Nanobana Kinako (
In Inazuma Eleven GO VS Danball Senki W, she is a defender for Shinsei Inazuma Japan.
In Inazuma Eleven Chou Jigen Dream Match, she is a defender for Inazuma Best Eleven.
Profile
- Japanese version
- "Her cheeks are soft like mochi. Shoots and dribbles are also her specialties even though she's a defender."
- "Her cheeks are as soft as mochi. While a defender, she specializes in shoots and dribbling as well."
- Japanese version
- "Her cheeks are as soft as mochi. She has an earnest passion for soccer."
- English version
- "Her cheeks are as soft as rice cakes and she has an enduring love of football."
Appearance
She has long, milky brown, silky, straight hair and brown eyes which are exact to Fei Rune's. She also has fair skin tone. She wears an orange headband. Unlike the commonly seen female uniform of Raimon, she wears a cream colored vest on top of her white shirt. She also wears an orange ribbon tied around the collar of her white shirt, dark purple shoes, black socks and still wears the generic blue skirt just like the other female Raimon members. Kinako is quiet small if compared to her teammates.
When she's an adult, her hair grows a little longer and she's matured. She doesn't wear any headband but instead it is tied up into a ponytail. She also has a wedding ring.
King Arthur's Era
Kinako Mixi Maxed. with Master Dragon.
In King Arthur's Era, she wears a white, brown and black knight uniform. Her cape is red and she also sports a sword with this outfit.
Mixi Maxed with Master Dragon
When Mixi Maxed with Master Dragon, her hair grows longer and turns blonde. Her eyes turns bright blue and her headband is now gray instead of orange.
Personality
When she first appeared in episode 18 she was really cheery and joyful to become a Raimon player. She seems to be very positive and sunny most of the time. She is also quite kind and a little bit childish, though this masks her personality of being serious and understanding. In episode 21, it was shown that she gave the position of being Mixi Maxed instead to Kirino, since she understood Kirino's will and desire to help. In a few episodes, she is seen to be very careless of what she does, and does things that other people have to say sorry about.
Plot
Background
Kinako originally came from the future. She married Asurei Rune, and had a son called Fei Rune. However, after Fei's birth, she died. In order to protect Fei from Feida, Asurei brought back the young Kinako to his timeline, as Fei didn't know who she was.
France Era
She first appears in episode 18 in which she was shown running towards the clubroom in her school uniform. Though, when she enters the clubroom, she is shown to have worn the Raimon soccer uniform and happily says, "Captain! Welcome Back!" to Matsukaze Tenma, who had just returned. Tenma, Shinsuke, Aoi, Midori and Akane thought that she was a new manager but she explains that she's Raimon's new ace striker as she reveals her shirt number being number 10 and shocks Shindou and Tsurugi. Hamano explains that when they were away, Kinako was in the team, serving as the ace striker. Fei explained that this is probably the cause of Time Paradox.
Suddenly, Kinako decides to switch her uniform, and was about to remove her soccer uniform in front of everyone when Midori, Aoi and Akane stopped her, after which Tenma and Shinsuke suddenly turned to the opposite direction. Everyone then comes to the other soccer training place and talks about what they have to do next. Daisuke explains that they need to go Jeanne d'Arc's era and Kinako volunteers herself to Mixi Max with her, as both of them are girls. She was happy then when she was chosen to be one of those to time travel with the Raimon team. In episode 19, she and the other members of Raimon met with Jeanne d'Arc. Wonderbot tried to Mixi Max her with Jeanne, but it failed. Then, Kinako asked Jeanne to play with her. She practiced with Tsurugi, and was seen to easily steal the ball from him and Tsurugi compliments Kinako that she can play as a defender. Tenma calls her Nanobana-san, but Kinako asked why Tenma was so formal when he used to call her Kinako. She is later seen along with Shinsuke, Tenma, Tsurugi, Kirino and Fei with Jeanne, going to a battlefield.
In episode 20, she encourages Jeanne to have a meeting with Crown Prince Charles. She was also seen to have been listening secretly to what Jeanne and Kirino were talking about, which was what about what they can do. Later, she invited Charles to play soccer along with her and Tsurugi against Tenma, Shinsuke and Fei. As the match proceeds, she explains to Charles that soccer is about teamwork. As the match proceeds, she easily dribbled all the members from the other team. For the game against Protocol Omega 3.0, she plays as defender. In episode 21, after Tenma lifted the team's spirits, Kinako tells him he is right and that the team would do their best. Later, as Dhanna passed the ball to Bahamus, she intercepted it, kicking the ball to the side line. Tenma then congratulates her, and Kinako asks to Jeanne if she'd seen it. However, the girl was too scared to watch the match. In the second half, she was placed as forward with Kirino. She said that her main position is forward and that she could show here skills but Charles said that they should go with his strategy. When Wonderbot was to made Mixi Max between her and Jeanne, she tells him that he should do it with Kirino in her place. She was later happy as the Mixi Max was successful and that she understood that Kirino should Mixi Max with Jeanne and not her.
Three Kingdoms Era
In episode 22, after Taiyou appeared, she said "It's been a while." to him and he answered yes which shocked most of the Raimon members in which Shindou replied that this might be another time paradox. Later, she was chosen to go to the Three Kingdoms era. At the era, Raimon met Ryuu Gentoku and helped him to push his canon out of the mud. Then, she, some Raimon members and Ryuu Gentoku are challenged by some members of Zanark Domain, Chouhi and Kanu to a soccer battle. Kinako, along with Shindou, Tsurugi, Tenma and Ryuu Gentoku were chosen to play against them. In the soccer battle as Rasetsu tried to made a pass to Chouhi, she intercepted it and made a pass to Tenma. When Ryuu Gentoku left the Raimon goal open, all the Raimon members including her were shocked.
In episode 23, they won the soccer battle against Zanark Domain with 1-0. In the match against Karakuri Heibayou after Shinsuke couldn't stop Karakuri Heibayou's Gear Drive, she used Mochimochi Kinako Mochi for the first time to block it, being successfully to do so. After that, she was thanked by Shinsuke for stopping it which she replied that it wasn't any problem. At the end, Raimon won the match with 2-1 and met Shokatsu Koumei.
In episode 25, she intercepted another shoot that made Shinsuke try harder and successfully stop Zanark.
Bakumatsu Era
In episode 26, she asked some men in the area where Okita could be, in which Midori blocked her mouth. Throughout the whole episode, Midori had to watch everything she did and sometimes had to stop her.
Jurassic Era
She also joined the group again in episode 31. When Daisuke said that one of the powers would go to a flying defender, she immediately volunteered herself, which he accepted. Later in the episode, she was seen watching over Tenma and Fei training at night.
In episode 32, she listened to Fei revealing to Big that he has been abandoned by his parents.
In episode 33, she finally unleashed her keshin Akatsuki no Miko Amaterasu and used Kourin no Ya to get the ball from members of Perfect Cascade in the match.
In episode 34, she knew Fei had a keshin and was able to convince him otherwise to use it, and was able to unleash his strength. She was happy when Fei released his Keshin and Mixi Maxed with Big.
King Arthur's Era
In episode 35, she shocked everyone when she was able to get an artifact of King Arthur, mainly his crown. Fei questions Kinako later again but she doesn't answer his question, instead she says that it's a 'secret'. After the time travel accident, she became a part of the Entaku no Kishidan.
In episode 36, she stopped Tenma before he said Aoi and said that he should refer Aoi as princess. In the match of Entaku no Kishidan and Tenmas, she was ordered by Kirino to stop members of Tenmas from advancing. After the match, she protected Aoi but got kidnapped by Master Dragon instead.
Ragnarok Tournament
She was chosen as a member for El Dorado Team 01 and went training with her teammates. She was very worried when Fei collapsed due to his headache. She stayed with him at the hospital. During the match against Zan she was really worried about the Tsurugi's injury.
In episode 41, she used her Mixi Trans with Master Dragon during the match. She was also very depressed when Fei went back to Second Stage Children and shot an own goal. In the second half, she managed to use her Keshin Armed for the first time. Though at the end of the match, El Dorado Team 01 lost the match with 5-1.
In episode 46, she was worried about Fei when he used his powers against El Dorado Team 03. After the match of El Dorado Team 03 and Garu, an angry Kinako tell Fei that she told him that he shouldn't obey the others as he was doing with SARU. The boy replied by saying that he didn't need of her help as she doesn't has nothing to do about that. Kinako replied that she have all about it, as she is Fei's mother, shocking all the members from Raimon
In episode 47, the past was revealed on how she met Asurei and was able to convince Fei to come back. She was seen smiling to Fei when he was back and Fei smiled back. She was seen in a flashback while she was doing her Mixi Trans with Master Dragon.
Movie
Kinako is a part of Shinsei Inazuma Japan. Later she interrupted the argument between Kariya and Nishiki, but failed to stop it. She, Fei, Tenma and Shinsuke were the only ones who didn't have any arguments. Later, she, together with Tenma and Tsurugi, used Fire Tornado TC and they scored a goal breaking through Lotus' Destiny Cloud.
Game appearance
Character sprite and avatar
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| Raimon (Chrono Stone)'s uniform |  
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| Raimon (Chrono Stone)'s jacket | 
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| Time Travel clothes |     
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| El Dorado Team 01's uniform | 
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| Shinsei Inazuma Japan's uniform | 
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| Earth Eleven's uniform | 
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Victory Road avatar
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| Raimon (Chrono Stone)'s uniform | 
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| El Dorado Team 01's uniform | 
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| Shinsei Inazuma Japan's uniform | 
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| Inazuma Best Eleven's uniform | 
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Strikers avatar
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| Save icon | 
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| Shinsei Raimon | 
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Everyday!! avatar
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| Shinsei Raimon | 
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SD avatar
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| TeamSto – Seishou | 
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Character view
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| Casual | 
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| School uniform | 
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| Raimon (Chrono Stone)'s jacket | 
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| Raimon (Chrono Stone)'s uniform (normal form) | 
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| Raimon (Chrono Stone)'s uniform (Mixi Max form) | 
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| Entaku no Kishidan's armor | 
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| El Dorado Team 01's uniform | 
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| Shinsei Inazuma Japan's uniform | 
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| Keshin Armed | 
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SD character view
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| TeamSto – Seishou | 
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Recruitment
- Normal form
In both versions of the game, Kinako can be recruited by selecting her as one of the players that will join Earth Eleven during the Grand Celesta Galaxy. Otherwhise, in order to recruit Kinako, Ixal Fleet has to be defeated first in the story mode and 5 players have to be scouted from the same community master to make her a scoutable option.
Also, the following requirements are needed:
- Coin:
× 5 - Item: Meddling Device (おせっかいなデバイス, randomly dropped from Willings in Shadow Person's left taisen route)
- Photo: Old Clubroom Sign (旧部室の看板の写真, taken at Raimon's old Soccer Building)
- Photo: Convenience Store Sweets (コンビニスイーツの写真, taken at Inazuma Town's Shopping District food store)
- Photo: Crepe (クレープの写真, taken around Odaiba's ferris wheel)
× 5
After this, he can be scouted.
- Mixi Max form
Kinako Mixi Maxed with M Dragon can be randomly dropped by a special Gacha Machine in Sandorius that is available after Ixal Fleet has been defeated in the story mode.
Also, the following requirements are needed:
- Item: Very Rare Hourglass (世にも珍しい砂時計, randomly dropped from Team Champ (チームチャンプ) on Lost Galaxy's Middle Star)
- Item: Meddling Device (おせっかいなデバイス, randomly dropped from Willings in Shadow Person's left taisen route)
- Photo: Old Clubroom Sign (旧部室の看板の写真, taken at Raimon's old Soccer Building)
- Photo: Convenience Store Sweets (コンビニスイーツの写真, taken at Inazuma Town's Shopping District food store)
After this, she can be scouted.
Stats
All stats are at level 99 and untrained.
- GP: 134
- TP: 164
- Kick: 126
- Dribbling: 105
- Block: 173
- Catch: 95
- Technique: 114
- Speed: 109
- Stamina: 97
- Lucky: 104
- Freedom: 63
All stats are fully upgraded.
- TP: 180
- Kick: S
- Guard: S
- Body: A
- Speed: A
- Control: A
- Catch: A
All stats are at S-rank, level 50, limit break 10, fully upgraded, all skills learned and all kizuna unlocked.
- TeamSto – Seishou
- GP: 212
- TP: 104
- Kick: 37
- Dribble: 39
- Block: 63
- Catch: 27
All stats are at max rank and level 30.
- Kick: 124
- Control: 114
- Pressure: 130
- Physical: 106
- Agility: 112
- Intelligence: 112
- Technique: 104
Hissatsu
- [DF] Mochimochi Kinako Mochi
- [SH] Yakimochi Screw
- [OF] Sky Walk
- [SH] Fire Tornado TC (Lv. 67)
- [DF] Kirakira Illusion (Mixi Max – Master Dragon)
- [SK] Technique Plus 30 (Mixi Max – Master Dragon)
- Normal form
- [SH] Yakimochi Screw
- [SH] Fire Tornado DD
- [SH] Fire Tornado TC
- [DF] Mochimochi Kinako Mochi
- Mixi Max form
- [SH] Yakimochi Screw
- [DF] Kirakira Illusion
- TeamSto – Seishou
- [DF] Mochimochi Kinako Mochi
- [SH] Yakimochi Screw
- [SK] Never Give Up
- [SK] Shoot Blocker
- [SK] Zokusei Kyouka
- [DF] Mochimochi Kinako Mochi (Lv. 3)
- [OF] Sky Walk (Lv. 17)
Keshin
- Normal form
Keshin Armed
Mixi Max
- Best Match Mixi Max
- [MIXIMAX] Master Dragon
- [SK] Keshin no Setsuyaku!
- [MIXIMAX] Master Dragon
Game exclusive teams
Trivia
- The Kanji character for "Ki", 黄, in her forename, Kinako, means yellow, an allusion on her appearance a reference to all managers in the Inazuma Eleven GO series being named after colors.
- Her dub name, Goldie Lemmon, is derived from both golden yellow and lemon yellow, which are also allusions on her appearance and a reference to the managers' etymology.
- Her uniform number, 78, is a goroawase on her surname, Nanobana, as 7 is pronounced Nano (なの) and 8 is pronounced Ha (は), which, when converted to pure sound, is pronounced Ba (ば).
- Her dub name, Goldie Lemmon, is derived from both golden yellow and lemon yellow, which are also allusions on her appearance and a reference to the managers' etymology.
- Both Kinako and Fei are based on the Moon rabbit, an East Asian folklore depicting a rabbit pounding mochi on the Moon.
- Her hissatsu techniques, Mochimochi Kinako Mochi and Yakimochi Screw, further reference this.
- Fei states her being a member of Raimon is the result of a time paradox.
- Kinako is the only player to play for Raimon in the Inazuma Eleven GO series.
- She is one of the Chrono Storm members to have undergo Forced Mixi Max.
- According to Level-5, she was 27 years old when she gave birth to Fei.
- Alongside Shuu, they are the only players known to have played after their own death.
- However, whilst Shuu is a spirit, the Kinako that played originated from an earlier point in time where she was alive.
- In Inazuma Eleven GO Strikers 2013, fully voiced lines from game files indicate she was planned to have Sky Walk and Naminori Pierrot in her moveset, but, ultimately, ended up being unused.
- However, the unused voiceline for Sky Walk was later reused in Inazuma Eleven Eiyuutachi no Victory Road.
- She has two character songs:
- One titled Yasashii Mirai with Fei.
- One titled Seishun Oden with Aoi, Midori, and Akane.
- Her title is Mochimochi Girl (もちもちガール, Mochimochi Gāru, dub: Goopy Gloopy Girl).
- She won the Anime Grand Prix award as the best female anime character in 2012 and 2013.
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