Sailor Venus



Sailor Venus was the first Sailor Senshi to be awakened by moon cat, Artemis one year before Sailor Moon, but she was the last Senshi to appear in the show's first season. Her civilian identity was Minako Aino, or Mina in the English dub. She met Artemis when she was 13 years old.

Sailor Venus worked solo for many months as Sailor V, trying to trick the Dark Kingdom (then acting as the Dark Agency) into thinking she was the Princess while looking for the real one herself. Since Sailor Moon did not originally exist in the Silver Millennium, she was the "true" leader of the Inner Senshi.

She was also the only Senshi to have her own independent series.

Transformations

 * Venus Power, Make Up - Used her first transformation pen to transform into Sailor Venus.
 * Venus Star Power, Make Up - Used her Star Power Stick to transform into Sailor Venus.
 * Venus Crystal Power, Make Up - Used her Crystal Change Rod to transform into the super version of Sailor Venus.

Attacks

 * Crescent Beam - Sailor Venus's first attack. She sent a beam of light at the enemy.
 * Crescent Beam Shower - A stronger version of Crescent Beam.
 * Venus Love-Me Chain - Sailor Venus sent a whip to hit or grab the enemy.
 * Sailor Kick - Sailor Venus used this attack when she was disguised as Sailor Moon.
 * Hissatsu Love-Me Moon Chain - Sailor Venus used this attack when she was disguised as Sailor Moon.
 * Furious Random Crescent Beam Shots - An attack used only once, similar in form to Crescent Beam Shower.
 * Venus Love and Beauty Shock - This attack first appeared in the SuperS season. Sailor Venus hurled heart-shaped golden energy at her opponent.

Costume

 * Sailor Venus' (Classic, R, S) dominant color was orange (choker, collar, center of front bow, elbow fittings of gloves, skirt, shoes, and earrings) and her accent colors were blue (front bow) and yellow (tiara gem and back bow). Her collar had one white stripe near the edge of the collar (not at the center), and her shoes were orange heels with ankle straps.
 * After the "Super" upgrade (SuperS, Stars), her earrings were the same shape but darker in color, her choker had a yellow star attached to it, her collar had one white stripe down the center, the center of her front bow was an orange heart, the bottom of the shoulder pads was translucent, and the back waist bow was enlarged and lengthened.

Transformations

 * Venus Power, Make Up - Used her first transformation pen to transform into Sailor Venus.
 * Venus Star Power, Make Up - Used her Star Power Stick to transform into Sailor Venus.
 * Venus Planet Power, Make Up - Used the planet powers granted to her by Neo-Queen Serenity to transform into Sailor Venus.
 * Venus Crystal Power, Make Up - Used her Venus Crystal to transform into a super version of Sailor Venus.

Attacks

 * Crescent Boomerang - First attack used by Sailor Venus, in which she threw her compact at her enemies.
 * Sailor V Kick - Sailor Venus kicked her enemy.
 * Venus Love-Me Chain - Sailor Venus used her chain to hit or grab the enemy.
 * Rolling Heart Vibration - Used only in the manga, live-action series, and numerous video games. Sailor Venus sent forth a rolling heart to damage the enemy.
 * Venus Wink Chain Sword - Used only in the manga and numerous video games. Sailor Venus used her chain as a sword to damage the enemy.
 * Venus Love and Beauty Shock - Sailor Venus gained this power after transforming with the Venus Crystal. She used her Love Whip to attack her enemy.
 * Venus Love and Galactica Shock - This attack was used by Sailor Venus when she was under Sailor Galaxia's control in the Stars arc.
 * Akuryo Taisan - This attack was used only once by Sailor Venus, in "Exam Battle 3," to destroy the Genius loci that was attacking T.A. Girls' Academy.

Costume

 * Sailor Venus' first costume was mostly identical to the anime version, the only difference being that she hadSailor_venus.jpg her chain around her waist. In some artbook illustrations, her shoulder pads were a pale orange as well.
 * Her brooch changed from a circle to a heart after Sailor Moon first transformed into Super Sailor Moon.
 * After the "Super" upgrade, her costume was almost completely identical to the anime version, but the star on her choker had an orange gemstone in the center.
 * After the last upgrade in the Stars arc, her choker was V-shaped and the center of her front bow was an orange five-pointed star. Her shoulder pads were large yellow puffs with two patches of orange fabric attached to the bottom. Her gloves became longer, reaching to her upper arms. In artbook illustrations, she had orange V-shaped wristbands with golden five-pointed stars on them, but they were not present in the manga. Her belt consisted of two ribbons - one orange and one yellow, with two long, thin back ribbons, clipped together by a golden five-pointed star. Her back bow was yellow. Her skirt became two-layered, the top layer being orange and the bottom layer yellow. Her boots were knee-length and white, and each had an orange V-shaped border with a five-pointed star at the top. Her tiara gem was an orange five-pointed star and her earrings were orange, dangling five-pointed stars.

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
In the live-action series, Sailor Venus only rarely fought along with the other Sailor Senshi. At first, this was because she was pretending to be the Princess and wanted to remain distant, but after the real Princess was revealed, she still did not get close to the other Senshi. The reason for this was never fully explained, but hints indicated that it could have been because she was more focused on the mission from the past life than the others (and had more of her memories), or because she did not want to become friends with the others because then they would be sad when she died.

Transformations

 * Venus Power, Make Up - This was Sailor Venus's only transformation in PGSM.

Attacks
Along with her magical attacks, Sailor Venus also had a weapon known as the Crescent Moon Cutter which she could use to attack both by cutting, as though it were a knife, or by throwing it like a boomerang.
 * Venus Beam - A beam-like attack used by Sailor Venus. It resembled the Crescent Beam she used in the anime and Sailor V manga.
 * Venus Love-Me Chain - Sailor Venus sent a whip to hit or grab the enemy. It could also be used to deflect attacks.
 * Rolling Heart Vibration - Used only in the manga, live-action series, and numerous video games. Sailor Venus sent forth a rolling heart to damage the enemy.
 * Unnamed attack - Sailor Venus used another attack which was not named on screen, in which she used her Sailor Star Tambourine to send star-shaped energy toward her target.

Costume

 * Sailor Venus' costume in PGSM was mostly identical to the manga version, one of the differences being that her hair bow had a decorative heart in the center. At first the bow also had strands of beads dangling from it, but after several episodes they were no longer present, with no explanation given. Her hairstyle was also slightly different; she had two small odango on either side of her head, and her hair also had a wave to it instead of being straight. Her back bow was also orange instead of yellow, and on some promotional images the ankle straps on her shoes were missing.

Trivia

 * In the manga and live-action series, Sailor Venus wore her chain around her waist. The mythological Aphrodite, the Greek equivalent of the Roman goddess Venus, wore a golden girdle which had the power to make anyone fall desperately in love with its wearer.