Yutaka Take

I'll be honest, you don't have to know a single thing about horse racing to feel that Yutaka Take is operating on a different frequency, and that's what gets me. The man came up from Ritto in Shiga and somehow became the actual face of the sport in Japan, not for one hot summer but for decades, still winning long after most riders his age have hung it up. What stuns me is the posture, that clean, almost weightless line he carves on a horse that makes everyone else look like they're wrestling. The Deep Impact years had me leaning at the screen like the room had tilted. And now he's apparently doing voice acting too, which, sure, why not, the guy makes everything look effortless. Honestly I just feel lucky to have watched him live.

Yutaka Take is a Japanese jockey born on March 15, 1969, in Ritto, Shiga Prefecture. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest jockeys in the history of Japanese horse racing and has maintained an active career spanning multiple decades. In addition to his equestrian career, he has also worked as a voice actor.

Name (English)

Yutaka Take

Name (Japanese)

武豊

Reading

たけ ゆたか

Born

March 15, 1969 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rooster (酉)

Origin

Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Jockey / Voice Actor

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yutaka_take1987/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E8%B1%8A

Tags

• From Shiga Prefecture
• Jockey
• Voice Actor

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.