<sod>{{nihongo|'''Usagi Tsukino'''|月野 うさぎ|Tsukino Usagi}}, better known as {{nihongo|'''Sailor Moon'''|セーラームーン|Sērā Mūn}}, is a fictional super heroine who is also the [[protagonist]] and [[Title role|titular character]] in the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' manga series written by [[Naoko Takeuchi]]. She is introduced in chapter #1, "Usagi - Sailor Moon", originally published in Japan's ''[[Nakayoshi]]'' on December 28, 1991, as a carefree schoolgirl who can transform into Sailor Moon, the ''[[de facto]]'' leader of the Sailor Soldiers. She is initially believed to be an Earthling, but is later revealed to be the princess of the moon kingdom Silver Millennium. She later discovers her birth name, {{nihongo|'''Princess Serenity'''|プリンセス・セレニティ|Purinsesu Sereniti}}.<eod>
<sod>{{nihongo|'''Usagi Tsukino'''|月野 うさぎ|Tsukino Usagi}}, better known as {{nihongo|'''Sailor Moon'''|セーラームーン|Sērā Mūn}}, is a fictional super heroine who is also the [[protagonist]] and [[Title role|titular character]] in the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' manga series written by [[Naoko Takeuchi]]. She is introduced in chapter #1, "Usagi - Sailor Moon", originally published in Japan's ''[[Nakayoshi]]'' on December 28, 1991, as a carefree schoolgirl who can transform into Sailor Moon. She is the ''[[de facto]]'' leader of the Sailor Soldiers. She is initially believed to be an Earthling, but is later revealed to be the princess of the moon kingdom Silver Millennium. She later discovers her birth name is {{nihongo|'''Princess Serenity'''|プリンセス・セレニティ|Purinsesu Sereniti}}. This may be confused with the English anime, [[Sailor Moon (anime)|Sailor Moon]]'s version of Usagi, known as "Serena".<ref>{{Citation|title=Sailor Moon|date=1995-09-11|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114327/?ref_=ttalt_alt_tt|accessdate=2016-10-19}}</ref><eod>