Mina
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| Mina マツリカ Matsurika | |
 Concept art from Sun and Moon | |
| Age | 11-19SM |
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| Gender | Female |
| Eye color | Grey |
| Hair color | Blond with pink highlights |
| Hometown | Seafolk Village |
| Region | Alola |
| Relatives | Unnamed mother and father |
| Trainer class | Trial Captain |
| Generation | VII |
| Games | Sun and Moon |
| Specializes in | Fairy types |
Mina (Japanese: マツリカ Matsurika) is the Trial Captain of Poni Island. She specializes in Fairy-type Pokémon.
In the games
Mina is an aspiring artist who started painting at an early age. She is acquainted with Ilima.
The player first meets Mina while navigating the Vast Poni Canyon. Mina is seen surveying the landscape when she notices the player and introduces herself as a captain. However, because she spends so much time dedicated to her art, she doesn't have an actual trial prepared for the player. Instead, she gives the player a Fairium Z. She muses on what she could make her trial about before bidding the player farewell.
Later on, Mina can be encountered after the main story during the third Ultra Beast hunt mission. She was sent by someone to relay the information about UB-03's appearances in Akala Island and to battle the player as a trial of strength. After being defeated, Mina will bid the player farewell and then leaves.
Mina can also be encountered once more in Poni Gauntlet, where she says she was just done doing a hundred sketches and is resting. Because she has defeated all of the trainers in the area, Mina is bored and has nothing else to do. She challenges the player to beat all of the trainers in Poni Gauntlet if they want to challenge her again. If the player succeeds in defeating all of the trainers and Mina herself, she will award them with a Bottle Cap.
In the games's "Hula Revenge Party", she calls herself The Paintbrushin' Fairy Princess
Pokémon
Mina can be battled in either order, and her team is near-identical in both, but she only uses her Z-Ring in the Poni Gauntlet battle. Mina's Pokémon are kept in Ultra Balls.
Route 8 battle
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Poni Gauntlet battle
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Quotes
- Vast Poni Canyon
- "Oh! Now that's a great composition! I could paint a picture of you—the visitor to Poni!"
- "Guess I didn't introduce myself though. I'm Mina. I'm the captain. I mean, I sort of am. I actually just wander around doing my art, so I don’t have an actual trial or anything... But Vast Poni Canyon sure is a wonder, huh? Once you’ve been through this place, you can really get to understand why that Ilima boy designed his trial the way he did, right? Oh, yeah. Ohhhh, yeah. Here. Take this as a token of our acquaintance."
- "It's the Fairium Z. Get your Z on!"
- "I'm the captain and all, so I've gotta come up with a trial. Maybe it could involve painting pictures and picking flowers... Maybe a trial like that could be cool?"
- "See you later then! Alola, alola!"
- Before battle
- "Hallo!"
- "They sent me here on an errand. Since I’m not busy doing trials or anything."
- "It’s a secret. Oh, and I had one more order I was given. Or was it a request? Either way..."
- "I was told I should have a real serious battle with <player> before I came back. I don’t really know why, but it seems like maybe it’s some sort of trial of strength."
- "So come on! Let's have a battle! Have a Pokémon battle against me!"
- Sure: "All right! Then let’s get going already! Time for Mina to show you her full power! We'll get our Z on!"
- Hold on: "Shocking! You want me to wait? Fine then. I guess I can wait."
- Upon being defeated
- "Whoa, you're surprisingly strong!"
- After being defeated
- "Then it's no problem. Turns out, you're strong enough, <player>."
- "OK, I'm out of here!"
- Before defeating all theTrainers in the area
- "Oh! You're the one from the great composition! I just did a hundred sketches, so now I'm taking a break. I beat all the Trainers around here, too, so now I'm totally bored again... I wish there was someone to go all out against. That's it! <Player>! If you can beat all the Trainers around here, too, I'll give you a battle against me!"
- After defeating all the Trainers in the area
- "Oh! The one from the great composition! Looks like you've beaten everybody else in this place, huh? Then have a battle against Captain Mina! Let's get our Z on! I hope you're ready for the extraordinary Z-Power of me and my Pokémon!"
- I'll take you on!: "Then here I go! I'm going all out, big-time! Me and my team are all full-powered to the max!"
- Not yet!: "OK, I guess I'll wait. I'll wait ri-i-ight here. And not move an inch."
- Upon being defeated
- "Whoa! I'm shocked at your strength!"
- After being defeated
- "Hrmmm! Well, this is frustrating. I failed to really use my full power... But it was a fun battle, so take this, big-time!"
- "I'd like to draw a picture of the way you look when you're battling, <player>! Let's have another full-power Pokémon battle again sometime, yeah?"
Sprites
 
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| VS model from Sun and Moon |
Outfit
Mina has golden colored hair with pink paint splattered on the sides. Her face is marked with pink paint and often has a sort of relaxed and calm expression on her face. Her shirt is beige with a camouflage pattern of pastel green and pink paints. Her jeans are a bit ripped. She carries a bag with all her painting supplies and paintbrushes so that she could paint wherever she goes. In the games's "Hula Revenge Party", She get to wear a purple-pastle green gradient gown with very long sleeves that look like butterfly wings, along with jean-patterned Sailor Moon-like boots.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | マツリカ Matsurika | From 茉莉花 matsurika, Arabian jasmine. Her fairy typing may come from the tea arrangement called jasmine fairy maidens. |
| English | Mina | From jasmine. Mina also means love in Greek. It may also come from Min or Meena, Irish Gaelic names meaning smooth, fine, small. Her fairy typing may come from the tea arrangement called jasmine fairy maidens. |
| French | Oléa | From Oleaceae, the family that contains jasmine |
| German | Matsurika | Same as her Japanese name |
| Italian, Spanish | Rika | Similar to her Japanese name |
| Korean | 말리화 Mallihwa | From 말리화 (茉莉花) mallihwa, Arabian jasmine |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 茉莉 Mòlì | From 茉莉 mòlì, jasmine |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 茉莉 Muhtleih | From 茉莉 muhtleih, jasmine |
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