Hiba Gyu
比婆牛 Hiroshima
English name: Hiba Gyu — based on the English name in the GI register, “Hiba Gyu”.
GI registered No.83
Requirements for Hiba Gyu: breed — Japanese Black (steers, heifers (never calved)); where raised — raised longest in, and finished in, Hiroshima Prefecture; grade — meat quality grade 3 or higher. Not specified: age.
Definition — what qualifies
| Breed | Japanese Black Calves from Shobara whose sire, maternal grandsire or maternal great-grandsire descends from the Hiroshima bull line founded by Dai-38 no 1 Iwata Sex / type: steers, heifers (never calved) Sources: [G0083] |
|---|---|
| Where it must be raised | Raised longest in, and finished in, Hiroshima Prefecture Sources: [G0083] |
| Age / fattening period |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Grading | Meat quality grade 3 or higher Sources: [G0083] |
| Other conditions | Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
Grades follow the Japan Meat Grading Association: yield grade (A–C), meat quality grade (1–5), and marbling as BMS No. (1–12). How Japanese beef is graded →
Compared with other brands
This guide lists 75 beef brands that require Japanese Black cattle. 61 beef brands set a meat quality grade. 49 of them, including Hiba Gyu, require grade 3 or higher or something stricter. 72 beef brands set no age or fattening condition, and Hiba Gyu is one of them.
This guide lists 3 brands from Hiroshima (also Jinseki Beef and Hiroshima Beef). By prefecture →
Compare this brand side by side with others → ・ Find brands by their rules →
Counts cover only the brands in this guide.
Geographical Indication (GI)
- Registration no.
- No.83
- Registered
- 2019-09-09
- English name in the GI register
- Hiba Gyu
- Registered producer group
- Hiba Gyu Promotion Association
This definition is taken from the production method in the specification registered with Japan's Ministry of Agriculture.
Guides
- Does Kobe beef have to be A5? We counted the grading rules of 100 Japanese beef brands
- Heifers, steers, or anything? The sex rules of 100 Japanese beef brands
- Where must Japanese brand beef be raised? We counted the region rules of 100 brands
- How old is Japanese brand beef? We counted the age rules of 100 brands
- What counts as wagyu? Four breeds, born and raised in Japan — and how 100 beef brands break down
Managed by
- Managed by
- Hiba Gyu Promotion Association
- Official site
- https://hiroshima-hibagyu.com/
Other brands from Hiroshima
- Jinseki BeefBeef brands
- Hiroshima BeefBeef brands
About the names
Brand names are proper nouns. English names follow the brand association's official English page first, then the English name in the GI register, and otherwise romanised Japanese plus "Beef", "Wagyu" or "Pork". We never call a non-Wagyu brand Wagyu.
Sources
Sources are in Japanese
- [G0083] 地理的表示 登録番号第83号「比婆牛」明細書 — Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (GI) ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-09-18