2022 M.League season
The 2022-23 M.League season is the 5th season to M.League.
 M.League logo | |
| Host | M.League |
|---|---|
| Type | Professional league |
| Team count | 8 teams |
| Finalists | |
| Champion | Shibuya Abemas |
| Runner up | Konami Mahjong Fight Club |
| Third | Team Raiden |
| Fourth | EX Furinkazan |
Rosters
| Team name | Previous roster | Drafted player(s) | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akasaka Drivens | Ken Sonoda (Saikouisen) Jun Murakami (Saikouisen) Taro Suzuki (Saikouisen) Kanako Maruyama (Saikouisen) |
None | None |
| EX Furinkazan | Aki Nikaido (JPML) Kenji Katsumata (JPML) Takaya Matsugase (RMU) Rumi Nikaido (JPML) |
None | None |
| KADOKAWA Sakura Knights | Kotaro Uchikawa (JPML) Sayaka Okada (JPML) Shingo Hori (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai) |
Nanba Shibukawa (Nihon Pro Mahjong) | Makoto Sawazaki (JPML) |
| Konami Mahjong Fight Club | Hisato Sasaki (JPML) Mari Takamiya (JPML) Arisa Date (JPML) Kazunori Takizawa (JPML) |
None | None |
| Shibuya Abemas | Takaharu Ooi (RMU) Sho Shiratori (JPML) Yoshihiro Matsumoto (Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyokai) Aiko Hinata (Saikouisen) |
None | None |
| SegaSammy Phoenix | Yuumi Uotani (JPML) Seiichi Kondo (Saikouisen) Sayaka Kayamori (Saikouisen) Rio Toujou (JPML) |
None | None |
| TEAM RAIDEN | Masato Hagiwara (JPML) Naoki Setokuma (JPML) Saki Kurosawa (JPML) Tomohiro Honda (JPML) |
None | None |
| U-NEXT Pirates | Go Kobayashi (Mahjong Union) Akina Mizuhara (Saikouisen) |
Yu Suzuki (Saikouisen) Kei Nakabayashi (Nihon Pro Mahjong) |
Koushin Asakura (Saikouisen) Nobuhiro Ishibashi (Saikouisen) |
Team member rule
From this season onward, all teams are required to have four members each. All teams filled their four member slots in the previous season, but they were not required to do so.
Released members
For failing to qualify into the final in the previous season, the U-NEXT Pirates were required to release at least one team member. Both Koushin Asakura and Nobuhiro Ishibashi were released. For KADOKAWA Sakura Knights, the status for Makoto Sawazaki took a long time to decide due to his hospitalization, which kept him out of the team final. A decision was made to release Sawazaki for health reasons.
Draft
The season's draft was held on July 10, 2022. Only two teams had roster slots open for new members. The draft went as follows[1]:
- Yu Suzuki (Saikouisen) to the U-Next Pirates
- Nanba Shibukawa (Nihon Pro Mahjong) to the Kadokawa Sakura Knights
- Kei Nakabayashi (Nihon Pro Mahjong) to the U-Next Pirates
Standings
Regular season
| # | Team | Points | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Konami Mahjong Fight Club | 592.2 | - |
| 2 | EX Furinkazan | 586.1 | 6.1 |
| 3 | Shibuya Abemas | 55.6 | 530.5 |
| 4 | KADOKAWA Sakura Knights | -41.5 | 97.1 |
| 5 | TEAM RAIDEN | -42.4 | 0.9 |
| 6 | U-NEXT Pirates | -61.3 | 18.9 |
| 7 | Akasaka Drivens | -514.3 | 453.0 |
| 8 | Sega Sammy Phoenix | -574.4 | 60.1 |
Semifinal
| # | Team | Start | Net | End | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EX Furinkazan | 293.1 | -2.7 | 290.4 | - |
| 2 | Shibuya Abemas | 27.8 | 238.8 | 266.6 | 23.8 |
| 3 | Team Raiden | -21.2 | 195.0 | 173.8 | 92.8 |
| 4 | Konami Mahjong Fight Club | 296.1 | -123.3 | 172.8 | 1.0 |
| 5 | U-NEXT Pirates | -30.6 | 47.5 | 16.9 | 155.9 |
| 6 | KADOKAWA Sakura Knights | -20.7 | -355.3 | -376.0 | 392.9 |
Final
| # | Team | Start | Net | Final | Difference | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shibuya Abemas | 133.3 | 362.1 | 495.4 | - | ¥50 million |
| 2 | Konami Mahjong Fight Club | 86.4 | 118.2 | 204.6 | 290.8 | ¥20 million |
| 3 | Team Raiden | 86.9 | -184.7 | -97.8 | 302.4 | ¥10 million |
| 4 | EX Furinkazan | 145.2 | -295.6 | -150.4 | 52.6 |
Individual awards
Individual score
- Arisa Date
- Tomohiro Honda
- Mizuhara Akina
Top hanchan
- Saki Kurosawa
- Sayaka Kayamori
- Ken Sonada
Fourth place avoidance
- Kenji Katsumata
- Yu Suzuki
- Aiko Hinata
Yakuman
- Arisa Date (Suuankou) 2022-10-03 [1]
- Aki Nikaidou (Suuankou tanki) 2023-02-14 [2]
- Ken Sonoda (Kokushi musou) 2023-02-23 [3]
- Mari Takamiya (Suuankou) 2023-03-02 [4]
- Kazunori Takizawa (Suuankou) 2023-05-16 [5]
Overseas region lock
For a period of two months starting on October 13, overseas viewers were denied live viewing due to a region lock.[2] The league used copyrighted music, which prevented overseas broadcasting. In the interim, Abema provided VoD within a 24 hour period from a live cast for sections without the copyrighted music. Eventually, the situation was rectified, and live overseas broadcasting resumed on December 12.[3]
References
External links
- 2022 M.League season in Japanese Wikipedia