$100,000 Koi Fish That Became The Best in The World

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  • čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
  • In this documentary we follow Tony Pitham, Martin and Marc. With a Japanese koi fish costing $100,000, they participate in the largest and most important competition in the world in Japan. That it would not be easy to win the 1st prize quickly became clear in 2005 when they lost the competition with a beautiful "Maruten Kohaku", a white and red Japanese koi fish.
    Discover the incredible story of a $100,000 koi fish that became the best in the world. From humble beginnings to international recognition, this fish has an amazing journey. Watch the video to learn more about this rare and prized koi fish!
    In 2006 she returned to Japan where, with more money and better relationships with the koi breeders and their broker, they hunted to win the biggest prize. In this compelling video we talk to Tony who, almost 20 years later, has a Koi business in the Middle East. From here he will try to realize his dream and make a bid for a second title.
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    Credentials:
    Production: New Vision Productions
    Written by: David Standen
    Narrated by: Tim Caira
    Camera: Nik Read
    Executive Producers: Tony Pitham, Mark Crampton, Martin Plows.
    Rights: Martin Plows
    Chapters:
    00:00 Intro
    02:04 History of Koi
    05:55 Sakai Fish Farm
    09:18 Why are Koi Expensive?
    11:22 Mark Crampton & Martin Plows
    17:45 The $100,000 Koi Fish
    28:01 New Contender(s)
    33:56 Buying a second Koi
    44:19 Can they Win?
    52:29 The Results
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Komentáře • 79

  • @tk72223
    @tk72223 Před měsícem +7

    Yvo I'm just gonna say one thing, THIS WAS A MASTER PIECE OF VIDEO! I know it ws not yours directly but you came up with the idea of putting this together that's just amazing man

  • @nickmay2925
    @nickmay2925 Před měsícem +2

    Probably the best koi film I've seen on CZcams, really shows what's involved in having a grand champion, well done

    • @TheKoiPartner
      @TheKoiPartner  Před měsícem +1

      Thanks May, all credits to Nik for producing it

  • @user_from_nowhere
    @user_from_nowhere Před měsícem +6

    Top film. Great insight into a very guarded world in Japan. Well done. 👏

  • @ericteneyck8691
    @ericteneyck8691 Před měsícem +5

    Well put together documentary. I can understand why the win was maybe a little bittersweet for Mark and Martin. They had spent a couple years with the Maruten and placed their hopes and dreams with that fish and then basically at the last minute had to make the switch to the other one that they didn't have an emotional attachment to. It was a great win, but would have been a much more satisfying win with the Maruten.

    • @keyjones1678
      @keyjones1678 Před měsícem

      Bittersweet about spending more money; it wasn't so much about the fish; it was about becoming the first westerns to win the All Japan show.

  • @ACKoi
    @ACKoi Před měsícem +5

    Absolutely brilliant video, Yvo really interesting 👌🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

  • @daleog9148
    @daleog9148 Před měsícem +3

    Loved this video Yvo great to see the footage behind a historic event in the hobby

  • @miketuttle1138
    @miketuttle1138 Před měsícem +2

    I also need to see my fish every day. Excellent documentary!

  • @finadic570
    @finadic570 Před měsícem +2

    Amazing was a great video. It must’ve been a big rush to win that grand champion position, Hats off to to you !

  • @TheErwinstok
    @TheErwinstok Před měsícem +1

    What a documantary stunning Yvo well done, keep filming like this amazing AGAIN👍🏻👍🏻

  • @myboyskoi
    @myboyskoi Před měsícem +2

    Loved watching this 🙌

  • @AuTheFuture
    @AuTheFuture Před měsícem +2

    Been waiting for a video like this 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ClaresPond
    @ClaresPond Před měsícem +1

    Excellent documentary vid Yvo! I think this vid is rare insight. It is very accurate record of the show koi hobby at the highest level of competition, AJKS. .

  • @johngordon2382
    @johngordon2382 Před měsícem +1

    Fantastic documentary great work thank you 👌

  • @MOMSPH
    @MOMSPH Před měsícem

    Fantastic Documentary! 👏

  • @paulwelling8243
    @paulwelling8243 Před měsícem +1

    Great journey boys, loved it 👍🏼

  • @AEG_UK2020
    @AEG_UK2020 Před měsícem +2

    one of your best

  • @chasingkoi
    @chasingkoi Před měsícem +1

    Great stuff sir, one of ur best n wasnt Tony Hanson in his younger self,,,, nice one evo, cheers Terry,

  • @TheFiSHDocToR
    @TheFiSHDocToR Před měsícem +1

    Amazing videos/ documentary

  • @Gazzakoi
    @Gazzakoi Před měsícem +1

    Great koi doc this 👌

  • @jansSanduz
    @jansSanduz Před měsícem +1

    I can live with it. Buying my most expensive koi and left it on the hand of experts to grow and win a championship. But after the big win (or lose if unlucky) that koi should be in my own best pond for a lifetime. I am a koi keeper since 2009 btw. ❤ Great video and to all behind it.

    • @TheKoiPartner
      @TheKoiPartner  Před měsícem +1

      I 100% understand what you are saying here. I think it’s unique footage done by Nik how it all went 20 years ago

    • @jansSanduz
      @jansSanduz Před měsícem

      @@TheKoiPartner And it looks like done yesterday! That is amazing.

  • @chrismcerlain1664
    @chrismcerlain1664 Před měsícem +1

    fascinating film. thank you for posting it

  • @seanscott1580
    @seanscott1580 Před měsícem +2

    Amazing 👌

  • @richardthurston92
    @richardthurston92 Před měsícem +1

    Well well had koi for forty years and I can honestly say this is the best video I've ever seen. It is a true reflection on the koi hobby. I used to go 15 years ago .as I say absolutely blinding video. Ps koi water barn used to import boxes for me in the day❤❤❤

  • @diddygreen5077
    @diddygreen5077 Před měsícem +1

    top video and relay good insight it to the koi show wold 👍

  • @ColossalKoi
    @ColossalKoi Před měsícem +1

    ❤Woow one of your best !!!

  • @crimewavedelta7879
    @crimewavedelta7879 Před měsícem +6

    Let’s be honest there are NO non Japanese winners…the koi are created made and raised in Japan then some foreigners buy the fish and enter competition and win, not really a foreign win. If the fish was created outside of Japan and then entered that would be a British win..All are Japanese All winners are Japanese !

    • @TheKoiPartner
      @TheKoiPartner  Před měsícem

      I agree, but it’s really hard to understand the culture and the politics that are involved in this competition. That is what I try to explain in my documentary’s.

  • @gladboy7722
    @gladboy7722 Před měsícem +1

    Wow...💯💯💯

  • @essa1buhamad
    @essa1buhamad Před měsícem +1

    Great video as usual from you, keep going.
    Just to correct the info thats Mr. Tony said "he was the first to introduce Japanese koi in the Middle East in 2017" actually am the one who import Japanese koi to Kuwait from Ogata Koi Farm in 2008.

  • @PoloReef
    @PoloReef Před měsícem +1

    Had same emotions and dreams!!

  • @mrspecks945
    @mrspecks945 Před měsícem +1

    Amazing documentary

  • @davekoi2101
    @davekoi2101 Před měsícem +1

    Great video Yvo 👏💯 if you have the money and the dreams why not 👍

  • @shropshireladoutdoors743
    @shropshireladoutdoors743 Před měsícem +6

    Bred born fed looked after in japan by the Japanese how can you call it yours

  • @kimdawcatgirl
    @kimdawcatgirl Před měsícem +2

    Great video! But, I had to turn the volume off at the opera singer moment! Lol!😂
    Also, didn't notice it was in retrospect until the end.

  • @nareeeely
    @nareeeely Před měsícem +1

    The narrator is on another level

  • @longdistancerider691
    @longdistancerider691 Před měsícem +1

    💯

  • @bobbyknox9258
    @bobbyknox9258 Před měsícem +3

    Excellent video. I know the ongoings of buying koi in japan. But these two are greedy people

    • @TheKoiPartner
      @TheKoiPartner  Před měsícem +1

      Don’t forget this video is 20 years ago when things went a bit different. Also these days in other cultures buying fish goes on a different way than we are used to! Anyway thanks for watching! 😃

  • @johnbell1859
    @johnbell1859 Před měsícem +1

    Great video, stunning koi. I bet waddy would have liked this. Ps. By the looks of the phones and watches I think this is an old video, still good though. 😉 🇬🇧

  • @user-qs2jq5dl2w
    @user-qs2jq5dl2w Před měsícem

    Quel est le nom de ce type de poisson ?

  • @TheFiSHDocToR
    @TheFiSHDocToR Před měsícem +1

    Recently, 1 guy Andrew Sandler spent over $100,000 to win the American Koi Show.

  • @AuTheFuture
    @AuTheFuture Před měsícem +1

    Heck yea bro

  • @swamiokami2485
    @swamiokami2485 Před měsícem +1

    Fish and money and the games grown men play.

    • @TheKoiPartner
      @TheKoiPartner  Před měsícem

      Or cars and money…. Or aquariums and money 😜🙈

  • @PoloReef
    @PoloReef Před měsícem +1

    I Get it ! b

  • @chrisb.1116
    @chrisb.1116 Před měsícem +1

    I'm honestly conflicted by this one. Passion that deserves respect or all that can go wrong with a hobby?

  • @oscars85
    @oscars85 Před měsícem +1

    This is a great video, but i feel i would get more pleasure out of raising and refinning a champion fish myself then paying for it to be done. Seems like a hollow victory to me.

    • @TheKoiPartner
      @TheKoiPartner  Před měsícem

      Which is fair! I would love such a journey as well ☺️

  • @mdshawonsk9201
    @mdshawonsk9201 Před měsícem +2

    Assalamualaikum bro.i am from Bangladesh

  • @pokeninja541
    @pokeninja541 Před měsícem +1

    The fitz guy said he had a 250k koi. What a joke No where near that quakity

    • @TheKoiPartner
      @TheKoiPartner  Před měsícem

      Idk, but this is 20 years difference 😜 thanks for watching 😃

    • @PoloReef
      @PoloReef Před měsícem

      he just won grand champ. in vegas. plus inflation. im the owner

  • @mucky1957.
    @mucky1957. Před měsícem +7

    so you spend 100k on a fish that you don't get to see daily...I'm sorry..I like koi..I love my koi pond but this is just madness. I'd rather spend £100 and really enjoy looking at it and watching it grow.

    • @TheKoiPartner
      @TheKoiPartner  Před měsícem +3

      But what if you like a fish so much, fall in love with it. And you decide to see your fish in Japan because you know the breeders are the best one to take care of it? Instead of taking the risk it dies in your own pond. It’s not about willing but about risk and loving something so much. Anyway, thanks for watching and reaching out! 😃🫶

    • @TheFiSHDocToR
      @TheFiSHDocToR Před měsícem +1

      Every hobby has an evolution. You go as far as you're comfortable or able. Some people go where no one has gone before. They set the new bar till someone goes further.

    • @KA-om9oz
      @KA-om9oz Před měsícem +2

      The money is relative. 2,000,000 for a race horse, just for a 1 min thrill on race day. It’s a love and passion, you have it or you don’t. If you do, it’s a privilege.

  • @ProffesionalZombie12
    @ProffesionalZombie12 Před měsícem +1

    Excuse me, but I beg to differ that these Mermaid Toddlers aren't cute and cuddly.

    • @TheKoiPartner
      @TheKoiPartner  Před měsícem

      Does that matter for the dream they chased? 😌

  • @farrelm7728
    @farrelm7728 Před měsícem +3

    The All Japan Koi Show, still and recently won by pure Japanese-bred koi.
    There isn't a single All Japan Koi Show grand champion won by a koi bred in other countries.

    • @TheKoiPartner
      @TheKoiPartner  Před měsícem +4

      A “real” Japanese Koi is a Japanese Koi bred in Japan. No other Koi fish bred in different countries will ever be displayed on a Japanese Koi Show, simply it’s not possible by law, second the Japanese koi industry is unique and protected by the government as the national fish of Japan . Without the breeders in Japan there is no koi industry.