Kung Fu Hero (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Strong Return

Dam

Line Stitch

Owners

Yuki Dendo

About

From Japan, the 2yo b Kung Fu Hero is trained by Hitoshi Matoba. He is by Strong Return out of Line Stitch. The horse has not yet broken its maiden, having failed to win in four starts. In its latest start at Nakayama on 25 Jan 2026, jockey Takuya Kowata guided him to an 11th-place finish, behind winner Amp It Up.

Raced At

Nakayama Hanshin

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Nakayama 25-Jan-26 1200m R1 Md (of $11,280,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:12.900, SP: 151.00 1st Amp It Up ( M Iwata 126 ) 2nd Jack Nadal ( K Ogino 126 ) 1.50L 3rd Toyosakae ( Y Yoshida 126 ) 1.80L 11th Kung Fu Hero ( T Kowata 126 ) 14.40L See full resultsT Kowata 57.2kg 14.40L11 (16)
Hanshin 27-Dec-25 1200m R1 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:12.800, SP: 151.00 1st Five Tango ( C Demuro 123 ) 2nd Meisho Ibuki ( T Danno 121 ) 2.00L 3rd Aqua Meister ( H Wada 117 ) 2.30L 10th Kung Fu Hero ( T Hashiki 117 ) 13.10L See full resultsT Hashiki 53.1kg 13.10L10 (15)
Nakayama 21-Dec-25 1200m SOFT R1 Md (of $10,600,000) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 01:11.300, SP: 101.00 1st Ho O Hessen ( K Tosaki 123 ) 2nd Furstin ( T Yokoyama 121 ) 1.00L 3rd Daiyu Saltare ( D Sasaki 123 ) 5.00L 14th Kung Fu Hero ( T Eda 123 ) 16.35L See full resultsT Eda 55.8kg 16.35L14 (16)
Hanshin 21-Jun-25 1400m GOOD R5 Newcomer Race (newc) (of $14,250,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:22.600, SP: 126.00 1st Taisei Vogue ( K Taguchi 121 ) 2nd Jay Streak ( R Sakai 121 ) 0.30L 3rd Big Hero ( M Iwata 121 ) 0.50L 12th Kung Fu Hero ( Y Mizuguchi 121 ) 63.80L See full resultsY Mizuguchi 54.9kg 63.8kgL12 (12)