The 15th Nagaoka Tosai Koi Show was held at Yamakoshi Branch Office on 2nd September.
Low rainfall and lack of water have been a big problem in Niigata this summer but all breeders are trying hard under the difficult situation. Let’s hope for a fruitful autumn!
1st place Taisho Sanshoku bred by Tagami Koi Farm
2nd place Kohaku bred by NND
3rd place Showa bred by Tanaka Koi Farm
Winners
Hanatsuki 鼻ツキ
Head hi extends to close to the area of mouth. Another name for tsukitsuke
Hachizumi (Hachi Sumi) ハチ墨
Sumi pattern on Nishikigoi's head
Hachi Hi ハチ緋
Hi pattern on Nishikigoi's head. The same definition as tohi
Hachi ハチ
A head of Nishikigoi
Hajiro 羽白
Black scaled Nishikigoi with white tipped pectoral fins and a white belly
Hageshiro 禿白
Hageshiro are Karasugoi with a white head
Goshiki 五色
Goshiki has fundamentally the same requirements for Hi patter as Kohaku. There...
Gosanke 御三家
The three major Japanese Nishikigoi varieties, Kohaku, Sanke and Showa
Fushusho 浮腫症
Dropsy
Fukurin 覆輪
The fan-shaped edges of the scales. Originally fukurin is the term to describe...
Doitsugoi ドイツ鯉
Koi that are not fully scaled and usually with a row of scales along each...
Dan Moyo 段模様
Stepped pattern
