Tokai Teio

Monarch

Tokai Teio

★★★

/Medium/Pace Chaser

Btier

Introduction

Tokai Teio is a 3-star Medium character in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby. Tokai Teio's running style is Pace Chaser. Dormitory: Ritto Dormitory.

On our Uma Musume: Pretty Derby tier list Tokai Teio is B tier, 42nd of the 66 characters ranked, from where 8 current tier lists put Tokai Teio.

Other Medium characters in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby: Admire Groove, Admire Vega, Agnes Tachyon, Air Groove, Air Messiah, Curren Bouquetd'or and 22 more.

Is Tokai Teio good?

Both Tokai Teio outfits are Pace Chasers who cover Medium and Long. Her original outfit (Peak Joy) is strongest in Medium and needs one Long spark for Long; her skills are plain but fit the style, and she drops into any Medium team.

Her Anime outfit (Beyond the Horizon) has two gold recovery skills (Miraculous Step only in Medium) and a strong final-straight Unique, making her easy to build, though Christmas Oguri Cap dominates 2000 to 2200m Medium tracks.

Strengths

  • Easy Medium Pace Chaser
  • Anime version has two gold recoveries
  • Strong final-straight Unique

Weaknesses

  • Original's Potential skills add little
  • Doesn't stand out among Pace Chasers

Profile

Tokai Teio carries the title "Monarch". Tokai Teio is a female Umamusume. Her birthday is 1988-04-20, and she stands 150 tall. Tokai Teio is voiced by Machico in Japanese.

Background

Here begins the legend of the invincible Teio!

Tokai Teio (トウカイテイオー, Tōkai Teiō) is a character in the Umamusume franchise, serving as an co-protagonist for the second season of Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

Teio is a lively umamusume who highly admires Symboli Rudolf and aims for the Japanese Triple Crown.

In the anime, she initially aims to join Team Rigil and hangs out with Team Spica as a non-member.

After several events with the team, she reconsidered and joined Team Spica instead.

Season 2, which focuses more heavily on Teio, follows the events of her career as she's forced to contend with repeated injuries that impact her ability to race and her dream to follow in the footsteps of her idol, Symboli Rudolf.

Tokai Teio is a character in Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

She is a supporting character in Season 1 and Season 3 of the anime, and the co-protagonist of Season 2 alongside Mejiro McQueen.

Appearance

She is a small-sized umamusume with long, amber-brown hair tied in a ponytail and a pink ribbon.

She also has a streak of white hair in her bangs, which is slightly longer.

An amber jewel with two ribbon tails is present on her right ear.

Her eye color is sky blue.

Trivia

Likes: Making friends

Dislikes: Doctors

Secrets

She holds the record for her forward bend.

She played at the seaside a lot when she was a kid, and everyone called her the "Beach Monarch."

She is good at dancing with her "Teio Step." In real life, the Teio Step was a unique trotting gait that Teio used while in the paddock before races.

Her in-game personality is different than in the anime.

In-game Teio is depicted as a spoiled, a bit jealous, and cheeky brat, while her anime counterpart depicted as a more serious character.

Teio sired by Symboli Rudolf in the real life is reflected in Umamusume as Teio's adoration and idolization of the student council president along with the similar white streak of hair.

The IRL parent-foal idolization and/or respect of umamusume would be a common trope, with examples such as Tanino Gimlet with Vodka, Agnes Tachyon with Daiwa Scarlet, Mejiro Ryan with Mejiro Bright, and Stay Gold with Gold Ship and other IRL foals.

Teio's relationship to Rudolf is also reflected in the design of her signature racewear.

Like Rudolf, her racewear incorporates a cravat, a short red cape, and an epaulet on one shoulder.

The only aspect of Rudolf that Teio doesn't appreciate is her penchant for terrible puns.

In March 2016, Cygames originally cast Anju Inami as the voice of Tokai Teio.

Inami performed as Teio in live events to promote Umamusume: Pretty Derby while it was in development, but was replaced by Machico in August 2016 due to scheduling conflicts.

Stories

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Tagline

Unbeatable and adorable! A happy hoppin' racer.

Self-introduction

Hey hey! It's Tokai Teio! You might wanna keep an eye on me! Because there's gonna be a new undefeated Triple Crown champion in town!

Strengths and weaknesses

Good at: Making friends

Bad at: Doctors

Ears and tail

Ears: Never fails to hear praise or the Prez's voice

Tail: Wags with excitement when she's receiving attention

Family

They cried when she stopped calling them "Mama" and "Papa"

Shoes and weight

Shoe size: Left and right: 22.0cm

Weight: No change

Secrets

Did you know? She holds the record for her forward bend.

Did you know? She played at the seaside a lot when she was a kid, and everyone called her the "Beach Monarch."

The real racehorse

The racehorse Tokai Teio raced 1990 to 1993: 12 races, 9 wins (record 9-0-0-3), with ¥604,700,000 in prize money.

Stats

  • Speed109
  • Stamina109
  • Power102
  • Guts112
  • Wit118

At 5 stars, Peak Joy. Each bar is measured against the highest value in the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby roster.

Skills

13
  • Aptitude

    Aptitude

    Track: Turf A, Dirt G Distance: Sprint F, Mile E, Medium A, Long B Running style: Front Runner D, Pace Chaser A, Late Surger C, End Closer E

  • Stat growth

    Growth

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

  • Ultimate Teio Step

    Unique skill (Peak Joy)

    When closing the gap to runners ahead late-race, greatly increase velocity with flashy footwork on the final straight.

  • It's Going to Be Me

    Unique skill (Beyond the Horizon)

    Greatly increase velocity with an indomitable fighting spirit on the final straight after being on the heels of another runner toward the front on the final corner or later.

  • Position Sense

    Innate skill

    Increase navigation early-race. Skill points: 120

  • Inazuma Step

    Innate skill

    Moderately avoid becoming surrounded for a medium duration mid-race. (Medium) Skill points: 140

  • Clever Step

    Innate skill

    Slightly increase ability to navigate smoothly. (Pace Chaser) Skill points: 120

  • Improvise

    Awakening skill

    Moderately increase navigation late-race. Skill points: 120

  • Technician

    Awakening skill

    Moderately increase ability to navigate smoothly. (Pace Chaser) Skill points: 120

  • Light Step

    Awakening skill

    Slightly decrease fatigue when moving sideways. (Medium) Skill points: 160

  • Lightning Step

    Awakening skill

    Avoid becoming surrounded for a medium duration mid-race. (Medium) Skill points: 140

  • Genius Technique

    Evolved from Technician

    Increase acceleration and moderately increase velocity when moving sideways. (Pace Chaser)

  • Teio Step

    Evolved from Lightning Step

    Increase navigation for a medium duration and moderately increase velocity and acceleration mid-race. (Medium)

Balance changes

1
  • Surpassing the Emperor

    Conditions | Lightning Step → Learn at least 4 Medium skills | Surpassing the Emperor

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