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|align=center| 01 ||align=left| Tokyo ||align=right| 489
|align=center| 01 ||align=left| Tokyo ||align=right| 503
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|align=center| 02 ||align=left| Hokkaidou ||align=right| 48
|align=center| 02 ||align=left| Hokkaidou ||align=right| 56
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|align=center| 03 ||align=left| Touhoku ||align=right| 31
|align=center| 03 ||align=left| Touhoku ||align=right| 33
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|align=center| 04 ||align=left| Chuubu ||align=right| 74
|align=center| 04 ||align=left| Chuubu ||align=right| 81
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|align=center| 05 ||align=left| Kansai ||align=right| 79
|align=center| 05 ||align=left| Kansai ||align=right| 83
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|align=center| 06 ||align=left| Kyuushuu ||align=right| 70
|align=center| 06 ||align=left| Kyuushuu ||align=right| 72
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|align=center| 07 ||align=left| Shizuoka ||align=right| 27
|align=center| 07 ||align=left| Shizuoka ||align=right| 26
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|align=center| 08 ||align=left| Hokuriku ||align=right| 27
|align=center| 08 ||align=left| Hokuriku ||align=right| 32
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|align=center| 09 ||align=left| North Kantou ||align=right| 16
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|colspan="2" align="left" | '''Total membership'''  
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== Main League ==
== 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.  
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)
* Top-flight (12 month seasons, 10 sessions, 4 games each)
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==Title matches==
==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>
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>
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|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
|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
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|紅龍戦 || Kōryūsen || 内川幸太郎 || Kotaro Uchikawa
|紅龍戦 || Kōryūsen<ref>All and only M.League players are eligible</ref> || 佐々木寿人 || Hisato Sasaki
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==MLeague Players==
==M.League Players==
{{main|M League}}
{{main|M League}}


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


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|Kana Nakada
|Kana Nakada
|BEAST Japanext
|BEAST Japanext
|2023 - present
|2023–present
|-
|-
| 二階堂亜樹 || [[Aki Nikaido]] || EX Furinkazan || 2018–present
| 二階堂亜樹 || Aki Nikaido || EX Furinkazan || 2018–present
|-
|-
|勝又健志
| 勝又健志 || Kenji Katsumata || EX Furinkazan || 2018–present
|[[Kenji Katsumata]]
|EX Furinkazan
|2018–present
|-
|-
| 二階堂瑠美 || [[Rumi Nikaido]] || EX Furinkazan || 2021–present
| 二階堂瑠美 || Rumi Nikaido || EX Furinkazan || 2021–present
|-
|-
|内川幸太郎
| 内川幸太郎 || Kotaro Uchikawa || KADOKAWA Sakura Knights || 2019–present
|[[Kotaro Uchikawa]]
|KADOKAWA Sakura Knights
|2019–present
|-
|-
| 岡田紗佳 || [[Sayaka Okada ]] || 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
| 佐々木寿人 || Hisato Sasaki || Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 2018–present
|-
|-
|高宮まり
| 高宮まり|| Mari Takamiya || Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 2018–present
|[[Mari Takamiya]]
|Konami Mahjong Fight Club
|2018–present
|-
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|伊達朱里紗
| 伊達朱里紗 || Arisa Date || Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 2021–present
|Arisa Date
|Konami Mahjong Fight Club
|2021–present
|-
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|滝沢和典
| 滝沢和典 || Kazunori Takizawa || EX Furinkazan<br>Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 2018–2020<br>2021–present
|[[Kazunori Takizawa]]
|EX Furinkazan<br>Konami Mahjong Fight Club
|2018–2020<br>2021–present
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| 白鳥翔 || [[Sho Shiratori]] || Shibuya Abemas || 2018–present
| 白鳥翔 || Sho Shiratori || Shibuya Abemas || 2018–present
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| 魚谷侑未 || [[Yuumi Uotani]] || SegaSammy Phoenix || 2018–present
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|東城りお
|Rio Tojyo
|SegaSammy Phoenix
|2021–present
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|萩原聖人
|萩原聖人
|[[Masato Hagiwara]]
|Masato Hagiwara
|TEAM RAIDEN
|TEAM RAIDEN
|2018–present
|2018–present
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| 瀬戸熊直樹 || [[Naoki Setokuma]] || TEAM RAIDEN || 2018–present
| 瀬戸熊直樹 || Naoki Setokuma || TEAM RAIDEN || 2018–present
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|黒沢咲
|黒沢咲
|[[Saki Kurosawa]]
|Saki Kurosawa
|TEAM RAIDEN
|TEAM RAIDEN
|2018–present
|2018–present
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|2021–present
|2021–present
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|沢崎誠
| 魚谷侑未 || Yumi Uotani || SegaSammy Phoenix || 2018–2023
|[[Makoto Sawazaki]]
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|KADOKAWA Sakura Knights
| 東城りお || Rio Toujou || SegaSammy Phoenix || 2021–2023
|2019–2021
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| 沢崎誠 || Makoto Sawazaki || KADOKAWA Sakura Knights || 2019–2021
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|前原雄大
| 前原雄大 || Yudai Maehara || Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 2018–2020
|[[Yudai Maehara]]
|Konami Mahjong Fight Club
|2018–2020
|-
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|藤崎智
| 藤崎智 || Satoshi Fujisaki || Konami Mahjong Fight Club || 2019–2020
|[[Satoshi Fujisaki]]
|Konami Mahjong Fight Club
|2019–2020
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| 和久津晶 || [[Akira Wakutsu]] || SegaSammy Phoenix || 2019–2020
| 和久津晶 || Akira Wakutsu || SegaSammy Phoenix || 2019–2020
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Latest revision as of 16:14, 10 June 2024

Japan Professional Mahjong League
Country Japan
Location 10 locations
Inception 1981
Leader Shigekazu Moriyama
President
Members 886

The Japan Professional Mahjong League (JPML) 「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

Code Location Players
00 Officers 20
01 Tokyo 503
02 Hokkaidou 56
03 Touhoku 33
04 Chuubu 81
05 Kansai 83
06 Kyuushuu 72
07 Shizuoka 26
08 Hokuriku 32
09 North Kantou 16
10 Hiroshima 4
Total membership 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 「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. [1]

Title match Est. Current champion
Japanese Romanized Japanese Romanized
"JPML Big Five"
鳳凰戦 Hōōsen 1984 佐々木寿人 Hisato Sasaki
十段戦 Jūdansen 三浦智博 Tomohiro Miura
王位戦 Ōisen 1973
麻雀マスターズ Mahjong Masters
Mājan Masutāzu		 1992 浅井裕介 Yusuke Asai
麻雀グランプリMAX Mahjong Grand Prix MAX
Mājan Guranpuri Makkusu		 2010[2] HIRO柴田 Hiro Shibata
Women's titles
女流桜花 Joryū Ōka 2006 魚谷侑未 Yumi Uotani
プロクイーン Pro Queen
Puro Kuīn		 2003 蒼木翔子 Shoko Aoki
桜蕾戦 Ōraisen 2021 宮成さく Saku Miyanari
Mahjong Japan Series
麻雀日本シリーズ Mahjong Japan Series
Mājan Nihon Shirīzu		 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
Joryū Puro Mājan Nihon Shirīzu		 2016 岡田紗佳 Sayaka Okada
Other titles
JPML WRCリーグ JPML WRC League
JPML WRC Rīgu		 2016[3] 田村良介 Ryosuke Tamura
JPML WRC-Rリーグ JPML WRC-R League
JPML WRC-R Rīgu		 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 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[4]
Kojima Takeo hai Teiōsen		 2019 魚谷侑未 Yumi Uotani
達人戦〜GREAT LEAGUE〜 Tatsujinsen: Great League[5]
 2023 HIRO柴田 Hiro Shibata
紅龍戦 Kōryūsen[6] 佐々木寿人 Hisato Sasaki

M.League Players

Main article: M League

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

Player Team 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
Konami Mahjong Fight Club		 2018–2020
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

  1. ↑ JPML title matches
  2. ↑ Originally established in 2005 as the Mahjong Grand Prix 「麻雀グランプリ」
  3. ↑ Originally established in 2001 as the Champions League 「チャンピオンズリーグ」
  4. ↑ Also referred simply as the Teiōsen 「帝王戦」
  5. ↑ Also referred simply as the Tatsujinsen 「達人戦」
  6. ↑ All and only M.League players are eligible

External links

Official website of the Japan Professional Mahjong League
Official online game website of the JPML
Japan Professional Mahjong League in Japanese Wikipedia
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