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{{Character Infobox
 
{{Character Infobox
|name = Usagi Tsukino
 
|kanji / kana = うさぎ 月野
 
 
|image = <tabber>
 
|image = <tabber>
|-|Civilian Form=[[File: Usagi Tsukino Sailor Moon - Anime.png|200px]]
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|-|Civilian & Senshi Form=[[File: Usagi Tsukino Sailor Moon - Anime.png|200px]]
|-|Sailor Form=[[File:Usagi Tsukino Sailor Moon Sailor Form - Anime.png|200px]]
 
|-|Crystal Form=[[File:Usagi Tsukino Sailor Moon Crystal Form - Anime.png|200px]]
 
 
|-|Cosmic Form=[[File:Usagi Sailor Moon Cosmic Form - Anime.png|200px]]
 
|-|Cosmic Form=[[File:Usagi Sailor Moon Cosmic Form - Anime.png|200px]]
|-|Crisis/Super Form=[[File:Usagi Tsukino Sailor Moon Super Crisis Form - Anime.png|200px]]
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|-|Super Form=[[File:Usagi Tsukino Sailor Moon Super Crisis Form - Anime.png|200px]]
|-|Eternal Form=[[File:Usagi Tsukino Sailor Moon Eternal Form - Anime.png|200px]]
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|-|Eternal Form=[[File:Eternal sm.png|200px]]
 
|-|Princess Serenity=[[File:Princess Serenity - Anime.png|200px]]
 
|-|Princess Serenity=[[File:Princess Serenity - Anime.png|200px]]
|-|Neo-Queen Serenity=[[File:Neo-Queen Serenity - Anime.png|200px]]
 
 
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|japanese = 月野 うさぎ
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|japanese = 月野 うさぎ<br/>セーラームーン
|romanji = Tsukino Usagi
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|romaji = Tsukino Usagi<br/>Seeraa Muun
|aka = Sailor Moon, Super Sailor Moon, Eternal Sailor Moon, [[Princess Serenity (anime)|Princess Serenity]], [[Neo-Queen Serenity (anime)|Neo-Queen Serenity]], Serenity
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|aka = Bun-head, Usako (By Mamoru), Sailor Moon, Super Sailor Moon, Eternal Sailor Moon, [[Princess Serenity (anime)|Princess Serenity]]
|resides = Azabu-Juban, Minato ward; Tokyo, Japan
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|resides = [[Azabu-Juban]], Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
|schools = Juban Public Middle School (season 1-3), Juban Public High School (season 5)
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|schools = [[Juban Public Middle School]] (Season 1-4)<br/>[[Juban High School]] (Season 5)
|jobs = Student, Sailor Guardian
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|jobs = Student, [[Sailor Guardian]]
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|relations = [[Queen Serenity (anime)|Queen Serenity]] (Past-Life Mother, Deceased)<br/>[[Ikuko Tsukino (anime)|Ikuko Tsukino]] (Mother)<br/>[[Kenji Tsukino (anime)|Kenji Tsukino]] (Father)<br/>[[Shingo Tsukino (anime)|Shingo Tsukino]] (Younger Brother)<br/>[[Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (anime)|Mamoru Chiba]] (Boyfriend/Future Husband)<br/>[[Chibiusa Tsukino / Sailor Chibi Moon (anime)|Chibiusa Tsukino]] (Future Daughter)
|relations = [[Queen Serenity]] (Past Mother, Deceased)<br>
 
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|affiliates = [[Sailor Guardians#Sailor Guardians of the Solar System|Solar System Sailor Guardians]]<br/>[[Naru Osaka (anime)|Naru Osaka]]<br/>[[Gurio Umino (anime)|Gurio Umino]]<br/>[[Yumiko (anime)|Yumiko]]<br/>[[Kuri (anime)|Kuri]] <br/>[[Luna (anime)|Luna]]<br/>[[Diana (anime)|Diana]]
Unnamed Past Father (Deceased)<br>
 
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|alignment = [[Silver Millennium]]
[[Ikuko Tsukino]] (Present-day Mother)<br>
 
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|birthday = June 30th (♋)<ref name="Official website profile">[http://sailormoon-official.com/world/moon.php Official Sailor Moon website; Sailor Moon's Profile]</ref>
[[Kenji Tsukino (manga)|Kenji Tsukino]] (Present-day Father)<br>
 
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|age = 14 (Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R)<br/>14-15 (Sailor Moon S)<br/>15 (Sailor Moon SuperS)<br/>16 (Sailor Moon Sailor Stars)
[[Shingo Tsukino]] (Present-day Younger Brother)<br>
 
[[Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (manga)|Mamoru Chiba]] (Boyfriend, Future Husband)<br>
 
[[Chibiusa Tsukino / Sailor Chibi Moon (manga)|Chibiusa Tsukino]] (Future Daughter)
 
|affiliates = Solar System [[Sailor Guardians|Sailor Senshi]]<br>
 
[[Luna (anime)|Luna]]<br>
 
[[Naru Osaka (anime)|Naru Osaka]]
 
|alignment = Moon Kingdom and Crystal Tokyo
 
|birthday = June 30th (♋)
 
|age = 14 (Classic & R)<br>15 (S & SuperS)<br>16 (Sailor Stars)
 
|height = 150cm (4'11")
 
 
|gender = Female
 
|gender = Female
 
|species = Human
 
|species = Human
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|blood type = O<ref name="Official website profile"/><ref name="AnimeProfile"/>
|blood type = O
 
|likes = Sweets, Video Games, Comics/Manga, Boys, Napping
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|likes = Sweets, video games, comics/manga, boys, sleeping, dolls
|dislikes = Math, English class, dentists, thunder, lightning, carrots, Rei's meanness
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|dislikes = Math, English class, studying, dentists, ghosts, thunder and lightning, spiders
 
|first anime appearance = [[The Crybaby: Usagi's Beautiful Transformation]]
 
|first anime appearance = [[The Crybaby: Usagi's Beautiful Transformation]]
 
|anime voiced by = [[wikipedia:Kotono Mitsuishi|Kotono Mitsuishi]] (Japanese, Episodes 1-43, 51+)<br />
 
|anime voiced by = [[wikipedia:Kotono Mitsuishi|Kotono Mitsuishi]] (Japanese, Episodes 1-43, 51+)<br />
[[wikipedia:Kae Araki|Kae Araki]] (Japanese, Ep 44-50) <br /> [[wikipedia:Tracey Moore|Tracey Moore]] (DiC English dub, 1-11, 15 and 21) <br /> [[wikipedia:Terri Hawkes|Terri Hawkes]] (DiC English dub, 12-14, 16-20, 22-82 and movies) <br /> [[wikipedia:Linda Ballantyne|Linda Ballantyne]] (CWi English dub, 83-159) <br /> Ji-hyeon Lee (Daewon Korean dub) <br /> [[wikipedia:Stephanie Sheh|Stephanie Sheh]] (Viz Media English dub)
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[[wikipedia:Kae Araki|Kae Araki]] (Japanese, Ep 44-50) <br />[[wikipedia:Tracey Moore|Tracey Moore]] (DiC English dub, 1-11, 15 and 21) <br />[[wikipedia:Terri Hawkes|Terri Hawkes]] (DiC English dub, 12-14, 16-20, 22-82 and movies) <br />[[wikipedia:Linda Ballantyne|Linda Ballantyne]] (CWi English dub, 83-159) <br />[[wikipedia:Stephanie Sheh|Stephanie Sheh]] (Viz Media English dub)}}
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[[File:Sailor moon moon.png|thumb|left|50px]]
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{{Quote|I am the Pretty Guardian who Fights for Love and for Justice. I am Sailor Moon! And now In the name of the moon, I will punish you!|Sailor Moon’s catchphrase}}
[[File:Sailor_moon_moon.png|thumb|left|50px]]
 
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<span style="color:#FF59A6;">'''Usagi Tsukino'''</span> (月野 うさぎ, Tsukino Usagi) is the civilian identity of the Sailor Guardian of Love and Justice, <span style="color:#FF59A6;">'''Sailor Moon'''</span> (セーラームーン, Seeraa Muun), who serves as the titular protagonist of the [[Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (anime series)|90s anime]]. Originally from a prosperous civilization on the Moon known as the [[Moon Kingdom]], she was reborn on Earth and re-awoke as the leader of the Sailor Senshi.
 
{{Quote|I am the Pretty Guardian who Fights for Love and for Justice. I am Sailor Moon! And now In the name of the moon, I will punish you!|Sailor Moon’s stock introduction }}
 
 
<span style="color:#FF59A6;">'''Usagi Tsukino'''</span> (月野 うさぎ, Tsukino Usagi) is the civilian identity of the Sailor Guardian of Love and Justice, <span style="color:#FF59A6;">'''Sailor Moon'''</span> (セーラームーン, Seeraa Muun). Originally from a prosperous civilization on the Moon known as the [[Silver Millennium#Moon Kingdom|Moon Kingdom]], she was reborn on Earth and re-awoke as the leader of the Sailor Senshi.
 
   
 
==Nomenclature & Etymology==
 
==Nomenclature & Etymology==
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
'''Usagi''' is written in the hiragana spelling of the Japanese word for "rabbit" (うさぎ, Usagi)
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'''Usagi''' is written in the hiragana spelling of the Japanese word for "rabbit" (うさぎ, Usagi).
   
 
'''Tsukino''', The kanji of ''Tsuki'' (月) translates to "moon" while the kanji for ''no'' (野) translates to "field" or "civilian". The syllable ''no'' (の) also indicates possession, so while the literal translation of her family name could be "moon field" or "moon civilian", others may translate it as "of the moon."
 
'''Tsukino''', The kanji of ''Tsuki'' (月) translates to "moon" while the kanji for ''no'' (野) translates to "field" or "civilian". The syllable ''no'' (の) also indicates possession, so while the literal translation of her family name could be "moon field" or "moon civilian", others may translate it as "of the moon."
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===Nomenclature===
 
===Nomenclature===
[[Naoko Takeuchi]] included many occultist arts to finely detail each character. For Usagi, these things include:
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[[Naoko Takeuchi]] provided many additional details on Usagi which include:
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*'''[[wikipedia:Blood type personality theory|Blood Type]]:''' [[wikipedia:ABO blood group system|0]]<ref name="Official website profile"/><ref name="AnimeProfile"/>
* '''Birthstone(s)''':
 
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*'''[[wikipedia:Astrological sign|Zodiac Sign]]:''' [[wikipedia:Cancer (astrology)|Cancer]]<ref name="Official website profile"/><ref name="AnimeProfile"/> - Ruled by the [[wikipedia:Moon|Moon]]
**Pearl - Purity, humility, and innocence.
 
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*'''[[wikipedia:Birthstone|Birthstone]]:''' [[wikipedia:Pearl|Pearl]]<ref name="AnimeProfile">[[Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (anime series)|90's anime]]: Usagi's introduction in [[Punishment Awaits: The House of Fortune is the Monster Mansion|Episodes 2]], [[The Mysterious Sleeping Sickness: Protect the Girls in Love|3]], [[Learn How to Be Skinny from Usagi|4]], and [[Scent of a Monster: Chanela Will Steal Your Love|5]].</ref><ref name="MaterialsCollection">[[Materials Collection]] - Pages on Usagi</ref>
**Alexandrite - Believed to strengthen intuition, aid creativity and inspire imagination.
 
**Moonstone - Love, passion, fertility and great luck.
 
* '''Zodiac Sign''': Cancer - Tenacious, highly imaginative, loyal, emotional, sympathetic, persuasive; Moody, pessimistic, suspicious, manipulative, insecure.
 
   
 
==Appearance==
 
==Appearance==
 
===Civilian===
 
===Civilian===
Usagi has blue eyes and long blonde hair that she wears in [[wikipedia:Odango|odango]].
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Usagi has blue eyes and long blonde hair that she wears in [[wikipedia:Bun_(hairstyle)#Double_bun|odango]].
   
The outfit that Usagi usually wears is a light blue middle school uniform (which later became her iconic everyday outfit), which has a blue sailor collar with two white stripes. She has a red ribbon on the front of her uniform, which she ties her magical locket to. She has a white school top with blue sleeves that have white stripes on, like the collar. In the summer, she wears a white top with short puffy sleeves. She has a blue pleated skirt with a blue ribbon on the back. She usually wears white socks and black cross-strap Mary Jane shoes.
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The outfit that Usagi usually wears is a light blue middle school uniform (which later became her iconic everyday outfit), which has a blue sailor collar with two white stripes. She has a dark pink ribbon on the front of her uniform, which she ties her magical locket to. She has a white school top with blue sleeves that have white stripes on, like the collar. In the summer, she wears a white top with short puffy sleeves. She has a blue pleated skirt with a blue ribbon on the back. She usually wears white socks and black cross-strap Mary Jane shoes.
   
Her primary casual outfit is usually seen until the end of the third season where she was seen wearing a light blue denim blazer with two chest pockets in each sides, a light green long sleeved button-up shirt, a light pink long pleated skirt, light blue socks and white and brown dress shoes. Her odango hairstyle has a matching two light pink bows in each sides. In the fourth season, her primary outfit has a minor color change; her denim blazer becomes dark blue, her button-up shirt and socks are green and her skirt is light gray.
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Her primary casual outfit is usually seen until the end of the third season where she was seen wearing a light blue denim blazer with two chest pockets in each sides, a light green long sleeved button-up shirt, a pale pink long pleated skirt, light blue socks and white and brown dress shoes. Her odango hairstyle has a matching two pale pink bows in each sides. In the fourth season, her primary outfit has a minor color change; her denim blazer becomes blue, her button-up shirt and socks are green and both her two small bows and her long pleated skirt are off-white. For sleep wear she usually wears either a a full or half sleeves pink shirt with pink pajamas. In Sailor Stars they become green.
   
In ''Sailor Stars'', she now wears a standard Azabu Juban senior high school uniform as her sailor collar, ribbon, pleated skirt and back ribbon are dark blue and the two stripes are red.
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In ''Sailor Stars'', she now wears a standard Azabu Juban senior high school uniform (due to her now being in high school) as her sailor collar, ribbon, pleated skirt and back ribbon are dark blue and the two stripes are red.
   
==Sailor Senshi==
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===Sailor Moon===
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Sailor Moon’s original uniform consists of a white leotard with a blue-collar that has two stripes on it, white gloves with three red arm fittings that reach just below her elbows, shoulder pads, and a pleated blue skirt with a puffy white belt sat above it, along with chest armor with a dark pink bow on top and at the back of her belt. She also wore a pair of dark pink knee-high boots with a white border at the triangular top pointing upwards with crescent moons, pearl dangle earrings with a crescent moon beneath, white-bordered red circular hairpieces (one on each odango), a choker with a gold crescent moon on it and a tiara with a red gem in the center. Her brooch is worn in the middle of her chest bow. When she gains [[Moon Crystal Power, Make Up|Moon Crystal Power Makeup]], her brooch changes to the [[Crystal Star]], while retaining all of the same features as her original outfit.
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Sailor Moon’s original uniform consists of a white leotard with a blue-collar that has three stripes on it, white gloves, light yellow shoulder pads, and a blue skirt, along with a red bow on the chest and at the back. She also wore a pair of red knee-high boots with a white border at the triangular top and crescent moons, gold earrings consisting of stars with a crescent moon beneath, white-bordered red circular hairpieces (one on each odango), feather barrettes in her hair, and a choker with a golden crescent moon on it with a clip that is similar to her transformation brooch attached to it. Her brooch is worn in the middle of her chest bow, along with a mask that disappeared in Act 16.
 
   
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When she gains [[Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up|Moon Cosmic Power Makeup]], the red gem on her tiara changes to a crescent moon, the crescent moon on her choker changes to a heart, and her brooch becomes the [[Cosmic Heart Compact]].
Her tiara has changed a few times in the manga; at first, it was a golden tiara with a red gem in its center. It later disappeared after she threw it at Jadeite in Act 3. A new one appeared in Act 4 which looked like the old one, but the gem in the center was bigger. After she met Sailor Venus in Act 8 the tiara changed into a crescent moon with a gem in the middle.
 
|-|Super Sailor Moon=
 
As Super Sailor Moon, her uniform almost completely changed; she has two wing-like barrettes in her hair, her earrings are no longer dangling moons, but simply crescent moons affixed to her ears. Her choker is yellow with a red heart in the center. The stripes on her collar change from white to yellow and her shoulder pads are translucent and more wing-like in shape. The back waist bow becomes long, white and billowy with a yellow belt around her waist. However, the most obvious change is her skirt; it is now white with a yellow and blue border at the bottom. In the manga, there were more noticeable changes; her collar is blue in front and yellow in the back, the colors blended into each other over her shoulders. Instead of two different-colored stripes at the bottom of her skirt, the colors seem to blend into each other, creating a subtle transition from yellow to blue. In ''Super S'', she retains this outfit only the ribbons from her back waist bow has been shortened that reaches below the knee.
 
|-|Eternal Sailor Moon=
 
In this form, her uniform underwent the most radical changes; she no longer wears a tiara and instead has a gold crescent moon on her forehead, her earrings have a star at the bottom of each crescent moon. The choker is red with a dark yellowish-orange heart and a gold crescent moon under it while wearing the same white wing barrettes in her hair. The collar itself is like her old one but is dark blue with two gold stripes and in place of her shoulder pads are short solid pink bubble-like sleeves with a red band at the end. In the place of her front bow is a gold heart with a crescent moon at the bottom, with what appears to be four angel wings coming out of it. Her gloves are the same as before, but with a red v-shape border along with a golden star. Her skirt is attached to her top in a red v-shape with a crescent in the center of the v along with three layers on it; the top layer is yellow, the middle layer is red and the bottom layer is blue. Her back bow is replaced with a huge set of angel wings and two very long, thin red ribbons trailing down from them. Her boots are now knee length with v-shape borders with a crescent moon on them.
 
|-|Princess Serenity=
 
Main Page: [[Princess Serenity (anime)|Princess Serenity]]
 
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Princess Serenity was the previous life of Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon. While Usagi is shown to have abundant powers as Sailor Moon and her future self, Neo-Queen Serenity, Princess Serenity did not have any significant powers.
 
|-|Neo-Queen Serenity=
 
Main Page: [[Neo-Queen Serenity (anime)|Neo-Queen Serenity]]
 
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Neo-Queen Serenity is Usagi Tsukino’s future self; she is the Queen of Crystal Tokyo and of the Earth, she has been shown to have strong powers. Eternal Sailor Moon is closest to this form.
 
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===Super Sailor Moon===
==Personality==
 
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As Super Sailor Moon, her uniform almost completely changed; she has two wing-like barrettes in her hair, her earrings are no longer dangling moons, but simply crescent moons affixed to her ears. Her choker is yellow with a red heart in the center. The stripes on her collar change from white to yellow and her shoulder pads are translucent and more wing-like in shape. Her brooch turns light pink, and her back waist bow becomes long, white and billowy with a golden belt that sits above her usual white belt, and a second Cosmic Heart Compact is attached to the center of her belt. However, the most obvious change is her skirt; it is now white with a yellow, green and blue gradient at the bottom.
Usagi's is a bit selfish, and can be overly dramatic. She is also considered lazy and hated school. Not only that, she was also shown to be easily jealous of Mamoru.
 
   
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In ''Super S'', she retains this outfit, however the ribbons from her back waist bow has been shortened that reaches below the knee, her brooch becomes the [[Crisis Moon Compact]], and her skirt has yellow and blue stripes instead of a gradient on the bottom.
However, it was shown that she cared very deeply for her friends and family. She is very trusting and believes that everyone has a better nature. This could be seen as both a character strength and a character flaw at times. She did not believe in killing innocent humans, even when they had been transformed into vicious monsters, and always sought ways to heal them instead.
 
   
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===Eternal Sailor Moon===
Over the course of the series, Usagi matured a great deal although she was still prone to some childish behavior and bouts of silliness; she became a capable young woman.
 
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In this form, her uniform underwent the most radical changes; she no longer wears a tiara and instead has a gold crescent moon on her forehead, her earrings have a star at the bottom of each crescent moon. Her leotard no longer has chest armor, her choker is red with a gold heart and a crescent moon under it while wearing the same white wing barrettes in her hair. The collar itself is like her old one but is dark blue with three gold stripes and in place of her shoulder pads are short solid pink bubble-like sleeves with a red band at the end. Her bow is now a pair of white angel wings with the [[Eternal Moon Article]] in the front. Her gloves are now up to her upper arm and have wings on the sides of the red bands on the end, and have a red v-shape border on her wrists with crescent moons on the tip. Her skirt is attached to her top in a red v-shape with a crescent in the center of the v along with three layers on it; the top layer is yellow, the middle layer is red and the bottom layer is blue. Her back bow is replaced with a huge set of angel wings and two very long, thin red ribbons trailing down from them. Her boots are now white with red v-shape borders going downwards with a crescent moon on them.
   
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===Princess Serenity===
She is alway nosy about Chibiusa’s business.
 
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Usagi occasionally takes the form of her previous life: [[Princess Serenity (anime)|Princess Serenity]]. As Princess Serenity, her tiara is replaced by a golden crescent moon and she wears a long flowing white dress.
   
==Information==
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==Personality==
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Usagi is a kind and cheery person. She loves eating food like candy, her friends and she will do anything to avoid anyone getting hurt. This includes sacrificing herself or something she has in order to help a single person, even if it's a bad idea or people advise her against it.
Usagi was the oldest of two siblings and lived with her parents, [[Kenji Tsukino (anime)|Kenji]] and [[Ikuko Tsukino (anime)|Ikuko Tsukino]], and her younger brother, [[Shingo Tsukino]]. She lived an average life with her friends, [[Naru Osaka (anime)|Naru]], [[Gurio Umino|Umino]], [[Yumiko]], and [[Kuri]].
 
   
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However, it was shown that she cares very deeply for her friends and family. She is very trusting and believes that everyone has a better nature. This could be seen as both a character strength and a character flaw at times. She did not believe in killing innocent humans, even when they had been transformed into vicious monsters, and always sought ways to heal them instead.
===Sailor Moon (Season 1)===
 
After rushing to school because she overslept, she spots some kids tormenting a black cat; putting band-aids on the cat's forehead. After Usagi chases the boys away, she removes the band-aids to reveal a crescent moon on the cat's forehead.
 
   
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Usagi has also shown a great belief in true love and always helping others, no matter what they may have done to her or others. Several episodes show that she has no problem helping people to the best of her abilities, even people she just met shortly. Additionally, Usagi has shown great interest in crushes and marriages; she frequently crushes on people she considers attractive (even moreso early in the series) and fantasizes about various scenarios; some of these involve her getting married or being in romantic situations, while others show what she envisions would be an ideal life. However, she eventually realizes her true love is Mamoru and her fantasies are (mostly) relegated to him from that point onward.
Later, Usagi received a poor grade on her exam and tries to toss it away. The crumpled up paper hit a man on the head, named [[Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (manga)|Mamoru Chiba]], who then began taunting her throughout the first half of the season.
 
   
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Usagi is known to be bad at studying, usually always getting scores lower than 30 on her tests. She has shown a tendency to dislike delicate work; this has ranged from cooking, sewing, and others. In [[Learn How to Be Skinny from Usagi|episode 4]], Naru noted that she wasn't very good at swimming. However, she enjoys activities which enhance her physical beauty; this ranges at times, such as to dieting and photography.
It was later that night that the cat, named Luna, spoke to Usagi about the new enemy attacking Earth; the [[Dark Kingdom]]. To prove that it was not a dream, Luna gave her a magic brooch that allowed Usagi to become Sailor Moon. It was on her first mission where she met the mysterious Tuxedo Mask and had crushes on him from then on.
 
 
For a while, Usagi struggled on with school, as well as the fight against the Dark Kingdom on her own -with the help of Tuxedo Mask. Eventually, she was joined by school genius [[Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury (anime)|Ami Mizuno]]; a classmate of Usagi's who Luna suspected might be a youma. Ami was later revealed to be Sailor Mercury.
 
 
Usagi and Ami then continue to fight the Dark Kingdom's minions. Then, Usagi meets [[Rei Hino / Sailor Mars (anime)|Rei Hino]], a teenage shrine priestess who went to a private school. Like Ami, she was a Sailor Senshi. The Guardian of Fire and Passion, Sailor Mars. They began hanging out together and Rei joins Ami and Usagi as they continued to fight against the Dark Kingdom.
 
 
Sometimes, Usagi would argue with Rei. The arguments would center around Usagi's laid-back attitude towards responsibilities or the rivalry of Tuxedo Mask's affection.
 
 
One day, Usagi was running late for school when she accidentally ran into a group of guys who began to pick on her. She was rescued by a new transfer student, [[Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter (manga)|Makoto Kino]]. While other students avoided Makoto, due to her history of violence in her previous school, Usagi kindly introduced herself, and Makoto shared her food with her. Makoto was revealed to be the Sailor Senshi of Lightning and Courage: Sailor Jupiter; and joined the three of the other Sailor Senshi.
 
 
Shortly after being introduced to Sailor Venus, Usagi is once again confronted by Mamoru. He apologizes to her for all the times he made fun of her. Seeing that he was injured, Usagi becomes concerned and follows him into a Dark Kingdom trap. Usagi was forced to transform into Sailor Moon to save her and Mamoru's life; who then revealed himself to be Tuxedo Mask. After he was seriously injured in a sneak-attack by [[Zoisite (manga)|Zoisite]], Sailor Moon gained the Legendary Silver Crystal and was revealed to be Princess Serenity.
 
 
Tuxedo Mask was then kidnapped by the Dark Kingdom and Usagi fell into a depressed state; worrying about him. Once he was revealed to be alive but under the control of the Dark Kingdom, Usagi gained back her determination to save him. After thwarting many of the Dark Kingdom's attempts to capture the Silver Crystal, Usagi and the Sailor Senshi traveled to the North Pole. They aimed for a place known as D-Point, to defeat Queen Beryl and save Tuxedo Mask.
 
 
On their way across the tundra, one by one Usagi's friends were forced to sacrifice themselves to help her reach the base. After finally arriving at the Dark Kingdom headquarters, she had to fight against Mamoru, who was still under the enemy's control. Eventually, Usagi was able to break the hold over him, only to have him die in her arms when he was protecting her.
 
 
In the final battle, she faced off against the leader of the Dark Kingdom; using up all her strength and destroying it. She collapsed and the blast spread throughout the entire area, consuming everyone.
 
 
The next morning, Usagi woke up in bed, rushing to school with no memory of her time as Sailor Moon. The other Sailor Senshi and Mamoru are alive as well and have no memories of being Sailor Senshi as well.
 
 
===Sailor Moon R (Makai Tree arc)===
 
 
===Sailor Moon R (Black Moon arc)===
 
 
===Sailor Moon S===
 
 
=== Sailor Moon SuperS ===
 
 
===Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (Nehellenia arc)===
 
 
===Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (Stars arc)===
 
 
==Sailor Senshi Info==
 
Usagi can transform into a "Sailor Soldier" by wearing a special device (usually a brooch) and shouting a special command that activates the device. Her original transformation command is "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" (ムーンプリズムパワー、メイクアップ, Muun Purizumu Pawaa, Meiku Appu). She gains a new basic transformation sequence for each of the five major story arcs.
 
 
In the fifth arc of the manga, she becomes Eternal Sailor Moon with "Silver Moon Crystal Power, Make Up!" instead of "Moon Eternal, Make Up!"
 
 
As the protagonist and leader, Usagi has special and stronger powers than any of the other characters in the series. Her physical attacks, usually one-offs and not always successful, include [[Sailor Moon Kick]].
 
 
One of her techniques is the "Supersonic Wave" (超音波, Chouonpa), which involves her red hairpieces acting as an amplifier for her wailing.
 
 
Some attacks are were changed, added or made exclusive to a certain version of the ''Sailor Moon'' series. The list below shows the changes as well as the inclusion or exclusion of certain ones.
 
 
===Phrases===
 
* [[Moon Prism Power, Make Up]]
 
* [[Moon Power, change me into a...]]
 
* [[Moon Crystal Power, Make Up]]
 
* [[Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up]]
 
* [[Crisis, Make Up]]
 
* [[Moon Crisis, Make Up]]
 
* [[Moon Eternal, Make Up]]
 
 
===Attacks===
 
* [[Supersonic Waves]]
 
* [[Moon Tiara Action]]
 
* [[Moon Tiara Stardust]]
 
* [[Moon Healing Escalation]]
 
* [[Moon Princess Halation]]
 
* Moon Crystal Power
 
* [[Moon Spiral Heart Attack]]
 
* [[Rainbow Moon Heartache]]
 
* [[Moon Gorgeous Meditation]]
 
* [[Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss]]
 
* [[Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss]]
 
* Silver Moon Crystal Power
 
 
===Items and Weapons===
 
* [[Transformation Brooch]]
 
* [[Tiara]]
 
* [[Disguise Pen]]
 
* [[Crystal Star]]
 
* [[Cutie Moon Rod]]
 
* [[Cosmic Heart Compact]]
 
* [[Spiral Heart Moon Rod]]
 
* [[Silver Crystal]]
 
* [[Holy Grail]]
 
* [[Crisis Moon Compact]]
 
* [[Moon Kaleido Scope]]
 
* [[Eternal Moon Article]]
 
* [[Eternal Tiare]]
 
* [[Holy Moon Chalice]]
 
* [[Moon Power Tiare]]
 
 
==Development==
 
Usagi's signature hairstyle derives from a "good luck charm" of the artist's. In college, [[Naoko Takeuchi]] would put her own hair up in odango before difficult class exams.<ref>From ''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Shinsouban Volume 3.''</ref> By the intermediate stages of development, Takeuchi planned to have the character's hair be blonde in civilian form and change to silver when she transformed, but she was told by her editor that silver hair would be too plain for cover art. Stylistic use of differently-colored hair does sometimes appear in later artwork. Out of all the Sailor Senshi, Usagi's personality is closest to Takeuchi's own personality at the time that the series was created.<ref>[http://www.sailor-games.com/misc2/interview.html Sailor Games - Interview of Naoko Takeuchi at the San Diego Comic-con]</ref>
 
 
Certain background details of Usagi's character were chosen symbolically. For instance, her Western astrological sign is given as Cancer, which in astrology corresponds to the moon. In reference to a popular Japanese belief, Usagi's blood type O, supposedly indicates friendliness, optimism, and carelessness.
 
 
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{{Character Infobox
 
|name = Usagi Tsukino
 
|kanji / kana = うさぎ 月野
 
|image = <tabber>
 
|-|Civilian Form=[[File: Usagi Tsukino Sailor Moon - Anime.png|200px]]
 
|-|Sailor Form=[[File:Usagi Tsukino Sailor Moon Sailor Form - Anime.png|200px]]
 
|-|Crystal Form=[[File:Usagi Tsukino Sailor Moon Crystal Form - Anime.png|200px]]
 
|-|Cosmic Form=[[File:Usagi Sailor Moon Cosmic Form - Anime.png|200px]]
 
|-|Crisis/Super Form=[[File:Usagi Tsukino Sailor Moon Super Crisis Form - Anime.png|200px]]
 
|-|Eternal Form=[[File:Usagi Tsukino Sailor Moon Eternal Form - Anime.png|200px]]
 
|-|Princess Serenity=[[File:Princess Serenity - Anime.png|200px]]
 
|-|Neo-Queen Serenity=[[File:Neo-Queen Serenity - Anime.png|200px]]
 
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|japanese = 月野 うさぎ
 
|romanji = Tsukino Usagi
 
|aka = Sailor Moon, Super Sailor Moon, Eternal Sailor Moon, [[Princess Serenity (anime)|Princess Serenity]], [[Neo-Queen Serenity (anime)|Neo-Queen Serenity]], Serenity
 
|resides = Azabu-Juban, Minato ward; Tokyo, Japan
 
|schools = Juban Public Middle School (season 1-3), Juban Public High School (season 5)
 
|jobs = Student, Sailor Guardian
 
|relations = [[Queen Serenity]] (Past Mother, Deceased)<br>
 
Unnamed Past Father (Deceased)<br>
 
[[Ikuko Tsukino]] (Present-day Mother)<br>
 
[[Kenji Tsukino (manga)|Kenji Tsukino]] (Present-day Father)<br>
 
[[Shingo Tsukino]] (Present-day Younger Brother)<br>
 
[[Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (manga)|Mamoru Chiba]] (Boyfriend, Future Husband)<br>
 
[[Chibiusa Tsukino / Sailor Chibi Moon (manga)|Chibiusa Tsukino]] (Future Daughter)
 
|affiliates = Solar System [[Sailor Guardians|Sailor Senshi]]<br>
 
[[Luna (anime)|Luna]]<br>
 
[[Naru Osaka (anime)|Naru Osaka]]
 
|alignment = Moon Kingdom and Crystal Tokyo
 
|birthday = June 30th (♋)
 
|age = 14 (Classic & R)<br>15 (S & SuperS)<br>16 (Sailor Stars)
 
|height = 150cm (4'11")
 
|gender = Female
 
|species = Human
 
|blood type = O
 
|likes = Sweets, Video Games, Comics/Manga, Boys, Napping
 
|dislikes = Math, English class, dentists, thunder, lightning, carrots, Rei's meanness
 
|first anime appearance = [[The Crybaby: Usagi's Beautiful Transformation]]
 
|anime voiced by = [[wikipedia:Kotono Mitsuishi|Kotono Mitsuishi]] (Japanese, Episodes 1-43, 51+)<br />
 
[[wikipedia:Kae Araki|Kae Araki]] (Japanese, Ep 44-50) <br /> [[wikipedia:Tracey Moore|Tracey Moore]] (DiC English dub, 1-11, 15 and 21) <br /> [[wikipedia:Terri Hawkes|Terri Hawkes]] (DiC English dub, 12-14, 16-20, 22-82 and movies) <br /> [[wikipedia:Linda Ballantyne|Linda Ballantyne]] (CWi English dub, 83-159) <br /> Ji-hyeon Lee (Daewon Korean dub) <br /> [[wikipedia:Stephanie Sheh|Stephanie Sheh]] (Viz Media English dub)
 
}}
 
[[File:Sailor_moon_moon.png|thumb|left|50px]]
 
 
{{Quote|I am the Pretty Guardian who Fights for Love and for Justice. I am Sailor Moon! And now In the name of the moon, I will punish you!|Sailor Moon’s stock introduction }}
 
 
<span style="color:#FF59A6;">'''Usagi Tsukino'''</span> (月野 うさぎ, Tsukino Usagi) is the civilian identity of the Sailor Guardian of Love and Justice, <span style="color:#FF59A6;">'''Sailor Moon'''</span> (セーラームーン, Seeraa Muun). Originally from a prosperous civilization on the Moon known as the [[Silver Millennium#Moon Kingdom|Moon Kingdom]], she was reborn on Earth and re-awoke as the leader of the Sailor Senshi.
 
 
==Nomenclature & Etymology==
 
===Etymology===
 
'''Usagi''' is written in the hiragana spelling of the Japanese word for "rabbit" (うさぎ, Usagi)
 
 
'''Tsukino''', The kanji of ''Tsuki'' (月) translates to "moon" while the kanji for ''no'' (野) translates to "field" or "civilian". The syllable ''no'' (の) also indicates possession, so while the literal translation of her family name could be "moon field" or "moon civilian", others may translate it as "of the moon."
 
 
Her full name, when said in the Japanese naming-order, ''Tsukino Usagi'', gives two additional puns: ''No-Usagi'' (野うさぎ), meaning "wild rabbit"; and ''Tsuki no Usagi'' (月のうさぎ), meaning "Rabbit of the Moon". The latter derives from an Asian [[wikipedia:Moon rabbit|folktale about a rabbit]] that is said to reside on the Moon.
 
 
===Nomenclature===
 
[[Naoko Takeuchi]] included many occultist arts to finely detail each character. For Usagi, these things include:
 
* '''Birthstone(s)''':
 
**Pearl - Purity, humility, and innocence.
 
**Alexandrite - Believed to strengthen intuition, aid creativity and inspire imagination.
 
**Moonstone - Love, passion, fertility and great luck.
 
* '''Zodiac Sign''': Cancer - Tenacious, highly imaginative, loyal, emotional, sympathetic, persuasive; Moody, pessimistic, suspicious, manipulative, insecure.
 
 
==Appearance==
 
===Civilian===
 
Usagi has blue eyes and long blonde hair that she wears in [[wikipedia:Odango|odango]].
 
 
The outfit that Usagi usually wears is a light blue middle school uniform (which later became her iconic everyday outfit), which has a blue sailor collar with two white stripes. She has a red ribbon on the front of her uniform, which she ties her magical locket to. She has a white school top with blue sleeves that have white stripes on, like the collar. In the summer, she wears a white top with short puffy sleeves. She has a blue pleated skirt with a blue ribbon on the back. She usually wears white socks and black cross-strap Mary Jane shoes.
 
 
Her primary casual outfit is usually seen until the end of the third season where she was seen wearing a light blue denim blazer with two chest pockets in each sides, a light green long sleeved button-up shirt, a light pink long pleated skirt, light blue socks and white and brown dress shoes. Her odango hairstyle has a matching two light pink bows in each sides. In the fourth season, her primary outfit has a minor color change; her denim blazer becomes dark blue, her button-up shirt and socks are green and her skirt is light gray.
 
 
In ''Sailor Stars'', she now wears a standard Azabu Juban senior high school uniform as her sailor collar, ribbon, pleated skirt and back ribbon are dark blue and the two stripes are red.
 
 
==Sailor Senshi==
 
<tabber>
 
|-|Sailor Moon=
 
Sailor Moon’s original uniform consists of a white leotard with a blue-collar that has three stripes on it, white gloves, light yellow shoulder pads, and a blue skirt, along with a red bow on the chest and at the back. She also wore a pair of red knee-high boots with a white border at the triangular top and crescent moons, gold earrings consisting of stars with a crescent moon beneath, white-bordered red circular hairpieces (one on each odango), feather barrettes in her hair, and a choker with a golden crescent moon on it with a clip that is similar to her transformation brooch attached to it. Her brooch is worn in the middle of her chest bow, along with a mask that disappeared in Act 16.
 
 
Her tiara has changed a few times in the manga; at first, it was a golden tiara with a red gem in its center. It later disappeared after she threw it at Jadeite in Act 3. A new one appeared in Act 4 which looked like the old one, but the gem in the center was bigger. After she met Sailor Venus in Act 8 the tiara changed into a crescent moon with a gem in the middle.
 
|-|Super Sailor Moon=
 
As Super Sailor Moon, her uniform almost completely changed; she has two wing-like barrettes in her hair, her earrings are no longer dangling moons, but simply crescent moons affixed to her ears. Her choker is yellow with a red heart in the center. The stripes on her collar change from white to yellow and her shoulder pads are translucent and more wing-like in shape. The back waist bow becomes long, white and billowy with a yellow belt around her waist. However, the most obvious change is her skirt; it is now white with a yellow and blue border at the bottom. In the manga, there were more noticeable changes; her collar is blue in front and yellow in the back, the colors blended into each other over her shoulders. Instead of two different-colored stripes at the bottom of her skirt, the colors seem to blend into each other, creating a subtle transition from yellow to blue.
 
|-|Eternal Sailor Moon=
 
In this form, her uniform underwent the most radical changes; she no longer wears a tiara and instead has a gold crescent moon on her forehead, her earrings have a star at the bottom of each crescent moon. The choker is red with a dark yellowish-orange heart and a gold crescent moon under it while wearing the same white wing barrettes in her hair. The collar itself is like her old one but is dark blue with two gold stripes and in place of her shoulder pads are short solid pink bubble-like sleeves with a red band at the end. In the place of her front bow is a gold heart with a crescent moon at the bottom, with what appears to be four angel wings coming out of it. Her gloves are the same as before, but with a red v-shape border along with a golden star. Her skirt is attached to her top in a red v-shape with a crescent in the center of the v along with three layers on it; the top layer is yellow, the middle layer is red and the bottom layer is blue. Her back bow is replaced with a huge set of angel wings and two very long, thin red ribbons trailing down from them. Her boots are now knee length with v-shape borders with a crescent moon on them.
 
|-|Princess Serenity=
 
Main Page: [[Princess Serenity (anime)|Princess Serenity]]
 
<br>
 
Princess Serenity was the previous life of Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon. While Usagi is shown to have abundant powers as Sailor Moon and her future self, Neo-Queen Serenity, Princess Serenity did not have any significant powers.
 
|-|Neo-Queen Serenity=
 
Main Page: [[Neo-Queen Serenity (anime)|Neo-Queen Serenity]]
 
<br>
 
Neo-Queen Serenity is Usagi Tsukino’s future self; she is the Queen of Crystal Tokyo and of the Earth, she has been shown to have strong powers. Eternal Sailor Moon is closest to this form.
 
</tabber>
 
 
==Personality==
 
Usagi's is a bit selfish, and can be overly dramatic. She is also considered lazy and hated school. Not only that, she was also shown to be easily jealous of Mamoru.
 
 
However, it was shown that she cared very deeply for her friends and family. She is very trusting and believes that everyone has a better nature. This could be seen as both a character strength and a character flaw at times. She did not believe in killing innocent humans, even when they had been transformed into vicious monsters, and always sought ways to heal them instead.
 
   
 
Over the course of the series, Usagi matured a great deal although she was still prone to some childish behavior and bouts of silliness; she became a capable young woman.
 
Over the course of the series, Usagi matured a great deal although she was still prone to some childish behavior and bouts of silliness; she became a capable young woman.
 
She is alway nosy about Chibiusa’s business.
 
   
 
==Information==
 
==Information==
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===Background===
Usagi was the oldest of two siblings and lived with her parents, [[Kenji Tsukino (anime)|Kenji]] and [[Ikuko Tsukino (anime)|Ikuko Tsukino]], and her younger brother, [[Shingo Tsukino]]. She lived an average life with her friends, [[Naru Osaka (anime)|Naru]], [[Gurio Umino|Umino]], [[Yumiko]], and [[Kuri]].
 
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Usagi was the oldest of two siblings and lived with her parents, [[Kenji Tsukino (anime)|Kenji]] and [[Ikuko Tsukino (anime)|Ikuko Tsukino]], and her younger brother, [[Shingo Tsukino (anime)|Shingo Tsukino]]. She lived an average life prior to the series with her friends: [[Naru Osaka (anime)|Naru]], [[Gurio Umino (anime)|Umino]], [[Yumiko (anime)|Yumiko]], and [[Kuri (anime)|Kuri]], among others. Her homeroom teacher is [[Haruna Sakurada (anime)|Miss Haruna]].
   
 
===Sailor Moon (Season 1)===
 
===Sailor Moon (Season 1)===
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One day, Usagi was running late for school when she accidentally ran into a group of guys who began to pick on her. She was rescued by a new transfer student, [[Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter (manga)|Makoto Kino]]. While other students avoided Makoto, due to her history of violence in her previous school, Usagi kindly introduced herself, and Makoto shared her food with her. Makoto was revealed to be the Sailor Senshi of Lightning and Courage: Sailor Jupiter; and joined the three of the other Sailor Senshi.
 
One day, Usagi was running late for school when she accidentally ran into a group of guys who began to pick on her. She was rescued by a new transfer student, [[Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter (manga)|Makoto Kino]]. While other students avoided Makoto, due to her history of violence in her previous school, Usagi kindly introduced herself, and Makoto shared her food with her. Makoto was revealed to be the Sailor Senshi of Lightning and Courage: Sailor Jupiter; and joined the three of the other Sailor Senshi.
   
Shortly after being introduced to Sailor Venus, Usagi is once again confronted by Mamoru. He apologizes to her for all the times he made fun of her. Seeing that he was injured, Usagi becomes concerned and follows him into a Dark Kingdom trap. Usagi was forced to transform into Sailor Moon to save her and Mamoru's life; who then revealed himself to be Tuxedo Mask. After he was seriously injured in a sneak-attack by [[Zoisite (manga)|Zoisite]], Sailor Moon gained the Legendary Silver Crystal and was revealed to be Princess Serenity.
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Shortly after being introduced to Sailor Venus, Usagi is once again confronted by Mamoru. He apologizes to her for all the times he made fun of her. Seeing that he was injured, Usagi becomes concerned and follows him into a Dark Kingdom trap. Usagi was forced to transform into Sailor Moon to save her and Mamoru's life; who then revealed himself to be Tuxedo Mask. After he was seriously injured in a sneak-attack by [[Zoisite (anime)|Zoisite]], Sailor Moon gained the Legendary Silver Crystal and was revealed to be Princess Serenity.
   
Tuxedo Mask was then kidnapped by the Dark Kingdom and Usagi fell into a depressed state; worrying about him. Once he was revealed to be alive but under the control of the Dark Kingdom, Usagi gained back her determination to save him. After thwarting many of the Dark Kingdom's attempts to capture the Silver Crystal, Usagi and the Sailor Senshi traveled to the North Pole. They aimed for a place known as D-Point, to defeat Queen Beryl and save Tuxedo Mask.
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Tuxedo Mask was then kidnapped by the Dark Kingdom and Usagi fell into a depressed state; worrying about him. Once he was revealed to be alive but under the control of the Dark Kingdom, Usagi gained back her determination to save him. After thwarting many of the Dark Kingdom's attempts to capture the Silver Crystal, Usagi and the Sailor Senshi traveled to the North Pole. They aimed for a place known as D-Point, to defeat Queen Beryl and save Tuxedo Mask.
   
 
On their way across the tundra, one by one Usagi's friends were forced to sacrifice themselves to help her reach the base. After finally arriving at the Dark Kingdom headquarters, she had to fight against Mamoru, who was still under the enemy's control. Eventually, Usagi was able to break the hold over him, only to have him die in her arms when he was protecting her.
 
On their way across the tundra, one by one Usagi's friends were forced to sacrifice themselves to help her reach the base. After finally arriving at the Dark Kingdom headquarters, she had to fight against Mamoru, who was still under the enemy's control. Eventually, Usagi was able to break the hold over him, only to have him die in her arms when he was protecting her.
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In the final battle, she faced off against the leader of the Dark Kingdom; using up all her strength and destroying it. She collapsed and the blast spread throughout the entire area, consuming everyone.
 
In the final battle, she faced off against the leader of the Dark Kingdom; using up all her strength and destroying it. She collapsed and the blast spread throughout the entire area, consuming everyone.
   
The next morning, Usagi woke up in bed, rushing to school with no memory of her time as Sailor Moon. The other Sailor Senshi and Mamoru are alive as well and have no memories of being Sailor Senshi as well.
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The next morning, Usagi woke up in bed, rushing to school with no memory of her time as Sailor Moon. The other Sailor Senshi and Mamoru are alive as well and also have lost their memories about their powers.
   
 
===Sailor Moon R (Makai Tree arc)===
 
===Sailor Moon R (Makai Tree arc)===
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During this story arc, [[Ail|two]] [[An|aliens]] arrive on Earth from a [[Makai Tree|mysterious tree]], which provides them with sap they need to stay alive. However, it must be fed energy, and the two eventually decide to steal energy from humans. Luna is forced to reawaken Usagi as Sailor Moon to stop an attacking [[Cardian]]. Sailor Moon eventually loses the ability to use Moon Tiara Action, as her tiara stops spinning mid-attack. During the story arc, Usagi's brooch is destroyed by a Cardian, and she de-transforms; eventually she realizes this is because her resolve to fight was weakened by her desire to be normal (which also caused her tiara to no longer function). She encounters [[Queen Serenity (anime)|Queen Serenity,]] who repairs her brooch, [[Crystal Star|transforming it into a new one.]] She also acquires a new [[Moon Crystal Power, Make Up|transformation phrase,]] and gains a [[Moon Princess Halation|new attack]], which she uses for the rest of R to defeat enemies.
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Usagi is also frequently saved by a mysterious hero resembling Tuxedo Mask, known as the [[Moonlight Knight]].
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Throughout the series, Ail develops a crush on Usagi, although his feelings are unreciprocated. Usagi continues trying to become closer to Mamoru through the arc and help his memories return. At the end of the arc, Usagi and the other Inner Senshi are led into Ail and An's apartment, where they encounter the Makai Tree. Usagi is eventually able to teach Ail and An the value of true love after showing her devotion to protect Mamoru multiple times from the Makai Tree's vicious assaults, and his reciprocal efforts to protect her in turn. Mamoru realizes he loves Usagi, and it's revealed that the Moonlight Knight was a psychic projection of Mamoru born out of a desire to protect Sailor Moon. As he has now rediscovered his feelings for her, the Moonlight Knight rejoins his body, causing him to once again consciously fall in love with Usagi. Upon Ail and An's request, Sailor Moon uses Moon Princess Halation to cleanse the Makai Tree, causing it to be reborn into a seedling. Ail and An leave Earth to start anew with the sapling Makai Tree on a peaceful planet, ending the story arc.
   
 
===Sailor Moon R (Black Moon arc)===
 
===Sailor Moon R (Black Moon arc)===
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After Mamoru regained his memories, he and Usagi began dating. One of their dates was interrupted by a little girl, [[Chibiusa Tsukino / Sailor Chibi Moon (anime)|Chibiusa]], who was searching for the Silver Crystal. Along with her, a new enemy appeared, the Black Moon Clan, who were searching for Chibiusa. Usagi made a vow to protect Chibiusa following their attempts to track her down. Shortly after their arrival, Mamoru began having visions of Usagi in danger in the future, and [[Usagi Devastated: Mamoru Declares a Break-Up|broke up with her]] to avoid causing her pain or death, but left Usagi heartbroken. While fighting the Black Moon Clan, Usagi and the Inner Senshi learned Chibiusa was from the future and needed help to awaken [[Neo-Queen Serenity (anime)|her mother]] from a deep slumber. Eventually, the [[Spectre Sisters|Ayakashi Sisters]] began to regret working for Rubeus, and Sailor Moon used [[Moon Crystal Power]] to reform them, allowing them to settle into present day Tokyo as normal humans. Shortly afterwards, Chibiusa stole the Silver Crystal from Usagi and, while searching for her, the other Sailor Senshi were abducted by Rubeus, who held them as leverage against Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon arrived, followed by Chibiusa, and the two were taken aboard Rubeus's ship. Sailor Moon fought Rubeus, struggling against the environment that the ship's crystal created and manipulated, until Chibiusa destroyed the ship's crystal, freeing the other Senshi and causing the ship to become unstable. The Senshi and Chibiusa [[Sailor Teleport|teleported off of]] the ship shortly before it exploded, killing Rubeus who was still aboard it.
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After Chibiusa ended up trapped in a nightmare, Usagi met Sailor Pluto through Luna-P, who assisted in helping allow the Senshi to enter Chibiusa's dream and wake her. As they continued to fight the Black Moon Clan, Usagi discovered that Mamoru was having nightmares of her dying. Usagi confronted him on this and they made a pact to get back together and face the future together. She and the others ended up going to Crystal Tokyo, where they met King Endymion. He told them about the Black Moon Clan, and that Chibiusa is Usagi and Mamoru's future daughter whom King Endymion calls her as Small Lady. Usagi is abducted by Prince Demande, the leader of the Black Moon Clan, but is rescued later by Mamoru. She and the others later found Chibiusa had been taken by the Black Moon Clan and been brainwashed to be their new commander, Black Lady. Sailor Moon tried to restore her memories a few times, but her efforts were thwarted by Wiseman. Saphir tells the Sailor Senshi and Demande about the plot Wiseman had to have the Dark Gate opened. Unfortunately, he is killed by Wiseman before he can fully explain his plan to his brother. When exploring the Dark Crystal structure, Sailor Moon is again taken by Demande, who tried to brainwash her, but she resisted his efforts and she tried to explain the love that humans feel. Demande eventually began to realize the error of his ways, but they were interrupted by Wiseman attacking Demande. Prince Demande died protecting Sailor Moon after realizing his ways were wrong, and Usagi was reunited with her friends. Usagi tries to revert Chibiusa back to her normal self, but she is unsuccessful, as Wiseman has imbued her memories with feelings of resent and animosity towards Usagi. Sailor Moon eventually faces off against Black Lady as the Dark Gate begins to open, and Usagi transforms into Neo-Queen Serenity using her Silver Crystal to repel Black Lady's powers from the dark crystal. Neo-Queen Serenity did her best to put her daughter back to her normal state and also tells her that everyone is always getting steamed by their parents and it was their job to set limits, not to make their children to become rude and selfish. She uses her Silver Crystal to make Black Lady remember the good times with the Inner Sensei including herself. Realizing she was truly loved by them, she hugged her mother before reverting back into Chibiusa and she reverted back into Sailor Moon in her weakened state. Chibiusa decided to help her fight off Wiseman when Sailor Moon decided to vaporize him using the Silver Crystal while transforming to her mother, Neo-Queen Serenity. The Silver Crystal of the future emerges from Chibiusa's body and later transforms into Small Lady Princess Serenity to help her mother, and combined together with the power of the present Silver Crystal, Tuxedo Mask, and the Inner Senshi, Wiseman is overwhelmed and killed and the Dark Gate is destroyed, along with the Evil Black Crystal. Neo-Queen Serenity informs both Usagi and Chibiusa that both were survived from the collision and telling her daughter that she is waiting. In the aftermath, Usagi and Chibiusa have a heartfelt goodbye as Chibiusa returns home to the future, and Mamoru comforts Usagi. At the end of the season, Chibiusa reunites with her parents and the Inner Senshi from Crystal Tokyo and Neo-Queen Serenity welcomes her daughter back home.
   
 
===Sailor Moon S===
 
===Sailor Moon S===
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When Rei was first victimized by a [[Daimon]] sent by both Professor [[Souichi Tomoe (anime)|Souichi Tomoe]] and was assisted by [[Kaolinite (anime)|Kaolinite]], Usagi transforms into Sailor Moon to rescue her but her attack, Moon Princess Halation didn't work on the Daimon and it manages to destroy her brooch, causing her to detransformed back into Usagi and was helplessly to watch Rei getting extracted her heart crystal from a Daimon. The Daimon was eventually destroyed by two Outer Senshi in sillouette using both World Shaking and Deep Submerge respectively and they inspect Rei's heart crystal was not pure and they returned the heart back to Rei before leaving. Usagi is later rescued by Mamoru as Tuxedo Mask from a Daimon's attack which led themselves to form a [[Cosmic Heart Compact|new heart brooch]] and a [[Spiral Heart Moon Rod|new rod]], leading Usagi to transform into Sailor Moon and destroys the Daimon with a new move, [[Moon Spiral Heart Attack]]. This move is used against both Kaolinite and Eudial's Daimons.
   
=== Sailor Moon SuperS ===
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===Sailor Moon SuperS===
   
 
===Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (Nehellenia arc)===
 
===Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (Nehellenia arc)===
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===Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (Stars arc)===
 
===Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (Stars arc)===
   
==Sailor Senshi Info==
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==Sailor Guardian Info==
 
Usagi can transform into a "Sailor Soldier" by wearing a special device (usually a brooch) and shouting a special command that activates the device. Her original transformation command is "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" (ムーンプリズムパワー、メイクアップ, Muun Purizumu Pawaa, Meiku Appu). She gains a new basic transformation sequence for each of the five major story arcs.
 
Usagi can transform into a "Sailor Soldier" by wearing a special device (usually a brooch) and shouting a special command that activates the device. Her original transformation command is "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" (ムーンプリズムパワー、メイクアップ, Muun Purizumu Pawaa, Meiku Appu). She gains a new basic transformation sequence for each of the five major story arcs.
 
In the fifth arc of the manga, she becomes Eternal Sailor Moon with "Silver Moon Crystal Power, Make Up!" instead of "Moon Eternal, Make Up!"
 
   
 
As the protagonist and leader, Usagi has special and stronger powers than any of the other characters in the series. Her physical attacks, usually one-offs and not always successful, include [[Sailor Moon Kick]].
 
As the protagonist and leader, Usagi has special and stronger powers than any of the other characters in the series. Her physical attacks, usually one-offs and not always successful, include [[Sailor Moon Kick]].
   
 
One of her techniques is the "Supersonic Wave" (超音波, Chouonpa), which involves her red hairpieces acting as an amplifier for her wailing.
 
One of her techniques is the "Supersonic Wave" (超音波, Chouonpa), which involves her red hairpieces acting as an amplifier for her wailing.
 
Some attacks are were changed, added or made exclusive to a certain version of the ''Sailor Moon'' series. The list below shows the changes as well as the inclusion or exclusion of certain ones.
 
   
 
===Phrases===
 
===Phrases===
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* [[Moon Crisis, Make Up]]
 
* [[Moon Crisis, Make Up]]
 
* [[Moon Eternal, Make Up]]
 
* [[Moon Eternal, Make Up]]
 
 
===Attacks===
 
===Attacks===
* [[Supersonic Waves]]
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*[[Supersonic Waves]]
* [[Moon Tiara Action]]
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*[[Sailor Moon Kick]]
* [[Moon Tiara Stardust]]
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*[[Double Sailor Moon Kick]]
* [[Moon Healing Escalation]]
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*[[Sailor Body Attack]]
* [[Moon Princess Halation]]
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*[[Moon Tiara Action]]
* Moon Crystal Power
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*[[Moon Tiara Stardust]]
* [[Moon Spiral Heart Attack]]
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*[[Moon Prism Power]]
* [[Rainbow Moon Heartache]]
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*[[Moon Healing Escalation]]
* [[Moon Gorgeous Meditation]]
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*[[Moon Crystal Power]]
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*[[Moon Princess Halation]]
* [[Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss]]
 
* [[Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss]]
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*[[Moon Spiral Heart Attack]]
* Silver Moon Crystal Power
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*[[Rainbow Moon Heartache]]
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*[[Moon Cosmic Power]]
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*[[Moon Crisis Power]]
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*[[Moon Gorgeous Meditation]]
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*[[Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss]]
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*[[Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss]]
   
===Items and Weapons===
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===Items===
 
* [[Transformation Brooch]]
 
* [[Transformation Brooch]]
* [[Tiara]]
 
 
* [[Disguise Pen]]
 
* [[Disguise Pen]]
 
* [[Crystal Star]]
 
* [[Crystal Star]]
* [[Cutie Moon Rod]]
 
 
* [[Cosmic Heart Compact]]
 
* [[Cosmic Heart Compact]]
* [[Spiral Heart Moon Rod]]
 
 
* [[Silver Crystal]]
 
* [[Silver Crystal]]
 
* [[Holy Grail]]
 
* [[Holy Grail]]
 
* [[Crisis Moon Compact]]
 
* [[Crisis Moon Compact]]
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* [[Eternal Moon Article]]
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===Weapons===
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* [[Red Hair Pieces]]
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* [[Tiara]]
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* [[Moon Stick]]
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* [[Cutie Moon Rod]]
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* [[Spiral Heart Moon Rod]]
 
* [[Moon Kaleido Scope]]
 
* [[Moon Kaleido Scope]]
* [[Eternal Moon Article]]
 
 
* [[Eternal Tiare]]
 
* [[Eternal Tiare]]
 
* [[Holy Moon Chalice]]
 
* [[Holy Moon Chalice]]
 
* [[Moon Power Tiare]]
 
* [[Moon Power Tiare]]
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* [[Sword of Sealing]]
   
 
==Development==
 
==Development==
 
Usagi's signature hairstyle derives from a "good luck charm" of the artist's. In college, [[Naoko Takeuchi]] would put her own hair up in odango before difficult class exams.<ref>From ''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Shinsouban Volume 3.''</ref> By the intermediate stages of development, Takeuchi planned to have the character's hair be blonde in civilian form and change to silver when she transformed, but she was told by her editor that silver hair would be too plain for cover art. Stylistic use of differently-colored hair does sometimes appear in later artwork. Out of all the Sailor Senshi, Usagi's personality is closest to Takeuchi's own personality at the time that the series was created.<ref>[http://www.sailor-games.com/misc2/interview.html Sailor Games - Interview of Naoko Takeuchi at the San Diego Comic-con]</ref>
 
Usagi's signature hairstyle derives from a "good luck charm" of the artist's. In college, [[Naoko Takeuchi]] would put her own hair up in odango before difficult class exams.<ref>From ''Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Shinsouban Volume 3.''</ref> By the intermediate stages of development, Takeuchi planned to have the character's hair be blonde in civilian form and change to silver when she transformed, but she was told by her editor that silver hair would be too plain for cover art. Stylistic use of differently-colored hair does sometimes appear in later artwork. Out of all the Sailor Senshi, Usagi's personality is closest to Takeuchi's own personality at the time that the series was created.<ref>[http://www.sailor-games.com/misc2/interview.html Sailor Games - Interview of Naoko Takeuchi at the San Diego Comic-con]</ref>
   
Certain background details of Usagi's character were chosen symbolically. For instance, her Western astrological sign is given as Cancer, which in astrology corresponds to the moon. In reference to a popular Japanese belief, Usagi's blood type O, supposedly indicates friendliness, optimism, and carelessness.
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Certain background details of Usagi's character were chosen symbolically. For instance, her Western astrological sign is given as Cancer, which in astrology corresponds to the moon. In reference to a popular Japanese belief. Usagi's blood type, O, supposedly indicates friendliness, optimism, and carelessness.
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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Tsukino Usagi.full.920211.PNG|Usagi in the first opening
 
Tsukino Usagi.full.920211.PNG|Usagi in the first opening
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Usagi Debut.png|Usagi in her debut
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Usagi Ep 5.png|Usagi with her pink sweater
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Usagi Ep 6.png|Usagi's outfit when meeting with Yusuke Amade
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Usagi Ep 7.png|Usagi's outfit when singing with Naru
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Usagi Ep 7 CC.png|Usagi's outfit while at ''Cinderella Caravan''
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Usagi Ep 12.jpeg|Usagi as a camerawoman
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Tumblr 90940be9e81225ad9f915a12a27eac68 4fe0c78d 2048.jpg|Usagi in her swimsuit
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Usagi Ep 34.png|Usagi shortly after awakening as Princess Serenity
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Usagi Ep 36.png|Usagi with her hair down
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Usagi Ep 37.png|Usagi's outfit while ballroom dancing
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Usagi Ep 38.png|Usagi's outfit while skiing
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Usagi Ep 39.png|Usagi's outfit while at the ice arena
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Usagi Ep 40.png|Usagi with her ringed odango hairstyle
 
Sailor Moon poses (background 1).jpg|Sailor Moon's first transformation pose
 
Sailor Moon poses (background 1).jpg|Sailor Moon's first transformation pose
 
Healing.moon.PNG|Moon Healing Escalation
 
Healing.moon.PNG|Moon Healing Escalation
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247.jpg|Sailor Moon facepalms
 
247.jpg|Sailor Moon facepalms
 
Sailor Moon 3.jpg
 
Sailor Moon 3.jpg
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Tumblr mz7onwcaH21shrqrko1 500.png|Sailor Moon offended to Sailor Mars
 
Marsmercurymoon.JPG|Sailor Moon, Mercury, and Mars after Nephrite's death
 
Marsmercurymoon.JPG|Sailor Moon, Mercury, and Mars after Nephrite's death
 
Sailor Moon offers Shakoukai coffee.png|Sailor Moon offers the confused [[Shakoukai]] coffee.
 
Sailor Moon offers Shakoukai coffee.png|Sailor Moon offers the confused [[Shakoukai]] coffee.
 
144.png|Sailor Moon and the spirit of Queen Serenity
 
144.png|Sailor Moon and the spirit of Queen Serenity
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Sailorteam.JPG|Sailor Moon ends her speech with Sailor Mercury, Mars and Jupiter
Sailorteam.JPG
 
 
Caps Soldier Sailor Moon 51.jpg|Sailor Moon being attacked by Evil Endymion
 
Caps Soldier Sailor Moon 51.jpg|Sailor Moon being attacked by Evil Endymion
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Sm046 22.jpg|Sailor Moon saves the world from Queen Metalia
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Tumblr o5bljq3dFq1s6thvro1 1280.jpg|Ami and Minako teaches Usagi how to skate
 
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UsagiEp17R.png|Usagi as a shrine maiden
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UsagiEp21R.png|Usagi's swimsuit while at Rei's training island
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UsagiEp32R.png|Usagi as a nurse
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UsagiEp33R.png|Usagi with her pink coat
 
Sailor Moon poses (background 2).jpg|Sailor Moon's second pose
 
Sailor Moon poses (background 2).jpg|Sailor Moon's second pose
 
Sailor Moon performs the Scepter Ellimination.jpg|Moon Princess Halation
 
Sailor Moon performs the Scepter Ellimination.jpg|Moon Princess Halation
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08025.jpg|Sailor Moon ends her transformation
08025.jpg
 
 
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SM R Anime shot.PNG
 
Tumblr lpv1ypdyNV1qickddo1 500 thumb.png|Holding Mamoru's hand
 
Tumblr lpv1ypdyNV1qickddo1 500 thumb.png|Holding Mamoru's hand
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Senshi139.jpg
 
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UsagiEp2S.png|Usagi's outfit shortly after the fight with Nekonneru
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UsagiEp6S.png|Usagi's outfit during the affection contest
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UsagiEp9S.png|Usagi's outfit at the ''Toei Cup Grand Prix''
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UsagiEp10S.png|Usagi's outfit shortly before the fight with Toden
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UsagiEp14S.png|Usagi's kimono
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UsagiEp16SSwimsuit.png|Usagi's swimsuit while at Mamo's hotel
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UsagiEp27S.png|Usagi's outfit while at the botanical garden
 
Sailor Moon pose 3.jpg|Sailor Moon's third pose
 
Sailor Moon pose 3.jpg|Sailor Moon's third pose
 
Sailormoonbutterfly.jpg|Super Sailor Moon's solo pose
 
Sailormoonbutterfly.jpg|Super Sailor Moon's solo pose
Moonspiralheartattack.png|Moon Spiral Heart Attack
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Moon spiral heart attack anime Sailor Moon.png|Moon Spiral Heart Attack
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2687.jpg|Sailor Moon rescues Sailor Chibi Moon
Rainbow moon heart ache.jpg|Rainbow Moon Heartache
 
2687.jpg
 
 
Moon21.jpg|Season's eye-catch
 
Moon21.jpg|Season's eye-catch
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21712.jpg|Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus
 
Caps Soldier Super Sailor Moon 160.jpg|Super Sailor Moon
 
Caps Soldier Super Sailor Moon 160.jpg|Super Sailor Moon
 
Caps Soldier Sailor Moon 113.jpg
 
Caps Soldier Sailor Moon 113.jpg
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Sailor moon saturn.jpg|Sailor Moon after destroying Pharoah 90, holding a reborn Hotaru
 
Sailor moon saturn.jpg|Sailor Moon after destroying Pharoah 90, holding a reborn Hotaru
 
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|-|SuperS=
 
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UsagiBaby.png|Usagi as an infant
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UsagiKindergarten.png|Usagi as a kindergartener
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UsagiElementary.png|Usagi as an elementary school student
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UsagiEp4SS.png|Usagi's outfit during Naru's explanation at Hikawa Shrine
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UsagiEp9SS.png|Usagi's outfit from when a fire extinguisher discharged in Mamo's room
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UsagiNinjaEp9SS.png|Usagi as a ninja
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SuperSEp5Tickle.png|Usagi while getting the sole of her foot tickled by Chibiusa
 
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini Moon pose.jpg|Super Sailor Moon posed with Sailor Chibi Moon
 
Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini Moon pose.jpg|Super Sailor Moon posed with Sailor Chibi Moon
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Tumblr mmuc3vGyDi1qickddo1 500.png|Sailor Moon gets Moon Kaleidoscope for the first time
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Tumblr mmurj4jkOm1qickddo1 500.png|Moon Gorgeous Meditation
 
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Scary Tennis Ball.jpg
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SMSuperS 163 (infobox).png|Sailor Moon and her evil mirror clone
 
Moon attacked.jpg|Sailor Moon attacked by Zirconia
 
Moon attacked.jpg|Sailor Moon attacked by Zirconia
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3835.jpg|Moon Crisis Power
 
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|-|Sailor Stars=
 
|-|Sailor Stars=
 
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Eternal Moon.jpg|Eternal Sailor Moon in the opening
 
Eternal Moon.jpg|Eternal Sailor Moon in the opening
 
Eternal Sailor Moon Transformation Pose.PNG|Eternal Sailor Moon pose
 
Eternal Sailor Moon Transformation Pose.PNG|Eternal Sailor Moon pose
 
SMSS 173 (1).png
 
SMSS 173 (1).png
 
Mi.jpg
 
Mi.jpg
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Caps Soldier Eternal Sailor Moon 07.jpg|Sailor Moon's Star Seed appearence
 
Eternalmoon.JPG
 
Eternalmoon.JPG
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Animation minako ito ep196 01 big.jpg|Sailor Moon holding Sailor Chibi Chibi Moon
 
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Eternalsailormoonchan.JPG
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Suprisedsailormoon.JPG|Failed attempt to heal Sailor Galaxia
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</gallery>
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|-|R: The Movie=
 
|-|R: The Movie=
 
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UsagiRMovie.png|Usagi's outfit at the ''Jindai Botanical Garden''
 
Kiss of Life.jpg
 
Kiss of Life.jpg
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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|-|S: The Movie=
 
|-|S: The Movie=
 
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Tumblr ljozw0PkcH1qeqkw2o1 400.jpg|Super Sailor Moon with the [[Silver Crystal]]
 
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|-|SuperS: The Movie=
 
|-|SuperS: The Movie=
 
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We're together.PNG
 
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|-|Settei=
 
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|-|Model Sheets=
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<gallery spacing="small">
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Usasettei1.jpg|Usagi
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usasettei2.jpg|Usagi- Poses
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usasettei3.jpg|Usagi- Expressions
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UsaSettei5.png|Usagi- Expressions
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usasettei4.jpg|Sailor Moon
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UsaSettei6.png|Sailor Moon- Closeup
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UsaSettei7.png|Usagi- Summer Uniform
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UsaSettei8.png|Princess Serenity
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UsaSettei9.png|Sailor Moon (S)- Color Guide
 
Super Sailor Moon Settei.jpg|Super Sailor Moon
 
Super Sailor Moon Settei.jpg|Super Sailor Moon
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UsaSettei10.png|Usagi- High School Uniform
Super Sailors Moon Mercury and Mars Sketch.jpg
 
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UsaSettei11.png|Usagi- Closeup
Super Sailor Moon and Chibiusa SuperS Movie Sketch.jpg
 
Eternal Sailor Moon Sketch.jpg
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UsaSettei12.png|Eternal Sailor Moon
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Eternal SM Color Design.jpg|Eternal Sailor Moon Color Design
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UsaSettei13.png|Eternal Sailor Moon- Poses
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UsaSettei14.png|Eternal Sailor Moon- Closeup
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Super Sailors Moon Mercury and Mars Sketch.jpg|Super Sailor Mars, Mercury and Moon attacks
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Super Sailor Moon and Chibiusa SuperS Movie Sketch.jpg|Storyboards from the Supers Movie
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Eternal Sailor Moon Sketch.jpg|Eternal Sailor Moon
 
Sailor Moon Sketch.jpg
 
Sailor Moon Sketch.jpg
 
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|-|Laserdisc/DVD covers=
 
|-|Laserdisc/DVD covers=
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
CSM LD Vol.4 - Cover.jpg|Sailor Moon and Luna on the cover of laserdisc 4 of the first series
 
CSM LD Vol.4 - Cover.jpg|Sailor Moon and Luna on the cover of laserdisc 4 of the first series
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CSM LD Vol.8 - Cover.jpg|Sailor Moon on the cover of laserdisc 8 of the first series
 
Moon and Tuxedo Mask.jpg|Sailor Moon and Tuxedo mask on the cover of laserdisc 10 of the first series
 
Moon and Tuxedo Mask.jpg|Sailor Moon and Tuxedo mask on the cover of laserdisc 10 of the first series
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CSM LD Vol.12 - Cover.jpg|Sailor Moon on the cover of laserdisc 12 of the first series
 
Moon, Ann, and Alan.jpg|Sailor Moon, Ail and An on the cover of laserdisc 3 of the R series
 
Moon, Ann, and Alan.jpg|Sailor Moon, Ail and An on the cover of laserdisc 3 of the R series
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Dreaming Moon LD - Cover.jpg|Sailor Moon on the cover of the Dreaming Moon laserdisc
 
SMoonS Laserdisc Cover 1.jpg|Sailor Moon on the cover of laserdisc 1 of the S series
 
SMoonS Laserdisc Cover 1.jpg|Sailor Moon on the cover of laserdisc 1 of the S series
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SMSS LD Vol.1 - Cover.jpg|Super Sailor Moon on the cover of laserdisc 1 of the SuperS series
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SMSS LD Vol.5 - Cover.jpg|Super Sailor Moon on the cover of laserdisc 5 of the SuperS series
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SMSS LD Vol.9 - Cover.jpg|Super Sailor Moon on the cover of laserdisc 9 of the SuperS series
 
Ld supersspecial.jpg|Sailor Moon, Sailor Chibi Moon, the inner senshi, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus on the cover of the laserdisc for the SuperS specials
 
Ld supersspecial.jpg|Sailor Moon, Sailor Chibi Moon, the inner senshi, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus on the cover of the laserdisc for the SuperS specials
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Moons and Candy.jpg|Usagi on the cover of laserdisc 6 of the Stars series
 
304378.jpg|Sailor Moon on Volume 1 of the Sailor Moon R DVD collection
 
304378.jpg|Sailor Moon on Volume 1 of the Sailor Moon R DVD collection
 
Sailormoontalkbox.png|Sailor Moon on the cover of the [[Sailor Moon: Talk Box Moon|first installment]] of the Talk Box series released on 2011
 
Sailormoontalkbox.png|Sailor Moon on the cover of the [[Sailor Moon: Talk Box Moon|first installment]] of the Talk Box series released on 2011
 
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|-|Calendars=
 
|-|Calendars=
 
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Calendar Cover 1997.jpg|Eternal Sailor Moon and others on the official Sailor Moon calendar for 1997
 
Calendar Cover 1997.jpg|Eternal Sailor Moon and others on the official Sailor Moon calendar for 1997
 
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|-|Misc. Art=
 
|-|Misc. Art=
 
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Usagi Tsukino the Bunny Girl.jpg|Art of Usagi with bunny ears
 
Usagi Tsukino the Bunny Girl.jpg|Art of Usagi with bunny ears
 
Eternal Sailor Moon Card.jpg
 
Eternal Sailor Moon Card.jpg
Super Sailor Moon And Super Sailor Chibi Moon - Moon Crisis Make Up!.PNG|Art by Marco Albiero
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Movie Box Set - Ad.jpg|Super Sailor Moon on a movie DVD collection advert
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
* In the original DiC English dub, Usagi is named "Serena" as "Serena" is very close in spelling and pronunciation to "Serenity".
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*In the original DiC English dub, Usagi is named "Serena" because the name is very close in spelling and pronunciation to "Serenity".
* In early promotional videos, DiC used the name "Victoria"; and on Kodansha's English website, she was at first referred to as "Celeste".
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**In early promotional videos by DiC and the unsuccessful [[Sailor Moon (North American Live Action Adaptation)|live action pilot]] she was called "Victoria"; on Kodansha's English website, she was initially referred to as "Celeste".
*Usagi was the only one out of the Inner Senshi who was not part of the Three Lights fan club in the anime.
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*Usagi was the only one of the [[Inner Sailor Guardians|Inner Senshi]] who was not part of the [[Three Lights]] fan club in the anime.
*[[Wikipedia:Kotono Mitsuishi|Kotono Mitsuishi]], the actress who played Usagi in the anime, was sick during the production of episodes 44 through 50; during that time the character was instead voiced by [[wikipedia:Kae Araki|Kae Araki]] who later voiced [[Chibiusa Tsukino / Sailor Chibi Moon (anime)|Chibiusa]].
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*[[Wikipedia:Kotono Mitsuishi|Kotono Mitsuishi]], the actress who played Usagi in the anime, was sick during the production of episodes 44 through 50; during that time the character was instead voiced by [[wikipedia:Kae Araki|Kae Araki]] who later voiced [[Chibiusa Tsukino / Sailor Chibi Moon (anime)|Chibiusa]]. Later, Kotono Mitsuishi re-recorded Usagi's monologue from [[Usagi's Eternal Wish: A Brand New Life|episode 46]], which was uploaded on Youtube.
*Usagi has mistaken alcohol for punch and gotten accidentally drunk on two occasions: the first was in [[Romance Under the Moon: Usagi's First Kiss|Episode 22]] and the second in [[Usagi's Dance, In Time to a Waltz|Episode 108]].
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*Usagi has mistaken alcohol for punch and gotten accidentally drunk on two occasions: the first was in [[Romance Under the Moon: Usagi's First Kiss|Episode 22]] and the second in [[Usagi's Dance, In Time to a Waltz|Episode 108]].
 
*Usagi is the only character to appear in all 200 episodes and in all 3 movies.
 
*Usagi is the only character to appear in all 200 episodes and in all 3 movies.
*According to a translation of an anime fanbook, Usagi hopes to one day go to the [[wikipedia:Palace of Versailles|Palace of Versailles]].<ref>[[Moon Tiara Boomerang|Translation of Usagi's anime profile from Dies Gaudii]]</ref>
 
*In episode 4, it was noted that she wasn't very good at swimming.
 
*Her lunar symbol is the crescent moon (☽) and is seen on various brooches, wands, rods, clothing, etc. represented by Luna, the Roman goddess/Selene, the Greek goddess.
 
**In alchemy, silver is represented by ☽.
 
 
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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[[Category:Senshi (anime)]]
 
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[[Category:Moon Kingdom]]
 
[[Category:Moon Kingdom]]
[[Category:Crystal Tokyo]]
 
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[[Category:Royalty]]
 
   
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==Trivia==
 
* In the original DiC English dub, Usagi is named "Serena" as "Serena" is very close in spelling and pronunciation to "Serenity".
 
* In early promotional videos, DiC used the name "Victoria"; and on Kodansha's English website, she was at first referred to as "Celeste".
 
*Usagi was the only one out of the Inner Senshi who was not part of the Three Lights fan club in the anime.
 
*[[Wikipedia:Kotono Mitsuishi|Kotono Mitsuishi]], the actress who played Usagi in the anime, was sick during the production of episodes 44 through 50; during that time the character was instead voiced by [[wikipedia:Kae Araki|Kae Araki]] who later voiced [[Chibiusa Tsukino / Sailor Chibi Moon (anime)|Chibiusa]].
 
*Usagi has mistaken alcohol for punch and gotten accidentally drunk on two occasions: the first was in [[Romance Under the Moon: Usagi's First Kiss|Episode 22]] and the second in [[Usagi's Dance, In Time to a Waltz|Episode 108]].
 
*Usagi is the only character to appear in all 200 episodes and in all 3 movies.
 
*According to a translation of an anime fanbook, Usagi hopes to one day go to the [[wikipedia:Palace of Versailles|Palace of Versailles]].<ref>[[Moon Tiara Boomerang|Translation of Usagi's anime profile from Dies Gaudii]]</ref>
 
*In episode 4, it was noted that she wasn't very good at swimming.
 
*Her lunar symbol is the crescent moon (☽) and is seen on various brooches, wands, rods, clothing, etc. represented by Luna, the Roman goddess/Selene, the Greek goddess.
 
**In alchemy, silver is represented by ☽.
 
**She is the only Sailor Senshi that has changed her Sailor outfit numerous times. This is because she is the leader.
 
 
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Sailor moon moon
"I am the Pretty Guardian who Fights for Love and for Justice. I am Sailor Moon! And now In the name of the moon, I will punish you!"
— Sailor Moon’s catchphrase


Usagi Tsukino (月野 うさぎ, Tsukino Usagi) is the civilian identity of the Sailor Guardian of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon (セーラームーン, Seeraa Muun), who serves as the titular protagonist of the 90s anime. Originally from a prosperous civilization on the Moon known as the Moon Kingdom, she was reborn on Earth and re-awoke as the leader of the Sailor Senshi.

Nomenclature & Etymology

Etymology

Usagi is written in the hiragana spelling of the Japanese word for "rabbit" (うさぎ, Usagi).

Tsukino, The kanji of Tsuki (月) translates to "moon" while the kanji for no (野) translates to "field" or "civilian". The syllable no (の) also indicates possession, so while the literal translation of her family name could be "moon field" or "moon civilian", others may translate it as "of the moon."

Her full name, when said in the Japanese naming-order, Tsukino Usagi, gives two additional puns: No-Usagi (野うさぎ), meaning "wild rabbit"; and Tsuki no Usagi (月のうさぎ), meaning "Rabbit of the Moon". The latter derives from an Asian folktale about a rabbit that is said to reside on the Moon.

Nomenclature

Naoko Takeuchi provided many additional details on Usagi which include:

Appearance

Civilian

Usagi has blue eyes and long blonde hair that she wears in odango.

The outfit that Usagi usually wears is a light blue middle school uniform (which later became her iconic everyday outfit), which has a blue sailor collar with two white stripes. She has a dark pink ribbon on the front of her uniform, which she ties her magical locket to. She has a white school top with blue sleeves that have white stripes on, like the collar. In the summer, she wears a white top with short puffy sleeves. She has a blue pleated skirt with a blue ribbon on the back. She usually wears white socks and black cross-strap Mary Jane shoes.

Her primary casual outfit is usually seen until the end of the third season where she was seen wearing a light blue denim blazer with two chest pockets in each sides, a light green long sleeved button-up shirt, a pale pink long pleated skirt, light blue socks and white and brown dress shoes. Her odango hairstyle has a matching two pale pink bows in each sides. In the fourth season, her primary outfit has a minor color change; her denim blazer becomes blue, her button-up shirt and socks are green and both her two small bows and her long pleated skirt are off-white. For sleep wear she usually wears either a a full or half sleeves pink shirt with pink pajamas. In Sailor Stars they become green.

In Sailor Stars, she now wears a standard Azabu Juban senior high school uniform (due to her now being in high school) as her sailor collar, ribbon, pleated skirt and back ribbon are dark blue and the two stripes are red.

Sailor Moon

Sailor Moon’s original uniform consists of a white leotard with a blue-collar that has two stripes on it, white gloves with three red arm fittings that reach just below her elbows, shoulder pads, and a pleated blue skirt with a puffy white belt sat above it, along with chest armor with a dark pink bow on top and at the back of her belt. She also wore a pair of dark pink knee-high boots with a white border at the triangular top pointing upwards with crescent moons, pearl dangle earrings with a crescent moon beneath, white-bordered red circular hairpieces (one on each odango), a choker with a gold crescent moon on it and a tiara with a red gem in the center. Her brooch is worn in the middle of her chest bow. When she gains Moon Crystal Power Makeup, her brooch changes to the Crystal Star, while retaining all of the same features as her original outfit.

When she gains Moon Cosmic Power Makeup, the red gem on her tiara changes to a crescent moon, the crescent moon on her choker changes to a heart, and her brooch becomes the Cosmic Heart Compact.

Super Sailor Moon

As Super Sailor Moon, her uniform almost completely changed; she has two wing-like barrettes in her hair, her earrings are no longer dangling moons, but simply crescent moons affixed to her ears. Her choker is yellow with a red heart in the center. The stripes on her collar change from white to yellow and her shoulder pads are translucent and more wing-like in shape. Her brooch turns light pink, and her back waist bow becomes long, white and billowy with a golden belt that sits above her usual white belt, and a second Cosmic Heart Compact is attached to the center of her belt. However, the most obvious change is her skirt; it is now white with a yellow, green and blue gradient at the bottom.

In Super S, she retains this outfit, however the ribbons from her back waist bow has been shortened that reaches below the knee, her brooch becomes the Crisis Moon Compact, and her skirt has yellow and blue stripes instead of a gradient on the bottom.

Eternal Sailor Moon

In this form, her uniform underwent the most radical changes; she no longer wears a tiara and instead has a gold crescent moon on her forehead, her earrings have a star at the bottom of each crescent moon. Her leotard no longer has chest armor, her choker is red with a gold heart and a crescent moon under it while wearing the same white wing barrettes in her hair. The collar itself is like her old one but is dark blue with three gold stripes and in place of her shoulder pads are short solid pink bubble-like sleeves with a red band at the end. Her bow is now a pair of white angel wings with the Eternal Moon Article in the front. Her gloves are now up to her upper arm and have wings on the sides of the red bands on the end, and have a red v-shape border on her wrists with crescent moons on the tip. Her skirt is attached to her top in a red v-shape with a crescent in the center of the v along with three layers on it; the top layer is yellow, the middle layer is red and the bottom layer is blue. Her back bow is replaced with a huge set of angel wings and two very long, thin red ribbons trailing down from them. Her boots are now white with red v-shape borders going downwards with a crescent moon on them.

Princess Serenity

Usagi occasionally takes the form of her previous life: Princess Serenity. As Princess Serenity, her tiara is replaced by a golden crescent moon and she wears a long flowing white dress.

Personality

Usagi is a kind and cheery person. She loves eating food like candy, her friends and she will do anything to avoid anyone getting hurt. This includes sacrificing herself or something she has in order to help a single person, even if it's a bad idea or people advise her against it.

However, it was shown that she cares very deeply for her friends and family. She is very trusting and believes that everyone has a better nature. This could be seen as both a character strength and a character flaw at times. She did not believe in killing innocent humans, even when they had been transformed into vicious monsters, and always sought ways to heal them instead.

Usagi has also shown a great belief in true love and always helping others, no matter what they may have done to her or others. Several episodes show that she has no problem helping people to the best of her abilities, even people she just met shortly. Additionally, Usagi has shown great interest in crushes and marriages; she frequently crushes on people she considers attractive (even moreso early in the series) and fantasizes about various scenarios; some of these involve her getting married or being in romantic situations, while others show what she envisions would be an ideal life. However, she eventually realizes her true love is Mamoru and her fantasies are (mostly) relegated to him from that point onward.

Usagi is known to be bad at studying, usually always getting scores lower than 30 on her tests. She has shown a tendency to dislike delicate work; this has ranged from cooking, sewing, and others. In episode 4, Naru noted that she wasn't very good at swimming. However, she enjoys activities which enhance her physical beauty; this ranges at times, such as to dieting and photography.

Over the course of the series, Usagi matured a great deal although she was still prone to some childish behavior and bouts of silliness; she became a capable young woman.

Information

Background

Usagi was the oldest of two siblings and lived with her parents, Kenji and Ikuko Tsukino, and her younger brother, Shingo Tsukino. She lived an average life prior to the series with her friends: Naru, Umino, Yumiko, and Kuri, among others. Her homeroom teacher is Miss Haruna.

Sailor Moon (Season 1)

After rushing to school because she overslept, she spots some kids tormenting a black cat; putting band-aids on the cat's forehead. After Usagi chases the boys away, she removes the band-aids to reveal a crescent moon on the cat's forehead.

Later, Usagi received a poor grade on her exam and tries to toss it away. The crumpled up paper hit a man on the head, named Mamoru Chiba, who then began taunting her throughout the first half of the season.

It was later that night that the cat, named Luna, spoke to Usagi about the new enemy attacking Earth; the Dark Kingdom. To prove that it was not a dream, Luna gave her a magic brooch that allowed Usagi to become Sailor Moon. It was on her first mission where she met the mysterious Tuxedo Mask and had crushes on him from then on.

For a while, Usagi struggled on with school, as well as the fight against the Dark Kingdom on her own -with the help of Tuxedo Mask. Eventually, she was joined by school genius Ami Mizuno; a classmate of Usagi's who Luna suspected might be a youma. Ami was later revealed to be Sailor Mercury.

Usagi and Ami then continue to fight the Dark Kingdom's minions. Then, Usagi meets Rei Hino, a teenage shrine priestess who went to a private school. Like Ami, she was a Sailor Senshi. The Guardian of Fire and Passion, Sailor Mars. They began hanging out together and Rei joins Ami and Usagi as they continued to fight against the Dark Kingdom.

Sometimes, Usagi would argue with Rei. The arguments would center around Usagi's laid-back attitude towards responsibilities or the rivalry of Tuxedo Mask's affection.

One day, Usagi was running late for school when she accidentally ran into a group of guys who began to pick on her. She was rescued by a new transfer student, Makoto Kino. While other students avoided Makoto, due to her history of violence in her previous school, Usagi kindly introduced herself, and Makoto shared her food with her. Makoto was revealed to be the Sailor Senshi of Lightning and Courage: Sailor Jupiter; and joined the three of the other Sailor Senshi.

Shortly after being introduced to Sailor Venus, Usagi is once again confronted by Mamoru. He apologizes to her for all the times he made fun of her. Seeing that he was injured, Usagi becomes concerned and follows him into a Dark Kingdom trap. Usagi was forced to transform into Sailor Moon to save her and Mamoru's life; who then revealed himself to be Tuxedo Mask. After he was seriously injured in a sneak-attack by Zoisite, Sailor Moon gained the Legendary Silver Crystal and was revealed to be Princess Serenity.

Tuxedo Mask was then kidnapped by the Dark Kingdom and Usagi fell into a depressed state; worrying about him. Once he was revealed to be alive but under the control of the Dark Kingdom, Usagi gained back her determination to save him. After thwarting many of the Dark Kingdom's attempts to capture the Silver Crystal, Usagi and the Sailor Senshi traveled to the North Pole. They aimed for a place known as D-Point, to defeat Queen Beryl and save Tuxedo Mask.

On their way across the tundra, one by one Usagi's friends were forced to sacrifice themselves to help her reach the base. After finally arriving at the Dark Kingdom headquarters, she had to fight against Mamoru, who was still under the enemy's control. Eventually, Usagi was able to break the hold over him, only to have him die in her arms when he was protecting her.

In the final battle, she faced off against the leader of the Dark Kingdom; using up all her strength and destroying it. She collapsed and the blast spread throughout the entire area, consuming everyone.

The next morning, Usagi woke up in bed, rushing to school with no memory of her time as Sailor Moon. The other Sailor Senshi and Mamoru are alive as well and also have lost their memories about their powers.

Sailor Moon R (Makai Tree arc)

During this story arc, two aliens arrive on Earth from a mysterious tree, which provides them with sap they need to stay alive. However, it must be fed energy, and the two eventually decide to steal energy from humans. Luna is forced to reawaken Usagi as Sailor Moon to stop an attacking Cardian. Sailor Moon eventually loses the ability to use Moon Tiara Action, as her tiara stops spinning mid-attack. During the story arc, Usagi's brooch is destroyed by a Cardian, and she de-transforms; eventually she realizes this is because her resolve to fight was weakened by her desire to be normal (which also caused her tiara to no longer function). She encounters Queen Serenity, who repairs her brooch, transforming it into a new one. She also acquires a new transformation phrase, and gains a new attack, which she uses for the rest of R to defeat enemies.

Usagi is also frequently saved by a mysterious hero resembling Tuxedo Mask, known as the Moonlight Knight.

Throughout the series, Ail develops a crush on Usagi, although his feelings are unreciprocated. Usagi continues trying to become closer to Mamoru through the arc and help his memories return. At the end of the arc, Usagi and the other Inner Senshi are led into Ail and An's apartment, where they encounter the Makai Tree. Usagi is eventually able to teach Ail and An the value of true love after showing her devotion to protect Mamoru multiple times from the Makai Tree's vicious assaults, and his reciprocal efforts to protect her in turn. Mamoru realizes he loves Usagi, and it's revealed that the Moonlight Knight was a psychic projection of Mamoru born out of a desire to protect Sailor Moon. As he has now rediscovered his feelings for her, the Moonlight Knight rejoins his body, causing him to once again consciously fall in love with Usagi. Upon Ail and An's request, Sailor Moon uses Moon Princess Halation to cleanse the Makai Tree, causing it to be reborn into a seedling. Ail and An leave Earth to start anew with the sapling Makai Tree on a peaceful planet, ending the story arc.

Sailor Moon R (Black Moon arc)

After Mamoru regained his memories, he and Usagi began dating. One of their dates was interrupted by a little girl, Chibiusa, who was searching for the Silver Crystal. Along with her, a new enemy appeared, the Black Moon Clan, who were searching for Chibiusa. Usagi made a vow to protect Chibiusa following their attempts to track her down. Shortly after their arrival, Mamoru began having visions of Usagi in danger in the future, and broke up with her to avoid causing her pain or death, but left Usagi heartbroken. While fighting the Black Moon Clan, Usagi and the Inner Senshi learned Chibiusa was from the future and needed help to awaken her mother from a deep slumber. Eventually, the Ayakashi Sisters began to regret working for Rubeus, and Sailor Moon used Moon Crystal Power to reform them, allowing them to settle into present day Tokyo as normal humans. Shortly afterwards, Chibiusa stole the Silver Crystal from Usagi and, while searching for her, the other Sailor Senshi were abducted by Rubeus, who held them as leverage against Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon arrived, followed by Chibiusa, and the two were taken aboard Rubeus's ship. Sailor Moon fought Rubeus, struggling against the environment that the ship's crystal created and manipulated, until Chibiusa destroyed the ship's crystal, freeing the other Senshi and causing the ship to become unstable. The Senshi and Chibiusa teleported off of the ship shortly before it exploded, killing Rubeus who was still aboard it.

After Chibiusa ended up trapped in a nightmare, Usagi met Sailor Pluto through Luna-P, who assisted in helping allow the Senshi to enter Chibiusa's dream and wake her. As they continued to fight the Black Moon Clan, Usagi discovered that Mamoru was having nightmares of her dying. Usagi confronted him on this and they made a pact to get back together and face the future together. She and the others ended up going to Crystal Tokyo, where they met King Endymion. He told them about the Black Moon Clan, and that Chibiusa is Usagi and Mamoru's future daughter whom King Endymion calls her as Small Lady. Usagi is abducted by Prince Demande, the leader of the Black Moon Clan, but is rescued later by Mamoru. She and the others later found Chibiusa had been taken by the Black Moon Clan and been brainwashed to be their new commander, Black Lady. Sailor Moon tried to restore her memories a few times, but her efforts were thwarted by Wiseman. Saphir tells the Sailor Senshi and Demande about the plot Wiseman had to have the Dark Gate opened. Unfortunately, he is killed by Wiseman before he can fully explain his plan to his brother. When exploring the Dark Crystal structure, Sailor Moon is again taken by Demande, who tried to brainwash her, but she resisted his efforts and she tried to explain the love that humans feel. Demande eventually began to realize the error of his ways, but they were interrupted by Wiseman attacking Demande. Prince Demande died protecting Sailor Moon after realizing his ways were wrong, and Usagi was reunited with her friends. Usagi tries to revert Chibiusa back to her normal self, but she is unsuccessful, as Wiseman has imbued her memories with feelings of resent and animosity towards Usagi. Sailor Moon eventually faces off against Black Lady as the Dark Gate begins to open, and Usagi transforms into Neo-Queen Serenity using her Silver Crystal to repel Black Lady's powers from the dark crystal. Neo-Queen Serenity did her best to put her daughter back to her normal state and also tells her that everyone is always getting steamed by their parents and it was their job to set limits, not to make their children to become rude and selfish. She uses her Silver Crystal to make Black Lady remember the good times with the Inner Sensei including herself. Realizing she was truly loved by them, she hugged her mother before reverting back into Chibiusa and she reverted back into Sailor Moon in her weakened state. Chibiusa decided to help her fight off Wiseman when Sailor Moon decided to vaporize him using the Silver Crystal while transforming to her mother, Neo-Queen Serenity. The Silver Crystal of the future emerges from Chibiusa's body and later transforms into Small Lady Princess Serenity to help her mother, and combined together with the power of the present Silver Crystal, Tuxedo Mask, and the Inner Senshi, Wiseman is overwhelmed and killed and the Dark Gate is destroyed, along with the Evil Black Crystal. Neo-Queen Serenity informs both Usagi and Chibiusa that both were survived from the collision and telling her daughter that she is waiting. In the aftermath, Usagi and Chibiusa have a heartfelt goodbye as Chibiusa returns home to the future, and Mamoru comforts Usagi. At the end of the season, Chibiusa reunites with her parents and the Inner Senshi from Crystal Tokyo and Neo-Queen Serenity welcomes her daughter back home.

Sailor Moon S

When Rei was first victimized by a Daimon sent by both Professor Souichi Tomoe and was assisted by Kaolinite, Usagi transforms into Sailor Moon to rescue her but her attack, Moon Princess Halation didn't work on the Daimon and it manages to destroy her brooch, causing her to detransformed back into Usagi and was helplessly to watch Rei getting extracted her heart crystal from a Daimon. The Daimon was eventually destroyed by two Outer Senshi in sillouette using both World Shaking and Deep Submerge respectively and they inspect Rei's heart crystal was not pure and they returned the heart back to Rei before leaving. Usagi is later rescued by Mamoru as Tuxedo Mask from a Daimon's attack which led themselves to form a new heart brooch and a new rod, leading Usagi to transform into Sailor Moon and destroys the Daimon with a new move, Moon Spiral Heart Attack. This move is used against both Kaolinite and Eudial's Daimons.

Sailor Moon SuperS

Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (Nehellenia arc)

Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (Stars arc)

Sailor Guardian Info

Usagi can transform into a "Sailor Soldier" by wearing a special device (usually a brooch) and shouting a special command that activates the device. Her original transformation command is "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" (ムーンプリズムパワー、メイクアップ, Muun Purizumu Pawaa, Meiku Appu). She gains a new basic transformation sequence for each of the five major story arcs.

As the protagonist and leader, Usagi has special and stronger powers than any of the other characters in the series. Her physical attacks, usually one-offs and not always successful, include Sailor Moon Kick.

One of her techniques is the "Supersonic Wave" (超音波, Chouonpa), which involves her red hairpieces acting as an amplifier for her wailing.

Phrases

Attacks

Items

Weapons

Development

Usagi's signature hairstyle derives from a "good luck charm" of the artist's. In college, Naoko Takeuchi would put her own hair up in odango before difficult class exams.[4] By the intermediate stages of development, Takeuchi planned to have the character's hair be blonde in civilian form and change to silver when she transformed, but she was told by her editor that silver hair would be too plain for cover art. Stylistic use of differently-colored hair does sometimes appear in later artwork. Out of all the Sailor Senshi, Usagi's personality is closest to Takeuchi's own personality at the time that the series was created.[5]

Certain background details of Usagi's character were chosen symbolically. For instance, her Western astrological sign is given as Cancer, which in astrology corresponds to the moon. In reference to a popular Japanese belief. Usagi's blood type, O, supposedly indicates friendliness, optimism, and carelessness.

Gallery

Trivia

  • In the original DiC English dub, Usagi is named "Serena" because the name is very close in spelling and pronunciation to "Serenity".
    • In early promotional videos by DiC and the unsuccessful live action pilot she was called "Victoria"; on Kodansha's English website, she was initially referred to as "Celeste".
  • Usagi was the only one of the Inner Senshi who was not part of the Three Lights fan club in the anime.
  • Kotono Mitsuishi, the actress who played Usagi in the anime, was sick during the production of episodes 44 through 50; during that time the character was instead voiced by Kae Araki who later voiced Chibiusa. Later, Kotono Mitsuishi re-recorded Usagi's monologue from episode 46, which was uploaded on Youtube.
  • Usagi has mistaken alcohol for punch and gotten accidentally drunk on two occasions: the first was in Episode 22 and the second in Episode 108.
  • Usagi is the only character to appear in all 200 episodes and in all 3 movies.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Official Sailor Moon website; Sailor Moon's Profile
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 90's anime: Usagi's introduction in Episodes 2, 3, 4, and 5.
  3. Materials Collection - Pages on Usagi
  4. From Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Shinsouban Volume 3.
  5. Sailor Games - Interview of Naoko Takeuchi at the San Diego Comic-con
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