Hishi Akebono

"When people become close they start to resemble one other! It’s like an anabolism of mind and body!♪"

- Hishi Akebono

Profile
A large horse girl in both size and heart. She’s always smiling cheerfully and has a cheerful disposition. She considers her physique to be a wonderful defining characteristic for herself. She loves eating and treating others to food too, telling trainers “Heads up! You’re gonna gain at least 10kg (22lbs) coaching me!” She makes the best of her non-standard running physique in races.

Songs

 * Make Debut!
 * Honnou Speed
 * BLOW my GALE
 * We are DREAMERS!!
 * Umapyoi Densetsu

Special Commentary

 * Requirement: Winning classic Sprinters Stakes
 * Reference: 1995 Sprinters Stakes, by Masaharu Miyake (Fuji TV)

Trivia

 * She is the tallest of all the horse girls. She also has the largest bust size, tied with Meisho Doto.
 * She says "Buono!" after her name. It means "good" in Italian.

Real Life
"At first Inevitably, his team stuck to reducing his weight. However, he couldn't win. After all, they stopped reducing his weight. Team decided to let the big horse big, and increase his weight. After that, he won four times in a row, and promoted to the open class."

- by Kazuya Nagaoka, a horseracing journarist

Hishi Akebono was a racehorse in the middle of 1990s. He is the heaviest ever G1 winner in JRA history.


 * His name comes from sumo wrestler Akebono Taro.
 * When he won 1995 Sprinters Stakes, he weighed 560kg.
 * Meanwhile, second place Biko Pegasus was 432kg, a 128kg difference.
 * The weight record of Hishi Akebono was measured at the 1996 Mile Championship. He was 568kg.
 * His record has since been broken even including local/NRA G1s. Apollo Kentucky won Tokyo DaiShoten at 565kg.
 * Niconico Encyclopedia has an article HISHI AKEBONO IS TOO BIG, besides IRL and horse girl Hishi Akebono's.
 * Whenever Hishi Akebono's weight was announced, the fans in the stands would cheer loudly.
 * Though non-G1 winner, a lead horse in Hanshin racecourse Shogun is heavier than him. He is always over 600kg.