Junko Hosoe

"She is running equably. I want her to run at constant pace."

- Junko Hosoe Junko Hosoe (細江 純子, Hosoe Junko) is one of the supporting characters in the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

She is a race commentator also in real life. In anime version, she commentates with Misato Akasaka.

In Uma Yuru, she acts as a bartender in Bar HosoJun.

Personality
Almost same as real-life herself.

Appearance
Almost same as real-life herself.

Etymology

 * The name Junko means "pure, clean, simple" (純) (jun) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * Junko's surname Hosoe means "fine, dainty, thin/get thin, taper, slender, narrow" (細) (hoso) and "bay, inlet" (江) (e).

Trivia

 * Junko is a real-life race commentator. She is voiced by herself.
 * In game version, she commentates only in "Make a new track!!" scenario.
 * Uma Yuru version is a parody of "Snack Zunko", real-life Hosoe's YouTube channel.

Real Life
"Really, that line was only Hosoe-san could say. Whoever of us had played it as an extra, we couldn't express such weight."

- Marika Kouno, Silence Suzuka's voice actor "Morita-san, the sound directer, exalted you."

- Hitomi Ueda, Gold Ship's voice actor Junko Hosoe is a race commentator. In the 1990s, She was one of the first female jockeys in Japan, and ran 493 times. In 2001, she retired because of health. Afterward she works as a race commentator.


 * In real-life horseracing, Hosoe is often in front of the starting gate. She says about health or motivation of the horses.
 * At 2015 Takarazuka Kinen, Gold Ship suddenly stood up just before the gate is opening, so he delayed. Hosoe shouted twice.
 * Hosoe often says dirty jokes in several TV programs or her columns. Of course, she never says in Uma Musume-related contents.