2023 M.Tournament

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The 2023 M.Tournament is the first edition of the M.Tournament. It features 32 M.League players and 20 other mahjong professionals, for a total of 52 players.

Format

In the initial brackets, a mixture of M.League players and other professional participants compete in an elimination bracket. The 4 players in the champion team, Shibuya Abemas, are automatically seeded in the quarterfinals and other players start in the 1st stage. Before the finals, players play 2 hanchan on their tables and the top 2 from each table proceed into the next stage. In the finals, the four finalists play another 2 hanchan to determine the winner.

Players

M.League members

M.League Team Members
Akasaka Drivens Ken Sonoda (Saikouisen)
Jun Murakami (Saikouisen)
Taro Suzuki (Saikouisen)
Kanako Maruyama (Saikouisen)
EX Furinkazan Aki Nikaido (JPML)
Kenji Katsumata (JPML)
Takaya Matsugase (RMU)
Rumi Nikaido (JPML)
KADOKAWA Sakura Knights Kotaro Uchikawa (JPML)
Sayaka Okada (JPML)
Shingo Hori (NPM)
Nanba Shibukawa (NPM)
Konami Mahjong Fight Club Hisato Sasaki (JPML)
Mari Takamiya (JPML)
Arisa Date (JPML)
Kazunori Takizawa (JPML)
SegaSammy Phoenix Yuumi Uotani (JPML)
Seiichi Kondo (Saikouisen)
Sayaka Kayamori (Saikouisen)
Rio Tojo (JPML)
Shibuya Abemas Takaharu Ooi (RMU)
Sho Shiratori (JPML)
Yoshihiro Matsumoto (NPM)
Aiko Hinata (Saikouisen)
TEAM RAIDEN Masato Hagiwara (JPML)
Naoki Setokuma (JPML)
Saki Kurosawa (JPML)
Tomohiro Honda (JPML)
U-NEXT Pirates Go Kobayashi (MU)
Akina Mizuhara (Saikouisen)
Yu Suzuki (Saikouisen)
Kei Nakabayashi (NPM)

Other professionals

Player Organization Titles
Akira Wakutsu JPML Former SegaSammy Phoenix
Genta Takeuchi Saikouisen 47th Saikoui
Takaki Asai NPM 21st Mahjong King
Shibata Hiro JPML 39th Hououi
Takashi Kouno RMU 5th, 12th, 13th Reishoui
Saki Shirogane JPML 17th Cherry Blossom Cup Title Holder
Hiroshi Daigo Saikouisen 45th Saikoui
Tooru Yajima NPM 19th Mahjong King
Kenjiro Fujishima JPML 2018 First Half WRC League Champion
Yoshiki Ishii JPML King's Cup Title Holder
Masashi Sakamoto Saikouisen Advent of the Four Gods Title Holder
Keijun Nara JPML 3rd WRC Champion
Hisaharu Kondo JPML
Shotaro Seki Saikouisen
Takehiro Ishidate JPML 12th WRC League Champion
Tomomi Mizusaki NPM 21st Mahjong Queen
Yusuke Asai Saikouisen
Takanori Abe RMU 19th, 20th, 21st Hououi
Chifumi Yamawaki JPML
Yukio Oshida MU 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 20th MU Title Holder

Brackets

1st round

Table Advanced players Eliminated players
A Shibata Hiro
Ken Sonoda
Kotaro Uchikawa
Tomomi Mizusaki
B Yukio Oshida
Takaya Matsugase
Akira Wakutsu
Mari Takamiya
C Kazunori Takizawa
Kanako Maruyama
Tooru Yajima
Yuumi Uotani
D Tomohiro Honda
Sayaka Okada
Takanori Abe
Shotaro Seki
E Chifumi Yamawaki
Seiichi Kondo
Shingo Hori
Naoki Setokuma
F Akina Mizuhara
Hiroshi Daigo
Keijun Nara
Kenji Katsumata
G Takashi Kouno
Nanba Shibukawa
Saki Kurosawa
Sayaka Kayamori
H Masato Hagiwara
Masashi Sakamoto
Hisato Sasaki
Hisaharu Kondo
I Yusuke Asai
Saki Shirogane
Taro Suzuki
Aki Nikaido
J Takaki Asai
Rio Tojo
Yoshiki Ishii
Yu Suzuki
K Genta Takeuchi
Kenjiro Fujishima
Arisa Date
Go Kobayashi
L Takehiro Ishidate
Rumi Nikaido
Jun Murakami
Kei Nakabayashi

2nd round

Table Advanced players Eliminated players
A Masashi Sakamoto
Chifumi Yamawaki
Takashi Kouno
Hiroshi Daigo
B Nanba Shibukawa
Masato Hagiwara
Akina Mizuhara
Seiichi Kondo
C Rumi Nikaido
Yusuke Asai
Genta Takeuchi
Rio Tojo
D Takehiro Ishidate
Takaki Asai
Saki Shirogane
Kenjiro Fujishima
E Takaya Matsugase
Kazunori Takizawa
Shibata Hiro
Sayaka Okada
F Tomohiro Honda
Ken Sonoda
Yukio Oshida
Kanako Maruyama

Quarterfinals

Table Advanced players Eliminated players
A Yusuke Asai
Takehiro Ishidate
Aiko Hinata
Takaya Matsugase
B Takaharu Ooi
Rumi Nikaido
Takaki Asai
Masato Hagiwara
C Kazunori Takizawa
Yoshihiro Matsumoto
Chifumi Yamawaki
Ken Sonoda
D Masashi Sakamoto
Nanba Shibukawa
Sho Shiratori
Tomohiro Honda

Semifinals

Table Advanced players Eliminated players
A Rumi Nikaido
Nanba Shibukawa
Yusuke Asai
Kazunori Takizawa
B Takehiro Ishidate
Masashi Sakamoto
Takaharu Ooi
Yoshihiro Matsumoto

Finals

Winner: Nanba Shibukawa

2nd place: Rumi Nikaido

3rd place: Takehiro Ishidate

4th place: Masashi Sakamoto

2023 M.Tournament bracket

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