YuukiTheFlash

YuukiTheFlash

Toki from Kobayashi Ritz's Saki
Full name	YuukiTheFlash
Country	USA
Club	Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong
ID	Onjouji怜, Kikuko<3

Mahjong Biography

YuukiTheFlash is an amateur Riichi Mahjong player who first picked up the game in May 2018, at a Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong club meeting, where he was introduced to it by 鳥星雨 and taught from scratch by Kyuu. He goes by the pseudonyms of Onjouji怜 and Kikuko<3 on Tenhou. While Yuuki regularly plays club mahjong with both Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong and Chicago Area Mahjong, he also plays online, weekly, with the Tenhou Tuesday group. In addition, Yuuki has met and played with members of USPML.

Yuuki is an avid fan of Kobayashi Ritz's Saki series, where his favorite character is Senriyama's Vanguard, Onjouji Toki. Subsequently, Yuuki's favorite yaku in the game is Ippatsu 一発, and his favorite yaku combination is Ippatsu Tsumo, as it is Toki's signature hand. Although he has never scored it or seen it live, Yuuki's favorite Yakuman is Tenhou 天和. (There was a period of time where Yuuki was obsessed with Daisangen 大三元, which has since dulled after he scored it multiple times on Tenhou). Yuuki's proudest hand that he has scored is what he refers to as his "Toki Kazoe", which was a Kazoe Yakuman scored in casual play, where Ippatsu Tsumo on his takame tile gave him exactly 13 Han needed for the Yakuman (Riichi, Ippatsu, Tsumo, Pinfu, Ryanpeikou, Honitsu, Dora 2, Akadora 1).

Tournament Play

Date(s)	Event	Venue	Medium	Ruleset	Placement / Total
July - August 2018	2018 IORMC USA Qualification	Tenhou.net	Online	IORMC Rules	5 / 26

Tenhou.net Aliases

4-Player Ranked Statistics

Name	Tenhou Rank	Games	First Game	Last Game	Rank Avg	Best	Worst	Avg Score	Sources
Kikuko<3	(四段 r1718)	497	05-24-2018	08-25-2018	2.52	+91	-61	+0.32	[1][2]
Onjouji怜	(二段 r1824)	69	08-17-2018	08-30-2018	2.15	+87	-58	+13.1	[3][4]

Milestones

9級 06-05-2018 8級 06-06-2018 7級 06-07-2018 6級 06-08-2018 5級 06-09-2018

4級 06-09-2018 3級 06-10-2018 2級 06-10-2018 1級 06-12-2018 初段 06-12-2018

二段 06-16-2018 三段 07-03-2018 四段 08-13-2018 Source

Playing Style

YuukiTheFlash has an aggressive leaning play-style, with an average deal in rate (放銃率 - Houjuu ritsu) of around 13.8% across his two main Tenhou accounts. This aggression is more strongly reflected in his higher than average hand win rate (和了率 - Houra ritsu), of 26.2% on his Onjouji怜 account, and an overall average of 24.2% across both accounts. In addition, Yuuki tends to be more of a Menzen-type player shown by his overall high Riichi rate (立直率 - Riichi ritsu) above 21.9%, and more often than not - refuses to Damaten unless there is a clear advantage to doing so. Nonetheless, Yuuki does at times play like Atarashi Ako, a character in the Saki series who is unmatched in her speed through calling. Yuuki's Call rate (副露率 - Fuuro ritsu) across his two accounts is 36.1%, which is average, but his more recent Onjouji怜 account has a high call rate of 39.1%, showing clear influence from Ako's play. (Note that this is as of 9-05-18, and credit goes to Tina for her article on how to interpret Tenhou stats).

Yuuki tries to emulate Onjouji Toki's play-style in his overall mahjong play, by attempting to predict the tiles he will draw, and building his hand based on that, instead of going by probability. Toki is known for doing this with future sight ability, which allows her to see exactly what tiles she will draw next. This makes her specialty Ippatsu Tsumo, as she Riichis when she sees that she will tsumo the next turn. While Yuuki is far from Toki's mahjong level and ability, he has shown flashes of Toki-style with play, with instances including his chase of 2 Riichis (one was a dealer Riichi that happened to be a Sanmenchan wait) with a dora tanki only to Ippatsu Tsumo that hand; and his "Toki Kazoe" hand where he dama'd 3 turns before Riichi, and his Ippatsu Tsumo after the Riichi got him exactly 13 han.

Due to Yuuki's disdain for Miyanaga Saki, the protagonist of the Saki series, who specializes in Rinshan kaihou 嶺上開花, he often rejects calling Kan. However, when he does kan, it usually is not good for him. Instances of this including Yuuki getting hit by Chankan 搶槓 while trying to to rinshan, and more notably a time when he called Kan twice during his dealer Riichi, with a sanmenchan wait, but not only did he fail to Rinshan both times, but the kans gave an oikake Kamicha Riichi dora 10 after she tsumos, winning her a Sanbaiman.

Yakuman Count

As of 09-04-2018, YuukiTheFlash's Yakuman count is at 6 (4 via Tenhou.net and 2 on real tiles). Only Yakuman scored in 4-Player are counted.

Tenhou.net

#	Date	Yakuman	Room	Oya	Notes	Source
1	06-10-2018	Daisangen 大三元	一般	No	First Yakuman; ron on Toimen with a Hadaka tanki, but he shared the pain with Kamicha due to Sekinin barai.	[5]
2	06-13-2018	Daisangen 大三元	上級	No	A gyakuten ron 7 discards in, hitting the leader, Kamicha, on South 1 Honba 2. Also, in South 3, I was iishanten for a Shousuushii, Tsuuiisou.	[6]
3	06-21-2018	Daisangen 大三元	上級	No	Was in third, pushing for first, dropping dangerous tiles including dora to keep Daisangen tenpai, which paid off with a ron on Shimocha to win the game.	[7]
4	08-31-2018	Shousuushii 小四喜	3003	Yes	First Oya Yakuman, a gyakuten passing first place Kamicha who was at 58k to win the game. Ron on 鳥星雨, Shimocha, who yelled "hit me" in voice chat right before being hit.	[8]

Real Tiles

Date	Yakuman	Location	Notes	Source
06-20-2018	Kokushi Musou 国士無双	Northwestern University Riichi Mahjong Club Play	Ron: Yuuki's first Yakuman on real tiles, ron on jigoku 9m. Meanwhile, Kyuu (Kamicha) had a Yakuman looking hand as well.	[9]
09-01-2018	Kazoe Yakuman 数え役満	Casual Play with Family Friends	Tsumo: "Toki Kazoe" - Ippatsu Tsumo on takame for exactly 13 han (Riichi, Ippatsu, Tsumo, Pinfu, Ryanpeikou, Honitsu, Dora 2, Akadora 1).	[10]

Unusual Highlights

These are some unusual situations that YuukiTheFlash has been a part of, while playing Riichi Mahjong.

Date	Location	Situation	Description	Source
06-28-2018	Tenhou.net	Agari Renchan Deny West Win - First to score over 30k points in West, and still not win under normal Tenhou rules.	In South 4, Shimocha tsumo'd forcing a West round, as no one was above 30k (due to the Enchousen rule). Then in West 1, the dealer (Kamicha), and Yuuki double ron'd Toimen allowing Yuuki to pass 30k (going to 31.8k), while Kamicha goes to 29.9k. However, because of agari renchan, Kamicha is entitled to another hand, which he wins, passing Yuuki in West 1 Honba 1 to win the hanchan.	[11]
08-11-2018	Chicago Area Mahjong Club Play	Perfect Houtei Sanchahou 三家和 - One of three players to call ron on the houtei tile dropped by the dealer.	In South 3 Honba 1, the dealer is in last place and needed to push tenpai, despite one riichi being on the table. The dealer draws the haitei tile but is not tenpai and decides to drop the dangerous dora, which is the 4s, as the houtei tile. This prompts the 3 others players who happen to be waiting on dora to call ron, forcing a Tochuu ryuukyoku by Sanchahou, allowing the dealer to continue his dealership. In the picture, Yuuki is Kamicha, who was waiting on 1, 4, 7s, a Sanmentan wait.	[12]
08-11-2018	Chicago Area Mahjong Club Play	Saki Rinshan Curse - Punishing failure to Rinshan during his dealer riichi after 2 ankans.	As dealer in East 1, Yuuki is the first one tenpai with 2 ankous in his hand, with a sanmenchan wait on 5m, 8m, and East, and so he Riichi's. During his Riichi he is able to Kan twice but fails to tinshan tsumo both times. Kamicha decides to oikake after receiving many dora in her hand from the kans. She ends up tsumoing and after the uradora flips she wins a Sanbaiman, (Riichi, Tsumo, Dora 6, Uradora 4).	[13]