Taniguchi - Sanke

This is sensational right now, and it is only going to get better. What I like is that you can see the quality. It is so blatantly clear and evident just how good the fish is, but there is still plenty of room and areas for it to improve and become even better in future.

Structure-wise, I absolutely love it. You can see there is really nice power sitting on the shoulders, and it is going to carry through into the peduncle in its later life. For me, the head pattern is absolutely amazing. There is a tiny bit just behind the head where the pigment is a bit light, but that is going to catch up. I absolutely assure you of that.

Then we look to the balance of the fish, on top of the skin quality, of course, but the balance of that pattern. It has phenomenal shoulder sumi, which is so important with top Sanke. There is a lot of tsubo sumi, another really desirable element. If you look at the whole flow and balance of the fish as it goes, it is superb. The sumi is not even at its peak yet. It is only just continuing to break through the surface of the skin, so there is a lot more to come from that as well.

You see all that combined, and now, over the coming months, with the service included, I am going to absolutely get the best from this fish and take it up to another level. At that point, it is going to be a Sanke that anybody will fall in love with. Obviously, it is backed by those Taniguchi genetics, the bloodline originating from Sakai, Miss Hiroshima, Cross, Momotaro, Mako Sanke. Wow.