By Claire P
The American Riichi Association is holding an invitational in January 2028 and we’re looking for clubs who can run the event. As we approach the next World Riichi Championship in 2028, this event is set to serve as the final qualifier to help in d...
By Suizo
First Newsletter from the future! Hey yall, it’s time for the first Newsletter (at least for a while) for the ARA! Your first question may be ‘how is this from the future?’ Well, it’s January’s Newsletter and it’s being written in February. The...
By Claire P
It’s been a while since the American Riichi Association report has been updated. But here we are, all set with a series of updates to bring you into 2026 and beyond. Let’s catch up the ARA Certified events that took place around the country over t...
By Claire P
The American Riichi Asssociation is delighted to nominate our USA representatives for the World Riichi Championship 2025 in Toyko, Japan! Kate Drutskaya - Boston Meowjong Noel Hui - Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club Stanley Deng - Pacific ...
By Claire P
By Claire P
The ARA Board is accepting applications for 3 new Board Members! Being on the ARA Board is your chance to help grow riichi mahjong in America by working on projects that improve the experience of riichi players across the country. Anyone who is a registered player in ARA can apply for a seat on t
By Claire P
The ARA Executive Board is pleased to announce upcoming structural changes to help us better represent all of the US riichi community! First is the edit to the Bylaws, currently in a final draft form: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_SgZ0cYaPLWltWRMY-xps_UF5OtpfBXx/edit?usp=sharing&ouid
By Claire P
Sign ups to qualify for the International Online Riichi Mahjong Competition (IORMC) are now live! The International Online Riichi Mahjong Competition (IORMC) is an annual online competition between countries which has both team and individual elements. The IORMC was originally an informal annual ma
By Claire P
Rebranding NARMA to ARA At our inception, the American Riichi Association (ARA) was known as the North American Riichi Mahjong Association, and represented the entire continent of North America. As player populations have boomed across Canada, Mexico, and the USA, our brothers and sisters in Canad
By David Bresnick
After reviewing the volunteer applications submitted to us, we're pleased to announce some additions. We are very happy to announce that we have accepted three new members onto the ARA board: Steve Augustin Claire Pozniak Max Suddendorf All are very qualified members of the community, a
By David Bresnick
After reviewing all submissions, we've settled on the proposal submitted by the Pacific Mahjong League. It was a difficult decision as we received quite a few competitive proposals and we very much appreciate the effort and thoroughness that went into all of them. We're very excited to have PML hos
By David Bresnick
Board meeting has been held and minutes are now available on the Minutes Page
By David Bresnick
We’ve had our December 2023 Board meeting and minutes are now available on the Minutes Page
By David Bresnick
We’ve had our November 2023 Board meeting and minutes are now available on the Minutes Page
By David Bresnick
We’ve had our October 2023 Board meeting and minutes are now available on the Minutes Page
By David Bresnick
We have opened the doors on the RFP process for the 2024 North American Open! Any organization interested in hosting the event may now submit a proposal via our Proposal Submission Page . The page itself has details about fixed requirements for the event as well as what pieces of information are
By David Bresnick
We’ve had our September 2023 Board meeting and minutes are now available on the Minutes Page Topics discussed were aligned with the posted agenda, and you can expect to see more updates coming soon
By Guest User
Coming off of arguably the best performance the US has put to date in the IORMC, it is that time for the new USA (or perhaps old) team members to continue the march towards being the best in the world! As a quick refresher, the IORMC was originally a competition between South Korea and Japan in 201
By Guest User
It’s that time of the year again! In cooperation with the Canadian clubs, the CAN qualifiers are now officially announced for the IORMC competition held in November! What is the IORMC? Originally a competition between South Korea and Japan in 2011, it has turned into a worldwide competition with co
By Guest User
It’s that time of the year again! US qualifications for the IORMC competition held in November will be starting soon! What is the IORMC? Originally a competition between South Korea and Japan in 2011, it has turned into a worldwide competition with countries from all across the world! With a short
By Guest User
The World Riichi Championship has selected the five players that will be invited to represent the United States at WRC 2020: Vienna. The USA does not currently have a system for ranking its players on a national level requiring a much more informal process for selection. We would like to
By Guest User
As of a few moments ago, the WRC has launched the application page. You may find it by following the below link: 2020 WRC Player Interest Registration Form Good luck to all!
By Guest User
Hello! As the curtain falls on 2019, the stage is set for 2020 and the 3rd World Riichi Championship. With the date starting to appear on the horizon, we wanted to make sure that everyone is aware of the process for getting a seat this year, as it differs to some extent from what happened when the
By Guest User
NARMA is looking for a host for the 2021 North American Open. If you are a club, and you think you can host the 2nd iteration of the tournament, please send a Request for Proposal (RFP) to tournaments at nariichi dot org. Any questions can also be sent to the same e-mail. Your RFP should include
By Guest User
NARMA, in an ongoing process to provide standards that will allow tournaments to be recognized internationally, have revised our sanctioning guidelines to be more in line with established standards. Please refer to the link on our homepage for the new policies. A PDF version is also available for do
By Guest User
Registration for the 2019 USA IORMC qualifications are now open!
By Guest User
Registration for the 2019 USA IORMC qualifications are now open!
By Guest User
A thrilling finish caps off an eventful 2018 IORMC Team competition!
By Guest User
Qualification for the Canadian team for IORMC is about to get underway! For those interested in viewing games and the standings, links are below! Viewing Lobby Standings
By Guest User
Qualification for the USA team for the IORMC is completed! See who will represent the USA this year!
By Guest User
Schedule for the North American Open has been released!
By Guest User
Standings and Session Results The first of five qualification sessions happened today and we have some early front-runners to head up the USA squad. Panhandle Mahjong's Ryan Adams (Panda84), who has put up very good results in tournament play, did so again here with three 1st place finishes with
By Guest User
Information and registration for the 2018 IORMC qualifiers for US and Canada!
By Guest User
Show off your club in the NARMA North American Open Photo Essay Contest!
By Guest User
The third article in the series of Tina’s Tactics! Enjoy!
By Guest User
While registration continues for the North American open, we’d like to share a little history on the Down Town Association - a historic landmark of Manhattan and venue for this tournament.
By Guest User
The World Riichi Championship begins its ramp up to 2020 with the announcement of their location!
By Guest User
Registration for NARMA’s North American Open is unlocked! Join us in New York City this October for this continental riichi tournament.
By Guest User
The results of the 2018 Dallas Fort Worth Riichi Open. Report coming later... CONGRATULATIONS to Masahiro of LA Pride of Mahjong! FINAL TABLE
By Guest User
With the scores still within a narrow range, there was still all to play for in the final 2 rounds before the playoff cutoff. The top 8 for the most part played nice and maintained their leads through the final 2 rounds to get to the playoffs. There would be one party-crasher though. Sitti
By Guest User
Day 1 results of the Rochester Reach Open, currently under way in Rochester, NY, shows a close lead by George Liu-Krason. Late winter snowstorms striking the northeast have not stopped the 28 U.S. and Canadian players from assembling at the Rochester Institute of Technology for this two day, 8-hanc
By Guest User
The first North American Open is coming this October in New York City! The North American Riichi Mahjong Association, in conjunction with host USPML , is pleased to announce this continental event. Riichi Mahjong players are invited to join us October 13 - 14 in New York, NY for the best in compet
By Guest User
In our continued efforts to bring the North American community together, we have drafted a mission statement and a corresponding values statement which we feel reflects our shared interests and goals for everyone involved. We invite everyone to read about it in our About Us page.
By Guest User
For those that have not been following the calendar, there are 2 tournaments coming up in the next few months. The Rochester Institute of Technology's Nine Gates Mahjong Club will be holding its 2018 Rochester Riichi Open on March 3rd & 4th on their campus. Rochester has one of the larger c
By Guest User
Results and links to replays can be found here . Heading into the individual tournament, we had 2 representatives in the top 16 - one each from Canada and the United States. Before things started, there was a bit of a hiccup as the 7th place player from Japan was actually a no-show. While a staff
By Guest User
Final team results can be found here . The 2017 IORMC Team competition has come and gone and while neither the USA or Canada disgraced at the table, it should be said that both countries struggled to hang in there the entire tournament. I won't go through the games because the records are out ther
By Guest User
With the season turning and the weather turning a shade colder (at least for us here in NA), the 7th IORMC Team Competition will take place early Sunday morning (Nov 5th) with country bragging rights at stake. For the individuals, the top 16 will compete 2 weeks later in a separate individual compet
By Guest User
Qualification for the IORMC has been completed for both USA and Canada and we have our 4 representatives for this years' competition! Full standings can be found at the end of the article, but our teams for 2017 are: United States Yukitora (Kinyan Lui) DdR_Dan (Daniel Pascua) xGeo (George Liu
By Guest User
(taken from Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club's blog) (Final results can be found here ) The 2017 Seattle Riichi Open was played from July 15-16, and could be considered a success for our first major foray into tournaments. Everything went basically on schedule with little downtime (for me anyways)
By Guest User
Hello! Thanks for your patience! We are ready to take signups for the IORMC Qualifications. Dates and times for US and Canadian qualifying can be found in our last article . Both USA and Canada sessions will be on Tenhou and constitute of 4 hanchan each. USA will pair players by di
By Guest User
Hello! Tournament coordinator Edwin here with an announcement regarding the qualifiers for the 2017 IORMC to be held later this year. (Edit: Canadian qualifiers are announced below) First of all there is a new addition to the tournament! Not only will there be the team competition as done in p
By Guest User
The 2nd Vancouver Riichi Open was played earlier this month with 28 players from the University of British Columbia, Seattle (SRMC) and California (PML) represented. Day 1 was filled with wild swings, the biggest highlighted by UBC player Celeste who started off with a huge win of 61.6 poi
By Guest User
March saw the East Coast holding it's first tournament of the year with Rochester Institute of Technology's Nine Gates Mahjong Club holding their 2017 open. 28 players would do battle in the first weekend in March to claim the title. By the end of the first day there was a breakaway group of 6 who
By Guest User
The Dallas-Fort Worth Mahjong Club held their first tournament at the Grapevine Convention Center with players from 8 states competing for a seat at the World Riichi Championships later this year! A full write-up can be found on the DFW Mahjong website ( link ), but congratulations go out to local
By Guest User
The 2017 LAPOM Riichi Championship was held on February 18-19th at the home of the Los Angeles Pride of Mahjong (LAPOM) location in Gardena, CA. A healthy field of 28 competitors did battle over 8 rounds in 2 days for 2 seats for the World Riichi Championships to be held in October 2017 in Las Vegas
By Guest User
One of the international events held is the International Online Riichi Mahjong Championship, or IORMC. Originally as an exchange between South Korea and Japan, it had slowly incorporated more and more countries from around the region eventually featuring 17 countries from around the world in 2016.
By Guest User
The 2017 NARMA Winter Online Open had taken place yesterday on Saturday, January 28. A total of 48 registered players had participated in the online event. Kins was able to hold onto their lead built during qualifying which included 3-1st place finished. Mainstay DdR_Dan made ral
By Guest User
Report by Edwin Dizon (Tournament Director) The North American Riichi Mahjong Association recently finished qualification matches for the 2016 International Online Riichi Mahjong Competition (IORMC) to be held Saturday, November 5th at 2000 JST (0400 PDT/0700 EDT/0800 ADT) on Tenhou . The IORMC
By David Bresnick
Thank you for visiting our new website! As we continue moving forward, this site will be central to our activities, you'll be able to come here for regular updates and information about Riichi Mahjong in North America.