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{{Character
| type = horsegirl
| game_id = 1114
| name_jp = ブエナビスタ
| name_kana = 
| name_ro = Buena Bisuta
| name_tcn = 迷人景緻
| name_scn = 
| name_hkjc = 
| name_kr = 부에나 비스타
| epithet = The Promised Breathtaking View
| image_main = Buena Vista (Main).png
| image_race = Buena Vista (Race).png
| image_proto = Buena Vista (Proto).png
| image_stage = Buena Vista (Stage).png
| nicknames = ブエナ (Buena)<br>お嬢ちゃん (Ojou-chan (Nakayama Festa))
| birthday = 2021-03-14
| class = Junior Division
| dorm = Ritto
| roommate = Gentildonna
| height = 159
| threesizes = B81 W56 H81
| shoesize = 
| weight = 
| calls_self = 私 (Watashi)
| calls_trainer = トレーナーさん (Trainer-san)<br>お兄ちゃん、お姉ちゃん (Big Brother, Big Sister)
| solo_song = [[Para Siempre]]
| seiyuu = [[Fuka Izumi]]
| icon = Buena Vista (Icon).png
| color_main = c0af3b
| color_sub = 583d3e
| emoji = 🥲
| irl_page = IRL:Buena Vista
| game_page = Game:Buena Vista
| previous = Fusaichi Pandora
| next = Orfevre
}}
'''Buena Vista''' is a character in ''Umamusume: Pretty Derby''.

== Biography ==
<blockquote style="font-style: italic; border-left: 3px solid #c0af3b; padding-left: 1em; color: #583d3e;
>"There's a view I want to see, you know. I'm definitely gonna make it there, on my own two legs!"</blockquote>

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.

{{Character Profile
| strengths = Making bento boxes, Kyudo
| strengths_jp = お弁当作り、弓道
| weaknesses = Traffic jams, suspense movies
| weaknesses_jp = 渋滞、サスペンス映画
| ears = The accuracy with which she can distinguish the voices of her fans is quite remarkable.
| ears_jp = ファンの声を聴き分ける精度はかなりのもの
| tail = It leans slightly toward the person walking beside her
| tail_jp = 一緒に歩く人の方に、少しだけ傾く
| family = There was a time when she imitated everything her mother did.
| family_jp = なんでも母親の真似をしていた時期がある
| my_rule = 
| my_rule_jp = 
| phone_background = 
| phone_background_jp = 
| before_a_race = 
| before_a_race_jp = 
| good_subject = 
| good_subject_jp = 
| secret_pride = 
| secret_pride_jp = 
| frequent_purchase = 
| frequent_purchase_jp = 
| secret1 = She has been researching homemade salad dressing.
| secret1_jp = 実は、自家製ドレッシングを研究中。
| secret2 = She's a tiny bit bad with eating dates.
| secret2_jp = 実は、デーツがちょっぴり苦手。
}}

==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.

==Relationships==
* '''[[Gentildonna]]''' - Roommate.
** Buena Vista and Gentildonna have the same owner, Sunday Racing. Gentil is officially the first and only one to win the Japan Cup in two consecutive years. That being said, Buena has unofficially achieved this feat in the two years prior to Gentil's Japan Cup races, but was disqualified in the 2010 Japan Cup with the runner-up [[Rose Kingdom]] being promoted to 1st.
* '''[[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.
* '''[[Special Week]]''' - Friend. Buena Vista admires and looks up to Special Week.
* '''[[Cesario]]''' - Friend.
**IRL, Buena Vista and Cesario are both sired by Special Week.
*'''[[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.
** 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. 
**They are part of the same 2009 generation. 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.
* '''[[Daiwa Scarlet]]''', '''[[Believe]]''', '''[[Win Variation]]''' - Teammates under [[Kitahara's Team]] in [[Cinderella Gray (Manga)|Cinderella Gray.]]
** They had all been ridden by the jockey Katsumi Ando, who [[Jo Kitahara|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".
*'''[[Victoire Pisa]]''' - Friend. Both of them connect with each other due to their unbounding kindness for others.

==Media Appearances==
*[[Cinderella Gray]] (Cameo)

== Event Appearances ==

* [[3.5th Anniversary Story]]
* [[5th Anniversary Story]]

==Song Discography==
{{Character_Discography}}

== Names in Other Languages ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Buena Vista
!Language
!Name
!Meaning
!Notes
|-
|Chinese (Hong Kong/Traditional)
|迷人景致
|Beautiful Scenery
|Translated name by HKJC. Buena Vista means "beautiful scenery" in Spanish, and HKJC translated the name according to the meaning.
|}

== Trivia ==
[[File:DfXYdRXV4AAmnfA.jpg|thumb|Buena Vista's speculated original design.]]
* 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 horse girls to be announced back in 2016, where the project first started. During this time gap, fans assumed it to be Buena Vista, thus you may see the old design occasionally. 
* Inori Minase, her supposed voice actor, 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.
* In Buena Vista's random event where she gets a headache, the Alps is mentioned as part of a quiz show.<ref>Buena Vista Career Story - Random Event "頭痛で憂鬱"</ref>
** This is a reference to her IRL dam, Biwa Heidi, who is named after the character "Heidi" from the show "Heidi, Girl of the Alps".
* Buena Vista being bad with dates could be a reference to how her IRL counterpart lost both of her races in Dubai, placing 2nd in the Dubai Sheema Classic and 8th in the Dubai World Cup. Dates are the national fruit of the United Arab Emirates, which explains the connection.
* Buena Vista's dislike of traffic jams is a possible reference to when her IRL counterpart got agitated before the Oka Sho when her assigned stall faced a road with many horse transport vehicles.<ref>[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%82%A8%E3%83%8A%E3%83%93%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF_(%E7%AB%B6%E8%B5%B0%E9%A6%AC)#cite_note-%E5%84%AA%E9%A7%BF-2009-6-7477-27 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ブエナビスタ_(競走馬)#cite_note-優駿-2009-6-7477-27]</ref>
* Buena Vista is known to shed tears easily, including when she wins a G1 race, referencing her IRL counterpart where the horse shed tears during her retirement ceremony.
* In Win Variation's career, Buena Vista was mentioned having been chosen as "Umamusume of the Year".
** This is a reference to when her IRL counterpart received the honor of being the Japanese Horse of the Year in 2010.
* In Lucky Lilac's career, Buena Vista was mentioned to have earned the title "Junior Queen Umamusume".
** This is a reference to when her IRL counterpart received the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly.
*In her career story, her debut match is noted to be a legendary race due to how strong NPC Umamusume like Unicarize, Sansha Sangyo, At the Crest, and Shindo Runrun were running in the race.<ref>Buena Vista Career Story - Trainee Event "デビュー戦の後に・初めての景色"</ref> They also hang around Buena Vista outside of racing.<ref>Buena Vista Career Story - Trainee Event "ファン感謝祭"</ref>
**This is a reference to Buena Vista's debut in real life, where numerous horses including Buena Vista went on to win graded races. Unicarize is based on [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/アンライバルド Unrivaled], who won the debut race and went on to win the Spring Stakes (G2) and the Satsuki Sho in 2009. Sansha Sangyo is based on [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/スリーロールス Three Rolls], who placed 4th in the debut race and won the Kikuka Sho in 2009. At the Crest is based on [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/リーチザクラウン Reach the Crown] , who placed 2nd in the debut race and won the Kisaragi Sho (G3) in 2009 and the Miler's Cup (G2) in 2010. Shindo Runrun is based on [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/エーシンビートロン A Shin Beatlon], who placed 5th in the debut race and won the listed Summer Champion in 2014.

== Student Introduction ==
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{{#ev:youtube|8oHD7w0qlSM|410|inline|Tracen Academy Student Introduction (Japan)||autoplay=false}}
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== External Links ==