Air Groove

★★★

/Medium/Pace Chaser / Late Surger

Introduction

Air Groove is a 3-star Medium character in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby. Air Groove's running style is Pace Chaser / Late Surger. Dormitory: Ritto Dormitory.

On the combined Uma Musume: Pretty Derby tier list Air Groove is B tier, 29th of the 69 characters ranked, from where 3 community tier lists put Air Groove.

Other Medium characters in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby: Admire Vega, Agnes Tachyon, Kawakami Princess, Mejiro Ardan, Mejiro Ryan, Mihono Bourbon and 5 more.

What Air Groove does

A Medium runner rated A as both Pace Chaser and Late Surger, with a B at Mile. Her Empress Road unique, Blazing Pride, adds speed when she passes someone from midpack or further back on the final corner. Her Quercus Civilis version, Eternal Moments, fires earlier, when she starts her move from near the front mid-race.

Empress Road leans on interference: Disorient and Dazzling Disorientation narrow the view of runners behind her, and Hesitant End Closers and Flustered End Closers slow and tire End Closers.

Air Groove in Team Trials

On the Team Trials usage list Air Groove is C tier, 14th of 29: filling 1.9% of all Team Trials slots on Global.

Team Trials share1.95%

Air Groove's banners

All banners

28 August 2025 to 10 September 2025Sunlight Bouquet, Quercus Civilis

Profile

The coolly calculating Empress.

Highly gifted and ambitious.

Air Groove is a female Umamusume. Her birthday is April 6, and she stands 165 cm tall. Air Groove is voiced by Ruriko Aoki in Japanese.

Air Groove's introduction: I am Air Groove. If you are unwavering in your beliefs, your ideals will blossom. It is my role as Empress to lead by example.

Stories

Strengths

Growing flowers

Weaknesses

Things that suddenly flash or move

About her ears

Droop ever so slightly when she takes care of flowers

About her tail

Uses the same tail oil as her mother

Shoe size

Left and right: 24.5cm

Family

Meticulously plans her mom's birthday party a year in advance.

A secret

Not picky. Will eat the greatest creations and worst failures

Weight

Amazing form

Trainee outfits

Air Groove has 2 trainee outfits on global, each a separate card with its own stats, aptitudes and skills: Empress Road and Quercus Civilis.

Empress Road

2★ at first · Pace Chaser by default · on global since 26 June 2025

Base stats

Stars	Speed	Stamina	Power	Guts	Wit
2★	86	81	81	86	91
3★	91	86	86	92	95
4★	101	95	95	102	107
5★	111	105	105	112	117

Training gains: Speed +10%, Power +20%

Aptitude

Track: Turf ADirt G
Distance: Sprint CMile BMedium ALong E
Running style: Front Runner DPace Chaser ALate Surger AEnd Closer G

Unique skill

Blazing Pride
Increase velocity with the stride of an empress when passing another runner from midpack or further back on the final corner.
Target speed +0.35 m/s for 5 s
level 1 at 3★, level 2 at 4★, level 3 at 5★. Passed on through inheritance as the white skill Blazing Pride (Target speed +0.15 m/s for 3 s).

Innate skills

Go with the Flow120 skill points
Moderately increase navigation late-race.
Lane change speed +0.025 m/s for 3 s
Up-Tempo160 skill points
Slightly increase positioning ability when positioned toward the front mid-race. (Medium)
Target speed +0.15 m/s for 2.4 s
Disorient110 skill points
Slightly narrow the field of view for runners behind when positioned toward the front late-race. (Pace Chaser)
Field of view −3 m for runners behind for 3 s

Potential levels

Level 2Medium Racing Shoes ×15
- Hesitant End Closers130 skill points
  Slightly decrease velocity of end closers late-race.
  Current speed −0.15 m/s for other runners of End Closers for 3 s
Level 3Medium Racing Shoes ×30Japanese Oaks Winner's Sash ×5Tenno Sho (Autumn) Winner's Sash ×5
- Dazzling Disorientation110 skill points
  Moderately narrow the field of view for runners behind when positioned toward the front late-race. (Pace Chaser)
  Field of view −5 m for runners behind for 3 s
Level 4Medium Racing Shoes ×60Japanese Oaks Winner's Sash ×15Shuka Sho Winner's Sash ×15Tenno Sho (Autumn) Winner's Sash ×15Hanshin J.F. Winner's Sash ×15Dream Glimmer ×2
- Flustered End Closers130 skill points
  Slightly increase fatigue for end closers mid-race.
  Drains 1% of max endurance for other runners of End Closers
Level 5Medium Racing Shoes ×100Japanese Oaks Winner's Sash ×30Shuka Sho Winner's Sash ×30Tenno Sho (Autumn) Winner's Sash ×30Hanshin J.F. Winner's Sash ×30Dream Glimmer ×10
- Lane Legerdemain120 skill points
  Increase navigation late-race.
  Lane change speed +0.035 m/s for 3 s