Yuichi Kitamura

Yuichi Kitamura, born on 3 October 1986, is a Japanese jockey of the Japan Racing Association who made his debut in 2006 after graduating from the Horse Racing School. He won his 500th JRA race in 2017 and in 2019 won his first Grade I, the Osaka Hai on Al Ain, followed that year by the Shuka Sho and the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. With Chrono Genesis he won both the Takarazuka Kinen and the Arima Kinen in 2020. A fall in May 2021 caused multiple fractures, including at least eight broken vertebrae, and kept him out of racing until June 2022. In 2025 he won the Tokyo Yushun on Croix du Nord, and in February 2026 he took his 1,000th JRA win.