Editing Sailor Venus (section)

===Sailor Venus===
Minako's primary Sailor Guardian identity is that of Sailor Venus. Sailor Venus wears a [[sailor fuku|sailor suit]] colored in orange (choker, collar, center of front bow, elbow fittings on her gloves, skirt, earrings, and a matching set of orange ankle-strap heels), [[navy blue]] (front bow) and yellow (tiara gem and back bow), and retains the red bow she wears as a civilian. In the live-action series, this bow appears only when she is in one of her Guardian forms, and has a gem in the center. In the manga, live-action series, and ''[[Sailor Moon Crystal]]'', she wears an item called the Wink Chain around her waist, which she sometimes uses as a weapon. She is given specific titles throughout the various series, including Guardian of Love,<ref>{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon vol. 7 |chapter= Act 23 |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= July 6, 1994 |isbn= 4-06-178781-0}}</ref> Guardian of Love and Hope,<ref>Super Revue Musical Show in 2001</ref> and Guardian of Light and Beauty.<ref>Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Act 17</ref> Her personality is no different from when she is a civilian, although she must be Sailor Venus to access her celestial powers.<ref name="Challenge to Hollywood"/>

In Japanese, the name for the planet Venus is {{nihongo|''Kinsei''|金星}}, the first kanji indicating a metal, especially [[gold]], and the second indicating a [[Astronomical object|celestial object]]. Unlike the other Sailor Guardians, her special abilities are not derived from the element in her planet's name but are instead based on the concept of love, a reference to the Roman goddess of love, [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]], and the Mesopotamian goddess of love and war, [[Inanna]], who has also deemed the personification of the planet Venus.<ref name="Drazenname"/> Metal does appear in her use of a special chain as a weapon, and she also has a few attacks with "crescent" in their names, mainly acquired during her time as Sailor V.

Sailor Venus is the ''[[de jure]]'' leader of the Sailor Guardians in their mission to protect Princess Serenity.<ref name="materials"/> In the manga, as the leader, she is entrusted with the poisonous sword used to kill [[Dark Kingdom#Queen Beryl|Queen Beryl]], which turns the stone blade into a sword made of [[Silver Crystal]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon vol. 3 |chapter= Act 12 |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= April 6, 1993 |isbn= 4-06-178744-6}}</ref>

In the live-action series only, upon her introduction, Sailor Venus's sailor suit is slightly different, in order to represent her disguise as the Moon Princess. She bears the crescent moon symbol on her forehead in place of a tiara (just as she did when she was Sailor V) and wears a crown with a fake Silver Crystal on it.<ref name="PGSM12"/> The latter disappears after the gem is revealed to be a fake,<ref>'' Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon'' Act 20</ref> and she gains a normal tiara when Usagi is revealed as the real princess.<ref>''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'' Act 25</ref> Other characters refer to her in this form as '''Princess Sailor Venus'''. In the manga, she does not have a different title or a crown, but she does retain the crescent moon on her forehead until Usagi is revealed as the princess.<ref>{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon vol. |chapter= Act 9 |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= September 6, 1992|isbn= 4-06-178731-4}}</ref>

As she grows stronger, Sailor Venus gains additional powers, and at key points her uniform changes to reflect this. The first takes place in Act 43 of the manga when she obtains the Venus Crystal and her outfit becomes similar to that of Super Sailor Moon. She is not given a new title.<ref name="Act43">{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon vol. 13 |chapter= Act 43 |year= 1994 |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |isbn= 4-06-178820-5 }}</ref> A similar event is divided between Episodes 143 and 154 of the anime, and she is given the name Super Sailor Venus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usagi.org/doi/smoon/episodes/smss154.html|title=Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Supers Episode 154|author=Doi, Hitoshi|access-date=2009-09-24|archive-date=2008-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205042131/http://www.usagi.org/doi/smoon/episodes/smss154.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A third form appears in Act 49 of the manga, unnamed but similar to [[Eternal Sailor Moon]] (without wings).<ref>{{cite book|last=Takeuchi|first=Naoko|author-link=Naoko Takeuchi|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon|volume=15|chapter=Act 42|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|date=July 5, 1996|isbn= 4-06-178835-3}}</ref> In the official visual book for [[Sailor Moon Eternal]], this form was named "Eternal Sailor Venus".<ref>{{cite book|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|title=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie (Crystal Season IV)|script-title=ja:『劇場版「美少女戦士セーラームーンEternal」公式ビジュアルBOOK』|trans-title="Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie" Official Visual Book|date=2021-02-27|isbn=978-4-06-522736-7}}</ref>