Asakura Koushin, Ishibashi Nobuhiro Dropped by U-Next Pirates

On June 10, 2022, the U-Next Pirates announced that they will be renewing the contracts for Kobayashi Go and Mizuhara Akina, but will not be renewing the contracts for Asakura Koushin and Ishibashi Nobuhiro for the M-League 2022-23 Season. Starting in the 2020-21 Season, a new rule was set in place stating that a teamContinue reading “Asakura Koushin, Ishibashi Nobuhiro Dropped by U-Next Pirates”

M-League 2020 Week 21: The Penultimate Punches

The first week of March means it’s the second last week of M-League. The second last week of M-League means teams will be vying for position. Teams vying for position means that we see some amazing plays and exciting games! In this 21st week of M-League, we had many of these amazing plays and excitingContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 21: The Penultimate Punches”

M-League 2020 Week 16: Back to Madness

After a relatively tame week last week, the 16th week of M-League 2020 gave us some crazy events. This week, we had an intentional haneman deal-in, back-to-back haneman, an unexpected haneman, a shortcut to haneman that turned into baiman and a hidden haneman (you could call it hane-mania!). We also had a big shift inContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 16: Back to Madness”

M-League 2020 Week 15: Back to Basics

Riichi? Check. Tanyao? Check. Pinfu? Check. Yakuhai? Check. Honitsu? Check. In this 15th week of M-League, the playoff hunt continues. But instead of the fancy “Kan twice to give yourself 9 dora” or “Rinshan Suuankou” or “Dama Pinfu Ryanpeikou“, we went back to the basics. We saw hands geared toward those five basic yaku. WithContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 15: Back to Basics”

M-League 2020 Week 14: Believing What You Don’t See

Do you ever get the feeling that something is just not right? Do you ever feel like even though you cannot see it, that you should be careful? In this 14th week of M-League, we had an invisible threat make its way into the league, an unseen hand that was avoided and a confident discardContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 14: Believing What You Don’t See”

M-League 2020 Week 9: High-Scoring Affairs

In the 9th week of M-League 2020, there were a lot of high-scoring hands and games. There were two dealer baimans this week and six games with the 1st place player ending with over 45,000 points, four of those games with the top player over 50,000. Two of those games now hold the 1st andContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 9: High-Scoring Affairs”

M-League 2020 Week 8: Maintaining Momentum

In the 8th week of M-League, momentum was maintained by multiple members from M-League. Some teams took a tumble and kept tumbling, while others rose and kept rising. Third-place tile throwers triumph to in taking the top-spot. Sideways slings succeeded and reds were raked in. Well, I can’t give it all away (or keep theContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 8: Maintaining Momentum”

M-League 2020 Week 7: Big Things Are in Store

In this 7th week of M-League, there were some big hands and big changes. There was a big comeback, a big mistake, big honba counts, a big shortcut and M-League 2020’s very first yakuman! In the standings, one team made a big jump to close out the big gap and another team made a bigContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 7: Big Things Are in Store”

M-League 2020 Week 2: Points, Points and More Points!

With so many points on the mahjong table, the game gets very exciting. This week, we had big point games, big point hands and big shifts in the standings. Five players ended their games above 50,000 and the first baiman of the season was scored. The newest M-Leaguer also had a big day this week,Continue reading “M-League 2020 Week 2: Points, Points and More Points!”

M-League 2019 Re:mind

Over the next two months, AbemaTV will be featuring a series called M-League 2019 Re:mind. This series will consist of 29 episodes that are an hour long, with each episode featuring a different player. The video will go through the highlights of the season for each player.