Rei's Grandfather

**Rei's Grandfather** is Rei Hino's grandfather, the head of Hikawa Shrine and the human incarnation of Jiji.

## Description

### Appearance

He is a very short balding old man with grey eyebrows, but slightly darker skin than Rei. He wears light blue hakama and a white robe.

### Personality

He is shown as being extraordinarily goofy, jumpy and physical, which worries Rei. Consequently, he and Usagi get along well. He energetically encourages temple visitors to buy lucky charms, make wishes, pray, etc.

He is known for his perverted personality, and he once tried to have Ami marry him. He also shows attraction to any girls who visit the shrine, trying to flirt with them, convince them to buy charms, or perform rituals. He once showed attraction to Koan and agreed to convert the Shrine into a women's exercise group. He can also be overly emotional and resistant to listen to reason.

In spite of his goofiness, he does manage to come down to Earth when the situation warrants it. He does have strongly developed senses and was able to sense Zoisite's evil aura; furthermore, he used his psychic powers to repel Zoisite twice in a fight, driving him back once.

Despite his perversion, he seems to be against the idea of Rei getting married. This is likely because he wants her to continue caring for the shrine.

### History

During the Silver Millennium, Rei's grandfather was originally Jiji, one of the Seven Great Youma that served the Dark Kingdom, until Queen Serenity had him, as well as the other six Youma, reincarnated on Earth as normal humans and one cat.

On Earth, he became Rei's grandfather as well as a Shinto Priest in Tokyo. He opened the Hikawa Shrine, where he both lives and works at.

He made his first appearance in episode 10 of *Sailor Moon*, when he showed his first signs as a pervert, harassing any girl that visited his shrine. He also hired Shitennou Jadeite, who was disguised as an earthling, to work at his shrine, not knowing Jadeite was actually carrying the plans of the Dark Kingdom. His granddaughter was reawakened as Sailor Mars, who helped Sailor Moon and Mercury undermine Jadeite's plans. From then on, his shrine would be used as the primary meeting place for the Sailor Senshi.

After Jadeite's departure, he hired a new person named Yuichiro to work at Hikawa Shrine.

Later in the series, the Dark Kingdom tracked down and reawakened the Seven Great Youma on earth one at a time and Rei's Grandpa was no exception. He temporarily became Jiji again but Sailor Moon used her powers to turn him back to normal.

Several episodes later, Endymion sought out the reincarnations of the Seven Great Youma, which includes Rei's grandfather, to capture them and combine them into a Youma so powerful that it would be impossible for the Senshi to defeat. Rei's grandfather was the only one who wasn't captured as Sailor Mercury broke his Black Crystal and freed the six hostages.

His pervert personality went over the top in *Sailor Moon R*. He harassed so many girls that they altogether stopped visiting Hikawa Shrine and a news magazine even published an article about it. He temporarily took a stopped being a priest and took a different career route to attract more girls. His solution was to open a protection aesthetics class, which did eventually attract many females but also the Black Moon Clan, who tried to use the class to carry out their missions.

## Trivia

* Despite being able to sense Zoisite's evil aura, he didn't seem to notice Jadeite was evil when he was working at the shrine. However, this could be because he wasn't in close proximity to Jadeite, or because of the latter's disguise.