"Haru Urara lends her name and trademark losing streak to one of the characters in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, a game and anime franchise centered around anthropomorphised horse-girls who double as racers and idols. Though the racehorse Haru Urara retired in 2006, the Umamusume character made more people aware of her quirky background, with the anime and game seeing a trend of fans coming to visit the horse where she was spending her retirement at Matha Farm."
"Haru Urara died at the age of 29, Eurogamer reports, but her legacy will live on in the form of an unlucky but endlessly positive anime horse girl in a surprisingly popular gacha game. Umamusume was first announced as a gacha game back in 2016, but due to delays the anime adaptation released first in 2018. While the free-to-play game was released in Japan in 2021, it didn't see a release outside of Asia until June this year."
Haru Urara compiled a career record of 113 losses and no wins after debuting in 1998, becoming famous for her reliable losing streak and a household name across Japan. Fans embraced her as a symbol for those who refuse to give up, and she inspired one of the horse-girl characters in Umamusume: Pretty Derby. The retired mare lived at Matha Farm where fans visited her during retirement. The Umamusume franchise expanded from an anime to a gacha game, seeing a global Steam release that peaked at over 87,000 concurrent players. Haru Urara died at age 29.
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