Raye Hino

Origin

Anime Ray

Sailor Mars as seen in the title screen for the English version of Sailor Moon.

In the anime Rei is almost the opposite. She’s fiery, boy crazy and ambitious, longing to one day become a singer, model and voice actress. She favors pop culture and shows musical talent of her own. She can play the piano, sing, and composes all the songs for a school festival. Rei frequently engages in petty arguments with Usagi, who she sees as immature, and although she becomes calmer as the series progresses, remains somewhat more of a typical teenager than her manga counterpart.

Rei goes to a different school form the other scouts, namely TA Private Girls School, a Catholic institution run by nuns. She herself is a practitioner of Shinto, living and working at Hikawa Shrine with her maternal grandfather, who is he head priest. Her mother passed away when Rei was very young and her father is a high-class and famous politician who cares more about his job than about her and only visits Rei on her birthday. She carries a certain amount of bitterness towards him, especially in the live-action series.

Other characters frequently comment on Rei’s beauty and elegance. In her first appearance, these traits even lead Luna to suspect that she could the Princess they have been searching for. However, her strange psychic talents have caused some people to be afraid of her and her distant nature makes her unreceptive to close friendships. Rei does love the friends she has, which consists entirely of the other Senshi, and although she sometimes adopts an aloof, big-sisterly attitude around them.

 

Rei’s lifelong dream is to become the head priestess at Hikawa Shrine, and much of her life is influenced by spirituality, particularly in the manga. Meditation is given as her strong point, and she enjoys fortune telling as a hobby. Her favorite subject is ancient writing and her least favorite subject is modern society. She is also involved in the Archery club at her school. In the manga its mentioned that Rei enjoys fugu, which is highly toxic and is a delicacy in Japan. She also likes pandas, the colors red and black, dislikes canned asparagus, men in general and television. In the English manga it states that she does enjoy Buffy.

Just as Rei is more fiery in the anime she is changed once more in the dubbed series. In the dubbed series she is more harsh with Usagi and tells people off or is rude to them, were in the original she is only mildly frustrated.

In the live-action series, Rei’s personality is based more on the manga than on the anime. She has a difficult time trusting people, even her fellow Senshi, and has a tendency to rely too much on herself. She claims to dislike karaoke but is later coerced by Minako into posing as an idol. She has a complex relationship with Minako; though they often disagree and compete with each other they also share great respect. Minako even sometimes lets her guard down around Rei, and confides to her about what she feels is her destiny as a Senshi. 

Sailor Mars

Anime Sailor Mars

Most of her attacks are offensive, she also possesses a certain amount of psychic ability and is able to do fire-readings, sense danger and subdue evil spirits. In both the manga and live-action series she is known as the secondary leader of the Sailor Scouts after Sailor Venus.

Manga Sailor Mars

Transformations

Mars Power, Make Up- Used her first transformation pen to transform into Sailor mars.

• Mars Star Power, Make up- Used her Star Power Stick to transform into Sailor Mars.
• Mars Crystal Power, Make up- Used her Crystal Change Rod to transform into a super version of Sailor Mars.

Powers & Abilities

Attacks

Akuryo Taisan - One of Rei’s powers as a Raye. She throws an ofuda at the enemy while yelling “AKURYO TAISAN.” When the ofuda is placed on the opponent it could immobilize them or purify them of an evil influence.This is dubbed as " Mars Fireball Charged ! "

Fire Soul - First appearing in the same episode as Mars herself, Episode 10, she uses this attack mainly to disable opponents in the first season. Although this is on the weaker end of Sailor Mars attacks, it stays consistent with her throughout the series. It is made of a variety of sizes line of fire, powerful enough to catch fire to nearly everything it touches.

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  Fire Soul

• Fire Soul Bird - A more powerful version of Fire Soul that takes shape of a phoenix. This is more of a special attack, even though its powerful, she only uses it in a more limited attack, similar to Sailor Venus's Crescent Beam Shower.
• Burning Mandala - Sailor Mars’ upgraded attack in which she shoots rings of flame at her enemies. It starts off with Mars creating a ring of fire in front of her body, then eight smaller rings appear, and trun into red hot energy rings, which she throws at her enemy. This is the most precise of Mars attacks, and one of her most powerful as well.
  

  Burning Mandala
• Mars Flame Sniper - Sailor Mars Fires a flame arrow at her enemies, made of fire and red hot energy, this attack can nearly pierce through anything. As powerful as the attack is, there is also a downfall to it. Mars has to be focused and aim correctly in order to hit her target, more commonly her opponent. This attack starts off with the Mars symbol appearing in from of Mars hand, then being engulfed in a flame. She then creates the bow out of fire, and the arrow out of red energy, she aims and shoots the "arrow."
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  Mars Flame Sniper

• Other

  Mars Symbol

  Mars symbol is shown many times throughout the show, such as when she finishes her transformations and attacks such as Mars Flame Sniper. It also matches the Greek symbol for the planet Mars.
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  Mars Symbol

Outfit

Sailor Mars outfit is unique in that it is the only one out of all the Senshi shown that is red based in color. Red is also the asrtological color for the planet Mars, and her enitre oufit is based off of red. Her skirt, glove rims, and small cape in the back are all red, as well as her high heels. Her secondary color is purple, which is her bow in the from of her outfit.

As the season move on, her outfit is slightly changed. Her ribbon on the back of her skirt, the tails become quite longer, showing the sign of Raye's growing power and maturity.