Representative for award winner

The excellence of this Koi is the kuragake hi portrayed on the back and the odome hi. The odome hi is especially ideal, and it is necessary for a Koi to be called a brand Koi. The hi patterns on the back are also strongly designed, and together with the odome hi, they create the excellence of this Koi.
Another fascination of this Koi is the snow-white ground and the maruten patterns, and the whiteness of the back. This Koi was able to become Champion by fulfilling these two conditions.

The Showa of the 63rd division that competed with this Koi certainly does possess beauty derived from excellent quality, but it lost to this Kohaku because it does not “surpass all Koi”, which is an element of becoming the Champion

This Koi has exquisite body conformation, quality, and patterns. It possesses excellence that is eligible as the Champion. The body conformation is stretching and impressive. Speaking in terms of quality, the shiroji is snow-white, and its beauty stands out. The quality and layer of hi are a deep and even hiban, which is of the best quality. The patterns have powerful designs of diversified maruten yondan. This Koi certainly deserves to become the Champion.

Representative for award winner

[Commentary]
This Koi attracted the greatest number of people during the show. It was the body’s glow; the whole body glows and expresses the Koi’s beauty. The big red hiban on the shoulder, and the deep black sumi on the back. The beauty of the hi patterns on the back part of the body does not come from the design but comes from the high quality of this Koi. The patterns, which are designed by the three colors of shiroji, hi, and sumi, are not the best. But people felt some kind of beauty.The pure whiteness of shiroji. The bright glow of hi. High quality jet black sumi. This Koi tells you that the absolute requirements of a Koi are quality (that they are not patterns but quality).

Kenji Ryotokuji

[Commentary]
This exquisite combination of hi and sumi portrays this Koi’s unique designs. Hi patterns on the face, hi that extends from side to side on the shoulders, hi on the back part of the body. And the odome hi. They are all very distinct. These distinct hi strongly supports the sumi and creates unique patterns. For a Koi to have advantages over other Koi in a show, it is important to possess unprecedented uniqueness. As this Koi grows, the shiroji will become pure white, and the hi and sumi vividly show up, and it will gain in beauty.

Tadashi Koguchi

[Commentary]
The highlights in discussing the excellence of Baby Koi are the beauty that is to be brought out as the Koi grows and the possibility of it becoming an excellent Koi. Among many other Koi that competed with this Koi in the show, there were others that had better patterns. The biggest reason this Koi was compared with other good Koi and was selected is that this Koi has the potentials of becoming superior to the others when it is mature. When judging a tosai Koi, beauty in the future is considered more important than beauty as a tosai. This Koi possesses powerful patterns in the front part of the body, a combination of bright patterns in the back part, a thick hiban, and high quality kiwa of hi, which all promise excellence in the future.