I’m constantly teaching a lot of things in my live streams, showing the good things of naki maajan (mahjong with a lot of open hands). Q: How would you say that it’s possible to become good at mahjong?Ī: Being taught by someone really skillful, and taking the best things from that person. Q: So there’s no bad blood with people from different associations? Q: There are many different professional organizations in Japan, why did you end up choosing the Japanese Professional Mahjong Association (JPMA), and not for example JPML?Ī: Well, Renmei (JPML) uses “competition” rules where there is no red dora or ura dora, and every organization has its own rules, I just liked Kyoukai’s (JPMA) rules better than the others. I’m not sure about that, I didn’t really think about it. Probably by the time I came out of my mother’s womb. Q: At what point did you realize you were good at mahjong?Ī: Since I was born. Anyway, I was already in college, so it was up to me. Q: So, how did you family react when you told them you wanted to be a professional mahjong player?Ī: I told them -after- I became a pro. Q: You don’t lose your cool when you play?Ī: It’s important not to get mad. It’s still a good feeling when I win, and I don’t make it a big deal if I lose either. Q: Did something change since you became a professional player?Ī: Not really, it’s just the same. There are many others that I like and have read, though. Q: What kind of mahjong manga do you like?Ī: I like Fukumoto’s work. Q (xKime): When did you become a professional player?Ī (Kawamura): I was in college at the time, I was fascinated by a lot of books on mahjong, both strategy and manga, and also playing the arcade game MJ. What is necessary to improve at mahjong: Rather than getting used to it, study it! Steal for yourself only the good things from good players.Ī word for fans: Feel free to call me at MJ for a match, let’s have a good time. **What is mahjong for you: **Impossible to impress with play style, you impress with results. What do you like best other than mahjong: Internet. People you respect: People who don’t judge other people’s discards. What is the reason: I didn’t get to win a single hand, but I won just by tenpai payments. Happy moments when playing mahjong: Win or lose, the moment when you feel your own growth.Ī match that left an impression on you: A certain competition hanchan. Reason for becoming pro: I didn’t have any experience at parlors yet, but I had read a lot of strategy books and a whole lot of mahjong manga and my fascination towards professional players began to grow. **Beliefs: **In mahjong and in life, good manners. **Reason for starting mahjong: **Taught by my superiors at college. Origin for his phrase: His surprising dora tanki and daiminkan are in most cases successful. He makes it very clear that there is a difference between “attacking” and “pushing.” This style makes him very fit for either real life or internet mahjong which he also regularly plays.īefore anything else, let’s see his MJ4 Evolution profile: Consequently, even though his hand-win rate is much higher than average, he’s not the type to just discard everyone else’s winning tiles. Indeed, winning before anyone else can get their tenpai, and folding when they do, is the ideal way to avoid dealing in. He could be seen as a very agressive player (“super swift attack style”) but his defense is also very strong. Kawamura defines himself as a digital player, and his field of expertise is “naki maajan.” Because of this, about half of the hands he plays are open. He is also a playable figure at the arcade mahjong game MJ4 Evolution. He joined the Japanese Professional Mahjong Association and climbed his way up to the C1 division in the Mahjong King league. Kawamura Akihiro (川村晃裕) was born in Aichi-ken (愛知県) in the Chuubu area of Japan, on June 3rd, 1986. Today’s article features Kawamura Akihiro (川村晃裕) from the 日本プロ麻雀協会 (Japanese Professional Mahjong Association), and I actually got to make him some questions for this article. Following the last article on Tsuchida Koushou, I want to keep introducing professional players from Japan.
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