types of koi

Quick Answer Ochiba Shigure (“autumn leaves on water”) is a genuinely recent koi variety, developed in the mid-1990s by crossing Chagoi (brown/copper) with Soragoi (silver-gray), combining both parents’ colors into a distinctive two-tone, reticulated pattern. It belongs to the Kawarimono class alongside its parent varieties, and inherits their famously friendly, hand-feeding-ready temperament. Unveiling the Beauty

Quick Answer Ogon (“golden”) koi are solid, single-colored metallic koi in the Hikarimuji class. The variety traces back to breeder Sawata Aoki, who spent roughly 25 years developing it — starting in 1921 and finally succeeding in 1946 with help from his daughter Kinuko, a nurse who contributed her savings to fund the breeding program.