Cygames Cancels Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Franchise's U.S. Concerts Due to Visa Issues
The concert was scheduled for October 22-23. Cygames stated on Sunday that the visas were yet to be approved, despite working with lawyers and promoters in the U.S. to secure the necessary visas for over six months. Cygames said that they would make the final decision on whether or not the concerts could be held on Monday, October 19 at 10:00 p.m. PDT (Tuesday, October 20 at 1:00 a.m. EDT), and that deadline has now elapsed.
Cygames is offering refunds for both on-site viewing tickets and streaming tickets, and is also "looking into possible responses" to people who were planning to attend the concerts in-person, but noted that it will "take some time."
The concert would have included:
- Machico (Tokai Teio)
- Tomoyo Takayanagi (Oguri Cap)
- Rena Maeda (Grass Wonder)
- Minami Takahashi (El Condor Pasa)
- Yui Ogura (Manhattan Cafe)
- Hitomi Sasaki (Admire Vega)
- Yukina Shutō (Haru Urara)
- Misaki Watada (Meisho Doto)
- Kaori Maeda (Nice Nature)
- Hikaru Tōno (Matikanetannhauser)
- Hina Tachibana (Satono Diamond)
- Hinaki Yano (Kitasan Black)
- Kanna Nakamura (Narita Top Road)
- Yūko Natsuyoshi (Cheval Grand)
- Haruna Fukushima (Dantsu Flame)
- Yuri Fujimoto (Jungle Pocket)
- Sayaka Kikuchi (Hokko Tarumae)
The tour had its first event in Tokyo on June 20-21. The tour will have stops in Los Angeles, London, Seoul, and Yokohama. This marks the first time the franchise's live musical events will be performed globally.
The 6th EVENT The New Frontier ran in Saitama in May 2025 and October 2025.
The Uma Musume Pretty Derby game launched in February 2021 for iOS and Android. The game was originally slated for a release in winter 2018, and was delayed in order to raise the game's quality. The game launched on PC via DMM Games in March 2021.
The game launched in English for iOS and Android devices on June 26, 2025. The game won Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2025 event last December.
The game's concept begins with Uma Musume (Horse Girls), girls endowed with excellent running capability, and who aim to become top idols and compete in the national sports entertainment show "Twinkle Series." Players take the role of both teacher and trainer for the girls in the Nihon Uma Musume Training Center Gakuen (Japan Horse Girls Training Center Academy) and help them make their debut.
Source: Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise's English website and X/Twitter account
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