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|+ '''''[[Sailor Moon]]'' characters'''

| caption = The Sailor Starlights as drawn by [[Naoko Takeuchi]]. From top to bottom: Sailor Star Maker, Sailor Star Healer, Sailor Star Fighter.

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| publisher = [[Kodansha]]

! colspan="2" style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" align="center" | The Sailor Starlights

| debut = ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' chapter #50: ''Stars 1'' (March 1996)

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| creators = [[Naoko Takeuchi]]

|colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%;" | [[Image:3li137.jpg|220px]] <br/> Top to bottom: Sailor Star Maker, Healer, and Fighter

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| base = [[List of Sailor Moon characters#Kinmoku|Planet Kinmoku]] (formerly)

|'''Affiliations:''' || [[Princess Kakyuu|Kakyuu]], [[Sailor Team]]

| owners = [[Princess Kakyuu]]

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| members = {{Plainlist|

|'''Age:''' || 16

* [[#Sailor Star Fighter|Sailor Star Fighter]]

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* [[#Sailor Star Maker|Sailor Star Maker]]

|'''Powers:''' || Projectile attacks.

* [[#Sailor Star Healer|Sailor Star Healer]]

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|'''Performers:''' || [[#Actresses|(See below)]]

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|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | '''Sailor Star Fighter'''

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|Name: || Kou Seiya (星野光)

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|English Name: || Seiya Lights

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|Birthday: || [[July 30]] ([[Leo (astrology)|Leo]])

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|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | '''Sailor Star Maker'''

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|Name: || Kou Taiki (大気光)

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|English Name: || Taiki Lights

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|Birthday: || [[May 30]] ([[Gemini (astrology)|Gemini]])

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|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | '''Sailor Star Healer'''

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|Name: || Kou Yaten (夜天光)

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|English Name: || Yaten Lights

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|Birthday: || [[February 8]] ([[Aquarius (astrology)|Aquarius]])

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==Profiles==

Their exact relationship to each other is unknown; according to the manga they are not siblings.<ref name="Vol 16">{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 16 |chapter= Act 44 |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date=September 6, 1996 |id= ISBN 4-06-178841-8}}</ref><ref name= materials>{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko|title= Materials Collection |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |year= 1999 |month= October |id= ISBN 4-06-324521-7}}</ref> The three share one name, Kou, which is always second when their full names are given. Because this is the ___location of the given name in Japanese order, it is usually assumed that they have different family names but one given name. "Kou" translates to "light," making the name "Three Lights" a pun. In the English manga, "Kou" was translated to "Lights" and was used as their shared family name.

[[File:ThreeLights.png|left|upright|thumb|The Three Lights in their school uniforms as they appear in ''[[Sailor Moon Cosmos]]''. From left to right: Kou Yaten, Kou Seiya, Kou Taiki.]]

The Starlights come from [[List of Sailor Moon characters#Kinmoku|Kinmoku]], a planet from another star system whose ruler, Princess Kakyuu, left to escape [[Shadow Galactica#Saikor Galaxia|Sailor Galaxia]]'s assault and heal her wounds. They tracked Kakyuu to Earth and then Japan, where they disguised themselves as the male pop star group The Three Lights and embedded their music with a telepathic broadcast to attract her attention. They attend Jūban High School along with [[Sailor Moon (character)|Usagi Tsukino]] and her friends. Eventually, they manage to reunite with Kakyuu; however, while headed to the Galaxy Cauldron, Galaxia's henchwomen [[Shadow Galactica#Sailor Chi and Phi|Sailor Chi and Sailor Phi]] kill them.

In the [[Sailor Moon (TV series)|first anime adaptation]], the Starlights were given a major role. On Earth, they physically change into males in their civilian forms and become women again when transforming into Sailor Guardians, as opposed to their manga counterparts, who disguise themselves as men as civilians. As Starlights, they distance themselves from the other Sailor Guardians, deeming that Earth is not their responsibility. They survive several direct battles with Galaxia herself, and help Sailor Moon defeat Chaos to save Galaxia.

Series creator [[Naoko Takeuchi]] has expressed surprise at [[Toei Animation]]'s decision to make the Starlights lead characters, but she was even more shocked by their treatment of the Starlights' gender.<ref>{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon Volume V Original Picture Collection |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date=August 1997 |id= ISBN 4-06-324522-5}} Available online at ''[http://www.mangastyle.com Manga Style!]''</ref> Originally, they were women who merely disguise themselves as men on Earth. In the anime, they physically become men, and change back to females only when transforming into their Senshi forms. Takeuchi was annoyed at the change and said that it contradicted her intention that all Sailor Soldiers be female.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.theblackmoon.com/Naoko/take.html |title= BLACK MOON - Sailor Moon, created by Naoko Takeuchi |accessmonthday=6 October | accessyear=2006|name= Black Moon }}</ref> The change was directly overseen by director [[Takuya Igarashi]].

The Starlights are featured in several of the [[Sailor Moon musicals|''Sailor Moon'' musicals]] (''Sailor Stars'', ''Eien Densetsu'', and their revised editions, as well as ''Ryuusei Densetsu'', ''Kakyuu-Ouhi Kourin'' and Le Mouvement Final). Despite being portrayed by women, it is meant to be ambiguous as to whether they take on male forms or cross-dress, though their personalities reflect the former. Their story also combines elements from both the manga and the anime; for instance, they travel to the Galaxy Cauldron as in the manga, but survive the battles against Galaxia as in the anime. The pairings with the Sailor Guardians from the anime are also featured in some musicals.

The name "Three Lights" is taken from the [[Shinto]] concept of ''san hikari'' (literally "three lights"). These three lights are the [[sun]], [[moon]], and [[stars]], each with a specific color and properties. The [[rose]]s worn by the Three Lights while in concert correspond to these three colors: the sun is [[red]] (Seiya's rose), the moon is [[white]] (Taiki's rose), and the stars are [[yellow]] (Yaten's rose).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.csuchico.edu/~georgew/tsa/Kami_no_Michi_10.html |title= Kami no Michi 10 |accessmonthday=6 October | accessyear=2006|last= Yamamoto | first= Guji Yukitaka}}</ref> The characters' titles as Senshi (Maker, Healer, and Fighter) may also be connected to the [[Hindu]] ''[[Trimurti]]'': the [[Brahma|creator]], the [[Vishnu|preserver]], and the [[Shiva|destroyer]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kinmoku.net/pops/melody/trimurti.php |title= Starlight Pops The Hindu Trimurti |accessmonthday=28 October | accessyear=2006}}</ref>

===<span id="Kou Seiya"></span><span id="Seiya"></span>Sailor Star Fighter===

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{{nihongo|'''Kou Seiya'''|星野 光|Seiya Kō}}, also known as {{nihongo|'''Sailor Star Fighter'''|セーラースターファイター|Sērā Sutā Faitā}}, is the lead vocalist of the Three Lights. In general, Seiya acts arrogant and tends to be, at least on the surface, confident in her own abilities.

Seiya becomes the star player of their local high-school [[American football]] team and the school's star athlete, upsetting [[Sailor Uranus|Haruka Tenoh]], who was the previous star athlete on the track and field team. Eventually, Seiya raises the suspicions of the Sailor Guardians as to her identity. In the anime, Taiki and Yaten consider her to be prone to bouts of childishness, such as when she shows off he basketball skills before the school,<ref name="ep174">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/episodes/ss174.html |title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Sailor Stars episode 174 |access-date=28 October 2006 |last=Doi |first=Hitoshi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917140438/http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/episodes/ss174.html |archive-date=17 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> but generally follow her lead.

==History==

In the [[manga]], the Three Lights are an all-female trio of [[cross-dressers]] who pose as male [[Japanese idol|idol singers]], but in the anime ''[[Sailor Stars]]'' they actually gained the bodies of males in their Earth forms, becoming women again in their Sailor Senshi forms. Their male forms are a disguise as stated by Kakyuu when she asks Seiya if he uses that appearance on Earth. Seiya acknowledges this is true. <ref>[[Episode 95]] From the episode Kakyuu says, "Do you use that appearance on Earth?" (referring to the male appearance) Seiya replies, "Oh.. to find the only lady here, this was more convenient." (blushes)</ref> Towards the end of ''Sailor Stars'', Seiya tells Usagi "I wanted to tell you my feelings because Seiya's time is short." <ref>Episode 195</ref> indicating further that the form taken is a physical disguise.

Seiya develops strong feelings for Usagi, calling her ''odango'', like Mamoru does, with Seiya's attempts to forge a bond with her providing the primary romantic tension of the season. The two go on a date at an [[amusement park]], which is interrupted when [[Shadow Galactica#Sailor Iron Mouse|Sailor Iron Mouse]] attacks.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Seiya and Usagi's Heart-Pounding Date|episode-link=Sailor Moon Sailor Stars|series=Sailor Moon Sailor Stars|series-link=Sailor Moon (TV series)|credits=Junichi Sato (director); Kazuhiko Kanbe (writer)|network=Toei|airdate=July 20, 1996|season=5|number=181}}</ref> Seiya makes her interest in Usagi clear when they spend time together practicing softball, telling her, "I like your light."<ref>{{cite episode|title=The Shining Power of a Star: Chibi-Chibi's Transformation|episode-link=Sailor Moon Sailor Stars|series=Sailor Moon Sailor Stars|series-link=Sailor Moon (TV series)|credits=Takuya Igarashi (director); Ryōta Yamaguchi (writer)|network=Toei|airdate=September 14, 1996|season=5|number=187}}</ref> However, her feelings are not reciprocated and she acknowledges the one-sided romance.<ref name="ep194">{{cite episode|title=Crusade for the Galaxy: Legend of the Sailor Wars|episode-link=Sailor Moon Sailor Stars|series=Sailor Moon Sailor Stars|series-link=Sailor Moon (TV series)|credits=Noriyo Sasaki (director); Ryōta Yamaguchi (writer)|network=Toei|airdate=December 7, 1996|season=5|number=194}}</ref>

Before coming to Earth, the three Starlights served as protectors of Princess Kakyuu on Kinmoku. According to Seiya, who explains their history to Usagi via musical [[telepathy]], [[Sailor Galaxia]] attacked Kinmoku in force, with her [[Sailor Animamates]] creating an army of [[Shadow Galactica#Phage|phage]] that swept over the planet.<ref name="ep190">Episode 190.</ref> Sailor Star Fighter reveals that the only way the Starlights had of protecting themselves was to kill the phage outright, which also kills the humans they were created from. Because of this, the Sailor Starlights initially go after phage on Earth with a killing intent. They are later dissuaded from this course after Eternal Sailor Moon demonstrates her ability to restore the phage to their human selves.

The relationship between Sailor Star Fighter and Princess Kakyuu is slightly ambiguous. In the anime, when Seiya daydreams of the Starlights' home planet, she think of an image of Kakyuu, which is suddenly superimposed by an image of Usagi, much as Usagi had seen Seiya's image overlaid by Mamoru in previous episodes.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Princess Kakyuu Perishes: Advent of Galaxia|episode-link=Sailor Moon Sailor Stars|series=Sailor Moon Sailor Stars|series-link=Sailor Moon (TV series)|credits=Masahiro Hosoda (director); Kazuhiko Kanbe (writer)|network=Toei|airdate=December 14, 1996|season=5|number=195}}</ref> In the [[image song|image poem]] released for her [[CD single]], however, she suggests that her feelings for Usagi are because she is "carrying the heart of a boy" and because she was attracted to Usagi's light.

After Princess Kakyuu left Kinmoku to escape Galaxia's assault, Sailor Star Fighter, Star Healer, and Star Maker abandoned the planet to find her. No one else survived Sailor Galaxia's onslaught. The Starlights make references to the comrades they left behind in battle, implying other Senshi who lost their lives on Kinmoku. The three also bring up their family and friends; however, the anime does not reveal any details on the three Senshi's Kinmoku families. The guilt of being the only survivors - and of having lived by running away - is something that comes up several times over the course of the anime.

In the band, she has the role of lead vocals, guitar and lyrics, but was also shown also playing the drums in the Starlights' hideout because she believed Kakyuu had not heard her yet. According to Takeuchi, when she created her, she was meant to be a combination between Haruka and Mamoru, and was modeled after [[Jenny Shimizu]].<ref name="Materials Collection">[https://mangastyle.sailormusic.net/volume-5/ Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Original Picture Collection Vol. V | Manga Style!<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

After escaping from Kinmoku, the Starlights were able to track Kakyuu to Earth and then Japan. The Starlights took male civilian forms - Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten - and became idol singers. They did this to attract as much attention as possible. Their music is embedded with a telepathic broadcast that Kakyuu, and later Usagi, can feel, serving as a beacon for Princess Kakyuu.

In Japanese, she was voiced by [[Shiho Niiyama]] in the original series in one of her final roles before her death and by [[Marina Inoue]] in ''[[Sailor Moon Cosmos]]''. In English, she is voiced by [[Melissa Hutchison]] in the Viz dub.<ref name="Pineda">{{cite web |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |title=Viz Unveils Sailor Moon Stars Dub Cast |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-14/viz-unveils-sailor-moon-stars-dub-cast/.146677 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=14 May 2019 |language=en |date=14 May 2019}}</ref> In the musicals, Seiya has been portrayed by [[Sayuri Katayama]], Chinatsu Akiyama and Meiku Harukawa.

By the start of the ''Sailor Stars'' anime, the Starlights, now the Three Lights, have become major celebrities across the country. All four of the [[Guardian Senshi]] have at some point joined their fanclub, with [[Ami Mizuno]] being the first to discover the band (she's member #25). Only Usagi is unaware of them. Several episodes feature the Three Lights having to deal with fans.

===<span id="Kou Taiki"></span><span id="Taiki"></span>Sailor Star Maker===

Later, the Three Lights all attend [[List of Sailor Moon locations#Azabu Jūban|Jūban High School]]. As humans, all three are very popular with the Juban students. As Starlights, they distance themselves from the other Senshi, deeming Earth as not being their responsibility. They come into conflict with the Outer Senshi on multiple occasions, as the Outer Senshi view them as invaders from outside. The two groups only reconcile after Uranus and Neptune are mortally wounded by Galaxia, when Uranus charges Star Fighter with protecting Sailor Moon and then dies alongside Neptune.

{{nihongo|'''Kou Taiki'''|大気 光|Taiki Kō}}, also known as {{nihongo|'''Sailor Star Maker'''|セーラースターメイカー|Sērā Sutā Meikā}}, is the most intellectual and cool-headed of the trio. Her abilities rival that of Ami, though she considers Ami's romantic notions foolish. However, in the anime, Ami's appeal for her to see the good in dreaming does begin to have an effect. In combat with a phage, Star Maker is the first of the Starlights to willingly allow Sailor Moon to heal the monster rather than trying to kill it herself, because it had been a teacher who Ami respected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/episodes/ss177.html |title=Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars episode 177 |access-date=28 October 2006 |last=Doi |first=Hitoshi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060914090050/http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/episodes/ss177.html |archive-date=14 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Later in the series, as she is beginning to lose hope in finding Princess Kakyuu, she visits a sick girl named Misa in the hospital. She shows Taiki a drawing of the Princess that she sees when she listens to the Three Lights' song,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/episodes/ss185.html |title=Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars episode 185 |access-date=28 October 2006 |last=Doi |first=Hitoshi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060913000543/http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/episodes/ss185.html |archive-date=13 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> giving Taiki renewed hope.

Like Yaten, Taiki believes that Seiya should stay away from Usagi after learning she is Sailor Moon, despite her wish, shared by Princess Kakyuu and the Sailor Guardians, for them to work together. However, her views on Usagi change for the better near the end of ''Sailor Stars''.

The Starlights prove to be very resilient and exceptionally powerful, surviving multiple direct battles with Galaxia herself. In all, they clash with Galaxia three times: once soon after Kakyuu's death in which they are saved by Chibichibi; again after the deaths of Uranus and Neptune; and a third time to defend Eternal Sailor Moon, in which they become pure energy to battle Galaxia across space itself. Apart from Sailor Moon, they are the only other beings in the galaxy to survive all the way through to the end.

In the band, she has the role of background vocals, keyboards and composition. She also enjoys [[poetry]] and are part of the literature club at school. Taiki is meant to be a more-distant [[Sailor Pluto|Setsuna Meioh]].<ref name="Materials Collection" />

==Kou Seiya==

[[Image:Kou Seiya.jpg|thumb|left|An impossible image of Seiya and Sailor Star Fighter.]]

{{nihongo|'''Kou Seiya'''|星野光|Seiya Kou}} is the leader of the Sailor Starlights and the lead vocals for the Three Lights. In general, Seiya acts arrogant and tends to be, at least on the surface, confident in his/her own abilities.

In Japanese, Taiki is voiced by [[Narumi Tsunoda]] in the original series and by [[Saori Hayami]] in ''Cosmos''. In English, she is voiced by [[Erika Harlacher]] in the Viz dub.<ref name="Pineda"/> In the musicals, Taiki has been portrayed by Hikari Ono, Akiko Nakayama and Riona Tatemichi.

In the manga, Seiya beats [[Haruka Tenoh]] in [[American football]] and raises the suspicions of the Sailor Soldiers as to her identity. Seiya also develops deep feelings for Usagi, kissing her and thinking as she walks away, "We are of different stations in the universe. It might be unrequited love."<ref>Act 46. {{cite web |url= http://www.kurozuki.com/takeuchi/sailormoon/ |title= The Manga of Naoko Takeuchi |accessmonthday=24 March | accessyear=20067}}</ref>

===<span id="Kou Yaten"></span><span id="Yaten"></span>Sailor Star Healer===

In the anime, Taiki and Yaten consider him prone to bouts of childishness (such as when he shows off his basketball skills in front of the school),<ref name="ep174">Episode 174. {{cite web |url= http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/episodes/ss174.html |title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars episode 174 |accessmonthday=28 October | accessyear=2006|last= Doi |first= Hitoshi }}</ref> but generally follow his lead. He hates losing or being told he's not good enough. He also behaves arrogantly, saying once, "Usually girls are happy when they see me." ("Why?" Usagi asks. "Because I'm cool," he says.)<ref name="ep174"/>

{{nihongo|'''Kou Yaten'''|夜天 光|Yaten Kō}}, also known as {{nihongo|'''Sailor Star Healer'''|セーラースターヒーラー|Sērā Sutā Hīrā}}, is a lonely person who does not like to socialize or interact with others, preferring to focus on her mission. Her remarks are often sharp-edged and blunt, which further separates her from others, which the other Starlights mock her for as it may reduce her fanbase.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/episodes/ss178.html |title=Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars episode 178 |access-date=28 October 2006 |last=Doi |first=Hitoshi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927183534/http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/episodes/ss178.html |archive-date=27 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Yaten is egotistical and nurses grudges, and hates injury.<ref name="Materials Collection" /> However, she and [[Luna (Sailor Moon)|Luna]] get along well.

Yaten has the most spiritual awareness of the three and is able to tell when Star Seeds are taken by Galaxia. She views humans as untrustworthy and want to find Kakyuu so the group can leave Earth as soon as possible. After learning that Usagi is Sailor Moon, Yaten believes that Seiya should stay away from her, despite her wish, shared by Princess Kakyuu and the Sailor Guardians, for them to work together, a view shared by Taiki and Sailors Uranus, [[Sailor Neptune|Neptune]] and Pluto. However, like Taiki, her views on Usagi change for the better near the end of ''Sailor Stars''. In the anime, Yaten is shown to be physically stronger than [[Sailor Jupiter|Makoto Kino]] in her civilian form, and bonds with her as they share moments together.

Over the course of the series, Seiya develops strong feelings for Usagi and his attempts to forge a bond with her provides the primary romantic tension of the season. From their first meeting on, Seiya calls Usagi ''[[odango (hairstyle)|odango]]'', like Mamoru does. The two even go on a date at an [[amusement park]], which prematurely ends when [[Animamates|Sailor Iron Mouse]] attacks.<ref name="ep181">Episode 181.</ref> Seiya makes his interest in her clear when they spend time together practicing softball, telling her, "I like your light."<ref name="ep187">Episode 187.</ref> However, Seiya's feelings are not fully reciprocated and he acknowledges the one-sided romance, finally kissing her cheek and saying "I wish I had met you sooner."<ref name="unrequited">Episodes 194 and 195.</ref> After Galaxia's defeat, before leaving earth, Usagi tells him that they will always be friends.<ref name="ep200">Episode 200.</ref>

In the band, she has the role of background vocals, bass guitar and song arrangement. She also enjoys [[photography]], but does not belong to any school club, preferring to just go home.<ref name="Materials Collection" />

The relationship between Sailor Star Fighter and Princess Kakyuu is slightly ambiguous. In the manga, the princess had had a lover who was killed by Galaxia.<ref>Act 46.</ref> In the anime, it is implied Seiya's romantic feelings for Usagi may be a confusion with similar feelings for Kakyuu&mdash;when he daydreams of his home planet, he thinks lovingly of an image of his princess, which is suddenly superimposed by an image of Usagi (much as Usagi had seen Seiya's image overlaid by Mamoru in previous episodes).<ref>[[Episode 195]].</ref> In the [[image song|image poem]] released for his [[CD single]], however, he suggests that his feelings for her are because he is "carrying the heart of a boy."<ref>http://sailormusic.net/lyrics/fighter.html</ref>

In Japanese, Yaten is voiced by [[Chika Sakamoto]] in the original series and by [[Ayane Sakura]] in ''Cosmos.'' In English, she is voiced by [[Sarah Anne Williams]] in the Viz dub.<ref name="Pineda"/> In the musicals, Yaten has been portrayed by Momoko Okuyama, Mikako Tabe and Saki Matsuda.

Seiya's responsibilities in the band are lead vocals, keyboards, lyrics, and composition. S/he also enjoys [[American football]] and belongs to the club at school. Other "likes" include [[hamburgers]] and [[Physical Education]]. S/he has trouble with girls and with Literature class, and is [[Japanese blood type theory of personality|blood type]] A.<ref name="stats">{{cite web |url= http://www.sailormoon.org/faq/ |title= Ken Arromdee's Sailor Moon FAQ |accessdate= 2007-01-1}} Taken from the [[May 1996]] ''[[Nakayoshi]]''.</ref> Seiya is meant to give the impression of a combination of Haruka and Mamoru.<ref name= materials/>

==Special powers and items==

==Kou Taiki==

[[ImageFile:Kou TaikiStarlightsTransformation.jpg|thumb|rightupright|AnKou impossibleTaiki's imagemale ofbody Taiki(in andblue) transforming into Sailor Star Maker's female body (in pink), as seen in ''[[Sailor Moon Sailor Stars]]''.]]

The Sailor Starlights share some traits with the Solar System Guardians, having transformation devices to change from civilians into their Sailor Guardian forms, as well as having signature attacks — although they do not represent proper elements like the Solar System Guardians do. Each member of the Three Lights use their own Sailor Change Star, which is a two piece set of microphone and brooch, and respectively shout the phrase "Fighter/Maker/Healer Star Power, Make-Up!" to transform into Sailors Star Fighter, Star Maker, and Star Healer. Takeuchi explained in her own notes that the brooches contain their Sailor Crystals,<ref name="Materials Collection" /> which are perhaps their most important possessions, as they are source of all their powers. The first anime adaptation clearly shows how the Three Lights change from male bodies into female ones when transforming. Unlike most of the Sailor Guardians, whose transformation sequences went mostly unchanged from the first to the [[Sailor Moon Crystal|second anime adaptation]], the Starlights' were completely altered to reflect the fact that the Three Lights remain female in their civilian forms, since ''Sailor Moon Cosmos'' follows the ''Stars'' arc of the manga closer than the ''Sailor Moon Sailor Stars'' season of the first anime.<ref>{{cite web|last=Clark|first=Coleman|url=https://screenrant.com/sailor-moon-crystal-cosmos-pluto-quartet-skin-color/|title=Sailor Moon Cosmos Omits One Detail From the Manga that Would Have Made a Huge Impact|publisher=[[Screen Rant]]|date=September 19, 2024|access-date=May 9, 2025}}</ref>

{{nihongo|'''Kou Taiki'''|大気光|Taiki Kou}} is the most intellectual. His abilities rival that of Ami Mizuno (see below), though he considers her romantic notions foolish. Ami's appeal for him to see the good in dreaming does begin to have an effect, however. In combat with a phage, Star Maker is the first of the Starlights to willingly allow Sailor Moon to heal the monster rather than trying to kill it herself. She spares the monster only because it had been a teacher who Ami respected.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/episodes/ss177.html |title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars episode 177 |accessmonthday=28 October | accessyear=2006|last= Doi |first= Hitoshi }}</ref> Later in the series, as he is beginning to lose hope in finding Princess Kakyuu, he visits a sick girl in the hospital. She shows him a drawing of the Princess that she sees when she listens to the Three Lights play.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/episodes/ss185.html |title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars episode 185 |accessmonthday=28 October | accessyear=2006|last= Doi |first= Hitoshi }}</ref> With renewed hope, Taiki returns to the Three Lights. In the anime, he sometimes wears glasses.

In the first anime adaptation, each of the Starlights use an item called Star Yell (sometimes called the Sailor Star Yell), which are palm sized star-shaped devices, to launch their attacks. Star Fighter's attack is ''Star Serious Laser'' &mdash; a focused light blast. Star Maker's attack is ''Star Gentle Uterus'' &mdash; an explosion of lights. Star Healer's attack is ''Star Sensitive Inferno'' &mdash; a circular blast of lightning. The only time the three Starlights combine their attacks occurs in the penultimate episode of the first anime adaptation, in which they join forces to launch a single attack on Sailor Galaxia, managing to physically hurt her. In the musical ''Eien Denstesu'', this attack is named ''Starlights Fusion Tempest'', which is similar in name to Kakyuu's own ''Kinmoku Fusion Tempest''.

Like Yaten, Taiki believes that Seiya should stay away from Usagi after learning she is Sailor Moon, despite their wish, shared by Princess Kakyuu and the Guardian Senshi, for them all to work together.

==Development==

Taiki's responsibilities in the band are background vocals, keyboards, lyrics, and guitar. S/he also enjoys [[poetry]] and belongs to the Literary club at school. Other "likes" include [[sushi]] and every class at school, especially [[Literature]]. S/he has trouble with arguments, and is blood type AB.<ref name="stats"/> Taiki is meant to be more distant than Setsuna.<ref>http://www.kurozuki.com/takeuchi/sailormoon/settei.html</ref>

Series creator Naoko Takeuchi originally designed the trio without their ponytails, but the ponytails were added after it was explained to her that short-haired dolls were difficult to make. Takeuichi designed a unified outfit for the three of them, using a set of navy blue breastplate, hot pants, and high heeled thigh-high boots. Only their necklaces, belts, and protector bracelets have different colors, which match their respective eye color: [[sky blue]] for Star Fighter, [[violet (color)|violet]] for Star Maker, and [[chartreuse (color)|chartreuse]] for Star Healer. Takeuchi listed several attacks for each of the Starlights; however, only those she described as "main attacks" are featured in the series.<ref name="Materials Collection" />

Takeuchi expressed surprise at [[Toei Animation]]'s decision to make the Starlights lead characters in the first anime adaptation, but was even more shocked by their treatment of their sex.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vallen|first=Mark|title=Naoko Takeuchi: The creator of BISHOUJO SENSHI SAILORMOON speaks at the 1998 San Diego International Comics Convention |url=http://www.theblackmoon.com/Naoko/take.html |website=The Black Moon|access-date=November 19, 2019}}</ref> Rather than merely being females disguising as male pop idols as they do in the manga and other adaptations, the Three Lights were designed as physically male in the first anime adaptation, which contradicts Takeuchi's statement that only girls can be Sailor Guardians.<ref name="McCarter">{{cite web |last=McCarter |first=Charles |title=Public Interview with Takeuchi Naoko |url=http://www.ex.org/3.6/13-feature_takeuchi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221051150/http://www.ex.org/3.6/13-feature_takeuchi.html |archive-date=2009-02-21 |access-date=2006-11-30 |work=EX: CLUSIVE |publisher=ex.org |format=Q & A Interview}}</ref>

==Kou Yaten==

[[Image:Kou Yaten.jpg|thumb|left|An impossible image of Yaten and Sailor Star Healer, with Luna.]]

{{nihongo|'''Kou Yaten'''|夜天光|Yaten Kou}} is often distant and cynical about everything. Yaten does not like to socialize or do sports. His/her remarks are often sharp-edged and blunt, which further separates him/her from the world. In [[Sailor Moon episode 178|one episode]], the other Starlights even chastise Yaten for behaving in a way that might reduce the number of fans.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tcp.com/~doi/smoon/episodes/ss178.html |title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars episode 178 |accessmonthday=28 October | accessyear=2006|last= Doi |first= Hitoshi }}</ref> However, he and Luna get along well. At one point during that episode, Luna inspires him to keep on fighting.

Their exact relationship to each other is unknown; according to the manga, they are not siblings.<ref name="vol16">{{cite book|last=Naoko|first=Takeuchi|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Volume 16|date=1996|publisher=Kodansha|___location=Tokyo|isbn=4061788418}}</ref>{{rp|Act 51}} Their name "Kou" (光) has several meanings, including "light", making the name "Three Lights" a pun. In the original English manga, "Kou" was translated to "Lights" and was used as their shared family name.

In the manga, Yaten is a female that dresses up as a male. Blunt, and to the point, for example antagonizing [[Michiru Kaioh]] for her choice of lipstick. Yaten doesn't interact with the people around her much. She wants to focus on the mission most of all. She is egotistical and nurses grudges, and she hates injury.<ref>http://www.kurozuki.com/takeuchi/sailormoon/settei.html</ref>

==Reception and influence==

In the anime, he has the most spiritual awareness of the Starlights, as he's able to feel it when Mamoru's [[golden]] Starseed is taken by Galaxia. He views humans as untrustworthy and wants to find Princess Kakyuu so they can leave Earth as quickly as possible. This comes further to light when they discover that Usagi is Sailor Moon. Yaten believes that Seiya should stay away from Usagi, despite their wish, shared by Princess Kakyuu and the Guardian Senshi, for them all to work together. His view is shared by Taiki as well as Sailors Uranus and Neptune.

According to Catherine E. Bailey of the [[Western Michigan University]], when the Solar System Guardians learn the true identity of the Three Lights, "the collapse of the Lights' dual identities has more to do with social roles than sexual or gender identity. The fact that their secret is not met with disgust, disdain, or any other negative judgment indicates that ''Sailor Moon'' may have the potential to help normalise and un-sensationalise the presence of transgender and transsexual individuals." The author further explained she was hesitant to label the Starlights are "transgender" or "transsexual", although she acknowledges the anime "encourages viewers to look past the characters' physical bodies and to contemplate the fact that they are the same individuals regardless of the bodies that they occupy."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bailey|first1=Catherine E.|date=November 1, 2012|title=Prince charming by day, superheroine by night?: Subversive sexualities and gender fluidity in ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' and ''Sailor Moon''|url=https://search.informit.org/doi/epdf/10.3316/informit.588807596575706|journal=Colloquy|pages=217|access-date=May 9, 2025}}</ref> In an article for the ''Interalia Journal of Queer Studies'', Rhea Ashley Hoskin of the [[University of Waterloo]] explained that the Starlights' transformation sequences make them "weave between dichotomized boundaries of sex, gender and sexuality, essentially positioning these characters against notions of stable identity."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hoskin|first1=Rhea Ashley|date=June 1, 2016|title=Westernization and The Transmogrification of Sailor Moon|url=https://interalia.queerstudies.pl/issues/13_2018/InterAlia_13-2018_hoskin.pdf|journal=Interalia Journal of Queer Studies|pages=82|access-date=May 2, 2025}}</ref>

Madeline Hurren from ''[[Medium (website)|Medium]]'' noted that, while the Starlights "clearly transform between male and female", other characters do not question this representation of diverse representation. The author also compared ''Sailor Moon'' to newer manga and anime, stating that "the show treats the nuances of gender identity and sexuality simply as one aspect of a multi-dimensional character. This, however, has changed. Modern anime increasingly treats non-binary identities as the sole focus of a character."<ref>{{cite web|last=Hurren|first=Madeline|title=Sailor Moon, Sexuality, and Gender|url=https://medium.com/@madeline.hurren/sailor-moon-sexuality-and-gender-b6ba62372304|website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]|date=October 21, 2019|access-date=April 30, 2025}}</ref> Austin Jones from ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' described the trio as "genderfluid characters, given their distance from Western ideas of gender presentation as well as their unique ability."<ref name="Complicated History">{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Austin|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/anime/sailor-moon-characters-queer-identity|title=Sailor Moon and the Complicated History of Queer Gender Expression in Anime for Girls|publisher=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|date=September 16, 2020|access-date=April 30, 2025}}</ref> Diane Darcy from ''[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]'' considered that, in the first anime adaptation, "along with being able to transition between male and female bodies, all three Sailor Starlights also behave like boys in their civilian identities and like girls in their Sailor Guardian identities" thus becoming "an excellent [[Transgender|trans]] and [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]] representation."<ref name="Starlights Ultimate">{{cite web|last=Darcy|first=Diane|url=https://www.cbr.com/sailor-moon-sailor-starlights-seiya-yaten-taiki-trans-non-binary-fantasy/|title=Sailor Moon: The Sailor Starlights Are the Ultimate Trans & Non-Binary Fantasy|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|date=July 17, 2022|access-date=April 30, 2025}}</ref>

Yaten's responsibilities in the band are background vocals, keyboards, and song arrangement. S/he also enjoys [[photography]], but doesn't belong to any school club, preferring to just go home.<ref name="materials"/> Other "likes" include [[caviar]] and Art class. S/he has trouble with physical exertion and (by extension) Physical Education, and is blood type B.<ref name="stats"/>

In a review of ''Sailor Moon Cosmos'', Darcy from ''CBR'' noted the difference in the portrayal of the Starlights, this time female in both Sailor Guardian and civilian forms, explaining that "by giving all three Sailor Starlights deeper voices, the characters' gender fluidity is more strongly conveyed and allows them to more convincingly pass for the male members of the boy band, Three Lights" while also praising the fact that "the Sailor Starlights' new voice actors do not aim to replicate the iconic performances" of the voice cast members of the first anime adaptation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Darcy|first=Diane|url=https://www.cbr.com/sailor-moon-cosmos-review/|title=Sailor Moon Cosmos Review: The Movie Duology Faithfully Adapts the Stars Arc at a Cost|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|date=August 24, 2024|access-date=May 14, 2025}}</ref> Rebecca Silverman from ''[[Anime News Network]]'' described the new transformation sequences of the Starlights in ''Cosmos'' as "very awkward".<ref>{{cite web|last=Silverman|first=Rebecca|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/pretty-guardian-sailor-moon-cosmos/films/.214919|title=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos Films Review|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 1, 2024|access-date=May 14, 2025}}</ref>

==Musicals==

[[Image:SeraMyuLights.jpg|thumb|right|The Sailor Starlights as portrayed in ''Ryuusei Densetsu''.]]

The Starlights are featured in several of the [[Sailor Moon musicals]] (''Sailor Stars'', ''Eien Densetsu'', and their revised editions, plus ''Ryuusei Densetsu'', and ''Kakyuu-Ouhi Kourin''). As in the manga, they are portrayed as women dressed as males, though their personalities are clearly from the anime. Seiya is portrayed as being eager to assist the Earth's Senshi in their battle with Galaxia, while Yaten and Taiki are more reluctant. However, Yaten is portrayed as being less cynical and more [[airheaded]], often behaving similar to [[Minako Aino]]. Taiki is also more of a womanizer, several times hitting on Michiru by telling her that he is a big fan of her music, to which Yaten says, "You say that to every girl you meet!" Seiya is also explicitly referred to as "Leader" by the other two.

===Censorship===

In their songs, the Starlights refer to themselves as "Soldiers of Space."

The ''Sailor Stars'' season of the first anime adaptation was not dubbed into English by [[DIC Entertainment]] and [[Cloverway Inc.]] Rodriguez-Garcia from the ''[[The Michigan Daily]]'' explained that licensing issues were the main reason behind this event.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rodriguez-Garcia|first=K|url=https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/the-dangers-of-censorship-and-sailor-moon/|title=‘Sailor Moon’ and the dangers of censorship|publisher=[[The Michigan Daily]]|date=January 25, 2022|access-date=May 13, 2025}}</ref> However, other authors cite more reasons, the Starlights and their transformations being amongst them. Jamilya Ramos-Chapman from ''Syndicated Magazine'' stated that, in previous seasons, efforts were made to censor the sexuality of Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, and [[Dead Moon Circus#Fish Eye|Fish Eye]], to make these characters fit into heteronormative narratives. Yet, this was not possible with the storyline of ''Sailor Stars'', so DiC and Cloverway decided not to air the season, because of "the introduction of the Sailor Starlights, three male pop idols who could magically transform into otherworldly female warriors."<ref name="Dubbed Subbed">{{cite web|last=Ramos-Chapman|first=Jamilya|url=https://syndicatedmagazine.com/2017/11/14/dubbed-subbed-lifting-american-veil-japanese-anime/|title=Dubbed to Subbed: Lifting the American Veil From Japanese Anime|publisher=Syndicated Magazine|date=November 14, 2017|access-date=April 30, 2025}}</ref> Caroline Madden from ''[[/Film]]'' explained that, while DiC and Cloverway were able to censor the true identities of characters such as [[Dark Kingdom#Zoisite|Zoisite]] and Fish Eye by "casting cis women to voice these long-haired characters" and thus "let them pass as [[cisgender]] and heterosexual", it would have been impossible to avoid with the Starlights' non-conforming identity.<ref name="Cartoon Network">{{cite web|last=Madden|first=Caroline|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1607361/cartoon-network-sailor-moon-censorship/|title=Why Cartoon Network's Sailor Moon Censorship Totally Failed (For The Better)|publisher=[[/Film]]|date=June 29, 2024|access-date=April 30, 2025}}</ref> According to an article in ''[[Bookmans]]'', there was "no way to edit out the strong transgender/transexual themes that involve the three new characters, the Sailor Star Lights". The article also mentioned the complications derived from the relationship between Seiya and Usagi, and how "even after she discovers the truth later on, she is not phased by the fact that “Fighter” is female."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bookmans.com/too-many-girlfriends-sailor-moons-censored-life-us-2/|title=Too Many Girlfriends: Sailor Moon's Censored Life in the U.S.|publisher=[[Bookmans]]|date=May 11, 2006|access-date=May 13, 2025}}</ref> Vargas and Younkin from ''CBR'' stated that one of the reasons behind the decision not to air the final season was because "it would have been almost impossible to censor the Sailor Starlights in the way that they had with previous queer characters in the series."<ref name="Biggest Changes">{{cite web|last1=Vargas|first1=Vera|last2=Younkin|first2=Lauren|url=https://www.cbr.com/sailor-moon-biggest-changes-english-dub/|title=Biggest Changes in the Original Sailor Moon English Dub|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|date=March 3, 2025|access-date=April 30, 2025}}</ref>

In the Italian dub, instead of changing sex, the team has six members, as the Three Lights summon their twin sisters instead of transforming, as the original depiction was very controversial in Italy.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pellitteri|first1=Marco|last2=Yui|first2=Kiyomitsu|last3=Bouissou|first3=Jean-Marie|last4=Di Fratta|first4=Gianluca|last5=Martorella|first5=Cristiano|last6=Suvilay|first6=Bounthavy|title=The Dragon and the Dazzle: Models, Strategies, and Identities of Japanese Imagination: a European Perspective|date=2010|publisher=Tunué|___location=Latina, Italy|isbn=9788889613894|page=424}}</ref> Jones considered this decision "completely ridiculous and only draws attention to the inherent queerness hiding in the series."<ref name="Complicated History" />

Of the pairings implied and explicit in the anime, only Seiya and Usagi's relationship is at all presented in the musicals. Of the musicals with Starlights, only the fifth includes Usagi and Seiya's interactions as a romantic subplot similar to the Sailor Stars anime. The fourth musical touches on a special bond between Seiya and Usagi, but it is not as deeply explored. In the twelfth musical, Mamoru is not killed by Galaxia, so there is no romantic interplay between Usagi and Seiya (though Usagi does make Mamoru jealous several times by saying Seiya is better looking than him).

In all musicals, Minako and the other Guardian Senshi are fans of the Three Lights, as in the anime. The Outer Senshi are still suspicious of the Starlights, though the Haruka and Seiya rivalry is generally absent. In two of the plays, Haruka and Michiru are the first to realize that the Three Lights are also Senshi. In all three musicals, it is the Starlights who tell the other Senshi who they really are - the Starlights always seem to know the civilian identities of the Guardians and Outers without needing to be told, though Sailor Moon's ownership of the Silver Crystal is sometimes revealed by Kakyuu.

After the Starlights find Princess Kakyuu (only in ''Eien Denetsu'', its revised edition, and ''Kakyuu-Ouhi Kourin''), they travel with the others to the Galaxy Cauldron as in the manga.

As in the anime, the Starlights are never killed by Galaxia and help protect Sailor Moon after the others are (temporarily) destroyed. Unlike the manga and anime, the other Senshi do not always die fighting Galaxia and when they do they are always resurrected before the final battle. In some versions of the musicals, the Starlights are the only Senshi other than Sailor Moon who successfully wound Galaxia via a combined attack, as in the anime.

In the sixth musical, which features Galaxia but not the Starlights, the [[Amazon Trio]] fills the Starlights' role in protecting Sailor Moon from harm until the final conflict.

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==Special powers and items==

*''Fighter Star Power, Make-Up!'' &mdash; Changes Seiya into Sailor Star Fighter. (And, in the anime, back into a female.)

*''Maker Star Power, Make-Up!'' &mdash; Changes Taiki into Sailor Star Maker. (And, in the anime, back into a female.)

*''Healer Star Power, Make-Up!'' &mdash; Changes Yaten into Sailor Star Healer. (And, in the anime, back into a female.)

*''Star Serious Laser'' &mdash; Sailor Star Fighter's attack, a focused light blast.

*''Star Gentle Uterus'' &mdash; Sailor Star Maker's attack, an explosion of lights. Tokyopop altered the name to "Star Gentle Creator."

*''Star Sensitive Inferno'' &mdash; Sailor Star Healer's attack, a circular blast of light.

*''Starlights Fusion Tempest'' &mdash; A special combined attack from all three Starlights and the only physical attack other than the Sword of Sealing able to physically hurt [[Sailor Galaxia]]. It is only named in the ''Eien Denstesu'' musical, but something similar is seen in Episode 199 of the anime. In the manga, [[Princess Kakyuu|Sailor Kakyuu]] uses a similarly named attack called Kinmoku Fusion Tempest.

*''Star Yell'' &mdash; The palm sized star-shaped device used by the Starlights to launch their attacks. It is also sometimes called the ''Sailor Star Yell.'' It only appears in the anime.

*''Sailor Change Star'' &mdash; According to Bandai, this is a two piece set of the microphone and brooch used by the Starlights to transform. According to Naoko Takeuchi's own notes, the brooches contains the Sailor Crystals of the Starlights,<ref name= materials/> similar to those of Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi Moon.

==Music==

[[Image:3li132.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Seiya's music single from Sailor Stars. The romanization of ''Lights'' is an example of [[Engrish]].]]

Because they pose as a musical group, the Starlights are given numerous character songs, a few of which figure in anime episodes.

===Anime===

*"Nagareboshi he" (Shooting Star) - A group song which figures in the plot of both the anime and manga. They use it to try and carry their message to [[Princess Kakyuu]] in order to find her.

*"Ginga Ichi Mibun Chigai na Kataomoi" (A Galaxy of Difference: One-Sided Love) - Seiya's anime image song. Also a phrase used by Seiya in the manga when she says goodbye to Usagi.[http://sailormusic.net/tracks/Sailorstars_Singles.html]

*"Chikara wo Awasete" (Combining Strengths) - Taiki's anime image song.

*"Mayonaka Hitori" (Alone at Midnight) - Yaten's anime image song.

*"Todokanu Omoi: My Friend's Love" (Unreachable Feelings: My Friend's Love) - A group song from the anime, also released as a CD single.

===Musicals===

*"Chasin' After You" - The main pop piece performed by the Three Lights in the musicals, taking the place of "Todokanu Omoi" and "Nagareboshi he." Two album versions exist, as the instrumentals were remixed for the 12th musical.

*"See Me, Bokutachi No Jidai" - Another group pop song from the musicals.

*"I Miss You" - Explicitly states Seiya's romantic feelings to Usagi, juxtaposed against Usagi's longing for the missing Mamoru.

*"Knockin' Down Hesitation" - A song for which the Three Lights provide background vocals

*"Yume no Naka e" - Actually the ending theme to ''[[Kare Kano]]''. In the final performance of the fifth musical, Yaten and Taiki's actresses gave an impromptu performance of this song.

*"A Shooting Star Light" - A song from the twelfth musical. It serves as the Starlights' battle cry.

*"Kakyuu to Three Lights" - A piece focusing on their interaction with Princess Kakyuu, in which she advises the Starlights to fight alongside Sailor Moon.

*"Sailor War Supreme" - A production number combining many Senshi themes, including parts of "Chasin' After You" used as a [[leitmotif]].

==Actresses==

* In the anime, Kou Seiya is [[seiyuu|voiced by]] the late [[Shiho Niiyama]], Taiki by [[Narumi Tsunoda]], and Yaten by [[Chika Sakamoto]].<ref name="doi">{{cite web |url= http://www.tcp.com/doi/smoon/ |title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon |accessmonthday=6 October | accessyear=2006|last= Doi |first= Hitoshi }}</ref>

* In the musical version, each Starlight has been played by two actresses: Seiya by [[Sayuri Katayama]] and [[Chinatsu Akiyama]], Taiki by [[Hikari Ono]] and [[Akiko Nakayama]], and Yaten by [[Momoko Okuyama]] and [[Mikako Tabe]].

==See also==

*[[Princess Kakyuu]]

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