Minako Aino

Minako Aino  (愛野 美奈子, Aino Minako) is the civilian identity of Sailor V and the present-day incarnation of Sailor Venus  (セーラーヴィーナス, Seeraa bu~iinasu).

Civilian
Minako is a cute and bubbly 14-year-old (15 by the S season, and 16 in Sailor Stars) who originally lived in London. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She wears a big red bow in her hair. Her Shiba Koen Junior High School uniform includes a white blouse with sailor neckerchief, a red scarf, blue skirt, white socks, and black Mary Jane shoes.

Her most notable casual outfit from both second until the fourth season, she wears a red leather jacket with a light purple shirt and an orange collar, green pleated denim skirt, white socks, and sneakers. In one episode, her leather jacket had a minor color change from red to lime green.

In Sailor Stars, she wore the same school uniform as Usagi, Ami, and Makoto since all four of them were attending the same high school. Minako is described to be about 5'2" in height and possibly a bit taller in later seasons.

Minako has also worn an impressive collection of bikinis and swimsuits.
 * Makoto has worn a purple swimsuit with a sarong and white on the top of the swimsuit in Sailor Moon R episode, The Beach, the Island and a Vacation: The Guardians' Break.
 * She also worn a black and white stripe swimsuit with a bow on the top in Sailor Moon S episodes, I Want Power: Mako Lost in Doubt and I Love Idols: Mimete's Dilemma and on a page of the Meet Sailor Venus: Love.
 * She also worn a orange frilled swimsuit in Sailor Moon SuperS episode, Shining Summer Days: Ami Under the Sea-Breeze.
 * She also worn a orange swimsuit with a tie knot on the middle in Sailor Moon Sailor Stars episode, The Screaming Dead: Terror of the Camp Monster.

Sailor V
Sailor V was the first Sailor Senshi form Minako could take on. Sailor V was a decoy Sailor Senshi form used by Minako to fool the Dark Kingdom into thinking that she was the Princess; although it's never mentioned that she was doing this, it is a possibility. She was able to assume this transformation before she joined forces with the rest of the Inner Sailor Senshi.

Sailor V's uniform was different than the other Sailor Senshi's uniform. In place of a tiara, she wore a red mask, but unlike her manga counterpart, there is no crescent moon on her forehead. Instead of a leotard, she wore a sleeveless midriff shirt with red accents on the sides that sometimes revealed her stomach. She wore a white choker with a crescent moon, her collar was navy blue with two red stripes. Her shoulder pads were white, armor-like, shoulder guards, her bow was red while the center of her front bow was orange, and her gloves were like Sailor Venus's: white with orange elbow fittings. Her skirt was blue with a red border, her back bow was blue, her shoes were blue with ankle straps, and her red ribbon from her civilian form was carried over into her Sailor Senshi form.

Sailor Venus
Sailor Venus was the first true Sailor Senshi form that Minako was able to transform into (as Sailor V was a decoy Sailor Senshi). Minako can transform into Sailor Venus in the first, R, S, and the first half of the SuperS season in the anime.

As Sailor Venus, she wore the standard Sailor Senshi uniform. The dominant color of her uniform was orange while the accent colors were yellow and navy blue. Her choker, collar, the center of her front bow, the elbow fittings on her gloves, skirt, shoes, and earrings were orange; the gem on her tiara and her back bow were yellow and her front bow was navy blue. She had one stripe on her collar, and her shoes were orange heels with ankle straps. Also, her red hair bow from her civilian form was carried over into her Sailor Senshi form.

Super Sailor Venus
Super Sailor Venus was the second and final Sailor Senshi form Minako was able to transform into. She can transform into Super Sailor Venus in the second half of the SuperS season and the Sailor Stars season.

After she gained her "Super" upgrade from Pegasus, her choker had a gold star attached to it, her collar had one stripe, the bottom of her shoulder pads became translucent, her back bow was enlarged and lengthened, the center of her front bow was a heart, and her earrings became a darker color. Also, like her previous Sailor Senshi form, her red hair bow was carried over into her Sailor Senshi form.

Personality
Minako was a very silly character at times, but she could be more serious; this was especially true in the first season in general, and specifically in episodes 42, 100, and 109 (wherein she worried that she did not have a Pure Heart and tried to prove she was pure-hearted in some very bizarre ways). She was also infamous for using mixed up proverbs in the anime and officially referred to herself as "The Goddess of Love," a title which she used to try to solve others' love woes. Similar to Usagi, she was an academic underachiever, and would refer to Usagi at times as her "make-up tests partner." She was, however, much more athletic than Usagi, especially when it came to volleyball. This was best demonstrated in episode 108, in which she was able to converse with relative fluency in English at the party. Although all students in Japan are required to learn English, it's more likely because of the time she spent as Sailor V in London in the anime. However, she has her thick British accent.

Minako is caring towards others and yet, like Usagi, pretty clumsy at times. For example, when every other Sailor Senshi got sick in Sailor Moon R, she tried to take care of them, but just ended up making a mess. The more she tried to straighten things out, the worse it got.