Sailor Moon is perhaps one of the most popular and beloved anime shows out there. Easily recognizable from its iconic Sailor Scouts a🌼nd talking cats, the show is a home to many long-time, and brand new anime fans. The series featured a team of magical girls and their leader Sailor Moon who fought off bad guys to protect the Earth, using their respective planet powers.
Usagi, or Sailor Moon, was a relatable character who almost anyone could identify with, especially when it came to her junk food habits and bad grades. Whꩲile this show had a majority of female characters, e🍃specially as protagonists, there is one man who fought alongside Sailor Moon every step of the way.
Tuxedo Mask was a dashing, mysterious prince who always seemed to show up right when Usagi needed him. To some, he may have been a very over dramatic love interest, but Tuxedo Mask was actually a very well-thought out character with a lot of hidden secrets. Throughout the manga, the original anime and the recent reboot Crystal, Tuxedo Mask has gone through everything from design chan♓ges to m🐻assive character development.
His appearance left lasting impacts not only on Sailor Moon, but also on the audienc🉐e watching. The more we learned about his personal life as a wealthy young man living in the city, who just so happens to fight crime in an expensive suit at night, the more we fell in love.
♑But who really was Mamoru Chiba? Here’re 25 facts about his character!
25 𒈔🅘 Dangerous Romance
In the manga, Tuxedo mask didn’t actually have weaponized ros🔯es. This design concept was the work of the who wanted to add something both romantic and dangerous, considering his relationship with Sailo🐻r Moon.
Where do you get roses like this?
We’re not entirely sure where Mamoru was buying such sharp-ended ꦇflowers, but we do know that they were often used as a sort of weapon or warning sign in the original anime, complete with his handsome ensemble and fun entrance music. Many times, the rose signaled his arrival to the scene of a fight, and let Sailor Moon know he was there to either help or encourage her. Some people seem to criticize that this was all Tuxedo Mask really did, but again, the original creator, Naoko Takeuchi, didn’t actually confirm this.
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24 ಞ Just Like The Girls
One of the most iconic things to come out of Sailor Moon was the transformation sequence each sailor scout had when they’d turn into their magiꩵcal warrior personas. These scenes have always been true to form, showing just how amazing and magical each girl is, but what about Tuxedo Mask?
He’s a crime fighter with an identity to hide, shouldn’t he also get an amazing transformation scene?
The original seemed to think so and gave him one that really fit his persona, including a sweet cape swish and hat throw. This was yet another animation decision, much like the roses, and unfortunately, it seems we won’t be getting one in Sailor Moon Crystal. It was super fabulous while it lasted though!
23 💮 A Message? 🎶
Tuxedo Mask has beenꩲ criticized for not really helping out with the fight. Rather, in the original an✤ime, it seemed that all he could manage was to throw a rose and let Sailor Moon do all the work. In all fairness, Tuxedo Mask hasn’t always been the one to get in a tussle he knows Usagi can handle on her own, but it doesn’t mean that it’s not strange for him to just show up anyway.
This "message" was usually words of encouragement.
Often,𒈔 he would show up to give Sailor Moon a “message”, where he’d give her words of encouragement that sometimes lifted her spirits enough to continue fighting. There’s a lot of fan speculation as to why he does this. Maybe he’s uncomfortable with his place in the fight⛄ or he believes Sailor Moon is more powerful, but it doesn’t make him less awkward in the viewer’s presence.
22 ⭕ Such A Know-It-All!
Speaking of his little “messages”, Tuxedo 🐽Mask also sometimes “helped” by advising Sailor Moon on what to do during a fight. A little strange, seeing as he often would never end u൲p in the fray himself, but he nonetheless offered.
What’s even more hilarious is that Usagi rarely ever seems to listen to him, and she still ends up winning the fight on her own.
A good example of this is her ! She feels powerless and scared against an enemy, but then a dashing man in a cape and mask appears to tell her not to cry and to keep on fighting! As she watches him with tears in her eyes, Sailor Moon refuses to take advice from strange men. She wails so hard that s🍌he actually figures outܫ that it’s a power of hers, and she utilizes it to defeat the enemy.
21 🐽 ⛦ A Big Star!
The original animation had a lot of small-time voice actors from Japan who got big after Sailor Moon rose in popularity. However, Tuxedo Mask’s original voice actor was already a popular name! was the most recognizable name in the original Sailor Moon. He’s had prominent anime roles as Amuro Ray in Mobile Suit Gundam, and as Tamcha in Dragon Ball.
Furuya had been in the game for a while before doing Tuxedo Mask.
Furuya had been an actor, voice actor and narrator for a while before playing Tuxedo Mask, but most of the other actors were either just starting out or had not yet made a name for themselves. Sailor Moon’s actually became increasingly popular after her role as Usagi flourished. She went on later to voice in other popular anime shows such as Neon Genesis Evangelion and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
20 𒆙 Hints Of A Secret Identity
There are actually several hints that Mamoru Chiba is in fact Tuxedo Mask. Of course, the haircut and facial features should be enough for most viewers to draw this conclusion, but Mamoru has sort of been the Clark Kent of the Sailor Moon universe.
Apparently, a mask that only covers a small portion of your face seems to do the trick.
Several of these clues include the slippers he has in his house —which are black with small🍰 white masks on them, the fact that he wears a suit when he meets Usagi and that he uses the same nicknames for her whether he’s Tuxedo Mask or Mamoru Chiba.
A fun fact: the “bun-head” only appeared in recent English translatio𒈔ns💯. Originally, he used to call her “dumpling head”, but the English animators weren't sure it’d be relatable enough, and changed it to “meatball head”.
19 🌸𒁏 Weird Puppets
Along with many of the other strange, ego-boosting things Mamoru owns, he also has a Tuxedo Mask puppet. Tꦆhis means he actually has a puppet of himself. We could probably let the slippers pass, but a seems a little over the top, don’t you think?
Where do you even get a puppet of yourself, Tuxedo Mask?
This little guy makes his appearance in an episode where Chibi Usa is having🌞 a rough go of it. Seeing his future daughter upset, Mamoru tries to cheer her up and introduces us to this weird item he not only owns, but knows exactly where it is in his house at all times. There’s never any explanation as to where it came from or why he has it.
P🐟erhaps this is yet another thing that makes Tuxedo Mask so mysterio𓄧us.
18 A Magician’s Wand? 💙 🎉
Another weird item Tuxedo Mask owns is the magician’s wand or cane, but iꦺt really seems to . Of course, it appears he can use it for some defensive maneuvers but not much else beyond that, since we don't see him make use of it in any enchantments or spells.
This might be the reason people tend to think his character is some sort of magician or warlock. B🍃ut alas, a top hat and cane don’t seem to be enough to make it so. It appears that even Tuxedo Mask’s roses are more effective than his magician’s wand.
We’re unsure of why it’s there, but it do🥀es make quite a few appearances in🐈 almost all his incarnations. It does sort of pull his look together though, so it could be a character design decision.
17 🅷 His Name Makes No Sense 💙
Everything you know is a lie, including the fact that. The suit he's wearing is actually called a "dinner suit". The rules of white tie are very strict, so it’s pretty easy to unknowingly break a rule. If you’re a cosplayer who pays attention to detail, you may want to be careful when it comes to a Tuxedo Mask cost🃏ume because a real tuxedo just won’t do it.
How did we not notice this isn't actually a tuxedo?
There are several reasons why this isn’t a tuxedo, including his pendant, the color of his tie and even the small fact that his jacket originally doesn’t even have tails. Even the time of day he wears it is important, which is why it’s no su𓂃rprise he’s failed spectacularly at dressing in the right kind of suit.
Howeജver, “Dinner Suit Mask” doesn’t sound nearly as charming.
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16 🦩 A Magic Cape?
Tuxedo Mask’s dress outfit always includes his ever-fabulous cape. Besides his mask and top hat, this is probably one of the more recognizable parts of his ensemble. The cape is particularly important because it’s often used as his transitio🀅ns or reveals, signaling that he is here to —maybe— save the day!
This is actually a specific type of cape called a theatre cape. Again, for any cosplayers reading, you’ll want to💜 find one of these bad boys to complete a real Tuxe🐲do Mask costume.
There were many different the creator used to get Tuxedo’s look the way it is, including handsome thieves and Takeuchi's love for formal wear. Some speculate the cape was more of a Dracula/Phantom of the Opera-inspired look that decided his official design.