Welcome to the 5th Kodama Virtual Koi Show!

5th Annual Kodama Virtual Koi Show Registration Is Live! Register Your Koi Today!

The goal of this koi show was to educate & promote the joys of koi keeping as a hobby. We hope we encouraged your interest in learning great husbandry for keeping Japanese koi and hope we helped support your efforts to become koi masters.

Entry Details: $5 entry fee per koi that you enter into the virtual koi show. Everyone In The U.S. can register for the koi show.

What are the Awards?: Mr. Kodama Koi Food and Certificate are the top awards. There will be many other awards, prizes by our sponsors.

Koi Show Sponsors:

Official Judges:
Mr. Isa from Isa Koi Farm
Mr. Mano from Dainichi Koi Farm
2024 Koi Show Schedule:
10/15 - Registration Opens
12/13 - Registration Closes
TBD - Award Ceremony & Judges Seminar

Official Koi Show Rules

Rules & Regulations:

  • Entry fee is $5/Koi. We also welcome donations.
  • Our team will upload your entry for a $10/koi fee.
  • This Koi show is open to all Koi lovers including hobbyists and dealers.
  • The entrants must be from America (North, Central and South America) to win awards.
  • All the Koi must be entered by a personal name, not a business name.
  • All the entered Koi must be owned by the entrant at the time of registration and award ceremony.
  • All the submitted image and information must be owned by the entrant.
  • The images and videos should not show anything but Koi as much as possible.
  • The submitted information should not contain any information of breeders and dealers and any information that the organizer judge may affect the judging.
  • Every entry must be pre approved by the organizer for the acceptance of registration.
  • The organizer has a right to reconfirm the entry information with entrants and/or correct the entry information without contacting entrants.
  • Once published, replacements of images and videos are not allowed.
  • By participating, entrants agree that the organizer will own rights to use all images or information collected from entries, comments or ratings for marketing purposes.

Entering Koi In Show

Please review and submit the necessary information with the form online:

  • Koi Name - Does your koi have a name? Put a title for what we should refer to your koi as.
  • Koi Description - Write a description about this koi. Tell a story, it's history, how it's pattern changed. It's your canvas!
  • Approximate Size and Size category - It is an honor system. Please provide as accurate or best estimate information as possible.
  • Variety & Category - The information will be double checked by the organizer.
  • Koi Picture(s) - Vertical photo preferred and larger photos are recommended. Jpg or Png files accepted. Minimum size: width 320px x height 500px. Up to 3 images allowed.
  • Koi Video - (up to 60 seconds) upload to youtube/vimeo (Horizontal video is recommended.) For judging, it is the best you upload the video to youtube and insert the link.
  • Koi picture and video must be must be recent within the last 5 months.
  • Name, Email, Phone Number - Enter the information to contact you about where to send your award if you win.

Koi Show Categories:

Variety Categories:
  • Kohaku
  • Taisho Sanke
  • Showa
  • Utsurimono
  • Asagi & Shusui
  • Koromo & Goshiki
  • Kawarimono (including Bekko, Muji)
  • Hikarimono (Hikarimoyo / HikariUtsuri / Hikari Muji)
  • Tancho
  • KinGinrin
  • Hirenaga / Butterfly
  • *No Doitsu category. They will go under each variety category.
Size Categories:
  • 15 Bu - Under 15cm or 6”
  • 25 Bu - 15-25cm or 6-10”
  • 35 Bu - 25-35cm or 10-12”
  • 45 Bu - 35-45cm or 12-18”
  • 55 Bu - 45-55cm or 18-22”
  • 65 Bu - 55-65cm or 22-26”
  • 75 Bu - 65-75cm or 26-30”
  • 75 Bu + - 30” +

Awards:

Awards will be announced during virtual award ceremony!

No Koi can win more than one award, except for special awards.

* Delivery of the prizes - FREE delivery to a winner in the U.S.A. Winners from outside US must pay the shipping. Please note some countries may not allow import of prize items such as koi food. In such cases, no compensation will be provided.

Major Trophies

  • Grand champion
  • Mature champion from Best in Size 75 and 75+
  • Adult champion from Best in Size 55 and 65
  • Young champion from Best in Size 35 and 45
  • Baby champion from Best in Size 15 and 25
  • Sakura champion (non Gosanke)   from all sizes

Best in Sizes

  • 15 Bu - Under 15cm or 6”
  • 25 Bu - 15-25cm or 6-10”
  • 35 Bu - 25-35cm or 10-12”
  • 45 Bu - 35-45cm or 12-18”
  • 55 Bu - 45-55cm or 18-22”
  • 65 Bu - 55-65cm or 22-26”
  • 75 Bu - 65-75cm or 26-30”
  • 75 Bu + - 30” +

Best in Varieties

Major winners will be published in RINKO Magazine, the first Japanese Koi magazine!

Special Awards & Prizes

  • Mamoru Kodama Prize
  • Judge's Award

How To Enter Koi Show:

Register your koi today with this link here!

  • Start by adding a koi entry or signing up for an account.
  • Use your dashboard to manage koi entries, view payments, orders, and change password.
  • Checkout to pay for and list your koi on the website that have been submitted.
  • You can upvote and bookmark your favorite koi at anytime to support the People's Choice Award.
  • Koi Registration closes on 12/13
  • Award Ceremony with Judges Seminar will be determined on Zoom

What Should I Say About My Koi? - Koi Videos, Koi Photos, Variety, and Size details will be the only content judged for the koi show. Name and Description are a unique opportunity for you to share your koi details. Avoid use of any breeders information, we will remove from description. 

How Do I Take High Quality Koi Photos? - We recommend you read our new blog post about taking pictures of koi. It features our best tips for taking a clear photo or video of your koi fish.

Watch a video walk-through of the koi show platform.

Major winners will be published in Rinko magazine, the Japanese Koi magazine!

5th Virtual Kodama Koi Show Entries

Showing 1 - 4 of 4
Jackson Pollock
Showa
55 Bu - 45-55cm or 18-22”
12022
Taisho Sanke Pheonix
Taisho Sanke
65 Bu - 55-65cm or 22-26”
12032
Asagi Ginrin Scar Face
Asagi & Shusui
45 Bu - 35-45cm or 12-18”
12027
Big Blue
Asagi & Shusui
55 Bu - 45-55cm or 18-22”
12017

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Sanke you for being a part of the koi-mmunity!

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