v-trivia
Where one can find random trivia on Aino Minako. The following information is listed in no particular order.
- In the manga, Minako's auditioning number is always 23.
- According to the Codename wa Sailor V manga, Minako reaches a grand total of 5000 "first loves."
- In the Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon manga, Minako's secret identity as Sailor Venus is never discovered, but Usagi and Minako do decide to tell Motoki their secret. In the Sailor V manga, a total of three people (Sakurada, Wakagi, and Ace) discovers her secret.
- Makoto, Ami, Rei Usagi, and Naru all make cameo appearances in the Codename wa Sailor V manga.
- With her Crescent Compact, Sailor V has disguised herself as an armored woman fighter, a police woman, a cute guy, an idol, a foot soldier, a maid, a Hawai'ian Bathing Beauty, Okamoto-sensei, a secretary, a stylist, a top animal breeder, a Shogun, a medical representative of a pharmaceutical company, a model, and famous woman pirate, Chin Shi.
- During middle school, Minako attended cram school.
- Minako is the second tallest of the Guardian Team.
- Takeuchi Naoko admits that "V-chan holds a special place in her heart" and that it may be the reason why she seems to have a preference for Minako over the other members of the Guardian team.1
- Before her switch to the red ribbon, Minako wore her hair in one high, long, thick pony tail.
- Aino Minako's voice actress, Fukami Rika, shares the exact same birthday (August 8, 1963) with Makoto's voice actress, Shinohara Emi.2
- For half of the Bishoujo Sensei Sailormoon SuperS series, Minako's voice actress was not Fukami Rika, but Sumitomo Nanae.3 The reason behind this is unknown.
- Minako goes by various nicknames: Mina, Mina-P, V-chan.
1. Codename wa Sailor V, Volume 1, Author's notes.
2.Information courtesy of Japanese wikipedia on Fukami Rika.
3.Information courtesy of Japanese wikipedia on Aino Minako.
2.Information courtesy of Japanese wikipedia on Fukami Rika.
3.Information courtesy of Japanese wikipedia on Aino Minako.