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[CHARACTER] Minako Aino.

Series: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Kana: 愛野美奈子
Romaji: Aino Minako

Role: Major character
Type: Human
Family: Unnamed mother, unnamed father
Aliases: Sailor Venus, Sailor V, Princess Sailor Venus
Alignment/Organization: Sailor Senshi, Moon Kingdom
First appearance: Act Zero
Last appearance: Special Act
Status: Alive
Actor: Ayaka Komatsu

TRIVIA

• Her name can be translated to mean “Minako of love.” “Minako” (美奈子) in itself can be broken down into three words: beauty, what, and child.
  
• The live-action Minako Aino is considered to be very different from her manga and anime counterparts. Due to her role as a popular idol and her having an undisclosed medical condition, Minako secluded herself from the other Sailor Senshi at first. This slightly changed as the series continued, though.
  
• Minako was one of two Sailor Senshi whose given name was written with kanji. The other was Ami.
• While the Minako in the first anime dreamt of becoming an idol, this Aino was already an established idol and singer.
• Like Makoto, Minako possessed enhanced strength even in her civilian form. In Act 12 and in the Special Act respectively, Minako delivered a powerful kick to Sugao Saitou (who was being controlled by a youma) and a Pierrot. The walls into which Aino knocked her opponents were both severely damaged upon impact.
• Minako displayed some artistic skill when she redesigned Nako Nako in Photoshop in Act 12, and when she painted a picture of a dog in Act 18.
• Since her parents were not present, Minako may have lived on her own.
• Minako’s death was a rare case of a Sailor Senshi dying from natural causes, as opposed to being killed directly or indirectly by a villain.
• As she was not a student in this version, Minako did not wear a variation of her classic school uniform.
• Minako’s strong bond with Rei was similar to Rei’s protective relationship with Usagi in the first anime.
  
• Minako only had blond hair when she transformed into a Sailor Senshi.