Mahjong Union

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Mahjong Union

Organization logo
Country Japan
Inception c. 1997
Leader Yukio Oshida, Representative
Members 26

Mahjong Union 「麻将連合」 (Mājan Rengō; also known as MU and stylized as µ! (mu/myuu)) is a mixed professional and amateur organization of competitive mahjong players.

Membership

As of February 2025, MU has 26 professional members. MU also has "touring" members, and female "touring" members, not counted in pro totals.

Projects

MU are apparently highly implicated in encouraging more grassroots promotion of online mahjong players with its "Three Arrows" initiative.

Title matches

MU promotes a variety of titles contested under different rulesets.[1] As of February 2025, the main titles are:

Title match Current champion
Japanese Romanized Japanese Romanized Edition
将王戦 Shōōsen[2] 忍田 幸夫 Yukio Oshida 22nd
将星戦 Shōseisen 川崎 友広 Tomohiro Kawasaki 18th
将妃戦 Shōkisen 藤川 まゆ Mari Fujikawa 14th
BIG1カップ Big 1 Cup
Biggu Wan Kappu
地主 琢磨 Takuma Jinushi 27th
μ-M1カップ μ-M1 Cup
Myū Emu Wan Kappu
明村 諭 Satoshi Akimura 22nd

M.League Player

Currently, Go Kobayashi (小林剛) in U-Next Pirates is the only M.League player from MU.

References

  1. MU title matches and tournaments
  2. Also referred to as the μ League 「μリーグ」

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