Ogons

Ogon are sometimes equated with Chagoi, perhaps unfairly so, in that they are also uni-colour Koi. Typically the colour will reflect the type of ogon with the most popular being yellow (Yamabuki), platinum (white or Purachina) and Orenji (orange) ogons.

Ogons typically grow large and quickly so. They are genetically somewhat closer to the original wild Koi as they have not been as selectively bred (the point is debable!) as say the Go Sanke varietals.

Ogons are like Chagoi in terms of being single colour Koi. The consistency of the colour is important, free of blemishes with a good quality skin. Of course body shape, scalation, fins and the like all stand out as particularly important when it comes to Ogons. A good Ogon needs to be perfect in all these departments, and then it needs to grow into it's size - naturally as big as possible.

As a rule the better quality yellow Yamabuki ogon tend to develop their intense yellow only after the age of three, with the view being that younger Koi with intense yellow tend to blemish with red spots (tobe hi) developing on the Koi when they are older.

Platinum Ogons should have a brilliant white lustre to their metallic looking scales. Sometimes one sees ginrin platinum Ogons which in theory anyway should blind you as soon as you look at it in direct sunlight, and a good example will in fact come close...

When all is said and done, when it comes to Ogons, size and body perfection counts. They can also be quite docile Koi with appetites commensurate with their size and there are a number of Koi collections in which Ogons feature in significantly more numbers than any other variety. It is easy to understand why.