KyuuAA

KyuuAA
Full name	Kyuu
Country	USA
Club	CAMP
ID	epi*i+1

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

Tournament play

Date(s)	Event	Venue	Medium	Ruleset	Placement / Total
Jan 2015	WRML S2	Tenhou.net	Online	WRML	3 / 8
Mar 2015	WRML S3	Tenhou.net	Online	WRML	8 / 12
Jun 13-14, 2015	NARO 1	Montreal, CAN	Physical tiles	NARO	7 / 12
Sep 26-27, 2015	NYC Open	New York City	Physical tiles	WRC 2015	24 / 40
July 2, 2016	2016 Osamuko Invitational	Tenhou.net	Online	Modified	16 / 16
Sep 10-11, 2016	PML Open	San Francisco	Auto table	WRC 2015	38 / 52
May 20, 2017	ACEN 2017	Rosemont, IL	Physical Tiles	Tenhou.net rules	26 / 28
Oct 5-9, 2017	WRC 2017	Las Vegas	Physical Tiles	WRC 2015	198 / 224

Tenhou.net aliases

4-player statistics only.

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]
Kyuu44	65	12-17-2009	05-13-2010	2.71	+111	-57	Retired	[3]
Kyuu24	133	05-09-2010	01-30-2011	2.93	+79	-87	Retired	[4]
Kyuu77	46	03-13-2011	07-29-2012	2.59	+125	-64	Retired	[5]
ICKyuu	89	05-20-2013	04-05-2016	2.61	80	-69	Retired	[6]
KyuuBB	35	04-12-2013	02-18-2016	2.01	+77	-34	Retired	[7]
KyuuCC		09-21-2017					Active	[8]
KyuuAA	24	01-31-2011	12-30-2011	2.50	+60	-51	Active	[9]
	643	01-02-2012	12-25-2012	2.45	+99	-79		[10]
	769	01-02-2013	12-29-2013	2.49	+108	-61		[11]
	1050	01-03-2014	12-31-2014	2.41	+106	-74		[12]
	771	01-05-2015	12-31-2015	2.42	+100	-67		[13]
	1093	01-03-2016	12-30-2016	2.47	+101	-66		[14]
	932	01-06-2017	12-30-2017	2.53	+106	-69		[15]
		01-03-2018						[16]

Ladder by year

Name	Games	First game	Last game	Rank Avg	Best	Worst	Status	Source
KyuuAA	Cumulative			2.50	+106	-79	Active	[17]
	170	07-06-2012	12-15-2012	2.47	+74	-79		[18]
	225	01-11-2013	12-29-2013	2.58	+79	-61		[19]
	633	01-03-2014	12-31-2014	2.54	+106	-74		[20]
	566	01-05-2015	12-31-2015	2.42	+100	-67		[21]
	705	01-03-2016	12-30-2016	2.50	+101	-62		[22]
	701	01-06-2017	12-28-2017	2.56	+106	-69		[23]
		01-03-2018						[24]
KyuuCC	50	09-21-2017	12-31-2017	2.46	+79	-60	Active	[25]
KyuuCC		01-08-2018					Active	[26]

Ladder by lobby

Last update: 12-29-2017

Name	Games	First game	Last game	Rank Avg	Best	Worst	Lobby	Source
KyuuAA	1694	02-23-2012		2.36	+108	-69	7447	[27]
	398	01-31-2011	01-31-2016	2.47	+79	-79	一般	[28]
	1619	12-08-2012	05-27-2017	2.48	+106	-74	上級	[29]
	1199	03-14-2016		2.58	+106	-69	特上	[30]
KyuuCC	54	2017-09-21	2018-01-30	2.41	+92	-60	一般	[31]
	83	2018-01-13	2018-02-27	2.21	+71	-61	上級	[32]
	101	2018-03-02		2.46	+104	-58	特上	[33]

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	三段 10-03-2014 三段 10-26-2014 四段 05-09-2015 五段 04-12-2016 五段 06-19-2016 五段 10-16-2016 四段 05-09-2017	五段 04-06-2018

Sega Mahjong alias

Tengokuhai Mahjong alias

Yakuman count

As of 05-15-2018, Kyuu's yakuman count is at 40 via Tenhou.net.[34] Just 1 is scored via Sega Mahjong. An additional four more were scored using real tiles.

Tenhou.net

#	Date	Yakuman	Room	Oya	Notes	Source
1	07-21-2010^[1]	Suuankou	一般	No	The only time yakuman was scored, only to finish in fourth.	[35]
2	08-22-2010^[2]	Daisangen	一般	No	Shousangen tenpai declined and later proceeded to draw 2 haku in a row.	[36]
3	02-22-2012	Shousuushii, Tsuuiisou	一般	Yes	Initial honitsu push converted into double yakuman.	[37]
4	06-16-2012	Kazoe	一般	No	Unknowingly and luckily tsumo'd this one.	[38]
5	07-08-2012	Kokushi	7447	No	Fast kokushi, tenpai by 6-7 discards.	[39]
6	10-31-2012	Suuankou	7447	Yes	Retailatory yakuman, as I had played into a Chinrotou one game prior. Also, furiten.	[40]
7	11-03-2012	Shousuushi	7447	No	Started hand with one of each wind, with initial intent to build honitsu.	[41]
8	11-08-2012	Kazoe	7447	No	Suuankou tenpai	[42]
9	01-06-2013	Suuankou	7447	No	Rejected calling ankan out of fear. After examining the wall, the rinshanpai was an agaripai.	[43]
10	01-17-2013	Kazoe	7447	Yes	Dealt hatsu ankan, held kan call until tenpai. Only hand won in the game.	[44]
11	06-19-2013	Shousuushi	上級	Yes	Broke cheap tenpai to convert hand to yakuman.	[45]
12	09-20-2013	Kokushi	上級	No	Began with 7 elements for orasu, and had to go for it while being last.	[46]
13	02-25-2014	Shousuushi	上級	Yes	Obvious opening hand for the yakuman.	[47]
14	03-09-2014	Kazoe	上級	No	Defense against two riichi's, both likely to be manzu waits.	[48]
15	04-14-2014	Suuankou tanki	7447	No	Simple collection of those ankous.	[49]
16	10-08-2014	Tsuuiisou	上級	No	Declined tenpai for toitoi + honitsu. 800th ranked game.	[50]
17	11-13-2014	Kokushi	上級	No	Snapped a horrible six 4th place losing streak. Very despair motivated.	[51]
18	04-30-2015	Kokushi 13	上級	No	Rising Sun!	[52]
19	05-05-2015	Daisangen	上級	No	Initially intended to go honroutou, honitsu. Daisangen chance apparent when the haku paired up.	[53]
20	07-11-2015	Kokushi	上級	No	Obvious chase for kokushi with 10-starting.	[54]
21	11-07-2015	Suuankou	上級	Yes	Game went into West. Was willing to call for toitoi to win the game, but scored yakuman instead.	[55]
22	12-08-2015	Kokushi	上級	Yes	Kokushi 1-shanten haipai.	[56]
23	02-19-2016	Suuankou	上級	No	My only hand won in the game. Declined shanpon tenpai for iipeikou nomi.	[57]
24	02-26-2016	Kokushi	上級	No	Kokushi with 10-starting. Initial 3-sou discard helped shift the tile draw into favor.	[58]
25	03-20-2016	Kokushi	7447	Yes	Kyuushuu kyuuhai declined, and chased kokushi anyways. Scored on the last haku.	[59]
26	06-14-2016	Suuankou	特上	Yes	First tokujou yakuman. Also, suuankou tenpai vs suuankou tenpai.	[60]
27	08-03-2016	Suuankou	特上	Yes	Had a potential suuankou tanki two hands prior.	[61]
28	10-27-2016	Chuuren poutou	特上	Yes	Chase for honitsu ended with chuuren poutou.	[62]
29	12-16-2016	Suuankou	特上	No	1-shanten after two turns, and ippatsu if riichi was called.	[63]
30	01-06-2017	Daisangen	特上	No	Push for toitoi honitsu, ended up as daisangen in a battle against toimen's potential haneman toitoi.	[64]
31	01-21-2017	Daisangen	7447	No	Broke shousangen tenpai to set up for daisangen, after acquiring 3 dragon pairs.	[65]
32	05-07-2017	Daisangen	C8827	No	Early dragon pairs lead to daisangen.	[66]
33	07-14-2017	Suuankou	特上	No	1-shanten after 4 draws.	[67]
34	09-21-2017	Suuankou	特上	No	2-shanten after 3 draws, 1-shanten after 4-draws, tenpai after 5-draws. Win on the 6th draw.	[68]
35	09-26-2017	Suuankou	特上	No	Tenpai on the 4th turn.	[69]
36	01-25-2018	Daisangen	上級	No	Declined yakuhai 2 tenpai, and opted for at least shousangen with hatsu dora.	[70]
37	02-24-2018	Suuankou	7447	No	Shanpon for double nan and dora.	[71]
38	04-06-2018	Suuankou	特上	Yes	A pair of ryantan patterns developed for suuankou upgrade.	[72]
39	05-04-2018	Daisuushii	特上	No	Initial decision for shousuushii and apparent after one wind pon and three wind pairs.	[73]
40	05-16-2018	Shousuushii, Tsuuiisou	7863	No	Began with three honor pairs. Completed on jigoku.	[74]

Sega Net Mahjong

Date	Yakuman	Room	Oya	Notes	Source
04-10-2016	Daisangen	段位認定戦	No	Closed daisangen, which could've been coupled with suuankou.	[75]

Real tiles

Date	Yakuman	Location	Notes	Source
03-28-2012	Ryuuiisou	Club play	Tsumo:	[76]
07-24-2014	Shousuushi	Club play	Tsumo:	[77]
05-17-2015	Kokushi	Anime Central	Ron:
09-26-2015	Suuankou	New York Open Freeplay	Tsumo:	[78]

Sanbaiman count

As of April 24, 2018, Kyuu has scored 10 sanbaiman online. An additional one is scored using real tiles.

Tenhou.net

Date	Main yaku	Room	Han	Oya	Notes	Source
09-03-2012	Chinitsu Chiitoitsu	一般	12	No	Response hand to the previous one.	[79]
10-18-2012	Sanshoku	一般	11	Yes	Kan assisted.	[80]
06-16-2013	Riichi Ippatsu Tsumo	上級	12	No	Riichi after kan, like the 01-17-2013 Kazoe.	[81]
10-19-2013	Pinfu	7447	11	Yes	Kan assisted.	[82]
06-02-2014	Honitsu	7447	12	No	Fast honitsu, with yakuhai dora.	[83]
09-03-2015	Pinfu	上級	12	No	Kan assisted.	[84]
11-30-2015	Shousangen	上級	11	Yes	Daisangen tenpai, on yasume tsumo. No dora.	[85]
01-12-2018	Chinitsu	一般	12	Yes	Chinitsu, tenpai for suuankou.	[86]
02-21-2018	Mentanpin Iipeikou	特上	11	No	Called riichi against two riichi, after dama a couple of turns.	[87]
04-24-2018	Sanankou	7447	11	Yes	Kan riichi	[88]

Real tiles

Date	Main yaku	Room	Han	Notes	Source
05-14-2014	Toitoi	CAMP	12	Double ton, toitoi, dora 8. By ron. Ended game as the initial dealer.

End score of 100 or greater

These scores were acquired via Tenhou.net lobbies using Tenhou's uma 20/10 rate.

Date	Room	Score	Notes	Source
02-22-2012	一般	+125	Double yakuman.	[89]
05-08-2010	一般	+111	Multiple renchan on both dealer opportunities.	[90]
10-28-2013	7447	+108	All other players finishing with 3000 points or less.	[91]
02-25-2014	上級	+106	Won the last four consecutive hands, finishing with dealer shousuushi.	[92]
05-31-2017	特上	+106	East 2 domination.	[93]
05-10-2018	特上	+104	Won 8 out of 10 hands. Toimen oyamangan allowed the game to resume.	[94]
11-19-2009	一般	+103	No game link.	[95]
08-03-2016	特上	+101	Missed potential suuankou in one hand, scored one in another.	[96]
12-08-2015	上級	+100	Dealer kokushi while in the lead.	[97]

Unusual game list

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

Tsuuiisou + Shousuushi, via Rinshan kaihou

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013032523gm-0009-0000-eb5221b8&tw=1&ts=4

Tsuuiisou + Daisuushi, via Rinshan kaihou

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2014072115gm-0029-0000-8f8059ef&tw=3&ts=6

Kazoe, using Triple Kan

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2008121721gm-00c1-0000-fcadb0d7&tw=3&ts=5

Suu kantsu + Chinrotou

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013020807gm-0009-7447-8494ff98&tw=2&ts=2

Suu ankou + Tsuuiisou + Shousuushi

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

Suu kantsu (resembling Saki eps 19)

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2009110921gm-0029-0000-ad0f061b&tw=1&ts=2

Suu kantsu (converted from Suu Ankou Tanki)

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

Daisangen, at honba 10

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2014010103gm-00a9-0000-ca27a20c&tw=2&ts=9

Suukantsu beats Suuankou

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2014071521gm-0009-0000-b572bd52&tw=2&ts=5

Double ron into Kokushi and Chinroutou

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2009120221gm-0001-0000-8f264f66&tw=0&ts=3

Two yakuman, one after the other

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2015100911gm-0009-0000-bba70e74&tw=0&ts=1

Games without yakuman

None played by Kyuu.

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2018060112gm-00a9-0000-18d12cc5

2nd over a tied 3rd-4th by 100

More ridiculous stuff here

http://wikiwiki.jp/kusotsuno/?%C5%C1%C0%E2%A4%CE%C7%D7%C9%E8

Other highlighted games

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

Tenhou.net

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

Junchan + Chinitsu

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013080614gm-0089-0000-x339040987b74&tw=1&ts=7

Lost chance for Suuankou + Shousuushi

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

2nd and 4th separated by 200 pts, which leaves 3rd right in the middle

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013092514gm-0089-0000-xb34e5352dc7e&tw=3&ts=13

Blown ryuuiisou

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2015012507gm-0009-7447-af613d7b&tw=1&ts=6

My own sanchahou

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013030311gm-0009-7447-93eb0b9e&tw=2

Chuuren tenpai #1

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013102709gm-0009-7447-dce693b1&tw=0&ts=11

First tokujou game

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2016031416gm-0029-0000-bb00deb0&tw=3

Riichi ippatsu haitei

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013062617gm-0089-0000-xa37799b6321c&tw=3&ts=4

Chankan denies Rinshan Kaihou

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2016073116gm-0029-0000-47f43c94&tw=2&ts=8

One of the most retarded games, that I've ever played

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2012021619gm-0009-0000-f3dcd1c2&tw=0

Failed +100 attempt

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2016090420gm-0029-0000-d439fa9b&tw=2

Death by yakuman

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2012032214gm-0009-0000-cc8c2c61&tw=3&ts=12

One of my dumbest riichi's ever

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2014092217gm-0089-0000-3fd71626&tw=3&ts=8

My own "renhou"

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2017030814gm-0029-0000-38b54133&tw=1&ts=8

Riichi ippatsu haitei again

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2018011616gm-0029-0000-3ef2b95b&tw=1&ts=1

Win by 100 against two players

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2018042516gm-0029-0000-8463a14f&tw=0

Silly honba 10 game

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2018042915gm-0009-1290-97113058&tw=0

Double kan rinshan

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2018051409gm-0029-0000-62fe6cf4&tw=2&ts=1

Game against resident tokujou 10-dan (るーしあ)

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2016080421gm-0029-0000-a369ec1f&tw=3

Game against three 6-dan, each scoring haneman tsumo in the East round

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2016080113gm-0029-0000-147bd5e0&tw=2

Comeback from 0

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2018072510gm-0009-7863-96f643d8&tw=1

Majsoul

First game

http://www.majsoul.com/0/?paipu=da395567-98c6-428a-b364-7b36dae7e0e8_24708

First hanchan

http://www.majsoul.com/0/?paipu=e7a86cca-dc52-434c-b1f3-0d6c933fc4bb_24708

Videos

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm26675346

Washizu table design

Lists

Riichi achievement list - a list of very odd, but possible, scenarios in the game
Potluck rules - crazy rules to spice up the game
Mahjong memes - memes from this game