Tag Archives: U-Next Pirates

When Is a Riichi a Riichi? Unpacking Nakabayashi’s Cancelled Riichi

On April 30, 2024, an incident regarding a riichi and a referee ruling created a lot of discussion in the mahjong community. Today, I will be going through all the details, giving some insight on what transpired and some of the history involved in this incident.

M-League 2022-23 Schedules and Calendars

In a news release published on August 26, M-League revealed the schedule for the 2022-23 season. The M-League 2022-23 regular season will start on October 3, 2022 and end on March 21, 2023. Games will be played each week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 1900 JST, with the exception of the final gamesContinue reading “M-League 2022-23 Schedules and Calendars”

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”

EX Furinkazan Issues Challenge to Konami Mahjong Fight Club

On the eve of their next battle, EX Furinkazan, via their Twitter account, issued a challenge to Konami Mahjong Fight Club. Roughly translated it reads:“By chance,yesterday, in the waiting roomwhile considering our strategy suddenly,we thought,everyone is expecting Rumi and Aki! So we askedtheir thoughts and they wereraring to go Will webe able to havea headContinue reading “EX Furinkazan Issues Challenge to Konami Mahjong Fight Club”

M-League 2021 Schedules and Calendars

M-League has released the schedule for the 2021 season. The M-League 2021 regular season will start on October 4, 2021 and end on March 11, 2022. Games will be played each week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 1900 JST, with the exception of the last week of December, when there will only beContinue reading “M-League 2021 Schedules and Calendars”

M-League 2020: Mid-Season Review

We’re midway through the regular season and we’ve seen a lot of drama and excitement. Today, we’ll look at the progress of each team and what they need to do going forward to succeed. 1st: EX Furinkazan (336.4pts) Nikaido Aki 222.1pts(4-6-1-2) Takizawa Kazunori 59.8pts(5-4-1-5) Katsumata Kenji 54.5pts(4-6-1-5) Record: 13-16-3-12, 336.4pts As one of two teamsContinue reading “M-League 2020: Mid-Season Review”

M-League 2020 Schedules and Calendars

With the 2020 season just over a month away, M-League has released its schedule for the M-League 2020 season. The M-League 2020 regular season will start on October 5, 2020 and end on March 12, 2021. Games are played each week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 1900 JST, with the exception of theContinue reading “M-League 2020 Schedules and Calendars”

M-League 2019 Finals: Games #11-12 and the Awards Ceremony

On the 6th and final day of the M-League Finals, emotions were high. Both tears and joy and tears of sadness were flowing today. With the standings so close, everyone wanted to see how it ends. By the end of the broadcast, over 1.4m viewers had tuned in to see. I’ll be doing things aContinue reading “M-League 2019 Finals: Games #11-12 and the Awards Ceremony”