According to the Nihon shoki, it is recorded that Emperor Keikō praised colored carp in a pond in the Mino region in 94 and that Emperor Suiko saw them in the garden of Soga no Umako's residence in 620. The systematic breeding of ornamental koi in Japan began in Ojiya and Yamakoshi in the Niigata Prefecture (located on the northeastern coast of Honshu) in the 1820s.
The Sarasa variety, with a red on white pattern, was created around 1830.
The Japanese name means pale greenish-blue, spring onion color, or indigo. ' means "autumn green"; the Shūsui was created in 1910 by Yoshigoro Akiyama（秋山 吉五郎, by crossing Japanese Asagi with German mirror carp.
From this original handful of koi varieties, all other Nishikigoi varieties were bred, with the exception of the Ogon variety (single-colored, metallic koi), which was developed relatively recently. The outside world was unaware of the development of color variations in Japanese koi until 1914 when the Niigata koi were exhibited at an annual exposition in Tokyo.
This variety was first exhibited in 1914 by the koi breeder Gonzo Hiroi, during the reign of the Taishō Emperor.
The variety was created by Sawata Aoki in 1946 from wild carp he caught in 1921.
The first Showa Sanke was exhibited in 1927, during the reign of the Shōwa Emperor.
The variety was created by Sawata Aoki in 1946 from wild carp he caught in 1921.
This variety first arose in the 1950s as a cross between a Kohaku and an Asagi.
Ghost koi developed in the 1980s have become very popular in the United Kingdom; they are a hybrid of wild carp and Ogon koi and are distinguished by their metallic scales.
Butterfly koi (also known as longfin koi, or dragon carp), also developed in the 1980s, are notable for their long and flowing fins.
In 2018, one carp was bought by a Chinese collector for about $2 million, the highest price ever.
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