I’d like to introduce Shintaro Konno to you. He is a member of the Japan Professional Mahjong League and Mahjong is his full career. He spends his time teaching Mahjong lessons, creating tournament stats and reports, writing columns and running mahjong events. You know him as the rules director at the World Series of Mahjong Reach Event.

Konno, as we call him, is originally from Shizuoka prefecture. He learned mahjong from a video game during grammar school and started playing at parlors when he was 18. By 26 he had turned pro.

When asked about his goals as a professional, he answered, “As a player my only goal is to win a title. Long-term I am aiming for worldwide growth of the game.”

That must be why he’s agreed to join us at ReachMahjong.com once a month to enlighten us on mahjong strategy. So here is his first contribution.

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