A new era has come to the X League.

For the first time in five years, the X League will have a new champion. And for the first time in league history, the X League title will be contested by the two teams whose starting quarterbacks are former NCAA American QBs.

For the Obic Seagulls, their championship run for a fifth straight X League title came to an end as the four-time defending national champion suffered a 27-17 loss to their archrival Fujitsu Frontiers on Sunday in the X League semifinals at Yokohama Stadium.