Hidetaka Otonashi

Hidetaka Otonashi is one of those guys who quietly built one of the most solid careers in Japanese horse racing without ever being the loudest name in the room. He rode as a jockey for years — including a Grade 1 win in the 1985 Japanese Oaks — but honestly, the training side is where he really found his groove. Nearly a thousand wins from over eight thousand starts, fourteen Grade 1 titles, and horses like Victory and Company carrying his name to the top. The JRA named him Leading Trainer by Wins in 2010, and when he finally retired in early 2025, they made him a JRA Honoree. That kind of recognition doesn't come from luck — it comes from decades of doing the work right, day after day, race after race. Low-key legend energy, honestly.

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Hidetaka Otonashi (born June 10, 1954) is a retired Japanese jockey and racehorse trainer from Miyazaki Prefecture. He rode from 1979 to 1993, winning the 1985 Japanese Oaks, then trained at the Ritto Training Center from 1995 until reaching the mandatory retirement age in March 2025, winning 996 JRA races and 14 JRA Grade 1 titles.

Name (English)

Hidetaka Otonashi

Name (Japanese)

音無秀孝

Reading

おとなし ひでたか

Born

June 10, 1954 (age 72)

Origin

Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Jockey

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Horse

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%B3%E7%84%A1%E7%A7%80%E5%AD%9D
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11664308

Tags

• jockey

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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