Aomi daikon is said to be a mutant product of 'Kori daikon' (daikon produced in Goku-Kori cho, a town in Kyoto City), which is already extinct, during the Bunka-Bunsei eras (1804 - 1829) of the Edo period.
江戸時代の文化・文政（1804～29）の頃、今は絶滅した「郡大根」の変異種として生まれたと伝えられる。