Noboru Takagi

Noboru Takagi isn't a name that's going to stop most people in their tracks, but if you've spent any time around Japanese horse racing, you probably recognize the face — or at least the silks. Born in 1965 in Kanagawa, he came up during an era when Japanese racing was quietly transforming into one of the most competitive circuits in the world, and making a career as a jockey in that environment is genuinely no joke. The public record on him is pretty thin — no flashy social media presence, no headline-grabbing scandals, just a guy who showed up and did the work with horses, which honestly I find kind of refreshing. There's a whole category of people in sport who don't get the magazine covers but absolutely hold the whole thing together, and Takagi feels like one of them. Respect where it's due.

Noboru Takagi is a Japanese jockey born on May 25, 1965, in Kanagawa Prefecture. He is known within the horse racing world for his career in the sport. Most personal details, including his agency affiliation and active period, remain private or unknown.

Name (English)

Noboru Takagi

Name (Japanese)

高木登

Reading

たかぎ のぼる

Born

May 25, 1965 (age 61)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Snake

Origin

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Jockey

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%9C%A8%E7%99%BB%20(%E7%AB%B6%E9%A6%AC)

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.