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Should You Pull For Ines Fujin In Umamusume Pretty Derby?

Ines Fujin is finally debuting in Umamusume starting April 30! She is featured in a spotlight banner until May 10, occurring alongside a support card banner for SSR Mr. C.B. (Wit). Let's take a closer look at Ines Fujin's skills, how she performs in-game, and how she'll place in the future meta.

Ines Fujin Stats And Skills

Ines Fujin is a versatile Front Runner for Mile and Medium distance, plus Long distance when trained on 4 Long legacy sparks. She has a 15% stat bonus on Speed and Guts, making her suited for Guts decks on shorter-distance tracks.

Unique SkillEffect

All Charged! It's Go Time!

Moderately increase velocity when positioned toward the front with about 300m remaining. If coming out of an uphill, greatly increase velocity instead.

Ines Fujin's unique skill is a homestretch skill that triggers at the remaining 300m point, which becomes a boosted version once specific conditions are met. When she is coming out of a slope right at the final 300m mark, her unique skill triggers with an 80% stronger effect.

This conditional scenario is highly specific to very few races, including the 2400-meter Tokyo Derby. Outside of the races mentioned, the base bonus that her unique skill grants remains on the weaker side compared to others.

Potential SkillEffect

Tokyo Racecourse ○

Moderately increase performance at Tokyo Racecourse.

Restless

Reduce fatigue on an uphill. (Front Runner)

Speed Eater

Slightly steal velocity from runners behind when positioned toward the front mid-race. (Mile)

Wild Wind

When positioned toward the front mid-race, increase velocity and slightly decrease the velocity of runners behind the user. (Medium)

Innate SkillEffect

Slipstream

Slightly decrease wind resistance when following directly behind another runner.

Moxie

Slightly reduce fatigue on an uphill. (Front Runner)

With All My Soul

When positioned toward the front mid-race, slightly increase velocity and minimally decrease the velocity of runners behind the user. (Medium)

Event SkillEffect

Playtime's Over!

Slightly increase velocity when followed by another runner directly behind for a long time.

Dodging Danger

Moderately avoid becoming surrounded early-race. (Front Runner)

Early Lead

Slightly increase ability to go to the front early-race. (Front Runner)

Front Runner Straightaways ○

Slightly increase velocity on a straight. (Front Runner)

Should You Pull Analysis

Ines Fujin

Strengths

  • Excels in Tokyo Derby
  • Access to strong Front Runner Skills
  • Good innate recovery
  • Easy Trackblazer career

Weaknesses

  • Weak unique skill outside of the specific condition
  • Overshadowed by meta Front Runners

Ines Fujin is, no doubt, a strong Front Runner thanks to her well-rounded kit. However, due to her relatively weak unique skill, she falls behind those with more potent kits, such as Valentine's Mihono Bourbon and Summer Maruzensky. Ines Fujin's innate [Speed Eater] makes her a strong hybrid runner for Mile races, while her innate [Restless] lowers her required investment to run Long races. [Wild Wind] is also a great hybrid skill that lowers other runners' speed, but its short duration and high SP cost make it unappealing unless you have a surplus of SP at the end of the run.

Rating

Ines Fujin - 4/5

F2P Value - Moderate

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This story was originally published May 7, 2026 at 4:28 AM.

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