Hiroshima Beef
広島牛 Hiroshima
English name: Hiroshima Beef — no official English name found, so romanised by this site.
Requirements for Hiroshima Beef: breed — Japanese Black (heifers (never calved), steers); where raised — raised longest in Hiroshima Prefecture; grade — meat quality grade 4 or higher. Also: carcass certified by the council. Not specified: age.
Definition — what qualifies
| Breed | Japanese Black Sex / type: heifers (never calved), steers Sources: [B030] |
|---|---|
| Where it must be raised | Raised longest in Hiroshima Prefecture Sources: [B030] |
| Age / fattening period |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Grading | Meat quality grade 4 or higher Sources: [B030] |
| Other conditions |
Carcass certified by the council [B030] |
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. 24 of them, including Hiroshima Beef, require grade 4 or higher or something stricter. 72 beef brands set no age or fattening condition, and Hiroshima Beef is one of them.
This guide lists 3 brands from Hiroshima (also Jinseki Beef and Hiba Gyu). By prefecture →
Compare this brand side by side with others → ・ Find brands by their rules →
Counts cover only the brands in this guide.
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
- Hiroshima Beef Promotion Council
- Official site
- https://www.hiroshimagyuu.com/about
Other brands from Hiroshima
- Jinseki BeefBeef brands
- Hiba GyuBeef 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
- [B030] 広島牛の定義 — Hiroshima Beef Promotion Council ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-09-18