Nakano

The subject of this article has no official English name. The name currently in use is a fan translation of the Japanese name.

Nakano

(Japanese: ナカノ Nakano) is a character in the Pokémon Adventures manga. She is a member of Team Star's Ruchbah Squad.

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• History
  • Scarlet & Violet arc
• Trivia
• Names
• References

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History

Scarlet & Violet arc

Nakano debuted in the Scarlet & Violet arc. She and several other Team Star Grunts aimed to rebel against Team Star's squad bosses by launching a coup and defeating the bosses themselves. This would allow the Grunts to abolish the rule stating that a boss must step down when defeated in a raid, foiling Cassiopeia's plan to put an end to Team Star.

On the night of the rebellion, she and several other Grunts launched a simultaneous attack on the Ruchbah and Caph Squad's bases. They believed that even if Violet happened to raid one of the bases at the same time, he'd only succeed at taking down one of them. When Violet appeared to raid the Ruchbah base, Nakano immediately fled to warn her fellow Grunts at the other base, only to find that a second Violet was also raiding the Caph base at the exact same time. In reality, the Violet raiding the Caph Squad's Base was actually Scarlet in disguise.

Eri stepped in and stated that she would fight to protect Team Star's home. Nakano, Tonko, and Patra accepted that the rebellion ended in failure and chose to follow Eri instead.

Trivia

• She is designed to resemble a Tinkaton.
  • Unlike the other Grunts who resemble a Pokémon, Nakano is the only one based on a Pokémon whose type Fairy-type the squad she is part of.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ナカノ Nakano	From デカヌチャン Dekanuchan (Tinkaton)

References

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.