Shigeyuki Kojima

Shigeyuki Kojima is exactly the kind of figure horse racing runs on — someone who works deep in the background while the glory goes to the jockey and the horse. Born in Tokyo in 1968, he came up through an era when Japanese racing was still finding its footing on the world stage, and the trainers who built their craft back then had to do it the hard way, without the data tools and international exposure the sport has now. I find myself genuinely curious about what it takes to manage a stable day in, day out — tracking the condition of dozens of horses, designing training regimens, reading an animal that can't tell you what's wrong. That's not glamour work, that's real vocational depth.

Shigeyuki Kojima is a Japanese horse trainer born on February 15, 1968, in Tokyo. Working behind the scenes of the racing industry, he is responsible for the conditioning and training programs of the horses in his care. Trainers of his background form the backbone of Japanese flat racing, overseeing every aspect of a horse's preparation from daily exercise to race-day readiness.

Name (English)

Shigeyuki Kojima

Name (Japanese)

小島茂之 (競馬)

Reading

こじま しげゆき

Born

February 15, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Horse Trainer

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%B3%B6%E8%8C%82%E4%B9%8B%20(%E7%AB%B6%E9%A6%AC)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11460227

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Horse Trainer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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