Mina

Mina マツリカ Matsurika
Art from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Age	11-19SM 13-15PE
Gender	Female
Eye color	Gray
Hair color	Blonde
Hometown	Seafolk Village
Region	Alola
Relatives	Unnamed mother and father
Trainer class	Trial CaptainSMUSUM Pokémon TrainerPE
Generation	VII
Games	Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!, Masters EX
Specializes in	Fairy types
Game animation debut	GOTCHA!
English voice actor	Cherami Leigh (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Yukana Nogami (Masters EX)
Anime debut	The Shape of Love to Come!
English voice actor	Samara Naeymi
Japanese voice actor	Haruka Tomatsu

Mina (Japanese: マツリカ Matsurika) is the Trial Captain of Poni Island, her primary trial grounds being her house in Seafolk Village. She specializes in Fairy-type Pokémon.

In the core series

Mina is an aspiring artist who started painting at an early age. Her habit came about after her family's Snubbull accidentally destroyed a picture she made while trying to express its liking of the work, an action Mina interpreted as her art not being good enough and striving to become better. She is acquainted with Ilima, and Mallow keeps one of her paintings in the foyer of her family's restaurant.

Mina is known amongst her friends and family for her eccentric attitude, which has been likened by her father as that of a fey vagabond. Examining the painting in the Konikoni City restaurant will have the player remark about its odd, esoteric visuals. Mina's father tells the player of her habit of leaving home for long periods of time to draw and paint, only sporadically returning to shovel as much food as she can into herself before absconding.

In Pokémon Sun and Moon, 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 Trial 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 on 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 Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the player meets Mina shortly after arriving at Seafolk Village, and she now has a trial for them to complete. She helps the player and Lillie on their quest to locate Poni Island's kahuna and accessing Exeggutor Island, taking over most of the role that the chief of the seafolk had in Sun and Moon. According to her, Nanu had to administer the grand trials for Poni Island after Hapu's grandfather passed away, and Tapu Fini failed to select a new Kahuna for several years.

Her trial takes place after the player defeats Ultra Necrozma at Megalo Tower. After defeating Mina at her home at Seafolk Village, the player receives a Pink Petal and is then tasked with obtaining six more petals from the other Trial Captains. Once the player collects all of the petals and returns to her home, Mina combines the flower petals to create the Rainbow Flower to summon the Totem Pokémon, a Ribombee. After Totem Ribombee is defeated, Mina awards the player with a Fairium Z for completing her trial and wishes the player luck on their imminent grand trial against Hapu.

Talking to Mina's parents after the completion of her trial reveals that Mina's original trial simply had trial-goers draw sketches of Ribombee, and that her current one may have been influenced by when Snubbull brought her a flower that she had pressed and still keeps with her to this day.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Mina can be found at Vermilion Port after the S.S. Anne departs. She had gotten so caught up with looking at the sea that she completely missed the ship, which she had intended to ride back to Alola. She will stay waiting for the next ship at the port, where the player can then challenge her to a battle once per day. After the player has become Champion, her team will grow stronger.

Pokémon

Mina's Pokémon are kept in Ultra Balls.

Pokémon Sun and Moon

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.

Route 8 battle

Captain Mina Route 8 Sun and Moon Reward: $7,320

Types: Steel Fairy Ability: Prankster Held item: None Klefki♀ Lv.61 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Granbull♂ Lv.61 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Grass Fairy Ability: Effect Spore Held item: None Shiinotic♀ Lv.61 Spore Grass Status   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Dream Eater Psychic Special   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Types: Normal Fairy Ability: Competitive Held item: None Wigglytuff♀ Lv.61 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Hyper Voice Normal Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Types: Bug Fairy Ability: Shield Dust Held item: None Ribombee♀ Lv.61 Pollen Puff Bug Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --

Poni Gauntlet battle

Captain Mina Poni Gauntlet Sun and Moon Reward: $7,320

Types: Steel Fairy Ability: Prankster Held item: None Klefki♀ Lv.61 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Granbull♂ Lv.61 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Grass Fairy Ability: Effect Spore Held item: None Shiinotic♀ Lv.61 Spore Grass Status   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Dream Eater Psychic Special   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Types: Normal Fairy Ability: Competitive Held item: None Wigglytuff♀ Lv.61 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Hyper Voice Normal Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Types: Bug Fairy Ability: Shield Dust Held item: Fairium Z Ribombee♀ Lv.61 Pollen Puff Bug Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Captain Mina Seafolk Village Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Reward: $6,120

Types: Steel Fairy Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mawile♀ Lv.51 Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Granbull♂ Lv.51 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Bug Fairy Ability: Shield Dust Held item: Fairium Z Ribombee♀ Lv.51 Pollen Puff Bug Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Pre-Hall of Fame

Pokémon Trainer Mina Vermilion City Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $2,640 1 Bottle Cap

Types: Normal Fairy Ability: No Ability Held item: None Jigglypuff♀ Lv.21 Sing Normal Status   --       Double Slap Normal Physical   --       Disable Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: No Ability Held item: None Mr. Mime♂ Lv.22 Psywave Psychic Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Post-Hall of Fame

Pokémon Trainer Mina Vermilion City Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $6,600 1 Bottle Cap

Types: Psychic Fairy Ability: No Ability Held item: None Mr. Mime♂ Lv.54 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Types: Normal Fairy Ability: No Ability Held item: None Wigglytuff♀ Lv.54 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Types: Ice Fairy Ability: No Ability Held item: None Ninetales♀ Lv.55 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

In spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Mina (Masters)

Artwork

Artwork from Sun and Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon	Concept art from Sun and Moon

Sprites

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In-battle model from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon	VS models from Sun and Moon	VS model from Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon	VS model from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Overworld model from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

Quotes

Main article: Mina/Quotes

In the anime

In the main series

Mina in the anime

Mina debuted in The Shape of Love to Come!. She was painting at the Hau'oli City marketplace when she encountered Ash, Professor Kukui, and Professor Burnet. With the help of her partner Pokémon, Ribombee, Mina helped Ash decipher the paintings his Poipole always draws. She concluded that they were actually its way of expressing its love for Ash and other things.

Days later, Mina was approached by Team Skull Grunts Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp, who demanded that she give her Ribombee to them, since Rapp found it to be cute. Mina agreed, but only if they could best her in a drawing competition. Despite Mina deciding to call it a draw since she liked the art Team Skull made, Tupp was angered by her criticisms of his drawing and chose to battle her instead. With the assistance of Ash, who arrived in time to help, Mina easily defeated the Grunts and forced them to retreat. Afterwards, Ash asked Mina to help translate a different set of drawings Poipole made, and Mina accepted.

In Battle Royal 151!, Mina was among the 151 Trainers competing in the Manalo Conference. She took part in the Battle Royal preliminary round using her Ribombee and was among the Trainers to reach the Top 16. The match-ups revealed that she would be battling Sophocles in the next round. In The Battlefield of Truth and Love!, Mina battled Sophocles, with her Ribombee going up against his Vikavolt, only to be defeated.

In Enter the Champion!, Mina attended the award ceremony for the winner, only for it to be interrupted when a Guzzlord arrived at the stadium through an Ultra Wormhole.

Character

Mina is often relaxed and likes to spend her days painting the scenic landscapes from her travels. She can also interpret the emotions of Pokémon like her own Ribombee and Ash's Poipole. Despite her calm demeanor, she is also competitive, as seen when Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp decided to challenge her to a battle in The Shape of Love to Come! and again during the Manalo Conference.

Pokémon

		Ribombee
		Ribombee is Mina's only known Pokémon. It was first seen with its Trainer at the Hau'oli City marketplace. Later, it helped fight off Team Skull Grunts Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp, who attempted to take it away from Mina. With its Pollen Puff, Ribombee easily defeated Rapp's Zubat. Due to them having spent so much time together, Mina can also understand what emotions Ribombee senses. In Battle Royal 151!, Mina used Ribombee in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference, where it was among the 16 Pokémon still standing at the end. In The Battlefield of Truth and Love!, Ribombee was used to battle Sophocles and his Vikavolt, only to be defeated. Ribombee's known moves are Pollen Puff and Psychic.
Debut	The Shape of Love to Come!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Emily Jenness

Pokémon League

Mina has competed in the following Pokémon League Conferences:

• Manalo Conference - Top 16 (The Battlefield of Truth and Love!)

Voice actors

In the GOTCHA! music video

Mina briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Mina in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Mina debuted in PASM30. After receiving a message to meet with the other Trial Captains, she traveled to Poni Gauntlet, having mistaken it for the rendezvous point. Mina found an injured Guzma and was then approached by Wicke, who took her to the proper meeting place on Exeggutor Island. After being introduced to the others, Mina joined her fellow captains in training to face the Ultra Beasts.

In PASM31, Mina encountered Lillie. She revealed that sometime in the past, she received a pendant from a man related to Lillie, but couldn't remember because he suffered from amnesia. Hoping the man was her missing father, Mohn, Lillie took the pendant in hopes that it would help her mother, Lusamine, come to her senses.

Later, once their training was finished, Sophocles and Molayne took everyone to Mount Lanakila, where an Ultra Wormhole had opened up earlier. Shortly after they arrived, their ship was attacked by a group of Aether Foundation Employees and their Ultra Beasts. With the Z-Moves they had acquired, Mina and the others managed to defeat the Ultra Beasts.

Pokémon

		Ribombee
		Ribombee is Mina's only known Pokémon. It was first seen with Mina as they arrived on Poni Island. Later, it fought a Xurkitree on Mount Lanakila and won with a Z-Move. None of Ribombee's moves are known.* Ribombee can also perform the Z-Move Twinkle Tackle.
Debut	PASM30

Ride Pokémon

		Mantine
		Mina used a Ride Mantine to surf to Poni Island. None of Mantine's moves are known.
Debut	PASM30

In the TCG

Full Art print of Mina

Main article: Mina (Lost Thunder 183)

Mina was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sun & Moon Series (the Japanese SM Era). It was first released in the Japanese Fairy Rise expansion before debuting in English in the Lost Thunder expansion, with the background artwork by Ken Sugimori. It was also released as a Full Art card in Fairy Rise and Lost Thunder, with an illustration by You Iribi. It allows the player to search their deck for a Energy card and attach it to 1 of their Pokémon.

Trivia

• Mina is 5'6" (168 cm) tall.

Names

Trial Captains and island kahunas of the Alola region
Verdant Cavern Ilima	Brooklet Hill Lana	Wela Volcano Park Kiawe	Lush Jungle Mallow
Hokulani Observatory Sophocles	Thrifty Megamart Acerola	Seafolk Village Mina
Melemele Island Hala	Akala Island Olivia	Ula'ula Island Nanu	Poni Island Hapu

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