Giacomo

Giacomo ピーニャ Piña
Artwork from Violet
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Black
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Paldea
Trainer class	Team Star
Generation	IX
Counterpart(s)	Giacomo (Masters)
Games	Scarlet and Violet, Masters EX
English voice actor	Ben Balmaceda (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Shōhei Komatsu (Masters EX)
Member of	Team Star
Rank	Boss
Boss of	Segin Squad's Base
Badge	Dark Badge
Specializes in	Dark-types

Giacomo (Japanese: ピーニャ Piña) is the boss of Team Star's Dark crew, the Segin Squad, and serves as the overall leader of the team due to the absence of the founder of the team. He specializes in Dark-type Pokémon. Giacomo is a wannabe DJ and the creator of Team Star's theme songs, also going by the name "DJ Vice" (Japanese: ＤＪ悪事 DJ Bad Deeds) when on stage.

In the core series games

Appearance

Giacomo is a young man with neck length black hair that spikes out at the sides, black eyes, and olive skin. He is much taller than Ortega, but noticeably shorter than Eri.

As a Team Star boss he wears a black with white accents jacket over a blue^S or yellow^V vest with the Team Star logo, and a white button down, along with black leggings and white high top sneakers with pink and green accents. He wears a white cap some pink and green accents similar to his shoes, and black headphones with a Poké Ball design on them. He has a black backpack with orange and green straps.

As a student he wears the New Spring Uniform with no cap, dull orange socks the same as the jumper, and brown shoes.

Character profile

Giacomo is relied on by the rest of Team Star for bringing the team together and enacting plans with care. He is reportedly known to hold one-man surprise DJ concerts.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Before the formation of Team Star, Giacomo was elected the president of the Naranja Academy^S/Uva Academy^V student council, but the student conduct policies he proposed were so unintuitive and strict that he lost all support. After only a short time in office, he was forced out by the students, who elected Nemona as his replacement. Humiliated and alone, Giacomo found solace and companionship among a group of students who were similarly victims of bullying and ostracism at the school, and they went on to create Team Star. Despite his doubts, the other bosses of Team Star encouraged him to codify Team Star's current code of conduct, which the group follows to this day. He is described by Cassiopeia as a sharp and strategic guy.

Giacomo's age is unknown, barring that he is not in the same grade as the player.

★ Starfall Street ★

Giacomo is first encountered inside the Segin Squad's Base. Once the player defeats the grunts, he battles them. Upon his defeat he awards the player Team Star's Dark Badge and TM062 (Foul Play). Additionally, his defeat allows the player to craft the following TMs using the TM Machine:

He appears along with the rest of the Team Star bosses when Penny is defeated, after which he can be rematched daily at the Segin Squad's Base.

Post-game

Additionally, Penny and the player can eavesdrop on several conversations between Team Star bosses, including one with Ortega and Giacomo. In this conversation they reveal that while the teachers were welcoming after the truth about Team Star's intentions was revealed, the students weren't. Giacomo yelling a greeting at everyone in the academy, like Ryme does at her shows. While Penny and Ortega don't have much faith in this plan, a few students see this and begin to think Team Star isn't as scary as they previously thought.

Once a close bond is formed with Penny, completing one full academy class, and finishing the Hidden Treasure of Area Zero, Giacomo and Eri can be found in the entrance hall dressed in the regular school uniform. The player doesn't recognize them at first, but he quickly introduces himself. He explains that while he and Eri are managing to catch up, the other bosses are falling behind and need a tutor, which he asks the player to be. After the player tutors Team Star, Penny discovers them and Giacomo explains the situation.

Pokémon

Giacomo keeps his Pokémon in Timer Balls.

First battle

Giacomo of Team Star Segin Squad's Base Scarlet and Violet

Types: Dark Steel Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Defiant Held item: None Pawniard♂ Lv.21 Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Fury Cutter Bug Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Dark Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Segin Starmobile Lv.20 Wicked Torque Dark Physical   --       Snarl Dark Special   --       Metal Sound Steel Status   --       Swift Normal Special   --

Rematch

Giacomo of Team Star Segin Squad's Base Scarlet and Violet Reward: $11,880

Types: Grass Dark Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Sand Veil Held item: None Cacturne♀ Lv.65 Bullet Seed Grass Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Spiky Shield Grass Status   --       Thunder Punch Electric Physical   --       Types: Dark Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Honchkrow♂ Lv.65 Hurricane Flying Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Tailwind Flying Status   --       Type: Dark Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mabosstiff♂ Lv.65 Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Types: Ground Dark Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Krookodile♀ Lv.65 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Types: Dark Steel Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Defiant Held item: None Kingambit♂ Lv.66 Kowtow Cleave Dark Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Swords Dance Normal Status   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Giacomo (Masters)

Giacomo, in his Scarlet design, forms a sync pair with Kingambit in Pokémon Masters EX. Giacomo became a playable sync pair on September 30, 2024.

Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	EX role	Base potential	Availability
#215		Giacomo	#0983		Kingambit♂	Dark	Fighting			★★★★★☆EX	Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout

Gallery

Artwork

Concept art from Violet

Quotes

Main article: Giacomo/Quotes

In animation

Giacomo in Biri-Biri

Biri-Biri

Giacomo briefly appeared as a silhouette in the music video for Biri-Biri.

In the manga

Giacomo in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Giacomo debuted in PASV04. He was first seen in Segin Squad's Base, where he and his subordinate Team Star Grunts accepted a declaration of war issued by Cassiopeia in Violet's name. After the Grunts were defeated, Giacomo stepped out to face Violet. Using his DJ skills, Giacomo tricked Violet and his Pokémon into unconsciously following the beat of his BGM, throwing off their movements. Once Violet saw through Giacomo's strategy, he immediately launched a counterattack and emerged victorious. Accepting his defeat, Giacomo stepped down as a boss before revealing that Team Star's prolonged truancy was because they were waiting for their true leader, the "big boss", to return to them.

In PASV10, Giacomo provided Arven with information on the location of the Open Sky Titan. Despite his loss, Giacomo admitted that Team Star was only waiting for their leader to return out of stubborness and thanked Violet and Arven for helping him realize that.

Pokémon

On hand

Pawniard

Debut	PASV05

Pawniard is Giacomo's first known Pokémon. It was first used to battle Violet during his raid on Segin Squad's Base. It successfully defeated Violet's Fuecoco, but lost to his Nymble.

None of Pawniard's moves are known.

Traveling with

Rotom Phone

Used

Revavroom

Debut	PASV05

The Segin Starmobile was Giacomo's final choice in his battle with Violet. It was used to battle Violet's Nymble, but was quickly defeated when Nymble was Terastallized into a Bug type, making its already super effective moves even stronger.

None of Revavroom's moves are known.

In the TCG

Special illustration rare Giacomo

Main article: Giacomo (Paldea Evolved 182)

Giacomo was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Snow Hazard expansion and the English Paldea Evolved expansion, with artwork by Akira Komayama. An ultra rare version with artwork by kantaro, and a special illustration rare version of the card with artwork by KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA were released in the same sets. It lets players discard a Special Energy card from each of their opponent's Pokémon.

Trivia

• Giacomo's Team Star outfit appears to be modified from the Autumn Uniform.
• Giacomo's Rotom Phone uses a Dark Case.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ピーニャ Piña	From piña (Spanish for pineapple)
English, Brazilian Portuguese	Giacomo	From Ananas comosus (scientific name of pineapple). It is also the Italian form of the name James.
German	Pinio	From piña (Spanish for pineapple)
Spanish	Anán	From ananás (pineapple)
French	Brome	From Bromeliaceae (family that contains the pineapple)
Italian	Romelio	From Bromeliaceae
Korean	피나 Pina	Similar to his Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	皮拿 Píná	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese)	皮拿 Pèihnàh
Indonesian	Nanio	From nanas (pineapple)
Thai	ปิญญา Pinya	Transcription of his Japanese name

DJ Vice

Language Title Japanese ＤＪ悪事 DJ Bad Deeds Chinese Cantonese ＤＪ惡事 DJ Evil Mandarin ＤＪ惡事 / ＤＪ恶事 DJ Evil French DJ Darkness German DJ Evil Italian DJ Crudelio Korean DJ 악동 DJ Bad Boy Spanish DJ Vil

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