diff.text: '''Minako Aino''' (愛野 美奈子, ''Aino Minako'') (known simply as just'''Mina minaAino''' in the english dubadaptations) is one of the original five [[sailor soldiers]] & the leader of the Inner Sailor Soldiers and was in fact the first sailor soldier created by [[Naoko Takeuchi]]. She is extremely cheerful and more or less [[Usagi Tsukino|Usagi]]'s best friend. She has a white cat named [[Artemis]] who is her [[guardian cat]] from the [[Silver Millennium|moon]].
diff.text: *Venus Power, Make Up!: Using her transformation pen, Minako transformed into the 1st form of Sailor Venus. Used from Sailor Moon Classic through to the Sailor Moon R Pt.2. 
diff.text: *Venus Star Power, Make Up!: Using her 2nd Star Transformation Power Stick to transform into the 2nd form of Sailor Venus, with stronger powers. Used from Sailor Moon R Pt. 2 to the middle of Sailor Moon SuperS. 
diff.text: *Crescent Beam: Creating a powerful light beam. 
diff.text: *Crescent Beam Shower: A more powerful form of her crescent beam, she blasts multipile beams. 