Junko Hosoe

Junko Hosoe
Name	Junko Hosoe
Kana	ほそえ じゅんこ
Kanji	細江 純子
Romaji	Hosoe Junko
Characteristics
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Occupation	Race Commentator Bartender (Uma Yuru)
Affiliation	Twinkle Series Bar HosoJun (Uma Yuru)
Voice Actor
Japanese	Junko Hosoe

“She is running equably.
I want her to run at constant pace.”

―Junko Hosoe

Junko Hosoe (細江 純子, Hosoe Junko) is one of the supporting characters in the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

She is a race commentator also in real life. In anime version, she commentates with Misato Akasaka.

In Uma Yuru, she acts as a bartender in Bar HosoJun.

Personality

Almost same as real-life herself.

Appearance

Almost same as real-life herself.

Etymology

• The name Junko means "pure, clean, simple" (純) (jun) and "child" (子) (ko).
• Junko's surname Hosoe means "fine, dainty, thin/get thin, taper, slender, narrow" (細) (hoso) and "bay, inlet" (江) (e).

Trivia

• Junko is a real-life race commentator. She is voiced by herself.
• In game version, she commentates only in "Make a new track!!" scenario.
• Uma Yuru version is a parody of "Snack Zunko", real-life Hosoe's YouTube channel.

Real Life

IRL: Junko Hosoe
Basic Profile
Name	Junko Hosoe
Romaji	Hosoe Junko
Kanji	細江 純子
Kana	ほそえ じゅんこ
Nickname	Zunko
Gender	Female
Birthplace	Gamagoori City, Aichi, Japan
Birthday	March 12, 1975
Work History
Former	Jockey
Present	Race commentator
Result
Major wins	1996 4-year-old-or-more, 9 million, on Raison d’Etre
Major horses they rode on	Raison d'Etre Meisho Tokimeki
Major Appearances	Minna no Keiba, Fuji TV Keiba BEAT, Kansai TV Snack Zunko, YouTube
Major roles	Junko Hosoe (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby) Hosoe Mama (UmaYuru)

“Really, that line was only Hosoe-san could say. Whoever of us had played it as an extra, we couldn't express such weight.”

―Marika Kouno, Silence Suzuka's voice actor

“Morita-san, the sound directer, exalted you.”

―Hitomi Ueda, Gold Ship's voice actor

Junko Hosoe is a race commentator. In the 1990s, She was one of the first female jockeys in Japan, and ran 493 times. In 2001, she retired because of health. Afterward she works as a race commentator.

• In real-life horseracing, Hosoe is often in front of the starting gate. She says about health or motivation of the horses.
• At 2015 Takarazuka Kinen, Gold Ship suddenly stood up just before the gate is opening, so he delayed. Hosoe shouted twice.
• Hosoe often says dirty jokes in several TV programs or her columns. Of course, she never says in Uma Musume-related contents.