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{{Character
| type = human
| game_id = 9001
| name_jp = 駿川たづな
| name_kana = はやかわたづな
| name_ro = Hayakawa Tazuna
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| name_scn = 骏川缰绳/骏川手纲
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| name_kr = 하야카와 타즈나
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| image_main = Tazuna Hayakawa (Main).png
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| birthday = 2021-05-02
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| height = 166
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| calls_self = 私 (Watashi)
| calls_trainer = トレーナーさん (Trainer-san)
| seiyuu = [[Yukiyo Fujii]]
| icon = Tazuna Hayakawa (Icon).png
| color_main = 44A705
| color_sub = F3CD00
| irl_page = IRL:Tokino Minoru
| game_page = Game:Tazuna Hayakawa
}}'''Tazuna Hayakawa''' is a character in ''Umamusume: Pretty Derby''. She serves as the secretary for [[Tracen Academy]]'s director and chairwoman, [[Yayoi Akikawa]].

== Biography ==
<blockquote style="font-style: italic; border-left: 3px solid #F3CD00; padding-left: 1em; color: #44A705;
>''"Trainer, welcome to Tracen Academy! ♪ I'm looking forward to seeing how you and your Umamusume grow!"''</blockquote>''The secretary to the Tracen Academy director has a wonderful smile.''

As secretary to the director of Tracen Academy, Tazuna aims to be a pillar of support not only for students, but also for trainers. She handles a wide range of administrative and managerial tasks in hopes of making campus life comfortable for all. That said, if you break curfew, you'd better hope you can outrun her.

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| secret1 = On days when something good happens, she cooks dinner in a special clay pot to celebrate.
| secret1_jp = 実は、嬉しいことがあった日は土鍋でご飯を炊く。
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== Appearance ==

== Relationships ==
* '''[[Yayoi Akikawa]]''' - Friends and accomplices, acting as Akikawa's secretary.
* '''[[Riko Kashimoto]]''' - Acting as Riko's secretary during her stint as acting director.
* '''[[Maruzensky]]''' - A good friend of Tazuna's. The two often hang out together at bars and lounges after school hours.

== Media Appearances ==
===Anime===
* [[Season 1]]
* [[Season 2]]
* [[Umayon (Anime)]]
* [[Umayuru]]
* [[Cinderella Gray (Anime)|Cinderella Gray]]
===Manga===
* [[Starting Gate!]]
* [[Umayon]]
* [[Cinderella Gray (Manga)|Cinderella Gray]]
* [[Umamusumeshi]]

===Others===
* [[Party Dash]]

== Event Appearances ==

* [[Epic Odyssey Uma Quest]]
* [[Blossoming Beginnings! New Year's Karuta Showdown]]
* [[The Peak of Confection]]

==Featured Songs==
*[[Hashire Umamusume]]

==Trivia==
* Her initial character profile was uploaded on the official [https://x.com/uma_musu/status/838947444788375553 Twitter] account on March 6, 2017.
* Despite appearing human, Tazuna is often speculated to be an [[Umamusume]] based on the racehorse [[IRL:Tokino_Minoru|Tokino Minoru]], who was undefeated in all 10 races he participated in and won the [[Satsuki Sho]] and [[Japanese Derby]], but passed away 17 days after the latter following complications with contracting tetanus that led to a fatal case of sepsis. He is often nicknamed the "Phantom Horse" for passing away before he could compete in the Kikuka Sho to complete the Triple Crown. Tokino Minoru was also the only horse in the history Japanese horse racing to end a career with a perfect 10 out of 10 wins.
** References to Minoru include:
*** Her birthday is listed in-game as May 2nd, which is Minoru's birthday as well.
*** In the events of {{Game Support|30021}}, an ad promotes a movie about the "Phantom Umamusume" whose legend endures long after her permanent departure from racing. Tazuna also mentions having a "special connection" to the Japanese Derby.
**** In a previous event, she is fast enough to catch [[Taiki Shuttle]], who is also considered a fast Umamusume, which references Tokino Minoru's racing records that is mainly composed of sprint and mile races and having most of his time records being new records.
*** The mahjong hand tiles [[Tanino Gimlet]] makes in episode 20 of [[Umayuru]] features Mihono Bourbon, Tokai Teio and Tazuna. Bourbon, Teio and Minoru were all Double Crown winners in real life, with all three winning the first two races but being unable to complete the crown by winning the Kikuka Sho.
*** Tazuna mentions in one of [[Mr. C.B.]]'s events that she has fond memories of the [[wikipedia:Kyodo_Tsushin_Hai|Kyodo Tsushin Hai]], a G3 race named after Minoru which is also named in some instances as the Tokino Minoru Kinen.
*** Tazuna's green and black clothing matches the colors Minoru's jockey, Mitsumasa Iwashita, wore.
*** Tazuna's hat has a horseshoe on her right side. An accessory on the Umamusume's right ear indicates that their real-life counterpart was male.
** Tazuna's hat constantly covers the top of her head, which many fans speculate may possibly be hiding her horse ears.
*** In one of the [[Umayon]] comics, her bare head is notably framed in a way to hide the top of it.
*** A picture from the art book for the [[Season 1|first season of the anime]] depicts Tazuna with horse ears, though this is never shown in the actual anime.
*** In [[Beginning of a New Era]], the films rolling while [[Agnes Tachyon]] is entering the Zone depicts a running Umamusume, wearing the usual race suits for races below GI, who has almost identical hair to Tazuna's.
**** This is possibly due to the similar nicknames attributed to both their in-real-life counterparts, with Agnes Tachyon as the ''Phantom Triple Crown'' and Tokino Minoru as the ''Phantom Horse''.
**** Tokino Minoru participated in his races before the international grading system was introduced in 1984, where all races in Japan were open races.
* After the new update<ref>https://umamusume.jp/news/detail?id=3050</ref> on February 14, 2026 in the Japanese Server, all NPCs listed were given lobby interactions. If Tazuna has one active, she will be missing at the receptionist table on the "Race" menu and instead be placed on whatever lobby interaction was set to her at that time.

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