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Minako Aino is the civilian identity of Sailor V and the present-day incarnation of Sailor Venus. She is the 5th Sailor Guardian to be introduced and join the Sailor team. She is also the real leader of the Inner Sailor Guardians.

Minako is a cute and bubbly girl. She has long blonde hair and blue eyes. She wears a big red bow in her hair, and prefers to wear her hair down. Her Shiba Koen Junior High School uniform includes a white blouse with sailor neckerchief, a red scarf, blue skirt, white socks, and black Mary Jane shoes.

In Sailor Stars, she wears the same school uniform as Usagi, Ami, and Makoto since all four of them attend the same high school.

Like the other characters, Sailor Venus' appearance is based on her appearance in the manga.

In her appearance as Sailor V her uniform is different than the other Sailor guardians uniforms. She wears a sleeveless midriff shirt with red accents on the sides that sometimes reveal her stomach. Her shoulder pads are white, armor-like, shoulder guards, and she wears a navy blue collar with two red stripes, a white choker with a crescent moon attached to it, and a dark blue skirt with a red border. She wears a dark pink bow at the chest with a dark orange circular brooch at the center. She wears dark blue shoes with ankle straps, white gloves with a light yellow arm fitting at the end that reach just below her elbows, and in place of a tiara, she wears a red mask with a crescent moon symbol on her forehead and her red ribbon from her civilian form is carried over into her Guardian form.

Sailor Venus' sailor uniform consists of a white, chest-armored leotard with three white shoulder pads, a dark orange sailor collar with one white stripe, a dark orange choker, a dark orange skirt with a white puffy belt sat above it along with a dark red chain that she uses as a weapon on her waist, and a dark blue bow at the chest and a light yellow bow at the back of her skirt with a light yellow circular brooch at the center of her chest bow. She wears a pair of dark orange high heels, white gloves with three dark orange arm fittings at the ends that reach just below her elbows. At first she has a crescent moon symbol on her forehead but when Princess Serenity awakens it is replaced with a golden tiara with a light orange, oval-shaped gem at its center on her forehead and she has orange stud earrings.

As Super Sailor Venus, she wears an upgraded version of the Sailor Venus sailor uniform. Her choker has a yellow star with a dark orange gemstone in the center attached to it, the shape of her brooch at the center of her chest bow is now a light yellow heart, the back waist bow is enlarged and lengthened, and the shoulder pads are more wing-like and translucent,

As Eternal Sailor Venus, her sailor uniform changes completely. Her leotard no longer has chest armor, her shoulder pads are replaced with short light orange bubble-like sleeves with two dark orange fittings at the ends; they have somewhat of a translucent aspect to them, her choker is v-shaped with a yellow star in the center, her skirt now consists of two layers; dark orange on the top and light yellow on the bottom. Her belt is now made up of two ribbons, the top one being dark orange and the bottom one being light yellow, her brooch at the center of her chest bow is light yellow and star-shaped, and her back bow is a lighter yellow and is back to its original size with narrow, long, dark orange ribbons extending from it down to her knees. She wears a pair of white knee-length boots that have larger heels and dark orange v-shaped borders at the top that have yellow stars in the center, her gloves now have dark orange, v-shaped wristbands and are extended to reach her upper arms, the gemstone in the middle of her tiara is dark orange and star-shaped. and she has a dark orange star dangling from a single gold stud.

As Princess Venus she wears a light yellow strap dress with light yellow frills running down it with light yellow cloth that goes past her feet. In her hair she wears a dark orange bow and a dark red rose, she wears a light yellow choker that is tied into a ribbon at the back with the streams running down her back. She has a gold necklace and her straps have three gold ornaments each. Her necklace and ornaments each have dark orange gems in them and she wears small light orange stud earrings and dark orange high-heeled shoes

Minako's personality is childlike and silly most of the time. She can be serious at times and is the most dedicated to her mission of all the Sailor Guardians. Minako acts as the Sailor Guardian's second-in-command frequently takes responsibility for the team and takes charge of situations where they have to stay together as a group; this is most evident in season one, where she insists they persevere after the other Sailor Guardians had died. When Usagi wants to surrender the Silver Crystal to save her, Minako screams she would never forgive Usagi if she did that. She is much more athletic than the other Sailor Guardians, showing proficiency in physical activities such as volleyball. She also has sharper reflexes and is more attuned to dangerous situations than the other Inner Guardians. This can be attributed to her extra crime-fighting experience in her days as Sailor V.

She is also skilled at speaking English thanks to her time abroad in London; this is best demonstrated in episode 108, in which she is able to converse with relative fluency in English at the party. She also sometimes uses brief bits of English in her speech. Despite that, she is also infamous for using mixed up proverbs and frequently mixes up common expressions or sayings. Minako also occasionally demonstrates a more wistful and mature element of her personality that is somewhat associated with the sad memories and moments of her life, such as her relationship to Katarina and Alan. These moments speak to Minako's willingness to let go and move on from heartache and other sad moments, and the fact that she rarely, if ever, appears to hold a grudge.

Minako is caring towards others yet, like Usagi, can be clumsy at times. For example, when the other Sailor Guardians get sick in Sailor Moon R, she tries to take care of them but ends up making a mess. Similar to Usagi, she is an academic underachiever, and would refer to Usagi at times as her "make-up tests partner." Minako shares a lot of traits with Usagi as well, such as both running late to school or slacking off; however, Minako appears to do this more out of trying to multitask many things at once rather than pure laziness like Usagi; this can be seen on some occasions, such as when she only risked being late to school in order to help Mie, a little girl who was being bullied, and ensure she got to school safely herself.

Minako is also shown to have a somewhat wild and carefree side, occasionally showing very little foresight for her actions or their repercussions; this can be seen on numerous occasions, such as attempting to date Tiger's Eye and Hawk's Eye without each finding about the other, and intentionally getting her own Pure Heart Crystal targeted by the Death Busters, simply out of annoyance she wasn't targeted. Minako can also be overdramatic, such as intentionally lying to Chibiusa about how frightening a dental appointment can be and sometimes annoying the other Sailor Senshi with her antics, such as attempting to take care of them while they were sick. However, she does acknowledge when she is in the wrong and expresses remorse when the consequences of her actions sink in.

In "Crystal", Minako stays true to her original source as the true leader of the Sailor Guardians. Minako takes command as a firm, smart and supportive leader to the others. Since Minako is the first Sailor Guardian to awaken, she knows more than the others about the truth of their mission and who the Moon Princess is. Much like her anime version, Minako is a caring, courageous and romantic girl but keeps her head straight when it comes to their mission. She has great instincts as a guardian and leader. After the Dark Kingdom crisis, Minako shows her cheerful and bubbly side which her friends adore but still is vigilant and strong.

Like Usagi, Minako also has a magical talking cat, a white feline named Artemis.