Minako Aino

"I am the Pretty Guardian who Fights for Love and for Beauty! I am Sailor Venus. In the name of Venus, I'll punish you with the power of love!" — Sailor Venus' stock introduction

Minako Aino (愛野 美奈子, Aino Minako) is the civilian identity of Sailor V and the present-day incarnation of Sailor Venus (セーラーヴィーナス, Seeraa Bu~iinasu). She is the 5th Sailor Senshi to be introduced and join the Sailor team. She is also the real leader of the Inner Sailor Senshi.

Contents

 * 1Appearance
 * 1.1Civilian
 * 1.2Sailor Senshi
 * 2Personality
 * 3History
 * 3.1Dark Kingdom arc
 * 3.2Black Moon arc
 * 3.3Infinity arc
 * 3.4Sailor Moon Eternal
 * 4Sailor Guardian Info
 * 4.1Transformation Phrases
 * 4.2Attacks
 * 4.3Items
 * 5Gallery
 * 5.1Minako Aino
 * 6Trivia

Civilian
She retains her anime and manga appearance

Sailor Senshi
Sailor Venus has long blonde hair, with a red bow. She also wears a sailor uniform, with a dark orange skirt and high heels. She has a blue bow on her chest and an orange bow on her back. She has a reddish-orange chain around her waist which she uses as a weapon. Just like the other Sailor Senshi she wears a tiara on her forehead, with a stone of her signature color (bright orange in Sailor Venus' case) in the center of it. However, in her first appearance, she has a crescent moon symbol on her forehead instead of the tiara.

In the 90's anime series, her mystical chain of love was never worn. It was used later seasons in her utilizing her much stronger Venus Love Me Chain attack in the third season in her secondary evolved Sailor form.

Personality
In "Crystal', Minako stays true to her original source as the true leader of the Sailor Senshi. Minako takes comand as a firm, smart and supportive leader to the others. Since Minako became a Sailor Senshi first to awake she knew more than the others about the truth of there mission and who was the Moon Princess. Much like her anime version Minako is caring, couragous and romantic girl but keep her head straight when it matter to their mission. She has great instict as a warrior and leader. After the Dark Kingdom arc Minako shows her cheerful and bubbly side which her friends adore, but still is vigilant and strong.

History
Before the events of the series, Minako became a Sailor Senshi by Artemis discovering her before Luna discovering Usagi to become Sailor Moon.

Dark Kingdom arc
The Sailor V Game was a side-scrolling game that was made by Artemis, it was used to train Minako to use her powers without her realizing it. Usagi is a fan of the Sailor V Game and she often visits the Game Center Crown to play the game. Usagi's Disguise Pen (Pink), Ami's transformation pen (Blue), and their communicator watch all came from the game.

The Headquarters for the Sailor Senshi was also located underneath the machine; the door to it opened when the words "GAME ENDLESS" appeared on the screen.

She first appears in Act 1 (albeit in her Sailor V form) watching from afar. In Act 6, Sailor Venus encouraged Usagi through the Sailor V game, telling her that she can defeat the enemies using the moon stick. When Sailor Venus met Usagi and the rest of the Senshi, they spotted a crescent moon on her forehead; Sailor Venus and Artemis went on to say that she was the Moon Princess that they needed to protect. She appears at the end of Act 7, throwing her Crescent Boomerang at Zoisite.

In Act 9, she transformed into her full Sailor form as Sailor Venus when the true Princess of the Moon was revealed to be none other than Sailor Moon/Usagi herself. To prove her true identity as the leader of the four Inner Sailor Senshi, the circular gemstone on her tiara turned bright orange. Unlike the others, she has more experience as a Sailor Guardian and knows more about the corrupted people of the Dark Kingdom, and their mistress, Queen Metalia.

Sailor Venus also likes to do solo missions and used to believe that she could handle situations by herself, but thanks to Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mercury, and Sailor Mars she no longer has that mindset.

Black Moon arc
Sailor Venus becomes much stronger; due to the mystical Star Power Stick, she was given from Luna, which increases her light-based powers and attacks greatly. She was the only Sailor Senshi not abducted by Rubeus and remained by Sailor Moon's side to help rescue their fellow Senshi from the forbidden planet Nemesis. She confronted the second oldest of the Spectre sisters' with her new and much stronger Rolling Heart Vibration attack, but missed her target. With the help of Chibiusa and her time key, Venus went off to the future along with Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask, Luna, and Artemis to aid Chibiusa in saving her homeland and her mother. She was surprised but pleased to meet another Sailor Senshi, Sailor Pluto, the Sailor Senshi of Space-Time. She was even more puzzled upon meeting a man who greatly resembled Tuxedo Mask, who was revealed to be King Endymion.

Sailor Venus later fought against two creations of Rubeus' when Prince Demande himself arrived and abducted Sailor Moon; much to her shock.

Transformation Phrases

 * Venus Power, Make Up
 * Venus Star Power, Make Up
 * Venus Planet Power, Make Up
 * Venus Crystal Power, Make Up

Attacks

 * Crescent Boomerang
 * Sailor Planet Attack
 * Venus Love-Me Chain
 * Rolling Heart Vibration
 * Venus Wink Chain Sword
 * Venus Love and Beauty Shock

Items

 * Transformation Pen
 * Star Power Stick
 * Compact
 * Venus Crystal
 * Holy Sword
 * Venus Chain
 * Whip of Love