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Ahead of the Umamusume: Pretty Derby English debut in June 2025, Cygames started sharing trailers for some of the horse girl characters we’ll see at launch, and there are now six more to watch. Some of these include units who are established as being some of the stronger ones to back in the game, such as Daiwa Scarlet, Maruzensky, Taiki Shuttle, and Vodka. 

The first video in this latest patch going over Umamusume characters is Daiwa Scarlet. She’s known for being part of Team Spica alongside Special Week, Silence Suzuka, and Vodka. (However, she also doesn’t get along with Vodka due to clashing personalities and sense of styles.) 

Sure enough, the Vodka trailer came up after that. She’s a bit more laid back, but also doesn’t get along with Daiwa Scarlet.  

The horse girl to be introduced after Vodka was Maruzensky, who is on Team Rigil with El Condor , Narita Brian, and Taiki Shuttle in Umamusume. She’s one of the more formal and mature characters.

Agnes Tachyon showed up after that, and she’s a more scientific and intelligent type of character. She’s not associated with any particular team. 

Meanwhile, Taiki Shuttle first appeared earlier this week. She’s one of the few characters to use some English words in her introductory video.

Finally, Cygames closed out the week by sharing an Umamusume trailer for the horse girl Sakura Bakushin 0. Like Agnes, she isn’t associated with some of the established teams. However, she’s pretty well known due to being a Tracen Academy class representative.

The Umamusume: Pretty Derby English release date is June 26, 2025, and we’ll be able to pre for the global version of the game on the PC via Steam and Android and iOS mobile devices on April 28, 2025. It is already available in Asia. The new Umamusume: Cinderella Gray anime is on Amazon, and other anime adaptations are on Crunchyroll.

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Ahead of the Umamusume: Pretty Derby game global debut, Cygames released the four Umayuru: Pretty Gray anime episodes in English online. This is a short series created by Scooter Films, which was also responsible for the original 24-episode Umayuru. All episodes of this latest series are available on YouTube, with a dedicated playlist offering easy access to them. The new Umamusume: Cinderella Gray anime is on Amazon.

Things kicked off with “Brutal Standoff.” That began by focusing on Cinderella Gray and Oguri Cap at Solefall Faire. The two are running a takoyaki stand. To see English subtitles, turn on closed captions. However, they find they have competition from other characters like Gold Ship and Mejiro McQueen. 

Episode 2 is called “Yatsuhashi Blight: The Seiun Case Files.” It features the horse girls visiting Yatsuhashi Village, a small town with mysterious urban legends surrounding it. Seiun Sky and King Halo arrive to figure out what’s really happening. They’ll need to turn to characters like Mejiro Bright and Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi as they investigate. 

The third episode of the Umayuru: Pretty Gray Umamusume anime shorts is “Destiny’s Tide: The Turbulent Relay.” This gets into more actual racing. Biwa Hayahide leads a training session for the Spring Fan Fest, with characters like Narita Taishin, No Reason, Tanino Gimlet, and Winning Ticket participating in the practice. 

The final episode of this series of shorts is called “The Art of Spectating,” and it just released. It features characters heading to Nakayama Racecourse to watch some of the races. We begin by seeing Chrono Genesis, Curren Chan, Gran Alegria, and Loves Only You showing up to an event. 

Scooter Films may sound familiar! In addition to this series, it also worked on anime shorts for BanG Dream, Hatsune Miku: Project Sekai, and Tesla Note. 

Umamusume: Pretty Derby will come to the PC and mobile devices on June 26, 2025, many of the anime series based on it are on Crunchyroll, and Umayuru: Pretty Gray is now on YouTube. 

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Cygames announced the pre-registration period started for the English version of Umamusume: Pretty Derby, and that includes a debut celebration launch bundle with Carats for gacha banner pulls. There is also a contest tied to the official social media that includes a trip to Japan, Amazon gift cards, and character keychains as rewards. 

The pre-registration bonus for Umamusume, which will also be doled out to everyone who plays the English version at launch, is a Debut Celebration Present with Carats as the main reward. Here’s everything in that bundle:

• 30 Goddess Statues to upgrade characters with shards.
• 45 Alarm Clocks to allow you to retry an Objective Race a character lost. 
• 45 Toughness 30s to refill 30 TP. 
• 3,750 Carats to use on 25 gacha banner Scout attempts.
• 50,000 Points to use to upgrade Cards.
• 100,000 Monies to spend on items and upgrades.

In the case of the contest, people need to follow the official X , retweet the designated post, and be the age of majority (in many cases 18) in their country. This must be done by May 11, 2025, and winners will be DMed by the end of May 2025. One person will win two round-trip plane tickets to Tokyo, Japan, and they must travel from one of the cities specified in the official rules to use them. In the US, applicable cities include Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, Seattle, and San Francisco. 10 people will each get one $50 Amazon gift card. Five people will each get one set of acrylic keychains.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby will appear on PCs via Steam and mobile devices on June 26, 2025, and pre-registration is open now. It is live in Japan. The new Umamusume: Cinderella Gray anime is on Amazon, and other anime adaptations are on Crunchyroll. 

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Following a confirmation of a livestream discussing the global version of Umamusume: Pretty Derby and Cygames saying a demo would be at the 2025 Kentucky Derby, we have an English release date for the mobile and PC version of the game on Steam. The company took to social media and the showcase to say we’ll see the simulation on June 26, 2025. 

Of course, prior to that, we’ll be able to sign up to show interest in playing Cygames confirmed that preregistration will begin on April 28, 2025. We will be able to find the listing for the PC version of Umamusume: Pretty Derby on Steam, while the mobile ones will be on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. Cygames didn’t note if there will be any preregistration rewards for hitting certain tiers, though that sort of announcement might come up once the pages are actually open and live.

Here's the image announcing those important dates:

To go along with the Umamusume: Pretty Derby English release date announcement for the global PC and mobile versions of the game, Cygames started releasing new character trailers for the Tracen students who will appear in the game at launch. First, a Special Week trailer showed up.

El Condor Pasa will appear at launch too.

Tokai Teio is another well-known racer in Umamusume.

Here’s what Nice Nature looks like in the game.

Silence Shizuka is also known as one of the major protagonists in the series.

The most recent trailer to show up introduced Matikanefukukitaru.

The Umamusume: Pretty Derby English release date is June 26, 2025, and we’ll be able to pre for the global version of the game on the PC via Steam and Android and iOS mobile devices on April 28, 2025. It is already available in Asia. The new Umamusume: Cinderella Gray anime is on Amazon, and other anime adaptations are on Crunchyroll.

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During the PAKA LIVE TV livestream on April 27, 2025, we’ll finally learn more information about the global release, aka the English launch, of Umamusume: Pretty Derby. The stream will start from 11am UTC, which would convert to 4am PT/7am ET.

Here's the placeholder for that presentation.

As a note, the stream will only be available in Japanese. You can catch it on the official PakaTube channel, which is a channel specifically for Umamusume: Pretty Derby. The stream will likely also include information for the main Japanese server of the game.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby first came out in Japan in 2021, three years after its original release window of 2018. It’s part of the Umamusume multi-media franchise, which also includes manga, anime, and movies. In Umamusume: Pretty Derby, you are a trainer at Tracen Academy, which is a training school for umamusume, or horse girls. When you start the game, you can choose which girl you want to train. Throughout her scenario, you can raise her to become the star racer and center of her year. There’s also a story mode that focuses more on an ensemble cast.

Since the game came out, it’s been ridiculously popular, becoming the third highest-grossing mobile game within its first month. As of May 2024, it made over 2.4 billion JPY in revenue and, as of June 2024, it sured 21 million s. All those stats are with Japan as its only market, as well.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby is readily available on Windows PC and mobile devices in Japan. The global version of Umamusume: Pretty Derby is in development, and we’ll hear more news about it on April 27, 2025.

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Cygames, developer of the horse girl sim Umamusume: Pretty Derby and other games, announced it will be a sponsor for the 151st Kentucky Derby being held on May 2, 2025. The company will have a booth at the event with that mobile title and other ones between May 2-3, 2025. 

The sponsor part of the arrangement will come up with the 1,100 meter Grade III Unbridled Sidney Stakes. The company’s imagery will be present during that race. It will be held at 1:44pm ET on May 2, 2025. This also feels like it is something of a reference to the Umamusume series, as only fillies that are three years old or older can participate in it. As a reminder, there are no male characters to raise and race in the mobile game.

As for the booth, Cygames announced that four games will be playable at its 151st Kentucky Derby, which could hint at an 2025 release for one of them. Three of the titles showing up are available. These are Granblue Fantasy Relink, Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising, and Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond. Umamusume: Pretty Derby is the only one not available worldwide yet, though Cygames teased a launch since 2023. After appearing at the 2023 Google for Games Developer Summit, in June 2024 the developer officially opened a site and social media . Some of the latest social media posts discussed elements of the game’s world and the Umamusume: Cinderella Gray anime series. 

Cygames will sponsor the 151st Kentucky Derby and have a booth with games at the event between May 2-3, 2025 and while there’s no worldwide release date for Umamusume: Pretty Derby yet, it is available on mobile devices in Asia.

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Cygames filmed and ed a live-action tokusatsu episode based on Carrotman to promote Umamusume. The entire episode, which is nineteen minutes long, is available for free on YouTube.

You can watch Nutrition Warrior Carrotman - Lardlon Attacks! Unhealthy Food Is Changing the World?! here:

The plot of Carrotman follows Emperor Fukenko (literally “unhealthy”) ordering his underling Lardlon to make people unhealthy, which will in turn make them easier to conquer. Carrotman does his best to fight against the forces of evil and calories, but Lardlon overpowers him. Then, Biko Pegasus—the umamusume most obsessed with tokusatsu and sentai stuff—jumps in to save him. They then fight off Lardlon together.

As one might be able to infer from the lengthy live-action production of Carrotman, Cygames went all out for Umamusume. Musician and singer Hironobu Kageyama sang the opening theme, “Nutrition Warrior Carrotman.” He is akin to the father of anison (anime songs) after his popularity with them in the 1980s brought him success. He sang the title tracks for Saint Seiya and Dragon Ball Z, and is also one of the founders of JAM Project.

Tomokazu Sugita also appeared in this commercial, voicing every male character other than Carrotman. Sugita is a prominent voice actor, whose career started in 1998. He’s appeared in many anime and games, such as Gintoki in Gintama, Sakamoto in Sakamoto Days, Joseph in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Yusuke in Persona 5, Chrom in Fire Emblem Awakening, and more.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby is available on mobile devices and Windows PC in Japan. A global version is in development.

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More people in Japan have been ing the KFC app this year than in the previous three years, likely as a result of the Genshin Impact and Umamusume: Pretty Derby collaborations. During the collaborations, KFC reached the top of the rankings in Japan for food-related apps. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

Sensor Tower published this research. Between August and October 2024, KFC in Japan had collaboration campaigns with Umamusume: Pretty Derby and Genshin Impact. More s occur during these times. In particular, October 2, 2024 (the day that the Genshin Impact collaboration started) saw the highest number of people ing the KFC app in these past three years.

This is due to both games’ popularity, as well as the collaboration items being limited to online orders. In Japan, KFC is a Christmas tradition and so the holiday season is usually when a lot of people the app to order some fried chicken for themselves or their family. But, thanks to the 20,000 new s from the Umamusume campaign and the 40,000 from Genshin Impact, the app’s numbers have already sured 2023’s Christmas.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby is readily available on the Windows PC and mobile devices. Genshin Impact is on the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, Windows PC, and mobile devices.

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Cygames has released curtains that look like the starting gates when you pull in the Umamusume: Pretty Derby gacha. You will have until 3:00 PM JST of December 18, 2024 to put in your orders. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]

There are three different versions of the Umamusume: Pretty Derby starting gates curtains: silver, gold, and rainbow. The color of the starting gates in-game correspond to the rarity of the horse girl you got. Like the real-life gacha, you actually cannot choose which curtain you get. Instead, it costs 6800 JPY ($44) for a random curtain. To increase your chances of getting one of the rarer versions, you can also buy a 10-pull for 68,000 JPY ($439.80).

Umamusume: Pretty Derby is one of the more profitable and popular franchises from Cygames, with the company announcing in May 2024 that the game made them over 2.4 billion JPY in revenue. This number s for over 70% of the money Cygames made on mobage between February 2021 and March 2024, and that’s not even taking into consideration profits from the anime, movies, and merchandise. The game focuses on collecting horse girls based on real-life race horses, raising them, and then racing them. It also features a main story mode, as well as individual character stories you can play through after pulling a girl.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby is readily available on mobile devices. The English version of the game is in development.

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There’s new activity on the Umamusume: Pretty Derby social media , and we’re starting to see character profiles appear for horse girls like Special Week. This new post tied to the mobile game could be a sign that the launch is drawing nearer, as the previous ones involved the console and PC game Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Party Dash and its DLC. 

Special Week is considered one of the main characters in Umamusume: Pretty Derby. She featured prominently as one of the possible party in Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Party Dash, as she is one of the most vocal of Team Cosmos. She also is one of the stars of the anime, which is streaming on Crunchyroll. 

The new profile for her brings up her history and background. Compared to some of the other horse girls studying at Tracen, Special Week comes from a more rural background. She grew up in the country with her mother’s friend following her mom’s death. She’s known for her enthusiasm and dedication to people important to her, in particular Silence Suzuka. 

Here’s the official Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week character profile:

Special Week may sound familiar, as she’s voiced by Azumi Waki. Waki voiced characters in a number of other mobile games, such as Charlotte in Genshin Impact, Peony in Fire Emblem Heroes, and Sanae in The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls. Most recently, she’s been in anime series like Frieren as Kanne and Too Many Losing Heroines as Karen.

There’s no English, worldwide release date yet for Umamusume: Pretty Derby, though it was reconfirmed in June 2024, and it is available in Japan.

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The KFC Japan X (formerly known as Twitter) has posted a teaser for an Umamusume: Pretty Derby collaboration or event. More information about it will come out on August 20, 2024.

There is virtually no information about this outside of several hashtags and a picture of a mysterious horse girl with Colonel Sanders’s unique facial characteristics. Even those who are unfamiliar with Umamusume, however, should be able to recognize the face as Gold Ship’s. She’s wearing Colonel Sanders’s mustache and glasses. People are using some of the hashtags in KFC’s Tweet to post fanart, comics, and pictures. Aside from artwork of Gold Ship eating fried chicken, there are also people posting photos of a Gold Ship nui in front of an actual KFC order.

Though she’s not exactly a protagonist, Gold Ship in Umamusume: Pretty Derby is the mascot and main personality of PakaTube, which is the official channel for Umamusume. Her popularity stems not only from her looks, but also her eccentric behavior. The real-life horse Gold Ship is also beloved by fans for his unique personality. As such, even disregarding her status as the official spokeshorse for PakaTube, it may not be surprising that Cygames or KFC would choose her for a special crossover.

More details on the Umamusume: Pretty Derby collaboration with KFC will come out on August 20, 2024. Umamusume: Pretty Derby is readily available on mobile devices and Windows PC in Japan, and the English version is in development.

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The Umamusume Japanese Twitter has announced a new playable scenario, along with five new horse girls. There is also a teaser for the music video of “Umasugi! Gourmet Parade,” which will be a new song in the new scenario.

The name of the new Umamusume scenario can translate to “Harvest! Full Stomach! Bountiful Food Festival,” and it’ll go live on June 26, 2024. Horse girls who’ll play an important role in the new story include Special Week, Haru Urara, Rice Shower, and Nishino Flower. According to the introduction video, you’ll have to harvest vegetables and make food with them. Food will help improve how many stats level up when you’re training your horse girl.

As for new horse girls who’ll either become playable or play an important role in the scenario, we have: Dream Journey, Bueno Vista, Believe, Calstone Light O, and Durandal. All of these horses were or are race horses in real life.

The new scenario (as well as new banners) will come out right when the current banner for Jungle Pocket ends. Jungle Pocket’s banner was part of the marketing for the Beginning of a New Era movie. For a month, you’ll be able to watch the first seven minutes for the film via the Toho Movie YouTube channel.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby is readily available on mobile devices and Windows PC in Japan, with the “Harvest! Full Stomach! Bountiful Food Festival” scenario going live on June 26, 2024. An English version is also in development.

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