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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
11 of 14 21 Dec 2025 JHAN CORTEO SOLEIL $21.2 2 OPEN G1 1600m $1,327,710 YUTA SATO 1:33.20
9 of 16 21 Dec 2025 HAND JINSEI $3.2 3U OPEN LR 1800m $451,980 Y SHONO 1:49.30
11 of 16 21 Dec 2025 HAND PROMISING STAR $4.9 3U ALLOW 1400m $348,100 Y TAKAHASHI 1:22.50
14 of 18 21 Dec 2025 JHAN SUNSET VIEW $29.6 3U ALLOW 2200m $148,960 KOICHI SHINTANI 2:12.70
8 of 12 21 Dec 2025 HAND BLANC DE BLANCS $5.2 2 MDN 1800m $103,880 HARUKI SUGIYAMA 1:55.10
7 of 18 21 Dec 2025 JHAN GEFION $6.5 2F MDN 1800m $103,880 YASUYUKI TSUJINO 1:47.50
16 of 16 21 Dec 2025 HAND GO GO SHACHO $3.6 2 MDN 1200m $103,880 HIDEYUKI MORI 1:12.90
3 of 10 14 Dec 2025 JHAN DANON KILAUEA $2 3U ALLOW 1600m $291,750 MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 1:34.40
2 of 18 14 Dec 2025 JHAN GARAVOGUE $6.2 2F OPEN G1 1600m $1,226,380 HARUKI SUGIYAMA 1:32.60
8 of 16 14 Dec 2025 HAND JASPER GREAT $13.6 3U ALLOW 2000m $348,200 HIDEYUKI MORI 2:04.60
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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 27.3% 6 54.5% 22 $1,985,063 0 0 1 1 $0.62
HARUKI SUGIYAMA 1 16.7% 3 66.7% 6 $395,181 0 0 0 0 $0.42
HIDEYUKI MORI 1 20.0% 1 40.0% 5 $105,159 0 0 0 0 $2.14
TOMOKAZU TAKANO 1 33.3% 1 66.7% 3 $2,066,041 1 0 0 0 $0.60
YUICHI FUKUNAGA 1 33.3% 2 100.0% 3 $138,740 0 0 0 0 $0.53
R OKUBO 1 33.3% 2 100.0% 3 $115,213 0 0 0 0 $0.87
KEIZO ITO 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $79,721 0 0 0 0 $14.20
SHINSUKE HASHIGUCHI 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $54,880 0 0 0 0 $8.90
Y TOMOMICHI 0 0.0% 4 44.4% 9 $269,728 0 0 0 0 -
YUTA SATO 0 0.0% 2 40.0% 5 $80,625 0 0 0 0 -
N SUGAI 0 0.0% 3 60.0% 5 $163,098 0 0 0 0 -
TATSUYA YOSHIOKA 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $101,141 0 0 0 0 -
KOICHI SHINTANI 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $162,425 0 0 0 0 -
Y TAKAHASHI 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $31,360 0 0 0 0 -
YUTAKA OKUMURA 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 - 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
MITSUMASA NAKAUCHIDA 220 29.9% 200 57.1% 736 $67,822,895 6 15 14 6 $0.87
Y IKEE 113 20.4% 151 47.7% 554 $39,422,866 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 24.4% 95 49.1% 385 $27,914,261 2 7 1 1 $0.90
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 57 21.8% 77 51.3% 261 $21,599,462 5 2 4 0 $1.04
N SUGAI 54 19.6% 95 54.2% 275 $12,451,774 0 1 2 2 $0.71
KATSUHIKO SUMII 53 15.6% 76 38.1% 339 $14,212,859 1 1 0 0 $0.90
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 23.3% 39 45.9% 172 $14,765,307 2 1 2 6 $1.04
R OKUBO 38 18.5% 56 45.9% 205 $13,506,133 0 0 3 6 $0.83
H KAWACHI 37 15.7% 68 44.5% 236 $6,888,531 0 0 0 0 $1.09

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2025/26 43 18.6% 89 57.1% 231 $15,048,376 1 3 2 2 $0.67
2024/25 122 23.6% 145 51.5% 518 $35,089,169 2 3 5 2 $0.74
2023/24 159 30.8% 161 62.0% 516 $50,301,034 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 2287 17.1% 3164 23.6% 13413 $613,040,344 34 51 72 60 $0.90