Satono Diamond

"Everyone is believing in my victory. That's why I'll shine like a diamond!"

- Satono Diamond

Satono Diamond (サトノダイヤモンド, Satono Daiyamondo) is a character in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

Personality
A scion of a large company Satono Group. She has a pure heart. Contrary to her gentle speech and manners, she has a stubborn personality. She is a big fan of Mejiro McQueen and will always try to come cheer on her races.

Satono horse girls had not been able to win any G1s for a long time. She tries to break those "jinx". She also likes to break other superstitions, and sometimes does eccentric acts that even Gold Ship feels off-putting.

Songs

 * Umapyoi Densetsu
 * Make Debut!
 * Yume o Kakeru
 * Ambitious World
 * Winning the soul
 * Never Looking Back
 * We are DREAMERS!!
 * GIRLS' LEGEND U
 * Gaze on Me
 * Ms. VICTORIA
 * Everlasting BEATS
 * DRAMATIC JOURNEY
 * L'Arc de gloire
 * Tracen Ondo

Special Commentary

 * Requirement: Winning Kikka Sho unwinning other G1s so far, and the weather is cloudy
 * Reference: 2016 Kikka Sho, by Koken Yoshihara (Kansai TV)

Trivia

 * She regards Kitasan Black as both a best friend and a rival.
 * Some of her episodes are based on SEGA.
 * She treasures a juke box, that was given by her father.
 * When Mejiro McQueen wins Autumn Triple Crown, she gives her a claw crane console.
 * Her shouts when a lottery "Ali-yan!" comes from a Sammy character, Ali-yan.
 * In the 1st Anniversary Special Animation, she talks with "Kura-chan" in Satono Group. Later her name was announced as Satono Crown.
 * In the TV commercial, "his" main jockey Christophe-Patrice Lemaire appears and plays Uma Musume game, wearing "Satono" racing silk.
 * When she was announced, "his" contemporary Makahiki was still active. So some of fanarts portray (real-life) Makahiki being surprised at umanized Satono Diamond.

Real Life
"Sometimes hoseracings are difficult, though, it is excellent today!"

- 2016 Arima Kinen, by Christophe Lemaire, main jockey

Satono Diamond is a racehorse in the middle of 2010s. So far, "Satono" horses had been bought by high prices, but were difficult to win grade races. He won the first G1 race in Satono squadron.


 * His owner is Hajime Satomi, the chairman of SEGA Sammy Holdings Inc.
 * He is expected as a succeeding sire of Deep Impact. Satono Glanz is the first grade race winner in his crops, winning 2023 Kyoto Shimbun Hai. Shinryokuka was placed in second at the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and is also expected as a star horse for the Classics.