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Sailor Venus
セーラーヴィーナス Sērā Vīnasu

Biographical
Alignment	Moon Kingdom, Crystal Tokyo
Resides in	Tokyo, Crystal Tokyo (30th Century)
Occupation	Sailor Senshi, Student
Aliases	Minako Aino
Forms	Sailor V, Sailor Venus, Super Sailor Venus, Eternal Sailor Venus
Associates	Sailor Senshi
Personal
Gender	Female
Species	Human
Production
First Appearance	Vol.1 - The Birth of Sailor V (as Sailor V in Codename: Sailor V)
Related Pages	Anime Bio

"Agent of Love and Beauty, the pretty sailor suited soldier Sailor Venus! In the name of Love, I will punish you! " — Sailor Venus's stock introductionSailor Venus (♀) is one of the five original Inner Sailor Senshi of the Solar System. She is the last of the Inner Senshi to join the group but the first to transform and battle the Dark Kingdom. Her civilian identity is Minako Aino. Her attacks are based around love and her powers are also associated with light and possibly metal and iron.

Like the other members of the Senshi, she is given various titles in the series. The title "Champion of Justice" is the first title she was ever given. Other titles include: "Soldier of Light and Beauty", "Soldier of Love", "Soldier of Love and Beauty", and "Soldier of Love and Hope".

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AppearanceEdit

This was the first Senshi form that Minako had ever had. This form first appeared in Codename: Sailor V. She would fight against the Dark Agency with Artemis at her aid. This form appeared in many continuations of the series.

Minako's Senshi identity and second Senshi form, this was the form Minako took on when fighting alongside the other members of the Senshi.

This is Minako's third senshi uniform in the anime and manga that she transforms into first during Act 39 of the manga by using her Venus Crystal, given to her by Artemis, but no new name is given. In episode 143 of the anime she has a similar transformation and the title Super Sailor Venus is used.

This was a manga exclusive form of Minako after she was killed by Sailor Galaxia and revived in Act 49. She wears bracelets similar to Sailor Galaxia and fights for her to kill Sailor Moon.

This was an manga exclusive transformation of Minako's in Act 42, this form was unnamed but was similar to Eternal Sailor Moon albeit without wings.

During the Silver Millennium, she was the ruler of the planet Venus and was the leader of those who protected Princess Serenity. She wore a yellow gown with frills running down it. In her hair she wore a yellow bow and a rose, she also wore a choker that was tied in a ribbon at the back. During her time as a Princess she dwelt in Magellan Castle.

BiographyEdit

Codename: Sailor VEdit

Dark Kingdom ArcEdit

Sailor Venus and her cat Artemis join the Sailor group in aid to help save the earth from the Negaforce.

Black Moon ArcEdit

Infinity ArcEdit

Dream ArcEdit

Stars ArcEdit

PowersEdit

TransformationsEdit

Weapons and ItemsEdit

Crescent Compact
Transformation Pen
Jewelry Star Bracelet
Star Power Stick
Crystal Change Rod
Venus Crystal
Chain
Stone Sword
Mask
Microphone of Venus
Striking Katana
Love Whip
Crescent Moon Cutter
Venus Daggers
Sailor Star Tambourine
Teletia S
Communicator
Karaoke Crown Passport
Sword of the Mystical Silver Crystal

AttacksEdit

Crescent Beam
Crescent Slender Beam
Crescent Super Beam
Venus Ten Billion Volt Rock N' Rouge
Diphenhydramine Combo! Venus Brand Mosquito Repellent Incense Typhoon
Venus Iron Muscle Punch
Sailor V Kick
Venus Power, Love Crescent Shower
Sulphuric Fumes of Venus
Sailor V Chop
Crescent Boomerang
Seppuku
Rolling Screw Sailor V Punch
Venus Love, Megaton Shower
Sailor V Rub-out Chop
Crescent Beam Shower
Venus Love Me Chain
Rolling Heart Vibration
Venus Wink Chain Sword
Sailor Kick
Moonlight Attractive Attack
Sailor Planet Attack
Sailor Planet Power
Hissatsu Love Me Moon Chain
Furious Random Crescent Beam Shots
Venus Love and Beauty Shock
Venus Love and Galactica Shock
Venus Beam
Venus Kick
Chain Explosive

DevelopmentEdit

Her character design went through many changes before it was settled on the one used in publication. Earlier in development, each of the Senshi had a fully unique costume. Venus's costume was inspired largely by her Sailor V outfit. It was colored mostly in dark blue, with orange used only for the chest-ribbon (which was not bow-shaped and was shaped like the bow on her civilian school uniform), and included a crescent moon motif, prominent armor, and white and red stripes. Her red hair-ribbon and trademark Sailor V mask were also present. Also, her eye color was yellow.

TriviaEdit

In the manga, Sailor Venus wore her chain around her waist. The Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, wore a golden girdle which had the power to make anyone fall desperately in love with its wearer.
Takeuchi has said that the reason Sailor Venus looks so much like Sailor Moon was in fact because it was her duty to take Serenity's place to keep her from danger.
In the Russian dub of the anime series, Sailor V was referred to as Sailor Five after she meets the rest of the Senshi for the first time. The reason could be because she is the fifth member of the Senshi and/or it could have been a misinterpretation of the roman numeral of five, which looks like the letter "V".
In Japanese, the name for the planet Venus is Kinsei (金星), which is the first kanji indicating a metal (especially gold), and the second indicating a celestial object. Unlike the other Senshi, her special abilities are not derived from the element in her planet's name, but are instead based on the concept of love. This is a reference to Venus, the Roman counterpart of the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. However, metal does appear in her chain and she also had a few attacks with "crescent" in their names.
In the manga, it was Venus who killed Queen Beryl with the Stone Sword, but in the anime, it was Princess Serenity who got rid of Super Beryl with the Moon Stick.
Some fans think that Sailor Moon was the first Senshi to reawaken. However, it was technically Sailor Venus, considering she was famous before the start of the Sailor Moon series. Moreover, Sailor Moon herself was one of her biggest fans.
- Sailor Venus wasn't exactly a Senshi at this time, however, since she was not with any of the other Senshi and was treated like a separate hero until then.
- Also, because Sailor Moon is better known, some people seem to forget that Sailor V was the first one to be awoken. Some fans (mostly new ones) also go as far as to brand Sailor V as a 'Sailor Moon copy'.
- Also, technically, Sailor Venus was reawakened while Sailor Moon was awakened, as Sailor Moon did not exist back during the Silver Millennium.
Sailor Venus's Ayakashi Sister counterpart was Calaveras. Her Witches 5 counterpart was Mimete. Her Sailor Quartet counterpart was CereCere/Sailor Ceres. The Shitennou general she's paired up with in Takeuchi's artwork is Kunzite.

GalleryEdit

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Sailor V and Sailor Venus's early concept art.

External LinksEdit

Sailor Venus - The Article on the Wikipedia

Wikia

Sailor Venus

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