Koushin Asakura

Koushin Asakura, 「朝倉康心」 (March 4, 1986 - ) more commonly known as ASAPIN, is a mahjong professional with Saikouisen and former player of M League team U-Next_Pirates. He is noted for being the first player to reach the rank of Tenhoui. In addition, he is the first player to acquire the rank of Tenhoui in two accounts as the 11th Tenhoui.

Koushin Asakura
Association Saikouisen
Pro since 2018

Tenhou

On February 4, 2011, Koushin Asakura achieved the top rank of Tenhoui prior to anyone else in Tenhou.net.

Meijinsen

He participated in the Tenhou Meijinsen competition for the years 2011 to 2018. In this span, he made the Top 4 four times, while winning the competition twice overall.

Saikouisen

MLeague

In the inaugural draft, he was selected by the UNext Pirates. He was the team's second pick.

External links

Koushin Asakura in Japanese Wikipedia
LAPOM interview of ASAPIN at the 2017 World Riichi Championship
YouTube streaming channel