Jockey Profile

Jockeys/Yasunari Iwata

Yasunari Iwata

Jockey Statistics

Career Overview

Yasunari Iwata is a jockey with 1304 career rides 159 winners. He rides at a 12.2% strike rate. He has placed 445 times. He has earned £98.4M in prize money. His strongest track is Kochi (JPN) (4w from 6r).

Career Statistics

Win Rate

12.2%

Total Wins

159

Total Runs

1,304

Places

445

Place %

34.1%

Recent Form

Season Performance

Total Wins · Avg Finishing Position

22 seasons
200620082010201120122013201420152016201720182020202220242026061218244712.6
  • Total Wins
  • Avg Position

Recent Results

DateTrackRaceHorsePosRunnersDistanceGoing
2026-06-13Hakodate (JPN)Hakodate Sprint Stakes (Turf)Stahl Wind (JPN)9126ffGood
2026-06-07Tokyo (JPN)Yasuda Kinen (Turf)Champagne Color (JPN)12178ffGood To Firm
2026-05-31Tokyo (JPN)Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) (No Geldings) (Turf)Ask Edinburgh (JPN)101812ffGood To Firm
2026-05-16Niigata (JPN)Niigata Daishoten Handicap) (Turf)Angola Black (JPN)101510ffGood To Firm
2026-05-09Tokyo (JPN)Epsom Cup (Turf)Regalo Del Cielo (JPN)3179ffGood To Firm
2026-04-26Kyoto (JPN)Yomiuri Milers Cup (Turf)Champagne Color (JPN)9188ffGood To Firm
2026-04-25Tokyo (JPN)TV Tokyo Hai Aoba Sho (Turf)Yoka O (JPN)151812ffGood To Firm
2026-04-19Nakayama (JPN)Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) (Colts & Fillies) (Turf)Ask Edinburgh (JPN)41810ffGood To Firm
2026-04-11Nakayama (JPN)New Zealand Trophy (Turf)Hanohano (JPN)15158ffGood To Firm
2026-04-05Hanshin (JPN)Osaka Hai (Turf)Faust Rasen (JPN)131510ffGood To Firm
2026-04-04Nakayama (JPN)Lord Derby Challenge Trophy Handicap) (Turf)Metal Speed (JPN)9158ffGood
2026-03-29Chukyo (JPN)Takamatsunomiya Kinen (Turf)Pair Pollux (JPN)10186ffGood To Firm
2026-03-21Nakayama (JPN)Flower Cup (Fillies) (Turf)Birthday Flight (JPN)9169ffGood To Firm
2026-03-15Nakayama (JPN)Fuji TV Sho Spring Stakes (Turf)Ask Edinburgh (JPN)2169ffGood To Firm
2026-03-07Nakayama (JPN)Laurel R.C.Sho Nakayama Himba Stakes Handicap) (Fillies & Mares) (Turf)Bond Girl (JPN)10169ffGood
2026-03-01Nakayama (JPN)Nakayama Kinen (Turf)Champagne Color (JPN)10149ffGood To Firm
2026-02-28Nakayama (JPN)Ocean Stakes (Turf)Pair Pollux (JPN)1166ffGood To Firm
2026-02-22Tokyo (JPN)February Stakes (Dirt)Omega Guiness (JPN)5168ffStandard
2026-02-14Tokyo (JPN)Daily Hai Queen Cup (Fillies) (Turf)Gobadu (JPN)13168ffGood To Firm
2026-02-10Tokyo (JPN)Tokyo Shimbun Hai (Turf)Champagne Color (JPN)4168ffFirm

Strike Rate by Course & Distance

Win % by course (rows) and distance band (columns). Min 1 run to show a cell.

Course5f6f7f1m1m2f1m4f+
Hanshin (JPN)—7%14%3%7%13%
Kyoto (JPN)—5%9%15%9%3%
Tokyo (JPN)——11%8%13%10%
Nakayama (JPN)—15%—5%13%10%
Chukyo (JPN)—11%0%25%13%0%
Ohi (JPN)—8%—0%16%—
Hakodate (JPN)—4%—25%20%—
Sapporo (JPN)—0%—63%8%—

Going Performance

Based on 1305 recent results stored in our database for this jockey.

Firm
57W / 612R9%
Standard
41W / 223R18%
Good To Firm
15W / 180R8%
Good
18W / 135R13%
Muddy
15W / 48R31%
Yielding
3W / 45R7%
Sloppy
7W / 37R19%
Soft
2W / 18R11%
Fast
1W / 4R25%
Good To Soft
0W / 2R0%
Heavy
0W / 1R0%

Distance Performance

Based on 1305 recent results stored in our database for this jockey.

Sprint
38W / 289R13%
Mile
105W / 847R12%
Middle
15W / 165R9%
Staying
1W / 4R25%

Course Specialists

Where this jockey rides most successfully (minimum 3 rides at a track).

#1Kochi (JPN)
4W / 6R67%
#2Kanazawa (JPN)
3W / 6R50%
#3NAGOYA (JPN)
5W / 12R42%
#4Mombetsu (JPN)
3W / 10R30%
#5Urawa (JPN)
5W / 18R28%
#6Kawasaki (JPN)
7W / 27R26%
#7Sha Tin (HK)
3W / 12R25%
#8Funabashi (JPN)
4W / 19R21%
#9Morioka (JPN)
3W / 14R21%
#10Sonoda (JPN)
4W / 21R19%

Class Performance

Win rates by race class (1–7).

C1C2C3C40255075100

Seasonality

Monthly win rate across stored results.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0481216

Trainer Partnerships

Most successful trainers this jockey rides for (minimum 3 rides).

#1Hideaki Fujiwara
14W / 88R16%
#2Takayuki Yasuda
12W / 42R29%
#3Katsuhiko Sumii
12W / 63R19%
#4Ken Kozaki
8W / 15R53%
#5Yasuo Tomomichi
7W / 52R13%
#6Toshiyuki Hattori
6W / 18R33%
#7Hiroyoshi Matsuda
6W / 34R18%
#8Shigeki Matsumoto
5W / 12R42%
#9Yoshito Yahagi
5W / 42R12%
#10Kojiro Hashiguchi
4W / 15R27%

Owner Partnerships

Top owners whose horses this jockey rides (minimum 2 runners).

#1Sunday Racing Co Ltd
15W / 76R20%
#2Toru Okawa
9W / 19R47%
#3Lord Horse Club Co Ltd
7W / 16R44%
#4Teruya Yoshida
7W / 22R32%
#5Seiki Kaneda
6W / 18R33%
#6Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co Ltd
6W / 37R16%
#7Riichi Kondo
6W / 63R10%
#8Reiko Hara
5W / 27R19%
#9Koji Maeda
5W / 35R14%
#10Eishindo Co Ltd
5W / 40R13%

Surface Split

Turf vs All-Weather strike rates.

Turf

Runs

996

Wins

97

Win Rate

10%

AW

Runs

220

Wins

39

Win Rate

18%

Dirt

Runs

89

Wins

23

Win Rate

26%

Flat vs Jumps

Separate stats for each racing code.

Flat

Runs

1305

Wins

159

Win %

12%

Place %

34%

Biggest Wins

Most valuable victories from stored results.

#1

Japan Cup (3yo+) (Turf)

Gentildonna (JPN) · Tokyo (JPN) · 25 Nov 2012

£2.1M
#2

Japan Cup (3yo+) (Turf)

Buena Vista (JPN) · Tokyo (JPN) · 27 Nov 2011

£2M
#3

Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) (3yo Colts & Fillies) (Turf)

Deep Brillante (JPN) · Tokyo (JPN) · 27 May 2012

£1.6M
#4

Emirates Melbourne Cup (Handicap)

Delta Blues (JPN) · Flemington (AUS) · 7 Nov 2006

£1.3M
#5

Japan Cup

Admire Moon (JPN) · Tokyo (JPN) · 25 Nov 2007

£1.1M
#6

Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2 000 Guineas) (Colts & Fillies) (Turf)

Unrivaled (JPN) · Nakayama (JPN) · 19 Apr 2009

£1M
#7

Tenno Sho (4yo+) (Turf)

Rainbow Line (JPN) · Kyoto (JPN) · 29 Apr 2018

£1M
#8

Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) (3yo Fillies) (Turf)

Gentildonna (JPN) · Hanshin (JPN) · 8 Apr 2012

£970.3k
#9

Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) (3yo Colts & Fillies) (Turf)

Victoire Pisa (JPN) · Nakayama (JPN) · 18 Apr 2010

£861.6k
#10

Sprinters Stakes (3yo+) (Turf)

Lord Kanaloa (JPN) · Nakayama (JPN) · 30 Sept 2012

£820.6k

Market Performance

Starting prices of winners — average, extremes, and distribution.

Avg Winner SP

7.9/1

Shortest Winner

0.1/1

Biggest Winner

143/1

Winner SP Distribution

Evens–2/1
43
2/1–4/1
22
4/1–8/1
37
8/1–16/1
16
16/1+
12

Draw Performance

Win rates by relative draw position (low / mid / high third of the field).

Low
49W / 393R12%
Mid
49W / 416R12%
High
56W / 477R12%