State Champions AA Aye Plus Aye Major Aye Minor NorCal Champions AA Aye Plus Aye Major Aye Minor Season Summaries 1930s 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940s 1940 1941 1947 1948 1949 1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011

AA State Champions       Known as Japanese Athletic Union (JAU) / Japanese American Athletic Union (JAAU)   YEAR STATE CHAMPIONS RUNNER-UP   1934 San Francisco YMCA Soko Greyhounds 33 Los Angeles Spartans 15   1935 San Francisco YMCA Soko Greyhounds 53 Los Angeles Spartans 45 (or 33)   1936 Los Angeles Bruins 33 Berkeley Nissei Five 31   1937 San Francisco Mikados 33 Los Angeles Cardinals 21   1938 Los Angeles Cardinals 56 UC Japanese Students Club 49 (OT)   1939 San Francisco Mikados 51 Los Angeles Cardinals 35   1940 Los Angeles Cardinals 23 Alameda Acorns 21   1941 Berkeley Nissei 40 Los Angeles Golden Bears 32           Known as Nisei Athletic Union (NAU)   YEAR STATE CHAMPIONS RUNNER-UP MOST VALUABLE PLAYER 1947 Berkeley Nissei Greens 40 Los Angeles Nisei Vets 31   1948 Berkeley Nissei Greens 49 LA Appliance Saints 32   1949 Berkeley Nissei Greens 59 Wa Kues 39   1950 Berkeley Nissei Greens 51 WLA Lucky Doks 32   1951 Berkeley Nissei Greens 59 WLA Lucky Doks 56   1952 WLA Lucky Doks 65 San Jose Zebras 57   1953 Sacramento Stags 64 Nisei Trading 57   1954 Nisei Trading 61 San Francisco Protos 58   1955 Lords Local 399 47 San Francisco Protos 46   1956 WLA Lucky Doks 86 San Jose Zebras 71   1957 WLA Lucky Doks 66 San Francisco Protos 46   1958 San Kwo Low Lords 61 San Jose Zebras 71   1959 San Kwo Low Lords 70 Oakland YBA 55   1960 San Kwo Low Lords 71 San Jose Zebras 51   1961 San Francisco Associates 74 San Kwo Lords 72   1962 Nisei Trading Lords 71 San Francisco Associates 65 Roger Nakaido 1963 Los Angeles Eastland Savings   Robert Lum 1964 Berkeley Cleaning Center   Byron Kunisawa 1965 San Jose Zebras   Allen Taira 1966 Los Angeles Sumitomo Knights   Bob Muramoto 1967 Los Angeles Sumitomo Knights   Bob Muramoto 1968 Berkeley Cleaning Center 87 Gardena ABC Nursery 82 Dennis Jew 1969 Nisei Trading Co. Lords 70 Berkeley Cleaning Center 66 (or 60) Jiro Takahashi 1970 Sacramento Counts 72 Penthouse Lakers 66 Fletcher Wong 1971 Penthouse Lakers 99 Bank of Tokyo Royals 92 David Hokyo 1972 Los Angeles Penthouse Lakers 96 Berkeley Royals 83 Danny Yokoyama 1973 Sacramento Saints 79 Gardena FOR Knights 74 Keith Hayashi 1974 T & T FOR Knights 73 Berkeley Rising Suns 67 Russ Ono       Jim Ikoma (Most Inspirational) 1975 Berkeley Rising Suns 101 Yamasa Lakers 88 Ted Ohashi 1976 Yamasa Lakers 80 San Francisco Drakes 60 Dave Hokyo 1977 Toyo Miyatake Lakers 100 San Francisco Marauders 86 Pat Hagiwara 1978 Yamasa Lakers 95 Berkeley Rising Suns 77 Robbie Johnson 1979 Gardena T & T Farms Knights 101 Berkeley Royals 74 Dave Takeshita 1980 Striders 109 Berkeley Nippon Co. Rookies 100 Ray Foster 1981 Sams of Sacramento 96 FK Nursery Lakers 84 Dean Matsuura 1982 Sacramento K & C Blazers 86 FK Nursery Lakers 84 Robert Fong 1983 Sacramento Barons 74 Travel Tree Pilots 66 Jeff Ota 1984 FK Nursery Lakers 97 Sacramento Blazers 65 Eugene Chung 1985 Masuda Enterprises 74 Sacramento Believers 69 Mark Taniguchi 1986 FK Nursery Lakers 75 Berkeley Rising Suns 65 Rick Ito (Berkeley) 1987 Sacramento Nomura Believers 81 FK Nursery Lakers 66 Pete Kanai 1988 Mas Lawnmover Daimyo 106 Sacramento Believers 91 Kurt Iwami 1989 Sacramento Believers 87 Marchon Eyewear 56 Jeff Ota 1990 SI Lakers 99 San Francisco Drakes 83 Mark Kitabayashi 1991 Sacramento Believers 75 Marchon Eyewear 56 Jeff Ota 1992 Marchon Eyewear 74 Sacramento Believers 47 Danny Yee 1993 Nakatani/Marchon 56 Sacramento Believers 51 John Nojima 1994 Daniel Freeman/SI Lakers 96 San Francisco Associates 93 Bill Woolsey 1995 Tigers - White 89 EconoLodge of Santa Clara 81 John Fukumoto 1996 Tigers - White 80 San Francisco Associates 77 Brian Kono 1997 Nakatani/Marchon 62 EconoLodge of Santa Clara 60 Glenn Kusunoki 1998 San Francisco Associates 71 Gardena Flyers 69 Henry Hong 1999 San Francisco Associates 93 Gardena Flyers 83 (OT) Matt Dreuschler 2000 San Francisco Associates 77 Tigers - Blue 62 Michi Langfeldt 2001 Gardena Bowl FOR Quicksilver 74 San Francisco Associates 71 Song Cun 2002 Tigers - Blue 77 GuestHouse Saints 68 Khi Min Jung 2003 Tigers - Blue 106 San Jose Kidz 94 Tae Lee 2004 Tigers - Blue 96 Sacramento Barons 83 Tae Lee 2005 Tigers - Blue 105 San Jose Kidz 90 Khi Min Jung 2006 Tigers - Blue 92 San Francisco Associates 74 Khi Min Jung 2007 Tigers - Blue 89 Sacramento Barons - Blue 58 Albert Chen 2008 Nakatani 86 Sacramento Barons 56 Billy Hoffman 2009 San Francisco Associates 75 FOR Quicksilver 74 Jeremy Lee