49th Tohoku-Hokkaido Nishikigoi Show Quickly Report
Marudo Kohaku Wins for Watanabe Hiroshi in Consecutive Victory;
Koi Farm Handles Grand Champion for Third Straight Year
This year’s event was held about a week later than usual, on November 8th and 9th. The venue was the parking lot of “Tada no Yado,” adjacent to the Michi-no-Eki Shonai Mikawa/Iroribi no Sato in Mikawa Town, Yamagata Prefecture. Temperatures remained low throughout the two days, and the early dusk made the deepening autumn felt.
Judging commenced at 11:30 AM on the 8th by the four judges: Kachi Tetsuya (Kachi Koi Farm), Hojo Takashi (Kiryu Nishikigoi Center), Ikai Masahiro (NAM・Japan), and Nagahama Tatsuki (Saikoro). The process began with the selection of the Grand Champion. From the large koi marked by the judges, the final decision was made on the over 80bu Kohaku exhibited by Mr. Watanabe Hiroshi.

Over 80bu / Kohaku / Hiroshi Watanabe

This 5-year-old, 82cm Kohaku was bred by Marudo Koi Farm. It was purchased by Koi Farm (Hokkaido) and acquired by Mr. Watanabe. This marks a consecutive Grand Champion win for Mr. Watanabe at this show and the third consecutive year that Koi Farm has handled the Grand Champion. Other top awards were as follows: Grand Champion Superior Koi / Taisho Sanshoku, 80bu / Kazuyuki Seino; Male Grand Champion / Male Showa Sanshoku , over 70bu / Koi Farm; Mature Koi Grand Champion /Kin-Ginrin, 70bu / Koi Farm; Adult Koi Grand Champion / Kohaku, 55bu / Akio Sasaki; Young Koi Grand Champion / Kohaku, 35bu / Susumu Saito; Junior Koi Grand Champion/Kin-Ginrin, 20bu / Kanjo Kido; Jumbo Prize / Hikari Muji, over 80bu / Kazuyuki Seino; Sakura Prize / Goshiki, 60bu / Hiroshi Watanabe; Nanohana Prize / Asagi, 75bu / Junichi Ogata.
There were also interesting anecdotes shared, such as the Junior Koi Grand Champion koi having been sold through Matsuda Koi Farm’s (Aomori) YouTube channel “Koi Show Challenge” project. Furthermore, the Yamafuki Ogon that won the Jumbo Prize was produced by Narusawa Fish Farm (Yamagata) using the Ogon koi that Mr. Seino won the same prize with at the 40th show as the female parent.

80bu / Taisho Sanshoku / Kazuyuki Seino

Male Showa Sanke, over 70bu / Koi Farm














