Mejiro Dober

"My apologies. I’m self-conscious about how uncute I am. Not my name, nor appearance, nor personality."

- Mejiro Dober

Profile
At first glance, she seems like a cold, stern, and difficult-to-approach bishoujo. She seems to have as much sociability as a spur. She has a complex about her masculine-sounding name, convincing herself that “I’m not cute” and “I’m not feminine” (no matter how much others consider her to be a bishoujo.) She’s really just extremely shy. She doesn’t smile often due to her stage fright and social anxiety. She’s especially closed off to men, and will leave the room if one is around. She admires her senpai Air Groove and wants to be as good as she is one day. She hopes to be able to run in the same race as her soon.

She is the daughter of the Mejiro family – one of the most famous families in the equine girl world.

Songs

 * Just a little bit (Solo song)
 * Make Debut!
 * Special Record!
 * Irodori Phantasia
 * We are DREAMERS!!
 * Mejiro sanka
 * GIRLS' LEGEND U
 * Gaze on Me
 * Umapyoi Densetsu

Special Commentary

 * Requirement: Winning Oaks, after losing Oka Sho
 * Reference: 1997 Japanese Oaks, by Tsuneo Shiobara (Fuji TV)

Trivia

 * She is not good at dealing with men. It refers to the fact that she couldn't win a filly-colt mixed races.
 * In the game version, her attitudes are completely different by her trainer's gender.

Real Life
"A racehorse, a broodmare, and now, she is in the middle of the third life. In Uma Musume, she is described as 'good at piano and dance as kindergarten teachers', adapting her nursing skill. 'I want everyone to follow her. Dober is most lively when she is in this herd.' The 'Big Mother', who takes care of future G1 horses, is still alive in the north land."

- Sports Hochi

Mejiro Dober is a racehorse in the late 1990s. She won five mare-limited G1s, including Double Tiara and Queen Elizabeth II Cup twice in a row.


 * Her name comes from a dog species Doberman. Mejiro Farm named their 1994-born foals after dog species.
 * All grade races she won were mare-limited. so she is often lower estimated than Air Groove, that won Tenno Sho Autumn.
 * Mejiro Bright is the same age as her, and has same father.
 * One of her daughter Mejiro Audley has four Uma Musume-related ancestors. Uma Musume fans pay attentions for her children.
 * Ho O Ixelles won 2021 Flower Cup, G3. She is the first horse that won a grade race in Dober's children.
 * In 2021, CyberAgent CEO Susumu Fujita bought one of her son Break Boy. He is going to make a debut in 2022.
 * Mejiro Farm withdrew in 2011. But their own horses were succeeded by Lake Villa Farm. Dober continued working there as a broodmare until 2016, Now, she works as a lead horse for the foals with her son Ho O Dream.