Giacomo

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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 . Giacomo is a wannabe DJ and the creator of Team Star's theme songs, also going by the name "DJ Vice" (Japanese: ＤＪ 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 or yellow 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.Giacomo — Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet | Official Website
Before the formation of Team Star, Giacomo was elected the president of the Naranja Academy/Uva Academy 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 . 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.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Giacomo, in his design, forms a sync pair with in Pokémon Masters EX. Giacomo became a playable sync pair on September 30, 2024.
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Concept art from
==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Biri-Biri===
Giacomo briefly appeared as a silhouette in the music video for Biri-Biri.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Giacomo debuted in PASV04. He was first seen in Segin Squad's Base, where he and his subordinate s accepted a declaration of war issued by Cassiopeia in '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 . 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.
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==In the TCG==
Giacomo was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese expansion and the English expansion, with artwork by Akira Komayama. An version with artwork by kantaro, and a version of the card with artwork by KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA were released in the same sets. It lets players discard a 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, BrazilianPortuguese	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 (family that contains the pineapple)
Italian 	Romelio 	From Bromeliaceae
Korean 	피나 Pina 	Similar to his Japanese name
Chinese () 	皮拿 Píná 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	皮拿 Pèihnàh 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Indonesian 	Nanio 	From nanas (pineapple)
Thai 	ปิญญา Pinya 	Transcription of his Japanese name
DJ Vice
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Dark-type Trainers
Category:Game characters
Category:Scarlet and Violet characters
Category:Members of Team Star
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
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