King Halo - Umamusume

Basic Information:

"I'll have everyone know that I'll be the first-rate of them all!"

Name: King Halo (King for short, not actually royalty. She's middle class for heaven's sake)
Occupation: Student at Tracen Academy
Gender: Female
Species: Umamusume (Horse Girl)
Birthday: April 28
Class: Junior Division
Dorm: Ritto
Roommate: Haru Urara
Favorite food: Scrambled eggs (It's the only thing she can cook on her own)
Height: 159cm

Hailed the "Generation King"

Personality:

While only King by name, and not royal title, she's extremely haughty. Her pride extends to the heavens!

An Umamusume with an unbreakable spirit, King Halo is ready to overcome any challenge in order to be recognized by all as a first-class lady. Despite their strained relationship, she hopes to one day be recognized by her mother—a first-rate Umamusume and designer—and prove herself as a daughter. Causing her to somewhat be described as a Tsundere. Yet to her gaggle of admirers at the academy, there's no doubt in their minds that she's already worthy of the title of "King," and they do not hesitate to regularly hail her as such.

She is highly self-critical and equates her worth with success, believing that only by achieving greatness can she earn love and respect. Though she struggles with envy toward peers who have supportive families and natural talent, she never gives up, embodying a spirit of perseverance.

Likes: Design and fashion

Dislikes: Things unsuitable for a king, such as crowds and heat

Ears: Uninterested in hearing anything that isn't first-rate

Tail: Even her tail movements are first-rate

Family: Her mother is terrible at housework, so they have a full-time maid. Despite popular belief, she's not royalty. Just from a middle-class family.

Personal Rule: "It's when I am down that I must look up."

Phone Background: "It's a secret, a secret!"

Before a Race: "Of course! It's the King's Call!" (Urara plays King's theme song through her phone to hype her up)

Good Subject: Naturally, all of her grades are first-class!

Secret Pride: She got an award in elementary school for her drawing of a carp swimming up a waterfall.

Frequent Purchases: Fashion magazines, DVDs of foreign dramas

Secrets:
· She'll keep playing raffles unt her wallet is empty.
· Her wallet contains a picture of her and Urara together during Mother's Day, with 'DO IT FOR HER' on a note beside it.
· When watching TV dramas, she tends to criticize the characters.

Background:

King Halo’s strained relationship with her mother being a central part of her character. She's from a stable middle-class family. Her mother is portrayed as a first-rate Umamusume and fashion designer who is emotionally distant and highly critical. King desperately seeks her approval, hoping to prove herself worthy as both a racer and a daughter.

Despite claiming to hate her mother and vowing to surpass her, King's actions reveal deep-seated longing for recognition. Her journey involves gradually breaking free from this need for validation, eventually embracing her own identity beyond her mother’s shadow.

Relationships:

· Haru Urara: Roommate and friend. The two were likely paired together due to their "never give up attitude". Most of the time, King has to prevent Urara from doing something utterly stupid. King is careful to not be bashful torwards Urara unlike others, somewhat like a mother who's careful to not hurt or startle her child emotionally and physically.
("How I strive to win my races? I just imagine a pink-haired idiot about to shove a fork into an electrical outlet and let my legs do the rest."—Quote from King answering a question after winning a race... Maternal instincts kick in real early when it's Urara.)

· Trainer: The trainer of King Halo and several other Umamusume.

· Special Week - Classmate and rival. King seems to enjoy Spe's company, though for reasons she can't understand, she is unable to keep her eyes off of Spe. She is also very respectful of Spe's dreams and emotions, though she won't admit it.

· Seiun Sky: Classmate and rival. The two's personalities are polar opposites, leading to Seiun's nonchalant trickster attitude getting on King's nerves. When the two meet up in cafés, with conversations starting with Sei saying her business before King can even sit down.

· El Condor Pasa: Classmate and racing rival. El sometimes helps King overcome her fear of spicy food.

· Grass Wonder: Classmate and rival. King sees Grass not only as a rival on the track but also in their studies as Grass has higher grades.

· Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi: Classmate and friend of King.

(King, Spe, Seiun, El, Grass, and Tsuyoshi make up the "Golden Generation".)

Relationships²:

· Kawakami Princess: Classmate and close friend, and just like Urara. Kawakami-san is another hooligan King has to look after. The Princess can't survive a day without the King.

· Agnes Digital: Fellow student and the #1 fan of every umamusume. Digital compliments King's 'Kaboose' for some reason.

· Nishino Flower: Fellow schoolmate and friend. Despite Flower's age as a transferred gradeschooler, she sometimes helps King find magazines of things she wants to read about.

Appearance:

King Halo has wavy brown hair that flows down to her shoulders. It's parted to her right, with a single strand falling in front of her face. She wears blue ear covers on both ears, and a green bow with gold charms on the end on her right ear. The bow ties a strand of her hair into a small side-ponytail. Her eyes are crimson, befitting of a king.

Her race outfit is a green dress, decorated with violet stripes down the side, and gold trims, with the center being fastened by six large white buttons. The top of her dress is white and collared, with a green shadow roll around her neck. The green shoulder-line of her dress has a violet collar, with a white stripe going down the perimeter. The dress's sleeves are short, with violet cuffs above her elbow. The bottom section of her dress is left open, with a large petticoat underneath, and the split in her dress is held together by a pair of violet belts with silver buckles and gold chains. A thin blue ribbon is tied around her tail hole with gold octahedron decorations at the dangling ends. The gloves she wears on both hands are violet with a white slit, and six polka dots on her wrists. She wears a pair of thigh-high violet stockings with white frills around the top that are held up by violet garters. Her shoes are simple white buckled heels.

For her Casual Outfit when she's not participating in a race, she wears a black dress with vertical green stripes and see-through elements, paired with green ear covers and a matching green hair bow. Her casual look is completed with black high heels, a silver bracelet. Though Urara and Kawakami both noted that her outfit looks like something a single mom would wear. (This comment is one Sei regularly brings up when King wears her casual outfit.)

Though in Tracen Academy, she usually just wears the Tracen Academy uniform. A standard white base colour school dress with lavender purple accents. Or red-white trackwear in training.

Umamusume Information:

Umamusume, colloquially referred to as horse girls or simply Umas, are a species of reincarnated racehorses from another world. Their fate is to do whatever it takes to run towards their goals. Though they act as more like a third gender rather than a separate species to humans, as they're biologically still human.

Umamusume are humanoid girls who possess horse traits and features. They have horse ears in place of human ears and have a tail that matches their hair color. They possess incredible speed and stamina, far beyond that of a human and comparable with that of a real-life horse.

Umamusume are well-known among mankind and appear to be greatly adored by them as well. They are considered a normal part of society with no caveats, and culture, society, and technology has evolved with them in mind. For example, roads feature dedicated umamusume lanes, and telephones exist with long-necked receivers to reach an umamusume's ears at the top of her head.

Trivia:

· There are no normal horses in the world.
· Umamusume can run on walkways. They even have specific lanes to run on freely on roads.
· There are no horse boys or "Umashonen".
· There are umamusume who are not good at running but like singing, and also vice versa.
· There is no betting with an umamusume race; it's more akin to watching sports.
· Some umamusume are active in other sports and activities.
· Terms like "Hold your horses!" or horse related sayings still exist.
· Umamusume possess far stronger and faster feats than humans (up to ~70 km/h), with a higher base body temperature of about 37.5–38 °C, like real horses. Though most Umamusume usually stay around the same strength as a regular human female without training.
· Three Goddesses are the revered progenitors of umamusume. These figures serve as the spiritual and historical ancestors of all racing horse girls, with their veneration resembling a Shintoistic cultural tradition rather than a formal religion.

Location:

In a world where horses don't exist (and elephants replace them historically), only horse girls who inherit names from equestrians from a different world, one place stand out for all Umamusume, Tracen Academy: A Japan Umamusume Training Center Academy or Japan Umamusume Training Schools and Colleges. Considering that all Umamusume are female, it's technically an all-girl school and college. Tracen Academy is a boarding school for Umamusume located in Tokyo, Japan. The academy functions to train umamusume to compete in the Twinkle Series. Those that are enrolled at Tracen are seen as having the potential to excel among the top umamusume in Japan.

Tracen Academy's motto is "Eclipse first, the rest nowhere."

Facilities inside Tracen:
· Main School Building
· Cafeteria
· Dormitories
· Library
· Training Track
· Training Pool
· Training Gym
· Dance Studio
· Outdoor Dance Stages

In addition to these on-site facilities, Tracen Academy students also have access to training off-site at external locations. The only known external training camp is the beach summer camp. Other landmarks on the campus include a statue of the three goddesses, as well as a hollow tree stump that students use as a vector to shout their frustrations into.

Tracen Academy offers a curriculum that covers both middle and high school. Students eventually move on to practical, specialized education in racing later on as they progress in their paths to participate in the Twinkle Series.

Tracen includes several skilled staff, which includes:

· Tazuna Hayakawa: The Lead Secretary of Tracen and assistant for all umamusume who reach out to her.

· Director Yayoi Akikawa: The ambitious and caring chairwoman of Tracen Academy, she's younger than most of the student body and can't ride a rollercoaster without adult supervision due to height and age...

· Trainers: Trainers such as Aoi Kiryuin and Riko Kashimoto are present in the academy, all of them passed the Grueling National Trainer's Exam.