Carmen

Carmen タナカ Tanaka
Carmen in Pokémon: Paldean Winds
Age	Unknown
Gender	Female
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Black
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Paldea
Generation	IX
Games	Scarlet and Violet
Member of	Team Star
Rank	Grunt
Specializes in	Fighting types
Anime series	Pokémon: Paldean Winds
Debut	Take a Breath
English voice actor	Khaya Fraites (Paldean Winds)
Japanese voice actor	Mutsumi Tamura (Paldean Winds)

Carmen (Japanese: タナカ Tanaka) is a character from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. She is a member of Team Star.

In the core series games

Carmen is a Team Star Grunt that appears in Caph Squad's Base. She is a close friend of Eri, and battles the player to try and stop them from attacking the base. Due to being a named character, she uses the Trainer class Team Star instead of Team Star Grunt.

Pokémon

Carmen of Team Star Caph Squad's Base Scarlet and Violet

Types: Poison Fighting Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Anticipation Held item: None Croagunk♂ Lv.54 Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Nasty Plot Dark Status   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Vital Spirit Held item: None Primeape♂ Lv.55 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical   --       Outrage Dragon Physical   --

Quotes

Caph Squad's Base

• Outside, before battle

"Riri! I knew you'd be out here!"

"Are you OK? You're not hurt, are you?!"

"I'll take over guarding the base, Riri! You should get back inside!"

"Oh, Riri! You need to stop this!"

"That's why you should get back to the base and rest up—even just for a little bit!"

"Riri, please! I'm your friend! Listen to what I'm saying!"

"Hey, that's no way to sign off! Let me hear a "hasta la vistar!" from you, nice and loud!"

"I'm your opponent now, you two! Come on—I'll take you both down!"

"I'll protect Riri with everything I have. You ready to battle?"

I'm so ready!: "Then here I come!"

Hold on!: "Just hurry up and leave, then! I'm not budging an inch from here."

• Upon being defeated

"I lost...but my defeat's not the one that matters."

• After being defeated

"Even if all I did was buy Riri a bit of time, that's fine. My job here is done, so I'll head back inside! Hasta la vistar! ☆"

• Inside, after Eri is defeated

"Oh, Riri..."

"So, what did you want to ask me?"

"Oh, you spotted that? Well, all right... I don't mind telling you."

"Truth is, I used to hate Riri. She's an amazing Trainer and athlete—and she's really pretty, too. It took her no time at all to become popular at the academy. I was queen of the class before she came along, but then everyone liked her more than me..."

"Pretty much. I got our classmates to join in, too... We were all so stupid. But in the end, kids are always fickle—and once one thrill wears off, they look for something new. Before long, the class chose me as their next target and started bullying me instead. I guess I deserved it. But then Riri...she chose to help me even though I'd been so horrible to her. She told me that she understood how hard it is to have no one on your side... And she invited me into Team Star."

"She really is. And joining the team has worked out great for us. It's been so much fun!"

"After hearing my story, do you really think that's true?"

"Riri and the rest of Team Star made me who I am today. Please...don't take away our greatest treasure."

In the anime

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Carmen appeared in Take a Breath.

Pokémon

		Cyclizar
		Cyclizar is Carmen's only known Pokémon. None of Cyclizar's moves are known.
Debut	Take a Breath

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 田村睦心 Mutsumi Tamura English Khaya Fraites Italian Elisa Angeli Brazilian Portuguese Maíra Paris Spanish Latin America Adriana Olmedo Spain María Blanco

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	タナカ Tanaka	From 田中 Tanaka (a variety of loquat)
English, Brazilian Portuguese	Carmen
German	Mispa	From Japanische Mispel (loquat)
Spanish	Alba	From albaricoque (apricot, fruit that belongs to the same family as loquat)
French	Rose	From Rosaceae (family that contains the loquat)
Italian	Nespola	From nespolo del Giappone (loquat)
Korean	다은 Daeun
Chinese (Mandarin)	田中 Tiánzhōng	From the Japanese name 田中 Tanaka
Chinese (Cantonese)	田中 Tìhnjūng

References

Team Star Big Boss: Cassiopeia Bosses: Giacomo • Mela • Atticus • Ortega • Eri Lower members: Team Star Grunts • Carmen Related: Harrington • Starmobile Bases: Segin Squad • Schedar Squad • Navi Squad Ruchbah Squad • Caph Squad

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.