Shizuoka Sodachi
特選和牛 静岡そだち Shizuoka
English name: Shizuoka Sodachi — no official English name found, so romanised by this site.
Requirements for Shizuoka Sodachi: breed — Japanese Black (females); where raised — fattened on designated farms in Shizuoka; grade — meat quality grade 3 or higher. Also: shipped to Ogasa Meat Center or Hamamatsu Meat Market and approved by the brand committee. Not specified: age.
Definition — what qualifies
| Breed | Japanese Black Sex / type: females Sources: [B018] |
|---|---|
| Where it must be raised | Fattened on designated farms in Shizuoka Sources: [B018] |
| Age / fattening period |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Grading | Meat quality grade 3 or higher Sources: [B018] |
| Other conditions |
Shipped to Ogasa Meat Center or Hamamatsu Meat Market and approved by the brand committee [B018] |
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 Shizuoka Sodachi, require grade 3 or higher or something stricter. 72 beef brands set no age or fattening condition, and Shizuoka Sodachi is one of them.
This guide lists 2 brands from Shizuoka (also Enshu Yumesaki Beef). 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
- JA Shizuoka Keizairen
- Official site
- https://jashizuoka-keizairen.net/beef/sodachi/
Other brands from Shizuoka
- Enshu Yumesaki 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
- [B018] 特選和牛 静岡そだちの定義 — JA Shizuoka Keizairen ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-09-18