Editing Sailor Moon (section)

== Plot ==
{{See also|List of Sailor Moon characters{{!}}List of ''Sailor Moon'' characters}}
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The series focuses on [[Sailor Moon (character)|Usagi Tsukino]], a young middle school student in the [[Azabu-Jūban]] district of [[Tokyo]], who learns from the talking cat [[Luna (Sailor Moon)|Luna]] that she is actually a reincarnation of a princess from the Moon Kingdom, Sailor Moon. They are joined by Ami Mizuno, a student who awakens as [[Sailor Mercury]]; Rei Hino, a local [[Shinto]] [[Miko|shrine maiden]] who awakens as [[Sailor Mars]]; Makoto Kino, a tall and strong transfer student who awakens as [[Sailor Jupiter]]; and Minako Aino, a young aspiring [[Japanese idol|idol]] who had awakened as [[Sailor Venus]] a few months earlier, accompanied by her talking feline companion [[List of Sailor Moon characters#Artemis|Artemis]]. As they set out on their adventures, others join the Guardians later in the series, including by Mamoru Chiba, a high school student who occasionally assists them as [[Tuxedo Mask]]; [[Chibiusa]], Usagi and Mamoru's future daughter who awakens as Sailor Chibi Moon; Haruka Tenoh, a car-racer who can transform into [[Sailor Uranus]]; Michiru Kaioh, a musician who can transform into [[Sailor Neptune]]; Setsuna Meioh, a physics student who can transform into [[Sailor Pluto]]; Hotaru Tomoe, who awakens as [[Sailor Saturn]]; and the Three Lights, pop idols who are really the [[Sailor Starlights]]. Together, they encounter extraterrestrials, space travelers and other Guardians as they protect the Earth and the Moon from destruction.