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Rei Hino/Raye — Sailor Mars

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Voiced by: Michie Tomizawa (first anime), Rina Sato (Crystal onwards) (Japanese), Katie Griffin (DiC and Cloverway), Emilie-Claire Barlow (DiC, eps 66-82), Cristina Vee (Viz) (English) ^{Foreign VAs}
Portrayed in PGSM by: Keiko Kitagawa
Portrayed in the musicals by: Hiroko Nakayama, Misako Iwana (Misako Kotani), Asuka Umemiya, Hiromi Sakai, Eri Kanda, Megumi Yoshida, Aiko Kawasaki, Risa Honma, Kaon Nanaki

"Guardian of Flame and Passion, the pretty sailor suited soldier Sailor Mars! In the name of Mars, I will chastise you!"

A Miko at Hikawa Shrine who possesses potent psychic abilities in addition to her powers as a Sailor Guardian. Her personality varies wildly from one adaptation to the next, but in all versions she's a dedicated fighter and one of Usagi's closest friends, despite the occasional animosity between the two.

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Aborted Arc: The original DiC English dub added a storyline where Raye tries to have Serena thrown out of the Sailor Scouts (built from a one-episode plot where Rei simply objected to the idea of Usagi being ready for more responsibility given her established behavior). Since they didn't actually have any more footage to support this, the plot just suddenly drops, though it gets a call back in a later episode where Raye again does something horrible to Serena that didn't happen in the original Japanese version. It formally concludes with Raye apologizing to Serena for her lack of faith in episode 35 (31 of the dub).
Adaptational Jerkass: She is an Aloof Dark-Haired Girl in the manga, but in the first anime adaptation, she is Hot-Blooded and often picks fights with Usagi. Rei is very prone to insult Usagi, much more than the other way around and in many cases without provocation or reason other than teasing Usagi. Despite their bickering, they're still the closest of the soldiers (in the manga Rei is closer to Minako than Usagi). The DiC dub takes this a step further. Raye is made even meaner to Serena, losing almost every little hint of strong companionship they have in the original version.
Adaptational Nice Guy: The 90's anime drops her sexist attitude.
Adaptation Personality Change: She's hit the hardest out of all the main characters in the transition to the 90s anime; while most of them keep their basic traits from the manga intact, Rei's personality is almost her manga counterpart's polar opposite. In the manga, she's more serious and focused, but distant from peers and holds men in great contempt. In the anime, she's given a fiery temper and is more chummy and boy-loving, in stark contrast with her original characterization. PGSM splits the different between the two, by retaining her serious personalty but giving her a temper and acerbic tongue. In Sailor Moon Crystal she is closer to her original manga personality, though she's a bit friendlier compared to how she starts out in the manga.
Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Due to Adaptation Personality Change, Rei's closest friend is Usagi in the '90s anime. In the manga and Crystal, she bonds more with Minako.
All Love Is Unrequited: Kaidou in the manga. She was also initially hurt in the anime when she learned that Mamoru and Usagi were meant to be, but accepted it completely.
All of the Other Reindeer: Her Psychic Powers caused people to see her as strange and spooky.
Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Her appearance is a given, but she fits this trope pretty well in the manga, where she's serious and aloof despite being admired by boys and girls alike. In the 90s anime she averts this, having a fiery tsundere temperament and being more sociable.
Amusing Injuries: Much of the humor comes from this, with Usagi and Rei being the most frequent victims.
- In the S anime, Rei tried out a motorcycle, only to get violently flung off of it. Rei merely had a bad back and an annoyed expression to show for it (which she managed to walk off in no time). The girls just stared at Rei in confusion as they watched her get thrown off the motorcycle.
- On a separate occasion, in the SuperS season, Mars had had her Flame Sniper blown back on her, leaving her with an Ash Face.
Anger Born of Worry: Especially in the '90s anime wherein her emotions run a lot hotter then her manga counterpart. Whenever Usagi puts herself in very real risk of death she can, and will, call her an idiot but, when all is said and done, she will be the first one to give her friend a hug. Then call her an idiot again.
Anti-Hero: Not as much in the original Japanese anime or in the manga, but certainly more prevalent in the DiC dub and the live action. In the latter she's notably a no-hugging, no-kissing kind of person in a show full of Power of Love. Her original manga characterization also has some shades of anti-heroism. Mostly thanks to her antisocial and aloof personality and misandrist tendencies.
Ash Face: In an episode of the SuperS anime, Sailor Mars gets her attack reflected back at her and winds up like this.◊
Asian Rune Chant: One of her powers, used in her "Akuryou Taisan" and "Fire Soul Bird" attacks.
Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: In the original anime, Usagi and Rei are usually at ends with each other, but the series makes it clear that Rei is the closest friend to Usagi among the Guardians.
Badass Boast: As she dispels Jadeite's attempt to freeze her alive with her own willpower even before her sigil appears, completed with a smirk on her face.
Rei: I've got powers, too!
Barely-Changed Dub Name: Went from Rei to Raye in the original English dub.
Barrier Maiden: Her future self in Crystal Tokyo.
"Be Quiet!" Nudge: Rei puts on a Large Ham act to try to convince the Starlights to join her study group, claiming that she formed the group to study for the high school entrance exams. When Minako mutters that Rei's school doesn't have entrance exams due to being an Elevator School, Rei gives Minako's foot a painful stomp.
Betty and Veronica: The Veronica to Usagi's Betty for Mamoru's Archie, only in the first anime. She loses.
Big Damn Heroes: In episode 8 of Crystal, Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter show up in time to aid Venus against Kunzite.
Big Eater: In the DiC dub, anyway. In the episode "Cruise Blues", Amy admonishes Raye for having eaten seven pork chops at dinner.
Big Sister Instinct: She may like to tease Usagi all the time, but she will always try to protect her from any upcoming threats.
Broken Pedestal: In the '90s anime, Usagi develops sort of a girl crush on Rei after meeting her for the first time, due to the latter's beauty. But since Rei starts being mean to Usagi very soon, Usagi quickly goes from worshipping her to finding her annoying, though they are still friends.
The Bully: Rei is an example in the first season of the 90s anime, towards Usagi and Ami. Rei constantly goaded Ami into snubbing Usagi along with her. And in an episode where Ami shyly suggests that Usagi might be suited for the role of leader, Rei pinches her leg, forcing Ami to reconsider. While she mellows out a bit throughout subsequent seasons, she still take chances to belittle Usagi
By the Power of Grayskull!: "Mars power, make up!", "Mars star power, make up!", Mars Planet Power, Make up! (manga) "Mars crystal power, make up!"
Celibate Hero: Well, Heroine: In the manga, due to a vow of chastity she gave in her past life. There's only one man in whom she professes romantic interest, and after she realizes he is completely unavailable she never brings the subject up again. In the 90s anime, she has a mild interest in Yuuichiro, but only really admits to it when she's dying for the first time.
Character Development: Due to her past with her father, Rei starts off most adaptations of Sailor Moon very emotionally reserved and, at times, seems to barely tolerate the other soldiers' presence, especially Usagi. Due to spending so much time with them she eventually mellows out, becoming a lot more open and kinder with her friends, and a lot more respectful of Usagi as a result (even if she still frustrates her at time to time).
Character Exaggeration: While Adaptation Personality Change was definitely in effect, the manga version of Rei, while being cool and aloof instead of being a Hot-Blooded tsundere, is also capable of biting and hurtful remarks towards Usagi that the 90s anime version of her was (in)famous for. The 90s anime greatly exaggerates this to the point of it being a well-known character trait of Rei's. Of course, these moments don't happen often in the manga, but there is this noteworthy line from Act 8.
Rei: Usagi-chan, you never have a thought in your head, do you? The instant you transform back into Usagi-chan, you intelligence level takes a nosedive. I wish you'd stop saying things that could disillusion the princess!
Close-Call Haircut: One Monster of the Week was a doll with razor-sharp, projectile appendages. Sailor Mars just barely misses losing her head, and instead loses a few strands.
Closet Geek: In the manga, Rei claims to dislike modern pop culture and her interests are mostly traditionally Japanese, but she does enjoy Devilman (changed to Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the original English releases). This is changed in the '90s anime where she's as much of a pop junkie as Usagi and Minako and doesn’t try to hide it.
Combat Stilettos: Though not extremely high, it's even Lampshaded in a pre-fighting line: "I'll punish you in high heels!"
The Comically Serious: Especially when around Usagi.
Commander Contrarian: In the DiC dub (while she quarrels with Usagi in the original Japanese and the Viz Media dub, it never gets this far).
Crash-Into Hello: One episode of the original series involved Rei deliberately attempting to arrange this kind of meeting with Mamoru. Her plan goes very, very wrong when, instead of bumping into Mamoru, she trips and falls flat on her face. Mamoru is completely oblivious to her presence until he steps on her head, and even after that he doesn't even begin to think of inviting her somewhere as an apology. Rei drags him on a date anyway.
Deadpan Snarker: Moreso in the anime and live-action, less so in the manga and Crystal.
Defrosting Ice Queen: In the manga and live-action. In the '90s anime, she defrosts specifically for Yuuichiro while retaining her Hair-Trigger Temper.
Detect Evil: One of the powers she has even without transforming.
Determinator: In one episode of the 90s anime, Rei is performing at her school's cultural festival and tells the girls it took her little time to compose the songs she plans to sing at the show. However, the scene is spliced with footage of Rei's struggles and frustrations with completing her songs, but do indeed show that she successfully completed them. The end of the episode had Usagi tell Rei she understands how much hard work Rei truly put into her music and compliments her. Overall, Rei sincerely believes she can do anything and frequently professes that she dreams of an "INTERNATIONAL LIFE OF SUCCESS!" And she is perfectly willing to put in the effort needed to make that happen for her.
Does Not Like Men: In the manga and Crystal (though this lessens overtime in both), though to a lesser extent in PGSM (where she just seems to dislike people in general). In the 90s anime, it would seem she's as boy happy as Usagi, Makoto, and Minako, but she doesn't care as much about finding a cute guy as much as she doesn't want to fall behind the rest of her friends. During the first season episode with the wedding dress competition, Rei wasn't interested in finding a husband but just wanted the vacation prize. One of Rei's dreams is to be married, but we're only ever shown her imagining herself in a wedding dress with no groom.
Does Not Like Spam: Really hates canned asparagus.
Do You Think I Can't Feel: She says this in the manga while on a date with one of her father's proteges. Rei admits that she likes him and asks why he never considered marrying her, to win her father's favor.
Dual Wielding: Uses both the Mars and Venus Daggars in the live-action.
Dub Personality Change: The DiC dub exaggerated her already boisterous personality to the point where she constantly fights with Usagi and actively tries to one-up her on several occasions, even showing shades of being The Starscream.
Early-Bird Cameo: The end of Crystal Act 2 finds us with Rei and her candles.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Served to make some visitors of her shrine weary of her. It doesn't help that she has mildly psychic powers, serving to enforce the trope even more. Though she's still admired for her beauty because of or in spite of this trope.
Elemental Personalities: In the '90s anime, her temper is just as fiery as her fire-based abilities.
Empowered Badass Normal: In the first season of the '90s anime, Rei split a youma in half with a folding chair. Then there is also her paper talismans, which she can use to subdue enemies as Rei or Sailor Mars.
Energy Bow: Sailor Mars's Flame Sniper shoots some sort of red/orange energy. The bow itself appears during the casting of the spell and is made of fire.
Establishing Character Moment: When Rei first appears, she senses an evil aura at the Hikawa Shrine and uses her Paper Talisman on Usagi by mistake.
Even the Girls Want Her: Both anime and manga. The very first time Usagi sees Rei she's instantly smitten by how beautiful she is.
Everyone Has Standards: Although Rei doesn't like the opposite sex in general, she does have a soft spot for a few individual men, such as Mamoru, Motoki and Kaidou, and is willing to accept them as friends once she gets to know them. It helps that her grandfather proves to her that some men can be trusted.
Eyelid Pull Taunt: Her and Usagi's relationship is largely giving each other red-eye.
Fiery Stoic: Rei is a level-headed, even standoffish, Aloof Dark-Haired Girl with fire-related powers. She can still get fired up but only when threatened or angered. In the 1990s anime, however, she is given an Adaptation Personality Change into a Hot-Blooded tsundere.
Finger-Snap Lighter: Early in the anime, Sailor Mars' first attack conjures flames from her index fingers.
Fire-Forged Friends: With Usagi. Rei was outright mean to Usagi at times and they always teased or mocked each other, then the whole love triangle between them and Mamoru/Tuxedo Mask started. By the end of the first season they become really close in guardian-related issues. When Rei dies in the second to final episode of the first arc, Sailor Moon goes Heroic BSoD, after everyone's revived and they go through more adventures, Rei is almost always the first one to shout Usagi's name and stand up for her when she needs it, and Usagi returns the favor as much as she can.
Fire Is Red: She has fire-based powers and her signature color is red.
Fire-Breathing Diner: Tends to have this happen to her in the anime.
- The episode in R, the one with the upgrade to the locket, has the Rei Eats Wasabi scene that was cut from the DiC dub. (It was actually a prank from Usagi, who put wasabi paste in a sandwich and then gave it to Rei...)
- Similarly, in another R episode Minako gives the ill Rei an okayu (rice porridge) up that's way too salty (or spicy if you're watching the DiC dub). Rei reacts in exactly the same way.
The First Cut Is the Deepest: Rei had fallen in love with her father's secretary, but he married another woman. This version of Rei would later declare she had sworn off men, partly because of this and partly because they were in the way of her duty as a Sailor Guardian.
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- To Minako in the manga. While Mina is brash, tomboyish, and called uncouth by several people, Rei is spiritual, reserved, and ladylike, with both boys and girls admiring her from afar. Minako actively seeks to get into as many romantic relationships as possible, while Rei would much rather keep her distance from the opposite gender. Rei is antisocial, despite her classmates admiring her, while Minako is outgoing, but has been robbed of her social life by being Sailor V. This translates to their fighting styles: Mars is a focused Lady of War, while Venus is a powerhouse Cute Bruiser.
- To Usagi in the '90s anime. While Rei is a complete workaholic, Usagi is lazy. Rei instantly takes to her role as a soldier, while Usagi spends several episodes struggling to fight. While Rei initially covets Usagi’s position as leader, and needs to feel control of everything, Usagi shies away from leadership. While Rei’s athleticism is commented upon (and is only second to Makoto in a strength test shown in opening of the S movie), Usagi sucks at sports (except for Frisbee). Rei has a wide range of talents (singing, organizing a school festival, composing music, modelling, skiing, fire-reading, and ESP among others), while Usagi has relatively few skills. Rei pretends she is infallible, while Usagi can admit that she has many faults. While Rei is reluctant to show affection, often tries to do everything herself, and keeps her problems to herself, Usagi is openly affectionate, and believes in relying on friends to help you through problems.
- In the '90s anime, to a lesser extent, Ami. Both girls are intelligent, hardworking, ambitious, and are simultaneously looked down upon and envied by fellow students. While Rei uses fire, is very aggressive in combat, and charges in (though she shows restraint at times) to a fight guns blazing, Ami uses water, has a mostly defensive fighting style, and studies her enemy before attacking. Ami is blue-themed, while Rei is red-themed. While Rei is fiery, headstrong, abrasive, pretends she doesn’t care about others’ opinions, and butts heads with Usagi constantly, Ami is soft-spoken, shy, sweet, wants others to like her, and easily takes to Usagi,.
Following in Relative's Footsteps: Rei dreams of one day taking over for her grandfather as head of their shrine.
Forgotten Phlebotinum: In one episode, Rei divines using the Sacred Fire to try to uncover the answer behind her strange premonitions. Why she couldn't have done this to find out more about the Talismans is never stated.
Fortune Teller: Fortune-telling is her hobby. She exploits any chance she can to use it.
- In the second arc of the manga, her counterpart Koan impersonates one of this for a school festival, reading only horrible, doomed futures, contrasting with a similar stand run by Rei, a girl with actual future seeing abilities.
- In the last season of the anime, Rei pretends to be one for another festival, but in a more positive fashion since she offered more of moral support and helpful advices rather than inventing stuff.

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Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: Rei is spiritual and graceful, the most traditionally Japanese of the Inners, and other characters comment on her beauty regularly, but she's in the archery club at school, and the first anime adaptation gave her a fiery temper.
Gleeful and Grumpy Pairing: With Usagi. She has a Hair-Trigger Temper, in contrast to Usagi who is a ditzy and fun-loving Genki Girl.
Good Is Not Nice:
- In the 90s anime and the live-action. She is just as heroic, self-sacrificing, and steadfastly dedicated to defending the world and Princess Serenity as any other Sailor Guardian, if not moreso. She is also good at giving advice to her fellow guardians, and listening to their problems. That being said, she is rude, bossy, conceited, hypercritical, enjoys ridiculing Usagi (and sometimes the other guardians), treats Yuuichirou like crap despite his generosity towards her, and even made a little girl who idolized her cry.
- In the live-action, she is empathetic and more gentle with children, but is antisocial and initially refuses to work alongside her fellow soldiers, which angers Makoto.
Graceful Ladies Like Purple: She has purple hair in the manga, Crystal and the latest Sera Myu, and in the three incarnations she is a graceful ojou and her femininity is part of her character. Purple is also her secondary color and she has purple eyes as well.
Great Bow: Rei is sometimes seen exercising with the yumi, Japan's traditional (and enormous) bow. As Sailor Mars, her most powerful attack Mars Flame Sniper involves a yumi made out of fire.
Hair Color Dissonance: Her hair, while described as black, is stylized as purple in the manga and in Crystal, likely to make colored spreads more vibrant. The first anime keeps it black but gives it a purple sheen.
Hair-Trigger Temper: In the '90s anime, she can go from calm to extremely angry with minimal provocation, especially when it comes to dealing with Usagi's antics.
Hand Seals: Uses these combined with a paper charm to perform Akuryo Taisan, which paralyses enemies. She can use it as either Sailor Mars or Rei Hino as it has to to with her being a Miko.
Heroic Sacrifice: In the season one finale, Sailor Moon absolutely refuses to let her face the remaining DD Girls alone, knowing that they are out for the kill. Mars gently tugs Moon's hands away, promises she won't die and uses all of her strength to defeat the enemies.
Heroic Vow: A past memory of her life in the Silver Millennium reveals that she took a Vow of Celibacy in order to be fully devoted to protecting her princess.
Hot-Blooded: In the anime, she's the most temperamental, and usually one of the first ones to charge into a fight. She definitely has the skills to back it up and has destroyed several monsters on her own, even without transforming once. In the manga she is still quite passionate, but never quite goes this far.
Hypocritical Heartwarming: Rei will scold Usagi for being a whiny, lazy, klutzy crybaby at any given moment on any given day of the week. But she will not stand by and let anyone else badmouth Usagi, including Chibi-Usa. When Rei does it, she does it to motivate Usagi into being better rather than just being needlessly cruel.
Improbable Aiming Skills: In the Nehellenia arc of the StarS season, Sailor Mars kills Nehellenia's mirror image without the arrow touching Sailor Neptune, whom Nehellenia was holding directly in front of her to stop Mars from attacking. All this after Mars and Neptune had taken a beating from Nehellenia's mirror image. Neptune herself was awestruck by Mars' incredible precision.
In the Name of the Moon: "For love and passion, I am a sailor-suited pretty soldier: Sailor Mars! In the name of Mars, I will chastise you!"
It's All About Me: While organizing a festival at her school in the 90s anime, Rei is told by Usagi and Ami that it felt like the festival was just being set up to promote Rei's singing. Rei casually reveals that's exactly what she's doing, because why else would she devote her time to the festival if she couldn't get something out of it. Instead of reacting like Rei is being a selfish bitch, Usagi and Ami relax and say they were worried something might've been wrong with her.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: In the original anime, she was dating Mamoru at the start. When they learned that Usagi is the princess and Mamoru is her prince, she graciously stepped aside so they could be together.
Jerkass Has a Point:
- She can be a jerk and an unsympathetic bully towards Usagi, but she is right about Usagi being an overemotional, crybaby of a slacker. Even the other Guardians can't help but agree with her.
- In the first season, she points out Mamoru's resemblance to Tuxedo Mask, but Usagi finds that ridiculous. At that point, Usagi hated Mamoru and loved Tuxedo Mask, but Rei was right about the resemblance: they are the same person.
Jerkass to One: In the first season of the 90s anime, she regularly picks on Usagi. When she wins two tickets on a luxury cruise ship, she takes Ami with her just to piss Usagi off because she knew how much Usagi wanted to go on the cruise. The DiC rewrite even has Raye suggesting that she and Amy pose with two cute guys on the cruise and take a photo just to make Serena jealous. This is only one example of their relationship.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She is sarcastic and has a Hair-Trigger Temper, and can be quite mean to Usagi in the first season of the 90s anime, but she's a well-meaning nice girl underneath it all. It's worth pointing out that her bickering with Usagi is not one-sided, and the two tend to give as much as they take when arguing. That said, the 90s anime makes it clear that Rei and Usagi understand each other the best out of all the inner soldiers, and Rei is frequently the most horrified whenever Usagi is hurt or dies. And vice versa.
Kick the Dog: Sometimes Rei just can't help herself. After Usagi's unsuccessful attempt to make a dress for the wedding gown competition and with her fingers all bandaged up, Rei "consoles" her by pointing out that Usagi probably did one thing better than anyone else: poking her fingers with the sewing needle. Ami immediately scolds her.
Lady of War: In the manga and Sailor Moon Crystal. Even in the 90s anime, her attacks have a certain kind of grace to them, while still being very powerful.
The Lancer: To Usagi in the anime. In the manga, she's The Lancer to The Lancer (Minako). They argue a great deal, mostly because Rei insists on pointing out the flaws to every plan.
Leader Wannabe: Raye in the dubbed version of the original anime would take any chance to complain that Serena didn't deserve to be leader of the Sailor Scouts and try to take over the position herself. This runs a strong contrast to the original Rei, who was merely exasperated by Usagi's immaturity and doubted her abilities until midway through the series. (And this ran a sharp contrast to manga!Rei, who clashed more with Sailor Venus about the right way to lead the team.)
Lightning Glare: She and Usagi do this to each other on occasion.
Like an Old Married Couple: Some of Rei and Usagi's arguments are petty like this in the anime, whether in or out of their superhero roles. Whenever the friend group meets up at Rei's house, there is a 99% chance that Rei will be telling off Usagi for snooping around her bedroom (and, in one instance, Rei tries to wrestle a comic book out of Usagi's hands in fear that Usagi would get tear stains all over the pages) or behaving "too Usagi" and giving her second-hand embarrassment, but it's clear that the two girls are good friends, respect each other and would help each other out, no questions asked.
Lonely Rich Kid: She was the golden girl at her all-girls school and the daughter of a high-ranking politician, but her classmates saw her as a freak for having psychic powers.
Lonely Together: With Minako. While most of the others have either found love or would like to, Rei doesn't like men and took a vow of chasity and Minako always puts her duty to the princess ahead of love. That explains why they are closer to each other than to most of their teammates. The next several centuries is a long time to be single, but at least they'll always have company.
Loony Friends Improve Your Personality: Depending on the version, Rei started as either an Aloof Dark-Haired Girl or a Hot-Blooded Tsundere who spent all her free time working as a miko at her shrine with only her grandfather for company. She grows beyond this after hanging around with goofy characters like Usagi and Minako.
Lovable Alpha Bitch: Arguably, she is popular at her school, and she does act kind-of snobby and mean towards the other guardians, particularly Usagi and Ami. But she is actually nice to her classmates, and then she becomes nicer (though still Hot-Blooded) to the guardians. The manga, live-action show and Sailor Moon Crystal avert this, as she is more distant than actually mean, and is actually shown to be an outcast because of her psychic powers.
Married to the Job: While she has sworn off men for other reasons in modern day, when she gets her Sailor Crystal, she also receives the memory that she took a vow of chastity to Princess Serenity in the Silver Millennium.
Martians: During the Silver Millenium, Sailor Mars was the princess of Mars and a Human Alien.
Meaningful Name: Her given name is written in katakana, but sounds the same as the words meaning "cool," "spirit," or "companion." The "Hi" of her last name means "fire". Her full name sounds the same as the Japanese phrase hi no rei, meaning "spirit of fire".
Meet Cute: In the first anime Rei tries to invoke this trope when she develops a crush on Mamoru, by attempting to run into his arms and blush accordingly. It totally doesn't work — he steps on her when she falls. Rei, ever the trooper, goes with it anyway.
Miko: She lives at her grandfather's Shinto shrine and does miko duties there after school. She's also able to ward off enemies in her civilian form using Paper Talismans. In the manga, she's very faithful in being a miko and hopes to take over as head priestess of the shrine after her grandfather retires, but in the '90s anime she treats it more like a part-time job and has different ideas for her career.
Mirror Character: To Yaten Kou/Sailor Star Healer. They're both haughty Tsunderes with tempers, they're both spiritually inclined, they both have little disagreements with a certain Soldier of Venus, and they both often clash with their respective leaders. And while Rei is fiery and passionate when she chews people out, Yaten is cooler and snarkier.
Mistaken for Gay: In one episode, Michiru tells Rei that she and Usagi are close, just like her and her girlfriend Haruka.
Mundane Utility: She has psychic powers, which she uses to help her team, but she's also known to use them to pursue her fortune telling hobby.
Murder by Cremation: Her preferred method of purifying the Monster of the Week, and how she disposes of Jadeite in the manga (and attempts to dispose of him in Crystal).
My Significance Sense Is Tingling: This happens a number of times with Rei, who is stated to possess psychic abilities and often notices when evil energies are present.
Nice Girl: Mostly in the manga and Crystal. Like all of the Sailor Guardians, if you are able to befriend her, you will be able to see that beyond her Aloof Dark-Haired Girl front, she's really a kind and supportive girl. Contrast her original anime counterpart who's a quick-tempered girl with a mean streak, mostly towards Usagi, but still cares about her.
Not a Date: With a one-shot female character, Maya Touno.
Not So Above It All: Mostly in the 90s anime. For as much as Rei professes she's elegant, stylish, and all around amazing, she's also as much of a fangirl and a klutz as Usagi and Minako can be. This is especially true in fifth season, when Rei and Minako practically become twins in a few episodes. She's also known to get on Usagi's case about being irresponsible with her weapons and powers, which Rei knows and wishes Usagi would remember are not toys. Yet Rei sometimes uses her psychic powers for fun, since she enjoys fortune telling as a hobby.
Odd Friendship: With Minako in the manga. Rei's a Yamato Nadeshiko who hates modern pop culture and romantic relationships and Minako's a Gamer Chick who embodies love, loves humor and dreams of being an idol.
Offscreen Teleportation: In the fifth season of the 90s anime, Rei somehow pops up at Juuban High much to the shock and surprise of the rest of the girls since she doesn't go there. Later in the season, we find out Rei's school as at least half the city away, meaning she's been running like a complete lunatic every time just to get there. This was especially true the first time it happened, when she casually slid out from behind Minako... and yet somehow Usagi, Ami, and Makoto never saw her despite that they were behind Minako the whole time.
Ojou: Of the Ice Queen type. She goes to a private Catholic school and her dad's a big politician. Much more in the manga and live-action, though: in the first anime, she's a lot more Hot-Blooded (making her a bit of a Spoiled Brat when at her worst), and in Sailor Moon Crystal she's closer to her original self but has some shades of Shrinking Violet.
Paper Master: She uses an Asian Rune Chant and ofuda-throwing with "Akuryō Taisan!" (literally Evil Spirits, Begone!") to kill monsters. In Sailor Moon R: The Movie, an enormous spiral of ofuda is used as a weapon (which, coincidentally, is what the same attack she does in the live-action version).
Paper Talisman: As a shinto priestess, Rei can use Ofuda and in some occasions these power her attacks or negatively impact her enemies. Minako even steals one of Rei's Ofuda slips and uses it in the manga.
Parental Abandonment: In the manga and the live-action, mom is dead and she's emotionally distanced from dad.
Personality Powers: She controls fire, and in the original anime, she is hot-tempered. In the manga and Crystal, though, she is a level-headed and standoffish Shinto priestess.
Pet the Dog: Rei is normally rude, bitter, impatient and vile towards Usagi. However, there are a few moments where she actually acts nice to her (usually during tear-jerking moments), notably in the season 1 finle when she encourages Usagi to defeat Queen Beryl.
Playing with Fire: Her attacks are all fire-based, and she also reads fire as a miko.
Please Wake Up: Despite that she is usually very mean to Usagi, that does not stop her from being quite saddened when she tearfully tries to wake up Usagi/Sailor Moon after she sacrificed her life to stop a meteorite in the R movie by shaking her, but to no avail.
Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: "I'll punish you in high heels!"
Precision F-Strike: Says "Damn right!" towards the end of Viz Media's subtitled version of episode 12. What she says in the original Japanese is actually a bit milder, so this also doubles as a minor case of Obligatory Swearing.
Proud Beauty: In the 90s anime, Rei knows that her looks are admired by many, many people, and she boasts about her beauty many times. In one SuperS episode, she got front cover of a magazine for her beauty and she basked in all the attention she got, and even rubbed it in the faces of the other soldiers. In the manga and Sailor Moon Crystal, her beauty gains her many admirers (especially Usagi), but she is somewhat more indifferent to her good looks.
Pseudo-Romantic Friendship:
- In the 1990s anime, Usagi and Rei show a somewhat low-key version of this in those quiet, sweet moments they're not acting like Vitriolic Best Buds, particularly the original and R seasons. True to cultural expectations, these moments are less common (but not completely inexistent) as Usagi's relationship with her boyfriend Mamoru matures... and they reappear when Mamoru falls victim to Bus Crash (unbeknownst to them). This is lampshaded by Michiru who comments to Rei that, her relationship with Usagi, is just like Michiru's relationship with Haruka.
- Rei also has this relationship with Minako in the manga, to the extent that their last scene together in Stars has suspiciously similar vibes to Haruka and Michiru...
Quit Your Whining: In the anime, she frequently does this to Usagi, even slapping her at times.
Raised by Grandparents: Her maternal grandfather takes her into his shrine after Rei's mom perishes to illness and she refuses to live with her dad.
Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Crosses with Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette, with the way some people regard her.
Red/Green Contrast: With Makoto. Rei is a rude, bitter, short-tempered Jerk with a Heart of Gold who controls fire, and she wears red, while Makoto is a kind, sweet, calm Nice Girl who controls thunder, and she wears green. Doubles as Tender Tomboyishness, Foul Femininity.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to either Usagi's or Minako's red in the manga and Crystal. In the original anime, where she and Ami are foils to each other, she's the blue to Rei's red (appropriately colored).
Relative Button: The first time in the '90s anime that she snapped at Usagi was when Usagi questioned whether her grandfather was behind the disappearances of schoolgirls. Also, she gained her "Burning Mandala" attack when Koan targeted her grandfather, and she sent Koan running.
Romantic False Lead: Rei is this for Mamoru in the first season of the anime, though they drift apart shortly before he learns about his past with Usagi. Though right around the time they do learn that, he'd also developed a genuine attraction to Usagi.
Rough Overalls: Rei is occasionally seen wearing a pair of pink overalls. The outfit demonstrates Rei's dual traits as both girly but also ready to jump into "less refined" activities. Their premiere episode shows this as Rei is first seen in the overalls while pretending to not at all be interested in visiting the studio for the ''Sailor V'' anime.

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Seers: She can produce visions in fire if she meditates and concentrates, and also occasionally has premonitions.
Ship Tease: Even though she's a Celibate Heroine, this happens a lot. The manga hints at a relationship between the Inners and the Shitennou, including Rei/Jadeite. There's plenty of teasing with either Minako in the manga and live-action or Usagi in the anime, and the latter leads to a bit of Usagi/Mamoru/Rei, since both girls have dated him. Yuuichirou has a major crush on her and, though she treats him like a Dogged Nice Guy, at one point, she regrets not kissing him. She does at least care about him. invoked
The Smart Girl: Served this role alongside Ami in the original manga.
Smart Jerk and Nice Moron: Smart Jerk to Usagi's Nice Moron. She is an intelligent Jerk with a Heart of Gold who enjoys belittling Usagi, while Usagi is a Kindhearted Simpleton.
Smitten Teenage Girl: Acts this way in the '90s anime. This is in contrast to most other portrayals, including the manga, where she is a Celibate Hero.
Snobs Vs Slobs: In the manga, Minako and Rei started with a mild version of this, as the blunt and tomboyish gyaru ante-litteram that is Minako and the aristocratic and feminine Yamato Nadeshiko that is Rei are so different they barely understand each other, and mistake each others' attempts at being friendly for insults. By the end of the manga they have overcome their differences, and their relationship is implied to be a Pseudo-Romantic Friendship.
The Starscream: The DiC adaptation exaggerated Rei's vitriolic relationship with Usagi into a full-blown usurpation subplot where Mars tries to get Moon kicked out of the team so she could be the new leader.
Stronger Than They Look: She is overshadowed by Makoto but Rei easily caught Koan in her arms and during a strength contest with a punching bag she got 80 points, second only to Makoto who reached 100.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: In the manga and the live-action, she is aloof, cynical and sarcastic, but kind to children and a loyal soldier who is deeply grateful for her True Companions. Downplayed in Sailor Moon Crystal, where she is more of a Shrinking Violet, and outright avoided in the 90s anime, where she is a hot-tempered Tsundere.
Taken for Granite: It almost happens to Rei when she was bitten by a snake that almost turned her to stone, but it might have just been an illusion.
Tarot Troubles: The manga implies Rei is capable of fortunetelling in this manner in addition to staring into her fire. The closest we ever get to seeing her do it on page is a little goofy sketch on the side, and even then, it's not clear if the cards are Tarot, but they probably are. In the Stars arc, Rei says she did a reading, and the Death card showed up. The inaccurate meaning of death is most likely meant as everyone dying, but considering Galaxia's ultimate plan, the true meaning of change/transformation could work too.
Teens Are Monsters: A downplayed example; she is usually quite unpleasant and irritable, but she also has a softer side. In the DiC dub, however, this is played straight, as Raye is portrayed as even more abrasive, especially in her interactions with Serena.
Tender Tomboyishness, Foul Femininity: Doubles as a Red/Green Contrast. Makoto, who's initially painted as a delinquent due to her height and reputation, turns out to be a Nice Girl who would love to make friends and has a tragic past due to being expelled and dealing with the passing of her parents. She is even the most patient and motherly of the Inner Guardians. Rei, on the other hand, is (or was) rude, vain, snooty and snarky towards Usagi, even poking insults at her. Nonetheless, she still has a golden heart inside of her and went on better terms with her, too.
This Is Unforgivable!: Reacts this way when a Monster of the Week destroys her song sheets she worked so hard to write so she could be in her School Festival.
Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: To her grandfather. Not that Rei is that huge (she is 5'3" (160 cm), around average height for a 14-year-old Japanese girl), but she's about one foot taller than her small grandfather.
Token Evil Teammate: Downplayed. While clearly far from 'evil', she remains the only Jerkass of the Inner Guardians. She regularly messes with Usagi and even occasionally bullies Ami into siding against Usagi. It's even worse in the DiC dub. That being said, she is clearly a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who does care about Usagi deep down.
Token Religious Teammate: She is this in the manga and Crystal. She takes her miko duties seriously and her dream is to become the head priestess of her family's Shinto shrine. One of her attacks is even called "Burning Mandala" (though the term ultimately originates from Hinduism).
Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Minako's Tomboy in the manga.
Took a Level in Kindness: In the first season of the anime she's arrogant, bossy, and always picking on Usagi, but she gets better throughout subsequent seasons.
Toxic Friend Influence: She occasionally influences the others to pick on Usagi, even more so in the DiC dub.
Trademark Favorite Food: Fugu blowfish. Also, in the '90s anime, Rei is apparently a big fan of "Here!" Curry and other sorts of instant fast food.
Tsundere: In the 90s anime. She started quite tsuntsun, became more deredere... and her tsundereness comes out when around both Yuuichirou and Usagi. invoked
Trailers Always Spoil: The promo for Act 3: Rei — Sailor Mars spoils her whole Transformation Sequence.
Train-Station Goodbye: Subverted with Rei and Yuuichirou: the train turns out to be a Monster of the Week. Oddly, compared to when Ami and Ryo play it straight, this one is more of a Tear Jerker complete with appropriate Awesome Music.
Tsurime Eyes: Especially pronounced in the manga and Crystal. Out of all the inner soldiers, she has the most dramatic ones.
The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: In the '90s anime. Rei is very beautiful and well-proportioned, while her grandfather is very short, bald and a bit creepy. In the manga and Crystal, he's actually quite attractive.
Unresolved Sexual Tension: In the '90s anime Rei gets this with Yuuichirou since he (like every member of the supporting cast by that point) disappears from the show entirely after the SuperS season. And, if you see it that way, her relationships with Usagi (90s anime) or Minako (manga). invoked
Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Mostly in the first season. She regularly takes joy in harassing Usagi and even forces Ami to side against Usagi on a few occasions. Nevertheless, she is one of the main heroes and generally still likable. Downplayed in later seasons, but made worse in the DiC dub, where she comes across as far less likable in her treatment towards Serena.
Vitriolic Best Buds: With Usagi in the anime and with Minako in the manga. Rei's half of the "Best Buds" part is best exemplified in the R movie. When Usagi overtaxes the Silver Crystal and dies, Mars is the only member of the guardians to shout her name without an honorific attached.
- There's even a song about it called "Who Do You Think You Are?" (a duet between Rei and Serena/Usagi) on one of the American pop-album tie-ins to the DiC dub, which illustrates this:
  Serena and Rei: [singing together] I hope you know, if today it doesn't show,
  You are my friend. (You are my friend.)
  That doesn't mean that when we've had it,
  We won't go at it again and again!
Vow of Celibacy: In a period of personal angst in the manga about herself and her lack of desire to be in a relationship. When being mocked by an enemy for this, she regains a few memories of her past life, revealing she took one of these in the Silver Millennium, part of affirming her dedication to being one Princess Serenity's personal guards. This clears up her self doubts letting her finish off the enemy and she never mentions any desire to be in a romantic relationship again.
Warrior Monk: She is a devoutly religious practitioner of Shinto, and uses talismans in battle to incapacitate enemies. Her Burning Mandala attack also has elements of this trope.
Workaholic:
- A very present trait of hers in the 90s anime. In an early episode, she still attended to her soldier duties despite being down with a bad cold. In the R season, she organized an entire school festival for herself on her own, and was shown slaving over composing lyrics in frustration. At the end of that episode, and in a flashback in the R movie, Usagi marvels over Rei’s intense work ethic. An episode in the S season shows her staying up many nights doing fire-readings to discover the meaning of her prophetic dreams, forgoing sleep and food entirely, which leaves her visibly haggard over time.
- In the manga she's still this, but in a different way than in the 90s anime; she's mostly a workaholic when it comes to being a Miko, since she takes her miko duties very seriously and runs the shrine all by herself when her grandfather is sick. However, she doesn't participate much in school activities aside from running a fortune-telling stand for the cultural festival during the Black Moon arc.
Working Through the Cold: A '90s anime episode (from the first season) has Rei down with a head cold, and Ami is shown trying to nurse her back to health. When Sailor Moon (who was still shaky in her role as a Guardian) winds up in trouble, Sailor Mercury and Mars (complete with a face mask) show up to help.

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