#0619 · Unova · Generation 5

Mienfoo

Martial Arts Pokémon · Fighting-type

Mienfoo is a Fighting-type Pokémon, the Martial Arts Pokémon, number 619 (#0619) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 0.9 m tall and weighs 20 kg.

Mienfoo is the Martial Arts Pokémon, a small ermine-like fighter that trains in mountain packs. The Pokédex says a well-trained one can land more than 100 arm chops in a single minute.

How to pronounce Mienfoo

Mienfoo is pronounced meen-FOO. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Mienfoo said out loud:

In Japanese it is コジョフー (Kojofu).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Mienfoo is a yellow, bipedal, weasel-like Pokémon, 0.9 m tall and 20 kg, with rounded ears and red eyes, plus a pink nose that has a whisker at either side. Its red arms flare like sleeves, its thigh fur piles up like a robe and a small red band circles its chest. The Pokédex says its sharp claws can cut foes.

Behaviour

Mienfoo is small but fierce: the Pokédex says anything that approaches carelessly is met with a flurry of graceful attacks. Packs train together, each with its own form of kicks and chops, and in the morning they can be seen slowly moving through poses. Mienfoo takes pride in its speed and makes up for lack of power with quantity.

Habitat

The Pokédex says Mienfoo seclude themselves in the mountains to train. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in Kitakami, from Oni Mountain to Wistful Fields.

Powers

Mienfoo's Abilities are Inner Focus, which stops it flinching, and Regenerator, which heals it when it switches out, with Reckless hidden. It opens with Fake Out, then uses Drain Punch, Aura Sphere, Force Palm and High Jump Kick, and it can set up with Calm Mind. Its highest base stats are Attack 85 and Speed 65.

Name origin

Mienfoo may combine 'ermine' and 'kung fu'. The Japanese name is Kojofu (コジョフー), possibly from okojo ('ermine') and kung fu.

Design inspiration

Mienfoo's look blends an ermine with a kung fu fighter, according to Bulbapedia's summary of a Nintendo Dream interview with Ken Sugimori. It may also be based on the kamaitachi, a clawed weasel yōkai from Japanese folklore, which is a fan reading.

Evolution notes

Mienfoo evolves into Mienshao at level 50.

In the games

Mienfoo leads the team of Korrina, the Shalour City Gym Leader, in X and Y. It first appeared in Black and White. In Scarlet and Violet it can be caught wild in The Teal Mask and in 3-star Tera Raid Battles, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Cliff's Mienfoo debuted in 'The Beartic Mountain Feud!', helping him guard a mountain. In 'Showdown at the Shalour Gym!', Korrina's Mienfoo fought Ash's Hawlucha in a Gym battle and lost.

Fun facts

• Ken Sugimori told Nintendo Dream that Mienfoo and Mienshao exist because the game planners asked for animal-based Fighting types, since most earlier ones looked human.
• In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Mienfoo is a resident of Lively Town who teaches martial arts to children such as Skiddo.
• Mewtwo's flashback in the film 'Genesect and the Legend Awakened' features a Mienfoo.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Mienfoo (Pokémon) · Serebii: Mienfoo (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 45
• Attack: 85
• Defense: 50
• Sp. Atk: 55
• Sp. Def: 50
• Speed: 65

Mienfoo’s base stat total is 350. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Mienfoo weak to?

Mienfoo takes extra damage from Flying (2×), Psychic (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Bug (½×), Rock (½×), Dark (½×).

Evolution

How does Mienfoo evolve?

Mienfoo evolves into Mienshao at level 50.

The whole family: Mienfoo, Mienshao.

Abilities

• Inner Focus: Prevents flinching.
• Regenerator: Heals for 1/3 max HP upon switching out.
• Reckless (hidden ability): Strengthens recoil moves to 1.2× their power.

Moves

Moves Mienfoo learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (41)

Mienfoo can learn 41 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Protect, Low Kick, Acrobatics, Trailblaze, Facade, Aerial Ace, Swift, Rock Tomb, Low Sweep, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Dig, Brick Break, U-turn, Bulk Up, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Grass Knot, Poison Jab, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Substitute, Aura Sphere, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Reversal, Stone Edge, Focus Blast, Close Combat, Tera Blast, Knock Off, Focus Punch, Psych Up, Coaching, Upper Hand.

Egg moves (3):Feint, Focus Punch, Knock Off.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field, Human-Like.
• Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
• Catch rate: 180 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Attack effort value.
• Base experience yield: 70.

Pokédex entries

Though small, Mienfoo's temperament is fierce. Any creature that approaches Mienfoo carelessly will be greeted with a flurry of graceful attacks. (Shield)

In one minute, a well-trained Mienfoo can chop with its arms more than 100 times. (Sword)

They seclude themselves in the mountains and devote themselves to training. The form of their kicks and chops differs from pack to pack. (Ultra Moon)

They can often be seen in packs in the morning, slowly moving their bodies through a series of poses. (Ultra Sun)

In fights, they dominate with onslaughts of flowing, continuous attacks. With their sharp claws, they cut enemies. (Black, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

It takes pride in the speed at which it can use moves. What it loses in power, it makes up for in quantity. (Black 2, White 2, X, Omega Ruby)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 43% of all Pokémon (0.9 m).
• Heavier than 42% of all Pokémon (20 kg).
• Base stat total 350, ranked #701 of 1,025.
• One of 73 Fighting-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 88 yellow Pokémon.
• Number 126 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 51 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 180: about 23.5% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 7 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Mienfoo (Pokémon), Serebii: Mienfoo (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (meen-FOO): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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