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Neo Universe (; May 21, 2000 - March 8, 2021) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In 2003 he won the Satsuki Shō and the Tokyo Yūshun (Japanese Derby), but was defeated when attempting to complete the Japanese Triple Crown in the Kikuka Shō. He was retired from racing after winning once in 2004 and became a successful sire of winners.
On 20 April Neo Universe was made Fractional odds favourite for the ten furlong Satsuki Shō (Japanese 2000 Guineas), the first leg of the Japanese Triple Crown. Ridden again by Demuro he was trapped behind other horses and appeared to be in a hopeless position, but accelerated through a narrow gap defeated Sakura President by a head after a "fierce struggle", with the previous season's champion two-year-old Eishin Champ in third place. The winner's next race was the Tokyo Yūshun over one and a half miles at Tokyo Racecourse on 1 June. The race attracted a crowd of 134,000 and Neo Universe was made clear favourite in a field of eighteen. The track was unusually wet and muddy, leading many jockeys to take their horses to the outside in search of better racing ground but Demuro kept the favourite towards the inside rail and won comfortably, beating Zenno Rob Roy by half a length with That's The Plenty three quarters of a length back in third. Demuro, who became the first foreign jockey to win the race, never had to use his whip and described Neo Universe as "unbelievable. If he did any more he'd be flying". Four weeks later, Neo Universe was matched against older horses for the first time when he was one of seventeen runners invited to contest the Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin Racecourse. He finished fourth behind Hishi Miracle, one place ahead of the Japanese Horse of the Year Symboli Kris S.
After a summer break, Neo Universe returned in autumn in an attempt to complete the Triple Crown in the Kikuka Shō. Despite finishing third to Zenno Rob Roy in his prep race, he was made 1.3/1 favourite in a field of eighteen for the fifteen furlong classic in October. He finished third behind That's The Plenty and Lincoln, beaten three quarters of a length and a neck. On his final appearance of the season he ran in the Japan Cup at Tokyo in November. He finished fourth behind Tap Dance City, That's The Plenty and Symboli Kris S, well ahead of the Breeders' Cup winners Islington and Johar as well as the Cox Plate winner Fields of Omagh.
At the end of the season, Neo Universe was voted Japanese Champion Three-Year-Old Colt.
In addition, Neo Universe is also the damsire of 2017 NHK Mile Cup winner Aerolithe, as well as Le Vent Se Leve, winner of the 2018 Champions Cup, as well as the 2023 UAE Derby winner Derma Sotogake.
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