Origin: by M. Yoshida, H. Kyotani, M. Yamaguchi, T. Kozono, T. Nishida, Y. Ishizawa, K. Kanato, and K. Nishimura of Japan. Plant patent 8116; 26 Jan. 1993. Assigned to Fruit Tree Res. Sta., Tsukuba. Hiratsukared × Nectared 5; first fruited in 1976 from seedling no. N-45-10; selected as Tsukuba no. 76 in 1980. Tree: medium vigor; spreading. Fruit: medium; round to elliptic; medium firm; flesh yellow, melting, clingstone; solid deep red over yellow ground color. Ripens early season in mid-July at Tsukuba, about 2 weeks before Hiratsukared. Flowers large, pink.