Lord Kanaloa was born in 2008. He is by King Kamehameha out of Lady Blossom by Storm Cat.
Lord Kanaloa was awarded Horse of the Year in Japan in 2013 and Best Sprinter or Miler in Japan in 2012 and 2013. Lord Kanaloa became the first Japanese-trained winner of the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint at 4 and put up a sensational performance to claim the race for the second year running by an emphatic five lengths from the subsequent European Champion Sprinter Sole Power at 5. In addition to the two victories in Hong Kong, he dominated the Japanese sprint division by capturing the Grade 1 Sprinters Stakes two years in a row and the Grade 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen. He also showed his capability of performing to win over 1600 meters by winning the Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen.
Lord Kanaloa entered stud in Japan in 2014. In 2023, Panthalassa, who shared the victory in the Group 1 Dubai Turf with the defending champion Lord North, led all the way to win the Group 1 Saudi Cup, the world's richest horse race, beating the 2022 Dubai World Cup winner Country Grammer. Also in 2023, First Force earned his first Grade 1 victory in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen, and Brede Weg became a Grade 1 winner in her only fifth career start in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup. In 2024, Bellagio Opera captured his first Grade 1 in the Osaka Hai. In 2025, Bellagio Opera became the first horse to register a repeat victory in the Grade 1 Osaka Hai, setting a course-record time of 1:56.2 for 2000 meters on turf at Hanshin. Also in 2025, Satono Reve won the Grade 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen and was awarded Best Sprinter in Japan, while Costa Nova captured the Grade 1 February Stakes.
Among his other best progeny are Almond Eye, who became the first Japanese horse to win nine Grade/Group 1 races including the Japanese Filly Triple Crown races, Japan Cup (twice), Tenno Sho (autumn) (twice), and Dubai Turf; Saturnalia, who captured the Grade 1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) and the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes; Danon Smash, who won the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint and the Grade 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen; and Tagaloa, who claimed the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes in Australia.
Lord Kanaloa was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Racing Hall of Fame in 2018. Lord Kanaloa was crowned Japanese Champion Freshman Sire in 2017.