Friends of V
Along the way, Minako made plenty of acquaintances before finding
the other Sailor Senshi.
This page is a log of the people who let her into their lives.
Hikaru Sorano
Minako's best friend since elementary school. Hikaru looks exactly like Ami but
with green eyes and black hair. Hikaru is energetic, spunky and is the vice
president of an un-named volunteer school. In Vol. 13 of the Sailor V manga,
she gets both Minako and Sailor V to assist her with a blood drive, without
ever suspecting that her two friends are one and the same.
Gurikazu Amano
Class geek, very much like Usagi's classmate Umino. His classmates refer to him
by his last name, Amano. He loves computers, idols and Bishojo-style manga. In one issue,
he helps guide Sailor V when she's trapped in Luga's video game.
Toshio Wakagi
Wakagi-san is 27 years old and is a Special Officer for the Metropolitan Police
Office. Wakagi has no idea that Minako has a minor crush on him, as he despises
Sailor V for well... doing a better job than the police. He often finds tied up
villains in her wake and would love it if she were to just vanish. His main job
is to investigate the strange happenings of the Dark Agency, and track down
Sailor V, but he always comes up short. In Act 9, he is sent to Siberia as
punishment for failing to capture Sailor V. He returns in Act 15, and is
worried about Minako going to China all alone. He gives her a Poppi-kun
keychain and card, so she can stay in touch. As she leaves for her flight,
Minako says to herself that while she did fall for Wakagi, she thinks he would
make a cute couple with Natsuna.
Natsuna Sakurada
The 20-something year old superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Board,
Natsuna is much less serious than Wakagi. She accidently discovers Minako's
identity as Sailor V... and doesn't care! Instead, Natsuna develops a friendship
with Minako, and tries many times to recruit Sailor V for the police force, at
least part time. She calls Minako once a week, and Minako in turn refers to her
as "One-san". (Big Sister) Boy-and-Idol crazy Natsuna has an older sister named
Haruna, who happens to be Usagi's 8th grade teacher. Natsuna also
has a small crush on Ace.
Okamoto-sensei
Alias: Oka-P
U.S. Kodansha Alias: Okappi
The kind-hearted home economics teacher at Shiba junior high, she
once announced her engagement in the presence of her former student, Saitou,
unaware that Saitou was in love with her. When Minako meets her, Okamoto-sensei
is happily married to an unseen man. The one thing she ever asked her star
pupil (Saitou) to do was to stop fighting. Her nickname is Oka-P, and her hobby
is making promise rings and bracelets.
Saitou
U.S.
Kodansha name: Saito
Alias: Saito-kun, Saito-sempai, Saito-san
Saitou (who looks like Kunzite) is a High School student, and former pupil of
Okamoto-sensei. He has a deep crush on his former teacher, but she has no idea.
Similarly, he has no idea that Minako has a crush on him! Saitou gets into many
fights, using his heartbreak as his reason to fight, and has been involved in
gang related violence, but he has a kind side, and protects Minako from a rival
gang, who had planned to beat the hell out of her. However, Minako learns that
it Saitou is caught in one more fight, he will be expelled from Shiba High.
Minako disguises herself as Okamoto-sensei, to convince him to stop fighting.
Saitou ~ not realizing it's Minako in disguise ~ kisses Minako deeply, and
confesses his desires for her. Eventually though, Minako gives up on her crush,
acknowledging that his heart will always yearn for the teacher he can never
have.
Marie-sensei
Marie is a manga-ka, who has been writing her manga "Aurora Wedding" since she
was in 8th grade. It's now in it's 108th volume. (She's
20) Her manga stars a heroine named Linda, her 10 sisters (Who each look like
Usagi, Chibiusa, The Inner Senshi and the Outer Senshi) and Swallowtail Kamen (Coattail
Mask in the US Kodansha translation.) (Linda's love interest). Marie bases
Swallowtail Kamen on her young editor, Baishaku-san, whom she's in love with. (She also has a crush on Ace.)
Marie has thick glasses just like Umino and Amano, but beneath them she is
beautiful, spitting image of her character, Linda. After Sailor V saves her
from Wan-Wan, she marries Baishaku.
Baishaku Shinrou
US Kodansha Name: Baishaku-san
Baishaku is Marie-sensei's editor. He looks like Ace Kaitou, and is very good
at keeping Marie on her deadlines. He's also extremely high strung, and stresses out over every little thing. He briefly hires Minako as her copy
assistant, and has no clue Minako is crushing on him. Eventually he marries
Marie, and Minako is seen wearing black, and crying at the wedding.
Maiku Otonaru
Maiku is an aloof, somewhat rude boy, who is one quarter Russian. He was born
with a weak heart, and often misses school. (He's in Minako's class.) He calls
Minako a "Meddler Woman" but still she tries to win his affections. Minako
encourages him to try out for the marathon, but he collapses during training.
Once she figures out that he lives in the Karaoke area of the Roppongi
district, Minako races over with a rose, to beg for forgiveness. They start
spending time together at karaoke bars, and he tells her about how much he
loves living in the district. The villain Mike Makkii briefly costs Maiku his
will to live, but once Sailor V defeats her, Maiku regains his will. After he
watches Minako win the marathon, he has a successful operation and then gets
engaged... to his pen-pal in Russia. Yeah. Really. And he doesn't even notice
that he's snapped Minako's heart in two. Jerk.
Maiku's fiancee
She only appears in these two panels. She's from an undisclosed location in
Russia, and was Maiku's pen pal. When he was about to undergo heart surgery,
she rushed to his side, inadvertently giving him the will to live. Her only
line is "You're Minako? Khorosho! ♥♥ "
