| Ethan, I hope you don't mind me editing the last image of your koi. As you can see, your Suda tosai is about 4 and 1/4 head length long. This is much shorter than the desired 5.5 head lengths. I don't know if Suda koi farm breed their oyagoi in the fall, so lets assume that they breed them in the spring. If that's the case then this koi was bred last spring which would make it ake-nisai (heading into its 2nd growing season). Generally speaking and from what little I know, ake nisai with some potential should be about 10-14" by now. While I agree with others that, given the right genetics, a koi that was kept in a crowded environment will catch up to its tategoi siblings if given the right environment and diet, I don't think that this koi will grow very big given its present conformation.
Furthermore, as Dick mentioned, it is desirable for the distance from the nose tip to the eye to be about 1.5 x the distance from the eyes to the gill plate. This koi has the reverse of that, that is the distance from the eye to the gill plate is 1.5 x the distance from the nose tip to the eyes. Also, as you mentioned earlier, the tail tube is not very large.
After carefully examining the head, I think that it still curves to the left. I know that the angle of the image and the sumi may have caused the illusion that it's curving to the left so I think that it's best if you take a look at the koi more carefully, esp when it's swimming. Also, the right shoulder area looks a little indented. I don't know if it's the image or whether it's been injured in the past and has healed. |