I love Yamasan Hi Utsuri longfins. I had one that was more beautiful than these, it had grown and gotten fairly large in the 2 years I had it, but of all the many koi that I have it was the only one I lost last spring. It had been looking well and eating well, and just suddenly turned up dead. It was bought as male, but I suspect it was female and had spawned.
Here is a picture when I first purchased it. It appears to be Ki Utsuri, but the color deepened to red after I purchased it.
Here are my new ones. The first 3 are gin rin. They are more beautiful in real life than in these pictures.
3/6/18 Got 2 more Yamazan today. They are the last 2 pictures. Both ginrin. One I did not think had enough black pattern, but she already has more black that has surfaced since this picture was taken.
The last one on the bottom also has much more black, so much so I thought I was shipped the wrong fish, but it appears that just more of her black pattern has surfaced. I did not take any pictures today. This picture was her auction picture.