, Kansai, Chushikoku, Kyushu).

Game results

Season	Date Played	Kanto	Score	Kansai	Note
1946	1947 April 13	Keio University Keio University ,abbreviated as Keio or Keidai , is a Japanese university located in Minato, Tokyo. It is known as the oldest institute of higher education in Japan. Founder Fukuzawa Yukichi originally established it as a school for Western studies in 1858 in Edo . It has eleven campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa...	45-0	Doshisha University Doshisha University , or is a prestigious private university in Kyoto, Japan. The university has approximately 27,000 students on three campuses, in faculties of theology, letters, law, commerce, economics, policy, and engineering...
1947	1948 January 1	Meiji University Meiji University is a private university in Tokyo and Kawasaki, founded in 1881 by three lawyers of the Meiji era, Kishimoto Tatsuo, Miyagi Kōzō, and Yashiro Misao. It is one of the largest and most prestigious Japanese universities in Tokyo, Japan....	0-6	Kansai University Kansai University , or , is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university located in Suita, Osaka, Japan and in two other locations: Osaka City; and Takatsuki, Osaka.-History:Kansai University was founded as Kansai Law School in November 1886, in Osaka...
1948	1949 January 9	Keio University	14-7	Kansai University
1949	1949 December 18	Keio University	7-25	Kwansei Gakuin University Kwansei Gakuin University , colloquially abbreviated to , is a non-denominational Christian private and coeducational university located in Nishinomiya, Sanda, Osaka City, and Tokyo, Japan....
1950	1950 December 10	Keio University	6-20	Kwansei Gakuin University
1951	1951 December 9	Rikkyo University Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, based on Christian precepts, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. There is a suburban campus in Niiza in nearby Saitama.It is known for its liberal climate symbolized by the motto -History:...	19-14	Kwansei Gakuin University
1952	1952 December 7	Rikkyo University	20-0	Kwansei Gakuin University
1953	1953 December 6	Rikkyo University	7-19	Kwansei Gakuin University
1954	1954 December 5	Rikkyo University	7-15	Kwansei Gakuin University
1955	1955 November 23	Nihon University Nihon University Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889....	26-26	Kwansei Gakuin University	Draw
1956	1956 November 23	Nihon University	0-33	Kwansei Gakuin University
1957	1957 November 24	Nihon University	14-6	Kwansei Gakuin University
1958	1958 December 7	Nihon University	13-12	Kwansei Gakuin University
1959	1959 December 6	Nihon University	42-0	Kwansei Gakuin University
1960	1960 December 4	Rikkyo University	36-16	Kwansei Gakuin University	held at Nishinomiya Stadium
1961	1961 December 10	Nihon University	14-6	Kwansei Gakuin University
1962	1962 December 2	Nihon University	28-24	Kwansei Gakuin University
1963	1963 December 8	Nihon University	30-18	Kwansei Gakuin University
1964	1965 January 15	Nihon University	48-14	Kwansei Gakuin University
1965	1965 December 5	Rikkyo University	22-22	Kwansei Gakuin University	Draw
1966	1966 December 4	Nihon University	40-12	Kwansei Gakuin University
1967	1967 December 10	Nihon University	12-31	Kwansei Gakuin University
1968	1968 December 15	Meiji University	36-38	Kwansei Gakuin University
1969	1969 December 14	Nihon University	30-14	Kwansei Gakuin University
1970	1970 December 13	Nihon University	6-34	Kwansei Gakuin University
1971	1971 December 12	Nihon University	28-22	Kwansei Gakuin University
1972	1972 December 10	Hosei University Hosei University is a private university based in Tokyo, Japan.The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha , established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō . This was from 1883 headed by Dr. Gustave Emile Boissonade, and was heavily influenced by the French legal tradition...	34-20	Kwansei Gakuin University
1973	1973 December 9	Nihon University	7-24	Kwansei Gakuin University
1974	1974 December 8	Nihon University	20-28	Kwansei Gakuin University
1975	1975 December 14	Meiji University	7-56	Kwansei Gakuin University
1976	1976 December 12	Meiji University	22-29	Kwansei Gakuin University
1977	1977 December 11	Nihon University	20-51	Kwansei Gakuin University
1978	1978 December 10	Nihon University	63-7	Kwansei Gakuin University
1979	1979 December 9	Nihon University	48-0	Kwansei Gakuin University
1980	1980 December 13	Nihon University	42-7	Kwansei Gakuin University
1981	1981 December 13	Nihon University	42-31	Kwansei Gakuin University
1982	1982 December 12	Nihon University	65-28	Kyoto University Kyoto University , or is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.- History :...
1983	1983 December 11	Nihon University	14-30	Kyoto University
1984	1984 December 9	Nihon University	42-42	Kwansei Gakuin University	Nihon University participated in Rice Bowl
1985	1985 December 8	Meiji University	46-48	Kwansei Gakuin University
1986	1986 December 14	Nihon University	28-49	Kyoto University
1987	1987 December 13	Nihon University	17-41	Kyoto University
1988	1988 December 11	Nihon University	35-28	Kwansei Gakuin University
1989	1989 December 17	Nihon University	45-14	Kwansei Gakuin University
1990	1990 December 16	Nihon University	34-7	Kyoto University
1991	1991 December 15	Senshu University Senshu University is a private university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Former "Senshu College" was founded in 1880, the first school in Japan comprising Economics and Law Departments to systematically offer a specialized educational curriculum in the Japanese language....	20-25	Kwansei Gakuin University
1992	1992 December 13	Hosei University	7-17	Kyoto University
1993	1993 December 19	Nippon Sport Science University Nippon Sport Science University is a private university with campuses in Setagaya, Tokyo and Aoba-ku, Yokohama. The precursor of the school was founded 1893, and it was chartered as a university in 1949...	10-35	Kwansei Gakuin University
1994	1994 December 18	Hosei University	22-24	Ritsumeikan University Ritsumeikan University Ritsumeikan University has a growing reputation as one of the main private universities of Japan. It is part of a group of prestigious private universities in the Kansai area, called "Kan -Kan -Dou -Ritsu "...
1995	1995 December 17	Hosei University	17-24	Kyoto University
1996	1996 December 15	Hosei University	21-28	Kyoto University
1997	1997 December 20	Hosei University	21-21	Kwansei Gakuin University	Hosei University participated in Rice Bowl
1998	1998 December 19	Hosei University	17-25	Ritsumeikan University
1999	1999 December 19	Hosei University	13-52	Kwansei Gakuin University
2000	17 December 2000	Hosei University	28-21	Kwansei Gakuin University
2001	16 December 2001	Hosei University	6-24	Kwansei Gakuin University
2002	15 December 2002	Waseda University Waseda University , abbreviated as , is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan and Asia. Its main campuses are located in the northern part of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko, the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902. It is known for its liberal climate...	14-51	Ritsumeikan University
2003	21 December 2003	Hosei University	6-61	Ritsumeikan University
2004	19 December 2004	Hosei University	17-38	Ritsumeikan University
2005	18 December 2005	Hosei University	17-14	Ritsumeikan University
2006	17 December 2006	Hosei University	45-43	Kwansei Gakuin University
2007	16 December 2007	Nihon University	38-41	Kwansei Gakuin University	held at Nagai Stadium Nagai Stadium is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.-History:...
2008	21 December 2008	Hosei University	8-19	Ritsumeikan University	held at Nagai Stadium
Season	Date Played	East Japan	Score	West Japan	Note
2009	13 December 2009	Hosei University	38-50	Kansai University
2010	19 December 2010	Waseda University	21-48	Ritsumeikan University