The most successful team has been the Tokyo Goannas, who have been premiers since the inaugural Top League season.
In addition, a combined team of Japanese and Expat players compete in the annual Asian Australian Football Championships as the Japan Goannas.
Sakaki, along with teammate Tsuyoshi Kase was later invited to join the Australian Football League/Australian Institute of Sport academy camp in Canberra and Sakaki played for the Essendon Football Club annual 16-a-side match against the Sydney Swans at the North Sydney Oval on 3 March 2005 in front of 9,654 spectators.
Sakaki played in the semi-professional Ovens & Murray Football League and Kase in the amateur VAFA.
Also, through the support of the Box Hill North Football Club, a Japanese player receives a scholarship to train and play in Australia annually.