Tournament

2026 Chicago Area Riichi Tournament

Welcome to the 2026 edition of the Chicago Area Riichi Tournament, featuring Saikouisen rules with red fives and Swiss-style pairings!

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Event dates: Sep 19, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026
Venue: 9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Rosemont, Illinois, United States, 60018
Location: Rosemont, Illinois
Certification: ARA Certified

Tournament Results

Place: 1st

Jonathan Bradbury

North Star Riichi Mahjong

Qualifying points: 173.00
Place: 2nd

Yicheng Zhang

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 141.00
Place: 3rd

Claire HernandezPRO

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 122.00
Place: 4th

Jonathan B

Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 109.00
Place: 5th

Chad Tramel

The Yakumen - Chicago Chapter

Qualifying points: 98.00
Place: 6th

Zelong L

Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 90.00
Place: 7th

Boyuan N

Los Angeles Pride of Mahjong

Qualifying points: 83.00
Place: 8th

Caleb Gonzalez

Oklahoma Mahjong

Qualifying points: 77.00
Place: 9th

Michael Xu

Riichi Mahjong Club, Wisconsin

Qualifying points: 71.00
Place: 10th

Kristy CPRO

Philly Mah-Jawn

Qualifying points: 66.00
Place: 11th

Darren James David

Chicago Area Mahjong

Qualifying points: 62.00
Place: 12th

Alexander Bednar

Clear Creek Riichi

Qualifying points: 58.00
Place: 13th

Shio T

Vegas Dragons Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 54.00
Place: 14th

Peiyan Yang

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 51.00
Place: 15th

Ryan Z

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 48.00
Place: 16th

Hojoon Lee

No Club

Qualifying points: 45.00
Place: 17th

Yancheng Fang

No Club

Qualifying points: 42.00
Place: 18th

Michael D

Toronto Riichi Club

Qualifying points: 39.00
Place: 19th

Ben N

No Club

Qualifying points: 37.00
Place: 20th

Kinyan L

Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 34.00
Place: 21st

Mark T

Toronto Riichi Club

Qualifying points: 32.00
Place: 22nd

Stanley D

Pacific Mahjong League

Qualifying points: 30.00
Place: 23rd

Rina Tamura

Queen City Riichi

Qualifying points: 28.00
Place: 24th

Lucas L

No Club

Qualifying points: 26.00
Place: 25th

Matt Hosokawa

Chicago Area Mahjong

Qualifying points: 24.00
Place: 26th

Calvin C

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 22.00
Place: 27th

Tri Do

Urbana Mahjong Pit

Qualifying points: 20.00
Place: 28th

Cody L

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 19.00
Place: 29th

Joseph M

Central Iowa Riichi Club

Qualifying points: 17.00
Place: 30th

Allen ZPRO

Philly Mah-Jawn

Qualifying points: 16.00
Place: 31st

Minjin P

Kansas City Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 14.00
Place: 32nd

Jonathan F

No Club

Qualifying points: 13.00
Place: 33rd

Conor D

Chicago Area Mahjong

Qualifying points: 11.00
Place: 34th

Charlie S

No Club

Qualifying points: 10.00
Place: 35th

Xiao Zhang

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 8.00
Place: 36th

Muhammad Afif Anindito

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 7.00
Place: 37th

Jienan Z

Space City Riichi

Qualifying points: 6.00
Place: 38th

My V

Kansas City Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 5.00
Place: 39th

Josh H.

Riichi Rising

Qualifying points: 4.00
Place: 40th

Huzaifah S

Chicago Area Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 41st

Justin N

Kansas City Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 42nd

Carter Powers

Chicago Area Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 43rd

Dustin F

DC Riichi Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 44th

Barb c

DC Riichi Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 45th

Binyi Zhang

Boston Meowjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 46th

Albert Wen

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 47th

Eric H

Clermont-Orlando Riichi Mahjong Squad

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 48th

Jesse Li

The Yakumen - Chicago Chapter

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 49th

Mikihiro Ikenaga

No Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 50th

Aaron Ebejer

Southeast Michigan Riichi

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 51st

Peter d.

Charm City Riichi (Baltimore)

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 52nd

Frederic Faulkner

Atlanta Riichi Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 53rd

Jason J

No Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 54th

Seth Harvey

Kansas City Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 55th

Jay Mack

Triangle Riichi Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 56th

Emily W

Ozark Riichi Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 57th

Tanarawin V

Urbana Mahjong Pit

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 58th

Rizeng Z

Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 59th

Boren GPRO

World Riichi Pro Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 60th

Noelle H

Seattle Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 61st

Chris G

Louisiana Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 62nd

Koichi N

Chicago Area Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 63rd

Kyle Pittleman

DC Riichi Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 64th

Quincy H

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 65th

Loïc Roberge

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 66th

Hisashi T

Chicago Area Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 67th

Jersey Mike V

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 68th

Austin Booth

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 69th

Luke Bullette

No Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 70th

Justin Purdy

Atlanta Riichi Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 71st

Tianshen HPRO

World Riichi Pro Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 72nd

Alex Nelson

North Star Riichi Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 73rd

Troy Vong

Kansas City Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 74th

Benjamin Simpson

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 75th

Carlos Dylan Munoz

The Yakumen - Chicago Chapter

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 76th

Isabelle L

DC Riichi Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 77th

Will S

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 78th

Andre C

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 79th

Michael H

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 80th

Alexander L

North Star Riichi Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 81st

beatrice b

No Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 82nd

Christian Manaog

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 83rd

Jacob K

Kansas City Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 84th

Grace Anderson

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 85th

Kaden CPRO

Pacific Mahjong League

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 86th

Emily Daniel-Calderon

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 87th

Max Suddendorf

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 88th

Fumiaki Kobayashi

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 89th

michael huynh

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 90th

Xuzhi Tang

The Yakumen - Chicago Chapter

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 91st

Zach Schradin

Queen City Riichi

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 92nd

Hanwen Zhang

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 93rd

Bichen WPRO

Pacific Mahjong League

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 94th

Cyrus Duong

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 95th

Yuning L

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 96th

Andrew W

The Yakumen - Chicago Chapter

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 97th

Adrienne S

Queen City Riichi

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 98th

Vinny T

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 99th

Takahiro Sato

Riichi Mahjong Columbus

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 100th

Joel Jongyun Baek

Mahjong Club @ UMNTC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 101st

Jason T

The Yakumen - Chicago Chapter

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 102nd

Kate Li

United States Professional Mahjong League

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 103rd

Daniel Chen

No Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 104th

Scott S

The Yakumen - Chicago Chapter

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 105th

Hyun Wook Edward Kang

The Yakumen - Chicago Chapter

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 106th

Mohan R

Riichi Mahjong Club, Wisconsin

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 107th

Edwin DPRO

American Riichi Mahjong League

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 108th

Finn Bender

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 109th

Ben Beyer

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 110th

Benjamin H

Kansas City Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 111th

Haoran Randy Yu

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 112th

Danbing Chen

No Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 113th

Gabe M

The Yakumen - Chicago Chapter

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 114th

Oliver K

Queen City Riichi

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 115th

Ean T

Riichi Mahjong Columbus

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 116th

Amy H

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 117th

Brian Nguyen

Kansas City Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 118th

Adán Villanueva

Mahjong Club @ UMNTC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 119th

Calvin Chang

North Star Riichi Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 120th

Yishen W

Philly Mah-Jawn

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 121st

Luis V

Philly Mah-Jawn

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 122nd

Michael S

Kansas City Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 123rd

Nick Wernert

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 124th

Damien T

The Yakumen - Chicago Chapter

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 125th

Brian W

No Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 126th

Jason Q

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 127th

Ty Broun

Ozark Riichi Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 128th

Kevin N

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 129th

Brian Tseng

Southeast Michigan Riichi

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 130th

Ricky T

Philly Mah-Jawn

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 131st

Juice Wilde

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 132nd

Katherine Novak

North Star Riichi Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 133rd

Japhy Walton

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 134th

Trey M

Kansas City Riichi Mahjong Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 135th

John Baylon

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 136th

Pio Y

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 137th

Zachary S

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 138th

Edward ZPRO

Philly Mah-Jawn

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 139th

Daria Tan

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 140th

Shelbie Bullette

No Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 141st

Chih Hsin Fan

Atlanta Riichi Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 142nd

Justin Gillespie

Oklahoma Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 143rd

Ashley C

Chicago Area Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 144th

Coco W

Riichi Nomi NYC

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 145th

Henry Leung

Atlanta Riichi Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 146th

Brendan Spence

The Yakumen - Chicago Chapter

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 147th

Kyle H

North Star Riichi Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 148th

Tomy

Twin Cities Japanese Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 149th

Dasha R

Chicago Area Mahjong

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 150th

Raven Way

Ozark Riichi Club

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 151st

Rith Ke

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 152nd

Eric Nguyen

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 153rd

April Uzdavinis

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 154th

Alec Zhu

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 155th

Sub1

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00
Place: 156th

Sub2

Profile unavailable

Qualifying points: 0.00

Tournament Results

Jonathan Bradbury

Yicheng Zhang

Claire HernandezPRO

Jonathan B

Chad Tramel

Zelong L

Boyuan N

Caleb Gonzalez

Michael Xu

Kristy CPRO

Darren James David

Alexander Bednar

Shio T

Peiyan Yang

Ryan Z

Hojoon Lee

Yancheng Fang

Michael D

Ben N

Kinyan L

Mark T

Stanley D

Rina Tamura

Lucas L

Matt Hosokawa

Calvin C

Tri Do

Cody L

Joseph M

Allen ZPRO

Minjin P

Jonathan F

Conor D

Charlie S

Xiao Zhang

Muhammad Afif Anindito

Jienan Z

My V

Josh H.

Huzaifah S

Justin N

Carter Powers

Dustin F

Barb c

Binyi Zhang

Albert Wen

Eric H

Jesse Li

Mikihiro Ikenaga

Aaron Ebejer

Peter d.

Frederic Faulkner

Jason J

Seth Harvey

Jay Mack

Emily W

Tanarawin V

Rizeng Z

Boren GPRO

Noelle H

Chris G

Koichi N

Kyle Pittleman

Quincy H

Loïc Roberge

Hisashi T

Jersey Mike V

Austin Booth

Luke Bullette

Justin Purdy

Tianshen HPRO

Alex Nelson

Troy Vong

Benjamin Simpson

Carlos Dylan Munoz

Isabelle L

Will S

Andre C

Michael H