Raye Hino

Raye Hino

Raye Hino (Known in Japan as Rei Hino 火野レイ) is one of the main 'Senshi' characters in the metaseries known as Sailor Moon. When transformed, she is Sailor Mars.

Rei is usually identifiable by her long dark hair and the grey-red uniform she wears. Unlike the other girls she attends the Thomas Aquinas School For Girls, a private Catholic school. However, she is a practicing Shinto.

She has a confident, frank personality but with bouts of self-doubt and brooding, which has labeled her alternatively alluring and rude.

Rei is one of the few Senshi to have overt powers not related to her superpowered alterego. Although high school girls working in shrines (commonly called 'miko', but sometimes incorrectly translated into English as 'priestess') are not unusual, Rei's psychic power labeled her a weirdo by her classmates. She can use ofuda (paper charm) to seal or dispel evil, and sometimes suffers from vivid dreams. She also practices pyromancy.

Rei's Senshi-specific powers are all fire-based projectile attacks, many with single target effects. Her outfit is red, white, and violet. She also inexplicably wears high heels, which some fans love pointing out teasingly.

Rei lives with her kindly, if lecherous, grandfather. Her mother is dead and her relationship with her rarely-seen politician father is icy. Because of this, she generally dislikes most men, whom she sees as emotionally weak. Rei has nothing resembling romantic pursuits except in the anime—Darien Shields (Mamoru Chiba) for a short time, and possibly an individual named Kumada Yūichirō, a good-natured vagrant turned co-worker who overtly likes her.

Table of contents

1 Character 1.1 Manga 1.2 Anime 1.3 Anime (Dub) 1.4 Live Action 1.5 Actresses 2 Fandom 3 Official Profile (Anime Merchandise) 4 Senshi Powers 4.6 Transformations 4.7 Attacks

Character

Manga

Rei is a bit of a snob, though she mainly has little tolerance for stupid or lazy people. She is especially close to Mina Aino (Minako Aino), whose wild and silly personality is a nice polar opposite to her own.

Anime

Relatively to the other five girls, Rei's character is altered considerably. She is more 'boy-crazy' like other teenagers, and at times even clingy. She also has new aspirations to be an idol, a businesswoman, or have another 'big time' career. She has an admiring co-worker, although she treats him strictly as a friend. She is closer to Usagi than Minako in this adapation.

Anime (Dub)

Her personality in the English dub is similar to the Anime, although some changes in dialogue (especially her playful arguments) supposedly cast her in a negative light during some important scenes. Rei's given name is changed to Raye. According to an old fan rumor, it may have been done to produce a semi-phonetic English spelling, or because 'Ray' & 'Rei' are masculine names in the Americas.

Live Action

Rei essentially reprises her manga persona.

Actresses

• In the anime, Rei is played by veteran (and now-retired) voice actress Tomizawa Michie.
• In the English dub, Raye is played by Katie Griffin (episodes 7-65, 90-166) and Emilie Barlow (episodes 66-82). Griffin is generally considered superior.
• In Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Rei is played by Keiko Kitagawa.

Official Profile (Anime Merchandise)

Birthday: April 17
Astrological Sign: Aries
Blood type: AB
Favorite color: black and red
Hobby: Fortune-telling
Favorite food: vegetarian pizza
Least favorite food: canned asparagus
Favorite subject: ancient writing
Least favorite subject: modern society
Has trouble with: television
Strong point: meditation
Dreams: To be a head miko, singer, model, seiyū
Favorite gemstone: Ruby

Senshi Powers

Transformations