The , also called as the is a Grade 1

Conditions races

Conditions races are horse races where the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to; the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving...

 flat

Flat racing

Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...

 horse race

Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

 in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 colts

Colt (horse)

A colt is a young male horse, under the age of four. The term "colt" is often confused with foal, which refers to a horse of either sex under one year of age....

 and fillies

Filly

A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....

 run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at the Tokyo Racecourse

Tokyo Racecourse

is located in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1933 for horse racing, it is considered the "racecourse of racecourses" in Japanese horseracing. It has 13,750 seats, with a capacity of 223,000....

, Fuchū, Tokyo

Fuchu, Tokyo

is a city located in western Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 255,394 and a population density of 8,700 persons per km². The total area was 29.34 km²...

 in late May or early June.

It was first run in 1932 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English Epsom Derby

Epsom Derby

The Derby Stakes, popularly known as The Derby, internationally as the Epsom Derby, and under its present sponsor as the Investec Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies...

. It is the second leg of the Japanese Triple Crown, preceded by the Satsuki Shō

Satsuki Sho

The is a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba, in April....

 (the Japanese equivalent of the English 2,000 Guineas) in mid-late April and followed by the Kikuka Shō

Kikuka Sho

The is a Japanese Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 3,000 metres at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture in October....

 (the Japanese equivalent of the English St. Leger Stakes

St. Leger Stakes

The St. Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 132 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.Established in 1776, the St. Leger...

) in mid-late October.

Starting in 2010, the Tokyo Yūshun (along with several other JRA Japanese domestic Grade 1 races, including the other Japanese classics such as the Satsuki Shō and the Kikuka Shō) is open to international competition due to Japan's inclusion in the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities' ICS Part I category, in which all graded black-type races in the JRA calendar are open to international competition. Races prior to 2010 were only limited to Japanese-trained horses.

Winners since 2001

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2001	Jungle Pocket	Koichi Tsunoda	Sakae Watanabe	Yomoji Saito	2:27.0
2002	Tanino Gimlet	Yutaka Take Yutaka Take is a Japanese jockey who is a multiple champion in his homeland and won the Japan Cup in 1999 on the horse Special Week...	Kunihide Matsuda	Yuzo Tanimizu	2:26.2
2003	Neo Universe	Mirco Demuro	Tsutomu Setoguchi	Shadai Racehorse Co. Ltd.	2:28.5
2004	King Kamehameha	Katsumi Ando	Kunihide Matsuda	Makoto Kaneko Makoto Kaneko is the President, CEO and Representative Director of Zuken Inc., a public listed multinational corporation in the Tokyo Stock Exchange.Makoto Kaneko is better known as a prominent horse owner in Japan...	2:23.3
2005	Deep Impact	Yutaka Take Yutaka Take is a Japanese jockey who is a multiple champion in his homeland and won the Japan Cup in 1999 on the horse Special Week...	Yasuo Ikee	Makoto Kaneko Makoto Kaneko is the President, CEO and Representative Director of Zuken Inc., a public listed multinational corporation in the Tokyo Stock Exchange.Makoto Kaneko is better known as a prominent horse owner in Japan...	2:23.3
2006	Meisho Samson Meisho Samson Meisho Samson is a Japanese racehorse which won the 2006 Tokyo Yūshun and Satsuki Sho....	Mamoru Ishibashi	Tsutomu Setoguchi	Yoshio Matsumoto	2:27.9
2007	Vodka Vodka (horse) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racemare that won the 2007 Group One Tokyo Yūshun , the first filly to win this race in 64 years, as well as winning the 2009 Japan Cup. She won seven G1 races in Japan and is the highest earning racemare in Thoroughbred history.-Breeding:Vodka was foaled on 4 April 2004...	Hirofumi Shii	Katsuhiko Sumii Katsuhiko Sumii is a Japanese horse trainer.He trained the first and second placing horses in the 2006 Melbourne Cup, Delta Blues and Pop Rock.- Famous Horses :* Delta Blues - Won Melbourne Cup , Kikuka Sho (born March 28, 1964, Kanazawa, Ishikawa) is a Japanese horse trainer.He trained the first and second...	Yuzo Tanimizu	2:24.5
2008	Deep Sky Deep Sky (horse) is a Japanese racehorse which won the 2007 Tokyo Yūshun and NHK Mile Cup.-- 2007 -:Deep Sky became 2 years old, and it was left with Kon of the trainer...	Hirofumi Shii	Mitsugu Kon	Toshio Fukami	2:26.7
2009	Logi Universe	Norihiro Yokoyama	Kiyoshi Hagawara	Masaaki Kumeta	2:33.7
2010	Eishin Flash	Hiroyuki Uchida	Hideaki Fujiwara	Tomomitsu Hirai	2:26.9
2011	Orfevre	Ken-ichi Ikezoe	Yasutoshi Ikee	Sunday Racing Co. Ltd.	2:30.5