is a Japanese media franchise created by
Cygames
is a Japanese video game development studio established in 2011 by CyberAgent. Mobile and e-commerce company DeNA acquired a 24% stake in the studio in 2012, and Nintendo acquired another 5% stake in 2018, leaving CyberAgent with 69% of the sha ...
. A mobile game for
iOS
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and
Android was scheduled to debut in late 2018 and then delayed to February 2021. A 13-episode
anime
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television series adaptation by
P.A. Works
is a Japanese animation studio founded on November 10, 2000, in Nanto, Toyama. The company's founder and president Kenji Horikawa once worked for Tatsunoko Production, Production I.G, and Bee Train Production, before forming P.A. Works Corporat ...
aired from April to June 2018, followed by a second season by
Studio Kai
is a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo. It was founded by Asatsu-DK, ADK Emotions in June 2019.
History
Studio Kai was founded by Asatsu-DK, ADK Emotions in June 2019. In July 2019, Gonzo (company), Gonzo transferred some of its ...
, which aired from January to March 2021, and then a third season, which aired from October to December 2023. An anime television series adaptation of the
spin-off
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manga ''Umayon'' aired from July to September 2020. A short web anime titled ''Umayuru'' premiered in October 2022. A second web anime titled ''Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Road to the Top'' premiered in April 2023 and ran for four episodes. An anime film titled ''Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era'' premiered in Japan in May 2024. An anime television series adaptation of ''Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray'' premiered in April 2025. A short web anime titled ''Umayuru: Pretty Gray'' premiered in April 2025.
Plot
In a world very much like our own, great
racehorses
Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its bas ...
of the past have a chance to be reborn as "horse girls"—girls with the ears and tails of horses as well as their speed and endurance. The best of these horse girls goes to train at Tokyo's Tracen Academy, hopefully moving on to fame and fortune as both racers and idols.
Anime
The first season features
Special Week
Special Week (, 2 May 1995 – 27 April 2018) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire (horse), sire. From 1997 to 1999, he won ten of his seventeen races including four at Graded stakes race, Grade I level. After winning his only start as ...
, a high school horse girl from the countryside who has just transferred to Tracen. She's determined to fulfill her promise to her mother to become the best horse girl in Japan. On her way to school, she visits the race track and instantly falls in love with
Silence Suzuka
Silence Suzuka (Japanese language, Japanese : サイレンススズカ; May 1, 1994 - November 1, 1998) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Graded stakes race, Grade I Takarazuka Kinen in 1998. In the same year, his career and life ...
's style, becoming determined to race on the same team as her. The story is based on Special Week's race in 1997 to 1999, but is not necessarily based on historical fact.
The second season features
Tokai Teio
Tokai Teio ( Japanese: トウカイテイオー, April 20, 1988 – August 30, 2013) was a champion Japanese thoroughbred racehorse. In 1991 he won the Satsuki Sho and the Tokyo Yushun. He was the 1991 Japanese Horse of the Year. In 1992 he w ...
as the main character and draws focus to other side characters such as
Mejiro McQueen
was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and Horse breeding#Terminology, sire. He was a late-maturing horse who did not emerge as a top-class performer until the autumn of his three-year-old season when he won the Kikuka Sho. Over the next three ...
,
Rice Shower, and Mihono Bourbon. Like the horse she is based on, she suffers multiple injuries and struggles to remain one of the best racers. The story continues from Season 1, but the content is based on Tokai Teio's races from 1991 to 1993.
The third season features both
Kitasan Black and
Satono Diamond as the main characters, focusing on the relationship between the two, which will end up becoming rivals on the racecourse. All while Kitasan is at odds with the crowd favorite in the racehorse
Duramente. The story continues from Season 2, but the content is based on Kitasan Black's races from 2015 to 2017.
''Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Road to the Top'' features
Narita Top Road as the main character and her rivalry with
T M Opera O and
Admire Vega
Admire Vega (, 12 March 1996 – 29 October 2004) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire (horse), sire. As a two-year-old in 1998 he won two of his three races including the Grade III Hopeful Stakes (Japan), Radio Tampa Hai Sansai Sta ...
. It is based on the 1999 classic race.
''Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era'' features
Jungle Pocket
Jungle Pocket (, 7 May 1998 – 2 March 2021) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from 2000 until 2002 he won five of his thirteen races and ¥704,258,000 in prize money. As a two-year-old he showed p ...
as the main character, and her rivalry with her contemporaries. She meets
Fuji Kiseki and aims to be the top racehorse. It is based on her debut race in 2000 to the
Japan Cup
The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...
in 2001.
Manga
''Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray'' depicts the fierce races between
Oguri Cap, who comes from a local race, and rivals of the previous and next generations. It is based on the races from 1987 to 1990, during the last years of the
Shōwa era
The was a historical period of History of Japan, Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) from December 25, 1926, until Death and state funeral of Hirohito, his death on January 7, 1989. It was preceded by the T ...
and the early years of the
Heisei era alongside
Tamamo Cross, Inari One, and Super Creek.
''Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Star Blossom'' depicts the races of Sakura Laurel and her rivals such as
Narita Brian
Narita Brian (, Hepburn: ; May 3, 1991 – September 27, 1998) was a Japanese racehorse. Until T M Opera O surpassed him in 2000, Narita Brian was the world's top money earner.
Background
Narita Brian was a bay horse sired by the American-br ...
. The story is based on races from 1993, before Sakura Laurel's debut.
Video game
Part 1 of the main story begins with Oguri Cap's retirement and Mejiro McQueen's debut in 1990, and covers the Special Week races in 1999.
Part 2 of the main story features
Rhein Kraft,
Cesario, Air Messiah, and Daring Heart. In reality, those four horses were born in 2002 and competed in a number of races, including the
Oka Sho
The is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan. The race is restricted to three-year-old Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a list of horse breeds, horse breed developed for Thoroughbred racing, horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbre ...
in 2005, where they finished from first to fourth.
Stage play
''Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Sprinters' Story'' features Daitaku Helios as the main character, and the story is based on the races of sprint horses in 1991.
Media
Live events
* Uma Musume 1st Event "Special Weekend!" (July 1, 2017)
* Uma Musume 2nd Event "Sound Fanfare!" (October 14, 2018)
* Uma Musume 3rd Event "Winning Dream Stage" (August 28–29, 2021)
* Uma Musume 4th Event "Special Dreamers!!"
** Tokyo Stage (March 6–7, 2022)
** Yokohama Stage (May 4–5, 2022)
** Extra Stage (November 5–6, 2022)
* Uma Musume 5th Event Arena Tour "Go Beyond"
** -Wish- (July 15–16, 2023)
** -Gaze- (September 16–17, 2023)
** -Yell- (February 3–4, 2024)
** -New Gate- (March 22–23, 2024)
* Uma Musume 6th Event "The New Frontier"
** -Spring Performance- (May 24–25, 2025)
** -Autumn Performance- (October 18–19, 2025)
Video game
''Uma Musume Pretty Derby''
The game was announced in 2016. An animated trailer by
P.A. Works
is a Japanese animation studio founded on November 10, 2000, in Nanto, Toyama. The company's founder and president Kenji Horikawa once worked for Tatsunoko Production, Production I.G, and Bee Train Production, before forming P.A. Works Corporat ...
debuted at that year's
AnimeJapan
AnimeJapan is a Japanese anime consumer show held annually at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center in Tokyo since March 2014. It was created from the merger of the Tokyo International Anime Fair with the Anime Contents Expo.
It is organized ...
event.
It was set to be released in late 2018, but was delayed until its release on February 24, 2021. The PC version was released on March 10, 2021. A
YouTube
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channel titled was launched on March 25, 2018. The channel features the character Gold Ship. , there are 114 playable "horse girls" (''uma musume'') in the game. Part 2 of the main story was released in March 2024.
On February 15, 2022, Komoe Game announced the release of a traditional Chinese version of the game app for Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, and pre-registration began on April 27. The traditional Chinese version was officially released on June 27, 2022. In South Korea,
Kakao Games
Kakao Games Corp. () is a South Korean video game publisher and a subsidiary of Kakao. It specializes in developing and publishing games on PC, mobile, and VR platforms. Each is represented by Namgoong Hoon and Cho Gye-hyun.
Originally known as ...
released on June 20, 2022, and pre-registrations, which began on April 28, 2022, exceeded 1 million in 10 days. In China,
Bilibili
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Bilibili hosts videos on various themes, including ...
released simplified Chinese version on August 30, 2023, and pre-registrations, which began on August 4, 2023, exceeded 1 million in 10 days. On June 24, 2024, a livestream on ''Pakatube!'' announced the release of an English version of the game. The official account of Umamusume: Pretty Derby English on X also announced this news soon after. On April 27, 2025, a livestream on ''Pakatube!'' announced the release date of the English version, with pre-orders starting April 28 and the game releasing on June 26.
''Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Party Dash''
, which is a
party video game
A party video game is a genre of video game that stems from in-person party games, involving player-to-player interaction as the central gameplay element. These games are often defined by simple controls which can be easily picked up and understoo ...
, will be released on
Nintendo Switch
The is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the Eighth generation of video game consoles, eighth generation of home consoles, the Switch succeeded the ...
,
PlayStation 4
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, and
Steam
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on August 30, 2024.
The game was announced during the
Nintendo Direct
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live stream on June 21, 2023. On February 22, 2024, it was revealed that the silhouette in the logo was
Still in Love, a new ''umamusume'' announced on the same day.
Manga
''Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Haru Urara, Do Your Best!''
A
manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
series titled , written by Katsumi Nakayama and illustrated by Huan Yu (ZECO), was serialized on Cygames' Cycomics website from May 8 to September 11, 2016. 10 episodes in total. This is a comic story based on the true story of Haru Urara, with Haru Urara as the main character. The production was supported by Martha Farm, where the real Haru Urara lives the rest of her life, and the Kochi Prefecture Horse Racing Association. It is no longer available for distribution and has not yet been published in ''
tankōbon
A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...
'' form.
''Starting Gate!: Uma Musume Pretty Derby''
A manga series titled , written by Cygames and illustrated by S. Kosugi, began serialization on Cygames' Cycomics website on March 25, 2017. The manga has been compiled into six ''
tankōbon
A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...
'' volumes as of March 18, 2022.
''Umayon''
A four-panel manga series titled , written and illustrated by Jet Kuma, began serialization on Cygames' Cycomics website between March 30, 2018
to January 15, 2021. The ''tankōbon'' is not available for general sale, but is included in the anime's Blu-ray Box.
''Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray''
Another manga, titled , produced by Junnosuke Itō, written by Masafumi Sugiura, and illustrated by Taiyō Kuzumi, began in
Shueisha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...
's ''
Weekly Young Jump
is a Japanese manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's '' Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in volumes under the "Y ...
'' on June 11, 2020. The first collected ''
tankōbon
A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...
'' volume was released on January 19, 2021.
, nineteen volumes have been released.
The protagonist is
Oguri Cap.
''Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Uma Musumeshi''
Another manga, titled , began serialization on Cygames' Cycomics website on March 2, 2023. , five volumes have been released.
''Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Star Blossom''
Another manga, titled , written by Monjūsaki and illustrated by Shin Hotani, began serialization in
Shueisha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...
's ''
Shōnen Jump+
is a manga platform created by Shueisha. Launched on September 22, 2014, it operates as a free mobile app and website. Jump+ serializes original titles and titles from other Shueisha manga magazines, and also carries digital editions of ''Weekl ...
'', ''
YanJan!'' app and ''
Tonari no Young Jump'' website on April 10, 2023. , four volumes have been released.
The protagonist is .
''Uma Musume: PisuPisu☆SupiSupi Golshi-chan''
Another manga, titled , written and illustrated by Naoki Shibata, began serialization in
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...
's ''Weekly CoroCoro Comic'' manga website on November 29, 2023. The protagonist is
Gold Ship. , five volumes has been released.
Anime
A 13-episode
anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
television series adaptation aired from April 2 to June 18, 2018, on
Tokyo MX
JOMX-DTV (channel 9), branded as Tokyo MX (officially stylized as TOKYO MX), is an independent station, independent television station in Tokyo, Japan, owned by the . It is the only television station that exclusively serves the city and parts ...
, with the first two episodes being broadcast back-to-back.
Crunchyroll
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streamed the series. The anime is directed by Kei Oikawa at
P.A. Works
is a Japanese animation studio founded on November 10, 2000, in Nanto, Toyama. The company's founder and president Kenji Horikawa once worked for Tatsunoko Production, Production I.G, and Bee Train Production, before forming P.A. Works Corporat ...
, with scripts written by Masafumi Sugiura and Akihiro Ishihara. The Utamaro Movement composed the music at
Lantis. The first season's opening theme is "Make Debut" and the ending theme is "Grow Up Shine!"; both are sung by
Special Week
Special Week (, 2 May 1995 – 27 April 2018) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire (horse), sire. From 1997 to 1999, he won ten of his seventeen races including four at Graded stakes race, Grade I level. After winning his only start as ...
(
Azumi Waki
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo who is affiliated with Haikyō. She debuted in 2015, playing the role of Sanae Katagiri in the video game '' The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls''. She is also known for her roles as Lapis Rosenber ...
),
Silence Suzuka
Silence Suzuka (Japanese language, Japanese : サイレンススズカ; May 1, 1994 - November 1, 1998) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Graded stakes race, Grade I Takarazuka Kinen in 1998. In the same year, his career and life ...
(
Marika Kōno
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo. She was affiliated with the agency Mausu Promotion before becoming affiliated with Aoni Production. Debuting as a voice actress in 2013, her first main role was in the 2015 anime television se ...
),
Tokai Teio
Tokai Teio ( Japanese: トウカイテイオー, April 20, 1988 – August 30, 2013) was a champion Japanese thoroughbred racehorse. In 1991 he won the Satsuki Sho and the Tokyo Yushun. He was the 1991 Japanese Horse of the Year. In 1992 he w ...
(
Machico
Machico () is a municipality, parish and city in the southeast part of the island of Madeira Island, Madeira, in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The easternmost municipality on the island, it is also the third-most populous area with a populati ...
),
Vodka
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(
Ayaka Ōhashi
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo. She is affiliated with the talent agency HoriPro International. As a singer, she is signed under Lantis. Originally a child actress, she appeared in many commercials, dramas, NHK Educational TV ...
),
Daiwa Scarlet
(May 13, 2004 - ) is a retired Japanese racehorse which won the 2007 Oka Sho, Shūka Sho, Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup and the 2008 Arima Kinen.
Breeding
Daiwa Scarlet was foaled on 13 May 2004 at Shadai Farm, She was a chestnut mare ...
(Chisa Kimura),
Gold Ship (
Hitomi Ueda
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Aoni Production. After graduating from 's Osaka campus, she debuted as a voice actress and has starred as Gold Ship in '' Uma Musume Pretty Derby'', Leyli Haltija in '' Warlords of Sigrdrifa'', Hakase ...
), and
Mejiro McQueen
was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and Horse breeding#Terminology, sire. He was a late-maturing horse who did not emerge as a top-class performer until the autumn of his three-year-old season when he won the Kikuka Sho. Over the next three ...
(
Saori Ōnishi
is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She voiced La Folia Rihavein in her first main role for the anime series ''Strike the Blood''. She is known for her roles as Eriri Spencer Sawamura in '' Saekano'', Ais Wallens ...
).
A second season, with a returning cast and
Studio Kai
is a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo. It was founded by Asatsu-DK, ADK Emotions in June 2019.
History
Studio Kai was founded by Asatsu-DK, ADK Emotions in June 2019. In July 2019, Gonzo (company), Gonzo transferred some of its ...
replacing P.A. Works in animation production, aired from January 5 to March 30, 2021.
On February 22, 2022, a new animation, "1st Anniversary Special Animation," was released on YouTube to commemorate the first anniversary of the game. This work is a continuation of the anime's second season. A third season was announced on November 6, 2022. Shingo Nagai and Tetsuya Kobari are supervising the scripts, while Studio Kai and the rest of the main staff are returning from previous seasons. The season aired from October 5 to December 28, 2023.
Spin-offs and film
An anime television series based on the four-panel manga spinoff aired from July 7 to September 22, 2020. The series is directed by Seiya Miyajima at DMM.futureworks and W-Toon Studio.
On December 8, 2021, a Blu-ray containing the main story, 12 episodes of the new OVA, and a manga tankōbon was released.
A new short anime series titled was announced on May 5, 2022. It is animated by Scooter Films with Miyajima returning to direct and design the characters, with Seiichirō Mochizuki and Yumi Suzumori writing the screenplay. It premiered on
YouTube
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on October 16, 2022.
An anime ONA series titled was announced on May 4, 2022. It is animated by
CygamesPictures
is a Japanese animation studio subsidiary of Cygames.
Establishment
In 2015, Cygames announced the creation of its own anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating fro ...
and directed by Chengzhi Liao, with Tetsuya Kobari supervising the scripts and serving as scenario director, and Jun Yamazaki designing the characters and serving as chief animation director. The series premiered on YouTube on April 16, 2023.
A compilation film of the anime opened in Japanese theaters on May 10, 2024 for two weeks, before the release of ''Beginning of a New Era''.
[
An anime film titled and starring ]Jungle Pocket
Jungle Pocket (, 7 May 1998 – 2 March 2021) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from 2000 until 2002 he won five of his thirteen races and ¥704,258,000 in prize money. As a two-year-old he showed p ...
was announced on December 28, 2023. It is animated by CygamesPictures and directed by Ken Yamamoto, with Kiyoko Yoshimura writing the scripts, Tetsuya Kobari supervising the scripts and serving as scenario director, Jun Yamazaki designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, Yoshiaki Fujisawa and Masaru Yokoyama composing the music. The film was released in Japanese theaters on May 24, 2024.
An anime television series adaptation of the ''Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray'' manga was announced on August 23, 2024. It is produced by CygamesPictures and directed by Yūki Itō and Takehiro Miura, with Aki Kindaichi handling series composition, Takuya Miyahara and Keigo Sasaki designing the characters, and Kenji Kawai
is a Japanese music composer and arranger. Known as one of the biggest names in the soundtrack world, he has worked on a wide range of mixed media productions, including anime, TV shows, films and video games. Among his credits are Toei's '' ...
composing the music. The series will air in two split cours on TBS and its affiliates, with the first cour having premiered on April 6, 2025. For the first cour, the opening theme song is , performed by Alexandros, while the ending theme song is "∞", performed by Tomoyo Takayanagi
is a Japanese voice actress. She is affiliated with Raccoon Dog. She made her voice acting debut in 2014 while still in training school. She is known for her roles as Oguri Cap in '' Uma Musume Pretty Derby'', Mikan Hinatsuki in '' The Demon G ...
as her character Oguri Cap. REMOW licensed the series for streaming on Amazon Prime Video
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in North America, on the It's Anime YouTube
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channel in select regions, on Anime Onegai in Latin America
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, and on ADN in Europe
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. Netflix
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licensed the series for streaming in the Asia-Pacific.
A new short anime series titled premiered on YouTube on April 30, 2025.
Stage play
was performed from January 15 to 29, 2023 in Stellar Ball, Shinagawa Prince Hotel, Tokyo. The story features Daitaku Helios, Yamanin Zephyr, Daiichi Ruby and K.S. Miracle in Takamatsunomiya Cup.
Cultural impact and reception
Video game
The mobile game, within ten months of release, grossed nearly in Japan by December 16, 2021. This makes it the world's ninth-highest-grossing mobile game in 2021. The game grossed a total annual revenue of in 2021. According to data analysis from Sensor Tower, the game made a total of more than as of March 2024.
According to Kadokawa Corporation
, formerly is a Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate based in Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Created as a result of the merger of the original Kadokawa Corporation and Dwango (company), Dwango Co., Ltd. on October 1, 2014, the company has ...
's "Famitsu
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Mobile Game White Paper 2022," the estimated domestic sales of the game in 2021 were (), far ahead of the second place. In the Google Play
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Japan game sales ranking, it ranked first for 111 consecutive days from February 28 to June 18, 2021.
In addition, it was ranked second in the "Top 30 Hit Products of 2021" published in the December 2021 issue of Nikkei Trendy, an information magazine published by Nikkei BP
, commonly known as , is a book and magazine publisher based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was established as , a joint venture of Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) and McGraw-Hill in 1969, and it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Nikkei in 1988.
Ni ...
, and in the "Google Play
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Best of 2021" announced on November 30, 2021, it won the "Best Game of 2021" grand prize in the games category, as well as the User Voting Grand Prize and the Exciting Category Award.
In 2022, for the first time in Japan, Abema
is a Japanese streaming service that launched on April 11, 2016, under the name It is majority-owned by CyberAgent, with a 55.2% stake, and TV Asahi, with a 36.8% stake, while the remaining ownership belongs to various other companies, mostl ...
, another subsidiary of CyberAgent
is a Japanese digital advertising company, which was founded in 1998 by Susumu Fujita and headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is owned by Susumu Fujita with 20.50% interest; Fujita is the representative director, while Yusuke Hidaka is the execut ...
, was able to broadcast all 64 matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup
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live coverage and free of charges, largely because of a successful huge profit earned from the ''Uma Musume Pretty Derby''.
Manga
The manga spin-off, ''Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray'', was nominated in the seventh Next Manga Awards for the Best Print Manga category and placed second of 50 nominees after ''Oshi no Ko
is a Japanese manga series written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Young Jump'' from April 2020 to November 2024, with its chapters collected in 16 volumes. It follows a doctor ...
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Anime
The Blu-ray release of the second season of the anime television series became the highest-selling home video release of a television anime series in Japan.
The compilation film ''Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Road to the Top'' debuted at sixth at the Japanese box office on its opening weekend. Two weeks later, the film ''Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era'' debuted at first in gross, earning over ¥354 million on its opening weekend, and at second in attendance.
Others
Masayuki Gotō, the 15th chairman of the Japan Racing Association
The Japan Racing Association () is a public company established in Japan under a law to operate Chūō Keiba (中央競馬 Central horse racing) and to manage racecourses, betting facilities, and horse-training facilities in the country.
It was ...
(JRA), showed his gratitude to ''Uma Musume Pretty Derby'' for its positive influence towards the horse racing community in an interview on the ''Weekly Gallop'' published in December 2021.
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