The M-League 2024-25 season opens this Monday! Today, we’ll be taking a look at all the new things in store for us in the 2024-25 season, from uniforms to songs to goods to collabs!
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Teams And Players
Draft Picks
At the M-League 2024-25 Draft held on June 28, 2024, the Sega Sammy Phoenix drafted Takeuchi Genta (竹内元太) and Asai Takaki (浅井堂岐).
You can read more about it in the following article: Takeuchi Genta, Asai Takaki Drafted in M-League 2024-25 Draft.
Beast Japanext Becomes Beast X
On August 23, 2024, the BS Japanext announced that it will be changing its team’s name from “Beast Japanext” to “Beast X” (read as “Beast Ten”).
You can read more about the change in the following article: Beast Japanext Changes Team Name To “Beast X”
New Uniforms
On August 25, 2024, M-League revealed the uniform designs for all nine teams for the upcoming 2024-25 season.
You can read more about it and compare the new uniform designs to the previous ones in the following article: M-League Reveals Uniforms For 2024-25 Season
M-League Season
New Official Song
On September 13, 2024, M-League announced that the new song “WINGS ever” by UVERworld will the league’s official song for the 2024-25 season.
UVERworld songs have been used as the league’s official song for the past two years. For the 2022-23 season, M-League used the song “Nanosecond“. In the 2023-24 season, M-League used the song “ENCORE AGAIN“.
Ikkitsuukan Tour
On September 13, 2024, M-League announced that they will be running the M-League 2024-25 Cross-Country Ikkitsuukan Tour.
Over the course of the regular season, M-League will be hosting nine public viewing watch parties at various Lawson United Cinema locations across Japan.
Each public viewing will have two M-Leaguers and an M-League commentator on-site to commentate the games.
A basic seat for the event will cost ￥6,000. For a premium seat, which includes a balloon, an original postcard and a commemorative photo with an M-Leaguer, it will cost￥9,000. Tickets will be sold to the general public starting two weeks before the event. Official supporters will have early access tickets three days before they are sold to the general public. Tickets can be purchased on Lawson Ticket.
- October 15, 2024: Hokkaido (United Cinemas Sapporo)
- October 29, 2024: Niigata (United Cinemas Niigata)
- November 5, 2022: Ishikawa (United Cinemas Kanazawa)
- November 26, 2024: Kumamoto (United Cinemas Kumamoto)
- December 10, 2024: Osaka (United Cinemas Hirakata)
- January 14, 2025: Fukuoka (United Cinemas Canal City 13)
- February 4, 2025: Aichi (United Cinemas Toyohashi 18)
- February 18, 2025: Ehime (United Cinemas Fuji Grand Imabari)
- March 4, 2025: Okinawa (United Cinemas PARCO CITY Urasoe)
Shops and Goods
On August 28, M-League announced the opening of an M-League Pop Up Store in Nagoya.
The shop will be located inside the Maruzen Nagoya Main store from September 7 to October 9.
There will also be new merchandise sold at the four M-League official shop locations. The new merch includes t-shirts, hoodies, keychains, cups and more.
In addition, with the Beast X name change, goods featuring the old Beast Japanext name and logo will be on sale for 40% off from August 24 to September 15.
Collabs
Boss Collab
On August 8, 2024, it was announced that M-League will be collaborating with the BOSS coffee brand owned by the SUNTORY beverage company.
As part of the collab, they will be putting mahjong tiles designs on cans of BOSS coffee starting on September 3, 2024. There are 37 designs in all, featuring all 34 different mahjong tiles plus the 3 red fives.
On September 2, they released a video featuring four M-Leaguers playing a hand using the BOSS coffee cans instead of tiles. The cans were “drawn” from vending machines and the dead wall was sealed in a special case.
- Ooi Takaharu (多井隆晴) from the Shibuya Abemas
- Date Arisa (伊達朱里紗) from the Konami Mahjong Fight Club
- Kurosawa Saki (黒沢咲) from the Team Raiden
- Suzuki Yu (鈴木優) from the U-Next Pirates
Jankara Karaoke Collab
On September 4, 2024, it was announced that Jankara, the largest karaoke chain in western Japan, will be hosting watch parties of the first nine M-League matches at nine different Jankara locations across Kansai.
On September 24, both Kobayashi Misa and Kobayashi Go (小林剛) will also take part and will host a karaoke corner between the two games. There will also be an original T-shirt giveaway during the event.
Each location will serve a different drink inspired by a different M-League team, as well as a coaster with the team logo on it.
Chicken Ramen presents: Shiratori-aniki vs. Hiyoko-aniki
On September 6, 2024, ABEMA released a M-League X Nissin Foods collaboration video.
Chicken Ramen presents: Shiratori-aniki vs. Hiyoko-aniki has Shibuya Abemas player Shiratori Sho (白鳥翔) (whose family name literally means “swan” or “white bird”) facing off against Nissin Foods’ mascot Hiyoko-aniki (the full-size version of Hiyoko-chan) in three different challenges:
- Single-suit mahjong (single suit chinitsu)
- Long hand reveal challenge (most tiles you can reveal in a single reveal motion)
- Moupai mahjong (playing blindfolded)
FRGMT Collab
On September 13, it was announced that M-League and fashion company “fragment design” (also known as “FRGMT) will be collaborating to bring a new set of mahjong and FRGMT themed goods.
Some of the mahjong products in the collab include a collab-themed AMOS REXX III, a special set of mahjong tiles and a mahjong accessory set.
On the fashion side, there are “Fragment Orphans” hoodies and a crewneck, as well as a themed blanket, cushion and nail files.
Details of the mahjong products can be found on their official collab website and all products can be ordered on ABEMA Mart.
Shibuya Collab
On September 13, M-League announced that announced they will be doing a collaboration with Shibuya Yokocho, a bustling food court with soul food and entertainment from around Japan.
During the duration of this 2-week collab, M-League games will be shown on the monitors at Shibuya Yokocho. Team flags, posters and stickers will also be displayed throughout.
And that’s what new for the upcoming 2024-25 season! If you’re new to M-League, make sure to check out our Beginner’s Guide To M-League.
The opening ceremony for the M-League 2024-25 will start on Monday, September 16, 2024 at 17:30 JST, with the first game starting at 19:00 JST!
Hope to see you then!
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