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The 26th ~ 30th All Japan Young Koi Show
 Date: April 12 & 13, 2008
The 26th All Japan
Young Koi Show
Venue: Ojiya City Gymnasium
Entries: 1,619
Grand Champion
63 bu Kohaku
Masahiro Hoshino
Farmer: Sakai Fish Farm
Dealer: Odakan

The entries exceeded more than

100 compared to the previous show.
The head judge and forty other
judges, divided into eight groups,
selected nominees for the grand
champion and took a vote.
None of the nominees earned the
majority. The second vote was done
among the top five of the first vote.
Again none won the majority. The
final vote was between the top two,
a Kohaku and a Taisho Sanshoku.
Mr. Masahiro Hoshino’s
Kohaku, bred by Sakai Fish Farm
and sold by Odakan, was judged the
victor. The thickset, well-fattened
body was outlined beautifully. The
well-balanced, stately Hi markings
gave exquisite dignity to the
Kohaku.
 Final vote between the top two of the second vote

24 votes 17 votes

63 bu Taisho
Sanshoku
Satoshi Okubo
Best in Variety
Farmer: Dainichi
Koi Farm
63 bu Kohaku Dealer: Narita
Masahiro Hoshino Koi Farm

Top five nominees of the first vote

15 votes 10 votes

63 bu
63 bu Kohaku Taisho Sanshoku
Masahiro Hoshino Satoshi Okubo
(8 votes in the first round) (9 votes in the first round)

4 votes 5 votes 7 votes

63 bu Showa Sanshoku 63 bu Taisho Sanshoku 63 bu Kohaku

Mitsuzo Kaneko Yoshiro Hyodo Pongsan Pattanapaison
(2 votes in the first round) (2 votes in the first round) (7 votes in the first round)
63 bu Champion 2nd place in 63 bu 2nd place in 63 bu
Farmer: Dainichi Koi Farm Farmer: Marudo Koi Farm Farmer: Sakai Fish Farm
Dealer: Nagashima Koi Farm Dealer: Shonan Nishikigoi Center Dealer: Narita Koi Farm
 Date: March 28 & 29, 2009
The 27th All Japan
Young Koi Show
Venue: Sun Messe Tosu
Entries: 1,815
Grand Champion
63 bu Kohaku
Mitsuzo Kaneko
Farmer / Sakai Fish Farm
Dealer: Nagashima Koi Farm

The show was held on Kyushu

for the first time in 20 years. The 41
judges, including the head, selected
the nominees. The second vote was
done among the top three of the first
vote but none earned the majority.
The result of the final vote, between
the two Kohaku’s, was 22 - 19. Mr.
Kaneko’s Kohaku won by a narrow
margin.
Mr. Kaneko has skill in raising
koi in his spring pond. He got
results of winning the superior
championship at the 35th All Japan
Koi Show with his Momotaro
Kohaku, nicknamed “Seio”, by
raising it to 92 cm long. As this
Kohaku had gained the confidence
of him, it is an ideal one: figure,
markings, and tendencies.
 Final vote between the top two of the second vote

22 votes 19 votes

63 bu Kohaku 63 bu Kohaku
Mitsuzo Kaneko Yoshio Funahashi
2nd place in 63 bu
Farmer: Sakai Fish Farm
Dealer: Narita Koi Farm

Top three nominees of the first vote

19 votes 13 votes 9 votes

63 bu Kohaku 63 bu Kohaku 63 bu Kohaku

Mitsuzo Kaneko Yoshio Funahashi Mr. Tepsit
(13 votes in the first round) (7 votes in the first round) (6 votes in the first round)
63 bu Champion
Farmer & Dealer: Rikoen

It is offspring of “Yamato”, which Sakai Fish Farm, also won the

won the grand championship in the championship in two consecutive
37th All Japan Koi Show. Its farmer, seasons.
 Date: April 3 & 4, 2010
The 28th All Japan
Young Koi Show
Venue: Sun Messe Tosu
Entries: 1,752
Grand Champion
63 bu Kohaku
Tan Yong Quan
Farmer / Sakai Fish Farm
Dealer: Narita Koi Farm

Among the nominees, only two

koi earned over 5 votes of the
judges. Consequently, the final vote
was done between the two 63 bu
koi; on one side is a Maruten
Kohaku with picturesque Sandan-
moyo pattern, and on the other, a
Taisho Sanshoku with an irregular
small Maruten Hi marking and
impressive Tsubo Sumi marking.
Mr. Tan’s Kohaku won 22 votes
and was declared the winner. The
Taisho Sanshoku was judged the
adult champion, according to the
rules.
Sakai Fish Farm is the farmer of
both champions, which brought the
farm the three straight wins
As the Sakura Champion was
newly established at the 40th All
 Final vote between the two which won more than five votes in the first {round}

22 votes 19 votes

63 bu Kohaku 63 bu Taisho Sanshoku

Tan Yong Quan Didi Wikara
(11 votes in the first round) (5 votes in the first round)

Adult Champion
Farmer & Dealer: Sakai Fish Farm
Agent: SAMURAI KOI CENTRE

The first winner of Other special prize winners

the Sakura Champion

Yume-no-Tategoi Prize Most Unique Koi Prize

58 bu B Ginrin 63 bu Showa Sanshoku 43 bu Kawarigoi
Katsuo Shibayama Soo Fook Poy Thomas Pohl
Farmer & Dealer: Farmer: Isa Koi Farm Farmer: Koshiji Koi Farm
Koi-no-Minuma Dealer: Tani Fish Farm Dealer: Narita Koi Farm

Japan Koi Show, the same prize was
also established in the All Japan
Young Koi Show this time along with
some new prizes. The Unique Koi
Prize and the Most Unique Koi Prize
are to be selected only by foreign
judges. The Yume-no-Tategoi Prize
and the Yume-no-Tategoi Grand Prize
are for the runner-ups. These new
prizes will give entrants more chances
of being spotlighted.
 Date: April 21 & 22, 2012
The 29th All Japan
Young Koi Show
Venue: Ojiya City Gymnasium
Entries: 1,598
Grand Champion
63 bu Taisho Sanshoku
Seiji Komatsu
Farmer / Sakai Fish Farm
Dealer: Narita Koi Farm

Due to the East Japan Great

Earthquake in March 2011, the 29th
show was resumed throughout a
period of one year.
There were three new prizes
established, subdivided from the
previous Sakura Prize: Sakura Prize,
Tsubaki Prize and Botan Prize.
The top three koi were
nominated for the grand champion
by the 41 judges’ poll. None of the
three won the majority in the second
poll. So the final vote was done
between the top two.
According to the results, the
grand championship went to Mr.
Komatsu’s Taisho Sanshoku which
won 25 votes. The runner-up was
awarded the adult championship.
The grand champion Taisho
 Final vote between the top two in the second vote

25 votes 16 votes

63 bu Taisho Sanshoku 63 bu Kohaku

Seiji Komatsu Pan Zhi Cheng
Adult Champion
Farmer: Meirin Suisan
Dealer: Odakan
Agent: Sanshin Trading

Top three nominees of the first vote

20 votes 14 votes 7 votes

63 bu Taisho Sanshoku 63 bu Kohaku 63 bu Showa Sanshoku

Seiji Komatsu
(12 votes in the first round)
Pan Zhi Cheng Pan Zhi Cheng
(6 votes in the first round) (6 votes in the first round)
63 bu Champion
Farmer: Dainichi Koi Farm
Dealer: Sanshin Trading

Sanshoku has a charming Hi marking points. This fish had won the mature
on the upper lip along with fine championship in the 43rd All Japan
Danmoyo Hi markings and lustrous Koi Show held in February in the
Sumi markings on several important same year.
 Date: March 16 & 17, 2013
The 30th Anniversary
All Japan Young Koi Show
Venue: Ai Earth Exposition
Memorial Park
Entries: 1,848
Grand Champion
63 bu Kohaku
Elna Koi
Farmer & Dealer:
Hoshikin Koi Farm

In order to commemorate the

30th anniversary show, a new
special prize, Kin-no-Shachihoko
Prize, was established for the fish
among the three grand prizes,
Sakura, Tsubaki and Botan prizes.
The selection of the nominees
for the grand champion was carried
out by 61 judges and 17 koi were
nominated.
However, none earned the
majority. The second poll was done
among the top three: two Kohaku
and one Taisho Sanshoku. Again
none won the majority. The final
poll between the top two Kohaku’s
was a close race.
The Elna Koi’s Kohaku took the
crown with 31 votes. The narrowly
defeated Kohaku was judged the
 Final vote between the top two in the second vote

31 votes 28 votes

63 bu Kohaku 63 bu Kohaku
Elna Koi Adult Champion
Farmer: Sakai Fish Farm
Dealer: Narita Koi Farm
Agent: Sanshin Trading
Top three nominees of the first vote

26 votes 21 votes 14 votes

63 bu Kohaku 63 bu Kohaku 63 bu Taisho Sanshoku

Elna Koi Pan Zhi Cheng Yohanes Jusuf
(9 votes in the first round) (17 votes in the first round) (13 votes in the first round)
63 bu Champion
Farmer: Sakai Fish Farm
Dealer: Odakan
Agent: SAMURAI KOI CENTRE

adult champion. (Farmer: Sakai Fish
Farm, Dealer: Narita Koi Farm, and
Agent: Sanshin Trading)
The grand champion’s farmer,
Hoshikin Koi Farm, won the third
victory, following the 8th and the 12th
shows. The grand champion’s owner,
Elna Koi, became the first European
koi dealer to win the big title.