Ryuto Yokoyama

Honestly, the moment I hear "jockey" I'm already impressed — like, riding a several-hundred-kilogram animal at full sprint, cutting your body weight to the absolute limit, making split-second decisions in a world measured in hundredths of a second? That's not a sport, that's a whole lifestyle of quiet sacrifice most people wouldn't last a week in. Ryuto Yokoyama was born in 2003 in Ibaraki, which means he stepped into that brutal world basically as a teenager, while most of us his age were still figuring out how to do laundry. I don't know his full race record yet, but I don't need to. A young kid from Ibaraki putting in early mornings, strict weigh-ins, and daily work with animals that could seriously hurt him? That alone earns my respect. Quietly rooting for him to make a real name for himself.

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Ryuto Yokoyama is a Japanese professional jockey born on January 8, 2003, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. He competes in horse racing and was still in the early stage of his career as of 2024, having entered the profession in his late teens. Detailed career records and agency affiliation have not been publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Ryuto Yokoyama

Name (Japanese)

横山琉人

Reading

よこやま りゅうと

Born

January 8, 2003 (age 23)

Origin

Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Jockey

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Goat

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A8%AA%E5%B1%B1%E7%90%89%E4%BA%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126005912

Tags

• From Ibaraki Prefecture
• Jockey

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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.