Cattlemen and Cowboys of Japan

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Japan.

• livingFujiyama IkiA Kagoshima cow-calf breeder with 36 mother cows took first place in the breeding cow group at Japan's national Wagyu…Japan
• b. 1974Fukunaga ToruA third-generation Miyazaki fattener trained in Hyogo and earned a national grand prize by managing each animal…Japan
• livingKawamura DaikiA third-generation farmer in Miyagi turned a Holstein fattening business into a Japanese Black operation that took…Japan
• livingMaeda MichioA watermelon grower turned Wagyu farmer set out to win a national cattle prize and built a breeding farm of about 190…Japan
• b. c.1975Miyata YasuhitoA Hyogo cattleman who started his own farm at 30 and kept it alive through disease and falling calf prices.Japan
• 1817-1897Nakagawa KaheiA Yokohama cook saw that Western food habits would spread, sold beef when few Japanese ate it, then made his name with…Japan
• b. c.1954Nakanishi YoshinoriA Hyogo cattleman who limits his herd so every animal gets individual attention.Japan
• livingOhta KatsunoriFrom about 100 cows to roughly 1,600, a second-generation Tajima cattle farmer built one of the most awarded Kobe Beef…Japan
• 1928-2023Shogo TakedaA Japanese Black breeder from Hokkaido became the first inductee of the Australian Wagyu Association Hall of Fame, and…Japan
• b. 1978Tanaka KazumaA farmer from outside agriculture built a Tajima breeding herd from a 2 million yen loan and sold his own beef online.Japan
• 1800s onwardWagyuJapan's four native beef breeds began as work animals and became the global standard for marbled beef.Japan
• livingYamanokuchi NaokiA Kyushu-born cattleman built a Tajima operation on Awaji Island from crossbred calves and an uncle's advice.Japan