Riichi City

Riichi City is an online Japanese mahjong platform developed and published by Lancelot Tech Ltd. It was released on January 19th, 2022, with the slogan "Conquer the challenges to be No.1". The game features an urban-style design and fast-paced in-game competition, and encourages players to fight to the top to become the mahjong champion. It offers basic game modes for free, while also providing Gacha mechanics where players can obtain new items and characters via top-up. Riichi City is available on Google Play Store, Apple App Store, Windows PC and Linux in four languages: English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

Riichi City

Riichi City logo
Publisher Lancelot Tech LTD
Developer Lancelot Tech LTD
Platform iOS/Android/PC
Year 2022

Ranking system

Rank Upgrade

Rank Starting Upgrading Rank Down
Letter Novice 0 40 ×
D3
D2
D1
C2 50
C1 60
B2 70
B1 80
A2 100
A1 140 280
Dan 1st 200 400
2nd 400 800
3rd 600 1200
4th 1000 2000
5th 1400 2800
6th 1800 3600
7th 2300 4600
8th 2800 5600
9th 3300 6600
10th 3800 7600
Legend 7600 - ×

Rating

Players begin with a rating of 1500. Players gain or lose rating points based on the Game's variance: Final points / 3.50 - R0 . R0 is tied to opponent ratings. Maximum possible is +30, while the minimum is set to -20.

Lobbies

Room Required Rank Required Coins
(Entry Limit / Entry Fee)
4P 3P
Star From Novice to 3rd Dan 0 / 0 0 / 0
Moon 1st Dan or above 3000 / 500 3000 / 500
Sun 4th Dan or above [note 1] 5000 / 1000 7000 / 1000
Galaxy 7th Dan or above & Rate > 1800 [note 2] 10000 / 2000 14000 / 2000
Room Rank 4P East 4P Hanchan 3P East 3P Hanchan
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Star Letter Novice +40 +20 +10 0 +60 +30 +15 0 +30 0 0 +45 0 0
D3 +10 0 +15 0 0 0
D2 +10 0 +15 0 0 0
D1 +5 0 +10 0 0 0
C2 +5 0 +10 0 0 0
C1 0 0 0 0 0 0
B2 0 -5 0 -5 0 0
B1 -5 -10 -5 -15 0 0
A2 -5 -10 -15 -20 -10 -15
A1 -10 -15 -15 -30 -15 -20
Dan 1st -10 -20 -30 -45 -25 -40
2nd -20 -30 -30 -60 -30 -45
3rd -20 -40 -45 -90 -35 -55
Moon Dan 1st +70 +35 -20 -30 +105 +50 -30 -45 +50 0 -25 +75 0 -35
2nd -20 -40 -30 -60 -30 -45
3rd -30 -60 -45 -90 -35 -59
4th -40 -100 -60 -150 -50 -75
5th -45 -105 -70 -160 -60 -90
6th -50 -110 -75 -165 -70 -105
7th -60 -185 -90 -280 -80 -120
8th -70 -190 -105 -285 -90 -135
9th -75 -200 -115 -300 -100 -150
10th -80 -220 -120 -330 -110 -165
Legend 3 0 -2 -6 4 0 -3 -9 3 0 -3 4 0 -4
Sun Dan 4th +130 +50 -40 -100 +195 +75 -60 -150 +90 0 -60 +135 0 -90
5th -45 -105 -65 -155 -70 -105
6th -50 -110 -75 -165 -80 -120
7th -55 -140 -85 -210 -90 -135
8th -60 -150 -90 -225 -100 -150
9th -65 -160 -100 -240 -110 -165
10th -70 -170 -105 -255 -120 -180
Legend 4 0 -2 -6 6 0 -3 -9 4 0 -4 6 0 -6
Galaxy Dan 7th +200 +65 -85 -185 +300 +100 -130 -280 +160 0 -150 +240 0 -225
8th -90 -190 -135 -285 -160 -240
9th -95 -200 -140 -300 -170 -255
10th -100 -220 -150 -330 -180 -270
Legend 6 0 -2 -6 9 0 -3 -9 5 0 -5 8 0 -8

Game rules

Ranked Match Rules

4-Player

  • Starting Points: 25,000
  • Kaeshi: 30,000
  • Uma: [1st +30, 2nd +10, 3rd -10, 4th -30]
  • Oka: On
  • 3 Red Tiles, Uradora, Kandora, Ippatsu allowed
  • Kuitan & Atozuke allowed
  • Min. Pts to Win: 30,000
  • Extension into South (for East Only Match) / West (for Hanchan Match)  allowed.
  • Tochuu Ryuukyoku allowed (including Kyuushu Kyuuhai, Suufon Renda, Suukaikan, Triple Ron, Suucha Riichi)
  • Rinshan Pao allowed
  • Yakuman Pao allowed
  • No Renhou

3-Player

  • Starting Points: 35,000
  • Kaeshi: 40,000
  • Uma: [1st +20, 2nd +0, 3rd -20]
  • Oka: On
  • 2 Red Tiles, Uradora, Kandora, Ippatsu allowed
  • Kuitan & Atozuke allowed
  • Min. Pts to Win: 40,000
  • Kita: On (North tile as Nuki Dora, no Furiten and Chankan, break Ippatsu)
  • Scoring: Tsumo-loss
  • Extension into South (for East Only Match) / West (for Hanchan Match)  allowed.
  • Tochuu Ryuukyoku allowed (including Kyuushu Kyuuhai, Suukaikan)
  • Yakuman Pao allowed
  • No Renhou

Friendly Match Settings

  • Players: 4 Players / 3 Players
  • Round: Hanchan / East Only / 1-Round Only
  • Action Time: 3+5s / 5+10s / 5+20s / 60+0s / 300+0s
  • Starting Points: 25000 (4P) / 30000 (4P) / 35000 (3P)
  • Kaeshi Points: 25000 (4P) / 30000 (4P) / 40000 (3P) / 50000 (3P)
  • Min Pts to Win: 25000 (4P) / 30000 (4P) / 40000 (3P) / 50000 (3P)
  • Uma: [+15/+5/-5/-15] (4P) / [+30/+10/-10/-30] (4P) / [+10/0/-10] (3P) / [+20/0/-20] (3P)
  • Oka: On / Off
  • Red Tiles: None / 2 (3P) / 3 (4P) / 4
  • More Options: On / Off (Limited-time free)
    • Kuitan: On / Off
    • Minimum Han (3P): 1 Han Shibari / 2 Han Shibari / 4 Han Shibari / Mangan Shibari / Menzen Shibari
    • Wareme (3P): On / Off
    • Tips: On / Off
    • Animations: On / Off
    • Hand: On / Off
    • Yakitori: On / Off
    • Open Riichi: On / Off
    • Shuugi: On / Off
    • Chat: On / Off

Characters

Riichi City Characters
Name Gender Launch Day Catch Phrase CV
Isshiki Seibi F 2022.01.19 Sparkling Isshiki Ogura Yui
Miyake Kanna F 2022.01.19 Dreamer with Perfect Mahjong Sense Arai Satomi
Toho Nagi F 2022.01.19 Talented Mahjong Lady Ogura Yui
Igarashi Saeko F 2022.01.19 Mind Reader & Queen of Cocktails Hasegawa Reina
Kuki Renshin F 2022.01.19 Mahjong Berserker Arai Satomi
Amami Shiotsuki F 2022.01.19 Statistics Enthusiast Hasegawa Reina
Tenmiya Kenichi M 2022.01.19 Prince of the Eccentrics Morishima Shuuta
Jan Maru M 2022.01.19 Master of Sichuan mahjong Morishima Shuuta
Saotome Yurika F 2022.06.30 Angel Melody Ishikawa Yui
Akabane Athena F 2022.06.30 Valkyrie of Justice Ishikawa Yui
Natsuumi Marin F 2022.09.26 The Queen of Beasts Suguta Hina
Saotome Naoya M 2022.09.26 Burning Fist Namikawa Daisuke
Fukase Alice F 2022.12.21 Tactics Goddess Numakura Manami
Menia F 2022.12.21 The Silent Task Executor Yuuki Aoi
AU.RO.RA F 2023.1.17 Immortal Vampiress Onishi Saori

Awakening

Bonding Stage
Level Mahjong Senses Notable Rewards
Upgrading Total Required
Bond 🔋 100 100
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Awakened Awakening with required resources * Awakened skin
* Extra emotes x2

Each character has two preferred gifts as well as two disliked gifts. When gifting preferred gifts, each incrases mahjong sense by +50 more, with a 10% chance to double the base stat. When gifting disliked gifts, only 50% of the mahjong sense will be awarded.

Mahjong sense can also be earned by playing games.

  • Ranked match: 4P East +15 / 4P Hanchan +25 / 3P East +10 / 3P Hanchan +25
  • Tournament: Official +15 / Custom +0
  • Friendly Match: +0

Items

In game currency

 
In-game currency

Main currency

  • Coins: General currency. Can be used to join in match, exchange items and awaken characters.
  • Vouchers: Rare currency. Can be used to Gacha and purchase a variety of items.
  • Outfit Token: Can be used to exchange alternative outfits.

Alternative currency

  • Lucky Token: Performs a free Gacha draw.
  • Stamp: Reward from Weekly Top Player Ranking. Can be used to exchange various items.
  • TP: Reward from Official Tournaments by Riichi City Committee. Can be used to exchange various items.
  • Gacha Stamp: Acquired automatically from each Gacha draw. Can be used to redeem characters and exchange most of the in-game items.

Gifts

Gifts can be given to a character to increase points to their mahjong sense.

Gifts
Gifts Type Description Mahjong Sense
Mask Green Must-have face mask. +10
Cola Green Ice-cold cola. +10
Milk Green Sweet milk. +20
Ramen Green Ramen from a century-old restaurant. +20
Sushi Green Delicious sushi. +30
Milk Tea Green Popular milk tea. +30
Green Tea Green Invigorating green tea. +40
Cap Blue Low profile cap. +40
Shoes Blue Retro shoes. +50
Sukiyaki Blue Hot sukiyaki. +50
Necklace Purple Limited edition necklace. +60
Figurine Purple Exquisite figurine. +60
Perfume Purple Elegant perfume. +70
Barbecue Purple Sizzling barbecue steak skewers. +70
Camera Gold Portable camera. +80
Laptop Gold The latest laptop. +80

Alternatively, Gift Fragments can be obtained by recycling gifts. It can be used to exchange for Lucky Token and awaken a character.

Gift Fragments
Gift Type Green Blue Purple Gold
Fragments Reward 1 5 10 30

Awakening items

The following items can be used to awaken a character.

  • Books: General awakening item. Most of the characters require them to awaken. Currently there're 6 types of Books:
    • Book of Wisdom
    • Book of Luck
    • Book of Choice
    • Book of Attitude
    • Book of Judgement
    • Book of Focus
  • Item Fragment: Duplicate decorations will be converted automatically to Item Fragments. Can also be acquired by Gacha Stamps.
  • Outfit Coupon: Duplicate characters will be converted automatically to Outfit Coupons. Can also be acquired by Gacha Stamps.

Tournaments

Official Tournaments

Official Tournaments are created by the Riichi City official team. Tournaments will start when a preset number of players have registered.

In general, only the first and/or second place(s) of each match will advance to the next match.

Custom Tournaments

Custom Tournaments are created by players. Each player is allowed to create one casual tournament for free. (Limited time offer)

History

On January 19, 2022, Riichi City was released with 8 characters to choose from.

Free characters (obtained after completing the tutorial): Isshiki Seibi, Miyake Kanna

Gacha characters (obtainable via Gacha): Toho Nagi, Kuki Renshin, Igarashi Saeko, Amami Shiotsuki, Tenmiya Kenichi, Jan Maru

Exclusive 7-Day Check-in reward from the Launch Celebration: Miyake Kanna’s Outfit - Cartoonist

 
Riichi City Lobby

On February 2, 2022, Riichi City invited the famous professional mahjong player Shibukawa Nanpa to join a No Bugs Challenge in-game. After playing for hours and checking the whole game, he declared "No bugs were found".

On February 28, 2022, Riichi City held its first Monthly Team Event in which players could team up with professional mahjong players and compete against each other. The winning team was decided according to their total scores in Ranked Matches.

On March 14, 2022, Riichi City launched the event Fight for the Shimmering Snowflake and made available two new exclusive outfits: Bunny (for Toho Nagi) and Sweet Girl (for Amami Shiotsuki).

On April 4, 2022, Riichi City held the second Monthly Team Event.

On April 14, 2022, Riichi City launched the Friendly Match function. Friendly Match supports in-game voice chat, Open Riichi, Yakitori and Shugi.

 
Riichi City Friendly Match

On April 28, 2022, Riichi City held the event Secret Trip and made available two new exclusive outfits: Tipsy (for Igarashi Saeko) and Secret Memory (for Kuki Renshin).

On May 13, 2022, Riichi City invited players to join testing for 3-Player Mahjong. Participants who sent feedback and reported bugs to the team in the Twitter, Discord and LINE groups were given rewards such as a special avatar frame.

On May 26, 2022, 3-Player mode went live in Riichi City.

On June 23, 2022, the Custom Tournament function was optimized. 3-Player mode, points customization, seating assignment, manager settings and various other features added.

 
Riichi City Event - Summer Live

On June 30, 2022, the Summer Live event was launched.

New Gacha characters: Saotome Yurika and Akabane Athena

New exclusive outfits: Beach Date (for Isshiki Seibi), Summer Break (for Miyake Kanna), Sound of Waves (for Saotome Yurika), Summer Undercover (for Akabane Athena).

References

Notes

  1. Sun's Rating requirement Rate > 1700 is cancelled since December 16th, 2022.
  2. Galaxy's Rating requirement was Rate > 2000 before December 16th, 2022.

External links

General

Server Global
Game Sites Main Page: https://www.mahjong-jp.com/
Game Entry: App Store / Google Play / Steam / Windows PC / Linux
Social Media Facebook: Riichi City <EN>
Twitter: 麻雀一番街【公式】 <JP> / 마작일번가 【한국 공식계정】 <KR>
Bilibili: 麻雀一番街 <CN>
Community Discord: 《麻雀一番街》Riichi City-Japanese Mahjong

Other Links

Riichi City in Japanese Wikipedia