Kohaku, the royal road of Nishikigoi

Kohaku, a representative of Nishikigoi

When you think of Nishikigoi, the first thing you can imagine is a koi called Kohaku.

Kohaku no is the most major type of Nishikigoi, and its design is easy to understand.

I would like to explain about Kohaku in detail.

Kohaku is the royal road of Nishikigoi, the most popular type of Koi in Japan.

Kohaku is a type of koi that consists of two colors with only a red pattern on top of the white.

It has a red pattern called hiban in about half of its length.

It is the most basic type of Nishikigoi, and if you start owning a Koi, you should choose one.

Because of its popularity, Kohaku is the most distributed in Japan and can be seen in many home centers that sell Koi.

Kohaku, balance and the intensity of red are important

It is an excellent figure of red and white that there is no unevenness of color in the pure white skin and the dark red is beautifully contained.

It is more valuable if the border between white and red is clear.

Balance is also very important.

Koi that have a deep and uniform white part of the border between the head and body, called sashi, are beautiful even when they grow up.

The white area around the dorsal fin in front of the tail is called the Kiwa.

It is said that a good koi is one that has a beautiful separation of the red and white parts.

Kohaku carp tend to change their patterns as they grow up.

Just as human beings change their physical constitution and appearance as they grow up, Nishikigoi also change their patterns as they grow up.

Kohaku also has patterns that change with growth, but in order to choose a good Koi, it is important to look for a Koi that has patterns that remain even when it is grown up.

A Koi with a good pattern has two points.

The red part is deep and thick.

This is a very vague expression, but a Nishikigoi with a thicker and deeper red part will retain the red part even when it grows up.

Unfortunately, some red and white koi lose their red parts when they grow up and unfortunately turn pure white.

It’s hard to describe, but Nishikigoi that have dozens of red skin areas with deep red color are superior.

When you buy a Koi, it is difficult to judge if it is a single Koi, but if you compare it with other Koi, I think you can tell which Kohaku is a deep red.

Some people describe them as “thick as if they’ve been painted over many times,” and I think that’s the key to choosing a high-quality Koi.

The red part is not blurred.

If the red part and the white part are blurred, it may become just a white carp instead of a Kohaku when it grows up.

A good Kohaku has a clear and unambiguous boundary.

On the other hand, a Koi whose red part is about to disappear seems to be blurred.

If one of the scales is red and a part of it is white, it is on the verge of disappearing.

Even if there is a thickness, it is likely that the area will disappear and turn white in the future.

The black part of the koi, like the Showa Sanke and Taisho Sanke, may disappear, but the color may come back again.

However, once the red part of red and white disappears, it is very unlikely to reappear.

The best way to bring red and white Nishikigoi to life is on white ground

There’s something about everything that takes a step back to stand out.

In the case of Nishikigoi such as red and white, the closer the white of the base is to pure white, the more pronounced the red part is.

In the case of unfortunate Kohaku Koi, the white part of the base may be blurred and creamy, so when buying Kohaku Nishikigoi, you should choose a Koi with a white base.