Seong Mi-na

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Seong Mi-Na

In this Korean name, the family name is Seong (성/成).

Seong Mi-na (ソン・ミナ, Son Mina, Hanja: 成美那, Hangul: 성미나) is a fictional character in Namco's Soul series of fighting games. First appearing in Soul Edge, she returned in Soulcalibur, Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur III, Soulcalibur IV, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, Soulcalibur: Unbreakable Soul, Soulcalibur: Lost Swords & Soulcalibur VI.

Appearance

She has dark brown hair, rosy pale skin, light amber brown eyes, a physically built body and is taller than most Korean women from her time period. She also wears a bra top and a loincloth reaching down to her shins.

Personality

Seong Mi-na is a strong-willed girl who is always striving to be the best she is. Though stubborn about this, she also has a quick wit. She's very determined, but sometimes overly confident in her skills, often mocking her opponents. Due to her inferiority complex, Seong Mi-na dislikes it when anyone views her as weak or helpless, basically not wanting to be treated like a kid.

Weapons

• Scarlet Thunder
• Tiger Fang
• Long Handled Sword
• Nagamaki
• Halberd
• Morning Star
• Sickled Spear
• Spiked Mace
• Defender
• Hyup Do
• Naginata
• Couse
• Bardiche
• Ambassador
• Soul Edge (Complete)
• Hraesvelgr
• Feather Broom
• The Ancient
• Soul Calibur
• Open-Handed Slap
• Emerald Nimbus
• Primitive Spear

Stages

• Jirisan - Old Temple (SE)
• Remain in the Desert (NIGHT) (SC; Arcade)
• Maze of the Dead (SC; Dreamcast)
• Hwangseo Palace - Phoenix Court (SCII)
• Ling Sheng-Su Temple Ruin (SCIII)
• Sailor's Rest (SCIV)
• Sailor's Rest - Twilight (SCBD)

Theme Music

Soul Blade OST Kkaduri (Theme of Seung Mina)

Soul Edge, "Kkaduri"

Tiny Amulet from Khan Super Session

Soul Edge Khan Super Session, "Tiny Amulet"

SOUL CALIBUR THEME OF SEUNG MINA

Soulcalibur, "Eye to Eye, Blade to Blade"

SCII Sword of the Patriot

Soulcalibur II, "Sword of the Patriot"

Soul Calibur III - The Evil Moon (Seong-Mina)

Soulcalibur III, "The Evil Moon"

SCIV Halcyon Harbor 16

Soulcalibur IV, "Halcyon Harbor"

Trivia

General

• Despite appearing in the first series, Seong Mi-na had become a clone of Kilik in Soulcalibur, copying many moves from him. In Soulcalibur III, Kilik and Seong Mi-na's movesets were made unique from each other to remedy this.
  • The in-universe explanation for this is that Seong Mi-na has spent a year training under Kong Xiuqiang during the events of Soulcalibur. Many of her attacks that were copied from Kilik have "Kong Style" in their Japanese names; both Kilik and Kong Xiuqiang trained at the Ling Sheng-Su Temple.
• Her Destined Battle in Soulcalibur is Hwang. In Soulcalibur II and Soulcalibur III, it's Yun-seong.
• In almost every game of Soul series, her default costume is among the most revealing ones, with her entire abdomen and navel exposed each time, save for in Soulcalibur where it was an alternate costume that showed her abdomen instead.

Soulcalibur

• Seong Mi-na is nicknamed "Heart and Soul Girl".

Soulcalibur II

• Seong Mi-na did not appear in the arcade version along with Sophitia, but was later added to the home versions.
• For some reason, her Destined Battle does not always have the usual Destined Battle music, but other times it will.

Soulcalibur III

• The Soul of Seong Mi-na discipline is available to created characters of the Gladiator class.
• Seong Mi-na is the only character in who requires more than one input at the ending, making it the most elaborate cinematic of the game.
• She will sometimes half-heartedly say that she will "defeat the evils of the ages" - this is a parody of Hwang's line.
• Starting with this game, Seong Mi-na's fighting stance is slighly different. She holds her weapon in a lower position than in past games. This was possibly done to differentiate her from Kilik even more.
• Seong Mi-na has her hair tied in a bun while wearing her 2P costume. This is the only time where she still has her long hair tied in a 2P costume, as opposed to her usual Short Hair in all her other 2P costumes.

Soulcalibur IV

• In Seong Mi-na's Story Mode, Talim accompanies her after Mi-na defeats her, Kilik and Xianghua in the second stage. After the fourth stage, Mi-na leaves Talim in charge and carries on ahead to battle Algol. In Yun-seong's Story Mode, Mi-na accompanies him for the rest of his journey after he defeats her, Talim, and Sophitia after the second stage.

Soulcalibur V

• Her Soulcalibur IV 2P costume appears as DLC.

Soulcalibur VI

• Her outfit is a hybrid of her 1P and 3P outfits from Soul Blade.
• Regarding the background of Seong Mi-na's artwork, according to the official Soulcalibur Twitter account: "Mi-na's illustration features a peony flower, which is also used as a motif in her costume. According to a theory, peonies are known as a flower with the meaning of "wealth" in Korea. Mi-na seems like a tomboy, but she is actually the daughter of a prominent family."
• She appears wearing a hanbok similar to her Soulcalibur II 3P in Hwang's Soul Chronicle. Her 3P costume was created based on fanarts of the time.
• Mi-na is the only character in the game that narrates any part of its own Soul Chronicle. She does that in the first chapter, introducing herself and her backstory.

Series Appearances

• Soul Edge
• Soulcalibur
• Soulcalibur (Chinese Manhua)
• Soulcalibur II (Console versions only)
• Soulcalibur III
• Soulcalibur IV
• Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny
• Soulcalibur: Lost Swords
• Soulcalibur: Unbreakable Soul
• Soulcalibur VI

Appearances in Other Media

• Seong Mi-na appeared as a limited time card in Outcast Odyssey. She has her costumes from Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur III, Soulcalibur IV, and Soulcalibur V.
• Seong Mi-na was added to the now-defunct mobile game, The King of Fighters ALLSTAR, as part of a collaboration event the game had with Soulcalibur VI. The event went live on December 22, 2022 and ended sometime in mid January in the following year.