Kenta Minamii

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Kenta Minamii 南井健太 Kenta Minamii
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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Reason: decks in other chapters

Deck 1

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

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

Deck 2

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

Quantity	Card	Type
4×	Squirtle
2×	Wartortle
2×	Blastoise
3×	Krabby
2×	Kingler
2×	Articuno
2×	Electrode
3×	Voltorb
2×	Electabuzz
16×	Water Energy	E
6×	Lightning Energy	E
2×	Super Potion	T
2×	PlusPower	T
2×	Switch	T
2×	Energy Retrieval	T
2×	Professor Oak	T
1×	Pokémon Center	T
1×	Gust of Wind	T
1×	Sleep!	T
1×	Pokémon Trader	T
1×	Pokémon Breeder	T
1×	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
4×	Charmander
3×	Charmeleon
2×	Charizard
4×	Cyndaquil
3×	Quilava
2×	Typhlosion
1×	Cleffa
1×	Magmar
2×	Mr. Mime
22×	Fire Energy	E
2×	Professor Oak	T
1×	Professor Elm	T
2×	Mary	T
2×	Computer Search	T
2×	Switch	T
1×	Super Energy Removal	T

Aim to Be a Card Master!! characters
Main characters
Kenta Minamii
Other
Natsuki Shibata • Shou Okabe • Vanessa Crawford Junpei Minamii • Yuu Okabe

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