He was sired by Theft (GB), a son of Tetratema (IRE), out of Daini Tyrant's Queen, a daughter of Soldennis.

Theft was the sire of Bostonian who also won the Tokyo Yushun (Derby).

An important three-year-old stakes race called Tokino Minoru Kinen (Memorial) is named in his honour and held at the Tokyo Racecourse.

[2] Tokino Minoru was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 1984.

The owner of Tokino Minoru, Masaichi Nagata, who was the President of Daiei Film, commissioned a movie based on his life, titled The Phantom Horse, which was released in 1955.