Noriaki Kinoshita caught three touchdown passes to lead the Obic Seagulls to a 45-14 victory over the IBM BigBlue on Saturday at Kawasaki Fujimi Stadium.
The Seagulls wrapped up the group stage of the Pearl Bowl Tournament with a 2-0 record and advanced to the semifinals against the Nojima Sagamihara Rise on June 7 at the same venue. The Fujitsu Frontiers play the Lixil Deers in the other semifinal game.
Kinoshita, who participated in the Atlanta Falcons' summer camp in 2007, caught 12 passes for 180 yards, including 41-, 20-, 4-yard scoring receptions. He had a touchdown pass from starting rookie quarterback Takushiro Hata and two from veteran Shun Sugawara, who played as the third quarterback and made three scoring tosses.