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{{Infobox organization
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|country     = Japan
|location    = 10 locations
|inception   = 1981
|leader      = [[Shigekazu Moriyama]] <br>President
|membercount = 886
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The '''Japan Professional Mahjong League''' (JPML) {{kana|日本プロ麻雀連盟}} (''Nihon Puro Mājan Renmei'') is a professional organization of competitive mahjong players. The current president of the JPML is [[Shigekazu Moriyama]]. The JPML has 10 offices across Japan.

==Membership==
<!-- October 2017 = 569 members -->
<!-- October 2018 = 610 members -->
<!-- June 2020 = 676 members -->
<!-- September 2022 = 834 members -->
<!-- May 2023 = 886 members -->
<!-- May 2024 = 936 members -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code !! Location !! Players
|-
|align=center| 00 ||align=left| Officers ||align=right| 20 
|-
|align=center| 01 ||align=left| Tokyo ||align=right| 503
|-
|align=center| 02 ||align=left| Hokkaidou ||align=right| 56
|-
|align=center| 03 ||align=left| Touhoku ||align=right| 33
|-
|align=center| 04 ||align=left| Chuubu ||align=right| 81
|-
|align=center| 05 ||align=left| Kansai ||align=right| 83
|-
|align=center| 06 ||align=left| Kyuushuu ||align=right| 72
|-
|align=center| 07 ||align=left| Shizuoka ||align=right| 26 
|-
|align=center| 08 ||align=left| Hokuriku ||align=right| 32
|-
|align=center| 09 ||align=left| North Kantou ||align=right| 16
|-
|align=center| 10 ||align=left| Hiroshima ||align=right| 4
|-class="sortbottom"
|colspan="2" align="left" | '''Total membership''' 
|align="right"| '''936''' 
|}

== Main League ==
Membership to the JPML requires players to participate in the seasonal leagues (barring a few rare exceptions). Participants work their way up the ladder's different steps working their way from the bottom (E-league) to as high as they can perform, the summit being the A1 League. The title match is called the Hōōsen {{kana|鳳凰戦}}. With the current 12 steps of progression, it would require a new professional member a minimum of 7 years, as well as significant skill and luck to make it to the top.  

* Top-flight (12 month seasons, 10 sessions, 4 games each)
** A1, A2

*Seasoned veterans (6 month seasons, 5 sessions, 4 games each)
**B1, B2
*Other league levels in the ladder (also 6 month seasons, 5 sessions, 4 games each)
** C1, C2, C3, D1, D2, D3, E1, E2

==Title matches==
The JPML promotes a large variety of titles contested under different rulesets. <ref>[https://www.ma-jan.or.jp/title-fight.html JPML title matches]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2|Title match !! rowspan=2|Est. !! colspan=2|Current champion
|-
! Japanese !! Romanized !! Japanese !! Romanized
|-
|align=center colspan=5 bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|'''"JPML Big Five"'''
|-
|鳳凰戦 || Hōōsen || rowspan=2|1984 || 佐々木寿人 || Hisato Sasaki
|-
|十段戦 || Jūdansen || rowspan=2|三浦智博 || rowspan=2|Tomohiro Miura
|-
|王位戦 || Ōisen || 1973
|-
|麻雀マスターズ || Mahjong Masters<br /><small>''Mājan Masutāzu''</small> || 1992 || 浅井裕介 || Yusuke Asai
|-
|麻雀グランプリMAX || Mahjong Grand Prix MAX<br /><small>''Mājan Guranpuri Makkusu''</small> || 2010<ref>Originally established in 2005 as the Mahjong Grand Prix {{kana|麻雀グランプリ}}</ref> || HIRO柴田 || Hiro Shibata
|-
|align=center colspan=5 bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|'''Women's titles'''
|-
|女流桜花 || Joryū Ōka || 2006 || 魚谷侑未 || Yumi Uotani
|-
|プロクイーン || Pro Queen<br /><small>''Puro Kuīn''</small> || 2003 || 蒼木翔子 || Shoko Aoki
|-
|桜蕾戦 || Ōraisen || 2021 || 宮成さく || Saku Miyanari
|-
|align=center colspan=5 bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|'''Mahjong Japan Series'''
|-
|麻雀日本シリーズ || Mahjong Japan Series<br /><small>''Mājan Nihon Shirīzu''</small> || 2015 || 魚谷侑未 || Yumi Uotani
|-
|女流プロ麻雀日本シリーズ || Women's Pro Mahjong Japan Series<br /><small>''Joryū Puro Mājan Nihon Shirīzu''</small> || 2016 || 岡田紗佳 || [[Sayaka Okada]]
|-
|align=center colspan=5 bgcolor="#D0F0C0"|'''Other titles'''
|-
|JPML WRCリーグ || JPML WRC League<br /><small>''JPML WRC Rīgu''</small> || 2016<ref>Originally established in 2001 as the Champions League {{kana|チャンピオンズリーグ}}</ref> || 田村良介 || Ryosuke Tamura
|-
|JPML WRC-Rリーグ || JPML WRC-R League<br /><small>''JPML WRC-R Rīgu''</small> || 2023 || 角谷陽介 || Yosuke Kadoya
|-
|新人王戦 || Shinjin'ōsen || 1985 || 曽篠春成 || Harunari Soshino
|-
|若獅子戦 || Wakajishisen || rowspan=2|2021 || 村上玲央 || Reo Murakami
|-
|鸞和戦 || Ranwasen || 矢崎航之介 || Konosuke Yazaki
|-
|小島武夫杯帝王戦 || Takeo Kojima Cup<ref>Also referred simply as the Teiōsen {{kana|帝王戦}}</ref><br /><small>''Kojima Takeo hai Teiōsen''</small> || 2019 || 魚谷侑未 || Yumi Uotani
|-
|達人戦〜GREAT LEAGUE〜 || Tatsujinsen: Great League<ref>Also referred simply as the Tatsujinsen {{kana|達人戦}}</ref><br /><small> || rowspan=2|2023 || HIRO柴田 || Hiro Shibata
|-
|紅龍戦 || Kōryūsen<ref>All and only M.League players are eligible</ref> || 佐々木寿人 || Hisato Sasaki
|}

==M.League Players==
{{main|M League}}

24 (18 current, 6 former) members have been drafted into 7 (now 6) out of the 9 [[M.League]] teams. 

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2|Player !! rowspan=2|Team !! rowspan=2|Seasons
|-
! Japanese !! Romanized
|-
|猿川真寿
|Masatoshi Sarukawa
|BEAST Japanext
|2023–present
|-
|菅原千瑛
|Hiroe Sugawara
|BEAST Japanext
|2023–present
|-
|鈴木大介
|Daisuke Suzuki
|BEAST Japanext
|2023–present
|-
|中田花奈
|Kana Nakada
|BEAST Japanext
|2023–present
|-
| 二階堂亜樹 || Aki Nikaido || EX Furinkazan || 2018–present
|-
| 勝又健志 || Kenji Katsumata || EX Furinkazan || 2018–present
|-
| 二階堂瑠美 || Rumi Nikaido || EX Furinkazan || 2021–present
|-
| 内川幸太郎 || Kotaro Uchikawa || KADOKAWA Sakura Knights || 2019–present
|-
| 岡田紗佳 || [[Sayaka Okada ]] || KADOKAWA Sakura Knights || 2019–present
|-
| 佐々木寿人 || Hisato Sasaki || Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 2018–present
|-
| 高宮まり|| Mari Takamiya || Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 2018–present
|-
| 伊達朱里紗 || Arisa Date || Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 2021–present
|-
| 滝沢和典 || Kazunori Takizawa || EX Furinkazan<br>Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 2018–2020<br>2021–present
|-
| 白鳥翔 || Sho Shiratori || Shibuya Abemas || 2018–present
|-
|萩原聖人
|Masato Hagiwara
|TEAM RAIDEN
|2018–present
|-
| 瀬戸熊直樹 || Naoki Setokuma || TEAM RAIDEN || 2018–present
|-
|黒沢咲
|Saki Kurosawa
|TEAM RAIDEN
|2018–present
|-
|本田朋広
|Tomohiro Honda
|TEAM RAIDEN
|2021–present
|-
| 魚谷侑未 || Yumi Uotani || SegaSammy Phoenix || 2018–2023
|-
| 東城りお || Rio Toujou || SegaSammy Phoenix || 2021–2023
|-
| 沢崎誠 || Makoto Sawazaki || KADOKAWA Sakura Knights || 2019–2021
|-
| 前原雄大 || Yudai Maehara || Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 2018–2020
|-
| 藤崎智 || Satoshi Fujisaki || Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 2019–2020
|-
| 和久津晶 || Akira Wakutsu || SegaSammy Phoenix || 2019–2020
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://ma-jan.or.jp/ JPML home]
: Official website of the Japan Professional Mahjong League
* [http://ron2.jp/ Ron²]
: Official online game website of the JPML
{{jpwiki|日本プロ麻雀連盟}}

[[Category:Japanese organizations]]