NARMA becomes the American Riichi Association (ARA)

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 Canada split off in 2019 to create Riichi Canada organizing and managing their own player base. ARA is now an organization solely focused on mahjong in the USA - a large enough task, considering our hundreds of players!

In April 2024, the board held an open poll, and 80 members of the community voted on the American Riichi Association as the new name representing our targeted purpose. Thank you for weighing in and we look forward to continuing to represent you as an organization!

- the ARA Board