Foundation Sires and Semen
The largest 100% pure tajima ever exported from Japan at 1900+ pounds and consistently ranks first in ribeye size. He is a perennial ribeye producing powerhouse. 400 Daughters have impacted top seedstock programs around the World. Anybody looking for highly marbled meat, and more of it? JVP Kikuyasu 400 is free of all known genetic disorders and carries the AA copy of the SCD fat gene. His semen is extremely rare. He is one of the original imported Wagyu from Japan. JVP Kikuyasu 400 is a linebred Kikunoridoi bull. His maternal grandsire is Kikuterudoi, son of Kikunoridoi, who was one of the highest marbling bulls in the history of the Wagyu breed, and arguably the most famous bull bred in Hyogo Prefecture, home of Japanese Kobe Beef. Kikuyasu Doi, the sire of Kikuyasu 400, sired the Grand Champion Group (of four carcasses) and Grand Champion at the Japanese National Carcass Competition. Kikuyasu 400 was the largest and heaviest Tajima bull to leave Japan. At the time, he weighed an impressive 1,980 lbs. Kikuyasu 400 sired Kinu T077, a cow that produced progeny which, to date, have all graded BMS +9. Hyogo Prefecture, home of the Tajima line, has designated her dam, Kinu 1, the best foundation stock for breeding.
JVP Yasutanisakura 931 (FB2102)
According to Taiki Otsuka, national certified Wagyu Semen salesman in Japan,“The Yasutanidoi line of tajima is considered the hands down highest quality marbling and best tasting fat of ALL TAJIMA LINES in Japan, and is the most highly sought after luxury line for no expense spared marbling and fat quality, even more than the Nami line.” The original Yasutani Doi is also the maternal sire of the Westholm Hongen bull 003 Kitateruyasudoi, and Doi blood is also a major influence of #1 all time marbling sire Fukusuru 068 top and bottom as well. JVP Yasutanisakura 931 also has Dai 7 Itozakara as his maternal grandsire, and that may be why he is also one of the best milk sires in the breed despite significant Doi influence. Extreme marbling and milk in one package anyone? Maybe there is a reason JVP chose to breed such a disproportionally high number of their original foundation cows to “931” and treated him like a special prize of their shipment?
JVP Fukutsuru 068 (FB2101)
JVP Fukutsuru 068 is perhaps the most famous Wagyu sire in U.S. history, and certainly the prime example of Tajima bloodlines. This bull is the #1 marbling bull in the U.S. Sire Summary and has consistently held that position for many years. He produces excellent fine marbling and is great used in terminal production. His carcasses consistently grade out the highest. Female offspring have a tendency to demonstrate reduced but adequate milk.
Kikutsuru Doi TF146 (FB3615)
Kikutsuru Doi TF146 is of smaller frame (roughly 1,320 lbs) with excellent marbling. This bull comes from a combination of Tanifuku Doi – the number one Tajima sire in Japan – and Kikutsuru, the famous “Hyogo Cow,” recognized for having had the single most influence in increasing size and carcass quality in Tajima bloodlines. Kikutsuru Doi TF146 is recommended for increasing marbling in larger Wagyu. He is the first of two sons from the great Japanese bull Tanifuku Doi that is available outside of Japan. Semen on this bull is very rare.
World K’s Michifuku (FB1615)
This bull produces great carcasses with excellent marbling and a large rib eye area. Female offspring have a tendency to have reduced milk. He is a good all around bull for meat quality, body development, and fertility.
Michifuku is thought to be the best carcass bull ever to leave Japan. Even with smaller framed offspring, his progeny’s carcass characteristics are superb. Michifuku was formerly the number one marbling bull in the U.S. Wagyu Sire Summary, and consistently ranks second in ribeye area (REA) and fourth in backfat thickness (EPD). Michifuku’s sire, Monjiro 11550, is linebred to Tajima J105, great-grandsire of Yasumi Doi J10328. Michifuku’s dam, Michiko J655635, was sired by Tanishige 1526 and grandsired by Yasutanidoi J472. Yasumi Doi J10328 and Yasutanidoi J472 are considered to be two of the most famous of the Tajima/ Tajiri line.
World K’s Sanjirou (FB2501)
Sanjirou is a very influential sire of the Tajima line, having great meat quality, large ribeye area, thick rib and high yields. In the 2006 U.S. Wagyu Sire Summary, Sanjirou ranks third highest in marbling, behind Fukutsuru 068, but ahead of his sire, Michifuku. Sanjirou is a linebred Yasumi Doi J10328 bull. Yasumi Doi J10328 sired Yasutanidoi J472 and grandsired both Fukutsuru 068 and Yasufuku 930. Sanjirou is out of the prominent Japanese cow Suzutani, who represents one of the most potent bloodlines in Japan. Her great-grandsire, Yasumi Doi J10328, is widely known for his ability to produce excellent meat quality and size. Suzutani’s sire was Tanishige 1526, whose progeny test results demonstrate that he has heritable traits with a BMS score +3.1 (above the national average of +2.1) and a yield grade of 72.7 percent. Suzutani’s mother was Suzunami and her grandsire was Shigeshigenami J10632, who, though largely unknown in the United States, has a reputation for producing the best genetics in Japan (see Shigeshigetani). Sanjirou’s genetic background suggests that he will have ideal meat production efficiency, with great meat quality, large REA, thick rib and high yield rate.
Itoshigefuji TF147 (FB3681)
Weighing roughly 2,640 lbs., Itoshigefuji TF147 is extremely large in size for a Fullblood Wagyu bull. Japan-born and a linebred son of Itofuji and his dam, Dai 30 Noboru, Itoshigefuji TF147 is a direct descendant of the famous cow family Takenotanitsuru. His original bloodlines trace back over 300 years. This is our most preferred sire to produce breeding females. Offspring from these females produce good carcass, the best average daily gain, early maturing, well-balanced, great weaning weights, and the best marbling from the Dai 7 Itozakura bloodline. These females carry a calf very well on pasture.
Hirashigateyasu J2351 ETJ001 (FB670)
Hirashigetayasu (ETJ 001) J2351 was sired by Dai 20 Hirashige J287. His maternal great-grandsire is the distinguished Tajiri-line Tayasudoi. Hirashigetayasu (ETJ001) J2351’s Kedaka lineage shows strong propensity for growth and balance with a larger frame. Females have very good maternal traits and milk very well. Carcasses from his offspring consistently grade on the high end but the marbling has a tendency to be moderately course. This is another sire preferred for producing breeding females.
World K’s Yasufuku Jr (FB5061)
Yasufuku Jr. traces Yasumi Doi J10328 in his pedigree three times. His maternal grandsire was Monjiro 11550, also sired by Yasumi Doi J10328. Progeny of Yasufuku Jr. have excellent carcasses with very fine marbling and an ADG of 1.94. He is an excellent bull for terminal meat production.
Kitateruyasu Doi J2810 (FB686)
Kitateruyasu Doi is widely acknowledged as one of the best marbling and carcass bulls available – his importance not only relates to his outstanding marbling but also that he passes on high level growth genetics. To achieve high profitability, a Wagyu or Wagyu cross carcass must have a heavy carcass weight as well as good marbling. This sire delivers this more than any other 100% Tajima sire. Kitateruyasu Doi’s progeny fed in Japan have consistently hit the A5 target (the highest possible). This bull produces excellent carcasses as noted through the progeny and EBV’s from Australia, too. Most of the top 25 sires and dams for the Fullblood Terminal Index and the Marbling Index in the 2015 Australian Breeding Guide have Kitateruyasu Doi as the sire, a grand-sire, or are line-bred. We are using this bull to produce multiple embryo breedings as well as bloodlines for our own herd.