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Monthly Tournament
Tokyo
A 3-game tournament with raw score and “uma”; +60, +20, -20 and -60
In each tournament, participants get points in descending order of total scores: 50, 30, 20, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1… After 12 monthly tournaments, top 8 players qualify for the annual final to be held toward the end of December.
Monthly tournament annual champions
| Year |
Name |
| 2009 |
Kimito Kugimiya （釘宮公人） |
| 2008 |
Kiyomi Koyama （神山清美） |
| 2007 |
Masahiko Ikeda （池田正彦） |
| 2006 |
Masahiko Ikeda （池田正彦） |
| 2005 |
Yuri Tezuka （手塚ゆり） |
| 2004 |
Hosei Ko （顧方正） |
| 2003 |
Hosei Ko （顧方正） |
| 2002 |
Sugako Suzuki （鈴木寿佳子） |
| 2001 |
Yuji Yamamoto （山本裕司） |
| 2000 |
Yuji Yamamoto （山本裕司） |
Qualified 8 players gathered at Kingkoh-so in Yurakucho, Tokyo for the annual final on December 26, 2009. The top 4 players after 2 games competed for the annual title in the third game. Kimito Kugimiya got a long lead at the beginning of the final game. Miyake, in second place, started off with 29-each hand and nipped at Kugimiya’s heels. Every time Miyake closed in on Kugimiya, Kugimiya pulled away from Miiyake. Kugimiya kept his lead to the end and clinched the title.
2009 Monthly Tournament Annual Final
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Player |
Total
Score |
1st
Game |
2nd
Game |
3rd
Game |
| 1 |
Kimito Kugimiya （釘宮公人） |
+687 |
+74 |
+343 |
+270 |
| 2 |
Koichi Miyake （三宅浩一） |
+305 |
+90 |
+106 |
+109 |
| 3 |
Masahiko Ikeda （池田正彦） |
-176 |
+202 |
-266 |
-64 |
| 4 |
Taku Kashiwagi （柏木 拓） |
-190 |
+260 |
-183 |
-267 |
| 5 |
Tsuneyo Haga （芳賀常代） |
+164 |
-116 |
+38 |
+242 |
| 6 |
Katsuyuki Onodera （小野寺克之） |
-130 |
-280 |
+112 |
+38 |
| 7 |
Toshio Fukumoto （福本敏男） |
-286 |
-84 |
-25 |
-177 |
| 8 |
Toru Kunihara （国原 徹） |
-404 |
-176 |
-125 |
-103 |
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| Kimito Kugimiya (right), 2009 monthly tournament annual champion. |
Each branch hosts its own monthly tournament / league games. |
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Five Dragons Cup
A signature new year event of JMSA: a tournament of 3 games where the first
three players who made any of the five hands with a Chinese character “竜“
(dragon) in its name can get a cash prize. (Japan has a long tradition
of giving money to children as a New Year’s gift.)
The five hands are Pure Terminal Chows, Three-suited Terminal Chows, Pure Straight, Knitted Straight and Mixed Straight.
The first three players who achieved three, four or five dragon hands are also awarded. There is no one who has achieved five dragon hands so far.
Players compete for the cash prize in a festive mood. Every second counts. It’s amazing how fast people raise their hand declaring “Mixed Straight!” or “Pure Straight!” here and there in the tournament venue. Many JMSA members look forward to this special tournament every year.
8th Five Dragons Cup was held on January 3, 2010 at Kingkoh-so in Yuraku-cho, Tokyo. 40 players from all over Japan strived to make dragon hands as fast as possible.
Every year, people try to start off with Mixed Straight and Pure Straight. In the second game, many aim at Knitted Straight. The third game is Three-suited Terminal Chows time. You can see many exposed chows of 1-2-3 or 7-8-9 all over the tournament venue; a scene typical of Five Dragons Cup. Only Miku Sakuma made Three-suited Terminal Chows this year and she was the winner of the tournament with the highest raw score.
No one made 4 dragon hands this year, and Pure Terminal Chows has remained unattained since the beginning of the Five Dragons Cup.
Mixed Straight
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Player |
| 1st |
Yuri Tezuka （手塚ゆり） |
| 2nd |
Osamu Kumagai （熊谷 修） |
| 3rd |
Ryuichi Ohori （大堀龍一） |
Knitted Straight
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Player |
| 1st |
Masashi Tsuchiya （土屋政士） |
| 2nd |
Yusuke Tamari （玉利祐助） |
| 3rd |
Hisanao Aga （阿賀寿直） |
Pure Straight
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Player |
| 1st |
Tadao Yagi （八木忠雄） |
| 2nd |
Koji Idota （井戸田耕二） |
| 3rd |
Yuka Kimura （木村由佳） |
Three-suited Terminal Chows
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Player |
| 1st |
Miku Sakuma （佐熊未来） |
Three Dragon Hands
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Player |
| 1st |
Tadao Yagi （八木忠雄） |
| 2nd |
Yusuke Tamari （玉利祐助） |
| 3rd |
Kazuhiro Yorizumi （頼住和宏） |
Top 3 Players
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Player |
| 1 |
Miku Sakumai （佐熊未来） |
| 2 |
Hisanao Aga （阿賀寿直） |
| 3 |
Yukari Kugimiya （釘宮百香里） |
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Players strive to go out with any of the dragon hands faster than
anyone else. For some reason, it's difficult to make
all-too-common Mixed Straight or Pure Straight at Five Dragons Cup. |
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Shogo Niman (二萬章吾); first to achieve 3 dragon hands with
Three-suited Terminal Chows, the least glamorous hand unless at
Five Dragons Cup
Predestined to play mahjong - his name "Niman (二萬)" means two of
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| Chien Min Chang, winner of 2009 Five Dragons Cup |
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