The Kokura Nisai Stakes (Japanese 小倉2歳ステークス) is a defunct Grade 3 horse race in Japan for two-year-old Thoroughbreds. Organized by Japan Racing Association, it is run in September over a distance of 1200 metres at Kokura Racecourse, Kitakyushu, in Fukuoka Prefacture.
The race was first run in 1961 and was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1984.
The race was discontinued in 2024, with the Chukyo Nisai Stakes replacing the race. Winners since 2000 Year Winner Jockey TrainerOwner Time 2000 Riki Serenade Yuichi Fukunaga Tsutomu SetoguchiShigeki Goto 1:11.1 2001 Tamuro Cherry Takao Koike Masato NishizonoTamuro Taniguchi 1:10.6 2002 Maple Road Jun'ichi Serizawa Hidetaka TadokoroTurf Sport 1:09.8 2003 Meisho Bowler Yuichi Fukunaga Toshiaki ShiraiYoshio Matsumoto 1:09.3 2004 Cosmo Valenti Koshiro Take Tadashi KayoMisako Okada 1:08.2 2005 Alluring Voice Yutaka Take Akihiko NomuraSunday Racing 1:09.1 2006 Aston Machan Ryota Sameshima Sei Ishizaka Mayumi Tosa 1:08.4 2007 Marubutsu Easter Ryuji Wada Hiroaki Sugiura Tsuyoshi Osawa 1:09.3 2008 De Gratia Suguru Hamanaka Hiroshi MiyamotoSunday Racing 1:09.1 2009 Jewel of Nile Ryota Sameshima Yoshiyuki ArakawaGreen Farm 1:09.0 2010 Brown Wild Suguru Hamanaka Masanori SakaguchiCapital Club 1:08.7 2011 Epice Arome Suguru Hamanaka Sei IshizakaKatsumi Yoshida 1:08.8 2012 Meiner Eternel Ryuji Wada Masato NishizonoThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:07.9 2013 Horai Akiko Ryuji Wada Katsumi MinaiKohei Matsumoto 1:08.8 2014 Omi Alice Yusaku Kokubun Norio FujisawaYoshizumi Iwasaki 1:08.4 2015 Shuji Yasunari Iwata Kojiro Hashiguchi Koji Yasuhara 1:08.9 2016 Reine Minoru Suguru Hamanaka Masaru Honda Minoru Yoshioka 1:08.0 2017 Asakusa Genki Yutaka Take Hidetaka Otonashi Keiko Tahara 1:09.1 2018 Fantasist Yutaka Take Tomoyuki UmedaToshihiro Hirosaki 1:08.9 2019 Meiner Grit Yusaku Kokubun Naohiro YoshidaThoroughbred Club Ruffian 1:10.5 2020 Meikei Yell Yutaka Take Hidenori TakeNagoya Keiba 1:09.6 2021 Namura Clair Suguru Hamanaka Kodai HasegawaMutsuhiro Namura 1:07.9 2022 London Plan Kohei Matsuyama Hiroshi MiyamotoTakayuki Shimokobe 1:08.1 2023 Ask One Time Mirai Iwata Tomoyuki UmedaToshihiro Hirosaki 1:08.62024A Shin WandHideaki MiyukiRyuji OkuboEishindo1:09.0
Earlier winners
1984 - Dyna Super 1985 - Kyowa Shinzan 1986 - Sankin Hayate 1987 - Pot Naopoleon 1988 - Dandy Apollo 1989 - Hagino High Touch 1990 - T M Lisme 1991 - Zinc Tamon O 1992 - Maruka Iris 1993 - Nagara Flash 1994 - Eishin Sansan 1995 - Eishin Itto O 1996 - Godspeed 1997 - Takeichi Kento 1998 - Koei Roman 1999 - Alluring Act
See also Horse racing in Japan List of Japanese flat horse races
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