Nairobi

The capital city of Kenya. Nishimura Reika flew to this city to begin her programme of research in Africa. (029)

A monthly manga anthology purchased by Tsukino Usagi. (064)

Nakayoshi is a real magazine, which published the Sailor Moon manga.

A magazine aimed at the teenage girls' market. It once ran a damaging article about the Hikawa Shrine, claiming that Rei's Grandfather was a pervert. As a result, the number of girls visiting the shrine dropped markedly. (063)

Nano Robot

A form of microscopic machine invented by Viluy of the Witches 5. These robots, controlled by a device on Viluy's wrist, were used to commandeer Mugen Academy's computer system, transforming it into a massive Pure Heart Crystal collection network. The nano robots were also used in Viluy's Mosaic Buster attack, They were resistant to freezing, and upon attacking a person were programmed to eat away at them until only the victim's Pure Heart Crystal remained. However, Super Sailor Moon damaged Viluy's control wristband with Rainbow Moon Heartache, causing the nano robots to go out of control. When Viluy next ordered them to attack, they turned on her instead, dissolving her completely. (122)

“Naru's Cry! Nephrite Dies for Love!”

Sailor Moon Episode #024; Original Airdate 29th of August, 1992.

Still in love with Nephrite, Naru becomes an unwilling tool in the power struggle between Nephrite and Zoisite.

Naru's Mother

(Abe Michiko)

Naru's Mother Osaka Naru's mother was the proprietor of Osa-P jewellery store in Tokyo, and lived above the shop with her daughter. On the day that Tsukino Usagi first encountered Luna, she was attacked by Morga, a Youma sent by Jadeite to collect human energy for the Dark Kingdom. The monster left her tied up in the basement and assumed her form, filling the shop with energy-sapping jewellery. Morga was killed by the newly awakened Sailor Moon later that night, and Naru's mother was freed. (001)

Naru's mother was well respected, and once received an invitation to the unveiling of the Diamond Kingdom's secret treasure, although she sent her daughter instead. (022) She was later shocked when Naru broke into one of the store's cabinets and stole a rare jewel. It transpired that Naru had been manipulated by Nephrite, and the stone was soon returned. (023)

Both Naru and her mother were attacked by the Youma Oniwabandana when she raided the shop in order to attract the Sailor Senshi. Naru's mother was pinned to the wall with shuriken and promptly fainted, but was eventually rescued by Sailor Moon. (043)

Naru's mother later witnessed her daughter being attacked in her bedroom by the Cardian Vampir, and fainted again. Fortunately, Sailor Moon, Luna and Artemis managed to lure the creature out of the house. (047)

Neither the anime nor the manga reveal the full name of Naru's mother, although in the recent live action series her name was Osaka Mayumi.

Navratilova, Martina

Czechoslovakian tennis champion who Sailor Moon believed would not have approved of Tesuni's attempts to abuse the game, even to the point of crying. (014)

Ned

(Ohta Shinichirou)

Ned A foreign university student and an acquaintance of Chiba Mamoru. He attended the party held by Edwards, and seemed impressed with Tsukino Usagi's explanation of the Pudding of Relativity. (108)

Negative Point

A naturally-occurring point of dark energy, many of which were present in twentieth century Tokyo. Esmeraude decided to use the Negative Points as roots for Dark Henges, figurines that were designed to expand to create Dark Gates to the thirtieth century. Esmeraude used her Evil Black Crystal earring to determine the exact location of these points. (076)

The Negative Points discovered by Esmeraude were: The Maxi-5 cake shop (076), the Misanga Mansion (077), Juuban Medical University Hospital (078), the Great Animal Kingdom (079), Eisai Cram School (080), Juuban Park and Juuban Municipal Primary School. (081)

Nekonneru

(Kataishi Chiharu)

A Daimon overseen by Kaolinite, created from the fusion of a migratory Daimon Egg with a jigsaw puzzle depicting a cat. Nekonneru had purple skin, black hair, catlike ears and a tail with black and orange patches. Her black star insignia was located on her left thigh. As she originated from a jigsaw puzzle, any part of her body that was damaged collapsed into a pile of jigsaw pieces. However, these discarded parts were able to coalesce and reattach themselves to her body, making Nekonneru very difficult to destroy completely. Her tail could be used as a weapon, and she was able to split it into multiple tails in order to battle several people at once.

Nekonneru's target, Miharu, first encountered the Daimon when she formed in her bedroom. Miharu fled to an abandoned house, but Nekonneru caught up with her and attacked, removing her Pure Heart Crystal. Miharu's cats tried to protect her, but were batted away, and Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus confronted the Daimon. Tsukino Usagi came too, but was unable to transform into Sailor Moon due to the damage previously sustained by the Crystal Star. The Sailor Team attacked Nekonneru but were easily deflected.

Nekonneru was suddenly struck and broken up by attacks from Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, who intercepted the Pure Heart Crystal. After deciding that it was not a talisman, they returned it to Miharu and left. Nekonneru was not defeated, however, and soon reconstructed herself. She grabbed the Sailor Team with her tails, and also attacked Usagi. Tuxedo Kamen intervened, freeing Usagi, and was attacked by the Daimon. Usagi refused to run away, and suddenly triggered the formation of the Cosmic Heart Compact and the Spiral Heart Moon Rod, disintegrating Nekonneru with the light of her transformation. By the time Nekonneru reformed again, Usagi had transformed into Sailor Moon. Nekonneru was then destroyed permanently by Sailor Moon's Moon Spiral Heart Attack, and reverted back into a jigsaw puzzle, expelling the shattered Daimon Egg. (091)

Nekonneru: Statistics

Taken from the first Sailor Moon S Nakayoshi Guide

Characteristics	A Daimon fused with a jigsaw puzzle of a cat
Weaponry	Able to reconstruct her body if it is destroyed
Notes	Permanently destroyed by the Moon Spiral Heart Attack

Nemesis

The home planet of the Black Moon Clan. (082) Nemesis was a dark, irregularly shaped planet with an unpredictable orbit that, even in the thirtieth century, was extremely difficult to track. After an unknown evil force instigated an ill-fated assault against Neo-Queen Serenity, the adherents who weren't purified by her fled to Nemesis. Once there, they gained incredible supernatural powers, drawing on the negative energy produced by the planet. Thus the Black Moon Clan was born, and after generations, the inhabitants of the planet launched an attack against Crystal Tokyo. (083)

After the Black Moon Clan were betrayed by Wiseman, Prince Dimande entrusted the planet and its people's fate to Sailor Moon. (087) The growing power of the Evil Black Crystal threatened to destroy the planet, but its destruction was averted after Sailor Moon and Chibi Usa used the Silver Crystals of the present and future to neutralise the opposing crystal. (088)

Nephrite

(Mori Katsuji)

Nephrite The second general of the Dark Kingdom, who participated in Queen Beryl's attack on the Silver Millennium, but was killed when Queen Serenity used the Silver Crystal against them. (044) When the Dark Kingdom returned in the twentieth century, he was chosen by Queen Beryl as Jadeite's successor for the purposes of gathering human energy. (013) Nephrite was an extremely powerful sorcerer who utilised the power of the stars in all aspects of magic: in choosing victims, creating Youma, and, on the occasions when he was involved in direct combat, his Starlight Attack. (014, 019, 023) His tactic was to target specific individuals who had reached a point in their lives where their energy was at its highest. He worked from a desolate church in a forest outside Tokyo (apparently generated by his magical powers), where he consulted the stars for information on his victims. Once a victim was selected, his modus operandi was to implant a Youma into an object close to them (usually the object of their obsession). This drove the individuals to pursue their goals obsessively, often giving them heightened skills originating from the Youma. At the point where their energy peaked, it would be absorbed by the Youma upon emerging from the object. However, if the Youma was destroyed, the energy was returned to its owner. (014)

Whilst operating in public, Nephrite used the alias of Sanjoin Masato, supposedly the head of a new corporation. He also claimed to be a tennis coach to get close to Saionji Rui. (014) During this time, he was spotted by Osaka Naru, who developed a crush on him. The crush went further after Nephrite instigated a plan to unmask Sailor Moon by sending out fake love letters from Tuxedo Kamen to every girl in Juuban. Naru happened to encounter “Sanjoin” and asked him if he was Tuxedo Kamen, leading Nephrite to wonder if Naru was actually Sailor Moon. After attacking her and taking her energy, he established that she was not Sailor Moon, but was intrigued by the quantity of her energy. (019)

While this was going on, Nephrite had to contend with Queen Beryl's frustration at his repeated failures and the plotting of rival generals Zoisite and Kunzite. He further exacerbated the situation by declaring his intention to locate the Silver Crystal, ostensibly Zoisite's mission. (022) For this purpose, he created the Black Crystal, an item capable of pinpointing the Silver Crystal's location. The crystal led him to Naru once again, but she did not have the Silver Crystal. As Naru tried to protect him from the Sailor Senshi, Nephrite realised that the crystal may instead have been reacting to Naru's feelings for him. (023) Observing Nephrite's increasing interest in Naru, Zoisite came to the conclusion that he had fallen in love with her, and sent three Youma to kidnap Naru. The ransom he demanded was the Black Crystal. Nephrite found the idea that he was in love with Naru absurd, but he ended up rescuing her anyway, whilst also discovering that Sailor Moon was Tsukino Usagi. He was never able to make use of this knowledge, however: he and Naru were ambushed again by Zoisite's Youma, who mortally wounded him. Staring death in the face, he opted to protect Naru, and the Black Crystal fell into Zoisite's hands. Although the Sailor Senshi killed Zoisite's Youma, they were unable to save Nephrite, who died in Naru's arms. (024)

Nephrite's implanted Youma were: Tesuni (014), Petasos (015), Widow (016), Cameran (017), Jumo (018), Castor and Pollux (021). He also summoned the Youma Leo for use in battle. (019)

Nephrite's catchphrase, "The stars know everything", was later quoted by Professor Tomoe Souichi in Episode 119.

Neptune Planet Power, Make Up

The phrase used by Kaioh Michiru to transform into Sailor Neptune, using her Lip Rod. (106)

New Japan Hotel

The venue for Shinokawa Kijin's photo shoot when he was under the influence of Nephrite's Youma, held on the 4th of July. Tsukino Usagi, Osaka Naru and Sakurada Haruna were selected as models, as were hundreds of other women. During the shoot, the models, including Naru and Haruna, became trapped inside Kijin's possessed camera. Usagi transformed into Sailor Moon and confronted Kijin, as his energy peaked and the Youma Cameran was released from the camera. With assistance from Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars, Sailor Moon defeated Cameran, releasing the models and allowing Kijin to recover. (017)

A New Life

A book read by Chibi Usa during her first study session with Mizuno Ami. (062)

"A New Life! Time for Separation of the Destined Stars!"

Sailor Moon S Episode #126; Original Airdate 18th of February, 1995.

The Death Busters have been defeated, but Hotaru and Sailor Pluto's whereabouts are still unknown. Meanwhile, Haruka and Michiru have one last mission before they leave Juuban.

New Tokyo International Airport

Japan's main international airport, also known as Narita Airport. Mizuno Ami had a scheduled flight from this airport when she planned to leave Japan and study in Germany. Upon arriving at the airport, Ami had a change of heart, and opted not to take the flight. (062)

Newton, Isaac

The seventeenth century English mathematician who is credited with discovering the existence of gravity. Sailor Moon proved herself to be totally unfamiliar with his work during her battle with Garoben. (008)

“A New Transformation! Usagi Powers Up!”

Sailor Moon R Episode #051; Original Airdate 17th of April, 1993.

A powerful Cardian attacks a cherry blossom viewing party, and Sailor Moon is suddenly unable to fight it.

New World Pen Club

An organisation to which Asahina Nana belonged. (043)

Niagara Attack

A punishment meted out to Tsukino Usagi after Hino Rei caught her splashing Chibi Usa during their summer island break. Rei and Chibi Usa retaliated with a barrage of splashing. (067)

Nichiren Buddhism

The school of Buddhism to which Yakushiji Kakusui belonged. (105)

Nipasu

(Hara Eriko)

Nipasu A Droid with ice-based powers, employed by Berthier to contaminate the Crystal Point located beneath the Bob-Floy ice cream store. Nipasu froze the building and its inhabitants, then took over the business while the original employees remained frozen in the basement. Adopting a human disguise, Nipasu began selling an addictive variety of ice cream produced by Berthier, designed to spread Dark Power throughout the area. Upon visiting the basement to kill the frozen employees, Nipasu encountered Aino Minako, who was soon joined by the rest of the Sailor Team. Her ability to blow freezing winds kept the Sailor Team at bay, until Sailor Mercury arrived and used Shine Aqua Illusion to paralyse the Droid. Sailor Moon then killed the monster using Moon Princess Halation. (062)

Nipasu: Statistics

Taken from the Sailor Moon R Nakayoshi Guide

Characteristics	A Japanese-style snow woman Droid
Weaponry	Can create snowstorms
Weaknesses	Exposure to the summer sun is bad for her skin

Nishimura Reika

(Fukami Rica)

Nishimura Reika A science student who attended Azabu Technical College. Her boyfriend was Furuhata Motoki. Reika was also the reincarnation of the Youma Rikoukeidar and the holder of the Blue Rainbow Crystal. Zoisite attacked her, removing the crystal and causing her to revert to her Youma form, although she recovered after Sailor Moon performed Moon Healing Escalation on her. Shortly afterwards, she went to an African university in order to pursue her research into the development of life under the tuition of a professor she admired, but she and Motoki remained a couple. (029)

A few months later, Reika was abducted by Prince Endymion while at work in Africa. She was sealed inside the Black Crystal as Endymion tried to reunite all of the former Rainbow Crystal holders: Reika was the fourth to be kidnapped. After Endymion returned to Tokyo, she was freed from the crystal by Sailor Mercury. (041)

Noguchi Hideyo

A famous bacteriologist of the early twentieth century. Sailor Moon surmised that Doctor Noguchi would not have approved of Esmeraude and Pharmakon's plan to spread a form of influenza throughout Tokyo. (078)