Sailor Uranus

] and meant from the beginning to work alongside Sailor Pluto. Creator Naoko Takeuchi has said that she was shocked by the changes made to Haruka's personality in the anime series, but that she was glad fans still liked the character.] However, it should be noted that in Japan, there were also some controversies around the character. [cite news
last =Johnson
first =Dany
title = Q & A Rocking the Boat
publisher =Akadot
date =2001-04-21
url =http://www.akadot.com/article.php?a=31
quote=Their appearance on TV was sensational, something unheard of in TV cartoons.
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The official "Sailor Moon" popularity polls listed Haruka Tenoh and Sailor Uranus as separate characters. In 1994, with fifty one choices, Sailor Uranus was the sixth most popular character, receiving over nine thousand votes more than Haruka, who was the tenth. [cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 10 |pages=pp.138-139 |publisher= Kodansha |date= June 6, 1995 |id= ISBN 4-06-178806-X] In early 1996, with fifty one choices, Uranus was the tenth most popular character, and Haruka was the twelfth. [cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 15 |chapter= |publisher= Kodansha |date= July 5, 1996 |id= ISBN 4-06-178835-3 ]

Fan fiction featuring Haruka and Michiru is among the most searched-for fan fiction on the Internet. [cite news|last =Hurd|first =Gordon|title =Fantastic Fiction|publisher = Yahoo! Buzz|date= 2007-03-20|url = http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/67161/fantastic-fiction|accessdate = 2007-07-05]

Actresses

In the Japanese anime and movies, Haruka Tenoh is voiced by veteran voice actress Megumi Ogata, who had previously portrayed a monster-of-the-day, Petz, and young Mamoru in the series.cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Bishōjo Senshi Sailormoon Original Picture Collection Volume Infinity |date=June 1997 Available at cite web|url=http://mangastyle.net/artbooks/infinity4.htm|title=MangaStyle.net] Ogata was instructed by the director to portray Haruka as if she and Michiru were a married couple. [cite news | last =Johnson | first =Dany | coauthors = | title = Q & A Rocking the Boat | work =Akadot | pages = | language = | publisher =Digital Manga, Inc. | date= 2001-04-21 | url =http://www.akadot.com/article.php?a=31 |quote=When I was cast to play Haruka, I asked director Kunihiko Ikuhara, "Are they gay?" He answered, "Act as if they are married couple." And I asked him again, "Married couple? You, mean, with two ladies?" He replied, "Yes." So they are husband and wife. | accessdate =2007-02-21 ]

In the English adaptations, the voice of "Amara Tenoh" is provided by Sarah Lafleur.

In the stage musicals, Haruka has been played by 4 actresses: Sanae Kimura, Nao Takagi, Asako Uchida, and Akiko Nakayama. [cite web |url= http://www.sera-myu.com/ |title= eternal.legend |accessdate= 2006-11-04 |author=|coauthors=] Sanae Kimura regarded the betrayal of Uranus and Neptune in her last musical, "Eien Densetsu kaiteiban", to be a very difficult scene for her and cried during it. [Sailor Moon Musical "10th Anniversary Memorial Talk and Live Show" - March 30th, Sanae Kimura commenting on the 1998 "Eien Densetsu kaiteiban" footage showing "Orleans no Sei Senshi ~ Uranus to Neptune Uragiri~"]

Nao Takagi, the longest-running of the musical actresses, decided that she wanted to play the role of the "Sailor Senshi with the blonde hair" when she saw one of the earlier musicals, despite having never performed before. [cite web|url=http://www.destinedcouple.com/harshdomain/translations/hhobby26.htm|title=Hyper Hobby Interview|accessdate=2008-04-01 Nao: "When I was watching the last show of the first stage "Eternal Legend", I was telling myself that is I ever have the chance to perform this play, I want to play the Sailor senshi with the blonde hair"] Takagi said she was "really happy to be able to play Uranus" and regarded Uranus as "a completely cool, handsome senshi". [Sailor Moon Musical, 1998 "Shin Densetsu Kourin Fan Guide" - Fan message] She has stated that certain scenes involving herself and Yuhka Asami (as Sailor Neptune) were specially created just for the two of them. [cite web|url=http://www.destinedcouple.com/harshdomain/translations/hhobby26.htm|title=Hyper Hobby Interview|accessdate=2007-12-09 Nao: "Some of the scenes were created for the two of us"]

Haruka does not appear in the live-action series.

References

See also

* Uranus (planet)
* Uranus (mythology)
* Uranus in fiction