M.League
M League logo | |
Country | Japan |
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Inception | 2018 |
Leader |
Mr. Susumu Fujita, Chairman (Founder/President of CyberAgent) |
Members | 8 teams |
The M League is a professional mahjong team league. This is the first league, where mahjong players receive a salary for playing games. Players are fielded from the various mahjong professional leagues. An M League season consists of a number of regular season games followed by a playoff final. Each team is corporate sponsored, and thus they represent their respective companies.
Format
Rule
Draft
The inaugural draft was held on August 7, 2018.
Teams
Logo | Team name | Company sponsor | Players | Inception |
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Akasaka Drivens | Hakuhodo DY media partners | Ken Sonoda (Saikouisen) Jun Murakami (Saikouisen) Taro Suzuki (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai) Kanako Maruyama (Saikouisen) |
2018 | |
EX Furinkazan | TV Asahi | Aki Nikaido (JPML) Kazunori Takizawa (JPML) Kenji Katsumata (JPML) |
2018 | |
Konami Mahjong Fight Club | KONAMI | Hisato Sasaki (JPML) Mari Takamiya (JPML) Yudai Maehara (JPML) Satoshi Fujisaki (JPML) |
2018 | |
Shibuya Abemas | CyberAgent | Takaharu Ooi (RMU) Sho Shiratori (JPML) Yoshihiro Matsumoto (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai) Aiko Hinata (Saikouisen) |
2018 | |
SegaSammy Phoenix | SegaSammy | Yuumi Uotani (JPML) Seiichi Kondo (Saikouisen) Sayaka Kayamori (Saikouisen) Akira Wakutsu (JPML) |
2018 | |
TEAM RAIDEN | Dentsu | Masato Hagiwara (JPML) Naoki Setokuma (JPML) Saki Kurosawa (JPML) |
2018 | |
U-NEXT Pirates | U-Next | Go Kobayashi (Mahjong Union) Koushin Asakura (Saikouisen) Nobuhiro Ishibashi (Saikouisen) Akina Mizuhara (Saikouisen) |
2018 | |
KADOKAWA Sakura Knights | KADOKAWA | Kotaro Uchikawa (JPML) Sayaka Okada (JPML) Makoto Sawazaki (JPML) |
2019 |
Seasons
Season | Start Date | End Date | Winner | Runnerup | Top player |
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2018-2019 | 2019-03-31 | Akasaka Drivens | EX Furinkazan | Takaharu Ooi | |
2019-2020 | 2019-09-30 |
External links
- Official site
- プロ麻雀リーグ「Mリーグ」発足 (YouTube)
- M League channel
- プロ麻雀リーグ「Mリーグ」発足 (YouTube)
- M League promotional video
- M.League in Japanese Wikipedia