{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7cc6d8dfa4b86f170851a330","clusterId":"c_d38b7a5d6af202a4caac5230","slug":"uma-musume-adds-shundai-festival-scenario-and-shrine-maiden-npc-azuma","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Uma Musume Adds Shundai Festival Scenario And Shrine Maiden NPC Azuma","summary":"Cygames will add the training scenario \"Tomo, History Unraveling - Horse-Style Shundai Festival\" to Uma Musume Pretty Derby on October 26 at 12:00. The scenario centers on a Shinto ritual held once every 12 years, with a Performance Rehearsal system tied to a Performance Gauge. The new NPC Azuma, voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi, is a shrine maiden who joins as a scenario link character and arrives as an SSR support card in the same-day gacha.","whyItMatters":"The scenario pairs a ritual premise with characters including Daiwa Scarlet and Mayano Top Gun, and the Azuma support card launches in the same gacha on the same day, so the festival story and the card pool move together.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe scenario link lineup is Daiwa Scarlet, Mayano Top Gun, Yukino Bijin, No Reason, Blast Onepiece, and Azuma, the new Tracen Academy affiliate. Azuma is voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi and is described as a shrine maiden who presides over the festival and is said to know the history of Uma Musume and humans that no one else knows.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe motif horse drew a note that a horse named Azuma existed in Meiji-era Japan. Training fills a Performance Gauge, and once it is full the Performance Rehearsal activates, strengthening normal training in proportion to Performance Lv. Productions include yabusame and Noh dance.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Azuma enters Uma Musume Pretty Derby as an SSR support card the same day the Shundai Festival scenario launches, so players who want her in the story path face the gacha on day one.","twitterPost":"Azuma is an NPC and an SSR support card on the same day in Uma Musume Pretty Derby, so the gacha and the scenario arrive together.","threadsPost":"Uma Musume Pretty Derby makes Azuma a scenario link character and an SSR support card on the same day. Kotono Mitsuishi voices her, and the Shundai Festival scenario launches October 26, so the story role and the banner are timed as one release.","newsletterBlurb":"Uma Musume Pretty Derby gets the Shundai Festival training scenario on October 26 at 12:00. It adds the shrine maiden NPC Azuma, voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi, who is also a scenario link character and an SSR support card in the same-day gacha. A release campaign adds login bonuses, missions, and a free daily 10-pull.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Inside\",\"url\":\"https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2026/10/24/189767.html\",\"title\":\"Uma Musume's New Character Is Based on a \\\"Meiji-Era Horse\\\"!? New NPC \\\"Azuma\\\" and Game Systems for the Training Scenario \\\"Shundai Festival Arc\\\" Revealed\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4738,"outputTokens":680,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792858041,"createdAt":"2026-10-24T16:02:18.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-24T16:06:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T16:06:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d38b7a5d6af202a4caac5230","canonicalTitle":"『ウマ娘』新キャラは“明治時代の馬”が元ネタ！？新たなNPC「吾妻」や、育成シナリオ「駿大祭編」のゲームシステムが公開","representativeArticleId":"a_80cacec07f457c2f72183b5f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Uma Musume Pretty Derby\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Kotono Mitsuishi\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-24T14:15:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-24T14:15:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T16:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Inside","url":"https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2026/10/24/189767.html","title":"『ウマ娘』新キャラは“明治時代の馬”が元ネタ！？新たなNPC「吾妻」や、育成シナリオ「駿大祭編」のゲームシステムが公開"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Uma Musume Pretty Derby"],"studios":[],"people":["Kotono Mitsuishi"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}