Saki Trivia
Kiyosumi High School
- Tie colors: red for 1st years, green for 2nd years, blue for 3rd years
- The Miyanaga sisters are one-quarter European
- Saki Miyanaga often reads foreign mystery novels
- The white frilly thing worn under the miniskirt is called a "petticoat"
- The name of Kyoutarou Suga's friend who appears in volume 1 is "Makoto Takakuda"
- Kyoutarou Suga was on the handball club in middle school and reached the prefectural qualifier final
- The name of the capybara Kyoutarou Suga keeps is "Capi"
- The name of the cat-snake on Yuuki Kataoka's waist is "Seami"
- The Seami on Yuuki's waist was a present from Nodoka
- Hisa Takei registers contacts in her phone book with a single hiragana character wherever possible
- Nodoka Haramura's online mahjong rating is in the 2300s
- Nodoka Haramura is left-handed
- Nodoka Haramura's mother is named "Kaho Haramura". Her maiden name is "Noro"
- Over the few months covered in the story, Nodoka Haramura's bust went up from a J cup to a K cup
- Nodoka Haramura learned mahjong at a hospital in Tokyo around 4th grade
- The shop Mako Someya's family runs is called "Roof-top"
- The name of the charm Saki carries, exchanged with Nodoka, is "Kamone"
- The name of the charm Nodoka carries, exchanged with Saki, is "Putaha"
Himematsu High School
- The ribbon at Kyouko Suehara's collar is two ribbons tied together (one of them was a gift)
- What Kyouko Suehara wears on her wrist is a bracelet
- Kinue Atago is left-handed
- What Yuko Mase wears on her wrist is a men's red wristwatch her father bought her in elementary school
- Ikuno Akasaka's and Kazumi Yoshino's necklaces are different types, but they are necklaces the two bought together at the same shop in high school
- Thanks to Eisui Girls' performance last year, they have dropped to 5th in the national rankings
Eisui Girls' High School
- Haru Takimi and Pro Kainou are cousins
- The mask Hatsumi Usuzumi wears is called "Boze", a specialty of Akusekijima
- Around age 7, Hatsumi Usuzumi was taller than Kasumi Ishito
- The "Six Female Immortals" (Rokujosen) are the six branch-family members: Tomoe Karijuku, Haru Takimi, Hatsumi Usuzumi, Kasumi Ishito, Meisei Ishito, and Yuu Tosou
- The team match members' names are taken from the Five Great Cherry Trees of Japan:
- Komaki Jindai → Yamataka Jindai Zakura
- Tomoe Karijuku → Karijuku no Gebazakura
- Haru Takimi → Miharu Takizakura
- Hatsumi Usuzumi → Neodani no Usuzumi Zakura
- Kasumi Ishito → Ishido Gama Zakura
- The Kirishima Shinkyou and the sea of Shinkyou can be entered from mountains all over the world, but when returning you go back to the mountain you entered from
Miyamori Girls' High School
- Shiromi Kozegawa, Kurumi Shikakura, and Sae Usuzawa have been inseparable friends since elementary school
- Toshi Kumakura is from Fukushima Prefecture
- The corporate team Toshi Kumakura used to coach was called "Hakata Evergreens"
- Sae Usuzawa is good at cooking
- Toyone Anetai had already received an autograph from Ichigo Sasano before the second round
- Toyone Anetai is modeled on the "mountain woman" (yamaonna) from Tono Monogatari
- Shiromi Kozegawa is modeled on the "Mayoiga" from Tono Monogatari
- Eislinn Wishart lived in the school dormitory in the first half of the year, but in the second half lives at Shiromi Kozegawa's house
- Eislinn Wishart is an exchange student from New Zealand
Ryuumonbuchi High School
- Jun Inoue lived in Giessen, Germany, during middle school
- Jun Inoue is catastrophically bad at drawing
- Hajime Kunihiro wears no underwear in her casual clothes
- Tomoki Sawamura lived in Hokkaido during middle school
- Koromo Amae has several different headbands
- Koromo Amae holds the record for the most points ever earned in the Inter-High
- Last year's Inter-High ended with elimination in the third round (because Davin busted another school in the Fukusho match)
Kazekoshi Girls' High School
- Counting kazoe yakuman, Kana Ikeda has reached tenpai on a yakuman more times than anyone in the story
- Seika Bundou was ranked 78th in the school when she joined the club, but rose to 5th in just 2 months
- Mihoko Fukuji calls Hisa Takei by her name without an honorific because Hisa made her
- How to tell Kana Ikeda's 3 younger sisters apart:
- The one whose bangs are slanted on one side only is Nazuna
- The one with short bangs and an exposed forehead is Shirona
- The one with long bangs that cover her forehead is Hina
Tsuruga Academy High School Division
- Tomomi Kamihara is a childhood friend of Kaori Senoo
- Tomomi Kamihara's family makes sake and wine, so she apparently has a good nose and can find Momoko Touyoko by her scent
- The title of the manga Tomomi Kamihara keeps in the club room is "Tonbo-kun"
- Private girls' school, combined middle and high school
- Yumi Kajiki has played mahjong for about a year and a half to just under 2 years
- Traveling between Tsuruga and Kazekoshi takes 4 hours
Achiga Girls' Academy
- Combined middle and high school
- Shizuno Takakamo's family runs a Japanese confectionery shop
- Shizuno Takakamo did not anticipate dealing in to a dama mangan (damaten) in the second round of Zenkoku at all (because it was a win that decided their elimination)
- Ako Atarashi's family home is Yoshimizu Shrine
- In middle school, Ako Atarashi reached the best 16 in Nara Prefecture in the individual tournament
- The proprietress of the Matsumi sisters' family inn is their grandmother
- Harue Akaji's teaching subject is information studies
- The ace of the team match is Kuro Matsumi
- The mother of Kuro Matsumi and Yuu Matsumi is named Tsuyuko Matsumi
- In bowling, the "Cincinnati" is the leftover pin setup that is hardest to pick up for a spare
- The bread Shizuno and Toki ate at Lake Hamana is the "eel dog" sold at the bakery "Little Mermaid"
- The members of the Achiga Kids Mahjong Club are:
- Yoshiko Sasaoka (Atamine Middle School, 1st year)
- Aya Shizaki (Achiga Girls' Middle School, 1st year)
- Haruna Tatsumi (Yoshinoyama Elementary, 6th grade)
- Sakurako Gibbard (Yoshinoyama Elementary, 6th grade)
- Rin Kirita (Yoshinoyama Elementary, 6th grade)
- Hina Yamaya (Yoshinoyama Elementary, 5th grade)
- Mirai Yoneda (Yoshinoyama Elementary, 5th grade)
Shiraitodai High School
- As of now, the top individual score balance in the national tournament is Teru Miyanaga's +96200, and the lowest is Seiko Matano's -59400
- Private girls' school
- Dormitory life
- What Sumire Hirose wears on her wrist is a bracelet
- Sumire Hirose can do archery
- Sumire Hirose is quite the young lady from a wealthy family
- The lines at Shiraitodai are fans of Lady Hirose lining up of their own accord
- Teru Miyanaga reads novels from about 100 years ago, both Japanese and Western
- Consecutive Inter-High appearances: 3 years. Ranked 1st nationally
- Seiko Matano was originally named Hoshie Oza
- Awai Oohoshi was originally named Urumi Moroboshi
- Awai Oohoshi is from Minamihigakubo Middle School
Senriyama Girls' High School
- The elementary school Toki and Ryuka attended is called "Sekirenji Elementary School"
- Ryuka Shimizudani is actually good at cooking itself
- Hiroko Funakubo's mother's maiden name is "Atago"
- Sera Eguchi keeps a mixed-breed dog
- Toki Onjouji's future sight can basically be applied to things other than mahjong as long as they go in laps (about 2 minutes per lap in horse racing)
- Representative of the North Osaka district for 11 consecutive years; ranked 2nd nationally
- Masae Atago is a former pro
Shindouji Girls' High School
- Dormitory life
- Mile Shiromizu and Himeko Tsuruta share a room
- Yoshiko Yasukouchi and Hitomi Esaki share a room
- The juice Hitomi Esaki drinks is one of muscat, mango, or guava
- Kira Hanada's father was to take over the family home in Fukuoka, so she took the entrance exam for a nearby high school and was accepted to Shindouji
- Mile Shiromizu and Himeko Tsuruta are from Uryuugari Middle School in Saga Prefecture
- About a year and a half ago, Mile Shiromizu and Himeko Tsuruta swapped places in height
- Himeko Tsuruta called Mile Shiromizu "Buchou" when they were alone, even during the period when she was not the club captain
Usuzan High School
- Yukiko Maya was changed from Taisho to Fukusho
- The first time Sou Shishihara used Paucikamui was to help someone, against an animal
Rinkai Girls' High School
- Representative of East Tokyo for 16 consecutive years
- Satoha Tsujigaito is ambidextrous
- Satoha Tsujigaito wraps a sarashi under her uniform during matches
- Megan Davin can handle guns
- All the exchange students live in the dormitory
- There are no exchange students other than the Inter-High team match members
- Megan Davin used to have an aggressive personality and looked down on Japanese players to some extent
- Megan Davin is from the United States; the spelling is "Megan Davin"
- In Japanese culture, Megan Davin likes cup noodles, tatami, and poor tenement houses
- Ange Suzume loves anything that pops, and her favorite foods are fish-roe types such as ikura and kazunoko
- Ange Suzume is from France and is a world-ranked player known as the Wind God (Ventôl) at the European Championships
- Nelly Virsaladze is from Sakartvelo (Georgia); the spelling is "Nelly Virsaladze"
- Nelly Virsaladze was a scrapped character who was planned to appear in Ritz Kobayashi's debut work "FATALIZER"
- Hao Huiyu is from Hong Kong and won a silver medal at the Asian Games in Incheon
- Hao Huiyu was the Chinese mahjong champion at an elementary school tournament, and even Satoha Tsujigaito could not match her in Chinese mahjong
Other
- Sukoya Kokaji's career:
- Won a silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro Tonpuu Freestyle tournament
- Former world ranking 2nd (currently 973rd)
- Title: Grandmaster
- Won the Inter-High 10 years ago
- Youngest holder of eight titles in history
- Undefeated in Japan
- Mahjong experience: 10 years (since 3rd year of high school)
- The pro players' teams are:
- Sukoya Kokaji ... Tsukuba Pleasing Chickens
- Yasuko Fujita ... Saku Ferretters
- Uta Mihirogi ... Yokohama Roadsters
- Hayari Mizuhara ... Heartbeats Omiya
- Yoshiko Kainou ... Matsuyama Flotilla
- Risa Noyori ... Eminencia Kobe
- Shuuichirou Oonuma ... Nobeoka Spangurus
- Pro Fujita is from Yuburi High School in Nagano (eliminated in the first round of the prefectural qualifiers this year)
- Pro Kainou is from Daiseiin Girls' High School in Ehime (eliminated in the first round of Zenkoku this year)
- Pro Noyori is from Shindouji Girls' High School in Fukuoka
- Pro Kokaji is from Tsuchiura Girls' High School in Ibaraki
- The pairings of commentator pros and announcers are:
- Yasuko Fujita → Kenta Mishina
- Sukoya Kokaji → Koko Fukuyo
- Uta Mihirogi → Eri Hario
- Hayari Mizuhara → Chihiro Yatsuhashi
- Yoshiko Kainou → Yuuko Satou
- Risa Noyori → Misaki Murayoshi
- Shuuichirou Oonuma → Tomoko Horinouchi
- Pro Kainou and Teru Miyanaga faced each other in the individual tournament
- The smartest of all the characters is Hayari Mizuhara
- Hayari Mizuhara gave up the path of a researcher to become an idol
- Uta Mihirogi also wears clothes other than kimono
- Yuzuki Terasaki of Imizu Sougou (Toyama), who faced Kuro Matsumi in the first round of Zenkoku, placed 15th in the individual tournament last year
- Mekaru of Makabi High School (Okinawa), whom Sae Usuzawa shut out in the first round of Zenkoku, placed 6th in the individual tournament last year
- Sasagi Kurisumi, who was a regular at Bansei High School 4 years ago, is now a pro
- Bansei High School is co-educational
- The Inter-High champion before Teru Miyanaga is named "Kanon Yaji"
- The name of the cat-snake around Uta Mihirogi's shoulder is "Amy"
- The club captain of Takatoohara Middle School last year was Yuuki Kataoka
- Maho Yumeno received one of the ribbons Nodoka was wearing this summer from Nodoka Haramura
- Maho Yumeno's online mahjong rating is in the 1200s
- Maho Yumeno's signature move is "Kejirami Riichi"
- The boys' Inter-High champion is about as strong as Izumi Nijou
- Illustrations showing underwear are not allowed in official works
- The 4th place finisher in last year's individual tournament is named Yusa (now a first-year university student)
- Nasuda-san, popular in magazines, is now a first-year university student
- The individual champion of the Inter-Middle two years ago is a 2nd year at a school that has already been eliminated from this year's Inter-High team tournament
- Kei Arakawa is Senpo in this year's team tournament
- Kei Arakawa's nurse outfit is just cosplay (she aims for a medical career)
- The names and details of Kei Arakawa and the cosplay group:
- Moko Tsuiki
- 1st year at Kakuouzan High School (West Aichi); became the Tokai champion 5 months after starting mahjong, but did not take part in the Inter-High
- Ranko Nakiri
- 2nd year at Koudo Gakuen (Shizuoka); 1st in the Shizuoka individual tournament
- Rise Fujiwara
- 3rd year at Kyushu Akayama High School (Kagoshima); one of the Inter-High individual representatives
- Ito Shimozaki
- 3rd year at Suwada High School (Chiba); Chiba Prefecture MVP (1st in the individual tournament)
- Moko Tsuiki
- All of them have never had a boyfriend in their entire lives, and are virgins
- The name of Chikuma-Higashi's Taisho is "Hitomi Munesue"
- The highest and lowest individual score balances depicted in the story so far, for each lineup position in the national tournament:
- Senpo
- +96200 Teru Miyanaga (Block A semifinal)
- -53300 Naruka Motouchi (Block B semifinal)
- Jiho
- +24600 Yuu Matsumi (Block A semifinal)
- -30400 Izumi Nijou (Block A semifinal)
- Chuken
- +37000 Sera Eguchi (Block A semifinal)
- -35200 Yuan Iwadate (Block B semifinal)
- Fukusho
- +41300 Mile Shiromizu (Block A semifinal)
- -59400 Seiko Matano (Block A semifinal)
- Taisho
- +19100 Himeko Tsuruta (Block A semifinal)
- -25900 Kyouko Suehara (Block B round 2)
- Senpo
- WEEKLY Mahjong TODAY has a list price of 350 yen
- The world number 1 mahjong player is "Nieman"
- The mahjong Inter-High has been held every year for 71 years
- Sophia Arai of Koshigaya Girls' is half Canadian and half Japanese
- Yuka Morigaki of Tsurugidani High School is a returnee from the United States
- At Tsurugidani High School, it is effectively the tea ceremony club playing mahjong
- All the members of Tsurugidani High School are wealthy young ladies (Kozue Kozuka is the richest)
- Pro Mahjong Senbei subtly changes its flavor every so often so that people don't get tired of it
- Last updated: 2018-09-07 13:01:43
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