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YUGA KAWADA

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Jockey :Y Kawada Y Kawada poses at Sandown Park in Esher, United Kingdom.

Yuga's father Takayoshi Kawada was a former jockey and a trainer at Saga Racecourse in Japan so racing was in the blood.

He was granted a Japan Racing Association licence in March 2004 and rode his first winner the same month at Hanshin Racecourse.

The breakthrough season came in 2008 when landing his first Classic race and G1 on Captain Thule in the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas).

Since 2010, has regularly finished among the top 10 jockeys riding on the JRA circuit. Best year came in 2013 when second with 120 wins and had a great 2019.

Has been associated with some of Japan's best horses of recent times, including crack fillies Gentildonna and Harp Star, plus Japan's 2015 Horse of The Year, Maurice.

One of only eight jockeys in JRA history to have won all five Classic races in Japan. Has ridden over 1200 winners in Japan, including 12 at G1 level.

First Runner  07 Mar 2004
Surely Gold (USA)  
Chukyo Dirt (Jpn)  |  Maiden Race
First Win  20 Mar 2004
Homan Rookie (Jpn)
Hanshin Dirt (Jpn)  |  Allowance Race
Best Horse :
JANTAR MANTAR  (Timeform Rating 126)
PALACE MALICE (USA)  INDIA MANTUANA (USA)  [By WILBURN (USA)]
First Group Win (G1):
CAPTAIN THULE  (20 Apr 2008)
AGNES TACHYON (JPN)  AIR THULE (JPN)  [By TONY BIN (IRE)]

YUGA KAWADA's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
12 of 16 28 Sep 2025 NAKA LUGAL $7.2 3U OPEN G1 1200m $3,421,790 HARUKI SUGIYAMA 1:06.90
7 of 9 28 Aug 2025 MOMB GRAND BRIDGE $6 3U COND 2000m $529,887 KOICHI SHINTANI 2:06.70
5 of 13 02 Jul 2025 JAOH WILSON TESORO $3.4 4U COND 2000m $1,398,305 N TAKAGI 2:03.10
3 of 12 25 Jun 2025 URWD EMPEROR WAKEA $2.8 3U COND 1400m $1,425,640 HARUKI SUGIYAMA 1:23.20
8 of 17 15 Jun 2025 JHAN LORD DEL REY $5.2 3U OPEN G1 2200m $6,211,900 MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 2:11.10
3 of 18 15 Jun 2025 JHAN BELLAGIO BOND $3.2 3U ALLOW 1600m $384,270 HIROYUKI UEMURA 1:32.60
6 of 16 15 Jun 2025 HAND SAXON SIENNE $6 3UF ALLOW 1800m $323,250 Y TAKAHASHI 1:51.70
7 of 8 15 Jun 2025 JHAN THE TIME HAS COME $8.2 2 NEWC 1800m $153,900 YUICHI FUKUNAGA 1:49.30
6 of 18 15 Jun 2025 JHAN SMART SATURN $6.1 3 MDN 1400m $114,480 SHINYA KOBAYASHI 1:22.00
9 of 14 08 Jun 2025 TOYD RED DUNLUCE $2 3U ALLOW 1600m $323,360 YUICHI FUKUNAGA 1:35.90
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Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 6 40.0% 5 73.3% 15 $1,565,856 0 1 1 0 $0.81
Y TOMOMICHI 3 50.0% 2 83.3% 6 $950,250 0 1 0 0 $1.40
TAKASHI SAITO 3 100.0% 0 100.0% 3 $365,423 0 0 0 0 $2.33
HIDEYUKI MORI 2 33.3% 3 83.3% 6 $193,360 0 0 0 0 $0.58
HARUKI SUGIYAMA 1 14.3% 3 57.1% 7 $214,837 0 0 0 0 $0.34
N SUGAI 1 14.3% 5 85.7% 7 $539,256 0 0 0 1 $0.24
KEIJI YOSHIMURA 1 20.0% 0 20.0% 5 $119,243 0 0 0 0 $0.64
YUICHI FUKUNAGA 1 33.3% 2 100.0% 3 $95,640 0 0 0 0 $1.47
Y SHONO 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $685,128 0 1 0 0 $9.70
TATSUYA YOSHIOKA 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 2 $178,042 0 0 0 0 $0.85
TOMOKAZU TAKANO 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $58,013 0 0 0 0 $3.70
SHOGO YASUDA 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $58,013 0 0 0 0 $2.60
R OKUBO 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $58,279 0 0 0 0 $2.20
YUTAKA OKUMURA 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $40,911 0 0 0 0 -
HIROO SHIMIZU 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $8,742 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 212 29.9% 191 56.9% 708 $65,677,294 6 15 13 5 $0.88
Y IKEE 113 20.5% 149 47.5% 552 $39,123,528 3 6 7 1 $0.86
H MATSUDA 102 14.8% 143 35.7% 687 $27,285,708 1 5 6 0 $1.34
Y TOMOMICHI 94 25.1% 91 49.5% 374 $27,234,692 2 7 1 1 $0.92
TAKAYUKI YASUDA 83 17.4% 121 42.7% 478 $29,213,127 3 1 8 5 $0.99
I SAMESHIMA 68 14.4% 128 41.4% 473 $15,509,231 0 1 1 2 $0.90
TOMOKAZU TAKANO 56 21.7% 76 51.2% 258 $19,533,421 4 2 4 0 $1.05
KATSUHIKO SUMII 53 15.6% 76 38.1% 339 $14,212,859 1 1 0 0 $0.90
N SUGAI 53 19.9% 91 53.9% 267 $12,056,269 0 1 2 2 $0.71
H OTONASHI 50 23.7% 59 51.7% 211 $12,778,007 1 1 0 4 $1.06
H FUJIWARA 46 20.7% 68 51.4% 222 $9,959,464 0 0 1 0 $0.88
N YOSHIDA 42 13.3% 68 34.8% 316 $9,344,195 1 0 1 0 $0.64
Y YAHAGI 40 23.5% 38 45.9% 170 $14,665,267 2 1 2 6 $1.06
H KAWACHI 37 15.7% 68 44.5% 236 $6,888,531 0 0 0 0 $1.09
R OKUBO 37 18.3% 54 45.0% 202 $13,390,920 0 0 3 6 $0.83

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2025/26 25 23.6% 40 61.3% 106 $5,999,969 0 3 1 1 $0.74
2024/25 122 23.6% 145 51.5% 518 $35,156,223 2 3 5 2 $0.74
2023/24 159 30.8% 161 62.0% 516 $50,053,220 4 3 5 4 $0.82
2022/23 148 27.5% 150 55.3% 539 $47,686,982 4 3 4 12 $0.78
2021/22 149 28.0% 167 59.4% 532 $45,799,432 4 2 4 8 $0.84
2020/21 162 28.3% 149 54.3% 573 $49,061,157 5 7 7 13 $1.05
2019/20 170 28.1% 177 57.4% 605 $46,737,507 1 3 5 12 $0.84
2018/19 128 21.7% 181 52.3% 591 $40,047,356 1 6 6 5 $0.83
2017/18 111 17.5% 174 45.0% 634 $28,699,151 2 1 5 0 $0.79
2016/17 107 17.1% 175 45.0% 627 $28,142,807 1 2 2 1 $0.84
Overall 2269 17.1% 3115 23.4% 13288 $603,811,177 33 51 71 59 $0.90