M-League 2024-25 Finals: Games #15-16 and the Awards Ceremony

Awards Ceremony

After the games were done, viewers given a preview of some off-season events and the official documentaries coming out around the end of June. The wait for the awards ceremony lasted only about 10 minutes as the players were ferried from the M-League Studio to the Bellesalle Shiodome.

Hayashi Misaki, an announcer for TV Asahi, was the MC for the night. Handing out the awards is M-League Chairman Fujita Susumu.

4th Place Avoidance Award winner: Hinata Aiko (日向藍子)

First, they awarded the 4th Place Avoidance Award, the award given to the player with the best 4th place avoidance rate in the regular season. In reverse order, they named the top three:

	Player	Team	4th Place Avoidance Rate
1st	Hinata Aiko	Shibuya Abemas	0.9500
2nd	Nakabayashi Kei	U-Next Pirates	0.9259
3rd	Sasaki Hisato	Konami Mahjong Fight Club	0.9000

After she finished her speech, she waved at fans as she walked down the aisle.

Highest Hanchan Score Award winner: Suzuki Daisuke (鈴木大介)

The next award was the Highest Hanchan Score Award, awarded to the player who had the highest score in a single hanchan.

	Player	Team	Hanchan Score
1st	Suzuki Daisuke	Beast X	91,300
2nd	Daigo Hiroshi	Sega Sammy Phoenix	88,800
3rd	Suzuki Taro	Akasaka Drivens	86,300

After his speech, he did the Beast pose and bowed to the fans on both sides.

Finally, we have the MVP Award, the award given to the player that had the highest total score in the season.

	Player	Team	Season Score
1st	Daigo Hiroshi	Sega Sammy Phoenix	+438.6pts
2nd	Shiratori Sho	Shibuya Abemas	+404.0pts
3rd	Sonoda Ken	Akasaka Drivens	+398.6pts

After Daigo’s speech, he went down the aisle and gave high fives to the fans.

Final Standings

After the individual awards were given, each of the teams, in reverse order, came up onto the stage and one player gave a speech for the team.

From left to right: Nakada Kana (中田花奈), Sugawara Hiroe (菅原千瑛), Sarukawa Masatoshi (猿川真寿), Suzuki Daisuke (鈴木大介)

In 9th place, with a score of -1143.6pts during the regular season, is the Beast X.

From left to right: Nikaido Rumi (二階堂瑠美), Katsumata Kenji (勝又健志), Nikaido Aki (二階堂亜樹), Matsugase Takaya (松ヶ瀬隆弥)

In 8th place, with a score of -751.3pts during the regular season, is the EX Fuinkazan.

From left to right: Shibukawa Nanba (渋川難波), Okada Sayaka (岡田紗佳), Uchikawa Kotaro (内川幸太郎), Hori Shingo (堀慎吾)

In 7th place, with a score of -413.9pts during the regular season, are the Kadokawa Sakura Knights.

From left to right: Hinata Aiko (日向藍子), Shiratori Sho (白鳥翔), Ooi Takaharu (多井隆晴), Matsumoto Yoshihiro (松本吉弘)

In 6th place, with a score of -206.0pts during the regular season and -625.5pts in the semifinals, is the Shibuya Abemas.

From left to right: Takizawa Kazunori (滝沢和典), Takamiya Mari (高宮まり), Sasaki Hisato (佐々木寿人), Date Arisa (伊達朱里紗)

In 5th place, with a score of +208.0pts during the regular season and -84.5pts in the semifinals, are the Konami Mahjong Fight Club.

From left to right: Honda Tomohiro (本田朋広), Setokuma Naoki (瀬戸熊直樹), Hagiwara Masato (萩原聖人), Kurosawa Saki (黒沢咲)

In 4th place, with a score of +330.3pts during the regular season, -9.9pts in the semifinals and -3.5pts in the finals, is Team Raiden.

From left to right: Watanabe Futoshi (渡辺太), Suzuki Taro (鈴木たろう), Sonoda Ken (園田賢), Asami Maki (浅見真紀)

In 3rd place and winning a 10 million yen prize, with a record-breaking score of +1115.5pts during the regular season, +714.8pts in the semifinals and +282.9pts in the finals, are the Akasaka Drivens

From left to right: Suzuki Yu (鈴木優), Kobayashi Go (小林剛), Mizuhara Akina (瑞原明奈), Nakabayashi Kei (仲林圭)

In 2nd place and winning a 20 million yen prize, with a score of +481.2pts during the regular season, +626.7pts in the semifinals and +288.6pts in the finals, are the U-Next Pirates

From left to right: Asai Takaki (浅井堂岐), Daigo Hiroshi (醍醐大), Kayamori Sayaka (茅森早香), Takeuchi Genta (竹内元太)

And finally, in 1st place and the M-League 2024-25 Champions we have the Sega Sammy Phoenix. As they walked down the aidle, they held their champioinship towel in the air. They finished with a score of +339.8pts in the regular season, +512.9pts in the semifinals and +354.4pts in the finals.

Fujita-chairman came onto the stage and handed it off to team captain Kayamori.

As the plate was handed off, confetti was realeased onto the stage.

Afterwards, Daigo accepted the 50 million yen grand prize cheque for the team.

After some photos were taken, each player was given a chance to give a short speech.

After the speeches, the four of them stepped aside and Fujita-chairman gave one more speech. He congratulated the Sega Sammy Phoenix on their first-ever championship and officially closed the M-League 2024-25 season.