Kenta Minamii

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Kenta Minamii
南井健太 Kenta Minamii
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Kenta Minamii
Gender Male
Hometown Unnamed
Region The real world

(Japanese: 南井健太 Kenta Minamii) is the main character of Aim to Be a Card Master!!, a manga series taking place in the real world. Kenta is a player of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. After being bored of playing with his friends, he goes, at the advice of his friend Natsuki Shibata, to the Pokémon Center in Tokyo where he meets a young boy named Shou Okabe who defeats him easily. He decides to train until he's good enough to become a champion of the game.

Pokémon

 

 
Charmander ↔ Charmeleon ↔ Charizard
Charizard is a Pokémon that Kenta commonly played in many of his TCG matches.
Debut District Convention "Kenta, to the Open Sea"
 
Scyther
Scyther briefly appeared during the battle with Shou Okabe.
Debut District Convention "Kenta, to the Open Sea"
 

 
Ivysaur ↔ Venusaur
Ivysaur appeared during Kenta's match with Shou. Despite evolving into Venusaur, it lost to Shou's Chansey.
Debut District Convention "Kenta, to the Open Sea"
 
Ditto
Ditto appeared in Kenta's match with Shou to transform into various Pokémon.
Debut District Convention "Kenta, to the Open Sea"
 
Electabuzz
Electabuzz was used in the match against Vanessa Crawford.
Debut Cross-Cultural Battle "The Golden-Haired Lady"
 
Articuno
Articuno was used alongside Electabuzz during Kenta's match against Vanessa.
Debut Cross-Cultural Battle "The Golden-Haired Lady"
 
Squirtle ↔ Wartortle ↔ Blastoise
Blastoise first appeared as a Squirtle offscreen during Kenta's match against Vanessa Crawford.
Debut Cross-Cultural Battle "The Golden-Haired Lady"
 
Electrode
Electrode briefly appeared during the match with Vanessa.
Debut Cross-Cultural Battle "The Golden-Haired Lady"
 

 
Cyndaquil ↔ Quilava ↔ Typhlosion
Typhlosion was first used as a Cyndaquil during Kenta's match against Junpei. Since then, it was also Kenta's commonly played Pokémon.
Debut Brothers Face Off "Familiar Rivals"
 
Mr. Mime
Mr. Mime was played against Kenta's brother, Junpei.
Debut Brothers Face Off "Familiar Rivals"
 
Cleffa
Cleffa is a minor Pokémon of Kenta's.
Debut Brothers Face Off "Familiar Rivals"
 

 
Growlithe ↔ Arcanine
Growlithe was played against Yuu Okabe and evolved into Arcanine during Kenta's next turn.
Debut The Spring World Challenge (Part Two) "The Girl Who's Too Calm"
 
Magmar
Magmar was played against Yuu.
Debut The Spring World Challenge (Part Two) "The Girl Who's Too Calm"
 

 
Vulpix ↔ Ninetales
Vulpix was the final Pokémon played against Yuu where it evolved into Ninetales a few turns later and gave Kenta the win.
Debut The Spring World Challenge (Part Three) "The Secret Plan"

Decks

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Deck 1

Kenta uses this deck in District Convention "Kenta, to the Open Sea":

Quantity Card Type Rarity
Charmander    
Charmeleon    
Charizard    
Bulbasaur    
Ivysaur    
Venusaur    
Scyther    
Ditto    
Doduo    
Fire Energy   E  
11× Grass Energy   E  
Double Colorless Energy   E  
Professor Oak T  
Pokémon Breeder T  
Super Potion T  
Recall T  
PlusPower T  
Energy Retrieval T  
Computer Search T  
Gust of Wind T  
Pokémon Trader T  
Pokémon Center T  
Goop Gas Attack T  


Deck 2

Kenta uses this deck in Cross-Cultural Battle "The Golden-Haired Lady":

Quantity Card Type Rarity
Squirtle    
Wartortle    
Blastoise    
Krabby    
Kingler    
Articuno    
Electrode    
Voltorb    
Electabuzz    
16× Water Energy   E  
Lightning Energy   E  
Super Potion T  
PlusPower T  
Switch T  
Energy Retrieval T  
Professor Oak T  
Pokémon Center T  
Gust of Wind T  
Sleep! T  
Pokémon Trader T  
Pokémon Breeder T  
Computer Search T  


Deck 3

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Reason: 3 more cards

Kenta uses this deck in Brothers Face Off "Familiar Rivals":

Quantity Card Type Rarity
Charmander    
Charmeleon    
Charizard    
Cyndaquil    
Quilava    
Typhlosion    
Cleffa    
Magmar    
Mr. Mime    
22× Fire Energy   E  
Professor Oak T  
Professor Elm T  
Mary T  
Computer Search T  
Switch T  
Super Energy Removal T  



Main characters
Kenta Minamii
Other
Natsuki ShibataShou OkabeVanessa Crawford
Junpei MinamiiYuu Okabe


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