Kizuna was born in 2010. He is by Deep Impact out of Catequil by Storm Cat.
Kizuna was awarded Best Three-Year-Old Colt in Japan in 2013.
He showed his great turn of foot and captured the memorial 80th running of the Grade 1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) with subsequent Japan Cup winner Epiphaneia finishing 2nd. He also edged out the 2013 Derby winner Ruler of The World to take the Group 2 Prix Niel in a thrilling finish between the two Derby winners. He is by Japanese Horse of the Year and Japanese Champion Sire Deep Impact, and a half-brother to Japanese Best Three-Year-Old Filly and Best Older Mare Phalaenopsis.
Kizuna entered stud in Japan in 2016. In 2021, his brilliant daughter Akai Ito gave her sire his first Group 1 winner when winning the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, in which his another filly Stellaria finished 2nd.
In 2022, Songline, the winner of 2021 Grade 2 Fuji Stakes, captured the Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen and took the Group 3 1351 Turf Sprint in Saudi Arabia. Also in 2022, Bathrat Leon, who already won the Grade 2 New Zealand Trophy on turf in 2021, won the Group 2 Godolphin Mile on dirt in UAE.
Among his other best progeny are Deep Bond, who won the Grade 2 Kyoto Shimbun Hai, the Grade 2 Hanshin Daishoten (twice), and the Group 2 Prix Foy; Maltese Diosa, who took the Grade 2 Tulip Sho; and Ask Wild More, who won the Grade 2 Kyoto Shimbun Hai.
He was crowned Japanese Champion Freshman Sire in 2019.
Yasuda Kinenn(2022)
Queen Elizabeth II Cup(2021)
Kizuna was awarded Best Three-Year-Old Colt in Japan in 2013. He showed his great turn of foot and captured the memorial 80th running of the Grade 1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) with subsequent Japan Cup winner Epiphaneia finishing 2nd. He also edged out the 2013 Derby winner Ruler of The World to take the Group 2 Prix Niel in a thrilling finish between the two Derby winners. He is by Japanese Horse of the Year and Japanese Champion Sire Deep Impact, and a half-brother to Japanese Best Three-Year-Old Filly and Best Older Mare Phalaenopsis.
Kizuna entered stud in Japan in 2016. In 2021, his brilliant daughter Akai Ito gave her sire his first Group 1 winner when winning the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, in which his another filly Stellaria finished 2nd. In 2022, Songline, the winner of 2021 Grade 2 Fuji Stakes, captured the Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen and took the Group 3 1351 Turf Sprint in Saudi Arabia. Also in 2022, Bathrat Leon, who already won the Grade 2 New Zealand Trophy on turf in 2021, won the Group 2 Godolphin Mile on dirt in UAE.
Among his other best progeny are Deep Bond, who won the Grade 2 Kyoto Shimbun Hai, the Grade 2 Hanshin Daishoten (twice), and the Group 2 Prix Foy; Maltese Diosa, who took the Grade 2 Tulip Sho; and Ask Wild More, who won the Grade 2 Kyoto Shimbun Hai.
He was crowned Japanese Champion Freshman Sire in 2019.