Yūji Hishida

Yūji Hishida is a jockey born September 26, 1992 — a Libra, which honestly feels weirdly on point for someone whose whole career depends on reading and syncing with a 500-kilogram animal moving at full gallop. The life of a Japanese jockey is brutally unglamorous behind the scenes: obsessive weight control, dawn stable work, years of apprenticeship before you even get a real race mount. Hishida came up right in the heart of the Heisei generation, which means he hit the saddle during an era when Japanese racing was becoming genuinely world-class. Most of his personal details are kept private — no agency, no social media to speak of — and that fits the craftsman archetype perfectly. These guys tend to let the results do the talking. I don't know his full win record, but the quiet dedication the whole profile radiates is exactly the kind of thing I respect in a sports career.

Yūji Hishida is a Japanese jockey born on September 26, 1992. He was born under the Libra sign in the Year of the Monkey. He is active in the professional horse racing world in Japan. Further personal and career details have not been made public.

Name (English)

Yūji Hishida

Name (Japanese)

菱田裕二

Reading

ひしだ ゆうじ

Born

September 26, 1992 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

Origin

Japan

Occupation

Jockey

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%B1%E7%94%B0%E8%A3%95%E4%BA%8C

Tags

• Jockey

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.