Yutaka Take

"Especially this year, many stars meet together."

- Yutaka Take Yutaka Take (武豊 / Yutaka Take) is one of the supporting characters in the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

He appears in anime episode 5 as a commentator.

Trivia

 * He appeared on the game version TV commercial in 2018.
 * In 2022, Yutaka appeared on the commercial again, wearing "Kitasan" racing silk, and training Kitasan Black he once rode on.

Real Life
"(Q: How do you want me to act as a horse girl Oguri Cap?) It was more than thirty years ago, though, for horseracing fans at that time, he was like a treasure, I suppose. So, I'll be happy if you act feeling those fans' minds."

- Yutaka Take, to Tomoyo Takayanagi

Yutaka Take is a jockey from the end of Showa until now. He is a legendary jockey. He won the JRA leading jockey 18 times, Great Jockey Award 9 times.


 * He rode on about a half of all horses appearing in Uma Musume.
 * His father Kunihiko Take was also a jockey, and became a trainer. Bamboo Memory was one of the horses that Kunihiko trained, and Yutaka rode on.
 * In 2021, He won Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes on Do Deuce. The rest central G1 he hasn't win is only Hopeful Stakes.

Real-life horse girls Yutaka rode on (stub)

 * Air Groove, 13 times
 * Mejiro McQueen, 13 times
 * Narita Brian, 4 times
 * Silence Suzuka, 7 times
 * Special Week, 15 times
 * Vodka, 10 times
 * Winning Ticket, 2 times