The word “stack” can mean putting tiles on top of each other, or the group of tiles put on top of each other. But, stacking can also apply to yaku as well. Adding more yaku can increase your hand’s value, and even yakuman can be stacked for explosive wins.

in the 25th week of the M-League 2025-26 regular season, players created big hands with their stacking skills, adding many yaku to hit mangan, haneman and even baiman hands. And with these hands, they took big leads and made some nice comebacks.

Let’s get right into it, shall we?

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Intro | Standings

Every single game is important. From points for your own team to swings on other teams, each game causes a shift in the standings. All of this leads to deciding who will end up advancing to the playoffs.And those final games feel a lot more important.

On the 24th week of the M-League 2025-26 regular season, we enter the final month of the regular season. The teams know how many games they have left, and put all their effort to do their best. As a result, we were gifted with high-scoring games, close games and an enjoyable show all around.

Let’s get right into it, shall we?

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Intro | Standings

The endgame in any mahjong game is important. A bad endgame can mean a loss of 1st place and maybe even a painful drop into 4th place. But a good endgame, with careful analysis and good decisions and maybe a little luck, move you to great heights.

In the 23rd week of the M-League 2025-26 regular season, many players made their moves in the final few hands, causing exciting shifts in the standings.

Let’s get right into it, shall we?

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Intro | Standings

In every mahjong game, you make dozens of calculations and analyses per second, from what to discard to how many tiles are left to the number of points you need to make a comeback. Every second counts. And sometimes, even escaping 4th place to get to 2nd place is a great accomplishment.

This week, the 22nd week of the 2nd month, we had the final 2 days of 2 tables playing at the same time. We also had And, we had a player going from 4th to 2nd in the final hand.

Let’s not waste another second. Let’s get right into it, shall we?

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Intro | Standings

Faster. Higher. Stronger. In mahjong, one must have strength to train day after day, trying to become better and better. One must have strength to come up with the best choice out of the countless number of choices in a mahjong game. And one must have strength to keep pushing, even when a game seems hopeless.

In the 21st week of the M-League 2025-26 regular season, we saw strength on full display. From keeping ones composure against ura 3 wins, to pushing for 1st place even when the odds are against them, all players showed why they deserved to be on the M-League stage. .

Let’s get right into it, shall we?

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Intro | Standings

East. South. West. North. These four winds live in harmony in a mahjong game. And those who master all four of these winds can save their game.

This week, the 20th week of the M-League 2025-26, the winds of change really did come. With the power of the winds, Hori Shingo of the Kadokawa Sakura Knights was able to make M-League history on Friday.

It was quite an exciting week, so let’s get right into it, shall we?

M-League Premium Night

On February 8, fans from all over gathered at Kanadevia Hall to watch the games together. At the event, all the M-Leaguers were there, the seatings were announced live and various goodies were given out, including M-League trading cards.

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Intro | Standings

One must always approach a mahjong game carefully. With every single decision affecting the game, even a single wrong move can spell disaster. But if you approach everything well, then you can approach and even surpass records.

In the 19th week of the M-League 2025-26 regular season, we had players getting strong results and as a result, they approached and matched big M-League records. We also had a player returning after a month away!

Let’s get right into it, shall we?

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Intro | Standings

In mahjong, your wait is the tiles you need to win a hand. Sometimes, only a single tile will give the win. Other times, 3 or 4 different types of tiles can do the job.

This week, the 18th week of the M-League 2025-26 regular season, we had both wide and narrow waits. In a few hands, we had players taking the narrower wait and unexpectedly winning. In others, a wide wait was the key to success, giving them an immediate win with no waiting involved. All I know is that every moment, I can’t wait for M-League to start!

Let’s get right into it, shall we?

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Intro | Standings

Uchikawa Kotaro is a mahjong pro with the Japan Professional Mahjong League. He has played in M-League since 2019, joining the EX Furinkazan at the M-League 2025-26 draft. And right after that, he won the 2025 World Riichi Championship.

This week, the 17th week of the M-League 2025-26 regular season, Uchikawa did something quite incredible, breaking records and reaching scores that only half a dozen players have ever gotten.

Let’s get right into it, shall we?

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Intro | Standings

Starting on Thursday, January 15, 2026, the “Mahjong Live” channel on ABEMA will be renamed “Mahjong 2“

【お知らせ】

チャンネルの名称変更について

1月15日（木）より
「麻雀LIVE」は
「麻雀2」へと名称を変更いたします。

Mリーグ2卓同時放送の際は
「麻雀」「麻雀2」の
両チャンネルでお楽しみください。 pic.twitter.com/fTPl6dj39i

— ABEMA麻雀ch (アベマ) (@abema_mahjong) January 13, 2026

The link for the channel will also differ, now being https://abema.tv/now-on-air/mahjong-2.

The former Mahjong Live channel had previous been used when an M-League game went longer than its scheduled broadcast slot, or when two live games were happening at once. With the implementation of simultaneous games starting this season, the channel was used regularly to broadcast the second table.

This change is in line with the naming conventions of ABEMA’s other channels and also allows the possibility for more channels in the future (Mahjong 3, Mahjong 4, etc.).