Photo Gallery
It's been there for a while but I've done a mass upload of photos from mahjong tournaments across the world, it can accessed at https://osamuko.com/photos
Latest
Photos from World Riichi Championship 2017 - Las Vegas
Photos from G-Research 2018 London Riichi Open
Photos from North London Open 2018
Manchester Go Club
Photos from Manchester University Mahjong Club
Photos from North American Open 2018 in New York
My Nikon D3300 died during this trip due to torrential rain, so only have smartphone photos.
Photos from UK Open Riichi 2018
Photos from Great Scholars Riichi Mahjong Tournament, Oxford 2018
Japan Trip 2017
Photos from Godalming, 2017 Open Riichi Championship
A collection of photos from the 2017 UK Open Riichi Championship in Godalming
Akagi X Mahjong Soul Collaboration Summary
Yostar has revealed details about the upcoming Akagi collaboration in a special live stream. The live stream was hosted by VTuber Airi, and twitch streamer Tipzntrix. It started with a brief introduction to Mahjong Soul and the Akagi series (as well as Ten), viewers were then shown a trailer featuring
Mahjong News
End of an Era, Tonpuusou Shuts Door After 21 Years
Online mahjong game Tonpuusou announced it is turning off the servers in March after 21 years of service. Created by Katsu "mjman" Azuma, Tonpuusou made its splash on the mahjong world in December 1996. It quickly became popular and after 3 years had reached 500,000 active accounts.
![[Paifu Analysis] Is their Riichi hand expensive?](/content/images/size/w600/2018/02/paifu.jpg)
Statistics
[Paifu Analysis] Is their Riichi hand expensive?
Orginal post: http://doraaka.exblog.jp/15552053/ by Kita Haz. Translation by Butane with permission Hi. Sorry to be getting straight to the point, but let’s say that you’re the dealer in a normal round, and on the 8th turn someone declares Riichi while your hand looks like
Mahjong News
Yuudai Maehara Defends Hououisen Title
Yuudai Maehara 9 Dan held on to Japan Professional Mahjong League's highest title for the 2nd year. Yuudai has won the Hououisen four times (1995, 2008, 2016. 2017) and shares the record of winning the Hououisen the most times with the late Mitsuru Andou-pro.
tenhou
A History of Tenhou - Part 1
Release history until Tenhou: June 2000 - 25-year-old Tokyo University School of Engineering Postdoctoral student Shingo "C-Egg" Tsunoda released his first game, a free to play RTS 'Egg Market'. Egg Market gained a small fanbase, attracting, on average, 30-40 concurrent users. There was a premium membership
Tournaments
International Mahjong Battle @ RTD
(Featured photo and various parts of this post are from Mahjong Watch [http://mj-news.net/game-app/2017022860658%22%3Ehttp://mj-news.net/game-app/2017022860658] in October of 2016, after finally planning my first ever trip to Japan with Daniel Moreno [https://twitter.com/xDasukex/] of PML, I emailed Shingo Tsunoda, creator
World Riichi Championship
Profile: Masaharu Tomotake
Organization: Japan Professional Mahjong League Birthplace: Chiba Year born: 1958 Rank: 8 dan Years Pro: 23 Nickname(s): ? Favouite yaku: Sanshoku Doujun, Honitsu Titles: * 24th Hououi (2004) * 2nd World Riichi Championship (2017) International Tournament Results: * 1st World Riichi Championship 2014 (6/120) * 2nd World Riichi Championship 2017 (1/224) Ron2
World Riichi Championship
2017 World Riichi Championship Las Vegas - Report Part 2 - Tournament
Day 3 - Thursday 5th I woke up rather early. Even though I went to bed at 3am, I woke up at 6am. Jet lag? I wasn't feeling tired though. While confirming where the breakfast was, I saw Toshiyuki Tomozoe-pro (Afro-pro) from Saikouisen in the shop next door
World Riichi Championship
2017 World Riichi Championship Las Vegas - Report Part 1 - Prologue
The 2017 World Riichi Championship took place in Las Vegas last week and attracted 224 players, almost doubling the participant size from its predecessor, making it no doubt the largest Japanese mahjong tournament outside of Japan. Day 1 I arrived in Vegas on the 3rd of October and after attempting
World Riichi Championship
Profile: Hiroshi Yamai
Hiroshi Yamai made history in 2014 by winning the first WRC. Will he be able to defend his title in 2017?
Players
Profile: Shigekazu Moriyama
Born in 1951, Onoda, Yamaguchi, Shigekazu Moriyama is the president of Japan Professional Mahjong League.
Upcoming (online) tournaments
**1.Summer Global Open **(finished) (or Winter if you are in the southern hemisphere) It’s an open tournament, so everyone can register, provided that they are available at the designated time. Info: http://tinyurl.com/summerglobalopen Register: https://goo.gl/forms/UoKpGQeo3wIhNz4Y2 Tournament room: http://tenhou.net/0/?C10350560
Guides
My Discord server. Common mistakes (3)
Recently, I opened a new Discord server, with the purpose of having more quality discussions about the competitive aspect of the game. This is for people who want to improve and learn how to be as good as they can possibly be, and as such not recommended for people who