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Toshiyuki
always used his father’s Matsunosuke bloodline, and he changed it for the better to produce some of the best Koi in the world. In the late 1970’s through
the early 1990’s all you could see outside his facility was Mercedes, Rolls Royce’s and the like. Hobbyists at the time including prominent breeders of
today such as Sakai Hiroshima and Momotaro were all trying to buy the best stocks from Toshiyuki.
The business name is ‘Yamamatsu’ but many
people make the mistake of calling Yamamatsu Matsunosuke, which these days is frowned upon. Even though he uses Matsunosuke bloodline, he has tailored it to his own
preferences, and there are now massive differences between Yamamatsu Koi and his brother Toshio’s Koi. They are totally different. He alone is one of the
world’s top breeders, anyone who has seen his best Koi will know this.
Along with his son Toshiaki, The company over the last few years has
blossomed, the change has also been huge since the Earthquake, there has been a total change in the Koi produced at Yamamatsu, with bigger mud ponds and more of
them, with help from the Japanese government, he has more room and breeding more fish, the growth pattern has changed so much, now breeding 2 year old Koi which are
exceeding 60cms in size with excellent bodies, and quality which is second to none. The main market in recent times from Yamamatsu is Asia on the whole, His best
clients coming from Hong Kong, also a few of his best coming back to the UK.
Yamamatsu is one of the best Koi breeders in the world, Many Koi breeders
change from year to year in quality, but with Yamamatsu you know when the Koi are harvested, what you are about to see, he is so consistent in his breeding, the envy
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