Air Groove

“*You’re the trainer? Well in that case, show me what you’ve got!*”
―Air Groove

* Uniform
* Secondary
* Anime
* Game

**Air Groove** (エアグルーヴ, *Ea Gurūvu*) is a supporting character in **Uma Musume: Pretty Derby**.

Because of her top class abilities, she is praised with the title "Empress," a horse girl that can accomplish anything perfectly.

## Personality

She's the vice president of the student council, known as the "Empress". Her mother is a very accomplished horse girl, who has nurtured her children to teach them Tracen Academy's ideals. She was trained by her mother, and hopes to become an embodiment of these ideals. However, she has a surprising love for flowers. She considers Symboli Rudolf, the student council president, as her comrade.

## Appearance

Like a flower blooming on a high mountain ridge, only to be seen from far away and cannot be touched. She is said to be a horse girl with attractive looks.

She has short brown hair and azure eyes with red eye shadows. For accessories, she has a small yellow bow with miniature chains connected to the back of her left ear.

## Relationships

* **Duramente**: Childhood friend
	+ **IRL**: Granddaughter.

* **Fine Motion**: - Roomate
	+ **IRL**: Air Groove fought with Pilsudski, Fine Motion's brother.

## Songs

* EMPRESS GAME (Solo song)
* Daisuki No Takarabako
* Make Debut!
* Grow Up Shine!
* Special Record!
* GIRLS' LEGEND U
* Ring Ring Diary
* Irodori Phantasia
* NEXT FRONTIER
* Never Looking Back
* Transforming
* We are DREAMERS!!
* Ms. VICTORIA
* Bright Melody
* KIRARI MAGIC SHOW
* DRAMATIC JOURNEY
* Umapyoi Densetsu

## Special Commentary

女帝が並み居る強豪を蹴散らしました！
バブルガムフェローを躱した！
 Air Groove! She is a terrifying horse girl!
The Empress defeated the powerhouses!
She overtook Bubble Gum Fellow!
She defeated fifteen male horses! Air Groove and Yutaka Take!

* Requirement: Winning senior Tenno Sho Autumn
* Reference: 1997 Tenno Sho Autumn, by Masaharu Miyake (Fuji TV)

### Notes

* She won Tenno Sho as a mare for the first time in 17 years, since Pretty Cast won it. Unfortunately, this cannot be described in Uma Musume world.

## Trivia

* In the early version of this project, she has an androphobia referred to a real-life event.
* She hates flashing lights, especially camera flashes.
* She also hates all bugs, except for ladybugs.

## Basic profile

### Nickname

Empress
Bero-chan
*Gyaru*

## Family

### Children

Admire Groove
Samurai Heart
Rulership

### Grandchildren

Duramente
Kiseki
Ho O Ixelle
Dolce More

### Great-grandchildren

Titleholder
Stars on Earth
Valle de la Luna
Liberty Island
Dura Erede

## Racing Info

### Jockeys

Yutaka Take, 14 times
Michael Kinane, 1 time
Olivier Peslier, 2 times
Norihiro Yokoyama, 2 times

## Result

### Major wins

1996 Tulip Sho, G3
1996 Japanese Oaks, G1
1997 Mermaid Stakes, G3
1997 Sapporo Kinen, G2
1997 Tenno Sho Autumn, G1
1998 Sankei Osaka Hai, G2
1998 Sapporo Kinen, G2

### Honors

1997 JRA Award for Horse of the Year
1997 JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare

“*Mother and daughter connected their dreams on the turf beyond 13 years of time!
Air Groove, a daughter of Dyna Carle!*”
―1996 Japanese Oaks, by Tsuneo Shiobara (Fuji TV)

**Air Groove** is a racehorse in the middle of 1990s. In her age, it was difficult for mares to defeat sires, though, she fought with lots of sires and won Tenno Sho. She also won the Horse of the Year, for the first time in 26 years as a mare.

* Both she and her mother Dyna Carle won Japanese Oaks two generations in a row.
	+ Her daughter Admire Groove couldn't win the Oaks, but won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup twice in a row. Her son Duramente also won G1s. So, her family line won any G1s four generations in a row.
* In the paddock of Shuka Sho, she became too excited by camera flashes and lost in 10th. After that, flashing lights are prohibited in Japanese racecourse.
* At the 1997 Japan Cup, a GB-bred racehorse Pilsudski entered in the paddock erected. He then proceeded to win the race by a neck over Air Groove while staying in heat throughout the race.
	+ He is a brother of Fine Motion. In the game verison, Fine's sister appeares and approaches Air Groove.
	+ Her androphobia in the early version was a reference to this episode. In Uma Musume, racehorses are all girls, so this personality doesn't match the scene.

## References

1. ↑ "まさしく高嶺の華。" Referenced from her official Japanese introduction