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The AFC Cranes are an American football team located in the Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. They are a member of the X-League.

Team history

1987 Team founded by TOA Corporation employees.
1994 Joined the X-League X3 division as the TOA Corporation Cranes.
2001 Promoted from X3 to X2.
2009 Finished 1st in the X2 East division (4 wins, 2 losses). Declined participation in the X2-X1 promotion match due to circumstances.
2012 New sponsorship agreement with Taiyo Building management. Team renamed the Taiyo Building Mgmt. Cranes.
2013 Finished 1st in the X2 East division (5 wins, 2 losses). Won X2-X1 promotion match against the Tokyo MPD Eagles 17-16. Promoted to X1 for the following season.
2014 Finished 6th in the X1 Central division (0 wins, 8 losses). Lost X1-X2 replacement game against the Tokyo MPD Eagles 14-29. Demoted to X2 for the following season.
2015 Taiyo Building management ends team sponsorship. Team is renamed the AFC Cranes.

Seasons

X-League Champions (1987–present)	Division Champions	Final Stage/Semifinals Berth	Wild Card /First Stage Berth

Season	League	Division	Regular Season				Post Season Results	Awards	Head coaches
Season	League	Division	Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties	Post Season Results	Awards	Head coaches
2009	X2	East	1st	4	2	0
2010	X2	East	2nd	5	2	1	Won X2 Semi-Final match ( Club Barbarian) 49-7
2011	X2	East	3rd	4	2	0
2012	X2	East	2nd	7	0	1	Lost X2 Semi-finals match (Dentsu) 20-24		Junichiro Okada
2013	X2	East	1st	5	2	0	Won X2-X1 promotion match (at Tokyo MPD) 17-16		Junichiro Okada
2014	X1	Central	6th	0	8	0	Lost 2nd stage relegation match (at Tokyo Gas) 15-63 Lost 2nd stage relegation match (at Meiji Yasuda) 14-68 Lost X1-X2 replacement match (Tokyo MPD) 14-29		Junichiro Okada
2015	X2	Central	4th	2	5	0			Junichiro Okada
2016	X2	East	4th	2	5	0			Junichiro Okada
2017	X2	East	3rd	4	4	0			Yohei Suzuki
2018	X2	East	2nd	6	1	0			Yohei Suzuki
2019	X1 Area	East	4th	0	9	0	Lost X1-X2 relegation match (at Bulls Football Club) 0-37		Yohei Suzuki
Total							(2009–2018, includes only regular season)
							(2009–2018, includes only playoffs)
							(2009–2018, includes both regular season and playoffs)

X-League

X1

Super	Panasonic Impulse Fujitsu Frontiers Obic Seagulls IBM Big Blue Nojima Sagamihara Rise Tokyo Gas Creators Elecom Kobe Finies All Mitsubishi Lions Asahi Beer Silver Star Asahi Soft Drink Challengers Me-Life Fukuoka Suns Deers
Area	Keishichou Eagles PentaOcean Pirates As One Black Eagles Dentsu Caterpillars Nagoya Cyclones Fuji Xerox Minerva AFC Bullseyes-Tokyo

X2

X3

Championship