Sailor Venus

"With the blessings of Venus, the planet of beauty, the scout of love, Sailor Venus, is here."

Aino Minako did not always live in Japan… Before she joined with the Sailor Senshi, she fought crime in England as Sailor V.   There she joined up with a female policewoman named Katarina.  There she fell in love with a young man named Alan but their love was not to be.  Here is how Minako explains it in Sailor Moon ep 42, Sailor Venus no kako, Minako no hiren, Sailor Venus’s Past, Minako’s Heartbreak.

Venus: It was half a year ago. Dark Kingdom youma were appearing in London when I lived there. It was there I met Alan and fell in love with him..."  During Venus's monologue, we see images of Alan and Minako walking together on a foggy London night. Minako trips "accidentally" and she falls into Alan's arms.  "One day, I was involved in a criminal case..."

We see Katarina running down a London street, in a police uniform. She's chasing after a man. Suddenly the man turns around and picks up a little girl, who starts to scream. The man transforms into a hideous green monster!! High above, Sailor-V appears on a rooftop. She jumps off the roof towards the monster. Sailor-V picks up the girl and sets her aside safely, and the little girl says, "Thank you!" Sailor-V and Katarina smile at each other.
 
Venus continues: "After that, we became friends. She did a lot of things for me like teaching me English and becoming my counselor. I looked up to her like a read older sister. And she also treated me like her own sister." Venus (in the present): "I introduced Alan to her, and the three of us played around.”  Katarina and Alan hit it off right away, and Minako never noticed that they were spending more time paying attention each other than to her Venus: "But one day..."

It was a routine assignment for Katarina and Sailor-V: the investigation of criminal activities at a warehouse. Katarina and Sailor-V stand in front of the huge building. They are both hiding against the front of the door. Sailor-V makes a break for it, and runs in. Sailor-V sees at the end of the building a man (or a youma) and then she sees a grenade fly towards her and it lands in front of her.

There is the sound of a HUGE explosion. Katarina is thrown several feet away from the warehouse, and she turns to look back at it. The warehouse is ENGULFED in flames, and it collapses on itself.

Katarina screams: "MINAKO-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Sailor-V wasn't dead, however. She sat, wounded, in an alleyway. Her mask had been ripped off, so she was both Sailor-V and Minako at the same time. Minako is obviously very injured, and she limps through the alleyway and falls against the wall in pain.  Suddenly, Minako heard Alan's voice. She smiled, thinking surely he'd come for her. Then, Minako saw the couple standing at the end of the alleyway. Minako looked up, joy in her eyes, and whispered: "Alan!"

Katarina grabs Alan's shirt and screams: "Alan!! Minako-Chan, MINAKO-CHAN!"

Alan holds Katarina's shoulders and asks, concerned, "What happened to Minako-Chan?"

Katarina falls against Alan, sobbing. He looks sad, then holds her. Alan whispers, "Hang on, I'm here for you..."

Minako sunk to the ground, tears forming in her eyes and trickling down her cheeks. She realized now what she hadn't noticed before... that Katarina and Alan were in love with each other. Minako loved them both so much that she couldn't interfere, but she also loved Alan so much that she couldn't stand to see him with another. So, Minako decided to let the assumption stand: that Sailor-V had died that night in the flames of the warehouse. Thus Minako returned to Japan.

Venus: "That's when I realized that Alan and Oneesama were in love. I disappeared that day. I thought it would be better for them if I stayed dead.”

Transformations
English	Japanese	Wands
Venus Power	Venus Power, Make Up
Venus Star Power	Venus Star Power, Make Up
Venus Crystal Power	Venus Crystal power, Make Up

Mini wands adopted from Prima Donna.

Name: Mina/Aino Minako
Birthday: October 22, 1978
Astrological Sign: Libra
Blood Type: B
Favorite color: yellow and red
Hobbies: chasing after idols
Favorite food: Gyouza, Ramen, and Curry Rice
Least favorite food: Shiitake mushrooms
Favorite Gem Stone: topaz
Favorite subject: Physical Education
Least favorite subject: everything else
Dream: being an idol
Height: 5'0"