EX Furinkazan

(EX風林火山)

Players

2018 – 1st Round

2018 – 3rd Round

2025 – 6th Overall

2025 – 9th Overall

Former Players

2018 – 2nd Round
2018 – 2021

2021 – 4th Overall
2021 – 2025

2021 – 6th Overall
2021 – 2025

2018: 2nd | 2019: 8th | 2020: Champions! | 2021: 5th | 2022: 4th | 2023: 4th

2018-19 Season (2nd Place)

July 17, 2018: M-League is announced with the EX Furinkazan (owned by tv asahi) as one of the seven inaugural teams
August 7, 2018: In the 2018 M-League Draft, the EX Furinkazan draft Nikaido Aki (二階堂亜樹) [JPML] as their 1st pick, Takizawa Kazunori (滝沢和典) [JPML] as their 2nd pick and Katsumata Kenji (勝又健志) [JPML] as their 3rd pick.
September 9, 2018: Contracts are signed, making Aki, Takizawa and Katsumata official members.
September 18, 2018: @EX_Furinkazan is created on Twitter
October 1, 2018: M-League 2018 Regular Season begins
February 12, 2019: The M-League 2018 Regular Season ends with the EX Furinkazan scoring +281.7pts and placing 1st, qualifying for the finals
March 2, 2019: The M-League 2019 Finals begin
March 31, 2019: The M-League 2019 Finals ends with the EX Furinkazan finishing with +83.0pts in 2nd place.

2019-20 Season (8th Place)

May 27, 2019: M-League announces that the player cap is raised to 4 players and that teams must have one male and one female on the team, along with a semifinals stage being added.
June 28, 2019: Aki, Takizawa and Katsumata have their contracts renewed
July 9, 2019: The EX Furinkazan choose to not draft anyone in the M-League 2019 Draft
August 8, 2019: All contracts are confirmed, making Aki, Takizawa and Katsumata the official team members for the M-League 2019 Season
September 30, 2019: The M-League 2019 Regular Season begins
March 9, 2020: The M-League 2019 Regular Season ends with the EX Furinkazan scoring -474.1pts and placing 8th, failing to advance to the semifinals
May 23, 2020: The M-League 2019 Season ends

2020-21 Season (Champions!)

June 30, 2020: The EX Furinkazan renewed the contracts for all their players, making Aki, Takizawa and Katsumata the official team for the M-League 2020 Season
October 5, 2020: M-League 2020 Regular Season begins
March 12, 2021: M-League 2020 Regular Season ends with the EX Furinkazan scoring -108.8pts and placing 4th, advancing to the semifinals
April 12, 2021: M-League 2020 Semifinals begin
April 30, 2021: M-League 2020 Semifinals end with the EX Furinkazan scoring -82.9pts and placing 4th, advancing to the finals
May 10, 2021: M-League 2020 Finals begin
May 18, 2021: M-League 2020 Finals end with the EX Furinkazan scoring +242.3pts and finishing 1st, winning the championship

2021-22 Season (5th Place)

July 1, 2021: The EX Furinkazan announces that Aki and Katsumata will have their contracts renewed, while Takizawa declines the contract renewal, thereby leaving the team
August 2, 2021: At the M-League 2021 Draft, the EX Furinkazan pick Matsugase Takaya (RMU) as their 1st pick and Nikaido Rumi (JPML) as their 2nd pick
August 18, 2021: All contracts are signed, making Aki, Katsumata, Matsugase and Rumi the official team members for the M-League 2021-22 season
October 4, 2021: M-League 2021-22 Regular Season begins
March 11, 2022: M-League 2021-22 Regular Season ends with the EX Furinkazan scoring +184.4pts and placing 4th, advancing to the semifinals
March 21, 2022: M-League 2021-22 Semifinals begin
April 8, 2022: M-League 2021-22 Semifinals end with the EX Furinkazan scoring +68.1pts and placing 5th, failing to qualify for the finals
April 26, 2022: M-League 2021-22 Season ends

2022-23 Season (4th Place)

April 11, 2022: The EX Furinkazan announces that they will be renewing the contracts for all their players (Aki, Katsumata, Matsugase, Rumi)
October 3, 2022: The M-League 2022-23 Regular Season begins
February 14, 2023: Nikaido Aki wins a suuankou tanki off of Uotani Yuumi
March 21, 2023: The M-League 2022-23 Regular Season ends with the EX Furinkazan scoring +586.1pts and placing 2nd, advancing to the semifinals
April 10, 2023: The M-League 2022-23 Semifinals begin
May 4, 2023: The M-League 2022-23 Semifinals end with the EX Furinkazan scoring +290.4pts and placing 1st, advancing to the finals
May 8, 2023: The M-League 2022-23 Finals begin
May 19, 2023: The M-League 2022-23 Finals end with the EX Furinkazan scoring -150.4pts, finishing the season in 4th place

2023-24 Season (4th Place)

May 19, 2023: EX Furinkazan coach Fujisawa Harunobu confirms on Twitter that the team will keep the same members
June 4, 2023: Hitotsui Shinya (JPML) wins the 2023 IKUSA Tournament, becomes the EX Furinkazan’s Special Sparring Partner
September 18, 2023: The M-League 2023-24 Regular Season begins
March 29, 2024: The M-League 2023-24 Regular Season ends with the EX Furinkazan finishing in 5th place with a score of -16.6pts, advancing to the semifinals
April 8, 2024: The M-League 2023-24 Semifinals begin
May 2, 2024: The M-League 2023-24 Semifinals end with the EX Furinkazan finishing in 2nd place with a score of +512.2pts, advancing to the finals
May 6, 2024: The M-League 2023-24 Finals begin
May 17, 2024: The M-League 2023-24 Finals end with the EX Furinkazan finishing in 4th place with a score of -104.3pts