
Ruler of Japan
Special Week
★★★
/Medium / Long/Pace Chaser / Late Surger
Introduction
Special Week is a 3-star Medium / Long character in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby. Special Week's running style is Pace Chaser / Late Surger. Dormitory: Ritto Dormitory.
On our Uma Musume: Pretty Derby tier list Special Week is A tier, 22nd of the 66 characters ranked, from where 8 current tier lists put Special Week.
Other Medium / Long characters in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby: Air Shakur, Biwa Hayahide, Cheval Grand, Chrono Genesis, Dream Journey, Eishin Flash and 34 more.
Is Special Week good?
Special Week's original outfit (Special Dreamer) is a good legacy parent, since her Unique adds velocity while she accelerates and stays strong when inherited, and she's a decent Medium Pace Chaser for Team Trials with good Potential skills such as Gourmand. Her Commander outfit (Ruler of Japan) is built around the
Nakayama racecourse: her Unique is an easy inherit there, but only three Long races use
Nakayama (Arima Kinen, Stayers Stakes, Nikkei Sho), so she's niche elsewhere.
Strengths
- Strong legacy Unique
- Decent Medium Pace Chaser
- Commander version is great at
Nakayama
Weaknesses
- Commander version's full effect is tied to one racecourse
- Niche outside
Nakayama Long races
Profile
Special Week carries the title "Ruler of Japan". Special Week is a female Umamusume. Her birthday is 1995-05-02, and she stands 158 tall. Special Week is voiced by Azumi Waki in Japanese.
Background
I gotta make my moms proud! I'll become the top Umamusume in all of Japan!
Special Week (スペシャルウィーク, Supesharu Wīku) is a character in the Umamusume franchise, serving as an co-protagonist for the first season of Umamusume: Pretty Derby as well as the franchise's mascot.
Despite her humble roots as a country girl, she dreams of becoming Japan's number one Umamusume and defining that for herself.
Special Week is a character in Umamusume: Pretty Derby.
She is the main protagonist of Season 1 of the Umamusume Anime, and the mascot for the franchise as a whole.
She is also the main protagonist of Act 1 Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 in the game.
Appearance
Special Week has a short brown-purple bob, with white bangs that swoop slightly to her left.
She has white braids tied around to the back of her hair, and short, stubby brown ears, with a purple bow on her right ear.
Her round and cheery eyes are light purple.
Her race outfit is very idol-like in appearance.
She sports short-sleeved white cropped jacket with pink sleeves, and a pink collar.
Underneath her coat is a white collar fastened with a dark purple ribbon, and a dark purple top underneath, fastened by two golden clover-shaped medals.
She wears a white skirt with a prominent purple zig-zag pattern on the base, and a pink petticoat underneath.
The tail-hole on the skirt has a large purple ribbon above it.
She wears white thigh-high socks with pink lines at the top, with dark purple ribbons on either side.
Both of her shoes are ankle boots with pink collars on the top.
Her left shoe is dark purple, and her right is white.
She wears two pink cuffs around her wrists.
Special Week is the main character of season 1.
She was a simple country girl that lived in Hokkaido with her adoptive mother.
But then moved to Tokyo alone and matriculated to Tracen Academy.
Although her clumsiness is an obstacle to her confidence, she received an instant liking from the audiences after winning two races in a row.
Under Trainer's guidance and training, she is taking steps closer to her goal to become Japan's best umamusume.
However due to Silence Suzuka's fracture injury, her performance in races drastically dropped as she focuses too much on Suzuka's recovery.
Soon she realizes her fall and immediately sprung back into serious training.
She later won the Japan Cup against Broye (Montjeu without the licence) which allows her to claim the title as the best umamusume in Japan.
Stories
8Tagline
Rar'n to go! A pure-hearted girl focused on her dream.
Self-introduction
My name's Special Week! My dream is to be the top Umamusume in all of Japan! I gotta work hard to make my moms proud!
Strengths and weaknesses
Good at: Detailed food reports
Bad at: Using her train pass
Ears and tail
Ears: Perks up and teleports to the kitchen when she hears the sounds of cooking
Tail: Moves along with her emotions, making her a terrible poker player
Family
She gets her eye color from her birth mother
Shoes and weight
Shoe size: Left: 23.5cm Right: 23.0cm
Weight: Slight decrease (pre-race nerves)
Secrets
Did you know? She can tell different brands of milk apart from taste alone.
Did you know? She's great at giving piggyback rides. Whoever she carries quickly falls asleep.
The real racehorse
The racehorse Special Week raced 1997 to 1999: 17 races, 10 wins (record 10-4-2-1), with ¥1,092,620,000 in prize money.
Stats
- Speed102
- Stamina108
- Power120
- Guts110
- Wit110
At 5 stars, Special Dreamer. Each bar is measured against the highest value in the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby roster.
Skills
14Aptitude
AptitudeTrack: Turf A, Dirt G Distance: Sprint F, Mile C, Medium A, Long A Running style: Front Runner G, Pace Chaser A, Late Surger A, End Closer C
Stat growth
GrowthTraining gains: Stamina +20%, Wit +10%
Shooting Star
Unique skill (Special Dreamer)Ride the momentum to surge ahead and very slightly increase acceleration after passing another runner toward the front late-race.
Wayakawa ♪ Marine Dive
Unique skill (Hopp'n♪Happy Heart)Recover endurance by relaxing after activating 2 skills when positioned midpack mid-race.
Dignified Dreamlike Brocade
Unique skill (Ruler of Japan)If the user activates another skill on the final corner late-race, take the crowd's cheers to heart and moderately increase velocity. If racing at Nakayama Racecourse, greatly increase velocity instead.
Last Leg
Innate skillSlightly increase velocity in the last spurt. Skill points: 170
Nutritional Supplements
Innate skillSlightly recover endurance mid-race. (Pace Chaser) Skill points: 180
Stand Your Ground
Innate skillSlightly increase velocity and very minimally increase acceleration when pressured on the final corner or later. (Medium) Skill points: 160
Bad Track Condition ○
Awakening skillModerately increase performance on good, soft, and heavy ground. Skill points: 90
Big Eater
Awakening skillRecover endurance mid-race. (Pace Chaser) Skill points: 180
Outside Pass, Ready!
Awakening skillSlightly increase velocity when passing another runner on the outside on the final corner. (Late Surger) Skill points: 180
Heart and Soul
Awakening skillIncrease velocity in the last spurt. Skill points: 170
Hungry Commander
Evolved from Big EaterRecover endurance and slightly increase velocity mid-race. (Pace Chaser)
Dream-fulfilling Sprint
Evolved from Heart and SoulGreatly increase velocity during the last spurt.



