Koshu Fujizakura Pork
甲州富士桜ポーク Yamanashi
English name: Koshu Fujizakura Pork — no official English name found, so romanised by this site.
Requirements for Koshu Fujizakura Pork: breed — Fujizakura × Fujizakura DB lines; feed — raised by members of the Koshu Fujizakura Pork producers' cooperative on a common feed, following the rearing manual. Also: slaughtered at Yamanashi Meat Distribution Center Co., Ltd; Pork that passes the certification standard set by the Yamanashi Brand Pork Promotion Council. Not specified: where raised, age at shipment, grade.
Definition — what qualifies
| Breed | Fujizakura × Fujizakura DB lines Pigs from sows carrying the Fujizakura line (a Landrace line developed by the Yamanashi Livestock Experiment Station, now the Yamanashi Livestock and Dairy Technology Center) mated with boars of the synthetic Fujizakura DB line, completed by the same station in 2012 after seven years (Fujizakura DB is a synthetic line of Berkshire and Duroc) Sources: [P002] |
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| Where it must be raised |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Age at shipment |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Feed | Raised by members of the Koshu Fujizakura Pork producers' cooperative on a common feed, following the rearing manual Sources: [P002] |
| Grading |
Not set (no such requirement in the source) |
| Other conditions |
Slaughtered at Yamanashi Meat Distribution Center Co., Ltd. [P002] Pork that passes the certification standard set by the Yamanashi Brand Pork Promotion Council [P002] |
Pork is graded under the Japan Meat Grading Association’s pork carcass standard, in five grades: Gokujō (極上), Jō (上), Chū (中), Nami (並) and Tōgai (等外, substandard). The same standard applies regardless of breed, age or sex. Pork grading (pork carcass standard) →
The contents of the council's certification standard (age, grading and so on) are not published. The prefecture's page does not say the pigs must be raised within Yamanashi.
Compared with other brands
25 pork brands set a breed condition and 13 do not. 29 of the 38 pork brands set a feed condition. Only 8 of the 38 pork brands set a grade condition. Koshu Fujizakura Pork sets breed and feed conditions but no grade condition.
This guide lists 2 brands from Yamanashi (also Koshu Beef). By prefecture →
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Guides
Managed by
- Managed by
- Yamanashi Brand Pork Promotion Council
- Official site
- https://www.pref.yamanashi.jp/chikusan/kousyufujizakurapork.html
Other brands from Yamanashi
- Koshu 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
- [P002] 甲州富士桜ポーク — Yamanashi Prefecture (Livestock Division) ・ Primary source ・ Accessed 2026-10-06