Australian Hopefuls Interview Series

Continuing our look at previous WRC participants, we now chat to Jaymond from Sydney. Jay has a long history with ARMA and was once a driving force within ARMA pioneering connections to the international community. Jay currently holds the prestigious 8 Dan rank on Tenhou and has posted several top 8 finishes in past Australian Riichi Mahjong Opens as well as having previously won the teams section of the International Online Riichi Mahjong Championship in 2019. ...

Chasing a dream is difficult. Often you don’t reach the top of the mountain on your first try. This week we chat to 2 players who have previously been to WRC and discuss their thoughts on trying to make it back to the base of that mountain to attempt another climb. Aaron “Cheez” Chee is a long time member of ARMA. Having started riichi back in 2014, he’s been working hard ever since to polish his ability to tanki on chun. Since that fateful year Aaron has created quite the resume for himself including multiple well placed finishes in events including ARMA WRC League, ARMO, and AusRML. ...

Continuing our journey across the country, we now look at a player based out of NSW. Australia’s first Wednesday night friendlies Meijin, Seungwoo, more commonly known as Ani. Ani joined ARMA 2 years ago and has since entrenched himself as a member of the community. He can often be found playing in our Wednesday night friendlies, where he currently holds titles in all 4 rulesets. Q) What is your name? How did you get into mahjong and how long have you been playing? ...

Continuing our series, we work our way across the various states, this time visiting South Australia where we have Daniel “warmestRain” Bell from Adelaide. Daniel has quite the history with ARMA and has recently posted some amazing results including a dominant victory at the inaugural Adelaide Open, and a respectable 6th place finish at the Australian Riichi Mahjong Open in 2024. Q: What is your name? How did you get into mahjong and how long have you been playing? ...

Next up in our interview series is a player based out of Melbourne Victoria. Charles or better known in the community as “Kataru” joined ARMA in early 2023 and has since become a well known and liked member of the community. He is commonly found to be participating in many community events ranging from weekly Wednesday night friendlies all the way to large scale national events such as the Australian Riichi Mahjong Open where in 2024 he placed an impressive 2nd place. ...