Solana

Solana ヒナタ Hinata
[[File:File:Hinata.gif|{{{size}}}]] Solana and her Plusle
Gender	Female
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Fiore
Trainer class	Pokémon Ranger, Player character
Generation	III
Games	Pokémon Ranger
Anime debut	Green Guardian
English voice actor	Rhonda Krempa
Japanese voice actor	Atsuko Enomoto

Solana (Japanese: ヒナタ Hinata) is a Pokémon ranger. She is a main character in the game of that name and has also made appearances in the anime.

In the games

Solana is the playable female character of Pokémon Ranger. However, she also has an involvement in the story if the player chooses to play as the male character.

In the anime

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Solana and Jack Walker as seen in Spurt

Solana has made a few appearances in the anime. Her Japanese voice actress is Atsuko Enomoto, her English voice actress is Rhonda Krempa, her Brazilian voice actress is Priscila Ferreira and her Latin-American Spanish voice actresses are Laura Torres and Liliana Barba.

Solana first appeared in Green Guardian. She accompanied Ash and friends when they tried to help an injured Celebi. She later appears in the special episode Pokémon Ranger! Deoxys Crisis! where she meets Ash and friends again and gets involved in an incident involving Deoxys.

She was also showcased in the intro Spurt starting from All That Glitters is Not Golden and made a brief appearance in the opening of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea.

On DP071 and DP072 Solana got the newest uniform , and seems to not have Plusle anymore

Pokémon

This is a listing of Solana's Pokémon in the anime:

On hand

Plusle

Temporary

Linoone ×3	Dugtrio	Diglett
Altaria	Miltank	Deoxys

In the Manga

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Solana as seen in the manga series

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Solana as she appears at the website's splash page

In the Pokémon Ranger Manga series, which was posted at the Pokémon Japanese website to follow with the Pokémon Ranger's game release in April 2006, Solana became a Ranger before Lunick did. In the past, Solana taught a lot of things to Lunick involving becoming a Pokémon Ranger in the past. Now both of them are Rank 10 Rangers. She often prepares to her best ability before she starts something. Even during her spare time she would try to read as many documents and information as possible about any upcoming mission given to them.

After the Ranger Leaders of Ring Town, Fall Town and WinTown failed in a mission that involved Deoxys, Prof. Hastings sent Solana and Lunick to finish what the Ranger Leaders had started.

Merchandise

Solana appears on the boxart for the "Pocket Monster Advance Generation Game of Life" board game.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ヒナタ Hinata	From 日 (hi), sun.
English	Solana	From solar (sol is Latin for sun)
French	Solana	From soleil, sun.
German	Solana	From Latin sol, sun.
Italian	Solana	From sole, sun
Spanish	Selena	From Selene, a Greek lunar deity.

Trivia

• Solana's Spanish name is a reference to the moon, rather than the sun like all her other names. This is most likely due to the fact that the deity after which she is named sounds similar to her English name. Lunick's Spanish name is likewise a reference to the sun.
• The Pokémon Ranger 4 Piece Collector Pin Set at PokemonCenter.com calls Solana Hiromi, possibly indicating a name from before "Hinata" was finalized.
• Solana's birthday, according to the Manga version of Pokémon Ranger, is 16th September
• Solana's blood type is O

External links

• Hinata's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Player characters
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