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Updated 2010-05-23
Yukari Kugimiya |
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JMSA is an association for the promotion of Chinese Official Rule mahjong in Japan. It was established by Chien Min Chang (張建民 or Kenmin Saga 嵯峨健民) in June 1999 after the first-ever COR tournament held in Beijing in October 1998, where his team, Team Tokyo won first prize.
In addition to the headquarters office in Tokyo, it has branches in Hokkaido, Tohoku (Sendai), Yokohama, Atsugi and Kansai (Kyoto and Osaka). It hosts major tournaments as well as weekly practice sessions and monthly tournaments in Tokyo and in each branch. |
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Japan Championship
The 9th Japan Championship was held in Tokyo from July 18 (Sat.) through July 20 (Mon. national holiday). Kazutoshi Iwasawa from Tokyo won the title.
July 18 (at Kingko-so in Yurakucho)
35 players who had been selected in the preliminary matches held in JMSA
regional branches, 4 invited contestants from Japan Mahjong Federation
and Osaka Mahjong Federation and a European top-ranking player from Denmark
joined in the 1st-day competition of 4 sessions for 25 seats to advance
to the 2nd day.
July 19 (at Kingko-so in Yurakucho)
Tournament 1
32 players (25 surviving players and 7 seeded players) competed for 16
seats to advance to Tournament 2.
Tournament 2
Surviving 16 players competed for 8 seats to advance to the 3rd day.
(Both Tournament 1, 2 and semifinal are a direct knockout tournament of
2 sessions.)
A friendly tournament of 3 sessions was played separately by eliminated
players. The 1st prize was 2010 Japan Championship berth.
July 20 (at The Hotel New Otani)
Semifinal and final
[Top 8 players]
1st Kazutoshi Iwasawa
2nd Hideaki Kubota
3rd Shoko Yoshida
4th Tetsue Suzuki
5th Yukari Kugimiya
6th Kazuaki Takagi
7th Katsuyuki Onodera
8th Kazuhiro Sato
[Winner of the friendly tournament]
Yaichiro Owaki from JMF
[Japan Championship Winners]
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Name |
| 9th |
2009 |
Kazutoshi Iwasawa (岩沢和利) |
| 8th |
2008 |
Kazuhiro Sato (佐藤和広) |
| 7th |
2007 |
Toru Kunihara (国原徹) |
| 6th |
2006 |
Takahiro Mihara (三原孝博) |
| 5th |
2005 |
Koji Idota (井戸田耕二) |
| 4th |
2004 |
Haruyuki Takamizawa (高見沢治幸) |
| 3rd |
2003 |
Tong Fei (China) (童飛)中国寧波 |
| 2nd |
2002 |
Tomoki Higashidaira (東平知己) |
| 1st |
2001 |
Haruyuki Takamizawa (高見沢治幸) |
[Scrapbook]
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Henrik Leth from Denmark gives a speech at opening ceremony.
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Koji Idota (left) applauded for his achievement at OEMC along with his
team mates Kimito Kugimiya (center) and Koichi Oda (right) of the winning
team
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Hideo Kobayashi, MC (left) and Haruyuki Takamizawa, head referee (right)
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Exciting games on the first day - 40 players compete for 25 seats.
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Henrik Leth, the best-known European player in Japan with his second appearance
in the Japan Championship
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25 players who passed the first-day tournament
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Tournament 2 in the afternoon of the second day: (from left) Kimito Kugimiya, Kazutoshi Iwasawa, Yukari Kugimiya and Hisashi Kinoshita
Husband and wife remain mere opponents at the mahjong table.
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Friendly tournament
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Friendly tournament winner: Yaichiro Owaki from JMF
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Semifinal on the 3rd day: (from left) Shoko Yoshida, Katsuyuki Onodera,
Tetsue Suzuki and Yukari Kugimiya
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Another table of the semifinal: (from left) Kazutoshi Iwasawa, Kazuhiro
Sato (2008 Japan Champion), Kazuaki Takagi and Hideaki Kubota
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Finalists before the final match starts: (from left) Tetsue Suzuki, Shoko
Yoshida, Kazutoshi Iwasawa and Hideaki Kubota at the Hotel New Otani
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All eyes fixed on the final match
Each player with a record keeper at his/her side
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Kazutoshi Iwasawa awarded a trophy by Chen Min Chang
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Finalists: (from left) Hideaki Kubota (runner-up), Kazutoshi Iwasawa (winner),
Shoko Yoshida (3rd) and Tetsue Suzuki (4th)
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Players’ party held after awarding ceremony in downtown Akasaka
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Weekly practice session on Tuesday at Kingko-so
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Henrik wowed Kazutoshi Iwasawa with Mahjong Danmark T-shirt.
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