Uma profile
Biwa Hayahide
Biwa Hayahide carries herself with the kind of presence that is hard to ignore. A Senior Division student standing 171 cm tall, she has an imposing, polished air that fits the nickname Aneki remarkably well. Even without a long official blurb to pin her down, the basics already sketch a memorable figure: dignified, mature-seeming, and very much the sort of Uma Musume who can dominate a room simply by entering it.
There is a pleasing contrast to her presentation, too. For all that height and gravitas, her personal speech is straightforward and composed—she refers to herself as Watashi, and calls her mentor Trainer-kun, which gives her a slightly softer, more approachable edge beneath the cool exterior. Her voice, provided by Yui Kondo, helps complete that impression: Biwa Hayahide feels like someone built to be admired, but not placed on a distant pedestal.
At Ritto Dormitory, she shares a room with the famously theatrical T.M. Opera O, which is an amusing pairing on paper: Biwa Hayahide’s stately aura beside Opera O’s larger-than-life flair. Her closest named racing connections are Narita Taishin and Winning Ticket, who are listed both as related Umas and as rivals. Even stated plainly, that trio gives her profile a competitive charge; Biwa Hayahide is framed not as an isolated star, but as part of a field where rivalry and recognition go hand in hand.
Her official stats round out the image with the tidy precision fans expect from the archive: B93-W61-H88, 25.0 cm shoes on both left and right, and a recorded weight note of “No change.” Birthday-wise, she arrives on March 10, and in public-facing character terms she lands as the kind of Uma Musume who feels solid, reliable, and quietly formidable. Not flashy for the sake of it—just unmistakably impressive.
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Same races
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9 shared rivals
Latest: TENNO SHO (AUTUMN) · 1994-10-30
Latest: TENNO SHO (AUTUMN) · 1994-10-30
Latest: TENNO SHO (AUTUMN) · 1994-10-30
Latest: TENNO SHO (SPRING) · 1994-04-24
Latest: TENNO SHO (AUTUMN) · 1994-10-30
Latest: TENNO SHO (AUTUMN) · 1994-10-30
Latest: KYOTO KINEN · 1994-02-13
Latest: ARIMA KINEN (38TH THE GRAND PRIX) · 1993-12-26
Latest: ARIMA KINEN (38TH THE GRAND PRIX) · 1993-12-26
Related Umas
2 total · 2 linked
Rivals
2 total · 2 linked
Stablemates
1 total · 1 linked
Mentioned By Related Umas
3 profiles
Mentioned By Rivals
3 profiles
Biwa Hayahide was one of Japan’s standout gray stars of the 1990s, a medium-long distance specialist whose record earned him JRA Horse of the Year honors. Foaled on 10 March 1990, he was bred by Hayata Farms and raced in the colors of U.Biwa. From the Ritto stable of trainer Mitsumasa Hamada, he compiled JRA earnings of ¥817.69 million and retired as one of the era’s most accomplished performers.
Career at a glance
Track record
Featured races
Finished 1st · G1 · at Kyoto · over 3000m · Kyoto (JP)
Finished 1st · G1 · at Hanshin · over 3200m · Hanshin (JP)
Finished 1st · G1 · at Hanshin · over 2200m · Hanshin (JP)
At a glance
His pedigree combined international depth with a family that became especially influential in Japan. Biwa Hayahide was by Sharrood and out of Pacificus, a daughter of Northern Dancer. That made him a full sibling to Narita Brian, later a major Classic winner with victories including the 1994 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby), and also to Biwa Takehide and Biwa Venus. Few modern Japanese families are remembered more vividly for producing multiple notable runners at this level, and Biwa Hayahide stands near the center of that story.
On the track, his signature top-level success came in the 1994 Tenno Sho (Spring), his major win as recorded in the supplied racing data. That triumph, together with his broader body of work, helped secure his status as a G1 winner and ultimately JRA Horse of the Year. His earnings and award profile reflect a horse who was not simply good for a season, but important within the wider landscape of Japanese racing in the mid-1990s.
Biwa Hayahide’s significance also lies in how he is remembered alongside his family. Even in a pedigree that included another famous sibling in Narita Brian, he built a major identity of his own: a gray champion with elite staying credentials, a premier stable representative for Hamada, and a horse whose achievements were strong enough to define an era. His retirement closed the racing chapter, but his place in Japanese turf history remains secure through both his own honors and the remarkable family from which he came.
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| Date | Race | Grade | Course | Going | Dist | Pos | Draw | Jockey | Wgt | SP | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-10-30 | G1 | Tokyo (JP) | Good | 2000 m | 5 | 2 | Y.Okabe | 58.0 kg | 1.5 | 1:59.1 | |
| 1994-09-18 |
SANKEI SHO ALL COMERS
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G3 | Nakayama (JP) | Soft | 2200 m | 1 | 8 | Y.Okabe | 57.0 kg | 1.2 | 2:14.5 |
| 1994-06-12 |
TAKARAZUKA KINEN
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G1 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 2200 m | 1 | 13 | Y.Okabe | 56.0 kg | 1.2 | 2:11.2 |
| 1994-04-24 |
TENNO SHO (SPRING)
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G1 | Hanshin (JP) | Good to Soft | 3200 m | 1 | 11 | Y.Okabe | 58.0 kg | 1.3 | 3:22.6 |
| 1994-02-13 |
KYOTO KINEN
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G2 | Hanshin (JP) | Good to Soft | 2200 m | 1 | 6 | Y.Okabe | 59.0 kg | 1.2 | 2:16.8 |
| 1993-12-26 |
ARIMA KINEN (38TH THE GRAND PRIX)
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G1 | Nakayama (JP) | Good | 2500 m | 2 | 13 | Y.Okabe | 55.0 kg | 3.0 | 2:31.0 |
| 1993-11-07 |
KIKUKA SHO (JAPANESE ST.LEGER)
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G1 | Kyoto (JP) | Good | 3000 m | 1 | 7 | Y.Okabe | 57.0 kg | 2.4 | 3:04.7 |
| 1993-09-26 |
KOBE SHIMBUN HAI
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G2 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 2000 m | 1 | 1 | Y.Okabe | 56.0 kg | 1.6 | 2:02.9 |
| 1993-05-30 |
TOKYO YUSHUN (JAPANESE DERBY)
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G1 | Tokyo (JP) | Good | 2400 m | 2 | 7 | Y.Okabe | 57.0 kg | 3.9 | 2:25.6 |
| 1993-04-18 |
SATSUKI SHO (JAPANESE 2000 GUINEAS)
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G1 | Nakayama (JP) | Good | 2000 m | 2 | 18 | Y.Okabe | 57.0 kg | 3.5 | 2:00.3 |
| 1993-03-20 |
WAKABA STAKES OP
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OP | Nakayama (JP) | Good | 2000 m | 1 | 8 | Y.Okabe | 56.0 kg | 1.3 | 2:00.9 |
| 1993-02-14 |
KYODO NEWS SERVICE HAI YONSAI STAKES
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G3 | Tokyo (JP) | Good | 1800 m | 2 | 1 | S.Kishi | 57.0 kg | 1.3 | 1:48.7 |
| 1992-12-13 |
ASAHI HAI SANSAI STAKES
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G1 | Nakayama (JP) | Good | 1600 m | 2 | 7 | S.Kishi | 54.0 kg | 1.3 | 1:35.5 |
| 1992-11-07 |
DAILY HAI SANSAI STAKES
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G2 | Kyoto (JP) | Good | 1400 m | 1 | 8 | S.Kishi | 54.0 kg | 1.7 | 1:21.7 |
| 1992-10-10 |
MOMIJI STAKES
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OP | Kyoto (JP) | Good | 1600 m | 1 | 8 | S.Kishi | 53.0 kg | 2.3 | 1:34.3 |
| 1992-09-13 |
3yo DBT
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Maiden | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 1600 m | 1 | 4 | S.Kishi | 53.0 kg | 6.9 | 1:38.3 |
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