Yuichi Kitamura

Yuichi Kitamura, from Shiga Prefecture, debuted in 2006 with 14 wins and won the 2025 Tokyo Yushun, the Japanese Derby, on Croix du Nord, one of his eleven G1 victories. Riding is not a job that fits in a profile box: years of holding your weight down, balancing on an animal at speed, deciding races by a fraction of a second, week after week. Watch the races instead.

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Name (English)

Yuichi Kitamura

Name (Japanese)

北村友一

Reading

きたむら ゆういち

Born

October 3, 1986 (age 40)

Occupation

jockey

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Tiger

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuichi%20Kitamura
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E6%9D%91%E5%8F%8B%E4%B8%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11401955

Tags

• jockey

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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