Makoto Kino
From Sailor Moon
Makoto Kino is Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon, the tall, strong Guardian who fights with lightning and cooks like a professional. She is voiced by Emi Shinohara in Japanese and Amanda C. Miller in the Viz English dub.
About Makoto Kino
Makoto Kino is Sailor Jupiter, the strength of the Sailor Guardians in Sailor Moon. The tallest and physically strongest of the team, she fights with lightning and plant based attacks and was a skilled martial artist before any transformation. Makoto lives alone and keeps house beautifully: cooking, baking and flowers are her real passions. People at school fear her reputation, but she is gentle, romantic and protective to her core. Jupiter is the team's big sister in every way that matters.
Appearance
Makoto is the tallest of the Inner Guardians, with wavy brown hair tied in a ponytail with a small green hair tie, green eyes and a strong, athletic build. She often wears practical clothes and an apron, since she is usually cooking for someone. As Sailor Jupiter she wears the green Guardian uniform with pink accents and a rose earring. Her look mixes toughness and warmth: she can clear a room of bullies, then serve the same people a homemade lunch without missing a beat.
Personality
Makoto is direct, brave and quick to step between weaker people and trouble. She falls in love easily and sighs over boys who remind her of the senior who broke her heart, a running joke the show treats kindly. What defines her is care expressed through work: she cooks for friends, grows plants, keeps a spotless home and notices when someone is quietly struggling. She hates being treated as only a fighter. The series lets her be both, a powerhouse in battle and the friend whose kitchen everyone ends up in.
Background & Story
Makoto transfers to Usagi's school with a reputation for fighting, after leaving her old school behind. She lives alone, her parents died in a plane accident, and she has built an independent life around cooking, gardening and martial arts. Other students fear her height and strength, but Usagi befriends her immediately, mostly over food. Awakened as Sailor Jupiter, Makoto finally has people to protect with the strength that scared everyone else. Her dream shifts across the series from opening a flower and cake shop to simply building a happy home life, without ever giving up her independence.
Powers & Abilities
- Supreme Thunder: Her first attack, calling lightning down through the antenna in her tiara and firing it at the enemy.
- Jupiter Oak Evolution: Her later attack, spinning to gather energy from oak leaves and releasing it as a scatter of lightning charged blasts.
- Martial arts: Trained hand to hand skill and raw strength. Jupiter is the team's best physical fighter alongside her elemental attacks.
- Flower Hurricane: A petal based attack used in the manga and Crystal, blinding and binding enemies in a storm of blossoms.
Key Relationships
- Usagi Tsukino: The friend who saw her cooking before her reputation. Makoto feeds Usagi constantly and guards her fiercely.
- Ami Mizuno: A gentle pairing, the scholar and the homemaker, often shown studying and keeping house side by side.
- Kenji and her old school friends: Her past includes the senior who broke her heart, the reference point for her famous running joke.
- Asanuma: A younger student in the manga and Crystal who admires her and learns the Guardians' secret, showing her big sister side.
Quick Answers
Who voices Makoto Kino?
Emi Shinohara in Japanese. In the Viz English dub she is voiced by Amanda C. Miller.
What element does Sailor Jupiter control?
Lightning first: Supreme Thunder and Jupiter Oak Evolution. Her antenna like tiara draws electricity from the sky.
Is Makoto strong without transforming?
Yes, even untransformed. Makoto is trained in martial arts and is the strongest of the girls in ordinary life too.
What is Makoto's dream job?
A flower shop and bakery of her own, run with the warmth she puts into everything she makes.