Tazuna Hayakawa

Tazuna Hayakawa (駿川 たづな, Hayakawa Tazuna) is a supporting character in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

She is the chairman's secretary at Tracen Academy. Maruzensky is her closest confidant.

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She is a new trainer who will support anyone, but also serves as a partner type role. She makes a wonderful elder sister with her temperate, calm mood. She will guide with gentleness at times, and at other times with strictness to newcomers who have just arrived at the academy.

Etymology

 * The name Tazuna means "rein" (たづな) in Hiragana.
 * Tazuna's surname Hayakawa means "fast" (駿) (haya) and "river, stream" (川) (kawa).

Trivia

 * Tazuna always wears a cap and does not show her ears.
 * She rarely takes her cap off, and in UmaYon her bare head is framed out as if she hid her "top of the head".
 * Tazuna can run fast enough to chase Taiki Shuttle and reach her.
 * According to Hashire Uma Musume, Tazuna likes carrots, ramen and gyoza.
 * Latter two come from Governer of Tokyo Yuriko Koike. Parody songs of Hashire Kotaro refer to the Governer at that time, as an homage of original.
 * Tazuna likes watching movies.
 * In the art book for the first season anime, there is a picture showing Tazuna with horse ears (but apparently it was discarded and never shown in the actual anime).
 * It's safe to assume that she is indeed a Horse Girl.

Real Life?
Fans expect she is a horse girl, and her true character is Tokino Minoru.

Tokino Minoru is a racehorse in the early 1950s. He won 10 times of 10 runs, including Satsuki Sho and Japanese Derby. However, He passed away only at the age of three, just after the Derby.


 * 10 time wins with no defeat is the record only he has.
 * His owner Masaichi Nagata didn't gave his racing name, so at first he ran as Perfect, the childhood name. After maiden race, Nagata felt good and named him Tokino Minoru.
 * He suffered from weak legs, especially sand-crack. It caused his death.
 * Nagata is a president of a movie company Daiei. After his death, he produced a movie "The Phantom Horse".
 * His name is subtitled in Kyodo Tsushin Hai (Tokino Minoru Kinen).