Princess Kakyuu

Infobox animanga character
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name = Kakyuu
series = Sailor Moon


caption = Kakyuu in her princess gown, as seen in "Sailor Stars"
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creator = Naoko Takeuchi
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alias = Sailor Kakyuu (manga)
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paux1 = Sailor Senshi Sailor Starlights
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aux2 = Princess Kakyu Sailor Kakyu (manga)

nihongo|Princess Kakyuu|火球皇女|Kakyū Purinsesu [cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Materials Collection |publisher= Kodansha |year= 1999 |month= October |id= ISBN 4-06-324521-7] is a fictional character from the fifth arc of the "Sailor Moon" series. Her name means "Fireball."

Kakyuu is the princess of Kinmoku, a fictional planet outside of the solar system. She is said to smell like the flowers of the Sweet Osmanthus, which are a recurring motif in her character design. The name of her planet is a pun on the name of these fragrant blossoms, which are called "kinmokusei" in Japanese--the suffix "sei", when added to Kinmoku, means "planet" or "star." When Kakyuu first introduces herself, she calls her specific kingdom Tankei, a homonym of another word which also means the Sweet Osmanthus shrub.

Kinmoku is also the home of the Sailor Starlights, who are Kakyuu's protectors and spend much of the story searching for her. The details of their collective story vary between the manga and the anime.

Background

At some point before the story begins, Kinmoku is attacked and destroyed by Sailor Galaxia, leaving almost no survivors. Kakyuu herself travels to Earth and hides within an incense burner protected by a small child, ChibiChibi. Having lost contact with her, the Sailor Starlights follow behind, searching desperately.

Kakyuu is injured in the battle with Galaxia, and cannot reveal herself until her wounds are healed. She travels to Earth because she senses the birth of the Silver Moon Crystal (which is an evolution of the original Silver Crystal) there. She turns out to be Sailor Kakyuu, and reveals to Sailor Moon that her own lover had died in the war against Galaxia. She is shown to have her own Senshi form, called Sailor Kakyuu. Her uniform appears as a cross between her normal dress and the outfits worn by the Starlights, making it unique among all the Senshi.

She eventually accompanies Sailor Moon to Zero Star Sagittarius to confront Galaxia, but is brutally killed by Sailor Chi. She dies in Sailor Moon's arms, saying that she want to be reborn, maybe in a world without war, but at the very least to be with everyone again. Her body is then destroyed and her Sailor Crystal taken by a reanimated Sailor Venus, who has been revived along with the rest of the Sailor Team to serve Galaxia.

In the anime, no mention of battle-wounds is made, and her purpose in going to Earth is to find the "Light of Hope" and hide from Galaxia. During her time under Chibichibi's care, she is aware of the Sailor Starlights searching for her, but cannot reveal herself too soon. She finally emerges to save Sailor Moon and the others from a black hole and resumes leadership of the Starlights.

The Starlights imply many times that, like Sailor Moon, Kakyuu has the power to restore a Phage to its original form. They claim that they have to kill them as that is all they can do with without her. [Episode 173 and various other episodes.] This power is never shown.

In the anime, not long after Kakyuu is found, Galaxia appears in battle and personally takes Princess Kakyuu's star seed. (Unlike the manga, Kakyuu never transforms into a Senshi form, although she is shown to have a "true star seed.") Kakyuu sets up a forcefield that is able to block Galaxia's attacks for a short time, but it does not save her. Before dying, Kakyuu sees in a vision that ChibiChibi herself is the Light of Hope. After Sailor Moon defeats Chaos, Princess Kakyuu is revived. She and her Starlights return to their home to rebuild and start over.

In the musicals, Kakyuu is given an operatic singing style for her solo song, "Toki Michite Kourin"." She also joins in the group song "Kakyuu to Three Lights"."

enshi powers

In the manga only, Princess Kakyuu transforms into Sailor Kakyuu.
*"Kinmoku Star Power, Make-up!" — Used to change into Sailor Kakyuu.
*"Starlights Royal Straight Flush!" — Sailor Kakyuu summons many cards, which fly off and hit the enemy.
*"Kinmoku Fusion Tempest!" — Sailor Kakyuu spins around as Osmanthus olive blossoms surround her, blinding and attacking the enemy. Similar to Sailor Jupiter's "Flower Hurricane" attack. In the musicals, the Starlights use a similarly-named group attack called "Starlights Fusion Tempest".

She is also able to grow a pair of fully-functioning angelic wings.Fact|date=May 2008

Actresses

*In the original Japanese anime series, Princess Kakyuu is voiced by Sakiko Tamagawa, who had previously voiced Elsa Grey in "Sailor Moon S". [cite web |url= http://www.tcp.com/doi/smoon/ |title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon |accessdate=2006-10-06 |last= Doi |first= Hitoshi |authorlink=Hitoshi Doi ]
*In the musical version, Princess Kakyuu has been played by 2 actresses: Sakoto Yoshioka and Ai Toyama.

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