Sega Net Mahjong MJ Named Official App for 2nd National High School Mahjong Championship
The selection of 'Sega NET Mahjong MJ' as an official app for the second year running cements the game's role in competitive high school mahjong, a tournament that grew out of the professional M.League's popularity.
Reporting from 1 sources: 4Gamer.net.
Sega announced that its network competitive mahjong game 'Sega NET Mahjong MJ' has been selected as an official app for the 2nd National High School Mahjong Championship, hosted by The Asahi Shimbun. The tournament, established in 2025, targets high school students nationwide and will use both 'MJ' and 'Mahjong Fight Club Sp' for preliminaries.
The 2nd National High School Mahjong Championship will use 'Sega NET Mahjong MJ' alongside 'Mahjong Fight Club Sp' for its preliminary rounds, Sega announced on May 22. The tournament, hosted by The Asahi Shimbun, began in 2025 as the professional M.League drew younger players to competitive mahjong. Last year's inaugural event saw 286 teams from 180 schools compete. This year's preliminaries run from July 5 in Fukuoka through July 20 in Tokyo, with the national tournament set for August 13-15. Part of the semifinals and the finals will stream live on ABEMA Mahjong Channel. The winning team receives an automatic mahjong table from Taiyo Giken. The tournament also plans research with the Kawai Juku Group on mahjong's educational value as an intellectual sport.
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- 4Gamer.net 「セガNET麻雀 MJ」，第2回全国高等学校麻雀選手権大会の公式アプリに決定