Sailor Jupiter

Character Information

Name:	Sailor Jupiter
Name (kanji/kana):	セーラージュピター
Alignment:	Moon Kingdom
Species:	Human
Gender:	Female
Lives:	Tokyo
Occupation:	Student
Family:	All deceased (manga, PGSM), Unknown (anime)
Associates:	Usagi Tsukino and friends
Aliases:	Makoto Kino
First Anime Appearance:	Jupiter, the Brawny Girl in Love
First Manga Appearance:	Act 5 - Sailor Jupiter
First PGSM Appearance:	Act 5
English Name:	Sailor Jupiter, Lita Kino
Actors:	Emi Shinohara (anime), Myuu Azama (PGSM),Susan Roman (dub)

Sailor Jupiter

Sailor Jupiter is the fifth senshi discovered by the moon cats in 20th Century Tokyo. She is the last to be discovered by the cats themselves. Her civilian identity is Makoto Kino or Lita in the dub.

She lives alone in an apartment in Tokyo.

Powers

Sailor Jupiter is the strongest of the inner senshi both in terms of attacks and physical strength. She is also the tallest, and because of her height, must wear a different school sailor uniform from the other girls while a student at Juuban Middle School, as they did not have her size available.

• Supreme Thunder - Sailor Jupiter's main attack. She sends bolts of electricity that are collected by her tiara.
• Supreme Thunder Dragon - A more powerful version of Supreme Thunder that was in the shape of a dragon and was used once in the R season
• Sparkling Wide Pressure - Sailor Jupiter's upgraded attack that first appeared in the R season. A ball of electricty is thrown from her hands.
  
• Jupiter Oak Evolution - Sailor Jupiter's attack that first appeared in the SuperS season. Sailor Jupiter sends balls of energy at her opponent. Unlike the previous attacks, which have an electricity basis in tune with her association with the Roman God of Thunder, Jupiter, this attack matches with the association of trees (木) in the Japanese writing of Jupiter (木星).

Personal life

Before moving to Juuban Middle School, Makoto bounced from school to school, often having to leave due to violence.

Makoto is an excellent cook. Her celestrial alliance with Jupiter, or mokusei (木星) in Japanese, indicates an inclination toward botany as well.

Depending on the series her dream is to either be the owner of a sweets shop or a flower shop.

Makoto constantly references an "old flame" of hers. The phrase she uses in Japanese is shitsurenshita senpai (失恋した先輩). Shitsuren shita means broken heart or unrequited love, while senpai is an senior student (for school) or colleague (at work); in other words, an older boy she was in love with. Throughout the series she makes constant references both to the boy himself, as well as an ideal of senpai for a romatic relationship. (See, for example, Episode 159, "Chibiusa's Little Rhapsody of Love" where Sailor Mars comments on this.)

Family

According to the manga, all known family are deceased. The anime never states this explicitly, however.

Costume

Sailor Jupiter's primary color is green, with a pink bow. She wears rose earrings.

Trivia

• Jokes about Makoto's "Talent" are often made by fans. This is a reference to the DiC dub of Episode 56, "Steal Mamoru's Kiss! An's Snow White Strategy" where Lita says she should play the part of Snow White because she has more "talent," at the same time as her breasts are shown prominently on the screen. In the original, she says outright that she should get the part because of her breasts.