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The All Japan Ranchu Show (AJRS)
2002 |
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The Venue - Senri Hankyu Hotel in Osaka |
Our club members have
visited the All Japan Ranchu Show (AJRS) consistently over the last
5 years. All the activities of the show are usually captured on
video for the benefit of our members.
The AJRS is held annually on the 3rd of November and its
venue is rotated between the cities of Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. This
year’s show on (Nov 2002) was held at the Senri Hankyu Hotel in
Osaka.
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The Ranchu competitions normally started out at the club, the
prefecture and district levels around September – October each year
and culminates at the AJRS in November where fishes from all over
Japan compete for the “World Cup” in Ranchu rearing.
Japanese Ranchus are judged through various criteria from a ‘top
view’ perspective. There are three basic categories in the
competition namely, Tosai (yearlings), Nisai (2 yrs old and above)
and Oya (3 yrs and above). |
Oya fishes in a staging tub awaiting selection. |
Strict benching with comparison of photos to entries |
Fishes
of the same category are staged in big tubs like these before the
first round of selection. There are normally over 1,500 fishes
competing in the 3 categories and amazingly no one has ever lost a
fish! Despite the large number of entries, this is a gentleman’s
sport where trust and integrity is highly regarded.
Each fish is unique and their owners have
no problem identifying their own. It helps as the organizers also
require that owners produce photos of their fishes before they’re
collected.
Top view Japanese Ranchus are best appreciated with
the round and white metallic bowls as shown in the photograph.
Winners are ranked and labelled for public viewing thereafter. |
The
traditional Sumo ranking system is adopted for the winners of the
competition. For example, the top fish is know as
East Ozeki
(“Dong Da Kuan”) and the runner up is called West Ozeki (“Xi Da Kuan”).
"Da Kuan" iterally translates to "The Great Barrier", signifying the
achievement in attaining the top Ozeki positions.
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First round scrutiny for potential winners |
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Show time
with round metallic bowls |
The following are the formal grade
classifications used by the Ranchu Association of Japan:
Show Grade
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Class 1 : Fish that won the top 5 prizes in a competition.
Class 2 : Fish that won prizes other than the top 5 in a
competition.
Class 3 : Potential show fish.
Class 4 : Potential show fish
Commercial Grade
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A, AA, AAA+, etc. (all those with alphabets are commercial
grades)
The AJRS VCD
videoed by our club is a real eye opener for those who are
interested to see and learn how the top view Japanese ranchus
are appreciated.
If you wish to purchase a copy of the AJRS 2001
VCD filmed by the Ozeki Ranchu Club, please email your orders to
OzekiRanchuClubSG@yahoo.com.
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