鳥星雨

鳥星雨

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

Mahjong Biography

鳥星雨 (ちょうせいう or とりせいう) is an amateur Riichi Mahjong player who currently administers the Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong (NURM) club, based in Evanston, IL, USA. He founded the club in April of 2018, and continues to play a large role in the management of the club, despite his graduation and employment overseas. An alumnus of Northwestern University and of Waseda University, 鳥星雨 has connections with both the North American scene and the Japanese scene. He currently resides in Suwon, South Korea.

鳥星雨 plays as 鳥星雨 on Tenhou, where he shares a healthy rivalry with his fellow clubmate and close friend YuukiTheFlash. He is also a former regular club member at Chicago Area Mahjong and Waseda Mahjong Club. He still often plays on Tenhou with members from his former clubs, and runs the NURM weekly Friday night Tenhou meetings, hosted within the club's Discord Server.

His favorite Saki character is Tsuruta Himeko.

Tournament Play

鳥星雨 has not yet competed in an official Riichi Mahjong Tournament.

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 Hatsu, 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]