KyuuAA is an amateur Japanese mahjong player since Nov 2009. He currently resides in the Chicagoland area as part of the Chicago Area Mahjong Players club.

In Tenhou.net, he uses the "female voice", because it is pleasing to hear during the game. Nevertheless, Kyuu is definitely a male player.

Resources

From Wikimedia

Tenhou.net aliases

Name Games First game Last game Rank Avg Best Worst Status Source
KyuuA4 149 11-02-2009 12-16-2009 2.88 +103 -61 Retired [1]
キュウA4 8 11-03-2009 11-04-2009 3.00 +60 -43 Retired [2]
Kyuu24 133 05-09-2010 01-30-2011 2.93 +79 -87 Retired [3]
Kyuu77 46 03-13-2011 07-29-2012 2.59 +125 -64 Retired [4]
KyuuAA 24 01-31-2011 12-30-2011 2.50 +60 -51 Active [5]
643 01-02-2012 12-25-2012 2.45 +99 -79 [6]
769 01-02-2013 12-29-2013 2.49 +108 -61 [7]
500+ 01-03-2014 2.33 +106 -69 [8]
KyuuBB 20+ 04-12-2013 1.95 +77 -30 Active [9]
ICKyuu 60+ 05-20-2013 2.54 80 -57 Active [10]

Ladder

Name Games First game Last game Rank Avg Best Worst Status Source
KyuuAA 600+ 07-06-2012 2.53 +106 -79 Active [11]

Milestones

  • 9級
07-09-2012
  • 8級
07-10-2012
  • 7級
07-10-2012
  • 6級
07-11-2012
  • 5級
07-13-2012
  • 4級
07-14-2012
  • 3級
07-18-2012
  • 2級
08-06-2012
  • 1級
08-28-2012
  • 初段
09-01-2012
  • 二段
11-30-2012
  • 二段
06-08-2013
  • 二段
07-27-2013
  • 三段
02-17-2014

Yakuman count

As of 04-14-2014, Kyuu's yakuman count is at 15 via Tenhou.net.[12] One more was scored using real tiles.

Date Yakuman Room Notes Source
07-21-2010 Suuankou 一般 The only time yakuman was scored, only to finish in fourth. [13]
08-22-2010 Daisangen 一般 [14]
02-22-2012 Shousuushi, Tsuuiisou 一般 The only double yakuman scored so far. [15]
06-16-2012 Kazoe 一般 Unknowingly and luckily tsumo'd this one. [16]
07-08-2012 Kokushi 7447 Fast kokushi, tenpai by 6-7 discards. [17]
10-31-2012 Suuankou 7447 Retailatory yakuman, as I had played into a Chinrotou one game prior. Also, furiten. [18]
11-03-2012 Shousuushi 7447 Started hand with one of each wind, with initial intent to build honitsu. [19]
11-08-2012 Kazoe 7447 Suuankou tenpai [20]
01-06-2013 Suuankou 7447 Rejected calling ankan out of fear. [21]
01-17-2013 Kazoe 7447 Dealt hatsu ankan, held kan call until tenpai. Only hand won in the game. [22]
06-19-2013 Shousuushi 上級 Broke cheap tenpai to convert hand to yakuman. [23]
09-20-2013 Kokushi 上級 Began with 7 elements for orasu, and had to go for it while being last. [24]
02-25-2014 Shousuushi 上級 Obvious opening hand for the yakuman. [25]
03-09-2014 Kazoe 上級 Defense against two riichi's, both likely to be manzu waits. [26]
04-14-2014 Suuankou tanki 7447 Simple collection of those ankous. [27]

Sanbaiman count

As of June 2, 2014, Kyuu has scored five sanbaiman online. An additional one is scored using real tiles.

Date Main yaku Room Han Notes Source
09-03-2012 Chinitsu Chiitoitsu 一般 12 [28]
10-18-2012 Sanshoku 一般 11 [29]
06-16-2013 Riichi Ippatsu Tsumo 上級 12 Riichi after kan, like the 01-17-2013 Kazoe. [30]
10-19-2013 Pinfu 7447 11 Kan dora assisted. [31]
06-02-2014 Honitsu 7447 12 Fast honitsu, with yakuhai dora. [32]

Unusual game list

These are some unusual mahjong yakuman. None of these scored by Kyuu.

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013032523gm-0009-0000-eb5221b8&tw=1&ts=4
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2008121721gm-00c1-0000-fcadb0d7&tw=3&ts=5
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013020807gm-0009-7447-8494ff98&tw=2&ts=2
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2009100819gm-0049-0000-13bf5b23&tw=0&ts=9
  • Kokushi, via Double Riichi and Ippatsu
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2009040101gm-0009-0000-d2a9745a&tw=1&ts=0
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2009110921gm-0029-0000-ad0f061b&tw=1&ts=2
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2010101720gm-0009-0000-4e36568a&tw=2&ts=1
  • Kokushi 1-shanten with haipai to kokushi tenpai to riichi ippatsu (2 turns)
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013100905gm-0009-7447-xbe578c7d4e93&tw=3&ts=5

Other highlighted games

These are some sample games played by Kyuu, where some unusual non-yakuman occurences are involved.

  • The "Bill Clinton" game
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2012090616gm-0009-0000-ef78f6ce&tw=1&ts=6
This game was played after watching Bill Clinton's 2012 DNC speech.
  • Triple ron
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013030311gm-0009-7447-93eb0b9e&tw=2
  • Four riichi, followed by "renhou"
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013041010gm-0009-7447-199d05f9&tw=1&ts=8
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013080614gm-0089-0000-x339040987b74&tw=1&ts=7
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2012102815gm-0009-0000-e3ad7ffe&tw=1&ts=3
  • Win with exactly 30,000
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2012120416gm-0009-0000-20a78337&tw=3&ts=8

Achievement list

Riichi achievement list - a list of very odd, but possible, scenarios in the game

Sandbox page

This is where I do various test edits. User:KyuuAA/sandbox

External links

If you drop a winning tile on me, I'll be thinking this - sometimes.