鳥星雨

Joined 5 September 2018
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==Biography==
==Biography==
鳥星雨 (ちょうせいう or とりせいう) is an amateur Riichi Mahjong player who currently resides in Seoul, South Korea. An alumnus of [https://www.northwestern.edu/ Northwestern University], he founded the [[Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong]] club in April 2018, and continues to run all of the club's online events, held through the club Discord server. In addition, he serves in an advisory role to club management, and represents the club to any external parties.
鳥星雨 (ちょうせいう or とりせいう) is an amateur Riichi Mahjong player who currently resides in Seoul, South Korea. An alumnus of [https://www.northwestern.edu/ Northwestern University], he founded the [[Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong]] club in April 2018, and continues to run all of the club's online events, held through the club Discord server. In addition, he serves in an advisory role to club management, and represents the club to external parties.


鳥星雨 first read 咲-Saki- in November 2017, and quickly became interested in the game. He ordered his first set in February 2018, joined [[Chicago Area Mahjong]] in March, and founded NURM in April. After graduation, 鳥星雨 set off for Tokyo where he played with [https://twitter.com/wasedakmc2014 Waseda University Mahjong Club] for the summer. Since moving to Seoul for work, he has played primarily at [http://cafe.daum.net/richmajak Sillim Mahjong Cafe], where he continues to play today.
鳥星雨 was first introduced to mahjong through 咲-Saki- in November 2017. He ordered his first set in February 2018, joined [[Chicago Area Mahjong]] in March, and founded NURM in April. During the summer of 2018, he played with [https://twitter.com/wasedakmc2014 Waseda University Mahjong Club] in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Since moving to Seoul for work, he has played primarily at [http://cafe.daum.net/richmajak Sillim Mahjong Cafe], where he continues to play today.


Online, 鳥星雨 plays primarily on [http://tenhou.net/ Tenhou]. However, he also plays on [http://majsoul.union-game.com Majsoul] when he prefers to play more casually. He streams both ranked and unranked games, as well as game reviews on his [https://www.twitch.tv/toriseiu Twitch stream]. On mobile, he prefers playing on [http://game.nhn-hangame.com/detail.nhn?id=S-MAHJONG Tengokuhai].
Online, 鳥星雨 plays primarily on [http://tenhou.net/ Tenhou] and [http://majsoul.union-game.com Majsoul]. He enjoys playing (and streaming) both ranked and unranked games. On mobile, he prefers playing on [http://game.nhn-hangame.com/detail.nhn?id=S-MAHJONG 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 female pros include 魚谷侑未 (Uotani Yuumi), 二階戸亜紀 (Nikaido Aki), and 茅森早香 (Kayamori Sayaka), and some of his favorite male pros include 佐々木寿人 (Sasaki Hisato) and 金子正輝 (Kaneko Masateru).
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 female pros include 魚谷侑未 (Uotani Yuumi), 二階戸亜紀 (Nikaido Aki), and 茅森早香 (Kayamori Sayaka), and some of his favorite male pros include 佐々木寿人 (Sasaki Hisato) and 金子正輝 (Kaneko Masateru).
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