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'''M.League''' {{kana|Mリーグ}} is a [[List of Japanese organizations|professional mahjong]] team league. It is the first league in which mahjong players receive a salary for playing games. Players are drawn 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 sponsored by a company and represents their respective company. All league activities take place in the M.League Studio.

The main format of the competition is made up of a regular season and a post-season.  The basic format of the season varies in the number of hanchan played.

With nine teams, the regular season takes 108 days for 216 hanchan.  This grants 96 hanchan per team.  After the final day of the regular season, the top six teams advance to the semifinals, where they play 30 hanchan on a 15-day schedule (20 hanchan per team).  In the finals, the top four teams play another round of 16 hanchan on an 8-day schedule.

==Rules and regulations==

 

 

=== Game rules ===

Before the start of each season, a day is set for team drafts.  Teams select from a field of players from the various professional organizations.  The inaugural draft was held on August 7, 2018.  Naturally, each team made their player selections to fill out their roster in the inaugural draft.  For subsequent drafts in later years, teams had the option of drafting new players or otherwise passing on the opportunity. Beginning with the 2022–23 season, passing is no longer allowed.  Currently, each team has a roster of four players.

 

 

 

Several guest commentators appear on the program.  The most regular guest commentator is [[Koushou Tsuchida]].  Other commentators may be either current league players, former members, or other mahjong professionals.

The league has its own studio for games and broadcasts.  The studio is located in Hamamatsuchou, Minato, Tokyo.  A [[jansou]] called M.League Stadium is open to the public in Takadanobaba.

| [[Image:Team Drivens logo.png|100px|center]] || [[Akasaka Drivens]] || Hakuhodo DY Media Partners || [[Ken Sonoda]] <small>(Saikouisen)</small><br />[[Taro Suzuki]] <small>(Saikouisen)</small><br />[[Maki Asami]] <small>(Saikouisen)</small><br />[[Futoshi Watanabe]] <small>(Saikouisen)</small> || 2018–19

| [[Image:Beast-japanext.png|100px|center]] || [[Beast Japanext]] || BSJapanext || [[Masatoshi Sarukawa]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Hiroe Sugawara]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Daisuke Suzuki]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Kana Nakada]] <small>(JPML)</small> || 2023–24

| [[Image:Team Furinkazan logo.png|100px|center]] || [[EX Furinkazan]] || TV Asahi || [[Aki Nikaido]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Kenji Katsumata]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Takaya Matsugase]] <small>(RMU)</small><br />[[Rumi Nikaido]] <small>(JPML)</small> || 2018–19

| [[Image:Team Sakura Knights logo.png|100px|center]]|| [[Kadokawa Sakura Knights]] || Kadokawa || [[Kotaro Uchikawa]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Sayaka Okada]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Shingo Hori]] <small>(NPM)</small><br />Nanba Shibukawa <small>(NPM)</small> || 2019–20

| [[Image:Team Fight Club.png|100px|center]] || [[Konami Mahjong Fight Club]] || Konami Amusement || [[Hisato Sasaki]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Mari Takamiya]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Arisa Date]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Kazunori Takizawa]] <small>(JPML)</small> || 2018–19

| [[Image:Team Phoenix logo.png|100px|center]] || [[SegaSammy Phoenix]] || Sega Sammy Holdings || [[Yuumi Uotani]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Sayaka Kayamori]] <small>(Saikouisen)</small><br />[[Rio Toujou]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Hiroshi Daigo]] <small>(Saikouisen)</small> || 2018–19

| [[Image:Team Abemas logo.png|100px|center]] || [[Shibuya Abemas]] || CyberAgent || [[Takaharu Ooi]] <small>(RMU)</small><br />[[Sho Shiratori]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Yoshihiro Matsumoto]] <small>(NPM)</small><br />[[Aiko Hinata]] <small>(Saikouisen)</small> || 2018–19

| [[Image:Team Raiden logo.png|100px|center]] || [[Team Raiden]] || Dentsu || [[Masato Hagiwara]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Naoki Setokuma]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Saki Kurosawa]] <small>(JPML)</small><br />[[Tomohiro Honda]] <small>(JPML)</small> || 2018–19

| [[Image:Team Pirates logo.png|100px|center]] || [[U-Next Pirates]] || U-Next || [[Go Kobayashi]] <small>(MU)</small><br />[[Akina Mizuhara]] <small>(Saikouisen)</small><br />Yu Suzuki <small>(Saikouisen)</small><br />Kei Nakabayashi <small>(NPM)</small> || 2018–19

! Season !! Start Date !! End Date !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Top regular season player  

 

| 10 || Makoto Sawazaki || Kadokawa Sakura Knights || 112.1 || 2019-11-19 || 2019 (Reg 64)

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{{main|List of MLeague yakuman}}

 

 

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Yakuman counts (21 total)

!colspan=2|Suuankou !! rowspan=2|Kokushi Musou !! rowspan=2|Daisangen

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| 11 || 3 || 3 || 4