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Tsukino Usagi is the main 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 means literally "The Rabbit in the Moon" (Tsuki
no Usagi). This is a pun 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.
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.
Age: 14-16
Birthday: June 30
Blood Type: O
Favorite food: Ice cream, cake
Least favorite food: Carrots (you'll get the joke later)
Favorite color: White
Hobbies: Eating and sleeping
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