Sakai of Isawa Kohaku

[Russell Peters]

This is an 80cm, four year old female. Comments please.

[koiczar]

Having seen this fish in person, I have to say that pictures in no way do a fish of this caliber justice. About the only thing I can say is that this fish has REALLY nice beni and shiroji. Yes, her face is a bit creamy, but that's probably due to the fact that the fish was harvested from the mud pond within a few hours of taking this picture. Her presence is felt much more in person and at only 4 years old, who knows what another year in the mud will bring!

[dick benbow]

Hi Russ, thanks for posting the pics....I was hopeful more folks would have responded before I did, cause i was certain you would have seen varying opinions based on the strength of the pattern. Since being a mstunosuke fan for over 3 decades, I have learned that size and quality is his strong points.
I would always pick his koi as #1. Once a koi slips into about size 5, pattern begins to mean less and less and quality begins to mean more and more . Hard to believe the size and age of the kohaku from toshio.....If you had not
posted this koi and i had a choice between the other two, I'm afraid my asagi hero would rank #3, altho I must add in all fairness that this man has been very impressive not to rest on his asagi/shusui laurels and has aggressively sought to breed many first class color varieties and has been very sucessful at it! Lots of credit and respect for his and his son's efforts! Toshio's son is now over his apprenticeship, and working for/with his dad. Will be of interest to see his contribution in the future. BTW his daughter is a Grad of the University of Washington ( Huskies) which won over cross state rival State in what is known locally as the "apple Cup" today....

[PapaBear]

She is one very powerful presence. The head does look a bit creamy in the photo, but if that cleans up (as it should with more time out of the mud) I'll bet she really is amazing in person. A big girl like this looks good with this type of pattern. Anything much smaller would make her look unbalanced.

[Russell Peters]

If you would like to see a short video of this Kohaku, go to http://www.pskoi.com/New%20Koi.htm and scroll down to the bottom of the page. It should start playing automatically. I could not load the video on Bito.

[JasPR]

She looks much older than 4? JR

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by JasPR She looks much older than 4? JR

I don't know what to tell you, the age is what I was told by Toshio Sakai. They had just pulled it out of the mud two weeks ago when the picture was taken. I will ask them again what the age is.

[JasPR]

I'll tell you why I say that, the kiwa on the head looks like it does on an older fish? Did Sakai breed this fish or grow this fish out? And who gave you the age, Miwa or Agnes? JR

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by JasPR I'll tell you why I say that, the kiwa on the head looks like it does on an older fish? Did Sakai breed this fish or grow this fish out? And who gave you the age, Miwa or Agnes? JR

Yes, Sakai breed the Koi and Miwa gave me the age.

[Russell Peters]

I just got an e-mail from Miwa. I was given the wrong age by mistake. It is a six year old Kohaku.