Ami Mizuno

> "*I am the Pretty Guardian Who fights for Love and for Intelligence! I am Sailor Mercury! Douse yourself in water, and repent!* "
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*- Sailor Mercury/Ami*

Ami Mizuno is a protagonist and a member of The New Action Squad.

## Character Information

### Personality

shy
smart
intelligent
well-mannered
gentle
kind-hearted
sweet
loyal
insecure
sensible
peacemaker
helpful
caring

## **BIOGRAPHY**

**Ami Mizuno** (水野 亜美, Mizuno Ami) is one of the 5 original Inner Sailor Guardians of the Solar System and was the 2nd Sailor Guardian introduced. Her Sailor Guardian Identity is **Sailor Mercury** (セーラーマーキュリー, Seeraa Maakyurii). Her powers are based around water and ice, as well as intelligence and computers.

Outside of Tokyo, she is also a member of The New Action Squad.

## **APPEARANCE**

Ami Mizuno is a teenage girl who has short, dark blue hair that reaches her neck, and blue eyes. She stands at about 157 cm or 5 feet 2 inches. At times, Ami will be seen wearing reading glasses.

Like Usagi, she wears a standard Azabu Juban school uniform. During summer, she wears a summer version of her school uniform.

Her primary casual appearance has her wearing a pink long-sleeved sweater jacket with a white long-sleeved button shirt with a dark blue ribbon on the collar, a cream-yellow long skirt, white socks, and black shoes.

In Sailor Stars, Ami also wears the standard Azabu Juban high school uniform like Usagi, Minako, and Makoto.

As Sailor Mercury, she retains her civilian appearance but wears a gold tiara on her forehead with a blue gem on front. Sailor Mercury's dominant color is blue as her Sailor Senshi form is in different shades of blue. Her sailor uniform is blue with two white stripes to match her blue skirt and her knee-length boots and both her front and back bow being light blue and have a blue brooch on her front bow. She wears blue stud earrings on both of her ears. Her knee-length boots are similar to both Sailor Moon and Sailor Pluto.

When using computers, Sailor Mercury acquired to wear blue goggles.

## **PERSONALITY**

Before becoming friends with Usagi and the other Sailor Senshi, Ami was a shy girl who did not make friends easily. She preferred to spend time alone studying and reading books. In return, many of her classmates believed her to be snobby and arrogant because of her intelligence; even being superhuman as she always finished at the top of national exams. However, once Ami and Usagi became friends, the opinions began to change.

Ami is depicted to be a sweet, kind, gentle, and loyal girl who is slightly insecure. In the beginning, she relies on the opinions of her mother, classmates, and teachers. As the series progresses, she becomes stronger and more confident. She is the most sensible out of the Inner Sailor Guardians and she dislikes conflict; especially the fights between Usagi and Rei.

Ami's parents are divorced; living with her mother in a condominium. Her mother is always working, leaving Ami to care for herself. She also dreams of becoming a doctor like her mother.

Her favorite subjects were math and science. She also has a secret love of romance novels and pop culture but is embarrassed to say it.

## **TRIVIA**

* Ami's membership number in the Three Lights Fanclub was 25; the earliest number among the Sailor Guardians.
* In Japan, Sailor Mercury was the most popular Sailor Guardian, although she sometimes dropped to second place in favor of Sailor Chibi Moon among younger viewers. This was mainly because Ami's docile and studious personality made her a role model for Japanese children.
* When Ami transforms into Sailor Mercury, her eyes become a slightly lighter shade of blue.
* As Sailor Mercury, the visor/goggles display German text.
* Ryo Urawa was the first to surpass Ami on the School Semester Exam, though it was through his psychic powers and not studying.
* In the side story *Ami's First Love*, it was revealed that Ami had psychogenic urticaria, a stress-inducing disorder that caused her to break out in hives. In other words, it is not the love letters themselves that gave her rashes.
* While the idea to make Ami a cyborg was ultimately rejected, later in the series, the character Hotaru was a cyborg until her rebirth.
* Ami bears a strong resemblance to Rena Kuramitsu from Naoko Takeuchi's one-shot story, *Miss Rain*.
* When Usagi saw Ami for the first time in the manga, she said that she looked like Rena. This reference was removed in the 2003 re-release of the manga.