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Here are some of the relevent dates listed in Kuroki's Manual to Nishikigoi published in 1981, p271 for the oldest amature koi keepers societies in Japan. Prior to that time all koi organizations were for professional breeders/dealers.
1955 - Nippon Nishigoi Society (Niigata area)
1956 - Western Hiroshima Koi Friends Society (Hiroshima area)
1962 - Oita Airinkai
1965 - Western Hiroshima Koi Friends and Oita Airinkai united and name changed to Western Nippon Airinkai
1965-1966 - Koi Societies from, Chugoku, SHikoku, Kansai, and Kyushu joined WNA.
1968 - WNA changed name to Zen Nippon Airinkai (1968)
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