Shingo Tsukino

Character Information

Name:	Shingo Tsukino
Name (kanji/kana):	月野進悟
Alignment:	Civilian
Species:	Human
Gender:	Male
Lives:	Azabu-Juuban, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Occupation:	Primary school student
Family:	Ikuko Tsukino (mother), Kenji Tsukino (father), Usagi Tsukino (older sister), Mamoru Chiba (future brother-in-law), Chibiusa (future niece), Kousagi Tsukino (future niece; "Parallel Sailor Moon" only)
Associates:	Mika Kayama (anime only)
Aliases:	Sneakers Shingo
First Anime Appearance:	Crybaby Usagi's Magnificent Transformation
First Manga Appearance:	Act 1 Usagi SAILORMOON
First PGSM Appearance:	Act 1 - I am Sailor Moon!
English Name:	Sammy Tsukino (dub), Shingo Tsukino (Kodansha manga, Viz dub)
Actors:	Chiyoko Kawashima (anime), Seira Ryu (Crystal), Naoki Takeshi (PGSM), Julie Lemieux (dub), Nicolas Roye (Viz dub)

Shingo Tsukino was Usagi Tsukino's little brother in all versions of the series. He liked to tease Usagi and call her "Usagi the idiot," but Usagi cared for him deeply.

Shingo liked to play pranks on his sister, such as the time Usagi was worrying about her weight and he rigged the scale to break when she stood on it. Shingo also got along well with Chibiusa, and both of them took pleasure in teasing Usagi over her poor test results and clumsiness.

Shingo in PGSM

Shingo attended Juuban Municipal Primary School and had much better grades than his older sister. He loved to play video games, and was also a big fan of Sailor Moon and Sailor V, but did not know their identities. In the anime, he had a fear of cats, which caused him to initially dislike the fact that Luna came to live in the Tsukino home, but he eventually overcame his fear.

In the anime, he was friends with Mika Kayama, a little girl who went to his school and made dolls, and he also had a brief crush on Ami.

Trivia

• He was based on the author Naoko Takeuchi's real brother.

• Shingo's name was written with characters that mean "advance" or "progress" (進) and "enlightenment" or "understand" (悟).