Anything strike you as special about this fish here? Well, it's worth 1.8 million dollars. It won grand champion at the All Japan Koi Show in 2017, and is the most expensive koi fish ever sold.

Under Tomoda’s leadership, the city has differentiated Matsuura’s aji fry from others around Japan by using fish of sashimi-grade freshness. The campaign’s achievements are visible numerically.

Koi diplomacy is back with Japanese nishikigoi ... authorities have agreed to resume imports of these vibrantly colored fish, although the reason for the suspension remains unclear.

TOKYO, JAPAN - Media OutReach Newswire - 20 March 2025 - The 55th All Japan Nishikigoi Show was held in Tokyo from January 25 to 26, 2025, where a Niigata-bred koi fish won the overall top prize. A ...