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Taiki Shuttle
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Taiki Shuttle is a character in Umamusume: Pretty Derby.
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| Names | |
| English | Taiki Shuttle |
| Japanese | タイキシャトル |
| Romaji | Taiki Shatoru |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 大樹快車 |
| Korean | 타이키 셔틀 |
| Nicknames | タイキ (Taiki) |
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| Birthday | March 23 |
| Class | Senior Division |
| Dorm | Miho |
| Roommate | Mejiro Dober |
| Height | 172cm |
| Three Sizes | B94 W59 H90 |
| Shoe Size | 25cm |
| Weight | Slight increase (but it's no problem!) |
| Image Colors | #73C032 #FFAC42 |
| Calls self | ワタシ (Watashi) |
| Calls Trainer | トレーナーさん (Trainer-san) |
| Solo Song | Chokkan No Problem! |
| Voice | |
| Voice Actor | Yuka Otsubo |
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Biography
"BANG! ☆ Who's ready for a round of sharpshootin'?!"
A friendly girl born in the U.S.
A cowgirl with a heart as big as her might. As friendly as they come, she's one heck of a hug machine. She tends to get lonely, however, so perhaps that's why she's one heck of a party planner too! Specializing in sprints, her powerful dash has even caught the eye of her friend, Silence Suzuka.
| Likes | Positive thinking |
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| Dislikes | Being alone |
| Ears | She comes running the second she hears "party" |
| Tail | She uses a tail spray sent by the folks back home |
| Family | Welcome-home fireworks are always at the ready for her |
| Personal Rule | All of my baked goods are made with recipes by my mother. |
| Phone Background | It's a picture of her, her family, and her sheepdogs back home. |
| Before a Race... | She kisses a picture of her dad, mom, and sisters! |
| Good Subject | English (Except she's told to work hard in her other subjects) |
| Secret Pride | At her parents' farm, she's well-liked by the sheep |
| Frequent Purchase | Ketchup, wrapping supplies |
| Secrets | She's the reigning quick draw competition champion. |
| At barbecues, she likes to eat the hamburger last. |
Appearance
Taiki Shuttle has wavy golden-blonde hair tied back in a wild and messy ponytail by a star-shaped metallic-green hair clip. Her sidelocks curl and wave in a similar fashion to her ponytail. Instead of her ornament, a green star that matches her ponytail clip, being affixed to her ear itself, she has it pinned to her hair just below her right ear. Her ears have darker blonde interiors, and a slightly fluffy texture. Her round and expressive eyes are a sky-blue hue.
Taiki Shuttle's racing outfit features a cowboy western aesthetic. A red scarf bandana is tied around her neck, with a brown rawhide Stetson cowboy hat slung over her back. She wears a bright green tied top over a dark green bikini top, leaving her shoulders and midriff exposed, with a pair of matching bright green cuffs sit around her upper arms to act as detached sleeves. She wears long brown leather gloves on both hands, the likes of which reach to her mid-forearms. A brown leather belt with silver edges and a silver buckle is slung around her waist; a brown leather half-skirt with fringe extends from the belt down her right hip. Opposite the half skirt is a leather pistol holster with a silver revolver in the sling (which is presumably functional, given her history of being a quickdraw champion, as well as her skill animation featuring her using the revolver to shoot a coin). Beneath the belt, Taiki Shuttle wears a bright green ruffled short skirt with white lace frills at the edge, as well as three white stars emblazoned on the left side of the skirt. She wears dark purple thigh-high stockings under a pair of knee-length brown leather high-heeled western boots. The boots feature criss-crossed dark leather lacings in 'X' patterns at the top, with long fringe frills right below them, as well as brass vamps.
Taiki Shuttle's old design was largely identical to her current design, with the exception of her sleeve cuffs; in the original design, they were attached to her top, and had a broader line detailing at the top that formed a pseudo-collar on her top.
Relationships
- Silence Suzuka - Friend and rival. Taiki Shuttle is very competitive and loves racing against Suzuka, though she can sometimes let this friendship get in the way of her competitiveness. Suzuka also looks up to Taiki Shuttle, and is impressed by her speed and her ability to keep going no matter what. Taiki Shuttle is also very supportive, making sure to attend all of Silence Suzuka's races.
- Matikanefukukitaru - Friend. Despite Taiki understanding Japanese, Fukukitaru tries to accommodate her by communicating to her in English, albeit poorly. Nonetheless, Taiki is intrigued by her occult interest, and is interested in learning the chants she yells.
- Seeking the Pearl - Friend and rival. Pearl sees Taiki as a rival she must surpass, and feels an odd familiarity when around her. They both communicate to each other in English sometimes, with Pearl pretending that she is fluent.
- IRL, Taiki Shuttle and Seeking the Pearl were the first American-bred and Japanese-trained horses to win an international G1 in France.
- Mejiro Dober - Friend and roommate.
- Stay Gold - Friend.
- All five were members of the 1997 Classic Year generation in real life.
- Meisho Doto - Friend. Taiki Shuttle will often run after Meisho Doto when she sees her walking to catch up to her, startling Meisho Doto.
- IRL, Taiki Shuttle and Meisho Doto were stablemates in the same farm and were often seen together until Taiki Shuttle's passing in 2022. Doto also inherited Taiki's blanket and is often seen wearing it during cold days.
- El Condor Pasa, Air Groove - Friends and teammates on the anime-only team, Team Rigil.
- Grass Wonder, Symboli Rudolf, T.M. Opera O, Narita Brian, Hishi Amazon, Fuji Kiseki, Maruzensky - Teammates on the anime-only team, Team Rigil.
Media Appearances
Anime
Manga
Others
- Party Dash (Cameo in Gourmet Gauntlet)
Event Appearances
Song Discography
Trivia
- Her initial character profile was uploaded to the official Twitter account on March 29, 2017.
- "Umamusume: Pretty Derby Artworks Vol.1" explains why her character designer made specific choices when designing her in relation to her real-life counterpart, which were as follows:
- The leather accessories and fringes in her race outfit were chosen due to the horse being flaxen chestnut colored.
- Due to her real-life counterpart being from America, she wears a star on her chest reminiscent of a sheriff badge.
- As the silks his jockey wore had a white star on them, both her hair ornament and her skirt patterns are star-shaped.
- Despite the real horse having a visible blaze in real life, this was not incorporated into her Umamusume design.
- Taiki Shuttle is very popular on Umatube, known for her cheerful daily vlogs.
- In Seeking The Pearl's career event set after her debut, Taiki tells Pearl that she kept failing the gate exam, so she can't compete with Pearl until later.
- In real life, this happened to the real Taiki Shuttle, where he failed the gate exam twice.
Student Introduction