Kamui

Kamui (registration B115, also known as TF152, 'Kamui Kamui' or 'Wakausa') is essentially the only Mishima bull ever exported from Japan and a genuine rarity in the cattle world. Born 28 August 1991, he is not a Wagyu but a purebred Mishima, the native cattle of tiny Mishima Island off Yamaguchi Prefecture. That island herd was devastated by disease and rebuilt from a handful of mainland Japanese Black cattle, then closed and inbred for more than 25 generations, leaving Mishima as a living link to the ancestral stock from which today's Wagyu descend. Because Mishima are not considered Wagyu in Japan, Kamui is registered by the American Wagyu Association as a base animal, and his calves out of registered Fullblood Wagyu dams enter the herdbook as percentage animals (50% Wagyu on the first cross). Mishima are prized for high marbling in a notably smaller frame than modern Wagyu. In Australia, breeders such as Moondarra bred up entire Mishima-influenced lines from this genetics. Kamui stands as a singular conservation and curiosity sire, carrying irreplaceable native Japanese-island genetics into breeding programs abroad.