Uma profile
Inari One
Inari One is a spirited and energetic Umamusume who embodies the atmosphere of Edo-period Japan. Proud, straightforward, and fiercely competitive, she values hard work and determination above all else. Despite her rough-and-ready personality, she possesses a strong sense of fairness and cares deeply for her friends and rivals.
Inari One
Overview
Known for her boundless energy and straightforward outlook, Inari One approaches racing with unwavering confidence. She prefers action over words and believes that effort and perseverance can overcome any obstacle.
Personality
Inari One is cheerful, passionate, and highly motivated. She often speaks in an old-fashioned, Edo-inspired manner that reflects her unique background and gives her a distinctive presence among the other Umamusume.
She enjoys lively competition and has little interest in complicated schemes or politics. Instead, she focuses on improving herself through training and racing.
While she can appear brash or impulsive at times, her honesty and determination make her easy to respect. She is especially motivated by worthy rivals and enjoys testing her abilities against the strongest competitors.
Relationships
Oguri Cap
Inari One views Oguri Cap as one of her greatest rivals. Both share a similar rise from regional racing to the national stage, creating a natural connection and competitive rivalry between them.
Super Creek
Although their personalities differ greatly, Inari One respects Super Creek's strength and consistency as a racer.
Yaeno Muteki
Yaeno Muteki and Inari One often find themselves competing in the same circles. Their mutual dedication to improvement creates a healthy rivalry.
Tamamo Cross
Tamamo Cross's overwhelming talent serves as both inspiration and challenge for Inari One, pushing her to continue improving.
Cinderella Gray
In Umamusume: Cinderella Gray, Inari One appears as one of the major competitors of the national racing scene. Her introduction signals the arrival of another powerful contender during Oguri Cap's rise through the ranks.
As the story expands beyond regional racing, Inari One becomes one of the key rivals representing the elite level of competition awaiting Oguri Cap.
Trivia
- Inari One's design incorporates traditional Japanese and Edo-inspired themes.
- Her speech patterns often reflect a more old-fashioned style than most other Umamusume.
- She is based on the real-life racehorse Inari One, one of the famous "Heisei Big Three."
- She is particularly popular among fans of the late-1980s racing generation featured in Cinderella Gray.
Sources
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Same races
Same Races
7 shared rivals
Latest: Takarazuka Kinen · 1990-06-10
Latest: Takarazuka Kinen · 1990-06-10
Latest: Tenno Sho (Spring) · 1990-04-29
Latest: Takarazuka Kinen · 1990-06-10
Latest: Tenno Sho (Autumn) · 1989-10-29
Latest: Takarazuka Kinen · 1989-06-11
Latest: Takarazuka Kinen · 1989-06-11
Related Umas
4 total · 4 linked
Rivals
4 total · 4 linked
Stablemates
1 total · 1 linked
Mentioned By Related Umas
7 profiles
Mentioned By Rivals
3 profiles
Mentioned By Stablemates
1 profile
Inari One was a bay Japanese stallion foaled on 7 May 1984, bred by Jitsugi Yamamoto and raced in the colours of Hiroki Hotehama. A son of Mill George out of Teito Yashima, by Larkspur, he emerged from a pedigree that combined imported influence with Japanese production. He was trained at the national level by Kiyoshi Suzuki at Miho, though his career had begun in local racing before he rose to much wider prominence.
Career at a glance
Track record
Featured races
Finished 1st · G1 · at Kyoto · over 3200m · Kyoto (JP)
Finished 1st · G1 · at Hanshin · over 2200m · Hanshin (JP)
Finished 1st · G1 · at Nakayama · over 2500m · Nakayama (JP)
At a glance
That rise was one of the defining features of his story. Inari One raced locally from 1986 to 1988, including an Ohi Racecourse phase handled by Fumio Fukunaga, before being transferred to national racing in January 1989 and placed with Suzuki. The move proved transformative. Across a 25-race career he compiled a record of 12 wins, 3 seconds and 2 thirds, and his earnings were recorded at over ¥500 million.
His peak came in 1989, when he established himself among the best horses in Japan. Major victories credited to him include the Tokyo Okan Sho in 1987, the Tokyo Daishoten in 1988, and then a celebrated national campaign in 1989 featuring the Tenno Sho (Spring), Takarazuka Kinen, and Arima Kinen. That sequence made him far more than a successful stakes horse: it marked him as one of the standout performers of his era, and he was duly named Japanese Horse of the Year and JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse for 1989.
Inari One’s background and career arc give him a particular historical interest. He was not simply a top-level winner, but a horse who bridged the world of local and national racing, climbing from regional competition to the summit of the Japanese turf. That progression helped make him memorable, showing how a horse could develop outside the central circuit and still reach the sport’s highest honors.
After retirement he stood as a stallion. Stud statistics in the supplied records credit him with 266 progeny, who compiled 376 total wins, including 30 in the JRA. He died on 7 February 2016, but his name remains closely tied to that remarkable late-1980s ascent and to a championship season that secured his place in Japanese racing history.
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| Date | Race | Grade | Course | Going | Dist | Pos | Draw | Jockey | Wgt | SP | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-06-10 |
Takarazuka Kinen
|
G1 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 2200 m | 4 | 2 | M.Shibata | 56.0 kg | 4.7 | 2:15.1 |
| 1990-04-29 |
Tenno Sho (Spring)
|
G1 | Kyoto (JP) | Good | 3200 m | 2 | 7 | M.Shibata | 58.0 kg | 6.0 | 3:22.0 |
| 1990-03-11 |
Hanshin Daishoten
|
G2 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 3000 m | 5 | 1 | M.Shibata | 62.0 kg | 2.5 | 3:11.3 |
| 1989-12-24 |
Arima Kinen
|
G1 | Nakayama (JP) | Good | 2500 m | 1 | 15 | M.Shibata | 56.0 kg | 16.7 | 2:31.7 |
| 1989-11-26 |
Japan Cup
|
G1 | Tokyo (JP) | Good | 2400 m | 11 | 12 | M.Shibata | 57.0 kg | 14.0 | 2:23.8 |
| 1989-10-29 |
Tenno Sho (Autumn)
|
G1 | Tokyo (JP) | Good | 2000 m | 6 | 7 | M.Shibata | 58.0 kg | 6.2 | 1:59.8 |
| 1989-10-08 |
Mainichi Okan
|
G2 | Tokyo (JP) | Good to Soft | 1800 m | 2 | 4 | M.Shibata | 59.0 kg | 9.0 | 1:46.7 |
| 1989-06-11 |
Takarazuka Kinen
|
G1 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 2200 m | 1 | 3 | Yutaka Take | 57.0 kg | 4.8 | 2:14.0 |
| 1989-04-29 |
Tenno Sho (Spring)
|
G1 | Kyoto (JP) | Good | 3200 m | 1 | 1 | Yutaka Take | 58.0 kg | 9.3 | 3:18.8 |
| 1989-03-12 |
Hanshin Daishoten
|
G2 | Hanshin (JP) | Good | 3000 m | 5 | 7 | F.Kojima | 57.0 kg | 5.3 | 3:07.7 |
| 1989-02-11 |
Subaru Stakes
|
OP | Kyoto (JP) | Soft | 2000 m | 4 | 4 | F.Kojima | 58.0 kg | 3.7 | 2:02.8 |
| 1988-12-29 |
Tokyo Daishoten
|
OP | Ooi (JP) | Good | 3000 m | 1 | 2 | M.Miyaura | 56.0 kg | 0.0 | 3:17.3 |
| 1988-11-23 |
Zen-Nippon Thoroughbred Cup
|
OP | Kasamatsu (JP) | Fast | 2500 m | 2 | 3 | M.Miyaura | - | - | 2:50.1 |
| 1988-11-02 |
Tokyo Kinen
|
OP | Ooi (JP) | Fast | 2400 m | 3 | 6 | M.Miyaura | - | - | 2:36.2 |
| 1988-08-10 |
Kanto Hai
|
OP | Ooi (JP) | Muddy | 1600 m | 5 | 2 | M.Miyaura | - | - | 1:40.9 |
| 1988-04-13 |
Teio Sho
|
OP | Ooi (JP) | Soft | 2000 m | 7 | 2 | M.Miyaura | 56.0 kg | 0.0 | 2:08.2 |
| 1988-03-03 |
Kimpai
|
OP | Ooi (JP) | Muddy | 2000 m | 3 | 4 | M.Miyaura | - | - | 2:06.8 |
| 1987-12-28 |
Tokyo Bay Cup
|
OP | Funabashi (JP) | Fast | 2000 m | 1 | 4 | M.Miyaura | - | - | 2:10.4 |
| 1987-11-11 |
Tokyo Okan Sho
|
OP | Ooi (JP) | Fast | 2600 m | 1 | 3 | M.Miyaura | - | - | 2:52.7 |
| 1987-09-23 |
Twinkle Age Cup
|
OP | Ooi (JP) | Fast | 1700 m | 1 | 1 | M.Miyaura | - | - | 1:50.0 |
| 1987-08-21 |
Rindo Tokubetsu
|
Pre-OP | Ooi (JP) | Fast | 1600 m | 1 | 9 | M.Miyaura | - | - | 1:43.2 |
| 1987-06-28 |
Lilac Tokubetsu
|
- | Ooi (JP) | Fast | 1600 m | 1 | 8 | M.Miyaura | - | - | 1:44.1 |
| 1987-06-14 |
Four-Year-Old Thoroughbreds
|
- | Ooi (JP) | Fast | 1600 m | 1 | 9 | M.Miyaura | - | - | 1:45.4 |
| 1987-05-20 |
Four-Year-Old Thoroughbreds
|
- | Ooi (JP) | Fast | 1500 m | 1 | 6 | M.Miyaura | - | - | 1:37.2 |
| 1987-01-02 |
Four-Year-Old Thoroughbreds
|
- | Ooi (JP) | Fast | 1400 m | - | 1 | M.Miyaura | - | - | - 0.0 |
| 1986-12-09 |
Three-Year-Old Newcomer
|
Maiden | Ooi (JP) | Fast | 1000 m | 1 | 6 | M.Miyaura | - | - | 1:03.2 |
Citations
Race Result Sources
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