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Tetsuya Kimura

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Tetsuya Kimura
木村哲也
Kimura at the 2018 Mile Championship
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1972-11-16) November 16, 1972 (age 53)
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
OccupationTrainer
Horse racing career
SportHorse racing
Career winsn/a
Racing awards
JRA Award for Best Trainer (winning average) (2018, 2023)[1][2]
JRA Award for Best trainer (training technique) (2018, 2022, 2023)[1][3][2]
Significant horses
Stelvio, Geoglyph, Equinox, Cervinia, Regaleira, Redentor

Tetsuya Kimura (木村哲也) is an active Japanese trainer of Thoroughbred race horses.[4][5]

Career

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Kimura graduated from Kanagawa University before becoming a groom at the Seisuke Sato stable in 2000.[6] He would then become an assistant trainer at the Yutaka Takahashi [ja] stable, before moving to Kazuhiro Seishi [ja]'s stable and later Tadashige Nakagawa [ja]'s stable before obtaining his own trainer license in December 2010.[4][5]

After becoming a stable, he inherited the stable managed by Masakazu Akiyama in June 2011.[7] Kimura would win his first race in August of that year, when Red Planet won an allowance race at Niigata Racecourse.[8]

In March 2015, Kimura had won his first-grade race when he won the Flower Cup with Albiano [ja].[9]

On August 14, 2016, Kimura became the 149th trainer to win his 100th Japan Racing Association (JRA) race when he won an allowance race at Sapporo Racecourse with La Californie.[10][11]

Kimura won his first Grade I race when he won the Mile Championship in 2018 with Stelvio [ja].[12] Kimura also won the JRA Awards for Best Trainer for both winning average and training technique that same year.[1]

Kimura won his 200th JRA race when he won an allowance race at Nakayama Racecourse with Rimondi on April 7, 2019.[13]

On October 6, 2024, he won his 12th race at the Tokyo Racecourse, becoming the 39th trainer to achieve 400 JRA wins in his 2,796th race.[14]

Power harassment scandal

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In January 2021, Kimura was sued by his retained jockey, Kaito Otsuka [ja], who accused him of engaging in power harassment towards him. In a press conference, Otsuka's father and lawyer also told the press that they filed charges for two counts of assault to the Inashiki Police Station [ja] of the Ibaraki Prefectural Police Department [ja].[15] Kimura was indicted by the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Public Prosecutors Office [ja] on June 30, 2021, and was subsequently fined 100,000 yen on July 12, 2021.[16]

After the criminal charges were settled, the JRA suspended him until further notice on July 28, 2021.[17][18] This also resulted in all 67 horses of the Kimura stable, including Fairy Stakes winner Fine Rouge [ja] as well as both Geoglyph and Equinox, to be transferred to Takaki Iwato [ja]'s stable for the time being.[19] After a deliberation by the stewards committee on August 18, it was decided that Kimura would be suspended from training until October 31, 2021.[20] Following the end of suspension, 62 of the horses that were transferred to the Iwato stable were transferred back to Kimura's stable.[21] In the meantime, the lawsuit between Kimura and Otsuka was settled on October 8, 2021, with Kimura apologizing and paying 800,000 yen in damages to Otsuka.[22]

Major wins

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Winners of the 2018 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  2. 1 2 "Winners of the 2023 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  3. ↑ "Winners of the 2022 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  4. 1 2 "小野次郎ら７人が２３年度調教師試験に合格 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex ギャンブル". スポニチ Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-12-31.
  5. 1 2 "調教師情報". Japan Racing Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  6. ↑ "海外のＧ１を６勝もしているんですよ". パーフェクト ホースマンズ. 2022-06-20. Archived from the original on 2022-07-02. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  7. ↑ "秋山雅一調教師が勇退、木村哲也調教師が新規開業". Keiba Lab (in Japanese). 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  8. ↑ "木村哲也調教師 ＪＲＡ初勝利". ラジオNIKKEI (in Japanese). 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  9. ↑ "アルビアーノが優勝 競馬のフラワーカップ". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  10. ↑ "木村哲也調教師がＪＲＡ通算１００勝達成". ラジオNIKKEI (in Japanese). 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  11. ↑ "4yo Maiden Full Result | 14 AUG 2016 R4 Sapporo Racing Information (JRA)". netkeiba. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  12. ↑ "【マイルＣＳ】木村調教師１６回目のＪＲＡ・Ｇ１挑戦で悲願「重かった扉が開きました」". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  13. ↑ "木村哲也調教師、ＪＲＡ通算２００勝達成". ラジオNIKKEI (in Japanese). 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  14. ↑ "木村哲也師 JRA通算400勝「開業時を考えれば、信じられないような数字」 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex ギャンブル". スポニチ Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-12-31.
  15. ↑ "大塚海渡騎手、木村哲也調教師をパワハラ提訴 度重なる暴言、暴行受け…損害賠償求める". スポニチ Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  16. ↑ "木村哲也師に罰金10万円の略式命令　大塚海渡騎手への暴行罪で". 極ウマ (in Japanese). 日刊スポーツ. 2021-07-22. Archived from the original on 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  17. ↑ "調教師　木村　哲也の調教停止". Japan Racing Association (in Japanese). 2021-07-28. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  18. ↑ "木村師が調教停止に". 競馬ブック (in Japanese). 2021-07-28. Archived from the original on 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  19. ↑ "木村　哲也調教師（美浦）の調教停止に伴う管理馬の転厩". Japan Racing Association (in Japanese). 2021-07-28. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  20. ↑ "「調教師　木村　哲也の暴行事案」に関する処分決定". 日本中央競馬会 (in Japanese). 2021-08-18. Archived from the original on 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  21. ↑ "岩戸　孝樹調教師（美浦）の管理馬の転厩". 日本中央競馬会 (in Japanese). 2021-10-31. Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
  22. ↑ "木村師謝罪、大塚と和解 和解金８０万円は全額寄付へ パワハラ裁判". デイリースポーツ online (in Japanese). 2026-01-05. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
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