{"id":65352,"date":"2016-01-29T17:38:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T16:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koiquestion.com\/sff-kohaku-as-runner-up-of-all-japan-2016"},"modified":"2016-01-29T17:38:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T16:38:05","slug":"sff-kohaku-as-runner-up-of-all-japan-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koiquestion.com\/en\/sff-kohaku-as-runner-up-of-all-japan-2016","title":{"rendered":"SFF Kohaku as Runner-Up of All Japan 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">Dit artikel is deel <font color=\"red\">[part not set]<\/font> van 29 in de serie <a href=\"https:\/\/koiquestion.com\/series\/ajks-2016\" class=\"series-2328\" title=\"AJKS 2016\">AJKS 2016<\/a><\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Which other Koi made it so difficult for the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='de allerbeste Koi op een show'>Grand Champion<\/abbr> today?!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As we wrote in the previous news item, today was a neck-and-neck race at the Ryutsu Center. The jury had a very difficult time with it, we heard from various insiders. But which Koi made the heart of many a jury member beat faster, but still just lost out to the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='witte Koi met rode patronen'>Kohaku<\/abbr> of Dainichi Toyota?  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This turned out to be the, also perfect, <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='witte Koi met rode patronen'>Kohaku<\/abbr> from <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Een van de grootste en meest succesvolle kwekers in Japan'>Sakai Fish Farm<\/abbr> (SFF). What struck us in particular about this fish is the perfect build, great solid head and the appearance&#8230; A <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='witte Koi met rode patronen'>Kohaku<\/abbr> with attitude! Unfortunately, the skin quality was just a little less during the inspection, so I understand the jury&#8217;s final choice. This <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='witte Koi met rode patronen'>Kohaku<\/abbr> can therefore call himself Jumbo Champion, the runner-up or number two of the show. Not to be confused with the Jumbo title for the largest Koi at the show as we know it in the Netherlands.     <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Jury had a very difficult time with it, we heard from various insiders&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Koi is certainly no stranger to us and won the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='de allerbeste Koi op een show'>Grand Champion<\/abbr> title at the Rinyukai All Japan <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='offici\u00eble benaming voor Koi'>Nishikigoi<\/abbr> Show last year. With her 94 centimeters competing in the 90bu class certainly also a &#8220;heavyweight&#8221;! Serious competition for the title and unfortunately for the owner Felix Denanta, this Koi received just too few votes for the highest step on the podium&#8230;  <\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 469px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"2016 Jumbo Champion All Japan KQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/koiquest10\/24061933194\/in\/dateposted-friend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1545\/24061933194_e55b0bcbe3_z.jpg\" alt=\"2016 Jumbo Champion All Japan KQ\" width=\"469\" height=\"640\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFF <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='witte Koi met rode patronen'>Kohaku<\/abbr>, Jumbo Champion 47th All Japan Combined <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='offici\u00eble benaming voor Koi'>Nishikigoi<\/abbr> 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A somewhat reassuring thought for him will be that it is already becoming a trend that the Jumbo Champion of one year, often the next&#8230;. right&#8230; a step higher is allowed! <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is of course too early to say that this great three-step will be the champion of 2017, but if <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='De bekende Japanse Koi dealer ter wereld'>Ryuki Narita<\/abbr> (the handler of the Koi) can take the Koi to an even higher level, perhaps the tradition can be continued!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">Dit artikel is deel <font color=\"red\">[part not set]<\/font> van 29 in de serie <a href=\"https:\/\/koiquestion.com\/series\/ajks-2016\" class=\"series-2328\" title=\"AJKS 2016\">AJKS 2016<\/a><\/div><p>Which other Koi made it so difficult for the <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='de allerbeste Koi op een show'>Grand Champion<\/abbr> today?! As we wrote in the previous news item, today was a neck-and-neck race at the Ryutsu Center. The jury had a very difficult time with it, we heard from various insiders. 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