Tsukino Usagi

Tsukino Usagi

Tsukino Usagi (月野うさぎ) is the main, and title character in the anime/manga Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon. She is portrayed wearing a traditional Japanese school uniform. In the English dub, she is known as "Serena Tsukino". In the story, she is your average stereotype-breaker: An underachieving, slacker Japanese schoolgirl. One day, as Usagi was running off to school, she saw some punk neighborhood kids abusing a cat. After rescuing the cat, who is actually known by the name of Luna, an agent from a long-dead lunar civilization known as the "Silver Millennium", the cat gives her a magical device that allows Usagi to transform into the "soldier for love and justice", known as Sailor Moon.

Tsukino Usagi's name is a pun on the phrase "The Rabbit in the Moon" (Tsuki no Usagi). This is based on the fact that while Europeans see a face on the surface of the Moon, the Japanese see a rabbit. The pun is obvious to Japanese who are told the story of "The Rabbit in the Moon" as children.

Usagi lives at home with her mother Ikuko Tsukino, her father Kenji Tsukino and her brother Shingo Tsukino. These characters were named after the real-life family of the Series' creator, Naoko Takeuchi. Compared to the other main characters, she seems to be the only one with a conventional family without emotional issues (Minako possibly notwithstanding) and the only senshi with a sibling.

Usagi's English dubbed name, "Serena" is a play on the word Selene, a moon goddess in Greek Mythology who fell in love with a shepherd called Endymion. The Roman Mythology equivalent to Selene is Luna.

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Age: 14-16
Birthday: June 30
Blood Type: O+
Stature: 150 cm Favorite food: Ice cream, cake
Least favorite food: Carrots (a subtle joke)
Favorite color: White
Hobbies: Eating and sleeping

Actresses

• In the animated version, Usagi is played by Kotono Mitsuishi.
• In the English dubbed version, Serena is played by Tracey Moore (episodes 1-11, 13, 21 and 41), Terri Hawkes (episodes 12, 14-20, 22-40, 42-82, and movies) and Linda Ballantyne (episodes 90-166). Hawkes is considered by most fans to be the "definitive" English-language voice of the character, due in large part to her professional embrace of the role and of the series's fandom.
• In Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Usagi is played by Miyuu Sawai.

• Selene -- Greek Mythology