Sailor fuku

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Sailor fuku or sera fuku refers to the uniform worn by the senshi in combat. It is based on the sailor fuku style of school uniforms in Japan but the combat outfits have obvious differences.

All sailor fuku (for the senshi who live on Earth) are made up of a leotard and chest protector, and have a sailor collar with ribbons on the chest and back waist, shoulder pads, pleated skirt, choker, gloves, and tiara. Besides the variation on colours, each senshi has personalized variations on the same basic style. Many of the small variations on each senshi's fuku corresponds with how their school uniform looks.


Fuku Descriptions

For the sake of being concise, the first Sailor Moon series (as in, the one with the Dark Kingdom) will be referred to as "Classic".

  • Sailor Moon (Classic, R) has crescent moon insignias on her red choker, the tops of her boots, and also has her transformation brooch in the centre of her sailor bow. Her dominant colour is blue (collar, skirt) and her accent colour is red (bows, boots, gloves, choker). Her boots are knee-high red with a white border at the triangular top. The gem in her tiara is red. Her collar has two white stripes. Her earrings are dangling crescent moons. Finally, she wears two white-bordered red circular accents on her odango.
  • By the Sailor Moon S season the jewel in Sailor Moon's tiara is crescent-moon shaped, and her brooch has changed to a more heart-like shape. In the second half of the Sailor Moon S season and all of the Sailor Moon SuperS season, her fuku has almost completely changed. She is now known as Super Sailor Moon. In her front hair are two wing-like barrettes. Her earrings are no longer dangling moons but are simply crescent moons affixed to her ears. Her choker has become yellow with a red heart. The stripes on her collar are now yellow. Her shoulder pads are now translucent and shaped more wing-like. The back waist bow is now long, white, and billowy. The top of her skirt is now adorned with a yellow belt and duplicate heart-shaped brooch, and the most obvious change by far is that her skirt is no longer blue but now white with a yellow and blue border at the bottom.
  • By Sailor Moon Stars almost nothing from Sailor Moon's original fuku has remained the same. She is now known as Eternal Sailor Moon. The tiara is gone now, replaced by a crescent moon on her forehead. Her earrings now have stars attached to the crescent moons. Her choker is red again, but it now has a heart with a crescent moon on the bottom. There are now three yellow stripes on her collar. Her shoulder pads are gigantic pink puffs with two patches of red fabric (the same as the fabric on the end of any fuku's gloves). The length of her gloves has extended to her shoulders, the wing-like clips are attached to the gloves, and attached to her wrists are chevron-shaped red bracelets with crescent moons. Gone also is the sailor bow, replaced with a wing-like design similar to the shape of the bow, and in the centre are a yellow heart embraced by a crescent moon. Her belt is a thin red ribbon clipped on with a crescent moon. This belt also replaces her back waist bow and it is now two thin red ribbons streaming. Her skirt is now three flippy layers - yellow, red, blue. Her boots have been inverted; they are now white, pointing down, with a red border and a crescent moon. She also wears large wings on her back. Some other more subtle differences are the lack of a "chest protector" (so to speak) under the front bow, there is also no longer a white waist-belt above the skirt.
  • Sailor Mercury (Classic, R, S) has a fuku similar to Sailor Moon's. Her dominant colour is dark blue (Tiara gem, earrings, choker, collar, gloves, skirt, and boots) and her accent colour is light blue (bows). Her earrings are small blue studs, (she can press these earrings to turn on her special visor) her collar has two white stripes, and her boots are the same knee-high style as Sailor Moon's, just in a double blue colour and there is no symbol attached to them. After the "Super" upgrade (SuperS, Stars) her earrings are now three blue studs, her choker has a star attached to it, her collar has one white stripe, the centre of her front bow is now a heart, the bottom of the shoulder pads is now translucent, and the back waist bow has been enlarged and lengthened.
  • Sailor Mars (Classic, R, S) has some slight differences. Her vastly dominant colour is red (earrings, choker, collar, gloves, skirt, back waist bow and heels) and her accent colour is purple (bow). Her earrings are five-pointed stars, her collar has one white stripe, and she wears red high heels rather than boots. After the "Super" upgrade (SuperS, Stars) her earrings are now six-pointed stars, her choker has a star attached to it, her collar remains at one white stripe, the centre of her front bow is now a heart, the bottom of the shoulder pads is now translucent, and the back waist bow has been enlarged and lengthened.
  • Sailor Jupiter's (Classic, R, S) dominant colour is pine green (tiara gem, choker, collar, gloves, skirt, boots) and her accent colour is pink (earrings, front bow, back bow). Her earrings (which, interestingly enough, carry over from her civilian state) are dusky pink roses, her collar has two stripes placed close together, and she wears ankle-length lace-up boots. After the "Super" upgrade (SuperS, Stars) her choker has a star attached to it, her collar is now one white stripe, the centre of her front bow is now a heart, the bottom of the shoulder pads is now translucent, and the back waist bow has been enlarged and lengthened.
  • Sailor V's (Sailor V comic book, Classic) fuku is somewhat similar to Sailor Moon's, but with some more colourful differences. Rather than wearing a tiara, she wears a red mask. Her choker is white with a crescent moon. Her collar is blue with two red stripes. On top of her shoulder pads is a white knight-like shoulder guard. The tops of her gloves are orange. The centre of her bow is orange. The bow in her hair is red. Instead of a leotard, she wears a midriff-like shirt (baring her stomach, in other words) and some red accents are placed along the sides. Her skirt is blue with a red border, and her back waist bow is blue. Her shoes are blue, with ankle straps.
  • After Sailor V becomes Sailor Venus (Classic, R, S) her fuku conforms more closely to the other members of the group, with the standard leotard. The dominant colour is orange (choker, collar, gloves, skirt, shoes) and her accent colours are blue (front bow) and yellow (tiara gem, back bow). Her earrings are red studs, her collar has one stripe near the edge of the collar (not in the centre) and her shoes are orange heels with ankle straps. After the "Super" upgrade (SuperS, Stars) her earrings remain the same, her choker has a star attached to it, her collar becomes one white stripe down the centre, the centre of her front bow is now a heart, the bottom of the shoulder pads is now translucent, and the back waist bow has been enlarged and lengthened.
  • Once Sailor Pluto (R, S, SuperS) enters the picture, more interesting variations are made to the fuku. Pluto's dominant colour is black (choker, collar, gloves, skirt, boots) and her accent colours are garnet (tiara gem, earrings, choker) and dark maroon (bows - note that the bows are a much darker shade of brownish purple than her garnet accents and Saturn's bows). Her earrings are an interesting shape, sort of like a thick pointed arrow. Her collar does not have any stripes. Her choker has a garnet gem dangling down from it. She does not have any shoulder pads. Her boots are similar to Moon's and Mercury's, black with white borders. After the "Super" upgrade (Stars) her earrings remain the same, her choker has a star attached to it, her collar now has one white stripe, the centre of her front bow is now a heart, she now has shoulder pads and one is translucent, and the back waist bow has been enlarged and lengthened.
  • Sailor Neptune's (S, SuperS) fuku also has some variations. Her dominant colour is teal (tiara gem, earrings, choker, collar, gloves, skirt, heels) and her accent colour is navy blue (bows). Her earrings are white studs, her collar has no stripes, and her choker has a teal gem with gold accents attached to it. Her shoulder pads are the same as the others. Her gloves are wrist-length (rather than elbow length). Her heels are ballet slipper-like with many cross-crossing straps. After the "Super" upgrade (Stars) her earrings remain the same, her choker has a star attached to it, her collar now has one white stripe, the centre of her front bow is now a heart, she now has one translucent shoulder pad, and the back waist bow has been enlarged and lengthened. The length of her gloves remains the same.
  • Sailor Uranus's (S, SuperS) fuku is similar to Neptune's. Her vastly dominant colour is navy blue (tiara gem, collar, choker, gloves, back waist bow, skirt, and boots) and her accent colour is yellow (front bow.) Interestingly enough, the "aura" colour of a senshi is nearly always the dominant colour of their fuku, but Uranus' colour inconsistantly switches from navy blue to yellow. She wears one single gold hoop earring in her left ear, her collar has no stripes, her choker has no gems attached to it, her shoulder pads are normal, and her gloves are wrist-length, like Neptune's. Her shoes are loose navy blue boots. After the "Super" upgrade (Stars) she gains a second gold hoop earring, her choker has a star attached to it, her collar now has one white stripe, the centre of her front bow is now a heart, she now has one translucent shoulder pad, and the back waist bow has been enlarged and lengthened. The length of her gloves remains the same.
  • Sailor Saturn's (S) fuku gets even more variations. Her dominant colour is grape purple (choker, collar, gloves, skirt, boots) and her accent colours are very pale mauve (tiara gem, earrings, choker, centre of front bow) and maroon (front and back bows - note that this is a lighter shade of maroon than on Pluto's fuku.) Her earrings are mauve ringed planets (obviously meant to be Saturn) with white diamonds dangling, her choker has a mauve 6-pointed star, her collar has no stripes, her shoulder pads are winglike and are not directly attached to her shoulders, the centre of her bow is a mauve heart crystal. Her gloves are elbow length. Her boots are lace-up, like Jupiter's, but are knee length. After the "Super" upgrade (Stars) her earrings remain the same, her choker has a star attached to it, her collar now has one white stripe, the centre of her front bow is now a heart, she now has the regular shoulder pads, but with one translucent, and the back waist bow has been enlarged and lengthened.

Other Fuku Variations

In the Sailor Moon (manga) and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, the characters also had accessories on their sailor fuku such as belts. The Sailor Moon Musicals costumes were also incredibly glitzy and sparkly, with extra flipped skirt pleats, raised collars, and other slight changes designed to look good onstage. Dark Sailor Mercury has a different style of bows and vine-like black lace and embroidery. The Sailor Starlights have very different sailor fuku than the main senshi yet key elements remain the same.