Twin Turbo, or Tsuin Taabo (ツインターボ), arrives in Umamusume: Pretty Derby like a burst of color and velocity: a Junior Division runner with the gloriously fitting epithet “A Full-Throttle Getaway Girl.” Small at 146 cm but impossible to ignore, she carries the kind of presence that makes her feel less like a quiet student and more like a warning light suddenly flashing at full brightness. Even her official details have a touch of comic excess—her weight is simply listed as “Impossible to measure.”
She calls herself Turbo or Ta-chan, a pair of self-pronouns that suit her bright, energetic image perfectly, and she addresses the person guiding her with the straightforward “Trainer.” Her look is tied to vivid blue and green image colors, and her solo song, ▷▷▷▶︎Buttobi Kattobi Zenkai Engine!, only reinforces the sense that everything about her is built for acceleration. Voiced by Miharu Hanai, Twin Turbo’s appeal lies in how unabashedly she throws herself forward: loud in concept, lively in presentation, and impossible to mistake for anyone else.
In daily life, she lives in Miho Dorm, where her roommate is Inari One—also noted as her stablemate. That alone gives her profile an entertaining contrast: Twin Turbo’s headlong intensity set alongside one of the names closest to her in the dorm. Her wider character circle includes Nice Nature, Matikanetannhauser, Ikuno Dictus, Aston Machan, Sounds Of Earth, and Royce and Royce, while Tokai Teio stands out as her named rival. Research notes also describe Tokai Teio as both a friend and rival, which gives that connection a particularly lively edge without needing to overstate it.
There are also a few relationship notes that help sharpen her public image. She is recorded as getting along well with Katsuragi Ace, especially because of their similarly high-energy temperament and runaway style, and she is associated with Team Canopus in anime-only Season 3 material alongside Sounds of Earth and Royce and Royce. None of that changes the central impression, though: Twin Turbo is memorable because she feels like motion made personal—compact, dramatic, and always pushing at the limits of stillness.
Relationship radarTwin TurboThe center icon is the current Uma. Every outer icon is one unique Uma, while the link totals can be higher because one Uma may belong to more than one relationship group.
Unique Umas17
Unique nodes visible in this radar
Total Links21
All relationship links across the radar
Mutual Links6
Two-way links across this web
Read the radarHow to read the radarCloser rings mean tighter links. Gold-glow paths mark mutual links, while softer lines show one-way connections. A Uma that belongs to multiple groups is shown once using sector priority: Stablemates first, then Rivals, then Same Races, then Related. Switch modes to rotate that category into the clearest reading position, then hover or lock a node to see every group it belongs to.
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Mar 02Four-Year-Old NewcomerFinished 1st · Maiden · at Nakayama · over 1800mMaiden · Nakayama (JP)
Mar 24Mokuren ShoFinished 1st · Pre-OP · at Nakayama · over 2000mPre-OP · Nakayama (JP)
Apr 27Aoba ShoFinished 9th · OP · at Tokyo · over 2400mOP · Tokyo (JP)
May 26Komakusa ShoFinished 5th · Pre-OP · at Tokyo · over 2000mPre-OP · Tokyo (JP)
Jun 30Radio Tampa ShoFinished 1st · G3 · at Fukushima · over 1800mG3 · Fukushima (JP)
Sep 22St. Lite KinenFinished 2nd · G2 · at Nakayama · over 2200mG2 · Nakayama (JP)
Nov 17Fukushima KinenFinished 2nd · G3 · at Fukushima · over 2000mG3 · Fukushima (JP)
Dec 22Arima KinenFinished 14th · G1 · at Nakayama · over 2500mG1 · Nakayama (JP)
Nov 08Fukushima Minyu CupFinished 10th · OP · at Fukushima · over 1800mOP · Fukushima (JP)
Jan 05Nikkan Sports Sho KimpaiFinished 6th · G3 · at Nakayama · over 2000mG3 · Nakayama (JP)
Mar 14Nakayama KinenFinished 6th · G2 · at Nakayama · over 1800mG2 · Nakayama (JP)
May 16Niigata DaishotenFinished 8th · G3 · at Niigata · over 2200mG3 · Niigata (JP)
Jul 11Tanabata ShoFinished 1st · G3 · at Fukushima · over 2000mG3 · Fukushima (JP)
Sep 19Sankei Sho All ComersFinished 1st · G3 · at Nakayama · over 2200mG3 · Nakayama (JP)
Oct 31Tenno Sho (Autumn)Finished 17th · G1 · at Tokyo · over 2000mG1 · Tokyo (JP)
Jan 23American Jockey Club CupFinished 6th · G2 · at Nakayama · over 2200mG2 · Nakayama (JP)
Mar 20Nikkei ShoFinished 6th · G2 · at Nakayama · over 2500mG2 · Nakayama (JP)
Aug 21Hakodate KinenFinished 11th · G3 · at Sapporo · over 2000mG3 · Sapporo (JP)
Nov 20Fukushima KinenFinished 8th · G3 · at Fukushima · over 2000mG3 · Fukushima (JP)
Dec 25Arima KinenFinished 13th · G1 · at Nakayama · over 2500mG1 · Nakayama (JP)
Jan 22American Jockey Club CupFinished 10th · G2 · at Nakayama · over 2200mG2 · Nakayama (JP)
Apr 13Teio ShoFinished 15th · Listed · at Ooi · over 2000mListed · Ooi (JP)
May 14Niigata DaishotenFinished 11th · G3 · at Fukushima · over 2000mG3 · Fukushima (JP)
Jul 23Fuzuki Tokubetsu A2Finished 1st · at Kaminoyama · over 1700m- · Kaminoyama (JP)
Aug 20Thoroughbred Ippan A2Finished 9th · at Kaminoyama · over 1700m- · Kaminoyama (JP)
Sep 03Thoroughbred Ippan A2Finished 7th · at Kaminoyama · over 1700m- · Kaminoyama (JP)
Sep 19Nagatsuki Tokubetsu A1Finished 10th · at Kaminoyama · over 1800m- · Kaminoyama (JP)
Oct 15Kannazuki Tokubetsu A2Finished 9th · at Kaminoyama · over 1700m- · Kaminoyama (JP)
Oct 31Thoroughbred Ippan A1Finished 9th · at Kaminoyama · over 1800m- · Kaminoyama (JP)
Nov 26Thoroughbred Ippan A2at Kaminoyama · over 1700m- · Kaminoyama (JP)
Apr 16Thoroughbred Ippan A1Finished 9th · at Kaminoyama · over 1800m- · Kaminoyama (JP)
Apr 29Thoroughbred Ippan A1Finished 9th · at Kaminoyama · over 1800m- · Kaminoyama (JP)
Jun 10Minazuki Tokubetsu A2Finished 9th · at Kaminoyama · over 1700m- · Kaminoyama (JP)
Aug 13Cluster CupFinished 11th · Listed · at Morioka · over 1200mListed · Morioka (JP)
Foaled1988-04-13
Died1998-01-15
SexStallion
ColourBay
TrainerTakehisa Sasakura
OwnerHaruo Kuroiwa
BreederToshihiro Fukuoka
SireLyra Ridge
DamRacing Jean
DamsireWordys
Record34 starts: 6-2-0
EarningsJPY 1867076.00
Twin Turbo was a bay Japanese Thoroughbred stallion foaled on 13 April 1988, bred by Toshihiro Fukuoka and campaigned in the colors of Haruo Kuroiwa. Trained by Takehisa Sasakura at Miho, he raced in the early 1990s and built a reputation that has outlived his official record. By Lyra Ridge out of Racing Jean, with Wordys as his damsire, he came from a pedigree rooted in domestic Japanese racing, and later stood as a stud horse after retirement.
On paper, Twin Turbo compiled a record of 34 starts for 6 wins, 2 seconds, and total earnings of ¥186,707,600. In practice, he became especially memorable for the bold, all-or-nothing way he raced. Archive descriptors consistently remember him as a front-runner and a fan favorite, with a temperamental edge that only added to his notoriety. That style helped make him one of the more vividly remembered horses of his era, even beyond the raw totals.
His best season came in 1993. That year he won the Tanabata Sho and the Sankei Sho All Comers, the latter a graded success recorded as a G3. Research tied to his racing coverage also notes him at the 1993 Tanabata Sho, underscoring how closely that race is associated with his public image. Some story-style sources also credit him with a 1991 Radio Tampa Sho victory, though the strongest cross-confirmed major wins in the supplied research are his 1993 successes.
Twin Turbo’s historical place rests not only on those wins, but on how distinctly he is remembered. He is one of those racehorses whose identity is inseparable from his racing character: a committed pace-setter, exciting to follow, and memorable enough to remain part of Japanese racing conversation years later. In more recent fandom, that afterlife has been strengthened by his connection to the Uma Musume franchise, where he is treated as one of the notable real-life inspirations behind the series’ characters.
After his racing days, Twin Turbo retired to stud. His life was relatively short; he died on 15 January 1998. Even so, his legacy remains larger than his statistics alone might suggest: a horse remembered for fearless front-running, a standout 1993 campaign, and the enduring affection he inspired among racing fans.
