2024 M.League season

2024 M.League season

M.League logo
Host	M.League
Type	Professional league
Team count	9 teams
Finalists
Champion	SegaSammy Phoenix
Runner up	U-Next Pirates
Third	Akasaka Drivens
Fourth	TEAM RAIDEN

The 2024-25 M.League season is the seventh season of M.League.

Rosters

Team name	Previous roster	Drafted player(s)	Released	Coach
Akasaka Drivens	Ken Sonoda (Saikouisen) Taro Suzuki (Saikouisen) Maki Asami (Saikouisen) Futoshi Watanabe (Saikouisen)	None	None
Beast X	Masatoshi Sarukawa (JPML) Hiroe Sugawara (JPML) Daisuke Suzuki (JPML) Kana Nakada (JPML)	None	None
EX Furinkazan	Aki Nikaido (JPML) Kenji Katsumata (JPML) Takaya Matsugase (RMU) Rumi Nikaido (JPML)	None	None
KADOKAWA Sakura Knights	Kotaro Uchikawa (JPML) Sayaka Okada (JPML) Shingo Hori (NPM) Nanba Shibukawa (NPM)	None	None
Konami Mahjong Fight Club	Hisato Sasaki (JPML) Mari Takamiya (JPML) Arisa Date (JPML) Kazunori Takizawa (JPML)	None	None
SegaSammy Phoenix	Sayaka Kayamori (Saikouisen) Hiroshi Daigo (Saikouisen)	Genta Takeuchi (Saikouisen) Takaki Asai (NPM)	Yuumi Uotani (JPML) Rio Toujou (JPML)	Seiichi Kondo (Saikouisen)
Shibuya Abemas	Takaharu Ooi (RMU) Sho Shiratori (JPML) Yoshihiro Matsumoto (NPM) Aiko Hinata (Saikouisen)	None	None
TEAM RAIDEN	Masato Hagiwara (JPML) Naoki Setokuma (JPML) Saki Kurosawa (JPML) Tomohiro Honda (JPML)	None	None
U-NEXT Pirates	Go Kobayashi (MU) Akina Mizuhara (Saikouisen) Yu Suzuki (Saikouisen) Kei Nakabayashi (NPM)	None	None

Abbreviations:

JPML = Japan Professional Mahjong League

Saikouisen = Saikouisen Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai

NPM = Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai

RMU = Real Mahjong Unit

MU = Mahjong Union

Team name change

The former Beast Japanext changes their team name to Beast X.

Draft

The season's draft date is set for June 28. The draft went as follows:

1. Genta Takeuchi (Saikouisen) to SegaSammy Phoenix
2. Takaki Asai (NPM) to SegaSammy Phoenix

Standings

Regular season

#	Team	Points	Difference	Prize
1	Akasaka Drivens	1115.5	--	¥3 million
2	U-NEXT Pirates	481.2	634.3
3	SegaSammy Phoenix	339.8	141.4
4	TEAM RAIDEN	330.3	9.5
5	Konami Mahjong Fight Club	208.0	122.3
6	Shibuya Abemas	-206.0	414.0
7	KADOKAWA Sakura Knights	-413.9	207.9
8	EX Furinkazan	-751.3	337.4
9	BEAST X	-1143.6	392.3

Semifinal

#	Team	Start	Net	End	Difference
1	Akasaka Drivens	557.8	157.0	714.8	--
2	U-NEXT Pirates	240.6	386.1	626.7	88.1
3	SegaSammy Phoenix	169.9	343.0	512.9	113.8
4	Team Raiden	165.2	-175.1	-9.9	522.8
5	Konami Mahjong Fight Club	104.0	-188.5	-84.5	74.6
6	Shibuya Abemas	-103	-522.5	-625.5	541.0

Final

#	Team	Start	Net	End	Difference	Prize
1	SegaSammy Phoenix	256.5	97.9	354.4	--	¥50 million
2	U-NEXT Pirates	313.4	-24.8	288.6	65.8	¥20 million
3	Akasaka Drivens	357.4	-74.5	282.9	5.7	¥10 million
4	Team Raiden	-4.9	1.4	-3.5	286.4

Individual awards

Individual score

1. Hiroshi Daigo (Prize ¥1 million)
2. Sho Shiratori
3. Ken Sonoda

Top hanchan

1. Daisuke Suzuki (Prize ¥500,000)
2. Hiroshi Daigo
3. Taro Suzuki

Fourth place avoidance

1. Aiko Hinata (Prize ¥500,000)
2. Kei Nakabayashi
3. Hisato Sasaki

Yakuman

• Rumi Nikaido (Suuankou) 12-05-2024 [1]
• Daisuke Suzuki (Daisangen) 01-13-2025 [2]
• Kenji Katsumata (Kokushi musou) 03-13-2025 [3]
• Ken Sonoda (Kokushi musou) 03-27-2025 [4]

External links

• Mリーグ2024-25

2024 M.League season in Japanese Wikipedia