Yuudai Maehara Defends Hououisen Title
Yuudai Maehara 9 Dan held on to Japan Professional Mahjong League's highest title for the 2nd year. Yuudai has won the Hououisen four times (1995, 2008, 2016, 2017) and shares the record of winning the...
View Article[Paifu Analysis] Is their Riichi hand expensive?
Orginal post: http://doraaka.exblog.jp/15552053/ by Kita Haz. Translation by Butane with permission Hi. Sorry to be getting straight to the point, but let’s say that you’re the dealer in a normal...
View ArticleEnd of an Era, Tonpuusou Shuts Door After 21 Years
Online mahjong game Tonpuusou announced it is turning off the servers in March after 21 years of service. Created by Katsu "mjman" Azuma, Tonpuusou made its splash on the mahjong world in December...
View ArticleASAPIN Joins a Pro League
ASAPIN, the legendary player who reached Tenhou's summit twice, announced this week that he will be joining the Saikouisen Nihon Pro Mahjong Kyoukai (Saikouisen). In his announcement post on his new...
View Article[Houou Lab] Looking at Tenhoui ASAPIN’s Calling Part I
Original article by Kentaro on his blog, but was republished on Mahjong Watch recently. Translated by an annoymous translator. Looking at ASAPIN (@asakarapinpin’s) paifu, there are plenty of cases...
View ArticleFuzz Releases New Mahjong Server, Jong City
Japanese developer Fuzz released a new mahjong server in February called "Jong City" with support from pro leagues Real Mahjong Unit and Nihon Pro Mahjong. The server's key feature is webcam support...
View Article[Houou Lab] Looking at Tenhoui ASAPIN’s Calling Part 2 (Calling when...
Original article by Kentaro on his blog, but was republished on Mahjong Watch recently. Translated by an annoymous translator.In the first part, we introduced ASAPIN’s criteria for opening his hands,...
View ArticleHistory of Japanese Mahjong
Mister Mahjong, Takeo Kojima, passed away in May. I believe it was known for some time that Kojima’s health was failing. In September Mondo released a documentary about his life (Mister Mahjong: Takeo...
View ArticleM League - What is Known So Far
CyberAgent, Inc. an internet service company, announced the creation of a new professional mahjong league, M League. Spearheaded by CyberAgent’s CEO, Susumu Fujita, M League aims to promote mahjong as...
View ArticleFirst M League Team Draft
Team 1st Pick 2nd Pick 3rd Pick Konami Mahjong Fight Club Hisato Sasaki Mari Takamiya Yuudai Maehara Shibuya ABEMAS Ooi Takaharu Sho Shiratori Yoshiro Matsumoto* Sega Sammy Phoenix Yuumi Uotani...
View ArticleCommon mistakes (4)
Not so common, more like silly mistakes.1.In a recently played match, I had the following tenpai:Dora: 6m (Hatsu was pon'd)Nothing special, it's a tenpai waiting on 78m.Then I drew 4m.It's either 4666m...
View ArticleThe Japanese Mahjong Wiki Has Moved + Open to Suggestions
Since 2013, bps, author of the definitive (at the time) English Tenhou Documentation (http://arcturus.su/tenhou/) has hosted the Japanese Mahjong Wiki however, due to their life getting busier they...
View ArticleMahjong Soul X Akagi Collab Announced
Yostar has announced that the popular online mahjong game Mahjong Soul will hold a collaboration event with Nobuyuki Fukumoto's hit mahjong manga/anime series Akagi. This will be Mahjong Soul's fourth...
View ArticleAkagi X Mahjong Soul Collaboration Summary
Yostar has revealed details about the upcoming Akagi collaboration in a special live stream. The live stream was hosted by VTuber Airi, and twitch streamer Tipzntrix. It started with a brief...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery
It's been there for a while but I've done a mass upload of photos from mahjong tournaments across the world, it can accessed at https://osamuko.com/photos
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