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First M League Team Draft

First M League Team Draft

Team1st Pick2nd Pick3rd PickKonami Mahjong Fight ClubHisato SasakiMari Takamiya Yuudai MaeharaShibuya ABEMASOoi TakaharuSho ShiratoriYoshiro Matsumoto*Sega Sammy PhoenixYuumi UotaniSeiichi KondoSayaka KayamoriEX FurinkazanAki Nikaidou Kazunori TakizawaKenji KatsumataTEAM RAIDENMasato HagiwaraNaoki SetokumaSaki KurosawaAkasaka DrivensKen SonodaJun MurakamiTarou Suzuki*U-NEXT PIRATESGo KobayashiKoushin Asakara (ASAPIN)Nobuhiro Ishibashi**ABEMAS, Drivens and PIRATES all picked Tarou as their

M League - What is Known So Far

M League - What is Known So Far

CyberAgent, Inc, an internet service company, announced the creation of a new professional mahjong league, M League. M League aims to promote mahjong as a competitive sport, with the goal of including mahjong in the Olympics. Here’s what is known so far:

History of Japanese Mahjong

History of Japanese Mahjong

Mister Mahjong, Takeo Kojima, passed away in May. I believe it was known for some time that Kojima’s health was failing. In September Mondo released a documentary about his life (Mister Mahjong: Takeo Kojima's Footprint) I met Kojima at the first World Riichi Championship. I don’t believe we

ASAPIN Joins a Pro League

ASAPIN Joins a Pro League

ASAPIN, the legendary player who reached Tenhou's summit twice, announced [https://saikouisen.com/news/%E6%9C%9D%E5%80%89%E5%BA%B7%E5%BF%83%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B-%E5%85%A5%E4%BC%9A%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8A%E7%9F%A5%E3%82%89%

Yuudai Maehara Defends Hououisen Title

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.

Good Players Club 7th Grand Champion Cup

Good Players Club 7th Grand Champion Cup

Today’s the day; it’s time for Good Player Club’s 7th Grand Champion Cup. We’ve mentioned last year’s iteration in this blog. Our long-time friend Benjamin Boas is participating as part of the mahjong-loving association Good Player’s Club, home to other famous players like Akagi’

Professional Mahjong Commentary on Mondo in English!

Professional Mahjong Commentary on Mondo in English!

MondoTV have uploaded 2 videos with English commentary by mahjong researcher Benjamin Boas and mahjong author Ryan Morris. Benjamin’s contribrutions to the community should be fairly well known to everyone, and Ryan’s less so. Ryan Morris is the author of the excellent but sadly now defunct “Japanese Mahjong

Totori-sensei 19 years old wins the first season of Tenhoui vs Renmei

Totori-sensei 19 years old wins the first season of Tenhoui vs Renmei

Photo from Ben and Deniz This year JPML collaborated with Tenhou and hosted a 6 month long Tenhoui vs Renmei pro tournament. The first season used a Tenhou based ruleset with 50/20/0/70 uma, red fives, agari yame and tenpai yame. Final Playoff ResultsRankNameTenhoui #Total1Totorisensei 19sai11204.42Naoki SetokumaN/

Life as a mahjong parlor member

Life as a mahjong parlor member

A long time ago we explained what a mahjong parlor is [https://osamuko.com/overview-of-mahjong-parlors-and-why-you-cant-really-win/]. Today we start a new column where we’ll delve further into it and analyze those mysterious creatures that dwell inside them. No, not the customers, but the people that work to keep the act

A Step Forward (Mahjong Japan Series)

A Step Forward (Mahjong Japan Series)

This month, the Japan Professional Mahjong League debuted a new tournament, the Mahjong Japan Series. This series gathers 12 players who have either won a major title in 2014, voted by the public during a live stream or were recommended by JPML. The 12 players are: Fujita Susumu (Saikyosen) Masayoshi

Benjamin Boas Leads in First Session of Good Players Club Tokyo Chomeijin

Benjamin Boas Leads in First Session of Good Players Club Tokyo Chomeijin

About GPC Good Players Club is run by Katayama Masayuki and Baba Hirokazu and organizes public leagues and tournaments throughout Japan. Anyone who is a ‘productive member of society’, not a Jangoro (basically a hardcore mahjong gambler) and agree with their charter: 1: Good Players appreciate their opponents. 2. Good

Experience in Japan

Experience in Japan

Osamuko members seem to be prone to going to Japan. Deniz, ronronronronron, and now me. As some of you know, I went to Japan to play some mahjong. I’m in Amagasaki-shi right now, in Kansai. I have never been here before, but I always enjoyed playing some mahjong online

Tokyo Jansou experience

Tokyo Jansou experience

I visited Tokyo from the 7th of March until the 21st and yes, I'm still in one piece and don't emit excessive amounts of radiation. Or at least I'd hope so. So as a fellow denizen of good old #mahjong #osamuko, what do you have to do when you're in