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Makoto Kino is the civilian identity and present-day incarnation of Sailor Jupiter. This is the original depiction of the manga character created by Naoko Takeuchi.

Nomenclature & Etymology

Etymology

Makoto: Makoto's first name in Japanese is written in hiragana as "まこと", which can be read as "実", which can mean "trust" or "sincerity" in Japanese.[3][4] Originally, it was "Mamoru," meaning "to guard/protect."

Kino: The kanji of "Kino" (木野) can translate to "wood field" or "tree field."

Her name completely in hiragana would be "きのまこと" (Kino Makoto).

Her DiC name, "Lita", could be a shortened version of "lightning". However, the Latin and American meanings of the name are both “joyful,” which would accurately describe Lita’s cheerful nature when she’s not around airplanes, that is. Yet the name is Spanish, and in that language would translate to “sorrow.” Ironically, this would also fit Lita, based on the tragedy with her parents in “Mako’s Depression.”

Lita could be derived from 'Leda' one of the moons of Jupiter. The moon Leda was named after one of Zeus' mythological cohorts, who is the subject of the famous poem "Leda and the Swan." Both Lita and Leda have four letters and start with L, and end with A.

"Lita" is a pun on the word, lightning, one of the elements that Sailor Jupiter is known to fight with. However, it should be noted that it means "trust" or "to rely on" in Swedish when put together with the word "på". This may or may not have been intended.

Like the other Senshi's earlier costumes, Sailor Jupiter's was fully unique. It featured buckles, long gloves, blue and yellow highlights, a bare lower torso, a profusion of thin, dark pink ribbons, a face-plate and communicator. In other artworks, the outfit looked the same as the final product outfit but with a couple of differences, such as the addition of a belt (which was later added in when the manga was re-released) and the fact that she only wore one glove. Naoko Takeuchi later told the animators to make Makoto appear muscular and "a little meatier than normal".

Appearance

Civilian

Makoto is a teenage girl who fair skin and a slim complexion, though she is slightly more muscular than her most of her fellow Senshi. She has big green eyes, long brown wavy hair that she usually keeps tied up with a ponytail holder with two green balls, and is almost always shown wearing her pink rose earrings. She is also the tallest out of the Inner Senshi, standing at 168cm or 5 feet 6 inches.

Senshi

Sailor Jupiter wears a sailor suit with two colors: Green (scarf, boots, skirt, choker, gem of tiara, button of front bow, end of sleeves on gloves) and Pink (both bows, earrings). The rest of her out fit is white. Her tiara is the same base color as the rest of the Sailor Senshi's; gold. She is also seen wearing a light blue hair accessory as well as a pair of pink rose earrings.

As Super Sailor Jupiter, she wears an upgraded version of the Sailor Jupiter sailor uniform. The entire uniform is the same. The only things that have changed are the length of her back bow and the shape of the button on her front bow (circle to heart), along with a yellow star added to her choker. His boots are also the same.

As Eternal Sailor Jupiter, she wears an upgraded version of the Super Sailor Jupiter uniform. The scarf is still a dark green, along with the first layer of her skirt. The second layer of the skirt is a transparent green. Her front bow remains pink, while the back bow changes from pink to light green and has ribbons of the same color flowing from it. Her puffy white sleeves are now replaced with transparent green big puffy sleeves with the remainder of the sleeve being two dark green puffs. Replacing the usual button on her front bow is a green star-shaped button, the oval-shaped gem on her tiara is now a green star-shaped green gem, and the plain collar now has a green star attached to it. Instead of the original dark green tie-up boots, Eternal Sailor Jupiter now has a pair of white boots with a strip of dark green at the top with a gold star in the middle. Jupiter is still wearing her hair accessory but her pink rose earrings have been replaced by green dangling 5-pointed star earrings.

Sailor Jupiter is also princess of the planet Jupiter. She wears a green gown with two green roses, one on each side, that goes down to her toes and splits in two right above the knee and trails back. Her hair is tied up with a green ribbon with a pink rose in the middle. She has a green choker that is tied in a bow a the back, with the streams running down her back. Her symbol is always on her forehead. In addition to the choker, she also wears a necklace. She also has green heels with a strap across the ankle. She dwelt in Io Castle.

Biography

Manga

Although Makoto is not formally introduced in the Sailor V manga, at the end of Chapter 16, Makoto is seen right behind Minako on the train, remarking in her thoughts that she is weird for bringing a cat onto the train before getting off.

Makoto's first appearance in the Sailor Moon series was at the end "Act 4 - Masquerade Dance Party". Here, she is seen walking outside at night in the rain. However, she makes her formal appearance in the following act, "Act 5 - Makoto, Sailor Jupiter". At the beginning of the act, she saves Usagi from getting hit by a car. After doing so, Makoto tells Usagi to be more careful in the future and walks away. At school, Makoto accidentally bumps into Usagi and gets yelled at by a teacher who tells her to wear a proper uniform. As Makoto was setting up for lunch, she protects Usagi from an oncoming baseball. as Usagi was spying on her. She throws the ball far and Usagi joins her for lunch.

Anime

Makoto is first introduced in episode 25 when she beats up a group of guys for picking on Usagi. Later in the episode, Umino tells Usagi that Makoto was thrown out of her previous school for fighting and transferred to Azabu Juuban Junior High. After visiting the Game Center Crown with Usagi, she meets Game Machine Joe. Makoto comments on him and says that he looks like someone she knew and leaves the arcade. After departing from the arcade, Makoto follows Joe long enough to witness him being attacked by Zoisite. Once Usagi shows up, Zoisite leaves and Makoto follows Joe and the two get something to eat. When they are attacked by Zoisite again, Joe flees but is found by Zoisite again along with Sailor Moon. After Joe turns into Gesen, Makoto interferes in the battle and Luna recognizes her to be one of the Sailor Senshi. She tells her to use her transformation pen and say "Jupiter Power, Make Up," allowing Makoto to transform into Sailor Jupiter and help defeat the youma. After defeating the youma, Makoto joins the Inner Sailor Senshi.

Live Action

Makoto Kino first appears when she sees a group of boys picking on Usagi and comes to her rescue. Usagi thanks her and later takes her to meet with Rei Hino. Once they meet, Rei senses that something is different about her, making both her and Luna suspect that she may be another Guardian. Like in other adaptions of the series, Makoto appears as a boy-crazy girl, a trait that is used to her disadvantage to lure her into a trap set by the Dark Kingdom. Sailor Mooncomes to save her and during the process Makoto transforms into Sailor Jupiter.

Crystal

She debuts in Episode 4, in which she was the first Sailor Guardian to speak during her respective cameo. She appears as a major character in the following episode, where she transfers to Juuban middle school and saves Usagi from being hit by a car. Following another encounter where she bumps into Usagi in the school hallway, the two form a small friendship at the school's outdoor lot, where Makoto is seen eating her lunch to escape the side-eyed glares of her classmates. After school, Usagi and Makoto go to the Game Center Crown, where she meets Motoki Furuhata for the first time. Starstruck, she becomes distracted from the game and mumbles "Senpai..." under her breath.

Makoto, along with Usagi and Ami stop by the allegedly cursed bridal shop. When asked what kind of dress she would like to wear, Makoto comments that she would wear whatever makes her husband happy, and blissfully remarks how she wants to be a bride. She inadvertently becomes a victim of Nephrite's plot to steal energy from lovestruck humans and is placed into a trance by a brainwashed Motoki. Seen by a nearby Mamoru Chiba, he comes to Usagi's house as Tuxedo Mask and takes her to where Makoto is being held captive. Usagi transforms into Sailor Moon and offers encouraging words to a disconsolate Makoto, after Nephrite tells her about the illusions of love. She breaks free from the controlled mannequin holding her down and the sign of Jupiter glows on her forehead. In that moment, Luna rushes to the scene, throwing a transformation pen in Makoto's direction, and Makoto transforms into Sailor Jupiter, the Guardian of Thunder and Protection. Using her Flower Hurricaneand Jupiter Thunderbolt attacks, she easily defeats Nephrite and hurts him.

Makoto tells her friend Ittou Asanuma all about her destiny as a Sailor Senshi in the second season. Sailor Jupiter's power over thunder and lightning has grown much stronger from the mystical Star Power Stick Luna had given her, which greatly increased her abilities. She used her new, incredibly strong Sparkling Wide Pressureattack to try and save both Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury, but failed to prevent their abduction at the hands of Rubeus.

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Senshi Info

Phrases

Items

Attacks

|Weapons

  • Rose Earrings

Other Items

Development

Makoto was present in the original propsoal for the Codename: Sailor V anime; however, she was called Mamoru Chino, a name similar to Mamoru Chiba. It was later confirmed this character was eventually turned into Makoto, her character was meant to be not only tough, but the leader of a female gang and a smoker. Also, her hair was straight instead of wavy.

Trivia

  • The Kanji 木 Is used to identify the day Thursday in japan. Thursday according to Nordic mythology, it is the thunder god Thor's Day.
  • Her school uniform was further representation of her tough girl status, that being the style for those girls at the time.
  • In the manga and in Crystal, it is shown that Makoto keeps many plants in her apartment.
  • The source of Makoto's income has been a debate among the fans, seeing as she is only 14-15 years old at the very start of the series. An explanation behind how she supported herself was never given, but a popular theory is that she lives off an inheritance left behind by her parents.
    • The Japanese school year begins around April 1st. The Sailor Moon Eternal Edition (2019) of the manga along with Sailor Moon Crystal confirms Usagi is 14 at the start of the series. Because of this, in the original series, Makoto also starts the second year of middle school at 14, and ages to 15 by her December birthday. The same pattern would follow for her later school years.
    • In the original series, she is also in the same school year as Usagi, Minako, Ami, and Rei.
    • Sailor Moon Crystal Episode 2 also confirms Ami starting the same school year at 14.
  • Her very first appearance in the manga was at the end of Act 4, even though her identity wasn't revealed until Act 5.
  • In the first "Chibiusa Picture Diary", Makoto is seen eating a chocolate cigarette. However, there are many fans who believe she was smoking an actual cigarette
  • Like in the manga, and unlike in the anime, Jupiter has pink chains around her waist in the live action series.
  • She and Sailor Venus are the only Sailor Senshi in PGSM to obtain chains above their bows.

References

  1. Sailor Moon Eternal Edition (2019), Volume 1, Page 8 states Usagi is 14 at the very beginning of the series. She ages to 15 about two months later on her birthday in June. Because Makoto is in the same school year as Usagi, she also starts the series at 14, aging to 15 by her birthday.
  2. Makoto kino at Sailor Moon Official Website (Japanese)
  3. まこと - Wiktionary
  4. 実 - Wiktionary
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