Evergreen wide receiver Noriaki Kinoshita caught three touchdown passes from Skyler Howard and was named the game's MVP as the Obic Seagulls won their third straight Pearl Bowl Final with a 31-15 victory over the IBM BigBlue on Monday at Tokyo Dome.

The Seagulls became the third team to achieve the "three-peat," following the Renown Rovers (1985-87) and the Onward Oaks (1992-94), since the Pearl Bowl was established as the spring championship game of the industrial league in 1985.

The Seagulls’ eight championships ties the Kajima Deers’ Pearl Bowl record for the most crowns.