Mio Minato

Mio Minato is one of the two main protagonists from the Aikatsu Friends! series.
== Charactah Account ==
Mio is a student of the idol division at Star Harmony Academy. Mio is a cool-type idol whose preferred brand is her self-created brand, Material Color. Along with Aine Yuuki, the two are a part of Pure Palette.
Mio has been doing idol activities since she was young and is good at fashion design. She is a popular and active idol among Star Harmony Academy, and is the cover model for the magazine "Aikatsu! Style Times". She is also both designer and muse for her own brand, Material Color. Mio met Aine at the Penguin Café by coincidence and asked Aine to join her on her idol activities.
Mio is known to be cool and is a girl who is constantly in a professional mindset. Mio is also a bit shy when it comes to Aine because of her feelings and how she cares about Aine.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Aikatsu Friends!
* Aikatsu Friends!: Bright Jewel
* Aikatsu on Parade!
=== Video Games ===
* Data Carddass Aikatsu Friends!
* Data Carddass Aikatsu Friends! Brilliant Jewel
== Trivia ==
* Mio is 155cm tall.
** Mio is tied with Aine as the shortest main characters.
* Mio's star sign is Capricorn.
** Her birthday, January 6th (known worldwide as Three Kings Day), is known as Color Day in Japan, as the numbers 1/6 (i ro) can be read the same as "color" (iro). The holiday celebrates people whose occupations are related to colors, alluding to Mio's position as the designer of Material Color.
** Along with Aine's birthday, the two's dates can be connected as 7 2 1 6 (nani iro, lit. any color). This is a reference to their song, Everyone Everyone!, with one of the lines being This forever-going story, what color will it be this time?.
* She loves picture books.
* Her favorite food are sandwiches (especially tomato basil and cheese sandwiches).
* Her specialties are dining reports and designing.
* Her weakness is working together in groups.
* Mio is the seventh character in the Aikatsu! franchise to have ombre hair, following Sora Kazesawa, Nina Dōjima from the original Aikatsu! series, as well as Yume Nijino, Yozora Kasumi, Lilie Shirogane and from the Aikatsu Stars! series and Aine Yuuki.
** She is the twelfth character overall in the Aikatsu! franchise to have dual colored hair, following Sora Kazesawa, Mikuru Natsuki, Rin Kurosawa, Nina Doujima from the original Aikatsu! series, as well as Yume Nijino, Tsubasa Kisaragi, Yozora Kasumi, Lilie Shirogane, Elza Forte and Kirara Hanazono from the Aikatsu Stars! series and Aine Yūki.
** Her hair bears similarities to Nina Doujima's from the original Aikatsu! series.
* Mio resembles Cosmo Hojo from PriPara and Pretty Rhythm.
** Both have blue hair worn in similar styles.
** Both have purple eyes.
** Both have futuristic style clothing.
* She shares her voice actress with Asami Himuro and Kurumi Mori from the original Aikatsu! series.
** Coincidentally, both Mio and Asami are cool-type idols.
* Following Aine Yuuki, Mio is the second main protagonist whose debut performance is not a solo, but a duet.
** Mio is also the second main protagonist to already be a second-year middle school student in her introduction.
* She is the first protagonist not to be a cute-type.
* Mio shares her last name with Yukina Minato from BanG Dream!.
* She is the eighth idol in the Aikatsu! franchise to have created her own brand, following Mizuki Kanzaki, Sora Kazesawa, Hime Shiratori, Lilie Shirogane, Elza Forte, Yume Nijino, and Rei Kizaki, followed by Mirai Asuka.
** She is the ninth teenager overall to have a brand, following Mizuki Kanzaki, Sora Kazesawa, Tsubasa Sena, Hime Shiratori, Lilie Shirogane, Elza Forte, Yume Nijino, and Rei Kizaki, followed by Mirai Asuka.
* Mio addresses Penne as Pen-sama (Lord Pen) out of admiration and love for him.
* She is shown to be afraid of bugs.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Mio Minato at Aikatsu Friends! Wiki
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