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Mina (Japanese: マツリカ Matsurika) is the Trial Captain of Poni Island, her primary trial grounds being her house in Seafolk Village. She specializes in .
==In the core series games==
Mina is an aspiring artist who started painting at an early age. Her habit came about after her family's accidentally destroyed a picture she made while trying to express its liking of the work, an action Mina interpreted as her art not being good enough and striving to become better. She is acquainted with Ilima, and Mallow keeps one of her paintings in the foyer of her family's restaurant.
Mina is known amongst her friends and family for her eccentric attitude, which has been likened by her father as that of a fey vagabond. Examining the painting in the Konikoni City restaurant will have the remark about its odd, esoteric visuals. Mina's father tells the player of her habit of leaving home for long periods of time to draw and paint, only sporadically returning to shovel as much food as she can into herself before absconding.
In , the player first meets Mina while navigating the Vast Poni Canyon. Mina is seen surveying the landscape when she notices the player and introduces herself as a Trial Captain. However, because she spends so much time dedicated to her art, she doesn't have an actual trial prepared for the player. Instead, she gives the player a Fairium Z. She muses on what she could make her trial about before bidding the player farewell.
Later on, Mina can be encountered after the main story, during the third Ultra Beast hunt mission. She was sent by someone to relay the information about 's appearances on Akala Island and to battle the player as a trial of strength. After being defeated, Mina will bid the player farewell and then leaves.
Mina can also be encountered once more in Poni Gauntlet, where she says she was just done doing a hundred sketches and is resting. Because she has defeated all of the Trainers in the area, Mina is bored and has nothing else to do. She challenges the player to beat all of the Trainers in Poni Gauntlet if they want to challenge her again. If the player succeeds in defeating all of the Trainers and Mina herself, she will award them with a Bottle Cap.
In , the player meets Mina shortly after arriving at Seafolk Village, and she now has a trial for them to complete. She helps the player and Lillie on their quest to locate Poni Island's kahuna and accessing Exeggutor Island, taking over most of the role that the chief of the seafolk had in Sun and Moon. According to her, Nanu had to administer the grand trials for Poni Island after Hapu's grandfather passed away, and failed to select a new Kahuna for several years.
Her trial takes place after the player defeats at Megalo Tower. After defeating Mina at her home at Seafolk Village, the player receives a Pink Petal and is then tasked with obtaining six more petals from the other Trial Captains. Once the player collects all of the petals and returns to her home, Mina combines the flower petals to create the Rainbow Flower to summon the Totem Pokémon, a . After Totem Ribombee is defeated, Mina awards the player with a Fairium Z for completing her trial and wishes the player luck on their imminent grand trial against Hapu.
Talking to Mina's parents after the completion of her trial reveals that Mina's original trial simply had trial-goers draw sketches of Ribombee, and that her current one may have been influenced by when Snubbull brought her a flower that she had pressed and still keeps with her to this day.
In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Mina can be found at after the S.S. Anne departs. She had gotten so caught up with looking at the sea that she completely missed the ship, which she had intended to ride back to Alola. She will stay waiting for the next ship at the port, where the player can then challenge her to a battle once per day. After the player has become , her team will grow stronger.
===Pokémon===
Mina's Pokémon are kept in Ultra Balls.
====Pokémon Sun and Moon====
Mina can be battled in either order, and her team is near-identical in both, but she only uses her Z-Ring in the Poni Gauntlet battle.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Mina forms a sync pair with and in Pokémon Masters EX. Mina has been a playable sync pair since the game's release.
Mina has also made notable appearances in one of the game's Main Stories, the Villain Arc. 
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
Mina debuted in The Shape of Love to Come!. She was painting at the Hau'oli City marketplace when she encountered , , and . With the help of her partner Pokémon, , Mina helped Ash decipher the paintings his always draws. She concluded that they were actually its way of expressing its love for Ash and other things.
Days later, Mina was approached by s Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp, who demanded that she give her Ribombee to them, since Rapp found it to be cute. Mina agreed, but only if they could best her in a drawing competition. Despite Mina deciding to call it a draw since she liked the art Team Skull made, Tupp was angered by her criticisms of his drawing and chose to battle her instead. With the assistance of Ash, who arrived in time to help, Mina easily defeated the Grunts and forced them to retreat. Afterwards, Ash asked Mina to help translate a different set of drawings Poipole made, and Mina accepted.
In Battle Royal 151!, Mina was among the 151 s competing in the Manalo Conference. She took part in the Battle Royal preliminary round using her Ribombee and was among the Trainers to reach the Top 16. The match-ups revealed that she would be battling in the next round. In The Battlefield of Truth and Love!, Mina battled Sophocles, with her Ribombee going up against his , only to be defeated.
In Enter the Champion!, Mina attended the award ceremony for the winner, only for it to be interrupted when a arrived at the stadium through an Ultra Wormhole.
====Character====
Mina is often relaxed and likes to spend her days painting the scenic landscapes from her travels. She can also interpret the emotions of Pokémon like her own and Ash's Poipole. Despite her calm demeanor, she is also competitive, as seen when Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp decided to challenge her to a in The Shape of Love to Come! and again during the Manalo Conference.
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====Achievements====
=====Pokémon League=====
Mina has competed in the following Pokémon League Conferences:
* Manalo Conference - Top 16 (The Battlefield of Truth and Love!)
====Voice actors====
===GOTCHA!===
Mina briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Mina debuted in Madness!! Mother Lusamine!. After receiving a message to meet with the other Trial Captains, she traveled to Poni Gauntlet, having mistaken it for the rendezvous point. Mina found an injured Guzma and was then approached by Wicke, who took her to the proper meeting place on Exeggutor Island. After being introduced to the others, Mina joined her fellow captains in to face the Ultra Beasts.
In Ray of Light!! Through the Crack in the Sky!, Mina encountered Lillie. She revealed that sometime in the past, she received a pendant from a man related to Lillie, but couldn't remember because he suffered from amnesia. Hoping the man was her missing father, Mohn, Lillie took the pendant in hopes that it would help her mother, Lusamine, come to her senses.
Later, once their training was finished, Sophocles and Molayne took everyone to Mount Lanakila, where an Ultra Wormhole had opened up earlier. Shortly after they arrived, their ship was attacked by a group of s and their Ultra Beasts. With the Z-Moves they had acquired, Mina and the others managed to defeat the Ultra Beasts.
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==In the TCG==
Mina was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sun & Moon Series (the Japanese SM Era). It was first released in the Japanese expansion before debuting in English in the expansion, with the background artwork by Ken Sugimori. It was also released as a in Fairy Rise and Lost Thunder, with an illustration by You Iribi. It allows the player to search their deck for a Energy card and attach it to 1 of their Pokémon.
The listing below is of cards mentioning or featuring Mina or her Pokémon in the .
==Gallery==
:For images on Mina in Pokémon Masters EX, see: Mina (Masters)
===Artwork===
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====Concept art====
 	
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====Game assets====
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==Trivia==
* In promotional material for the Manalo Conference, Mina was given the title of (Japanese: さすらいのバトル芸術家 Wandering battle artist).
* Mina is the only character introduced in Generation VII to appear in all Generation VII core series .
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	マツリカ Matsurika 	From 茉莉花 matsurika ()
English 	Mina 	From jasmine
German 	Matsurika 	Same as her Japanese name
Spanish, Italian 	Rika 	Similar to her Japanese name
French 	Oléa 	From , the family that contains jasmine
Korean 	말리화 Mallihwa 	From 말리화 (茉莉花) mallihwa (Arabian jasmine)
Chinese () 	茉莉 Mòlì 	From 茉莉 mòlì (jasmine)
Chinese () 	茉莉 Muhtleih 	From 茉莉 muhtleih (jasmine)
Brazilian Portuguese	Yasmin 	From jasmim (jasmine)
Russian 	Майна Mayna 	Transcription of her English name
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Sun and Moon characters
Category:Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon characters
Category:Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! characters
Category:Fairy-type Trainers
Category:Trial Captains
Category:Trainers with Z-Rings
Category:Animation characters
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
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