鳥星雨

鳥星雨

Full name	토리
Country	South Korea
Club	Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong

Biography

鳥星雨 (ちょうせいう or とりせいう) is an amateur Riichi Mahjong player and streamer who currently resides in Seoul, South Korea. An alumnus of Northwestern University, he founded the Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong club in April 2018, and runs online events held through the club’s Discord server.

鳥星雨 was first introduced to mahjong through 咲-Saki- in November of 2017. He ordered his first set the next February, joined Chicago Area Mahjong in March, and founded NURM in April. Upon graduation, he moved to Asia, where he has played with Waseda University Mahjong Club in Tokyo, and at Sillim Mahjong Cafe in Seoul. Online, 鳥星雨 plays primarily on Tenhou and Majsoul, and on mobile, he prefers playing on Tengokuhai.

In his spare time, 鳥星雨 loves watching and analyzing videos of his favorite professional players. Often, he finds himself spending significantly more time watching mahjong rather than playing it. Some of his favorite pros include 魚谷侑未 (Uotani Yuumi), 二階戸亜紀 (Nikaido Aki), and 茅森早香 (Kayamori Sayaka).

Outside of mahjong, 鳥星雨 is avid fan of the 東方Project series of games, and specifically arrangements of its music. He frequently flies to Japan for travel, and regularly attends Comiket and Reitaisai. He collects music CDs, in part to satisfy his necessity for lossless audio files. He speaks Korean and Japanese at a conversational level.

Tournament Play

Date(s)	Event	Venue	Ruleset	Placement
2019/10/27	2019 KRMC	Sillim Mahjong 신림마장	KML Ruleset	26/29

Yakuman Count

Real Tiles

Date	Yakuman	Venue	Value	Notes	Source
2018/07/03	Kokushi Musou 国士無双	Waseda Mahjong Club 早稲田麻雀部	33000	Kokushi scored by houtei ron on a jigoku hatsu. With a haipai of 8 unique yaochuuhai, the initial attempt was for chanta, but gradually a yakuman became a possibility. Second place kamicha was hit for 32k.	[1]
2019/07/13	Suuankou 四暗刻	Sillim Mahjong 신림마장	34000	Suuankou scored via 8p tsumo on a shanpon 6s/8p wait. Ankan of 4s was called, with rinshanpai giving 7s. The decision to drop dora and go for suuankou was made in the second row. The winning 8p was drawn on the final available tile draw.	[2][3]
2019/09/10	Daisangen 大三元	Isu Mahjong 이수보드게임카페	34000	Daisangen scored on the jigoku hatsu. Haipai consisted of two whites, a green and a red, but gradually pairs were drawn and upgraded to calls. Riichis came out from both kamicha and shimocha, which were honestly very much welcome. In the end, shimocha dealt in, ending the game at East 2.	[4][5]

Netplay

Date	Yakuman	Platform	Value	Notes	Source
2019/04/03	Kokushi Musou 国士無双	Majsoul 雀魂麻将	32000	Kokushi scored on a jigoku 1m ron. Haipai consisted of 10 unique yaochuuhai, including every honor tile. Thus, kyushu kyuhai was declined and a yakuman was attempted from the beginning. Immediately after tenpai was achieved, shimocha dealt the final winning tile.	[6][7]
2019/05/21	Kokushi Musou 国士無双	Tengokuhai 麻雀 天極牌	48000	Kokushi scored ron on the west tile. Haipai consisted of 11 yaochuuhai, 10 unique. Tenpai was achieved on the ninth self-draw, in the first half of the second row. Immediately afterwards, toimen decided to lose 48k.	[8][9]
2019/07/14	Suuankou 四暗刻	Tengokuhai 麻雀 天極牌	35600	Suuankou scored via 8p tsumo on a shanpon 4m/8p wait. Tenpai was achieved fairly early. There was no concrete decision to go for suuankou, the hand just built itself this time around. Dora toitsu meant ron would have been taken, but luckily it ended up not mattering too much.	[10][11]

Links

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