Editing Professor Souichi Tomoe

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| Name                     = Professor Souichi Tomoe
| JP Name                  = 土萠創一教授
| Alignment                = [[Death Busters]], civilian ([[Sailor Moon (anime)|anime]] only)
| Species                  = Human (anime), human-[[Daimon]] hybrid ([[Sailor Moon (manga)|manga]], [[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal|Crystal]])
| Gender                   = Male
| Lives                    = [[Tokyo]]
| Occupation               = Owner of [[Mugen Academy]], scientist, leader of the Death Busters
| Family                   = [[Hotaru Tomoe]] (daughter), [[Keiko Tomoe]] (wife; deceased)
| Associates               = [[Pharaoh 90]], [[Kaolinite]], the [[Witches 5]], [[Mistress 9]]; [[Death Mannetjes]], [[Count Dracul]], [[Death Lamia]] ([[Sera Myu|musicals]] only)
| Aliases                  = [[Germatoid]], [[Undead Berserk]] (musicals only)
| Anime                    = [[Premonition of World's End? Mysterious New Senshi]], [[Usagi and the Girls' Resolve! Prelude to a New Battle]] (cameo)
| Manga                    = [[Act 25 Mugen 2 - Hamon]]
| PGSM                     = N/A
| Dub Name                 = Doctor Soichi Tomoe ([[Sailor Moon in North America#English Dub|dub]]), Professor Soichi Tomoe ([[TokyoPop|Mixx]] manga), Professor Souichi Tomoe ([[Kodansha]] manga, [[Viz Media|Viz]] dub)
| Actors                   = [[Akira Kamiya]] (anime), [[Takuya Kirimoto]] (Crystal), [[Jeff Lumby]] (dub), [[Keith Silverstein]] (Viz dub)
}}
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'''''Professor Souichi Tomoe''''' was the father of [[Hotaru Tomoe]], owner of [[Mugen Academy]], and a famous scientist. After an accident at his laboratory, he became the leader of the [[Death Busters]].

==Anime==
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| style="background:#ffcccc" | Souichi Tomoe and baby Hotaru<br>in the anime
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Professor Tomoe first appeared in [[Premonition of World's End? Mysterious New Senshi|episode 90]] of the [[Sailor Moon (anime)|anime]]. As in the [[Sailor Moon (manga)|manga]], his wife was killed and Hotaru severely injured in an explosion at his laboratory, and he allowed himself to be possessed by [[Germatoid]] (who was a separate entity in this continuity), and Hotaru to be possessed by [[Mistress 9]]. 

After the battle with [[Pharaoh 90]] and Hotaru's rebirth, Professor Tomoe was left with no memory of his past. Baby Hotaru was left in his care until [[A Nightmare Scatters the Flowers! Return of the Dark Queen|episode 167]], when [[Setsuna Meiou|Setsuna]] came to retrieve her, and after that, he was not seen again in the series.

Despite being possessed, and acting as a major antagonist for much of [[Sailor Moon S]], he appeared to be kind and considerate of his underlings (despite occasional frustration with them), and at times even encouraged them or engaged them in friendly small talk, in contrast to other villains in the series.
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== Manga ==
In the manga, Tomoe was a scientist until, as [[Kenji Tsukino]] recalled, he was thrown out of the scientific community for inappropriate experiments. After selling some of these findings, he purchased the area where he built his laboratories and Mugen Academy. He continued with his research but a lightning strike caused a fire there, which killed his wife [[Keiko Tomoe|Keiko]] and left his daughter Hotaru badly injured. 

Souichi saved his daughter using what appeared to be a mix of cybernetic and genetic technology. He also implanted a [[Daimon Egg]] in her at this time, the Eggs having arrived with Pharaoh 90 during the lightning strike. They infected his assistant, [[Kaori]], as well as himself.

After this, he focused on the creation of his "Super Beings," using a variety of scientific techniques including genetic, pharmacological, and cybernetic processes. Human bodies were used as vessels, but he also made several [[Daimon]]s from the Eggs alone: the [[Witches 5]]. He experimented on himself as well, creating a fusion of human and alien.

When [[Super Sailor Moon]] arrived at his laboratory with the [[Outer Senshi]], Daimons attacked and Tomoe changed into a creature called Germatoid. Sailor Moon killed him with [[Rainbow Moon Heartache]], and Hotaru was briefly seen saying goodbye to her father, whom she realized had disappeared a long time ago, after her mother's death.
==Musicals==
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| style="background:#ffcccc" | Kaname Aoki as<br>Professor Tomoe
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In the [[Sera Myu|musicals]], Professor Tomoe was played by [[Shunsaku Yajima]], [[Ryuuji Kasahara]], [[Kaname Aoki]], and [[Yuki Kaon]].
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== Trivia ==
* Although he was a villain in [[Sailor Moon S]], Professor Tomoe later appeared as a civilian in [[Sailor Moon Sailor Stars|Sailor Stars]].

* In the [[TokyoPop]] English version of the "Meet Sailor Mars: Fire" Scout Guide, his name was written as "Souichiro."

* In the [[Sailor Moon in Germany#Anime|German]] and the [[Sailor Moon in North America#English Dub|first English]] dubs he was referred to as a "Doctor" instead of a "Professor."

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