History Characters / UmaMusume

-> '''Voiced by''': Yuka Aisaka (until November 2020), Rika Kinugawa (December 2020 onwards)

* AscendedFanboy: Owing to her name, personality and dress, she was chosen as a Japanese advertising pilot for ''[[Film/TopGunMaverick Top Gun: Maverick]]''. As part of the collaboration, she replaced Maverick in an alternate version of one of the movie posters in Japan. Four ''Uma Musume'' voice actresses attended the movie's Japanese premiere, which included Tom Cruise prompting Mio Hoshitani by asking, "You copy?" to salute and say one of Mayano Top Gun's trademark lines: "I copy!"

* {{Kitsune}}: Her name and motif are both based on the mythical Fox Youkai. (Makes sense, given the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inari_%C5%8Ckami "Inari"]] present right there in her name)

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold:

[[header: Other - Horse Girls with Original Names]]
Some horse girls in ''Uma Musume'' are either not named according to their real-life counterparts[[note]]Even though horse names did not constitute as copyright in Japan, Cygames go to great lengths to obtain permission to use their names. They are, after all, owned by rich and powerful people. Some owners do withheld permission, as in the case with those in the 'scrapped' horsegirls section.[[/note]] or original creations altogether.

[[folder: Sun Visor]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RieKugimiya

* CoolHat: Wears [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a visor with a sun design]]
* GracefulLoser: Tries to be one [[spoiler:after Suzuka defeats her in her return race]]
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Loosely based on Sun Flare, the horse that won the 1999 Capital Stakes in Tokyo.
* TemptingFate: Just as she says Suzuka [[spoiler:hasn't recovered enough from her leg injury, Suzuka proceeds to defeat her at the last leg of the race.]]

[[folder: Broye]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HarunaIkezawa

* TheAce: The greatest Horse Girl on the international stage.
* AdaptationNameChange: The European champion from France was actually named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montjeu Montjeu]].
** CaptainErsatz[=/=]NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: The likely reason for the change is that one needs a license from the owners to name a character after a RealLife foreign racehorse[[note]]additionally, Cygames might not be familiar to the procedure on obtaining such rights from overseas horse owners and therefore reluctant to use Montjeu's name and likeness. In comparison, horse names in Japan are considered outside copyright but since they are owned by rich and powerful people it's usually a good idea to get permission for name use. It also does not help matters that, unlike in Japan, many overseas jurisdictions permit shared ownership other than buying club shares.[[/note]]. The design does ''not'' refer to the real horse, probably for the same reason. However, Château de Montjeu is located in the French commune called Broye.
* BadassCape: Wears a regal looking cape, and she has all the right to wear it.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Just like her visual inspiration, Lady Oscar.
* BlingOfWar: Her racing outfit is designed to resemble a very fancy military uniform.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: She's introduced surrounding by a crowd of fawning young women.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Even with the actress's questionable delivery, she ''sounds'' like the kind of woman that would be surrounded by fawning fangirls.
* {{Expy}}: Her design is based on Lady Oscar from ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''.
* FrenchJerk: To a degree. She is proud and can sound conceited and dismissive, but this does not make her lose the sense of sportsmanship.
* FunWithForeignLanguages: She signs El's guidebook in French, leading the other girl to believe she mistook her for a fan. However, Rudolf recognizes that she ''actually'' slipped in a friendly challenge.
* GratuitousFrench: Broye's dialogue is entirely in French, an unusual production decision. The actress's delivery is....questionable at times, with subtitles to translate her dialogue for the audience.
* PimpedOutCape: Her fancy cape is made of fur, giving her an air of nobility.
* PrideBeforeAFall: Extremely confident during her press appearances [[spoiler: before Japan Cup, which she loses to Special Week in Episode 12. If we go by RealLife race information, she came ''fourth''; this is never really confirmed in the anime.]]

[[folder: Happy Meek]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Miyu Yoshizaki
* ColorCodedCharacters: She has white hair, her eyes are pale-colored, and her racing costume is brightly colored (white with ivory accents). Safe to say white is her color.
* OriginalGeneration: She and her trainer first appeared in the mobile game. She also wasn't explicitly based on any particular real-life horse[[note]]There are speculations that she was based on Japan's first-ever white racehorse, named [[https://db.netkeiba.com/horse/1979105823/ Hakutaiyu]]. [[/note]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Notably quite subservient to her trainer.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: She doesn't have any official romanization to her name other than the link to her character page, which renders her name as "Happy Mik". Most Westerners render her name as Happy Meek, though.

[[folder: Berno Light]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Miyari Nemoto (''Cinderella Gray'' PV)
* MotorMouth: She prattled about horseshoes for a while while Oguri Cap spaced out.
* NiceGirl: Notably the first girl who actively tried to befriend Oguri Cap.
* {{Ojou}}: A rather lowkey one, but her family owned a large sporting goods store specializing in horsegirl racing equipment.
* OriginalGeneration: First appeared in ''Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray''. She was based on a Kasamatsu-based real-life horse although her name did not reflect this fact[[note]]the horse in question was named Twin Bee after the videogame, so [[WritingAroundTrademarks using the real name would surely invite a copyright snarl.]][[/note]]
* VisualPun: Although the staff couldn't use the name Twin Bee, they managed to work it into her character design. She's got two hair decorations in the shape of the letter B, that are both angled to be prominently visible from the front.[[note]] [[Main/DontExplainTheJoke For those who still don't get it]] - they're ''twin B's''.[[/note]]

[[folder: Fujimasa March]]
* TheAce: A scholarship girl, and very fast on the track.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Oguri Cap, of course.
* OriginalGeneration: First appeared in ''Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray''. She was based on the (at the time) Kasamatsu-based racehorse March Tosho.
* UnknownRival: The dynamic between her and Oguri Cap so far. Oguri Cap barely noticed her, making her resort to actively seeking Oguri Cap.

[[folder: Norn Ace]]
* AlphaBitch: Highly adversarial against Oguri Cap at first, but softened after her utter defeat.
* OriginalGeneration: First appeared in ''Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray''. While there was a Kasamatsu-based racehorse name North Hero at the time, the manga author [[https://twitter.com/KUZUMI777/status/1351511763116650502 explicitly stated in a tweet]] that she's not meant to be based on any real-life horse (the reasoning being her antagonist status).

[[folder: Little Cocon]]
->'''Voiced by''': Saho Shirasu
* OriginalGeneration: She and her trainer first appeared in the mobile game. She also wasn't explicitly based on any particular real-life horse.
* SatelliteCharacter: Within the game's story mode, Bitter Glasse and her are practically inseparable. They, too, seemed to orbit around Riko Kashimoto.

[[folder: Bitter Glasse]]
->'''Voiced by''': Aino Shimada
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She is notably darker in skin tone compared to most. This is most apparent when she is beside Little Cocon.
* AnimeHair: Her hair is short and spiky, similar to Biko Pegasus.
* OriginalGeneration: She and her trainer first appeared in the mobile game. She also wasn't explicitly based on any particular real-life horse.
* SatelliteCharacter: Within the game's story mode, Little Cocon and her are practically inseparable. They, too, seemed to orbit around Riko Kashimoto.

[[folder: Kin'iro Ryoutei]]
->'''Voiced by''': ''N/A''[[note]][[TheVoiceless She never had any voiced line in the anime]][[/note]]
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: She was based on Stay Gold, an influential stallion as well as sire of Gold Ship and Nakayama Festa.

[[folder: Akitsu Teio]]
->'''Voiced by''':
* OriginalGeneration: She first appeared in the Cinderella Gray manga.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: She was based on Nippo Teio.

[[header: Scrapped Horsegirls]]
In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYrVKLBhitE initial PV]] as well as [[http://ruruantenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210512_0700_843e094d000.jpg originally on the project website]][[note]]Clockwise from the top left: "Deep Impact", "Orfevre", "King Kamehameha" and "Buena Vista"[[/note]], there were four horsegirls present that [[PutOnABus have never reappeared since]]. It is assumed the reason was that the owners of their prototypes denied their permission.
* NoNameGiven: At the time of the PV, none of the horsegirls was explicitly named. Fans have identified the scrapped ones since, but in this section, their "names" will be shown in quotes due to this trope.

[[folder: "Buena Vista"]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/InoriMinase
* GirlNextDoor: She's ''heavily'' implied to be intended as that, given her relatively ordinary clothes.
* '''TheBusCameBack''': A horsegirl very similar to her in design is seen in the background of Nakayama Festa's SSR card[[note]]The name of Festa's card directly references the 2010 Takarazuka Kinen, when Festa won against Buena Vista by half length[[/note]]. (Nevertheless, she wasn't still explicitly named, meaning she'll likely remain in this section)

[[folder: "Deep Impact"]]
->'''Voiced by''': Ruriko Aoki
* RavenHairIvorySkin: She fits this trope to a T.

[[folder: "King Kamehameha"]]
->'''Voiced by''': Rena Maeda
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Very likely a shoutout to the namesake of her prototype...
* CovertPervert: All of her short PV screentime involves her chasing after Hishi Amazon. Yeah.[[note]]For the record: their prototypes did ''not'' mate.[[/note]]
* MsFanservice: Her original design featured a quite skimpy outfit, not to mention her... [[BuxomIsBetter outstanding jugs]]. (Perhaps that, combined with the trope right above, [[LampshadeHanging led the real KingKame's owners to deny their approval?]])

[[folder: "Orfevre"]]
->'''Voiced by''': Eriko Matsui
* MaskOfPower: A very interesting inversion in that it's taking the mask off makes her suddenly dash off rather than putting it on, resulting in...
** CheshireCatGrin: Seriously. That scene has to be seen to be believed.
* FieryRedhead: Well, more like Fiery Chestnuthead, but she fits nevertheless.

[[header: Others]]
Tracen Academy's faculty members and other human characters.

[[folder: Akikawa Yayoi]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KaoriMizuhashi

The current chairman of Tokyo Tracen Academy.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: She has some traits similar to a horse girl, and her head being covered by her sun hat really isn't helping to solve the case. Fans have speculated she might be based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Taste Northern Taste]], a legendary horse that produced many champions for Japan's racing scene. Northern Taste was also a good friend to the cats on his farm.
* NiceHat: A rather elaborate sun hat, with a cutout in the shape of a horseshoe on its rim.
* RightHandCat: Non-villainous example; her kitten is usually perched on her hat.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She leads Tracen Academy despite looking like a secondary school student.

[[folder: Anshinzawa Sasami]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KikukoInoue
A mysterious acupuncturist that sometimes would appear on the game as a part of a random event. She claims to be an apprentice of a legendary acupuncturist and can help to make your horse girl feel better. Maybe.
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* BackAlleyDoctor: Or rather, an acupuncturist. Despite her claims, someone who intruded your school out of nowhere offering an acupuncture that might not even work is definitely suspicious.
* DeathOrGloryAttack: Her campaign event lets you choose to make her perform a treatment on your horse girl to gain beneficial boosts such as stats increase or gaining recovery skills. The catch is that it doesn't always work, and if it fails, your horse girl will suffer from energy and mood drop (and on some choices, even got an illness). [[TakeAThirdOption Cautious trainers can also play it safe and completely refuse her offer]].
* OriginalGeneration: She first appeared in the mobile game.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Pulls this when you refuse her treatment, due to being found out by Tazuna as an intruder.

[[folder: Hayakawa Tazuna]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YukiyoFujii

Chairman Akikawa's secretary.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: One of the early concept art showed her with horse girl ears, and her 4koma strip had her catching up with a Special Week sprinting in full speed. Fans have speculated she might be based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokino_Minoru Tokino Minoru]], a legendary World War 2 era race horse.
* NiceHat: A dapper green bowler hat with a black stripe.

[[folder: Kiryuin Aoi]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MihoOkasaki

Happy Meek's Trainer.
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* OriginalGeneration: Happy Meek and her first appeared in the mobile game.
* SatelliteCharacter: Within the game's story mode, Happy Meek and her are practically inseparable.

[[folder: Otonashi Etsuko]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Emiri Suyama
A reporter covering stories about the URA championship.
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* IntrepidReporter: Though in the game she usually just give you some points on the stat you are currently training your horse on.
* OriginalGeneration: She first appeared in the mobile game.

[[folder: Special Week's Mother]]
->'''Voiced by''': Yuka Saitou

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: She saw Special Week off with an enormous banner, embarrassing the girl in the process.
* MuggleFosterParents: She's a human, and raised Special Week as best she could.
* NoNameGiven: Her name isn't revealed, since Special Week simply calls her "Mom".
* PhenotypeStereotype: A blonde-haired, blue-eyed foreigner. (The real person she's based on hailed from New Zealand.)
* SomedayThisWillComeInHandy: In a flashback, she's shown throwing mud-filled balloons at Special Week. This training ends up coming in handy, allowing Special Week to dodge mud kicked back at her without slowing down.

[[folder: Kitahara Jo]]
A trainer in the Kasamatsu Tracen Academy, who coached Oguri Cap in her early years.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implied to be a wastrel in his youth by his uncle.
* OriginalGeneration: First appeared in ''Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray''.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: Gets hit by one when he sent Berno Light and Oguri Cap shopping for the latter's shoes.

[[folder: Oguri Cap's Mother]]
Oguri Cap's birth mother, who was a racer herself in her early years. She managed to cure Oguri Cap's weak knee and turned it into her strength.
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* OriginalGeneration: First appeared in ''Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray''.
* PerpetualPoverty: Implied to be caused by Oguri Cap's food bill. It got so bad that sending Oguri cap to Tracen (implied to be fairly expensive in itself) is ''an improvement''.

[[folder: Musaka Ginjiro]]
A trainer from Central and Kitahara Jo's uncle.

* AlternateCharacterReading: Jo constantly refers to him as Roppei, the alternate reading of the kanji for Musaka. [[EmbarrassingNickname He doesn't like this]].
* OriginalGeneration: First appeared in ''Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray''.

[[folder: Sensuke Fujii]]
An influential horse-racing reporter.

* IntrepidReporter: He has enough influence to go straight to Symboli Rudolf with a petition signed by ten thousand people. All this is to persuade URA to allow Oguri Cap to run in Japan Derby. [[spoiler:It fails, though.]]
* OriginalGeneration: He first appeared in ''Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray'' manga.

[[folder: Riko Kashimoto]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/RomiPark
A former trainer from Central and a sitting council member in the URA organization. She was brought in to be a temporary chairman when chairman Akikawa was called on a long business trip overseas.

* OriginalGeneration: First appeared alongside Little Cocon and Bitter Glasse in the Aoharu Hai arc of the game.
* SatelliteCharacter: Within the game's Aoharu Hai story mode, Little Cocon and Bitter Glasse seemed to orbit around her.

* RapunzelHair: Has long flowing hair that goes past her waist.

* RapunzelHair: Goes past her waist.

* RapunzelHair: Has long flowing her that reaches her waist.

* RapunzelHair: Hers goes all the way to her waist.

* RapunzelHair: Her hair goes past her waist.

* RapunzelHair: Her hair is incredibly thick, and reaches down to her knees when braided.

* DoesNotLikeMen: According to her official bio, she dislikes men as a result of something that happened at a past race. (The real horse had a reputation for apparently not liking male handlers, while the past race is most likely a reference to 1997 Japan Cup, which featured a quite... [[https://old.reddit.com/r/UmaMusume/comments/mkoznx/today_46_is_the_birthday_of_air_groove_dont/gtntu4v/ embarassing incident]] ('''borderline NSFW!'''))

-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/AyanaTaketatsu (initial PV only), Tomoyo Takayanagi

-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/AyanaTaketatsu (initial PV only), Tomoyo Takayanagi

->'''Voiced by''': Tomomi Mineuchi

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Lilac actually.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: As her name suggests, she has blue hair.

* {{Meganekko}}: One of the few, alongside Ikuno Dictus.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The color pages give her hair a vibrant blue color.

-> '''Voiced by''': Kaori Maeda

* WhoWearsShortShorts: She wears them, as part of her formal racing outfit.

* SkunkStripe: She has a white streak in front, similar to a horse's blaze marking.

* SkunkStripe: She has a white streak in front, similar to a horse's blaze marking.

* SkunkStripe: She has a white stripe in the front, similar to a horse's blaze marking.

* SkunkStripe: She has a streak of white down the front of her hair, similar to a horse's blaze marking.

* SkunkStripe: She has a white streak in front, similar to a horse's blaze marking.

* SkunkStripe: She has a large white streak in front, similar to a horse's blaze marking.

* SkirtOverSlacks: Wears shorts beneath her racing skirt.

* MulticoloredHair: Brown with a white tuft in the front, and white sides pulled into a braid.

* MulticoloredHair: Brown with a white streak in the front.

* MulticoloredHair: Dark brown hair, with a white streak in the front and white-tipped ponytail.

* MulticoloredHair: Her hair is two separate shades of brown, with a white streak in the front.

* MulticoloredHair: She has light brown hair, with a single white spot on her bangs similar to a Star marking on a horse.

* MulticoloredHair: Blackish-brown, with a single white streak.

* MulticoloredHair: Electric blue with ombre ends that transition from teal to white.

* MulticoloredHair: Brown with a white stripe.

* MulticoloredHair: Brown with white bangs.

* MulticoloredHair: Several strands of her brown hair are dyed blue.

* MulticoloredHair: Black hair with a white strand.

* ExoticEyeDesigns: Her pupils contain faint swirling spirals.

* MismatchedEyes: One purple, one blue.

* ImageSong: "unbreakable".

* KansaiRegionalAccent: She always talk in ''Kansai-ben''.
* PerpetualPoverty: Her family is very poor financially, to the point she felt reserved eating Tracen's rich variety of delicious food since her family cut down on meals to save money.

** CaptainErsatz[=/=]NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: The likely reason for the change is that one needs a license from the owners to name a character after a RealLife foreign racehorse[[note]]additionally, Cygames might not be familiar to the procedure on obtaining such rights from overseas horse owners and therefore reluctant to use Montjeu's name and likeness. In comparison, horse names in Japan are considered outside copyright but since they are owned by rich and powerful people it's usually a good idea to get permission for name use.[[/note]]. The design does ''not'' refer to the real horse, probably for the same reason. However, Château de Montjeu is located in the French commune called Broye.

->'''Voiced by''': Yui Kondou

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Downplayed example as her main {{Cyborg}} personality schtick remains, but she shows far less emotions and is much more robotic in the game.

-> '''Voiced by''': Rena Maeda

-> '''Voiced by''': Ruriko Aoki

->'''Voiced by''': Rei Matsuzaki

->'''Voiced by''': Minori Suzuki

* PerpetualPoverty: Her family is very poor financially, to the point she felt reserved eating Tracen's rich variaety of delicious food since her family cut down on meals to save money.

->'''Voiced by''': Naomi Ozora