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Horse Racing
YutakaTake
Yutaka Take, a Japanese Flat jockey, has 5,001 career wins and remains active in the 2026 season.
Who is Take
Yutaka Take, a Japanese Flat jockey, began life in 1969 in Rittō-shi, and the racecourse has been his workplace ever since. Horse racing's Flat category is where he built a reputation, a code that prizes pace and positioning. What stands out is the accumulation of victories: a total that now stands at 5,001. With the 2026 season underway, he is still listed among active riders, a Japanese jockey whose career has outlasted most of his contemporaries. Fans looking for the essentials will find no club affiliation here; his sport is horse racing, his role is riding in Flat races, and his nationality is Japanese. The win count is the number that matters, a total amassed over decades rather than a single campaign. That is the short version: a rider from Rittō-shi, active today, with a career defined by that win count.
Take: quick answers
Yutaka Take is 57, having been born on 15 March 1969 in Japan.
His birth occurred on the same March date that appears with his age earlier in this list.
The career win total in horse racing stands at 5001.
His birthplace is Rittō-shi, Japan and he holds Japanese nationality.
A 2026 season means he is not retired and still competes in horse racing.