Usagi Tsukino / Sailor 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!*"**Usagi Tsukino** (月野 うさぎ, Tsukino Usagi) is the Sailor Guardian of love and justice, **Sailor Moon** (セーラームーン, Seeraa Muun). 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.

### Relatives

Ikuko Tsukino (mother), Kenji Tsukino (father), Yuri Tsukino (sister), Shingo Tsukino (brother)

## Nomenclature and 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 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.
* **Flower:**
	+ Rose- Adoration, clairvoyance, good fortune.

## Appearance

### Civilian

Usagi has blue eyes and long blonde hair that she wears in odango. She has porcelain skin and a slim figure. She is the shortest of the Senshi.

The outfit that Usagi usually wears is a blue middle-school sailor uniform. The uniform has a blue sailor collar with three white stripes. She has a red ribbon on the front of her uniform, which she ties her magical brooch to. She has a white blouse with blue sleeve-cuffs that have three white stripes, just like the collar.

In the summer, she wears a white, short-sleeved blouse with puffed 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.

### Sailor Moon

Sailor Moon’s standard uniform consists of a white chest-armored leotard with a blue sailor collar that has three white stripes on it, white gloves with three red arm fittings that reach just below her elbows, white shoulder pads, a blue skirt with a puffy white belt sat above it, along with a red bow on the chest and at the back. She also sports a pair of red short heeled knee-high boots with a white border at the triangular top that has golden crescent moons, earrings consisting of grey studs with golden stars and golden crescent moons beneath, white-bordered red circular hairpieces (one on each odango), feather barrettes in her hair, and a red choker with a golden crescent moon on it and a clip that is similar to her transformation brooch attached to it. Her brooch is worn in the middle of her chest bow, and she wore a mask that disappeared after Act 16.

When she gains Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up, her choker becomes red with a yellow heart at the center.

Her tiara underwent a few changes; at first, it was a golden tiara with a red oval-shaped gem at 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 larger, and the tiara itself had a more intricate design. After she met Sailor Venus in Act 8, her tiara changed into the shape of a crescent moon with a red gem in the center, and after awakening as Princess Serenity in Act 9, the tiara shattered and was replaced with the mark of a singular crescent moon; the tiara eventually reverted to its original form with the commencement of the Black Moon arc.

## Personality

In the beginning, Usagi is seen to be a cheerful, immature girl. She cries easily and is often overtaken with emotion. She also displays an unwavering hope and sees good in her enemies that others may not. Usagi has a pure heart and is always there for everyone. She can be jealous at times, especially over Mamoru, but overall is a kind, strong, courageous girl. She stands up for what is right and believes everyone deserves love.

## Information

Usagi was the second oldest of three siblings and lived with her parents, Kenji and Ikuko Tsukino, and her younger brother, Shingo Tsukino. She lived an average life with her friends, Naru, Umino, Yumiko, and Kuri.

### Sailor guardian information

Usagi Tsukino can transform into Sailor Moon by calling out her transformation phrase, and she can transform into anyone she desires by using her transformation pen and saying "Moon Power, change me into a...!" and the name of the one she desires to be.

Her attacks have moonlight, love, healing and purification attributes, as a reflection of her tendency to not fight.

### 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
* Silver Moon Crystal Power, Make Up

### Attacks

* Supersonic Waves
* Sailor Moon Kick
* Moon Tiara Frisbee/Moon Tiara Boomerang
* Moon Twilight Flash
* Moon Healing Escalation
* Moon Princess Halation
* Double Moon Princess Halation
* Moon Spiral Heart Attack
* Rainbow Moon Heartache
* Rainbow Double Moon Heartache
* Moon Gorgeous Meditation
* Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss
* Starlight Honeymoon Double Therapy Kiss
* Silver Moon Crystal Power Therapy Kiss
* Silver Moon Crystal Eternal Power
* Sailor Planet Attack
* Sailor Planet Power

### Items

* Mask
* Transformation Brooch
* Disguise Pen
* Tiara
* Moon Stick
* Crystal Star
* Cutie Moon Rod
* Cosmic Heart Compact
* Spiral Heart Moon Rod
* Holy Grail
* Crisis Moon Compact
* Moon Kaleido Scope
* Holy Moon Chalice
* Eternal Tiare
* Silver Crystal

## Trivia

* The English-language manga gives her the nickname "Bunny" to partially preserve this pun; much other localization uses the name Bunny as well.
* Before she appeared in *Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon*, Usagi appeared in Codename: Sailor V; both Vol.5 and Vol.6. In the former, she was seen looking at a poster advertising the Sailor V game. In Volume 6, she and Naru Osaka were outside of Game Center Crown, with Usagi wanting to go inside and play the Sailor V game.
* In a 1996 interview with *Animerica* magazine, Naoko Takeuchi explained her motive for the creation of Sailor Moon's character as her wanting to create someone as close as possible to her own personality.
	+ Regarding Sailor Moon's appearance, however, Takeuchi noted that her drawing style's having been inspired by that of *Galaxy Express* creator Leiji Matsumoto. "Matsumoto's women are all adult and sexy," she lamented. "I wish I could have made Usagi a little chubbier."