Nanami Akaai

"*I am the Pretty Guardian who fights for love and for passion! I am Sailor Mars! In the name of the New Mars, I'll chastise you!*"
— (Neo) Sailor Mars's Introduction
**Nanami Akaai**
 (赤愛 七美, *Akaai Nanami*?) is one of the main characters in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Neo. She is the current version of **Sailor Mars**
 (セーラーマーズ, *Sērā Māzu*?). She is one of the granddaughters of Minako Aino and Rei Hino, a daughter of their son. Her younger sister is Karen Akaai.

## Appearance

### Civilian

Nanami is a lightly tanned and slender young woman. She has long light blond hair held in a ponytail and with curtain bangs. Her eyes are a shade of light orange-red. Nanami wears a black choker with some charms attached to it. Once she gains her transformation charm, she attaches it to her choker.

She is usually seen wearing her school uniform. The uniform consists of a white long sleeved blouse with red sleeve cuffs and a red notched sailor collar with a white stripe. There is a red pleated skirt with a frilly white petticoat underneath, the frills can be seen peeking out. A blue tie is tied underneath the collar and there is a white triangular area underneath the collar that run adjacent to the collar. The triangular area has a red stripe on it. Nanami wears simple white ankle socks and red sneakers as part of her uniform.

### Sailor Guardian

Sailor Mars wears a Neo Sailor Guardian uniform. The uniform consists of a white leotard with sewn-in chest armor, a crimson sailor collar with one white stripe, white shoulder pads with a red tint, white fingerless gloves with three crimson arm fittings at the elbow, and a v-shaped puffy belt with a crimson skirt attached to it. She has a light blue bow fastened to her collar with a round deep red gem in the center and a light red bow on the back of her skirt. She wears a crimson choker with her transformation charm attached to it, a golden tiara with a crimson gem in the center, and deep red dangling star earrings. Sailor Mars has a light red bow tied around her ponytail, and crimson strapped sandals that go up her calves and short heels.

Once transformed, she gains a crimson manicure and a red streak in her hair.

## Sailor Mars

Neo Sailor Mars is the technical title for the second Sailor Guardian named Sailor Mars that is used to differentiate between the different holders of the name. Because her grandmothers are no longer actively using the titles of Sailor Mars and Venus, Nanami assumes the name Sailor Mars rather than Neo Sailor Mars and her sister is Sailor Venus rather than Neo Sailor Venus.

Sailor Mars is one of the current Sailor Guardians, the title passing down from mother to daughter based off of generation. Sailor Mars has powers over fire.

Nanami can transform into Sailor Mars by calling out her transformation phrase as long as she has her transformation item with her.

### Attacks

* **Phoenix Aim**
* **Roaring Fire**

## Nomenclature & Etymology

### Etymology

**Nanami** starts with the kanji for seven, 七 and then the kanji 美 (beauty, beautiful). Together, her name roughly can be read as "seventh beauty."

**Akaai** is the combination of the kanji 赤 (red) and 愛 (love). Combined, Akaai means "love that is red." However, the name is actually a pun because it sounds similarly to "akai," which carries the same meaning as Aka and are the same kanji.

## Trivia

* When she asked Miyabi what her lucky number is in Act 11 Nanami - Neo Sailor Mars, Nanami states that her lucky number is 7 and has been that way since she was born.
	+ Nanami's name includes the kanji for 7, her number on the school softball team is 7, and she states that her birthday is "the seventh." She apparently has the 7th highest grades in the school, as well.

Sailor Mars's shoulder pads' red tint is a stylistic choice. Her shoulder pads do not have the red tint in universe.