Junko Nishida is a news reporter for the  _Weekly Mahjong Today_ magazine and a supporting character in the manga "Saki". She regularly reports on high school mahjong tournaments on the prefectural and national levels. One of her subjects of interests is Kiyosumi High School's Nodoka Haramura, whom she believes has the makings of a genius in the game. Junko occasionally puts a twist into her stories to make them appear more sensational to the readers. In the first anime series, she questions Shiraitodai High School's Teru Miyanaga on her relationship to Kiyosumi's Saki Miyanaga. She regularly travels with her photographer partner Daisuke Yamaguchi.

Miyanaga Saki is a first year high school girl whose family would get angry if she won the family mahjong games. But losing would also have its consequences. Because of this she develops a new way of playing that allows her to stay on the thin line between winning and losing, the plus/minus zero score, an almost impossible score. In a game that relies mainly on luck, the plus/minus zero score is harder than winning, but Saki can achieve this every time. Having always hated the game, her friend from middle school, Suga Kyotoro, forces her to play in the schools mahjong club. Her developed skill and superhuman luck has made her a worthy mahjong opponent, even to the middle school's national mahjong champion. (Source: Anime News Network, edited)

__Favorites:__ Butter,  Drink (Sake), Hot springs, Noodles, Stew
__Hobbies:__  Games, Internet, Personal computer, Touring, Travelling
__Skills & Abilities:__  Electone

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Mami Kosuge is a Japanese voice actress who works for Production Ace. 



Saki's never been a big fan of mahjong. A lifetime of being forced to play with family at holidays (and losing her money as a consequence...) has left a foul taste for the game in her mouth. When she's convinced, though, to play a game with her classmates, she discovers that not only has fending off her family left her with an uncanny ability for the game but, more surprisingly, that it can even be fun!
 
Is this revelation enough to cleanse Saki's distaste for the game? Can her classmates convince her to join their club, or is there just too much baggage to make it worth her while?
 
(Source: Yen Press)

The Achiga Girls' Academy in Nara once defeated regional mahjong powerhouse Bansei High School. It advanced into the national team semifinals but lost to the eventual champion, and the mahjong club was later disbanded. 
Six years later, elementary school student Shizuno Takakamo befriends transfer student Nodoka Haramura. The two eventually enter Achiga Girls', but Nodoka transfers out of the school in the second year. 
When Shizuno sees Nodoka on television the following year as the national middle school individual mahjong champion, she decides to revive Achiga's mahjong club.

The Achiga Girls' Academy in Nara once defeated regional mahjong powerhouse Bansei High School. It advanced into the national team semifinals but lost to the eventual champion, and the mahjong club was later disbanded. Six years later, elementary school student Shizuno Takakamo befriends transfer student Nodoka Haramura. The two eventually enter Achiga Girls', but Nodoka transfers out of the school in the second year. When Shizuno sees Nodoka on television the following year as the national middle school individual mahjong champion, she decides to revive Achiga's mahjong club.

A new Saki spinoff that retells the story of the Saki cast... If all of them were boys!