Buena Vista

Buena Vista is a 3-star Mile / Medium character in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby. Buena Vista's running style is Late Surger / End Closer. Dormitory: Tracen Academy Ritto Dormitory.

Other Mile / Medium characters in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby: Agnes Digital, Almond Eye, Bubble Gum Fellow, Cesario, Copano Rickey, Daiwa Scarlet and 29 more.

There's a view I want to see, you know. I'm definitely gonna make it there, on my own two legs!Buena Vista (ブエナビスタ, Buena Bisuta) is a character in the Umamusume franchise.

Buena Vista is a character in Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

Trivia

Likes: Making lunchboxes, Japanese archery

Dislikes: Traffic jam, thriller movies

Secrets:

She's currently studying homemade dressings.

She dislikes dates a tiny bit.

Buena Vista's original design in the 2016 promo video had her with walnut-colored hair and wearing a pink ribbon with a black stripe.

In that version, Buena Vista's voice actor was originally chosen to be Inori Minase, but was temporarily scrapped probably for dispute with owners.

Inori Minase was never recasted as Buena Vista or another umamusume after that.

Fuuka Izumi was chosen to be her new voice actor instead.

Buena Vista is the first umamusume to be explicitly stated as a childhood friend of the trainer, which was in her introduction during her training.

Many players stated that her character story is a straight up dating sim (Galge).

Biography

"There's a view I want to see, you know.

I'm definitely gonna make it there, on my own two legs!"

A top student with a most pure and innocent heart.

She's cheerful, upfront, and affable; not afraid to be affectionate toward anyone, she's empathetic to the point of caring about others' business like it's her own.

One time, while spectating a race, she witnessed a 'scenery' like no other.

To reach that impeccable view, and to fulfill a precious "promise", she runs on in the Twinkle Series.

Appearance

Buena Vista has fluffy light brown hair that flows just past her shoulders, and both her hair and tail fade into a lighter brown at the tips.

She has a small white tuft of hair on her bangs.

She wears a brown and yellow checker headband, with yellow ribbons on the end that braid the sides of her hair.

On her ears, she wears yellow ear covers, with her left ear cover decorated in the same checkerboard pattern, and a red "X" in the center.

She has cheery light pink eyes.

Her racing uniform has a two-piece dress.

Her top is a white blouse with a frilled collar, and a black tie with a red "X" in the center.

The bottom half is a brown skirt with red buttons along her waist, and three prominent pleats.

The center pleat is red, while the two others are white, with criss-crossed red ribbon lacing to her waist.

The end of the skirt has yellow frills. Atop of her dress, she wears a dark brown cropped jacket with medium-length puffy sleeves.

The collar has a yellow and dark yellow checkerboard pattern, and she wears a clover-shaped medal on the left side.

Attached to the jacket are two yellow straps.

Her dark brown puffy sleeves have frills at the end, and she wears a white glove on her right hand, with a black on her left.

Both have gold trim. She wears two different brown socks, her left leg's being knee-high with a thigh belt at the top, and her right leg having a thigh-high sock with white frills at the top, held up by a garter strap.

She wears heels with "X" belting on the front, and straps going up her shin.

The right heel is red, while the left is white.

Gentildonna - Roommate. Buena looks up to and admires Gentil's strength, while Gentil respects Buena as her senior in the Tiara series.

The two often train together.

Buena Vista and Gentildonna have the same owner, Sunday Racing.

Gentildonna is officially the first and only horse to win the Japan Cup in two consecutive years.

That being said, Buena Vista has unofficially achieved this feat in the two years prior to Gentildonna's Japan Cup races, but was demoted to second place in the 2010 Japan Cup with the runner-up Rose Kingdom being promoted to 1st.

Special Week - Friend. Buena Vista admires and looks up to Special Week.

IRL, Special Week is Buena Vista's sire.

Cesario - Friend.

IRL, Buena Vista and Cesario are both sired by Special Week.

Maruzensky - Friend. Maruzensky acts as a reliable senior to Buena Vista.

IRL, Maruzensky is the sire of Special Week's dam, Campaign Girl, while Special Week sired Buena Vista, making them related.

Red Desire - Friend and rival. Though not fully understanding Red Desire's oddities, Buena Vista gets along with her quite well.

Red Desire views her as the "absolute heroine" of the world, and wishes to surpass her in races.

They are part of the same 2009 generation, with Red Desire being Buena Vista's primary rival during her Triple Tiara journey.

Red Desire lost to Buena Vista in the Oka Sho and Japanese Oaks by second place, but managed to win first in the final leg of the Triple Tiara series, Shuka Sho while Buena Vista got demoted to third.

Tosen Jordan - Friend and rival.

They are part of the same 2009 generation, and ran against each other multiple times, with one of their most notable showdowns being the 2011 Autumn Tenno Sho.

Nakayama Festa - Friend and rival. Nakayama always tries to cheer Buena up when she tears up, though sometimes her attempts don't land well.

The former deeply respects Buena’s talent and skills, and along with that, whenever she finds Buena lost or walking in the streets at night, she always makes sure Buena gets to her destination safely.

Despite Nakayama being a ‘lone wolf', Buena’s optimism always somehow makes Nakayama a bit soft around her, and Buena always sees the good inside Nakayama.

They are part of the same 2009 generation.

They raced each other twice. In particular, Nakayama Festa beat her and other top class racehorses in 2010's Takarazuka Kinen, netting him his first and only G1 win in quite a flashy way as he was considered the underdog as the 8th favorite.

Transcend - Friend.

Despite mainly running on dirt, Transcend raced together with Buena Vista in the Dubai World Cup 2011, where Transcend took second place to another Japanese horse, Victoire Pisa, making it a historic Japanese 1-2 Finish, Buena Vista finished 8th in the race due to her poor aptitude in dirt races.

Wonder Acute - Friend.

They are part of the same 2009 generation, though they never ran in a race together as Wonder Acute primarily ran in dirt races.

Coincidentally however, they share the same birthday.

Dream Journey - Friend and rival. Dream Journey has described Buena Vista as "dazzling" and shows admiration for her.

The 19th Japan Cup is when Dream Journey found her admiration for Stay Gold, and Buena found her admiration for Special Week, so the two feel as if they understand one another.

The two raced together multiple times, with the 2009 Arima Kinen being Dream Journey's last G1 win in his career, followed by Buena Vista in second in that race.

Victoire Pisa - Friend and rival. Both of them connect with each other due to their boundless kindness for others.

They raced together multiple times during their careers, two times at the Japan Cup, two times at the Arima Kinen, and once at the Dubai World Cup.

Victoire Pisa triumphed against Buena Vista in the 2010 Arima Kinen and snagged Japan's first ever victory in the 2011 Dubai World Cup, while Buena Vista bested Victoire Pisa in the 2011 Japan Cup.

Eishin Flash - Friend and rival. Eishin Flash teaches Buena Vista the German language so the latter can write to her German grandma in the language.

They raced together multiple times during their careers, twice at the Japan Cup, twice at the Arima Kinen, and once at the Takarazuka Kinen.

Rulership - Friend and rival.

They raced together multiple times, and travelled together to Dubai in 2011 alongside Victoire Pisa and Transcend, although the two were in different races.

Their IRL counterparts also had a foal together in 2024, a colt named Pytheas.

Rose Kingdom - Friend and rival.

They raced together multiple times, with their most notable showdown being the 2010 Japan Cup, where Buena Vista was demoted to 2nd place for obstructing Rose Kingdom's path while the latter was promoted to 1st place.

Orfevre - Friend and rival. Orfevre acknowledges Buena Vista as the "queen" of her era, whilst Buena Vista slightly envies Orfevre's relationship with her sister, Dream Journey due to her upbringing as an only child.

They raced together in the 2011 Arima Kinen, with Orfevre getting 1st while Buena Vista got 7th.

They were the 1st and 2nd favorites respectively.

Daiwa Scarlet, Believe, Win Variation - Teammates under Kitahara's Team in Cinderella Gray.

They had all been ridden by the jockey Katsumi Ando, who Kitahara is based on, at some point in their careers.

He rode Buena Vista from her debut up until the 2009 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, winning the first two legs of the Triple Tiara with her and never missing the board otherwise.

Lucky Lilac - Friend. Buena Vista gives her racing advice, and they both train together.

Besides being fellow winners of the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and mares under Sunday Racing, according to certain news articles, it is reported that Lucky Lilac had been following Buena Vista around during grazing, which the staff called "a bond between G1 winners".

Fusaichi Pandora - Friend and classmate.

They sometimes hang out together.

Kawakami Princess - Friend.

The two raced together once, in the 2009 Queen Elizabeth II Cup.

They are also both double tiaras.

Katsuragi Ace - Friend. Katsuragi Ace taught Buena Vista and Special Week farming.

Both Katsuragi Ace and Buena Vista are fellow Japan Cup winners.

Espoir City - Friend.

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She was announced during the PakaLive TV stream Vol.42 in June 24, 2024.

Like Orfevre, it is believed that she was one of the first Umamusume to be announced back in 2016, when the project first started.

During this time gap, fans assumed a design to have been made for Buena Vista.

Inori Minase, her supposed voice actor for that original design, was never recasted as another Umamusume as of now.

Buena Vista is currently the only Umamusume explicitly stated to be the trainer's childhood friend, which was mentioned in the introduction of her training session and a vital part of her character story.

This is theorized to be a reference to how her IRL counterpart has a strong attachment to humans, especially a stablehand named Yamaguchi, as she would start neighing if he was absent for a long period of time.