鳥星雨

Himeko from Kobayashi Ritz's Saki
Full name 鳥星雨
Country USA, Japan, Korea
Club Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong
ID 鳥星雨

Mahjong Biography

鳥星雨 (Toriesu) is an amateur Riichi Mahjong player who first got into the game of Riichi because of Kobayashi Ritz's Saki series, where his favorite character is Shindouji's Captain, Tsuruta Himeko. As a result, 鳥星雨 founded Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong in April of 2018, bringing in new players like his close friend YuukiTheFlash. 鳥星雨 goes by the same pseudonym 鳥星雨 on Tenhou. While he use to regularly play club mahjong with both Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong and Chicago Area Mahjong, 鳥星雨 graduated from Northwestern University in Spring of 2018, and went abroad to study Japanese in a summer program at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.

While at Waseda in the summer of 2018, 鳥星雨 attended weekly meetings of Waseda's Mahjong Club, where he claims to have gotten a lot better at the game. There, 鳥星雨 learned how to "steal Riichi sticks" by pushing after someone else riichis and winning small hands, but taking the Riichi stick in the process. After completing his summer program at Waseda, 鳥星雨 left Japan for his job located in Seoul, Korea, where his only exposure to the game is through playing net mahjong on Tenhou, oftentimes with his friends in the US.

Tournament Play

鳥星雨 has not yet competed in an official Riichi Mahjong Tournament, but plans to in the future.

Tenhou.net Aliases

4-Player Ranked Statistics

Name Tenhou Rank Games First Game Last Game Rank Avg Best Worst Avg Score Sources
鳥星雨 (二段 r1549) 144 04-03-2018 08-27-2018 2.55 +71 -89 -2.77 鳥星雨[1]