A list of Kokufu Prize winning bonsai

Some time ago, Alexi Goranov asked if I’d be interested in a list of trees that have won Kokufu prizes. I was. I was curious what varieties these trees were and interested in flipping through old books to see what the winning trees looked like.

The index includes show number and year, variety, style and size. It’s based on the books Alexi had access to so if anyone wants to fill in the gaps, feel free to send them my way and I’ll update the index.

What I don’t have at this point is photos for each tree. In the meantime, here’s a beefy Kokufu prize winning juniper exhibited at last year’s event.

Kokufu prize winning Shimpaku, 2016

Check out the List of Kokufu Prize winning bonsai below.

Show	Year	Species	Style	Size (cm)	Page
90	2016	Acer buergerianum	Root over rock	70	15
90	2016	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	77	24
90	2016	Pseudocydonia sinensis	Informal Upright	100	62
90	2016		Shohin (7pt)		189
90	2016	Pseudocydonia sinensis	Informal Upright	80	218
90	2016	Prunus sp	Semi-cascade	37	235
90	2016	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	82	248
90	2016	Malus sieboldii	Cascade	58	273
90	2016	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	93	312
89	2015	Jasmine	Semi-cascade	32	20
89	2015	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	68	40
89	2015	Acer palmatum	Tripple trunk	90	73
89	2015	Juniperus chinensis	Informal Upright	68	137
89	2015		Shohin (7pt)		188
89	2015	Pseudocydonia sinensis	Informal Upright	78	232
89	2015	Zelkova serrata	Broomstyle	35	266
89	2015	Pinus parviflora	Cascade	80	299
89	2015	Pinus parviflora	Informal Upright	72	330
89	2015	Acer buergerianum	Formal Upright	62	331
88	2014	Pinus densiflora	Informal Upright	88	65
88	2014	Fagus crenata	Multiple trunk	58	68
88	2014	Prunus mume	Double trunk	79	115
88	2014	Juniperus chinensis	Semi-cascade	40	152
88	2014	Pinus parviflora	Informal Upright	70	163
88	2014	Acer palmatum	Informal Upright	80	250
88	2014	Prunus mume	Cascade	88	621
88	2014	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	49	302
88	2014	Pinus parviflora	Multiple trunk	72	303
88	2014	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	60	333
88	2014	Trachelospermum asiaticum	Semi-cascade	33	343
87	2013	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	73	11
87	2013	Pinus parviflora	Informal Upright	45	46
87	2013	Pseudocydonia sinensis	Double trunk	85	72
87	2013	Chaenomeles speciosa	Clump	62	143
87	2013	Pinus parviflora	Informal Upright	78	163
87	2013	??? (no latin name)	Cascade	45	198
86	2012	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	90	27
86	2012	Juniperus chinensis	Informal Upright	74	140
86	2012	Acer palmatum	Informal Upright	68	202
86	2012	Rhododendron indicum	Informal Upright	57	242
85	2011	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	45	31
85	2011	Prunus mume	Broomstyle	85	79
85	2011	Picea glehnii	Formal Upright	87	155
85	2011	Pinus parviflora	Informal Upright	82	188
85	2011	Carpinus Turczaninovii	Double trunk	74	226
84	2010	Pinus parviflora	Cascade	95	44
84	2010	Pinus thunbergii	Slanted	76	152
84	2010	Punica granatum	Broomstyle	75	256
83	2009	Pinus parviflora	Informal Upright	68	16
83	2009	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	43	31
83	2009	Camellia japonica	Informal Upright	88	49
83	2009	Pinus parviflora	Semi-cascade	40	207
82	2008	Ulmus davidiana	Slanted	55	27
82	2008	Chaenomeles japonica	Broomstyle	38	50
82	2008	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	77	52
82	2008	Rhododendron indicum	Informal Upright	83	190
82	2008	Pinus parviflora	Informal Upright	70	203
82	2008		Shohin (7pt)		277
81	2007	Acer buergerianum	Forest	70	23
81	2007	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	90	33
81	2007	Chaenomeles japonica	Exposed Root	40	230
81	2007	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	38	236
80	2006	Chaenomeles japonica	Clump	35	28
80	2006	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	68	46
80	2006	Pinus parviflora	Informal Upright	70	60
80	2006	Pinus parviflora	Cascade	74	281
80	2006	Pseudocydonia sinensis	Informal Upright	75	307
80	2006	Juniperus rigida	Informal Upright	90	336
80	2006	No latin name	Cascade	33	470
80	2006		Shohin (7pt)		491
79	2005	Malus sieboldii	Cascade	95	15
79	2005	Carpinus Turczaninovii	Double trunk	85	26
79	2005	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	78	32
78	2004	Pinus parviflora	Informal Upright	75	17
78	2004	Acer buergerianum	Informal Upright	52	249
78	2004	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	41	254
77	2003	No latin name	Cascade	57	46
77	2003	Acer palmatum	Informal Upright	67	68
77	2003	Prunus mume	Informal Upright	80	123
77	2003	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	86	234
76	2002	Carpinus Turczaninovii	Informal Upright	70	153
76	2002	Pinus thunbergii	Cascade	88	221
75	2001	Trachelospermum asiaticum	Root over rock	29	26
75	2001	Ficus retusa	Informal Upright	72	162
75	2001		Shohin (3pt)		265
74	2000	Pseudocydonia sinensis	Broomstyle	88	27
74	2000	Rhododendron indicum	Informal Upright	67	183
74	2000	Prunus mume	Cascade	55	230
74	2000	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	90	253
74	2000		Shohin (7pt)		271
73	1999	Rhododendron indicum	Informal Upright	68	15
73	1999	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	93	21
73	1999	Picea glehnii	Informal Upright	82	74
73	1999	Punica granatum	Informal Upright	85	151
73	1999	Pseudocydonia sinensis	Double trunk	92	188
73	1999	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	70	227
72	1998	Ilex serrata	Informal Upright	35	17
72	1998	Prunus mume	Cascade	68	88
72	1998	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	84	113
72	1998	Pseudocydonia sinensis	Informal Upright	85	122
72	1998	Pinus parviflora	Raft-style	65	140
72	1998	Pinus parviflora	Informal Upright	84	188
72	1998	Acer palmatum	Twin-trunk	75	244
71	1997	Pinus thunbergii	Semi-cascade	80	16
71	1997	Pinus densiflora	Informal Upright	85	30
71	1997	Carpinus Turczaninovii	Informal Upright	98	71
71	1997	Prunus salicina	Multiple trunk	65	221
71	1997	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	95	233
70	1996	Rhododendron indicum	Informal Upright	62	54
70	1996	Pinus densiflora	Formal Upright	78	116
70	1996	Prunus mume	Broomstyle	86	127
70	1996	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	70	236
70	1996		Shohin (7pt)		247
70	1996	Amelanchier asiatica	Informal Upright	57	256
70	1996	Pseudocydonia sinensis	Informal Upright	75	264
70	1996	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	77	267
70	1996	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	64	425
70	1996	Fortunella hindsii?	Informal Upright	33	453
69	1995	Pinus thunbergii	Slanted	70	92
69	1995	Pseudocydonia sinensis	Double trunk	78	213
69	1995	Zelkova serrata	Broomstyle	92	236
68	1994	Prunus mume	Multiple trunk	84	24
68	1994	Rhododendron indicum	Informal Upright	93	48
68	1994	Juniperus rigida	Informal Upright	72	69
67	1993	Pinus parviflora	Informal Upright	85	136
66	1992	Pseudocydonia sinensis	Informal Upright	88	29
66	1992	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	67	63
66	1992	Pinus densiflora	Semi-cascade	58	75
66	1992	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	67	192
65	1991	Acer palmatum	Multiple trunk	85	109
65	1991	Pinus thunbergii	Formal Upright	80	119
65	1991	Pinus thunbergii	Formal Upright	75	125
64	1990	Juniperus chinensis	Cascade	90	19
64	1990	Pinus parviflora	Cascade	83	28
64	1990	Pinus thunbergii	Root-over-rock	68	131
64	1990	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	48	166
63	1989	Picea glehnii	Semi-Cascade	85	19
63	1989	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	78	55
63	1989	Pinus parviflora	Semi-Cascade	43	61
63	1989	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	83	125
62	1988	Pinus parviflora	Formal Upright	83	27
61	1987	Pinus parviflora	Slanted	70	62
61	1987	Juniperus chinensis	N/A	85	184
61	1987	Juniperus rigida	Formal Upright	77	189
60	1986	Pseudocydonia sinensis	Tripple trunk	80	161
60	1986	Acer palmatum	Multiple trunk	77	170
60	1986	Picea glehnii	Informal Upright	73	195
60	1986	Carpinus Turczaninovii	Informal Upright	67	196
60	1986	Juniperus rigida	Formal Upright	85	256
60	1986	Pinus thunbergii	Informal Upright	65	330
58	1984	Pinus parviflora	Formal Upright
54	1980	Juniperus rigida	Informal Upright	75	48