- “I just want to see... that scenery from the lead.”
- ―Silence Suzuka
Silence Suzuka (サイレンススズカ, Sairensu Suzuka) is a recurring character in Umamusume: Pretty Derby serving as a main character and the first season's co-protagonist.
Profile[]
An Umamusume seen as a prodigy who's always ahead of the pack, both figuratively and literally. She gets so absorbed with running that she comes off as aloof, but most know that she is dedicated. She is roommates with Special Week and many find themselves attracted to her authentic personality.
Among her friends are underclassman and admirer Special Week, her upperclassman Air Groove and Machikane Fukukitaru. While she is a bit awkward with making friends, she eventually learns how to relax and just be herself.
Appearance[]
Suzuka has long, silky reddish-orange hair that cascades gracefully to her waist. Her straight, neatly trimmed bangs frame her forehead, with two even strands completing her hairstyle. She wears a simple white headband secured with a silver star accessory. Her ears are wrapped in green fabric, with a small ribbon in her signature green and yellow hanging from her right ear. Her vivid aqua-blue eyes complement her graceful demeanor.
Her outfit features a collared white dress with puffy shoulders, highlighted by horizontal and vertical stripes in green and yellow. The sleeves transition into fitted green arm covers with button details and striped cuffs. Gold clasps run down the center of the dress, lending an elegant touch. A navy-blue ribbon tied into a bow at her neck is adorned with a golden star clip. And she wears a simple pair of black gloves on both hands.
Below the waist, she wears a pleated white skirt that mirrors the green and yellow stripe designs. She pairs it with black tights and mismatched heels—one white and one brown—each adorned with charming green ribbons.
Relationships[]
- Special Week: Roommate/best friend.
- Matikanefukukitaru: Friend
- Air Groove: best old teammate when Suzuka was in Team Rigil
Anime[]
Season 1[]
Formerly a member of Team Rigil, she enrolled to Team Spica for a better surrounding that understands her way of running. She is a talented umamusume that hopes to give inspiration to fellow umamusume. Famous for her speed, she is one of the crowd's favorites.
She suffers from a fracture injury caused during the running of Tenno Sho Autumn.[1] After nine months of recovery, she was able to train along with her teammates again.[2] Despite having some reservations about making her top speed, she manages to train without any problems.
After a whole year of being absent from races, Suzuka participated in the open special race. She successfully made her comeback by winning the race with a huge lead.
Season 2[]
She flew to the US. She mainly communicates with Spica members online, so most of her appearances are on displays of smartphones. She returns back to Japan eventually.
Songs[]
- Silent Star (Solo song)
- Nanairo no Keshiki (Solo song)
- Fanfare for Future!
- ENDLESS DREAM!!
- Make Debut!
- Grow Up Shine!
- Special Record!
- Find My Only Way
- Hashire Umamusume
- Yume o Kakeru
- GIRLS' LEGEND U
- NEXT FRONTIER
- Nigekiri! Fallin' Love
- transforming
- Never Looking Back
- We are DREAMERS!!
- GIRLS' LEGEND U
- Gaze on Me
- Precious Star Dreamer
- Umapyoi Densetsu
Special Commentary[]
| Umamusume | Real Life |
|---|---|
| 栄光の日曜日の主役となったのはサイレンススズカ！
第4コーナーの向こう側から みごと盾の栄誉を勝ち取りました！ |
なんということだ！
4コーナーを迎えることなく、レースを終えた武豊！ 沈黙の日曜日！ |
| The main star of this glorious Sunday is Silence Suzuka!
She had this win in her pocket from before the fourth corner! |
What on earth happened!
Yutaka Take ended the race not reaching the fourth corner! The Sunday of Silence! |
- Requirement: Winning the senior year Autumn Tenno Sho
- Reference: 1998 Autumn Tenno Sho, by Tsuneo Shiobara (Fuji TV)
Notes[]
- The commentary in the game is an inversion of real-life events, as in real-life, Suzuka did not finish the race. He instead broke his leg and slowed to a stop, allowing his jockey Yutaka Take to safely dismount.
Unique Epithet[]
Otherworldly Front-Runner - Win at least 6 graded races as the top favorite with the Front Runner strategy. This includes a win in the Takarazuka Kinen, where the lead was maintained from 200 meters into the race until the finish.
Trivia[]
- In real life, Silence Suzuka passed away following the 1998 Tenno Sho Autumn after it was determined that the leg fracture he sustained in the race was too severe, and he was euthanized. However, in Umamusume, Suzuka's fate and relationship with the race differs.
- In the Pretty Derby anime, Silence Suzuka fractures her leg in the race, but recovers and is able to continue racing.
- In the mobile game's Career Mode, Silence Suzuka's final objective is to win the Autumn Tenno Sho. When she wins, the special commentary noted above plays.
- In the 5th chapter of the mobile game's story mode, the trainer dreams her "nightmare" beyond Great Zelkova in Fuchu and loses/her way, wondering whether she can enter.
- As in real life, Suzuka has a habit of walking in counter-clockwise circles. In the anime, she is often shown pacing around her dorm room in this manner.
- The open special race she ran in the anime is likely the Capital Stakes. It was the day before the Japan Cup that Special Week entered.
- In real life, Silence Suzuka had passed away the year prior. The real-life winner of the 1999 Capital Stakes was Sun Flare, the model of Sun Visor.
- Aside from Team Spica in the anime and Team Sirius in the mobile game, Suzuka also gets along with Air Groove and Matikanefukukitaru, whom she fought in real life.
- In real life, Suzuka never encountered or raced against Special Week. Their only real-life connection is that they shared the same primary jockey, Yutaka Take.