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Japanese Name: Aino Minako
Name Meaning: Beautiful (Little/Child) of Love
North American Name: Mina
Other Identities: Sailor Venus, Super Sailor Venus, Princess Venus
Birthday: October 22nd
Age: (at the beginning of the series): 14 (for this RPG, 18)
Astrological Sign: Libra
Blood Type: B
Favorite Colors: Orange, Yellow, Red, White
Hobbies: Idol chasing, sports (volleyball), dancing, playing games
Favorite Food: Ramen, Curry Rice, Gyouza, any kind of pasta
Least Favorite Food: Shiitake Mushrooms
Favorite Animal: Bird
Favorite Subject: Physical Education
Least Favorite Subject: Everything else
Character Traits: Friendly, good leader, playful, courageous
Codename wa Sailor V manga
Minako originally appeared in her own manga series, the prototype and prequel to Sailor Moon, Codename wa Sailor V. When it was proposed that the manga would be adapted as an anime, creator Naoko Takeuchi adapted the ideas from the Sailor V manga to fit a team format. Both manga ran simultaneously: Sailor V was published in the magazine Run Run, while Sailor Moon ran in Nakayoshi. Sailor Venus was added to the Sailor Moon manga cast in the 'Dark Kingdom' (first) storyarc and in the first series of the Sailor Moon anime, in episode #33-J/#29-C. Minako is usually considered the de facto leader of the Sailor Senshi, and has been depicted as a capable fighter despite her quirks. Usagi is partly based on her and thus they share some characteristics; however, due to the anime's prevalence in other countries, Minako is sometimes mistakenly considered the 'knockoff.' Usagi is generally considered slightly less intelligent, somewhat lazier and much less athletic than Minako, while Minako is more graceful and driven but not necessarily posessesing foresight. Where Usagi is clumsy and a crybaby, Minako is merely dramatic. The Sailor V manga actually fully concluded sometime after the conclusion of the 18-volume Sailor Moon manga, but as new 'chapters' of the Sailor V manga were published less often than the Sailor Moon manga, it is only three volumes long.
It is because her creation predates the Sailor Moon metaseries that some aspects of her are slightly incompatible with later rules. For example, her magical attacks lack the strict elemental rules: Venus is typically associated with metal in Chinese astrology, but her attacks are gold in color. Her attacks generally appear vaguely 'light' (Crescent Beam, Crescent Beam Shower) or 'love'-related (Venus Love-Me Chain, Venus Love and Beauty Shock). Though the incorportation of the 'love' element is self-explanatory, many fans do not understand why she is associated with 'light'. The association with light is only found in the anime version. In the BSSM manga, Sailor Venus (rather than Sailor V) never performs her 'Crescent Beam' attack. This is because the Crescent Beam attack is under the jurisdiction of a 'Moon/Light' element, and Sailor Venus no longer has any control over that elemental area. Sailor V, the decoy to Sailor Moon, was able to use that attack because she needed to appear as an authentic Moon Princess. Also, her family name, Aino (愛野) does not start with the same kanji as that of the Japanese name for her planet, Kinsei (金星). If the pattern of the other Senshi were followed, the logical name for her would be the characters 金野 (usually read Kinno). It is possible that Naoko Takeuchi used the Roman goddess Venus as the basis for her name instead.
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon manga & anime
Minako was the fifth senshi to appear in the Sailor Moon saga. As Sailor V, Usagi Tsukino admired her greatly. She eventually quit being Sailor V and became the Sailor Soldier in gold, white and blue (although in the anime, the "gold" color in her costume appears more orange, as a true gold color cannot be reproduced in anime cels). Outside of her Sailor Senshi life she is quite normal; she likes the colors of red and gold, and she usually has a trademark red hair ribbon in her long blonde hair. She likes volleyball and is a terrible cook. She is a loyal friend and a strong leader. Minako is considered the true leader of the "Inner Senshi" (Inner Warriors, as fans dub Sailor Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Moon) in the manga.
The anime version of her initially started as a somewhat broadly drawn character Usagi idolized as a hero figure. In later seasons Minako's personality slowly mutated into a more excitable, goofy, almost weird character. With the proper conviction, an off-hand interest of hers could quickly evolve into a humorously obsessive ambition. In addition to distancing her from Usagi design-wise, it is generally regarded as a delayed manifestation of the carefree life she could not enjoy while fighting solo. Nonetheless, she still displays great leadership skills and confidence.
The start of this trend is generally considered to have begun in one very popular second-season episode (#78-ja, #71-en) called "No thanks, Nurse Venus!" (Venus Minako no nurse daisoudou (The Problems of Venus-Minako as a Nurse)) where Minako takes it upon herself to nurse her flu-stricken friends back to health, but in so doing creates much humorous chaos and destruction in her wake; this is often seen as the template for much of Minako's later characterization.
She is ostensibly the owner of the white magical cat Artemis, who fulfills a guardian role. In the fifth series, Sailor Stars, she attends the same high school as Usagi Tsukino, Ami Mizuno, and Makoto Kino, although for the first four seasons she attends a different junior high school (Shiba Kouen) than the others.
Because of her evasive lifestyle, Minako lacked serious friends and was sometimes considered to be a snob by her peers. Adding to her predicament was a grim fortune she received saying that she would always be unlucky in romantic relationships. Minako's main dream is to become a famous idol. However, in the Live action series, Minako is introduced as an already marginally-popular idol.
References to Minako's family life are downplayed outside of the Sailor V manga, perhaps because her parents look almost identical to Usagi's.
Sailor Venus has also shown the ability to make 'new' attacks depending on her annoyance or rage, such as being spurned romantically. She once created an enormous storm of mini-meteors, unrelated to a similar attack mentioned before. Another example occurs In an episode of Sailor Moon S anime: Magically disguising herself as Sailor Moon, she mimics Sailor Moon's attacks with abilities such as "Love Moon Chain".
In the enormous amount of Sailor Moon yuri dōjinshi, Minako is usually paired with Rei Hino due to their polar but close friendship in the manga. She can and is generally paired with any other senshi due to her exuberant personality and the image of Venus as a Free Love sort of figure. This is humorously supported by her canonic continued attraction to Haruka Tenoh, even after discovering that character is a girl.
It should be noted, however, that Naoko has expressed no interest in a Minako/Rei relationship, and has portrayed Minako as straight.
The "attraction" to Haruka Tenoh is more than likely the director's doing, as Kunihiko Ikuhara has stated on multiple occassions that he prefers lesbianism. His preference for this tends to lead him to make suggestions about characters in the series that, according to Naoko Takeuchi's work, are really more of a form of fanservice than a loyal interpretation of her work and characters.
In an early DiC promotional tape that advertised Sailor Moon to television stations, Minako was called Carrie.
Live Action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
In the live action version, 'Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon', Aino Minako is presented as a somewhat jaded and distant character, probably the greatest modification to her original personality. She is an incumbent idol, and is very famous. Usagi, Ami and Makoto are all fans of her music. Minako also takes on the role of decoy much like her manga counterpart, calling herself Princess and claiming to possess the Ginzuishou in order to protect the real princess. In some ways this is also a more respectful portrayal of Sailor Venus, since the anime tended to overplay her ditzy attitude and downplay her role as a leader. While the live action has done away with much of this playfulness there are hints of it, at the very least, when she interacts with her partner, Artemis, whom she is closest to out of all of the characters.
Sailor Senshi Powers as Sailor V
Transformations
Moon Power Transform! - She changes into Sailor V.
Crescent Moon Power Transform! - Precedes a transformation, similar to Sailor Moon's Disguise Pen power.
Attacks
Crescent Beam! - As Sailor V, the Crescent Beam reveals the true form of the enemy and can be used to attack as well. She uses a compact with this attack which requires moonlight to charge.
Sailor V Kick! - A jump kick.
Venus Power! Crescent Shower of Love! - Sailor V summons a rain that melts her enemy.
Sailor V Chop! - A chop with her arm.
Rolling Screw Sailor V Punch! - An uppercut.
Crescent Super Beam! - An upgraded version of Crescent Beam.
V-Chan Shiki Momidashi Sailor V Chop! - A chop with her arm.
Crescent Slender Beam! - Destroys her opponent.
Venus Sulfur Smoke! - Sailor V creates a smoke that has the smell of the planet Venus - sulfur. Used to distract the enemy.
Venus Iron Muscle Punch! - A punch.
V-chan Uchi Katana! - Sailor V uses a katana to cut the opponent.
Diphenhydramine Combo! Venus Jirushi Katorisenkou Typhoon! - Sailor V's "death move", it translates to "Venus Repellent Incense Typhoon" and is basically bug spray.
Venus Ten-Billion Volt Rock 'N Rouge! - Creates sonic waves.
Venus Megaton Shower of Love! - Creates a powerful shining light.
Sailor Senshi Powers as Sailor Venus
Transformations
Venus Power, Make-up! - Used to transform into Sailor Venus. In the English anime, Mina does not say Make-up!.
Venus Star Power, Make-up! - Used to transform into Sailor Venus. In the English anime, Mina does not say Make-up!.
Venus Planet Power, Make-up! - Used to transform into Sailor Venus. (Manga only.)
Venus Crystal Power, Make-up! - Used to transform into Sailor Venus during the Dreams Saga. In the English anime, Mina does not say Make-up!.
Attacks
Rolling Heart Vibration! - A rolling heart flies at her enemy.
Crescent Beam! - This attack is only used in the anime, and is based on Sailor V's attack. Sailor Venus points and creates a crescent of light, which turns into a beam fired at the enemy. She does not have to use an item with this attack. In the English anime, the attack is called Venus Crescent Beam Smash.
Crescent Beam Shower! - An upgrade to the "Crescent Beam", this attack creates a meteor shower. In the English anime, the attack is called Venus Meteor Shower.
Venus Love Me Chain! - Sailor Venus creates a chain of metal with which she can either attack enemies as a whip or aid friends as a rope. In the English anime, the attack is called Venus Love Chain Encircle.
Venus Wink Chain Sword! - A manga-only attack.
Hissatsu Love Me Moon Chain! - Sailor Venus used this attack when she was disguised as Sailor Moon.
Crescent Beam no Midareutsu! - A random attack.
Venus Love and Beauty Shock! - An attack that can only be used with the Crystal Power form of Sailor Venus. She winks and blows a kiss at the opponent, which turns into a golden heart of explosive energy.
Venus Love and Galactica Shock! - Sailor Venus used this attack when she was under the control of Sailor Galaxia in the manga.
Japanese Name: Aino Minako
Name Meaning: Beautiful (Little/Child) of Love
North American Name: Mina
Other Identities: Sailor Venus, Super Sailor Venus, Princess Venus
Birthday: October 22nd
Age: (at the beginning of the series): 14 (for this RPG, 18)
Astrological Sign: Libra
Blood Type: B
Favorite Colors: Orange, Yellow, Red, White
Hobbies: Idol chasing, sports (volleyball), dancing, playing games
Favorite Food: Ramen, Curry Rice, Gyouza, any kind of pasta
Least Favorite Food: Shiitake Mushrooms
Favorite Animal: Bird
Favorite Subject: Physical Education
Least Favorite Subject: Everything else
Character Traits: Friendly, good leader, playful, courageous
Codename wa Sailor V manga
Minako originally appeared in her own manga series, the prototype and prequel to Sailor Moon, Codename wa Sailor V. When it was proposed that the manga would be adapted as an anime, creator Naoko Takeuchi adapted the ideas from the Sailor V manga to fit a team format. Both manga ran simultaneously: Sailor V was published in the magazine Run Run, while Sailor Moon ran in Nakayoshi. Sailor Venus was added to the Sailor Moon manga cast in the 'Dark Kingdom' (first) storyarc and in the first series of the Sailor Moon anime, in episode #33-J/#29-C. Minako is usually considered the de facto leader of the Sailor Senshi, and has been depicted as a capable fighter despite her quirks. Usagi is partly based on her and thus they share some characteristics; however, due to the anime's prevalence in other countries, Minako is sometimes mistakenly considered the 'knockoff.' Usagi is generally considered slightly less intelligent, somewhat lazier and much less athletic than Minako, while Minako is more graceful and driven but not necessarily posessesing foresight. Where Usagi is clumsy and a crybaby, Minako is merely dramatic. The Sailor V manga actually fully concluded sometime after the conclusion of the 18-volume Sailor Moon manga, but as new 'chapters' of the Sailor V manga were published less often than the Sailor Moon manga, it is only three volumes long.
It is because her creation predates the Sailor Moon metaseries that some aspects of her are slightly incompatible with later rules. For example, her magical attacks lack the strict elemental rules: Venus is typically associated with metal in Chinese astrology, but her attacks are gold in color. Her attacks generally appear vaguely 'light' (Crescent Beam, Crescent Beam Shower) or 'love'-related (Venus Love-Me Chain, Venus Love and Beauty Shock). Though the incorportation of the 'love' element is self-explanatory, many fans do not understand why she is associated with 'light'. The association with light is only found in the anime version. In the BSSM manga, Sailor Venus (rather than Sailor V) never performs her 'Crescent Beam' attack. This is because the Crescent Beam attack is under the jurisdiction of a 'Moon/Light' element, and Sailor Venus no longer has any control over that elemental area. Sailor V, the decoy to Sailor Moon, was able to use that attack because she needed to appear as an authentic Moon Princess. Also, her family name, Aino (愛野) does not start with the same kanji as that of the Japanese name for her planet, Kinsei (金星). If the pattern of the other Senshi were followed, the logical name for her would be the characters 金野 (usually read Kinno). It is possible that Naoko Takeuchi used the Roman goddess Venus as the basis for her name instead.
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon manga & anime
Minako was the fifth senshi to appear in the Sailor Moon saga. As Sailor V, Usagi Tsukino admired her greatly. She eventually quit being Sailor V and became the Sailor Soldier in gold, white and blue (although in the anime, the "gold" color in her costume appears more orange, as a true gold color cannot be reproduced in anime cels). Outside of her Sailor Senshi life she is quite normal; she likes the colors of red and gold, and she usually has a trademark red hair ribbon in her long blonde hair. She likes volleyball and is a terrible cook. She is a loyal friend and a strong leader. Minako is considered the true leader of the "Inner Senshi" (Inner Warriors, as fans dub Sailor Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Moon) in the manga.
The anime version of her initially started as a somewhat broadly drawn character Usagi idolized as a hero figure. In later seasons Minako's personality slowly mutated into a more excitable, goofy, almost weird character. With the proper conviction, an off-hand interest of hers could quickly evolve into a humorously obsessive ambition. In addition to distancing her from Usagi design-wise, it is generally regarded as a delayed manifestation of the carefree life she could not enjoy while fighting solo. Nonetheless, she still displays great leadership skills and confidence.
The start of this trend is generally considered to have begun in one very popular second-season episode (#78-ja, #71-en) called "No thanks, Nurse Venus!" (Venus Minako no nurse daisoudou (The Problems of Venus-Minako as a Nurse)) where Minako takes it upon herself to nurse her flu-stricken friends back to health, but in so doing creates much humorous chaos and destruction in her wake; this is often seen as the template for much of Minako's later characterization.
She is ostensibly the owner of the white magical cat Artemis, who fulfills a guardian role. In the fifth series, Sailor Stars, she attends the same high school as Usagi Tsukino, Ami Mizuno, and Makoto Kino, although for the first four seasons she attends a different junior high school (Shiba Kouen) than the others.
Because of her evasive lifestyle, Minako lacked serious friends and was sometimes considered to be a snob by her peers. Adding to her predicament was a grim fortune she received saying that she would always be unlucky in romantic relationships. Minako's main dream is to become a famous idol. However, in the Live action series, Minako is introduced as an already marginally-popular idol.
References to Minako's family life are downplayed outside of the Sailor V manga, perhaps because her parents look almost identical to Usagi's.
Sailor Venus has also shown the ability to make 'new' attacks depending on her annoyance or rage, such as being spurned romantically. She once created an enormous storm of mini-meteors, unrelated to a similar attack mentioned before. Another example occurs In an episode of Sailor Moon S anime: Magically disguising herself as Sailor Moon, she mimics Sailor Moon's attacks with abilities such as "Love Moon Chain".
In the enormous amount of Sailor Moon yuri dōjinshi, Minako is usually paired with Rei Hino due to their polar but close friendship in the manga. She can and is generally paired with any other senshi due to her exuberant personality and the image of Venus as a Free Love sort of figure. This is humorously supported by her canonic continued attraction to Haruka Tenoh, even after discovering that character is a girl.
It should be noted, however, that Naoko has expressed no interest in a Minako/Rei relationship, and has portrayed Minako as straight.
The "attraction" to Haruka Tenoh is more than likely the director's doing, as Kunihiko Ikuhara has stated on multiple occassions that he prefers lesbianism. His preference for this tends to lead him to make suggestions about characters in the series that, according to Naoko Takeuchi's work, are really more of a form of fanservice than a loyal interpretation of her work and characters.
In an early DiC promotional tape that advertised Sailor Moon to television stations, Minako was called Carrie.
Live Action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
In the live action version, 'Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon', Aino Minako is presented as a somewhat jaded and distant character, probably the greatest modification to her original personality. She is an incumbent idol, and is very famous. Usagi, Ami and Makoto are all fans of her music. Minako also takes on the role of decoy much like her manga counterpart, calling herself Princess and claiming to possess the Ginzuishou in order to protect the real princess. In some ways this is also a more respectful portrayal of Sailor Venus, since the anime tended to overplay her ditzy attitude and downplay her role as a leader. While the live action has done away with much of this playfulness there are hints of it, at the very least, when she interacts with her partner, Artemis, whom she is closest to out of all of the characters.
Sailor Senshi Powers as Sailor V
Transformations
Moon Power Transform! - She changes into Sailor V.
Crescent Moon Power Transform! - Precedes a transformation, similar to Sailor Moon's Disguise Pen power.
Attacks
Crescent Beam! - As Sailor V, the Crescent Beam reveals the true form of the enemy and can be used to attack as well. She uses a compact with this attack which requires moonlight to charge.
Sailor V Kick! - A jump kick.
Venus Power! Crescent Shower of Love! - Sailor V summons a rain that melts her enemy.
Sailor V Chop! - A chop with her arm.
Rolling Screw Sailor V Punch! - An uppercut.
Crescent Super Beam! - An upgraded version of Crescent Beam.
V-Chan Shiki Momidashi Sailor V Chop! - A chop with her arm.
Crescent Slender Beam! - Destroys her opponent.
Venus Sulfur Smoke! - Sailor V creates a smoke that has the smell of the planet Venus - sulfur. Used to distract the enemy.
Venus Iron Muscle Punch! - A punch.
V-chan Uchi Katana! - Sailor V uses a katana to cut the opponent.
Diphenhydramine Combo! Venus Jirushi Katorisenkou Typhoon! - Sailor V's "death move", it translates to "Venus Repellent Incense Typhoon" and is basically bug spray.
Venus Ten-Billion Volt Rock 'N Rouge! - Creates sonic waves.
Venus Megaton Shower of Love! - Creates a powerful shining light.
Sailor Senshi Powers as Sailor Venus
Transformations
Venus Power, Make-up! - Used to transform into Sailor Venus. In the English anime, Mina does not say Make-up!.
Venus Star Power, Make-up! - Used to transform into Sailor Venus. In the English anime, Mina does not say Make-up!.
Venus Planet Power, Make-up! - Used to transform into Sailor Venus. (Manga only.)
Venus Crystal Power, Make-up! - Used to transform into Sailor Venus during the Dreams Saga. In the English anime, Mina does not say Make-up!.
Attacks
Rolling Heart Vibration! - A rolling heart flies at her enemy.
Crescent Beam! - This attack is only used in the anime, and is based on Sailor V's attack. Sailor Venus points and creates a crescent of light, which turns into a beam fired at the enemy. She does not have to use an item with this attack. In the English anime, the attack is called Venus Crescent Beam Smash.
Crescent Beam Shower! - An upgrade to the "Crescent Beam", this attack creates a meteor shower. In the English anime, the attack is called Venus Meteor Shower.
Venus Love Me Chain! - Sailor Venus creates a chain of metal with which she can either attack enemies as a whip or aid friends as a rope. In the English anime, the attack is called Venus Love Chain Encircle.
Venus Wink Chain Sword! - A manga-only attack.
Hissatsu Love Me Moon Chain! - Sailor Venus used this attack when she was disguised as Sailor Moon.
Crescent Beam no Midareutsu! - A random attack.
Venus Love and Beauty Shock! - An attack that can only be used with the Crystal Power form of Sailor Venus. She winks and blows a kiss at the opponent, which turns into a golden heart of explosive energy.
Venus Love and Galactica Shock! - Sailor Venus used this attack when she was under the control of Sailor Galaxia in the manga.