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Doitsu Kohaku

Doitsu refers to a scaleless form of koi with thick, leathery skin. The smoothness of the skin creates clean, defined edges (Kiwa) in the color pattern, giving the fish a more refined appearance. The colors of Doitsu koi also tend to be brighter and more refined. Pictured here is an amazing pair of Doitsu Kohaku, showing excellent body conformation, rich color and great pattern. These Shinoda bred, Doitsu Kohaku should produce beautiful offspring.

Doitsu Lemon Harewake
Doitsu Lemon Harewake appears to be a very popular US Koi. Visitors who view our ponds often mention how much they like this variety. These come in both the standard scaled type, ginrin, and the doitsu. Pictured here is one of our Doitsu Lemon Harewake pairs.

Doitsu Sanke
Doitsu Sanke is a scaleless Sanke. Sanke is made up of three colors; red, black and white. They are most attractive when the red and white are in a Kohaku stepped pattern, and the black forms a stepping stone pattern from the shoulders to the tail. Pictured here is a good example of one of our several Doitsu Sanke pairs.

Doitsu Showa
Doitsu Showa is a scaleless Showa. These Koi have bold swatches of red, black and white. Doitsu Showa are fun to raise because each one is so distinctly different. Showa are best when there is red, white and black on the face. These are harder to produce, but well worth the effort.

Doitsu Kohaku
Doitsu koi refers to koi without scales. Doitsu koi have a thick leathery skin. They are popular mainly because of the very sharp lines that divide the color patterns on the fish. The edges are very defined (Kiwa) giving the koi an unique appearance. Here's a picture of a few of our Doitsu Kohaku.

Kikusui
Kikusui are scaleless and metallic koi, possessing specific head form and thick, solid colored pectoral fins. Their markings are similar to Kokaku (which is red and white), but Kikusui have deep tomato red markings on a bright platinum background.