AM (b. 1986 in Korea) is a competitive Touhou player, active since November 2003, who specializes in Imperishable Night and Subterranean Animism. As of November 2008, AM holds simultaneous world records in both the regular and Extra modes of Subterranean Animism.
Since the debut of Subterranean Animism, the Lunatic and Extra categories had consistently been dominated by UnKnown and たろー, respectively. On October 26, AM broke たろー's record with a score of 1.091 billion, and later improved it to 1.094 billion. On October 30, AM broke UnKnown's world record with a score of 3.645 billion points, and since then, he has improved it multiple times. Originally having posted a blueprint with a target of 3.9 billion, AM exceeded expectations by posting the first 4.0 billion+ replay, which used new scoring strategies such as bombing Orin's "Needle Mountain" spellcard for 2000+ graze. AM's next goal is to break 1.1 billion points on Extra.
AM is also the most dominant player in Imperishable Night's Extra mode, holding the highest known score with every character, including the popular 3.010 billion Youmu replay. This score attack maintains an extremely high quality of play, as AM grazes through nearly every spellcard with no visible mistakes and accumulates over 100,000 time orbs in the process. AM also holds the Easy mode world record with a score of 3.104 billion. His Lunatic best of 5.213 billion, played with Sakuya and Remilia, is ranked 11th overall and 4th within its character category.
AM currently holds the fourth highest overall score in Perfect Cherry Blossom with 2.730 billion points. He initially wanted to break 3 billion points, but admitted to have failed that goal, blaming lack of patience. However, he has also confirmed he may return to it in the future, despite stiff competition from HS参謀, who currently holds world records under every difficulty and character type.
AM speaks some Japanese, and maintains a journal about his Touhou achievements. Recently, he has begun writing posts in both his native Korean and Japanese (sometimes with the help of an automated translator) due to the influx of Japanese-speaking visitors.
Notable player records
| Game | Mode | Score | Date | Character type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect Cherry Blossom | Lunatic | 2,730,863,160 (#4) | 2008/09/27 | Sakuya-B | |
| Imperishable Night | Extra | 3,010,565,950 (WR) | 2007/10/31 | Youmu solo | No-miss clear; 104,755 time orbs obtained |
| Easy | 3,104,212,600 (WR) | 2008/08/04 | Marisa solo | Accumulated point item value is 762,730 | |
| Subterranean Animism | Lunatic | 4,005,225,500 (WR) | 2008/11/08 | Reimu-A | 82,810 graze. Cleared with 5 lives. Missed Satori's Butterfly Reawakening. |
| Extra | 1,094,389,430 (WR) | 2008/10/25 | Reimu-A | 27,026 graze. No-miss + all spellcards captured. |