In an interview in the January 2007 issue of Kabuki magazine "Engeki-kai" he explained that he had been visiting race tracks for a long time and that his first experience was at Negishi racetrack when he was taken there by his father, Fukusuke V, as a child.
歌舞伎雑誌『演劇界(雑誌)』2007年1月号でのインタビューでは、自らの競馬歴は長く、幼少時に父・五代目福助に連れられて根岸競馬場に行ったのが最初だと語った。