Based on such facts, the development had been carried out with the concept of 'daiginjo with 100% rice from Niigata Prefecture;' in 1989 the Agricultural Products Research Center of the Niigata Agricultural Research Institute cross-fertilized Yamada nishiki/Gohyakumangoku, and the variety was registered in 2004 and designated as the brand variety of the growing district for Niigata Prefecture.
これを踏まえて「県産米100%の大吟醸」というコンセプトで開発が進められ、1989年に県農業総合研究所作物研究センターにて山田錦/五百万石を交配、2004年品種登録、2005年新潟県産地品種銘柄に指定。