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===Released members===
===Released members===
Konami Fight Club does not renew the contracts for Yudai Maehara and Satoshi Fujisaki.  The team will be looking to bring in new players from the upcoming draft.<ref>https://kinmaweb.jp/archives/140110</ref> SegaSammy Phoenix does not renew the contract for Akira Wakutsu.<ref>https://twitter.com/SEGASAMMY_PNX/status/1408741836202688519</ref>  Despite winning the previous season's title, EX Furinkazan has a roster change, as Kazunori Takizawa opts out of renewing his contract.<ref>https://mleaguewatch.wordpress.com/2021/07/02/takizawa-kazunori-leaves-ex-furinkazan/</ref>
Konami Fight Club does not renew the contracts for Yudai Maehara and Satoshi Fujisaki.  The team will be looking to bring in new players from the upcoming draft.<ref>https://kinmaweb.jp/archives/140110</ref> SegaSammy Phoenix does not renew the contract for Akira Wakutsu.<ref>https://twitter.com/SEGASAMMY_PNX/status/1408741836202688519</ref>  Despite winning the previous season's title, EX Furinkazan has a roster change, as Kazunori Takizawa opts out of renewing his contract.<ref>https://mleaguewatch.wordpress.com/2021/07/02/takizawa-kazunori-leaves-ex-furinkazan/</ref>
=== Draft ===
The draft occurred on August 2, 2021.  Four teams were open to make draft choices in the following order:
# SegaSammy Phoenix
# TEAM RAIDEN
# Konami Mahjong Fight Club
# EX Furinkazan
# Konami Mahjong Fight Club
# EX Furinkazan
All teams opted for their draft picks, and thus all teams filled their four player rosters.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:29, 3 August 2021

2021 M.League season

M League logo
Host M League
Type Professional league
Team count 8 teams
Finalists

The 2021 M League season is the fourth season to M.League.

Rosters

Team name Previous roster Drafted player(s) Released
Akasaka Drivens Ken Sonoda (Saikouisen)
Jun Murakami (Saikouisen)
Taro Suzuki (Saikouisen)
Kanako Maruyama (Saikouisen)
None
EX Furinkazan Aki Nikaido (JPML)
Kenji Katsumata (JPML)
Takaya Matsugase (NPM)
Rumi Nikaido (JPML)
Kazunori Takizawa (JPML)
KADOKAWA Sakura Knights Kotaro Uchikawa (JPML)
Sayaka Okada (JPML)
Makoto Sawazaki (JPML)
Hori Shingo (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai)
None
Konami Mahjong Fight Club Hisato Sasaki (JPML)
Mari Takamiya (JPML)
Arisa Date (JPML)
Kazunori Takizawa (JPML)
Yudai Maehara (JPML)
Satoshi Fujisaki (JPML)
Shibuya Abemas Takaharu Ooi (RMU)
Sho Shiratori (JPML)
Yoshihiro Matsumoto (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai)
Aiko Hinata (Saikouisen)
None
SegaSammy Phoenix Yuumi Uotani (JPML)
Seiichi Kondo (Saikouisen)
Sayaka Kayamori (Saikouisen)
Rio Toujou (JPML) Akira Wakutsu (JPML)
TEAM RAIDEN Masato Hagiwara (JPML)
Naoki Setokuma (JPML)
Saki Kurosawa (JPML)
Tomohiro Honda (JPML)
U-NEXT Pirates Go Kobayashi (Mahjong Union)
Koushin Asakura (Saikouisen)
Nobuhiro Ishibashi (Saikouisen)
Akina Mizuhara (Saikouisen)
None

Furinkazan tryout

As the 2020 M League season nears conclusion, EX Furinkazan opens up a position on the team. A four phase system is used to filter applicants to select one player to fill the roster spot.[1] A total of 169 applicants from five professional associations signed up. Selection will be based on a competition system mixed with notoriety via Twitter followings and other factors.

Released members

Konami Fight Club does not renew the contracts for Yudai Maehara and Satoshi Fujisaki. The team will be looking to bring in new players from the upcoming draft.[2] SegaSammy Phoenix does not renew the contract for Akira Wakutsu.[3] Despite winning the previous season's title, EX Furinkazan has a roster change, as Kazunori Takizawa opts out of renewing his contract.[4]

Draft

The draft occurred on August 2, 2021. Four teams were open to make draft choices in the following order:

  1. SegaSammy Phoenix
  2. TEAM RAIDEN
  3. Konami Mahjong Fight Club
  4. EX Furinkazan
  5. Konami Mahjong Fight Club
  6. EX Furinkazan

All teams opted for their draft picks, and thus all teams filled their four player rosters.

References

External links

2021 M.League season in Japanese Wikipedia