Japan Professional Mahjong League
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.
| Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Location | 10 locations |
| Inception | 1981 |
| Leader |
Shigekazu Moriyama President |
| Members | 886 |
Membership
| Code | Location | Players |
|---|---|---|
| 00 | Officers | 21 |
| 01 | Tokyo | 489 |
| 02 | Hokkaidou | 48 |
| 03 | Touhoku | 31 |
| 04 | Chuubu | 74 |
| 05 | Kansai | 79 |
| 06 | Kyuushuu | 70 |
| 07 | Shizuoka | 27 |
| 08 | Hokuriku | 27 |
| 09 | North Kantou | 16 |
| 10 | Hiroshima | 4 |
| Total membership | 886 | |
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 | 内川幸太郎 | Kotaro Uchikawa | |
MLeague Players
Currently, 24 members have been drafted into six out of the eight 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 |
| 魚谷侑未 | Yuumi Uotani | SegaSammy Phoenix | 2018–present |
| 東城りお | Rio Tojyo | SegaSammy Phoenix | 2021–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 |
| 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
External links
- Official website of the Japan Professional Mahjong League
- Official online game website of the JPML
- Japan Professional Mahjong League in Japanese Wikipedia