Japan Professional Mahjong League
| Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Location | 10 locations |
| Inception | 1981 |
| Leader |
Shigekazu Moriyama President |
| Members | 610 |
The Japan Professional Mahjong League (JPML) 「日本プロ麻雀連盟」 (Nihon puro maajan 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.
Membership
| Code | Location | Players |
|---|---|---|
| 00 | Officers | 24 |
| 01 | Tokyo | 337 |
| 02 | Hokkaidou | 36 |
| 03 | Touhoku | 24 |
| 04 | Chuubu | 71 |
| 05 | Kansai | 75 |
| 06 | Kyuushuu | 59 |
| 07 | Shizuoka | 21 |
| 08 | Hokuriku | 21 |
| 09 | North Kantou | 14 |
| 10 | Hiroshima | 4 |
| Total membership | 676 | |
League
Annually, the JPML hosts league games. Participants are separated into different ladders denoted as: A through E. Group A is the highest while E is the lowest. Each letter grouping is subdivided. For example, group A is split as A1 and A2. The title match is dubbed as the Houousen.
- A1
- A2
- B1
- B2
- C1
- C2
- C3
- D1
- D2
- D3
- E
MLeague Players
Main article: M League
Currently, sixteen members have been drafted into six out of the eight M League teams.
| Kana | Romaji | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 藤崎智 | Satoshi Fujisaki | Konami Mahjong Fight Club |
| 萩原聖人 | Masato Hagiwara | TEAM RAIDEN |
| 勝又健志 | Kenji Katsumata | EX Furinkazan |
| 黒沢咲 | Saki Kurosawa | TEAM RAIDEN |
| 前原雄大 | Yudai Maehara | Konami Mahjong Fight Club |
| 二階堂亜樹 | Aki Nikaido | EX Furinkazan |
| 岡田紗佳 | Sayaka Okada | KADOKAWA Sakura Knights |
| 佐々木寿人 | Hisato Sasaki | Konami Mahjong Fight Club |
| 沢崎誠 | Makoto Sawazaki | KADOKAWA Sakura Knights |
| 瀬戸熊直樹 | Naoki Setokuma | TEAM RAIDEN |
| 白鳥翔 | Sho Shiratori | Shibuya Abemas |
| 高宮まり | Mari Takamiya | Konami Mahjong Fight Club |
| 滝沢和典 | Kazunori Takizawa | EX Furinkazan |
| 内川幸太郎 | Kotaro Uchikawa | KADOKAWA Sakura Knights |
| 魚谷侑未 | Yuumi Uotani | SegaSammy Phoenix |
| 和久津晶 | Akira Wakutsu | SegaSammy Phoenix |
External links
- Official website of the Japan Professional Mahjong League
- Official online game website of the JPML
- Japan Professional Mahjong League in Japanese Wikipedia