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    Thread: Who is your favorite breeder (why)

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      Quote Originally Posted by koiman1950 View Post
      That breeders name is Setoguchi and no, no one did that at one of the AJKS!
      I read a story about someone buying a koi in a Japanese pet store and winning a Koi show. I can't remember who the breeder was. I know they interviewed him. I'll search the web a little more.
      Its driving me nuts, I can't find it!
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      Quote Originally Posted by Roger View Post
      I read a story about someone buying a koi in a Japanese pet store and winning a Koi show. I can't remember who the breeder was. I know they interviewed him. I'll search the web a little more.
      Its driving me nuts, I can't find it!
      My thoughts are if a breeder did that, it would be an embarassment to their bussiness. It would be too much of a risk and bring a lot of shame to an owner to pull a stunt at an event like that. Doubtful it happened. I know there was a thread in here where someone purchased a decent koi at a pet store and it took a trophey home, but a show in the states vs AJKS are two seperate worlds.



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      My favorite breeder is Toshiaki Sakai. His father and Toshio Sakai were the founders of the Matsonesuke bloodline. Toshiaki is even more quality driven then his father. The Sanke coming from Yamamatsu Koifarm are very good.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Wouter67 View Post
      My favorite breeder is Toshiaki Sakai. His father and Toshio Sakai were the founders of the Matsonesuke bloodline. Toshiaki is even more quality driven then his father. The Sanke coming from Yamamatsu Koifarm are very good.
      people like to vehemently defend their purchases and find it incredulous that anything could be better

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      I go with marusei? Sorry about spelling
      It's all about the size

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      Quote Originally Posted by ponyboy2442 View Post
      I go with marusei? Sorry about spelling
      It's all about the size
      Your spelling is accurate! But size, really?! There's another thread here somewhere, where "size" was discussed, albeit in a "other than koi" manner!?!lol
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      I just saw one of his sanke in person and I'm not a huge sanke fan and in a pond that has several monster koi over 30" this koi is about 28" and my eye kept going to his sanke the skin was glowing body had great confirmation pattern ah not the best but great koi

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      My favorite breeder is Toshio Sakai were the founders of the Matsonesuke bloodline. 7 of my koi are Matsonesuke bloodline hope...

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      Hi Koiman1950 ''Baldry SAN '' =me english boy lol = breeding his own lines in the Uk lol !.
      doing well with my F2 KI SHUSUI !,and Showa ,and Midori goi =which are all thanks to Marusaka koi farm and Shintaro koi farm so these are my best Japanese Artist's that have helped me and not forgetting Otsuka for great Gin Rin Akemi ki goi =which is at the root of my Shiro Akemi goi line ,and Midori goi line ,and Doitsu showa !.
      all coming soon on Koiphen .
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      i'm a big gosanke fan. lots of good breeders who do gosanke and the one that i'm partial to is Dainichi. the Kato showa was the koi that turned me onto showa, Sakura in 2007 was a stunner, Kato's kohaku in 2010 was a wonder at close to 100 cm when she won and more recently the 2012 AJS GC from Kokugyo was fabulous, winning over much larger koi.

      i have 3 (one of each type). here is a video of my favorite still boarding at the farm. sansai from Kokugyo oyagoi.
      http://youtu.be/LEtoQB6iwSU
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      A stunning set there.

      Quote Originally Posted by azngopher View Post
      i'm a big gosanke fan. lots of good breeders who do gosanke and the one that i'm partial to is Dainichi. the Kato showa was the koi that turned me onto showa, Sakura in 2007 was a stunner, Kato's kohaku in 2010 was a wonder at close to 100 cm when she won and more recently the 2012 AJS GC from Kokugyo was fabulous, winning over much larger koi.

      i have 3 (one of each type). here is a video of my favorite still boarding at the farm. sansai from Kokugyo oyagoi.
      http://youtu.be/LEtoQB6iwSU



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      yes I must say fantastic quality fish ,and the showa in the video well it amazing showa ! and a brilliant breeder job well done ! that tail tube is also quite amazing and the hi very good also !its going to be a big fish !.

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      Just to clarify, the pics I posted are of Dainichi's All Japan Show GC's from the years I mentioned. Those are not mine as much as I would love to be able to own them!

      Here are my gosanke trilogy
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      Where is your kinda Showa

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      You mean this one? I sold it to a friend in West Hartford. Kind of a favor for boarding a few of my koi for the past 2 years
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      Or do you mean these two? They are still in Houston boarding at a very good friends place. Looking to sell them to keep the pond stocking down

      The first one is from Kukugyo, about 30" right now. The 2nd one is from Sakura and is about 32".
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      Nope the one you sold is by far the best looking one I have ever seen
      I have been looking but no other have come close yet

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      Quote Originally Posted by ponyboy2442 View Post
      Nope the one you sold is by far the best looking one I have ever seen
      I have been looking but no other have come close yet
      There will always be another. Want me to look out for a similar kindai this fall? Won't be as "affordable" as the other one. Just give me a price range.
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      Quote Originally Posted by azngopher View Post
      i'm a big gosanke fan. lots of good breeders who do gosanke and the one that i'm partial to is Dainichi. the Kato showa was the koi that turned me onto showa, Sakura in 2007 was a stunner, Kato's kohaku in 2010 was a wonder at close to 100 cm when she won and more recently the 2012 AJS GC from Kokugyo was fabulous, winning over much larger koi.

      i have 3 (one of each type). here is a video of my favorite still boarding at the farm. sansai from Kokugyo oyagoi.
      http://youtu.be/LEtoQB6iwSU
      this was a great reponce! Also, your showa from the youtube clip is extremely impresive. When the face sumi comes in you must share a picture. The body is just what you would expect from a high end dianichi- HUGE

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      Quote Originally Posted by inazuma28 View Post
      this was a great reponce! Also, your showa from the youtube clip is extremely impresive. When the face sumi comes in you must share a picture. The body is just what you would expect from a high end dianichi- HUGE
      Thx for the comments, lets see how she turns out after this season in the mud. My hope is that she is good enough to stay another year.

      Here she is with 3 other koi, they were also available for purchase (just harvested the day before). Would you have still taken the Showa?
      http://youtu.be/8mhwFnboRQc

      All 4 koi are different (besides mine being a Showa) and it just goes to show that a particular breeder does not have just one look. You can have a pond full of Dainichi and they would all have a different look, but the quality that makes a Dainichi a Dainichi will be there.
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