Naoto Chiba

There's a pleasing logic to it. He rode for seven years for just 24 wins, retired in 2012, and then kept sitting the trainer's exam until he passed on the eighth try, opening his own stable in 2024. That actually tracks with what the job demands: jockeys wake up early, cut weight hard, and develop a wordless understanding with animals that outweigh them by half a ton. That's not a career you stumble into for the attention. The fact that he made it onto the track at all, and then back as a trainer — representing Hokkaido in a sport that chews people up — tells me there's real resolve in there.

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Naoto Chiba is a Japanese racehorse trainer and former jockey born on July 30, 1986, in Hokkaido, Japan. He rode from 2006 to 2012 for 24 wins in 984 JRA starts, then worked as an assistant trainer and, on his eighth attempt, earned his JRA trainer's licence; he opened his stable at the Miho Training Center in 2024.

Name (English)

Naoto Chiba

Name (Japanese)

千葉直人

Reading

ちば なおと

Born

July 30, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Hokkaido, Japan

Occupation

Horse Trainer / Jockey

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Tiger

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%83%E8%91%89%E7%9B%B4%E4%BA%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11406114

Tags

• From Hokkaido
• Horse Trainer
• Jockey

Last updated

September 26, 2026

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