Ancient umamusume
Umamusume (ウマ娘 ), colloquially referred to as horse girls, are a species of reincarnated racehorses from another world. Their fate is to do whatever it takes to run towards their goals.
Umamusume are humanoid girls who possess horse traits and features. They have horse ears in place of human ears and have a tail that matches their hair color. They possess incredible speed and stamina, far beyond that of a human and comparable with that of a real-life horse.
Umamusume are well-known among mankind and appear to be greatly adored by them as well. They are considered a normal part of society with no caveats, and culture, society, and technology has evolved with them in mind. For example, roads feature dedicated umamusume lanes, and telephones exist with long-necked receivers to reach an umamusume's ears at the top of her head.
On May 4th 2018, the Anime staff revealed more information about the umamusume and their world. During a "question corner" segment, they revealed that:
- There are no normal horses in the world of the anime.
- Umamusume can run on walkways.
- There are cases of relationships between humans and umamusume.
- There are no known Uma boys.
- The fathers of umamusumes are a secret.
- Could be a male human; in S3 Kitasan Black's father is an human enka singer.)
- Umamusume age like elves (They stop physically ageing after a certain point).
- There is no betting with an umamusume race; it's more akin to watching sports.
- Some umamusume are active in other competitions.
- There are training center academies outside of Tokyo.
- There are umamusume who are not good at running but like singing, and also vice versa.[1]
Notable Umamusume[]
The Three Goddesses[]
Tracen Academy students[]
Kasamatsu Tracen Academy students[]
Foreign[]
Trivia[]
- For the umamusume based on real-life horses, the ear on which they wear additional ornamentation signifies the sex of the real-life horse that inspired them. Umamusume based on stallions favor their right ear, while those based on mares favor their left. In rare instances such as Fine Motion, who in real life is biologically intersex, the ear ornamentation is symmetrical.
- Apart from positions of their hair accessories, umamusumes' real-life horses' gender is also distinguished by their training attire and non-G1 or higher tier racing attire, with ones based on stallions wear regular shorts while those who are based on mares wear Japanese gym bloomers. The mare-based umamusumes also have their pants rolled up a bit in their alternate training uniform.