There's nothing more annoying than to go to a really good-looking site - and not know who on earth Tuskino Usaagi is. Here is a guide to some of the names in Sailor Moon in Japan. I've also told what they mean, as it's very obvious Naoko-san chose tham for a reason. Almost all of the names have "no" in them, which is like an 's.

Oh, yeah - one other thing. In Japanese, names are backwards compared to ours. Therefore, the name Hino Rei would be Rei Hino in english.

Tsukino Usagi (Pronounced Su-kee-no Ooh-sa-gee) - Serena. Tsuki means moon, usagi means rabbit, and no means of, so her Japanese name means "Rabbit of the Moon". This is a pun on a myth that there is a rabbit on the moon pounding rice into mochi, kind of like how Americans see a man in the moon.

Mizuno Ami- Amy Anderson. Mizu is Water, ami is friend, so her name means "Friend of Water".

Hino Rei - Raye Hino. Hi means fire, and I'll assume rei means soul or spirit, since her name means "Spirit of Fire".

 Kino Makoto - Lita. In Japanese, ki means wood or tree, and Makoto  means wisdom, so her name means "Wisdom of the Trees".

Aino Minako - Mina. I've heard two different meanings of her name: "Love's Beautiful Child" and "Little Child of Love". I know ai means love, and ko means young or child, and one meaning of mina is everyone...

Chiba Mamoru - Darien Shields. Mamoru means protector, and chi means earth, so his name means "Protector of the Earth." Darien's alter ego, Tuxedo Mask, is called Tuxedo Kamen in Japan, and the Moonlight Knight that appeared when Darien lost his memory after the fight with Queen Beryl is called Tuskikage no Knight.

Chibi Usa- Hmm, kind of complicated. In the Japanese version, Reenee's name was Usagi, but everyone called her Chibi Usa ("chibi" means small or little). If you think about it, "Reenee" is a shortened version of Serena, so I guess they kept this when they dubbed it. They also call her Small Lady in the dub. Her sailor form was originally Sailor Chibi-Moon, so Mini-Moon is a good translation, even if it sounds weird.

Ten'oh Haruka- Amara Ten'oh. I believe her name means Sky Queen.

Kai'oh Michirou- Michelle Kai'oh. I believe this is Ocean Queen.

Mei'oh Setsuna- Trista Meiou. I've heard Dark Queen.

Umino Gurio - Melvin. Note: I'm not sure, but I think he goes by his last name in the original Japanese anime, since everyone calls him Umino, but this could just be because no one was that good of friends with him.

Tsukino Shingo - Sammy, Serena''s little brother.

Furuhata Motoki- Andrew, the arcade guy

Urawa Ryo - Amy's crush, Greg. I have to explain about this. In the Japanese episode, they started out with the two calling each other "Urawa-san" and "Mizuno-san". This is typically how people who are not that close refer to each other in Japan. By the end of the episode, they are calling each other "Ryo-kun" and "Ami-san", signifying they are now closer. They (DIC, of course) cut out a joke where Lita says, "Is this one of those relationships where you call each other by your first names?"

Furuhata Unazuki- Elizabeth, Andrew's sister.

Villains- I've left out the ones that were dubbed right.

First season
Jaedite - Jedite
Nephryte - Nephlyte
Zoicite - Zoycite (Note: in the Japanese version, Zoicite was a  man, but he was still in love with Malachite. If you couldn't read that without giggling, well, then, you probably ought to find a new series.)
Kunzite - Malachite
Queen Metallia - the Negaforce (You know, that huge blob thing full of water that Queen Beryl talked to?)
Youma - monsters of the Negaverse. Japanese word for monster or demon.

First half of R

Ail, Ginga Seijuurou  - Allen Granger
Ann, Ginga Natsume - Anne Granger
Makaiju - the Doom Tree
Cardian- the monsters Allen and Ann used

Second half of R

Cooan- Katzie
Beruche- Birtie
Calaveras- Avery
Petz- Prisma
Esmeraulde- Emerald
Saffir- Sapphire
Dimando- Diamond
Death Phantom- Doom Phantom
Black Lady- Wicked Lady
Droid- Monster of the Black Moon

Kaolinite- Kaori Night
Eudial- Eugial
Viluy-
Tellu- Telulu

Sailor Moon S
Death Busters- The bad guys in Sailor Moon S
Daimon- Death Buster's monsters
Holy Grail- Purity Chalice
Messiah of Silence- Ambassador of Silence
Messiah of Light- Ambassador of Light

Sailor Moon SuperS

Hawk's eye- Hawkeye
Fish's eye- Fisheye (Really a man. That scene in the shower, where Fisheye had bubbles hiding his chest? They weren't hiding anything; They just didn't want to admit Fisheye is a man, Baby!)
Tiger's eye- Tigereye
Lemures- Dead Moon Circus monsters
Nephelenia- Nehelenia
 

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