Manga like Mahjong Hishou-den Naki no Ryuu

Ten: Tenhou-doori no Kaidanji

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Takashi Ten is living his life as a rep mahjong player. A kind person at heart, he also possesses an ingenious talent in mahjong. One day Ten meets Hiroyuki Igawa, a student player who 'plays by logic'. Hiroyuki is overwhelmed at Ten's playing style which involves anything besides logic, and soon becomes one of his close friends.

Being the rep player he is, Ten had to play against some Yakuza. The chance of victory seemed to be on Ten's side, but then the yakuza decide to call their secret weapon, a legendary rep player called...

Tags: Mahjong , Seinen , Gambling , Philosophy , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Skip , Primarily Male Cast , Kuudere , Suicide , Tragedy , Amnesia , Board Game , Poker , Golf

Mukoubuchi: Kou-Rate Uramahjong Retsuden

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

The 1980's was an unusual decade. The price of land skyrocketed, and the value of money went well above the norm. The numbers that defined the world all spun out of control, launching one of the largest bubble economies Japan had ever seen.

For Mahjong, as well, it was an age that saw high stakes games on a scale unlike any age before it. And in this age, a man some call "Kai" lives as a "Mukoubuchi", what true, lone-wolf gamblers are called.

Tags: Seinen , Mahjong , Board Game

Tetsuya: Jansei to Yobareta Otoko

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

In the year 1947, the people of Shinjuku are down on their luck. With little money to buy food or necessities, some resort to gambling in order to survive. Traveling Tetsuya chooses to spend his time at Mahjong parlors where he is wiping the floor clean with his adversaries. However, Tetsuya meets the intensely-skilled Boushu-san, this is when he realizes that his skills are still lacking.



Tags: Gambling , Mahjong , Shounen , Board Game , Historical

Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Itou Kaiji, now free of debt but without a penny is leeching himself in Mr.Sakazaki's new house, despite all the flirtings (extreme torment for Kaiji) from Sakazaki's daughter, Mikoko. Sakazaki attempts to kick Kaiji out, even by offering a farewell 'we never knew each other' money of 3000000 yen. While Kaiji ponders himself on the decision, he is visited by Miyoshi and Maeda, two of his 'allies' he had saved from the last part of the series.

Tags: Gambling , Mahjong , Seinen , Survival , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Board Game

HERO: Akagi no Ishi wo Tsugu Otoko

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

Set in 2002, 3 years after the death of Shigeru Akagi. Hiroyuki Igawa, following the advice Akagi gave him on his deathbed, runs into his old friend Ten while visiting his grave. Hoping to put his own abilities to the test, Hiro challenges Ten to a game of mahjong, but Ten disappears right as their match reaches its climax, and thugs looking for him wait right outside the parlor. They take Sawada hostage, and Hiroyuki is given only a week to find the seemingly abducted Ten.

Tags: Mahjong , Gambling , Seinen , Board Game , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist

Akagi: Yami ni Oritatta Tensai

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological

While mahjong is a game that is often played with family and friends, it is also a game that is played in the darkest corners of society. Nangou is a compulsive gambler who has accumulated debt over three million yen. In a last ditch attempt to clear his record, he decides to wager his life on a game of mahjong with the mafia. Unfortunately, as the game progresses, Nangou only moves further from the prize and closer to death.

When all hope seems lost, the game parlor is suddenly intruded upon by Shigeru Akagi, a young boy on the run from the police. Desperate to turn the game around, Nangou hands the game over to Akagi after teaching him a few of the rules. The mafia can only smirk as Akagi sits down to play. However, they soon come to learn that Akagi is a natural born gambler. An imposing figure who does not fear death. One who is destined to become a legend.



Tags: Mahjong , Gambling , Death Game , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Kaiju , Anti-Hero , Yakuza , Tsundere , Time Skip , Historical , Afterlife , Gods , Demons , Board Game

Tetsunaki no Kirinji

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sports

Kiriya Rinji is 30 years old, divorced, and unemployed. His only talent is playing online mahjong. Needing a way to make money to pay for child support, he goes to the seedy Kabukichou district to play real mahjong for cash. Will his online skills translate to real-life winnings?

Tags: Gambling , Seinen , Mahjong , Primarily Adult Cast , Board Game , Family Life

Muteki no Hito

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Sonokawa Junpei, a 19-year-old who works multiple part-time jobs to support his family, chances upon 'M', an unusually strong Jan Sen (online mahjong game) player who is believed to be cheating and wanted by the game's publisher V.Line for a huge amount of money at the family restaurant where he works, and arose to the opportunity to get the reward.

Tags: Shounen , Mahjong , Male Protagonist , Board Game

One Outs

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Sports

The story begins when Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the fictional Lycaons in Japan's Pacific League, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and bring himself out of a slump. There, he meet Tōa Tokuchi, a 134-kmph (83 miles per hour) pitcher and the undisputed king of a gambling form of baseball called "One Out." At Kojima's urging, Tokuchi signs up with the Lycaons under an unusual contract: he gets 5,000,000 yen (about US$46,000) for every out he pitches, but loses 50,000,000 yen (US$460,000) for every point he gives up.

Notes:
- The main story was completed in 168 chapters with 19 volumes on 2006-10-19. An additional side story Giwaku no All Star Sen Hen (疑惑のオールスター戦編) was serialized from 2008-2009 and published as volume 20 of the series.
- Chapter count includes an additional chapter included in the 7th volume.

Tags: Seinen , Baseball , Gambling , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast

Kaze no Sylphid

Also known as Sylpheed of the Wind.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Silpheed is a horse born on a small horse ranch. Even though he is named for a fairie wind he must overcome the handicap of having been born with tendinitis of the leg, and the loss of his mother in his birth. Hayao the young boy who loves horses is determined to see Silpheed grow up healthy and become a top racer like his mother once was. However, the odds are stacked against the orphaned foal and the young boy.

Tags: Shounen , Male Protagonist , Animals