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I haven't lost ta' poverty yet! That's 'cause I'm Naniwa's White Lightning!
―Tamamo Cross

Tamamo Cross is a character in Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

Profile[]

There are two instantly recognisable things about Tamamo Cross at first glance: she's really short and she speaks in a very thick Kansai-ben accent. But despite her small stature she is the very meaning of energy and takes every opportunity to make a sharp quip, no matter in her daily life and races. She grew up in a very financially challenged household but her power comes from a hungry spirit that keeps her motivated to not let that get the best of her.

As an Osakan, she loves manzai comedy and is usually the tsukkomi, with Oguri Cap as a great boke character.

Appearance[]

Tamamo Cross is a horse girl who has long silver hair with a fringe in the front. She also has blue eyes, and wears red ear covers, as well as a red headband and a red & blue hairband. A spherical ball-like ornament is attached to the hairband, positioned in front of her right ear.

Her racing outfit consists of an oversized dark blue sailor shirt with a red and blue neckerchief, an oversized belt of the same color, and a black pleated skirt and ribbed gray thighhighs.

Relationships[]

Oguri Cap - Roomate and friend

Songs[]

Special Commentary[]

Uma Musume Real Life
タマモクロス! タマモクロスです!

シニアの意地! クラシック級の期待株をねじ伏せて

天皇賞春秋連覇であります!

タマモクロス! タマモクロスです!

5歳馬の意地! 4歳馬をねじ伏せました!

5歳馬、タマモクロスが勝ちました!

春秋、天皇賞連覇であります!

Tamamo Cross! It's Tamamo Cross!

Pride of a senior! She defeated the expected classic,

and won both Tenno Sho in a row, spring and autumn!

Tamamo Cross! It's Tamamo Cross!

Pride of a five-year-old horse[Note 1]! He defeated the four-year-old[Note 1]!

The winner is Tamamo Cross, five years old[Note 1]!

He won both Tenno Sho in a row, spring and autumn!

  • Requirement: Winning senior Spring and Autumn Tenno Sho
  • Reference: 1988 Tenno Sho Autumn, by Masayuki Sakai (Fuji TV)[1]

Notes[]

  • the "four-year-old" means Oguri Cap.
  • Until 1980, Tenno Sho winners are not eligible for entry in another Tenno Sho. Tamamo Cross is the first winner of both Spring and Autumn Tenno Sho.

Trivia[]

  • She speaks Kansai dialect. Despite about two thirds of horse girls belong to Kansai in real life, other horse girls speak in Kanto dialect.
    • Even Special Week, who speaks Hokkaido Dialect, belongs to Kansai.
  • Tamamo Cross is rumored as a model of Midori Makibao, the titular horse from the comic Midori no Makibaou. It is reflected in Uma Musume episodes.
    • In game version, she mimics Makibao's way of speaking.
    • Cinderella Gray Tamamo Cross collaborated with Midori Makiba O on Young Jump illustration. Each author drew their own characters.

Real Life[]

In 1988, Tenno Sho Autumn.
'Gray horses aren't strong.' People had said until these two horses appeared.
The showdown by a gray and a gray.
A rival gives strength.
Wind or light[Note 2], that horse's name is― Tamamo Cross.
―2012 Tenno Sho Autumn TV commercial, by JRA


Tamamo Cross is a racehorse in the end of Showa. He broke a superstition that gray horses were not strong, winning three G1s in a row, including victories of both Tenno Sho. He fought several times with Oguri Cap as Gray Showdown, and excited the second horseracing boom in Japan.

  • His nickname "White Lightening II" came from his father C.B. Cross.
  • Though he is often compared with Oguri Cap, a member of Heisei Top Three, Tamamo Cross himself is not counted as the member. He retired by the end of 1988, before Heisei era started[Note 3].
  • It is said that he is one of models of fictional racehorse Midori Makiba O, appearing in a manga Midori no Makiba O.
  • His owner belongs to Hanshin owners' association. Perhaps it is why horse girl Tamamo Cross speaks Kansai Dialect.
  • Nishikino Farm, which produced him, had lots of debt when he was born. Later Tamamo Cross earned enough rewards, though, the farm was bankrupted before that.
  • He didn't succeed as a studhorse, but his great-grandson Naran Huleg won 2022 Takamatsunomiya Kinen. This was the first G1 win in his descendants.
    • One of his children, Meine Attrice, surpasses Haru Urara's losing streak with 192 losses. Later that losing streak would be lengthened by Dance Saber, with 229 losses.

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Until 2000 in Japan, horse ages were counted as the birth years were one. Horse ages written here are one more than present (and international) counting rule.
  2. This is a reference to JRA Heroes poster. JRA Official
  3. It started on January 8, 1989.

References[]

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