Rango Miliani

Rango Lopaka Miliani is from Paniola Town on Akala Island in the Alola region. He's the father of Kiawe Miliani and Mimo Miliani, and also the husband of Sima Miliani.

Background
Rango and the rest of the family was poor during Kiawe's youth. Rango had a job, but it wasn't well-paying, while Sima didn't have a job, since jobs are hard to come by in Paniola Town. When Mimo was born and Kiawe was 9, Rango and Sima didn't think they'd be able to support both of them financially. The two started a farm in their yard. The farm turned out to be successful and generated much more income for the family.

However, there were those who robbed the family's farm from time to time, since they wanted what the family had. It was mainly Team Skull that did this, back when they were still operational. Rango tried to reason with them when this happened, but they threatened him if he didn't comply, so there wasn't much he could do. Rango always profusely apologized to the family and Kiawe, feeling like he failed, but they always assured him he didn't, and that there wasn't much they could do to prevent this. They ultimately still did well financially, but the crimes brought about fear in the family.

Rango was there when Kiawe's childhood friend, Harry, was murdered by Team Skull. He understands Kiawe's pain and anger at this.

Present
Rango was first mentioned by Kiawe in Episode 31 when he told the Mokusetsu more about himself. He mostly mentioned the things in the Background section, emphasizing that seeing Rango struggle, along with witnessing Sima and Mimo, cry is part of what angered him and drove him to seek justice for the weak and innocent who are tortured by others.

Rango made his debut in Episode 33. He was there in Paniola Town with Sima as they greeted their son, Kiawe, who arrived at the house with his usual Alolan friends, Mallow, Lana, and Lillie, along with his three new friends of the Mokusetsu, Ash, Alain, and Dawn. Rango had heard of Kiawe's 3 new friends and told them that he was happy to meet them. Rango informed the group that there has been a recent drought that was affecting the crops of the family farm. This would not be good for their usual steady income, as adjustments would have to be made if rain didn't come soon. There's not always enough people around to water everything as often as they need, so a usual amount of rain is necessary. Around this time of year at the end of August, as Kiawe pitched in to explain, Autumn is preparing to begin and rain is usually more frequent.

As Rango's daughter, Mimo, came out as well, he was informed that the Mokusetsu was here to get Hi no Tama, which was hidden in this city, but not in the area of the house. He wished them good luck as everyone left the area to search for the Plate.

Rango appeared again in Episode 35. The Mokusetsu returned to his house and told him, along with Sima, how the recent fight for Hi no Tama went. Mimo joined shortly after. He expressed happiness and motivated the Mokusetsu going forward. He learned that the Alolan people with the Mokusetsu would keep traveling for the last Plate in Alola. He was okay with the news and wished them well.

Naming

 * His first name, Rango, is his name in the English dub of the Pokémon anime. It comes from "huarango", which is another name for the kiawe tree, after which Kiawe is named after.
 * His middle name, Lopaka, was randomly selected from a Hawaiian name generator.
 * His last name, Miliani, is shared with Kiawe. It was randomly selected from a Hawaiian name generator.

General

 * His birthday, November 5th, was randomly selected.