Yukikaze is a strong, hard-working warrior who loves her friends and is determined to protect them. As if that weren’t enough, she also has fox ears! She’s nimble in battle and while she may not love fighting, she will never shirk from defending her country. Because there’s such a strong image of foxes and spirits in Japanese mythology, it’s hard to find fox girls that are just girls instead of magical beings. Yukikaze, however, gives us the cuteness of fox-ears without the mythical aura usually attached.

Sometimes animal ears are thrown on a girl seemingly only for decoration, but in Uma Musume, they do not let you forget these are horse girls for a reason. Reborn from racehorses, these girls maintain their horse ears and tails as well as their racing stats from when they were horses. Special Week is a beautiful horsey example with just how much her little ears twitch according to her mood. She loves to run and is incredibly fast, and you can see the spirit of a racehorse within her as she chases her dreams!

Ginko is an example of an animal ear girl that definitely has animal instincts. Her tiny bear form is small and cuddly like a teddy bear (despite her somewhat bloodthirsty nature) and her human form is also very cute! Between transformations, she has bear ears and bear paws which makes for an interesting combination of adorable and deadly. She desires true love but she also won’t hesitate to kill someone threatening her. While she’s fiercely protective, she’s a kemonomimi girl you’d want to snuggle up with.

There are a lot of great kemonomimi girls in Etotama, but it’s Inu-tan that really acts like her animal. She may be an Eto-shin or Zodiac god, but she definitely acts more like a family pet. She’s small in stature and has short, droopy ears and a tail. Inu-tan loves play-fighting, being around others, and bones. She’s energetic and good-natured with a perfect little head to pat. She has all the key features of a good dog both in personality and aesthetic, complete with a dog collar. We’d want to go on a long walk with Inu-tan!

Ui may not always be sporting her bunny ears but her penchant for running away quickly remind you of her rabbit-ness even without the visual cues. When she transforms for battle, her ears and rabbit paws come out and her teeth become more rabbit-like. She mostly uses her rabbit form to quickly run from her enemies or dig a hole away from danger, but she learns her incredible hearing can help her strategize in a fight. She loves carrot juice because, need we remind you she’s a bunny girl? Ui is super cute and her animal appendages serve to heighten her appeal to a whole new level!