Sailor Neptune

Sailor Neptune
Sailor Moon character
Michiru in her Super Sailor Neptune form as seen in the 1990s anime.
First appearance	Sailor Moon chapter #24: "Infinity 1 – Premonition" (1994)
Created by	Naoko Takeuchi
Played by	(See below)
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Aliases	Michiru Kaioh Princess Neptune
Affiliations	Sailor Soldiers Shadow Galactica (briefly)
Powers and abilities	Generation and manipulation of seawater,precognition, astral projection
English adaptation
Name	Michelle Kaioh (anime only)

Sailor Neptune (セーラーネプチューン, Sērā Nepuchūn^?) is a fictional lead character in the Sailor Moon media franchise. The alternate identity of Michiru Kaioh (海王 みちる, Kaiō Michiru^?, or Michelle Kaioh in the English adaptations), a teenage Japanese schoolgirl. Michiru is a member of the Sailor Soldiers, female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil.

Introduced in the third story arc, Sailor Neptune fights alongside her partner and lover Sailor Uranus. In both versions of the story she is portrayed as an antihero: elegant, sophisticated, capable of sharp anger, occasionally cold, and fully dedicated to her duty as a Sailor Soldier. She possesses powers associated with the sea, precognitive ones, as well as powers granted by her magic mirror.

Michiru is formally introduced in the third story arc, although she appears in silhouette alongside Sailor Uranus in episode 89, a "teaser" to Sailor Moon S. She is portrayed as a very polite, calm character in the series. She dislikes being patronized even if not doing so would hurt her feelings, and subsequently will not indulge people. This is alluded to in her backstory, explaining that she was congenial but generally not social. Michiru is also graceful and delicate, with an aura of sophistication. She is clearly intelligent, and this usually manifests itself through art and music. Usagi (to whom this observation is especially relevant) once commented that Michiru was the ideal example of a princess. Her English name is Michelle in the dubs.