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The 1st ZNA All Japan Koi Show Grand Champion was a 57 cm (22.5 in.) male Showa called the Kuroki Showa. Owned by Takeo Kuroiki and bred by Tomiji Kobayashi.
the show took place on March 5-6, 1966 at the Rakutenchi in Beppu city and 579 koi were entered.
The show was judged by Toshio Hirasawa and Kyushiro Sakamoro.
IN 1967, the 2nd ZNA ALL Japan Show awarded Grand Champion to a 58 cm (22.9 in.) Inazuma Kohaku owned by Katsuichi Osaki.
The Grand Champion of the 3rd All Japan ZNA show in 1968 was a 58 cm (22.9 in.) Kohaku owned by Juko Koike.
It is correct in that the 1966 show was the first show and beginning of ZNA as a national organization. But, to make things clearer and as accurate as possible, this national association become ZNA officially in 1968.
In 1966 it was called Western Nippon Airinkai, so 1966 and 1967 were the 1st and 2nd shows of WNA. Since it was only a name change in 1968 to reflect that the western association was actually now a national Association, the two WNA shows were simply considered the first and second shows of ZNA.
The 4th ZNA AJS (1969) was held at the city aquarium in Nagasaki and there were 1148 koi shown.
The Grand Champion was a Sanke bred by Koda Fish Farm.
It was the 1st Sanke to Win GC and was 58 cm (22.9 in) and owned by Takiichiro Hatsumura.
The 5th ZNA All Japan Show was held in 1970 with 1,296 koi entered. Grand Champion was a 60 cm female Sanke bred by Miyaishi Koi Farm and owned by Kiichi Iwasaki. This was the 1st time a ZNA GC koi broke through the 60cm mark.
The fifth show was held on March 21-22, 1970 at the Aoyama Garden in Himeji City. This was the first show that I'm aware of where disaster struck! The air temperature took a dip to zero and so did the water. In those days, the fish were kept in netted divided sections and the entire net-work was lowered into a large swimming pool. The water temperature dropped to 2 degrees C and the fish began to show stress. The show committee added heated water to the air rated swimming pool to get the fish thru.
The 6th annual ZNA show was held in 1971. The GC koi was a 56 cm female Kohaku owned by Tadahiro Shirakawa. A total of 1373 koi were entered.
Notice that the GC koi are still small mostly under 60cm (22.9 in) but the body shape and patterns are really progressing.
The concerns that were building regarding the composition of the judging teams finally came to a head. Until now, the judging teams had started first as professionals as they were the only acknowledged experts, then into teams of some breeders, some dealers and some gifted amateurs.
But favoritism, dealers picking fish they sold, breeders picking dealers fish etc all eventually made this arrangment impossible and a threat to the credibility of the show. So in the 1971 show a new rule was adopted; ONLY amateur hobbyists could be judges for these shows moving forward.
The 7th annual ZNA AJS was held in 1972 the ZNA organization had really come into it's own. Their membership was growing rapidly and starting to move worldwide. The ZNA judges training program was becoming more formalized.
The 1972 ZNA AJS GC was a superb 60cm+ female showa bred by Kobayashi and owned by Susumu Saku. For the 1st time the number of koi entered exceeded 2,000.
This koi won the Triple Crown. In addition to the ZNA All Japan, it also won the All Japan Shinkokai Koi show and the Nigata Agricultural Festival which was the other big show at the time.
Who Can tell me which year this koi won the Shinkokai AJS?
The 8th annual show in 1973 was won by a 61 cm female kohaku owned by Shozaburo Sato. There were 2,993 koi entered.
the 9th annual show was in 1974. There were 2350 koi entered.
This show marks the 1st time we see a Grand Champion repeat. The Grand Champion was a 65cm sanke bred by Miyaishi koi farm and owned by Katsumi Iwasaki. This was the same sanke that won the 5th annual show in 1970 when it was 5 cm shorter.
The 10th show was held in March 1975.
The GC was a 55 cm Kohaku bred by Kazumasa Morita and owned by Tadasuke Shirakawa. It was called the Morita kohaku.
There were 2345 koi were entered in the show.
The 11th annual show was also held in 1975! That's right there were two ZNA AJS in 1975. The 2nd show was held about six months after the 1st and all ZNA AJS held since have been held in the fall.
The 11th annual show GC was a 65 cm female Sanke owned by Natsuji Anabuki. Mr. Anabuki is one of the most famous early Japanese koi keepers. This was his first GC at ZNA AJS.
There were 2909 koi entered in the show.
In 1976 the 12th annual ZNA AJS Grand Champion was a female Kohaku named Kishiro.
Kishiro was 72cm and 10 years old The breeder was Yokio Isa and she was owned by another very famous hobbyist, Mr Ryo Kamiya.
3,656 koi were entered in the show.
Notice that GC exceeded 70 cm for the 1st time and the number of koi entered has increased dramatically. I find it interesting to see that as the koi progress they tended to first reach a larger size but usually reverted to a more primitive pattern. Then over the next several years pattern and overall quality would improve and this cycle repeats over and over as koi increase ever larger in size.
In 1977 at the 13th annual ZNA AJS the Grand Champion was a female Sanke bred by Kiichi Iwasaki and owned by Toshihisa Dohi.
There were 2,893 koi entered.
In the early days of koi shows the male body shape was the preferred look. Review the 1st few ZNA AJS Grand Champions pics and this is easy to observe. As time went on larger more impressive body shapes were preferred so the females began their rein.
Many of the GC koi from this era would be considered too fat by today's standard. Interesting I think to see how tastes and standards changed along with the quality of koi being produced over the past 40 years.
The 14th annual show was held in 1978.
The Grand Champion is one of the most famous all time Sanke. It was a 70cm female bred by the Nakata Fish Farm and owned by Kiyoshi Saikawa. 3,781 koi were entered.
It is known as the Crown Sanke for it's distinctive head pattern. This fish also won the All Japan Shinkokai show in the same year.
Sadly this koi is no longer with us - Can anybody tell me the unique circumstances in which it died?
The 15th annual ZNA All Japan Show was in 1979.
The Grand Champion was a female Kohaku bred by Usa Nishigoi Center and owned by Tetsuo Furuya.
There were 3,180 koi entered into the show.
This is the Largest GC to this point at 75cm (29.6 inches). You have to bear in mind we are not even in the 80's and already the koi are bigger than most hobbyists in the UK will grow koi to here in the modern (2000's) era. Incredible stuff.
The 16th annual ZNA AJS was held in 1980. The Grand Champion was a 74cm 10 year old famous female Kohaku named Twilight Butterfly and owned by Yoshikaki Muku.
There are several variations on the name, Butterfly at Night, Butterfly at dusk, etc.
A record number of koi were entered 4,330. Imagine attending a show with over 4,000 top quality koi.
Twilight Butterfly was bred by Yagozen (Toshio Hiroi). She later went on to win the 1983 All Japan Combined GC.
Can anybody tell me why she was named Twilight Butterfly?
In 1981 the 17th Grand Champion was a beautiful Kohaku. The female GC koi was 75 cm in length and had a very unique and modern pattern and a new type of beni.
Bred by Maruyama Koi Farm and owned by Suetomi Otani and was called Kame No Ko.
There were 3,015 koi entered in the show.
This koi was called the Turtle Kohaku as the primary Hi step looks like a turtle. Also the Famous Mother of this koi was named "Kagura" which means tortoise.
This new type of Beni is called Kagura Beni. Named after the original Kohaku bred by Suda that had a very high quality crimson Beni. It's breeding led to the first stabilized crimson Beni that also had very nice bright shiro as well.
Breeders that bought parent koi from Maruyama to improve their bloodlines include Hiroshima Sakai, Dianichi, and many other breeders also sought parent koi from the Kagura lineage.
In 1982 the 18th annual show crowned another Kohaku as Grand Champion. This koi was 14 years old when it won the title.
This koi was the 1st GC winner to hit the
80cm mark. Some began to predict that one day there would be a AJS winner over 100 cm. It would only take 20 years to accomplish.
The breeder of this GC was Kazumasa Morita and the Owner was Natsuji Anabuki and the 2nd time this owner has won GC.
There were 3,045 koi entered into the show.
Notice not only that the koi are clearly getting better but also the photographers.
The 19th annual ZNA AJS was held in 1983.
The GC was a very famous 81cm female kohaku. Breeder was Tottori Nishikigoi Center and owner was Shoji Futagawa. This koi was called "This is Kohaku" and was 9 years old when it won this ZNA GC.
There were 2,641 koi were entered.
This koi won the The 17th Shinkokai All Japan Koi Show in 1985 as well as another ZNA All Japan koi show in the future of this thread.
Shoji Futagawa won GC in 4 Shinkokai shows and GC in 3 ZNA shows so total of 7 GC between ZNA and Shinkokai shows.
This brings us up to the 20th show in 1984.
The Grand Champion was a female Sanke measuring 75 cm. The koi 13 years old at the time of winning. The owner was Motoharu Sogawa and there were 2,413 koi entered into the show.
Who says you can not win a top award without Kata (well placed) sumi on a Sanke?
Sankuro was the breeder. It was the first time for a Sanke had won in six years.
Mr. Sogawa purchased this fish from a fellow koi keeper Yoshiaki Munechika, three years before for 500,000 yen when the fish was 10 years old.
He left the fish in the field ponds of the Konishi Koi Farm and Mr. Katsutoshi Midooka's for one year each.
I believe SFF began to use this koi as a parent a few years after this show.
Looking at the ages of the koi winning the GC in the last few years - I wonder do we in the UK give up on koi to soon. It seems that we concentrate on koi up to around 7 years old and then look to replace them with a younger version - - - - Thoughts?
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