Sailor Kakyuu
Sailor Kakyuu is Princess Kinmoku, first order Imperial Princess of the Red Ceres Kingdom of the Planet Kinmoku. The Kinmoku means "fragrant olive" as can Kinmoksei, though kinmoksei can also mean "The Olive Star" or "The Planet Kinmoku". She is also sometimes called Sailor Kakyuu, and this is where the "Fireball" meaning stems from.
Princess Fireball is the princess the Starlights came to Earth looking for. On their own planet Kinmoku, her lover had been killed by Sailor Chaos (" and she killed him too...right before my eyes....") and she had been almost killed battling Galaxia, but her starseed was saved in an incense burner and protected by Chibi Chibi.
When the Starlights saw the star of there princess had not gone out, they realized she was still alive somewhere. They followed her scent, for she smelled like a fragrant olive. That is one of three reasons they chose to be men on Earth- it less suspicious to be seen as men asking the whereabouts of a girl, as a male idol group they could attract lots of girls, and it would also be easier to find her because men have a better sense of smell!
The Starlights found Princess Fireball, but when they did Galaxia felt her presence and came to attack. Galaxia killed Fireball (again), and the Starlights princess died in Eternal Sailor Moons arms.
In the Manga, Princess Fireball had a few new powers. She could grow wings (It seems all princesses can do this), and that was how she guided Sailor Moon and friends to Zero Star Sagitarrious, the base of Shadow Galatica operations. After the Starlights were destroyed by Sailor Chi and Phi, and she had been previously teased by Sailor Heavy Metal Papillon about their deaths, Princess Fireball became so furious she transformed into Sailor Kakyuu! Her attacks were the Starlights Royal Straight Flush! which she used to counter attack Sailor Chi, and the Kinmoku Fusion Tempest! which she used to attack Sailor Phi, give Eternal Sailor Moon the chance to kill Phi. Sailor Chi, angered by the loss of her twin, came behind Sailor Kakyuu and stabbed her through the back with her staff. The Asteriod Senshi attacked Sailor Chi and Eternal Sailor Moon killed her, but it was too late for Sailor Kakyuu.
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