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The 2023 M.Tournament is an individual bracket style tournament. This is the first edition of the off-season tournament hosted by M.League. In the initial brackets, a mixture of M.League team members and other professional participants compete in an elimination bracket. In all, the stages of the brackets have 48 participants. Players play 2 hanchan on their tables and the top 2 from each table proceed into the next stage. In addition, the team members of the 2022-23 season champions, Shibuya Abemas, await in the quarterfinal brackets.

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 Tojyo (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 Tojyo	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 Tojyo
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

External links

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 === M.League members ===
 {| class="wikitable"
-!M.League Team !! Members
+! M.League Team !! Members
 |-
-| [[Akasaka Drivens]] || [[Ken Sonoda]] (Saikouisen) <br> [[Jun Murakami]] (Saikouisen) <br> [[Taro Suzuki]] (Saikouisen) <br> [[Kanako Maruyama]] (Saikouisen) ||
+|[[Akasaka Drivens]] || [[Ken Sonoda]] (Saikouisen) <br>[[Jun Murakami]] (Saikouisen) <br>[[Taro Suzuki]] (Saikouisen) <br>[[Kanako Maruyama]] (Saikouisen)
 |-
-|[[EX Furinkazan]] || [[Aki Nikaido]] (JPML) <br> [[Kenji Katsumata]] (JPML) <br> [[Takaya Matsugase]] (RMU) <br> [[Rumi Nikaido]] (JPML) ||
+|[[EX Furinkazan]] || [[Aki Nikaido]] (JPML) <br>[[Kenji Katsumata]] (JPML) <br>[[Takaya Matsugase]] (RMU) <br>[[Rumi Nikaido]] (JPML)
 |-
-|[[KADOKAWA Sakura Knights]] || [[Kotaro Uchikawa]] (JPML) <br> [[Sayaka Okada]] (JPML) <br> [[Shingo Hori]] (NPM) <br> [[Nanba Shibukawa]] (NPM)
+|[[KADOKAWA Sakura Knights]] || [[Kotaro Uchikawa]] (JPML) <br>[[Sayaka Okada]] (JPML) <br>[[Shingo Hori]] (NPM) <br>[[Nanba Shibukawa]] (NPM)
 |-
-|[[Konami Mahjong Fight Club]] || [[Hisato Sasaki]] (JPML) <br> [[Mari Takamiya]] (JPML) <br> [[Arisa Date]] (JPML) <br> [[Kazunori Takizawa]] (JPML)
+|[[Konami Mahjong Fight Club]] || [[Hisato Sasaki]] (JPML) <br>[[Mari Takamiya]] (JPML) <br>[[Arisa Date]] (JPML) <br>[[Kazunori Takizawa]] (JPML)
 |-
-|[[SegaSammy Phoenix]] || [[Yuumi Uotani]] (JPML) <br> [[Seiichi Kondo]] (Saikouisen) <br> [[Sayaka Kayamori]] (Saikouisen) <br> [[Rio Toujou|Rio Tojyo]] (JPML)
+|[[SegaSammy Phoenix]] || [[Yuumi Uotani]] (JPML) <br>[[Seiichi Kondo]] (Saikouisen) <br>[[Sayaka Kayamori]] (Saikouisen) <br>[[Rio Toujou|Rio Tojyo]] (JPML)
 |-
-|[[Shibuya Abemas]] || [[Takaharu Ooi]] (RMU) <br> [[Sho Shiratori]] (JPML) <br> [[Yoshihiro Matsumoto]] (NPM) <br> [[Aiko Hinata]] (Saikouisen)
+|[[Shibuya Abemas]] || [[Takaharu Ooi]] (RMU) <br>[[Sho Shiratori]] (JPML) <br>[[Yoshihiro Matsumoto]] (NPM) <br>[[Aiko Hinata]] (Saikouisen)
 |-
-|[[TEAM RAIDEN]] || [[Masato Hagiwara]] (JPML) <br> [[Naoki Setokuma]] (JPML) <br> Saki Kurosawa (JPML) <br> [[Tomohiro Honda]] (JPML)
+|[[TEAM RAIDEN]] || [[Masato Hagiwara]] (JPML) <br>[[Naoki Setokuma]] (JPML) <br>Saki Kurosawa (JPML) <br>[[Tomohiro Honda]] (JPML)
 |-
-|[[U-NEXT Pirates]] || [[Go Kobayashi]] (MU) <br> [[Akina Mizuhara]] (Saikouisen) <br> [[Yu Suzuki]] (Saikouisen) <br> [[Kei Nakabayashi]] (NPM)
+|[[U-NEXT Pirates]] || [[Go Kobayashi]] (MU) <br>[[Akina Mizuhara]] (Saikouisen) <br>[[Yu Suzuki]] (Saikouisen) <br>[[Kei Nakabayashi]] (NPM)
 |}
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 {| class="wikitable"
 |+
-!Table
+! Table !! Advanced players !! Eliminated players
-!Advanced players
-!Eliminated players
 |-
-|A
+|A || Shibata Hiro <br>Ken Sonoda || Kotaro Uchikawa <br>Tomomi Mizusaki
-|Shibata Hiro
-Ken Sonoda
-|Kotaro Uchikawa
-Tomomi Mizusaki
 |-
-|B
+|B || Yukio Oshida <br>Takaya Matsugase || Akira Wakutsu <br>Mari Takamiya
-|Yukio Oshida
-Takaya Matsugase
-|Akira Wakutsu
-Mari Takamiya
 |-
-|C
+|C || Kazunori Takizawa <br>Kanako Maruyama || Tooru Yajima <br>Yuumi Uotani
-|Kazunori Takizawa
+|-
-Kanako Maruyama
+|D || Tomohiro Honda <br>Sayaka Okada || Takanori Abe <br>Shotaro Seki
-|Tooru Yajima
-Yuumi Uotani
 |-
-|D
+|E || Chifumi Yamawaki <br>Seiichi Kondo || Shingo Hori <br>Naoki Setokuma
-|Tomohiro Honda
-Sayaka Okada
-|Takanori Abe
-Shotaro Seki
-|-
-|E
-|Chifumi Yamawaki
-Seiichi Kondo
-|Shingo Hori
-Naoki Setokuma
 |-
-|F
+|F || Akina Mizuhara <br>Hiroshi Daigo || Keijun Nara <br>Kenji Katsumata
-|Akina Mizuhara
-Hiroshi Daigo
-|Keijun Nara
-Kenji Katsumata
 |-
-|G
+|G || Takashi Kouno <br>Nanba Shibukawa || Saki Kurosawa <br>Sayaka Kayamori
-|Takashi Kouno
-Nanba Shibukawa
-|Saki Kurosawa
-Sayaka Kayamori
 |-
-|H
+|H || Masato Hagiwara <br>Masashi Sakamoto || Hisato Sasaki <br>Hisaharu Kondo
-|Masato Hagiwara
-Masashi Sakamoto
-|Hisato Sasaki
-Hisaharu Kondo
 |-
-|I
+|I || Yusuke Asai <br>Saki Shirogane || Taro Suzuki <br>Aki Nikaido
-|Yusuke Asai
-Saki Shirogane
-|Taro Suzuki
-Aki Nikaido
 |-
-|J
+|J || Takaki Asai <br>Rio Tojyo || Yoshiki Ishii <br>Yu Suzuki
-|Takaki Asai
-Rio Tojyo
-|Yoshiki Ishii
-Yu Suzuki
 |-
-|K
+|K || Genta Takeuchi <br>Kenjiro Fujishima || Arisa Date <br>Go Kobayashi
-|Genta Takeuchi
-Kenjiro Fujishima
-|Arisa Date
-Go Kobayashi
 |-
-|L
+|L || Takehiro Ishidate <br>Rumi Nikaido || Jun Murakami <br>Kei Nakabayashi
-|Takehiro Ishidate
-Rumi Nikaido
-|Jun Murakami
-Kei Nakabayashi
 |}
 === 2nd round ===
 {| class="wikitable"
-!Table
+! Table !! Advanced players !! Eliminated players
-!Advanced players
-!Eliminated players
 |-
-|A
+|A || Masashi Sakamoto <br>Chifumi Yamawaki || Takashi Kouno <br>Hiroshi Daigo
-|Masashi Sakamoto
-Chifumi Yamawaki
-|Takashi Kouno
-Hiroshi Daigo
 |-
-|B
+|B || Nanba Shibukawa <br>Masato Hagiwara || Akina Mizuhara <br>Seiichi Kondo
-|Nanba Shibukawa
-Masato Hagiwara
-|Akina Mizuhara
-Seiichi Kondo
 |-
-|C
+|C || Rumi Nikaido <br>Yusuke Asai || Genta Takeuchi <br>Rio Tojyo
-|Rumi Nikaido
-Yusuke Asai
-|Genta Takeuchi
-Rio Tojyo
 |-
-|D
+|D || Takehiro Ishidate <br>Takaki Asai || Saki Shirogane <br>Kenjiro Fujishima
-|Takehiro Ishidate
-Takaki Asai
-|Saki Shirogane
-Kenjiro Fujishima
 |-
-|E
+|E || Takaya Matsugase <br>Kazunori Takizawa || Shibata Hiro <br>Sayaka Okada
-|Takaya Matsugase
-Kazunori Takizawa
-|Shibata Hiro
-Sayaka Okada
 |-
-|F
+|F || Tomohiro Honda <br>Ken Sonoda || Yukio Oshida <br>Kanako Maruyama
-|Tomohiro Honda
-Ken Sonoda
-|Yukio Oshida
-Kanako Maruyama
 |}
 === Quarterfinals ===
 {| class="wikitable"
-!Table
+! Table !! Advanced players !! Eliminated players
-!Advanced players
-!Eliminated players
 |-
-|A
+|A || Yusuke Asai <br>Takehiro Ishidate || Aiko Hinata <br>Takaya Matsugase
-|Yusuke Asai
-Takehiro Ishidate
-|Aiko Hinata
-Takaya Matsugase
 |-
-|B
+|B || Takaharu Ooi <br>Rumi Nikaido || Takaki Asai <br>Masato Hagiwara
-|Takaharu Ooi
-Rumi Nikaido
-|Takaki Asai
-Masato Hagiwara
 |-
-|C
+|C || Kazunori Takizawa <br>Yoshihiro Matsumoto || Chifumi Yamawaki <br>Ken Sonoda
-|Kazunori Takizawa
-Yoshihiro Matsumoto
-|Chifumi Yamawaki
-Ken Sonoda
 |-
-|D
+|D || Masashi Sakamoto <br>Nanba Shibukawa || Sho Shiratori <br>Tomohiro Honda
-|Masashi Sakamoto
-Nanba Shibukawa
-|Sho Shiratori
-Tomohiro Honda
 |}
 === Semifinals ===
 {| class="wikitable"
-!Table
+! Table !! Advanced players !! Eliminated players
-!Advanced players
-!Eliminated players
 |-
-|A
+|A || Rumi Nikaido <br>Nanba Shibukawa || Yusuke Asai <br>Kazunori Takizawa
-|Rumi Nikaido
-Nanba Shibukawa
-|Yusuke Asai
-Kazunori Takizawa
 |-
-|B
+|B || Takehiro Ishidate <br>Masashi Sakamoto || Takaharu Ooi <br>Yoshihiro Matsumoto
-|Takehiro Ishidate
-Masashi Sakamoto
-|Takaharu Ooi
-Yoshihiro Matsumoto
 |}