It was bred in the Kansai region in southern Honshu in the mid-nineteenth century.
[6] The Yakido derives from the Shamo group of fighting chicken breeds, which are thought to descend from birds of Malay type brought from Thailand in the early part of the seventeenth century, during the Edo period.
[7]: 13 The Yakido was bred in Mie Prefecture, in Kansai region in southern Honshu, in the mid-nineteenth century, in the late Edo period.
[8]: 321 The Yakido is intermediate in weight between standard-sized and bantam chickens.
[8]: 321 Hens lay about 80 cream-coloured or brown eggs per year; egg weight is about 50 g.[2] This breed is used in creating Kumano Jidori(F3 hybrid used for meat production) as one of great-grandfathers.