Browsing: Umamusume

Over the past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend Cosplay Trackside 2026 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Originally, I had planned to visit Los Angeles for the Umamusume: Pretty Derby concert, but those plans were unexpectedly derailed when Cygames announced the event’s cancellation just days before it was scheduled to take place.

Cosplayer Clara Tan was one of many people who had hoped to attend the Umamusume: Pretty Derby event in California last week, which wound up being cancelled after U.S. immigration refused visas to the Japanese cast and staff. Still, she stuck around with friends, attended events, and cosplayed as character Super Creek. On October 26,…

New character information has been revealed for Umamusume: Pretty Derby. Win Marilyn will join the franchise as a new Umamusume voiced by Chinatsu Hirose, while Kotono Mitsuishi has been cast as Azuma, a character appearing in the game’s new training scenario.

This weekend was supposed to be the first official Umamusume concert in America. That was until a week ago, when publisher Cygames suddenly broke the bad news that they were unable to secure the necessary documentation to hold the event. For fans, it was a load of horse apples. But for the Pretty Derby die-hards,…

Horse girls get stuck in the starting gate ahead of what would have been the franchise’s first-ever concerts in America.

After six months of trying, organizers say they still don’t have the necessary OK from the U.S. government to bring the horse girl concert to the City of Angels.

This past February, my friend Stari asked me two questions: “Do you like Umamusume?” followed immediately by “Would you go see a movie with me?” My answers were “I only know that it exists lol” and, after a couple follow-up questions, “Putting it on my calendar now!!” At the time, I had no idea what…