鳥星雨

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	[1][2]

Milestones

9級 04-03-2018 8級 04-03-2018 7級 04-03-2018 6級 04-04-2018

5級 04-04-2018 4級 04-05-2018 3級 04-06-2018 2級 04-13-2018

1級 04-17-2018 初段 04-22-2018 二段 06-22-2018 Source

Playing Style

鳥星雨 has a more defensive play-style, and usually folds his hands when he is in the lead. As a result, his average hand win rate (和了率 - Houra ritsu), is on the lower side at 21.6%. 鳥星雨 is a Menzen-type player who rarely calls, highlighted by his very below average (副露率 - Fuuro ritsu) at 25.9%. Despite this, 鳥星雨 does not call Riichi as often and prefers to stay Damaten most of the time, indicated by his low Riichi rate (立直率 - Riichi ritsu) of 18.1%. 鳥星雨 stated that he "plays like super well when he is ahead", but is "absolutely terrible when behind" and needs a gyakuten. (Note that this is as of 9-05-18, and credit goes to Tina for her article on how to interpret Tenhou stats).

Yakuman Count

As of 09-05-2018, 鳥星雨's Yakuman count is at 1, having scored it via real tiles. Only Yakuman scored in 4-Player are counted.

Real Tiles

Date	Yakuman	Location	Notes	Source
07-03-2018	Kokushi Musou 国士無双	Waseda Mahjong Club Play	Ron: 鳥星雨's first Yakuman, Ron second place Kamicha on houtei, jigoku Haku, orrasu while initially holding the lead at 41k as dealer. 鳥星雨 shouted "Ron" and slammed the tiles down so hard on the auto-table that it caused a disturbance at the jansou where Waseda University Mahjong Club held its sessions.	[3]