# T.League

The T.League (Japanese: Tリーグ; Romaji: T.Rīgu) or Nojima T.League (Japanese: ノジマTリーグ) is the premier table tennis league of Japan which began in 2018. It is the first professional table tennis league in Japan. There are twelve teams, six each for men and women.

## Teams
### Men's teams

| Name | Prefecture | Head coach |
| T.T Saitama (T.T彩たま) | Saitama Prefecture | Yuya Mizuno (水野裕哉) |
| Kinoshita Meister Tokyo (木下マイスター東京) | Tokyo | Wang Kai (王凱) |
| Kanazawa Port (金沢ポート) | Kanazawa | Akira Saito (西東輝) |
| Shizuoka Jade (静岡ジェード) | Shizuoka | Masataka Morizono (森薗政崇) |
| Okayama Rivets (岡山リベッツ) | Okayama Prefecture | Kōsuke Shiraga (白神宏佑) |
| Ryukyu Asteeda (琉球アスティーダ) | Okinawa Prefecture | Kazuhiro Chang (張一博) |

### Women's teams

| Name | Prefecture | Head coach |
| Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa (木下アビエル神奈川) | Kanagawa Prefecture | Rui Nakazawa (中澤鋭) |
| Top Otome Pingpongs Nagoya (トップおとめピンポンズ名古屋) | Aichi Prefecture | Misako Wakamiya (若宮三紗子) |
| Nissay Red Elf (日本生命レッドエルフ) | Osaka Prefecture | Yasukazu Murakami (村上恭和) |
| Nippon Paint Mallets (日本ペイントマレッツ) | Osaka Prefecture | Yumi Oshima (大嶋由美) |
| Kyushu Asteeda (九州アスティーダ) | Fukuoka Prefecture | Hidefumi Masuda (増田秀文) |
| Kyoto Kaguyalyze (京都カグヤライズ) | Kyoto Prefecture | Shuhei Kobayashi (小林修平) |

## Stadiums

* Takeda Teva Ocean Arena in Nagoya, Aichi
* Okayama Budokan in Okayama
* Ginowan City Gymnasium in Ginowan, Okinawa
* Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Namba, Osaka
* Wing Hat Kasukabe in Kasukabe, Saitama
* Koshigaya Municipal General Gymnasium in Koshigaya, Saitama
* Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Sumida, Tokyo
* Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tachikawa, Tokyo

## Format and rules

Each team match features one doubles match and at least three singles matches. If the score after four matches is 2–2, an extra-time, single-game "victory match" will determine the winner. T.League rules differ from international table tennis rules.
| Match 1 | Doubles | Best of 3 | Score starts at 6–6 for the final game Play to 11 points only (i.e. 11–10 wins) for non-final games |
| Match 2 | Singles | Best of 5 | Score starts at 6–6 for the final game Play to 11 points only (i.e. 11–10 wins) for non-final games |
| Match 3 | Singles | Best of 5 | Score starts at 6–6 for the final game Play to 11 points only (i.e. 11–10 wins) for non-final games |
| Match 4 | Singles | Best of 5 | Score starts at 6–6 for the final game Play to 11 points only (i.e. 11–10 wins) for non-final games |
| "Victory match" | Singles | 1 game | |
Match 1 players may not play in Match 2. Matches 2, 3, and 4 must feature different players for both teams.

## Results
### Men's division

| Season | Winner | Runner-up | MVP | Best doubles pair |
| 2018–19 | Tokyo (14W–7L) | Okayama (12W–9L) | Season & 2nd half: Jun Mizutani (Tokyo) 1st half: Tomokazu Harimoto (Tokyo) | Masataka Morizono Jin Ueda (Okayama) |
| 2019–20 | Tokyo (15W–6L) | Ryukyu (11W–10L) | Season & 1st half: Hou Yingchao (Tokyo) 2nd half: Takuya Jin (Saitama) | Kenta Tazoe Yukiya Uda (Tokyo) |
| 2020–21 | Ryukyu (15W–6L) | Tokyo (13W–8L) | | |
| 2021–22 | Tokyo (15W–6L) | T.T Saitama (10W–11L) | | |
| 2022–23 | Ryukyu (12W–9L) | Tokyo (13W–8L) | | |
| 2023–24 | Tokyo (15W–5L) | Okayama (10W–10L) | | |

### Women's division

| Season | Winner | Runner-up | MVP | Best doubles pair |
| 2018–19 | Nissay (18W–3L) | Kanagawa (13W–8L) | Season & 1st half: Hina Hayata (Nissay) 2nd half: Kasumi Ishikawa (Kanagawa) | Chang Chenchen Jiang Hui (Nissay) |
| 2019–20 | Nissay (14W–7L) | Kanagawa (13W–8L) | Season & 2nd half: Sakura Mori (Nissay) 1st half: Suthasini Sawettabut (Nippon Paint) | Yang Ha-eun Rika Suzuki (Nagoya) |
| 2020–21 | Nissay (13W–8L) | Kanagawa (17W–4L) | | |
| 2021–22 | Nissay (16W–4L) | Nippon Paint (14W–6L) | | |
| 2022–23 | Kanagawa (15W–5L) | Nissay (11W–9L) | | |
| 2023–24 | Nissay (15W–5L) | Kanagawa (16W–4L) | | |