Genki Maruyama

I mean, come on. The universe basically wrote his career for him before he could walk. He grew up in a racing family — his father rode at Takasaki and his grandfather trained horses. These guys don't do press tours. They cut weight in brutal ways most people wouldn't survive, climb onto an animal running at 70 kilometers per hour, and make decisions in fractions of a second that can decide a race worth millions. There's a quiet, steely professionalism to that life that I deeply respect. Genki's probably more interesting in the saddle than in any interview room, and I mean that as the highest compliment.

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Genki Maruyama is a Japanese jockey born on October 3, 1990. He competes professionally in horse racing in Japan. Born in Isesaki, Gunma, he debuted with the Japan Racing Association at Miho in 2009 and won his first graded race, the Niigata Daishoten, in 2011; his father rode at Takasaki and his grandfather was a trainer.

Name (English)

Genki Maruyama

Name (Japanese)

丸山元気

Reading

まるやま げんき

Born

October 3, 1990 (age 36)

Origin

Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Height

166 cm

Occupation

Jockey

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Horse

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B8%E5%B1%B1%E5%85%83%E6%B0%97
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11368162

Tags

• jockey
• horse racing

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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