Solana
| Solana ヒナタ Hinata | |
 Art from Pokémon Ranger | |
| Age | 16* |
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| Gender | Female |
| Birthday | September 16* |
| Blood type | O* |
| Eye color | Red |
| Hair color | Teal |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Fiore |
| Trainer class | Pokémon Ranger, Player character |
| Generation | III |
| Games | Pokémon Ranger |
| Animated debut | The Green Guardian |
| English voice actor | Rhonda Krempa |
| Japanese voice actor | Atsuko Enomoto |
Solana (Japanese: ヒナタ Hinata) is a Pokémon Ranger, and one of the player characters in the game of the same name. She has also made several appearances in the anime.
In the games
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Solana is the female player character in Pokémon Ranger. However, she also has an involvement in the story if the player chooses to play as the male character. She will have Plusle as her partner Pokémon, whether Solana is the main character or not.
She is usually seen working alongside the male character, and some of the other characters in the game suggest there is a romantic connection between them.
Quotes
- Upon Spencer and the player arriving
- "Welcome back, Leader!"
- "Oh, hi! Are you the hot rookie prospect? I'm Solana. Glad to meet you! What's your name?"
- "<Player>, <player>… OK, I've memorized it! Welcome to our team! We'll be working together from now on. Let's do our best! Oh, and this is my partner Pokémon. Plusle! Come on, say hello!"
- "This building is Ringtown's Ranger Base. Come on, let's go in!"
- Ringtown Ranger Base
- "<Player>, pay it no mind! Larry can say some rotten things, but he doesn't really mean what he says. Anyway, that's not important. I'll give you a few simple tips about the Capture Styler. Besides capturing, your Styler has many convenient function. Oh? <Player>, your Styler… It's not turned on. See, you take this part like this…"
- "First, this is how you open the menu. Just touch the health bar at the upper left of the Touch Screen. That displays a ring of icons around you. Give it a try."
- "OK, good. Your Capture Styler really is an amazing tool. It can show you your present location and give you information of Pokémon, for instance. See? That kind of data is shown on the upper screen. Oh. It also allows you to quick save your game if you want to take a rest! You should check it out for yourself."
In the anime
History
Advanced Generation series
Solana first appeared in The Green Guardian as a Rank 3 Ranger. While Ash and his friends took a detour from Cycling Road since it was closed and Pikachu sensed something in the forest, Solana showed up and prevented the group from continuing onward as they weren't allowed past there. However, after calling the Ranger Union, the group and Solana were able to move forward to find Pikachu. Deeper in the forest, Solana called on three Linoone with her Capture Styler to slash the vines blocking their way, eventually freeing Team Rocket in the process. The group found Pikachu and an injured Celebi. After gaining Celebi's trust and helping it recover, Team Rocket arrived with their mecha. Solana helped rescue Celebi from the mecha while commanding her Plusle to use Thunder Wave on it.
She reappeared in Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 1) where she sensed a disturbance in the area. She goes to look for a meteorite that crashed in the mountains. She didn't want Ash and his friends to come along as the task was very dangerous. When Solana arrived in a cave where the disturbance came from, she noticed Max who followed her there along with Ash, May, and Brock. She reluctantly allowed them to come along. She found Deoxys at the end of the cave. Deoxys became a challenge as Solana was unable to use her Capture Styler on it as it needed to be in Normal Forme.
In Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 2), Solana along with the group and Team Rocket after Max and Meowth disappeared with Deoxys in another dimension. Solana goes to the area where the sun was colliding with the geomagnetic disturbance. She and the group return to the cave and encounter Deoxys again with Max and Meowth. Solana found out that the meteorite was indeed the source of the disturbance. The group escaped the cave when the meteorite exploded with energy. Solana attempted to capture Deoxys again to help it heal from the pain it is going through but she will need the help of the group's Pokémon to do so. With Sceptile's help, Solana was able to capture Deoxys. Thus, healing it from its pain.
Solana was showcased in the opening Spurt! starting in All That Glitters is Not Golden. She also briefly appeared in the opening sequence of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, in which she rescued several forest Pokémon and then put out a forest fire with the help of Azurill, Marill, and Azumarill.
Diamond & Pearl series
In Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1), she appeared with a new uniform, and did not have her Plusle with her. She called Kellyn on his Styler while he was with Ash, Dawn, and Brock. Solana notified him that she and Officer Jenny are on a motorcycle finding the location of J's hideout.
In Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 2), Solana informed Kellyn that one of J's clients has escaped. After the group found J and her client's henchmen, Solana and Officer Jenny arrived to deal with the client's henchmen while Ash and Kellyn dealt with the client himself. Solana caught a nearby Trapinch with her Capture Styler and trapped them with Rock Tomb.
Character
Solana was shown to have taken her job as a Pokémon Ranger seriously, as evidenced in The Green Guardian where she didn't allow Ash and his friends to take a detour from Cycling Road in the forest because of giant vines blocking the way and in Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 1) where she didn't allow Ash and his friends to come with her to where a giant meteorite crashed as the task was too dangerous.
Pokémon
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Status unknown
| Debut | The Green Guardian |
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Plusle was Solana's main Pokémon during the Advanced Generation series. During Solana's mission to protect Celebi, Plusle has been relied on mostly for its Helping Hand technique to power up the Pokémon caught by Solana using the Capture Styler. When Team Rocket came, Solana commanded Plusle to use Thunder Wave to destroy their mecha. In its next appearance, Plusle, along with Ash's Pikachu, was affected by the geomagnetic disturbance caused by Deoxys. For some unknown reason, it was not seen in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1) and Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 2).
Plusle's known moves are Thunder Wave and Helping Hand.
Pokémon controlled via the Capture Styler
| Debut | The Green Guardian |
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Solana caught these Linoone so they can remove the vines blocking the group's way and to free Team Rocket.
Linoone's only known move is Slash.
- Main article: Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime → Deoxys
Deoxys crashed onto the planet and started causing disturbances in the area, due to it feeling weak. Solana wanted to catch it so she can restore its strength. However, the only way to catch it was to have it in Normal Forme. With the help of Ash and his friends, Solana was able to catch it and everything went back to normal.
| Debut | Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea |
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| English | Jamie Peacock |
Trapinch was caught by Solana to battle the Pokémon belonging to J's client's henchmen.
Trapinch's only known move is Rock Tomb.
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In the manga
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
Solana appeared in A 'Thank You' That Transcends Time of the Ash & Pikachu manga.
Pokémon
 Plusle |
Pokémon controlled via the Capture Styler
 Linoone |
Befriended
 Celebi |
In the W Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger - the Comic manga
Solana appears in the W Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger - the Comic manga as the co-worker of Lunick. She first appears to contact Lunick after one of his missions to inform him that the Ranger Leaders, Spenser, Joel, and Elita have failed in their mission to capture a Deoxys and have been defeated.
After the Ranger Leaders were taken back to be healed, Solana and Lunick review the battle from Joel's Capture Styler. Soon after, Professor Hastings arrives and gives the two Rangers the mission to finish what the Ranger Leaders had started and capture Deoxys.
Solana and Lunick capture several Pokémon to prepare for their fight against Deoxys and go to Lyra Forest to confront it. Soon after, they are attacked by Deoxys who quickly changes form and runs into Krokka Tunnel. Fearing what would happen if Deoxys gets to Fall City, Solana attempts to capture it, only for it to change form to dodge her Styler.
They are quickly surrounded by the Go-Rock Quads, Tiffany, Garret, Clyde, and Billy who have defeated the final Ranger Leader, Cameron, and taken the Manaphy Pokémon Egg he had found. The two release themselves from Deoxys's grip and Solana goes after Tiffany, who had been sent to take the Egg to the Quads' secret hideout, leaving Lunick to face the other three alone.
Solana follows Tiffany to the Sekra Range and combats her for possession of the Manaphy Egg. Due to Tiffany having a Super Styler, an upgraded Capture Styler that had its designs stolen from Professor Hastings, she has the advantage in the fight. However, Joel sends Solana a message about how to capture Deoxys, which she relays to Lunick by using Poké Assists. The message is revealed to be "Normal", which gives Lunick the idea to destroy the other Super Stylers to force Deoxys back into its Normal Forme, allowing him to capture and free it.
Solana then has Minun break Tiffany's Super Styler, defeating her and winning back the Manaphy Egg in the process. After the Quads retreat, Solana and Lunick take Cameron and the Egg back to Professor Hastings's lab. Due to Fiore not having Trainers, everyone decides to send the Manaphy Egg to the Sinnoh Region to find a proper Trainer to take care of it. Soon after, Solana and Lunick leave on another mission to stop a Grimer outbreak in the Fall City Waterworks.
Pokémon
| Debut | PR1 |
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Plusle is Solana's partner Pokémon and the counterpart to Lunick's Minun. She was used to battle Tiffany and broke her Super Styler and defeated her.
None of Plusle's moves are known.
Pokémon controlled via the Capture Styler
| Debut | PR2 |
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Solana captured a Wurmple, Phanpy, Swellow, Ekans, Gengar, Houndoom, and Graveler so that they can battle the Go-Rock Quads and their Deoxys. Solana cleverly used their Poké Assist's in order to relay a message to Lunick about the secret to capturing Deoxys.
They can use various Poké Assists.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Solana, together with Lunick and Iyori, is seen in a flashback in Alternate Dimension Showdown XI while Looker gives the Manaphy Egg to Diamond.
Artwork
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| Alternate art | Using a Capture Styler | Alternate art with Lunick | With a Manaphy Egg | Anime art of her appearance in the Diamond & Pearl series |
Sprites
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Merchandise
Solana appears on the boxart for the "Pocket Monster Advance Generation Game of Life" board game.
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. It is also the Japanese name of Lizabeth from Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ヒナタ Hinata | From 日 hi (sun) and 日向 hinata (sunny place) |
| English, French, German, Italian | Solana | From sol, Latin for sun |
| Spanish | Selena | From Selene, a Greek lunar deity |
| Korean | 희정 Hyijeong | Possibly from 희 (曦) hi, sunlight |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 日向 Rìxiàng | From the Japanese name 日向 Hinata. Contains 日 rì, sun. |
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