Editing Sailor Venus (section)

===Actresses===
In the original Japanese version of the ''Sailor Moon'' anime series, Minako is voiced by [[Rika Fukami]], with [[Nanae Sumitomo]] as a stand-in for portions of episode 163 of SuperS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Sailor_Venus|title=Sailor Venus - WikiMoon|website=wikimoon.org|access-date=2016-07-01|archive-date=2016-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810212328/http://wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Sailor_Venus|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sailormoonforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=9770&p=256101|title=Sailor Moon Forum • View topic - Double Cast Voice Actors|website=sailormoonforum.com|access-date=2016-07-01}} {{dead link|date=November 2021}}</ref> [[Shizuka Itō]] voiced her from ''Sailor Moon Crystal'' onwards.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kotono Mitsuishi Leads Sailor Moon Crystal Cast|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-27/kotono-mitsuishi-leads-sailor-moon-crystal-cast|work=Anime News Network|access-date=27 April 2014|archive-date=2016-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015021417/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-27/kotono-mitsuishi-leads-sailor-moon-crystal-cast|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the original English-language dub of Sailor Moon, her name was changed to "Mina" (originally a nickname used in the Japanese version) and she was voiced by [[Stephanie Morgenstern]] for the first two seasons and all three movies. [[Emilie-Claire Barlow]] provided her voice in Cloverway's dub of episodes 90-166. In the Viz Media dub Minako is voiced by [[Cherami Leigh]] in [[Viz Media]]'s dub of the entire ''Sailor Moon'' series (produced in association with [[Studiopolis]]).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-05/new-sailor-moon-dub-cast-revealed-at-anime-expo/.76285 |title=New Sailor Moon Dub Cast Revealed at Anime Expo |work=Anime News Network |date=July 5, 2014 |access-date=2016-11-10 |archive-date=2014-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708003709/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-05/new-sailor-moon-dub-cast-revealed-at-anime-expo/.76285 |url-status=live }}</ref> A ''Sailor Moon'' fan, Leigh read the female roles in California and was selected for Minako during her wedding in her homeland Texas.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2014-07-16/exclusive-the-new-english-language-cast-of-sailor-moon/.76730|title=Exclusive Interview: The New English Language Cast of Sailor Moon|date=July 16, 2014|work=Anime News Network|access-date=July 16, 2014|archive-date=March 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309063441/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2014-07-16/exclusive-the-new-english-language-cast-of-sailor-moon/.76730|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[Sailor Moon musicals|stage musicals]], Minako has been played by twenty one actresses: Nana Suzuki, Sakae Yamashita (''Yume Senshi - Ai - Eien Ni'' soundtrack only and is not considered the 2nd actress to play her but the 2nd person to be cast since she was never in the musical performing as her), Chizuru Soya, Kanatsu Nakaya, Akiko Miyazawa, Miyu Otani, Nao Inada, Yuki Nakamura, [[Ayumi Murata]], [[Miz (singer)|Mizuki Watanabe]], [[Momoko Shibuya]], half-American idol Erica, Shiori Sakata.,<ref>{{cite web | last = Takeuchi | first = Naoko | author-link = Naoko Takeuchi | author2 = Bandai | title = Sailor Moon Musical News | date = 2009-07-03 | url = http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/musical/index.html | access-date = 2009-09-21 | archive-date = 2009-01-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122224038/http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/musical/index.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Rimo Hasegawa, Hina Higuchi, Kana Nakada, Mayu Tamura, Sena, Yu Nakanishi, Saya Goto, Teresa Ikeda and Sakura Kawasaki.

In ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'', Minako is portrayed by [[Ayaka Komatsu]].