The separate division is to be fair to males. It helps overcome the reluctance to bring a fish not likely to prevail over a female.
BUT, what is of interest to me is that Momotaro is producing some rather large males with significant volume. I would not venture to suggest that males are as good as females (generally ... there is always some exception), that is an old debate others can have if they wish. Nonetheless, there are strong points among male koi that give some hope that in the future there could be bloodlines aimed at producing dominating males, albeit not likely in the 75cm+ sizes (making that incredible 90bu male koi all the more impressive). The rare male koi with girth lacks the egg bloat that malforms the abdomen and causes a wiggly swim movement. The Beni can be high quality and on fast growing jumbo tosai-types an early finish might not be a bad thing. There are fewer internal health issues with males. Maybe someone like Maeda will produce such a line. Based on the prices for the males exported to the U.S., he already understands that males can mean money.
.......makes you wonder about the females such a line would produce, doesn't it?
