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Bonds of Friendship >> Episodes 014 - 022

Saionji, Rui ( saionji rui )

Romanization saionji rui
Name Origin For her surname, the first kanji means "west", the second
kanji means "garden," and the third means "temple."
1st Appearance Episode 014
Seiyuu Kitou, Satoko

Information: Rui is a childhood friend of Oosaka, Naru and an excellent tennis player. She is the first of Nephrite's victims in his plot to collect energy. Nephrite placed his power upon her tennis racket and when she began to play after that her strength was intense. But as her power grew so did her anger and aggitation. She became fierce. When her energy came to it's fullest, Nephrite's youma stole the energy. It was up to Sailor Moon to save her.


Kunitachi ( kunitachi )

Romanization kunitachi
Name Origin The kanji used for his name means "national."
1st Appearance Episode 015
Seiyuu ??

Information: While at the park, Ami and the girls meet Kunitachi, the park's caretaker. He tells then that the park will soon be torn down and become office buildings. He became Nephrite's second victim when he wondered how he could save the park he loved. After that point he started to act strangely and was able to indirectly drive off the construction workers by means of animal attacks. When the youma finally appears and is defeated Kunitachi is returned to normal.


Akiyama, Higure ( akiyama higure )

Romanization akiyama higure
Name Origin For her surname, the first kanji means "autumn"
and the second means "mountain."
1st Appearance Episode 016
Seiyuu Mita, Yuko

Information: Akiyama, Higure was the Home Ec teacher at Usagi's school. She was very dreamy-eyed when she appeared in the series as she was eagery anticipating her wedding. At the same time, there is a wedding dress contest going on which everyone ends up wanting to join. When she is shopping for fabric for her wedding dress, Nephrite possessed a piece of it and gives it to her. She then becomes very aggressive and won't even see her fiance until the dress is done and she enters the contest. Through this time, her appearance changes from demure and sweet to quite outrageous. The youma appears at the contest and after it is defeated the teacher is freed. She also wins the contest and is married to her fiance, by the way.


Shinokawa, Kijin ( shinokawa kijin )

Romanization shinokawa kijin
Name Origin ??
1st Appearance Episode 017
Seiyuu Kashiwakura, Tsutomu

Information: Shinokawa, Kijin is a a junior high student who won a national photography award. He had gotent a lot of publicity for his excellent photography work of landscapes. He was hounded by the press and was eventually taken control of by Nephrite. He then began to take picture of girls instead of landscapes, and not just any girls but all girls. When he would take the pictures it would trap them inside the photos. Sailor Moon came to the rescue and saved him and the girls who were traped by the evil energy.

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Sakiko ( sakiko )

Romanization sakiko
Name Origin ??
1st Appearance Episode 020
Seiyuu Fuchizaki, Yuriko

Information: Sakiko was a young child with awesome powers. She lived with her father at Pension Adams.* Her father wanted to scare people away and get revenge on people who called them fakes. He was using Sakiko's powers though hypnotism to call on a ghost and people away from their hotel (making people think the place was haunted). It was only after Usagi, Ami, and Rei came to the place that they were able to solve the mystery of the haunted pension and defeat the out of control ghost that things got much better for Sakiko and her father.

* Pension, written as "penshon" in Japanese, is a boarding house or small hotel in Europe. In this case, Pension Adams is a small European style hotel near the ocean.


Matsuno, Hiromi ( matsuno hiromi )

Romanization matsuno hiromi
Name Origin For her surname, the first kanji means "pine tree"
and the second kanji means "field."
1st Appearance Episode 021
Seiyuu Endou, Miyako

Information: Matsuno, Hirom was a girl on one of the animation teams for the Sailor V anime. She and her best friend, Kazuko, worked together on the project (along with a whole animation team, of course). Their supervisor seemed to be particularly tough on her, and it stresses her out quite a bit. She felt very competative toward her friend who seemed to be doing so well. She had been using the special animation pencils the two had bought in hopes that that would help her, though she felt guily because the two had promised not to use them without the other's permission. Nephrite turned her into his next victim and when the youma appeared and was destroyed, she was returned to normal. It was then that she found out her friend had also been secretly using her pencils because she was jealous of her. They apologized to each other and promised to work hard on the project.


Tadashita, Kazuko ( tadashita kazuko )

Romanization tadashita kazuko
Name Origin For her surname, the first kanji means "free, only" and the second kanji means "under, below." For her given name, the first kanji means "harmony, peace," and the second means "child."
1st Appearance Episode 021
Seiyuu Emori, Hiroko

Information: She was a girl on one of the animation teams for the Sailor V anime. She and her best friend, Hiromi, worked together on the project (along with a whole animation team, of course). Their supervisor seemed to be particularly tough on Hiromi.


Supervisor Asatou ( asatou kantoku )

Romanization asatou kantoku
Name Origin For his surname, the first kanji means
"flax" and the second means "wisteria."
1st Appearance Episode 021
Seiyuu ??

Information: He was supervisor to one of the animation teams working on the Sailor V anime. The supervisor was very strict with his animators, telling them they had to feel the passion of Sailor V and show it in their work. When Hiromi was used by Nephrite she told him that she was changing the ending to the movie where Sailor V would die. After she was returned to normal, the project was saved and all was okay.


Princess Dia ( purinsesu daiya )

Romanization purinsesu daiya
Name Origin Dia is meant to be short for the word "diamond."
1st Appearance Episode 022
Seiyuu Itou, Miki

Information: She was the princess of the Diamond Kingdom who came to Tokyo and at a party the treasure of the Diamond Kingdom would be revealed. Usagi and her group were informed by Luna that this princess might be the one they were looking for and the Dark Kingdom suspected the treasure could be the Silver Crystal. Both sides set out. Naru, who had gone to the party in place of her mother, was possessed by Nephrite's Alter Ego and made her way to the princess. The princess, who had been in her room feeling sad that people must only care for the treasure and not about her since she was not very beautiful, graciously accepted Naru into the room. Nephrite's Alter Ego transferred to the princess and the princess stole the treasure. When the Sailor Soldiers appeared and fought, Mars used her ofuda to draw out the evil spirit. Mercury and Moon attacked and destroyed the spirit. The princess woke up and Luna asked if she was their princess. Dia looked very pretty without her glasses, by the way. When she placed the thick glasses back on her face she freaked out by seeing a talking cat. Later that evening, it was revealed that the treasure of the Diamond Kingdom was a 2000 carat diamond statue that resembled Princess Dia.

 

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