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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Luna (''Sailor Moon'')}}
{{Infobox character
| name = Luna
| series = [[Sailor Moon]]
| image = Luna Sailor Moon.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Luna as seen in the 1990s anime
| first = ''Sailor Moon'' chapter #1: ''Usagi - Sailor Moon'' (December 1991)
| creator = [[Naoko Takeuchi]]
| voice = '''Japanese:''' <br /> [[Keiko Han]] <br /> [[Ryō Hirohashi]] (''Sailor Moon Crystal'') <br /> '''English:''' <br /> [[Jill Frappier]] (DiC and CWi dub)<br /> [[Michelle Ruff]] (Viz dub)
| alias = Luna Tsukino <br /> Sailor Luna
| significant_other = [[List of Sailor Moon characters#Artemis|Artemis]]
| children = [[List of Sailor Moon characters#Diana|Diana]]
| lbl21 = Affiliations
| data21 = Sailor Guardians
| lbl22 = Powers and abilities
| data22 = <!-- Please DO NOT add any extra powers/abilities here without discussing on the talk page first. --> Speech capability <br/>Materialization of magical items <br/>Shapeshifting
| lbl31 = Name
}}

{{nihongo|'''Luna'''|ルナ|Runa}} is a fictional character in the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' media franchise. She is a black cat who has the [[Talking animals in fiction|ability to talk]], and serves as a mentoring figure for the [[Sailor Moon (character)|titular character]] and her companions, the Sailor Guardians. Luna makes her debut in the first act or episode of each version of the series, in which she meets Usagi Tsukino and tells her she is Sailor Moon, and gives her a brooch that allows her to transform. Luna features prominently in the first story arc, and although she becomes a supporting character for the rest of the series, she keeps providing the Sailor Guardians and [[Tuxedo Mask]] with advice, her family relationships are explored alongside her partner [[List of Sailor Moon characters#Artemis|Artemis]] and their daughter from the future [[List of Sailor Moon characters#Diana|Diana]],<ref name="vol5">{{cite book|last1=Takeuchi|first1=Naoko|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Volume 5|date=November 6, 1993|publisher=Kodansha|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4-06-178764-3}}</ref>{{rp|Act 19}} and she even manages to transform into a human being at key points of the series (including the ability to transform into a Sailor Guardian in the [[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|2003 live-action series]]).<ref name="live-action-act27">{{cite episode|title=Luna Became a Sailor Senshi!|episode-link=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|series=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon|series-link=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|credits=Kenzo Maihara (director); Yasuko Kobayashi (writer)|network=CBC/TBS|airdate=2004-04-17|season=1|number=27}}</ref>

==Profile==
Luna first appears in the series as a mysterious black cat with a crescent moon mark on the forehead that meets Usagi and tells her she is Sailor Moon, a Guardian destined to fight evil.<ref name="vol1">{{cite book|last1=Takeuchi|first1=Naoko|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Volume 1|date=July 6, 1992|publisher=Kodansha|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4-06-178721-6}}</ref>{{rp|Act 1}} Luna gives Usagi the mission to find her fellow Sailor Guardians and Princess Serenity, whom, unbeknown to both of them, is Usagi herself.<ref name="vol2">{{cite book|last1=Takeuchi|first1=Naoko|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Volume 2|date=October 6, 1992|publisher=Kodansha|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4-06-178731-5}}</ref>{{rp|Act 9}} The two of them meet Ami Mizuno, Rei Hino, and Makoto Kino, whom Luna assist to awake respectively as [[Sailor Mercury]], [[Sailor Mars]], and [[Sailor Jupiter]], before encountering [[Sailor Venus]] and Artemis, a male white cat that also has the ability to speak and who has been secretly providing Luna with details on her mission.<ref name="vol2" />{{rp|Act 8}}

Halfway through the first arc, Luna's backstory is revealed: in the [[Silver Millennium]], she was a servant to Princess Serenity, sworn never to leave her side, as well as an advisor to her mother, [[Queen Serenity]]. When the Moon Kingdom fell at the hands of the [[Dark Kingdom]], she and Artemis were put into a long sleep and sent down to Earth to look after the Sailor Guardians, who would eventually be reborn there. Part of Luna's memory was suppressed, in order to make her task easier; she only knew that she was supposed to find and awaken the Sailor Guardians of the inner Solar System.<ref name="vol3">{{cite book|last1=Takeuchi|first1=Naoko|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Volume 3|date=April 6, 1993|publisher=Kodansha|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4-06-178744-5}}</ref>{{rp|Act 10}} Further details on Luna and Artemis' origin are revealed in the final arc of the manga, in which it is stated they were born in Planet Mau, home planet of the evil [[Sailor Tin Nyanko]].<ref name="vol17">{{cite book|last1=Takeuchi|first1=Naoko|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Volume 17|date=December 6, 1996|publisher=Kodansha|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4-06-178849-7}}</ref>{{rp|Act 54}}

Over the course of the series, Luna develops a close bond with Usagi, though early on it is on uneasy terms, as Luna often upsets Usagi by giving her advice she does not want, often leading to comic results. The whole Tsukino family adopts her as a pet, even when they are unaware of her true identity. In an anime-only storyline, [[List of Sailor Moon characters#Shingo Tsukino|Shingo Tsukino]] is shown to be reluctant to accept Luna at first, and his animosity is enhanced by an attack from the Dark Kingdom; however, at the end of the episode, he seems to be friendly towards her.<ref name="ep05">{{cite episode|title=Scent of a Monster! Chanela Will Steal Your Love|episode-link=Sailor Moon season 1|series=Sailor Moon|series-link=Sailor Moon (TV series)|credits=Yūji Endō (director); Shigeru Yanagikawa (writer)|network=Toei Animation|airdate=1992-04-11|season=1|number=5}}</ref> Luna also becomes good friends with Ami.<ref name="ep09">{{cite episode|title=Usagi's Disaster: Beware of the Clock of Confusion|episode-link=Sailor Moon season 1|series=Sailor Moon|series-link=Sailor Moon (TV series)|credits=Harume Kosaka (director); Katsuyuki Sumisawa (writer)|network=Toei Animation|airdate=1992-05-09|season=1|number=9}}</ref> Luna and Artemis have an implied romantic relationship, which is confirmed when they meet Diana, who is their daughter from the future.<ref name="vol5" />{{rp|Act 19}} During the ''[[Sailor Stars]]'' anime, Luna also develops a crush on Kou Yaten, the male civilian form of one of the [[Sailor Starlights]].<ref name="ep178">{{cite episode|title=Luna's Discovery: The Real Face of Yaten|episode-link=Sailor Moon Sailor Stars|series=Sailor Moon|series-link=Sailor Moon (TV series)|credits=Harume Kosaka (director); Ryōta Yamaguchi (writer)|network=Toei Animation|airdate=1996-06-22|season=5|number=178}}</ref>

== Aspects and forms ==
Even when Luna does not have as many incarnations and special powers as the Sailor Guardians and Tuxedo Mask, she nonetheless manages to get some transformations, as well as a long lifetime virtually spanned between the Silver Millennium era and the 30th century.

===Human form===
[[File:Human Luna Manga.jpg|left|upright|thumb|Luna in her human form, as drawn by [[Naoko Takeuchi]]]]
The character is first shown to get the ability to transform into a human being in the manga special ''The Lover of Princess Kaguya'', which was released a month after the end of the third arc of the series. In this side story, Luna falls in love with a human named Kakeru. It is stated that Kakeru's wish is to meet Princess Kaguya someday. During the climax of the story, Sailor Moon uses the Silver Crystal to transform Luna into a human woman. At first, Kakeru thinks this woman is Kaguya, but then he notices Luna's crescent moon mark in her forehead and realizes it is her.<ref name="vol11">{{cite book|last1=Takeuchi|first1=Naoko|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Volume 11|date=July 6, 1995|publisher=Kodansha|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4-06-178809-1}}</ref> This side story was adapted into ''[[Sailor Moon S: The Movie]]'', which marks Luna's only transformation into a human in the original anime adaptation.

Luna's human form appears in the main story timeline in the climax of the ''Dream'' arc, after [[Queen Nehelenia]]'s defeat, alongside Artemis and Diana, who also appear in their human forms.<ref name="vol15">{{cite book|last1=Takeuchi|first1=Naoko|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Volume 15|date=July 5, 1996|publisher=Kodansha|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4-06-178835-0}}</ref>{{rp|Act 48}} The three of them appear once more as humans in the final arc, when Tin Nyanko attacks them.<ref name="vol17" />{{rp|Act 54}}

In ''[[Sailor Moon Crystal]]'', the new anime adaptation, Luna's human form appears earlier during the climactic battle against [[Queen Metalia]], in which Artemis spots her praying on the Moon in this form.<ref name="crystal1">{{cite episode|title=Act 14: Conclusion and Commencement - Petite Étrangère|title-link=List of Sailor Moon Crystal episodes#ep14|series=[[Sailor Moon Crystal]]|people=[[Munehisa Sakai]] (director); [[Yūji Kobayashi]] (writer)|season=1|number=14|date=January 17, 2015|network=[[Niconico]]|language=ja}}</ref>

===Sailor Luna===
In Act 27 of the [[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|live-action series]], Luna gains the ability to turn into a young human girl, given the name {{nihongo|Luna Tsukino|月野 ルナ|Tsukino Runa}}, and is able to transform into {{nihongo|Sailor Luna|セーラールナ|Sērā Runa}}, the "Guardian of Love and Small Things."<ref name="live-action-act27" /> Her uniform is colored in [[yellow]] and [[purple]], along with purple boots with white fur atop of them as well as in the sleeves, a jingle bell instead of a brooch, and a cat ear motif in her dark blue hair. Luna's personality as a human girl is essentially identical to her normal self, except that she has a mild obsession with sweet foods and behaves more like a real cat, in that she runs from dogs and is easily distracted by toys. She also has heightened hearing and is able to move extremely quickly. Luna involuntarily transforms back into a [[plushie]] under certain circumstances such as sneezing, taking a direct attack from an enemy, or falling unconscious.

In the ''Special Act'' epilogue, Luna is the only one of the Guardians who is still able to transform without outside assistance.<ref name="live-action-special">{{cite episode|title=Special Act - We're Getting Married!|episode-link=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|series=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon|series-link=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|credits=Kenzo Maihara (director); Yasuko Kobayashi (writer)|network=CBC/TBS|airdate=2004-10-26|season=1|number=50}}</ref> She is also shown living mainly as a human with Usagi's family, with whom she gets along quite well, though she still takes on her cat form when necessary. She is also shown to have taken on some of the personality traits of Usagi and [[Ikuko Tsukino|her mother]], such as acting in the same melodramatic manner when waking up in the morning.

==Special powers and items==
Luna's most distinctive power is her ability to talk like and communicate with human beings. This trait is only shared by Artemis and their daughter Diana. In all versions of the series, Luna provides the Sailor Guardians with many of their special items, particularly early on. The items always spring into existence, seemingly out of thin air, and it is unclear whether she is creating them herself or simply transporting them from some other location. Luna is also shown to be capable of handling machines, as shown when she accesses a secret laboratory below Game Center Crown,<ref name="vol2" />{{rp|Act 9}} or an arcade machine in the original anime adaptation.<ref name="ep8">{{cite episode|title=The Girl Genius is a Monster: The Brainwashing Cram School of Horror|episode-link=Sailor Moon season 1|series=Sailor Moon|series-link=Sailor Moon (TV series)|credits=Junichi Sato (director); Sukehiro Tomita (writer)|network=Toei Animation|airdate=1992-05-02|season=1|number=8}}</ref> The first time Luna manages to transform into a human is thanks to the power of the Silver Crystal;<ref name="vol11" /> however, in subsequent appearances, she transforms by herself.<ref name="vol15" />{{rp|Act 48}}<ref name="vol17" />{{rp|Act 54}} Human Luna gains additional powers such as the ability to fly, to teleport herself and others, and is even capable of surviving in the vacuum of space.<ref name="vol11" /> Luna loses all of these powers if the crescent moon mark on her forehead is hit by an attack, as shown when she, Artemis, and Diana are struck by Tin Nyanko, which renders them as normal cats.<ref name="vol17" />{{rp|Act 54}} It is also stated by [[Princess Kakyuu]] in the final arc that Luna's Star Seed is almost as powerful as a Sailor Crystal.<ref name="vol17" />{{rp|Act 54}}

In the live-action series, Luna uses a special cell phone named Lunatia L to transform into Sailor Luna, by dialing 6-7-2 and shouting "Luna Prism Power, Make up!".<ref name="live-action-act27" /> In this form, she uses a special attack called ''Luna Sucre Candy'' which bombards an enemy in exploding sweets. Her main weapon is the Moonlight Stick, which looks identical to Sailor Moon's Moonlight Stick from the same series and which she can transform into various other objects, such as a paper fan or a butterfly net.<ref name="live-action-act29">{{cite episode|title=Minako's Rival, Mio Kuroki, is a Transfer Student?|episode-link=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|series=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon|series-link=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|credits=Takemitsu Sato (director); Yasuko Kobayashi (writer)|network=CBC/TBS|airdate=2004-05-01|season=1|number=29}}</ref>

==Development==
[[File:Sailor Luna.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Rina Koike]] as Sailor Luna in ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]''. The character was designed by Naoko Takeuchi.]]
The concept of a talking cat guiding a schoolgirl to becoming a Sailor Guardian first occurs in ''[[Codename: Sailor V]]'', Takeuchi's manga series that served as the basis for its successor ''Sailor Moon'' in which Artemis appears before Minako to reveal to her she has been chosen as "Sailor V" to protect Earth.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Takeuchi|first1=Naoko|title=Codename: Sailor V: Volume 1|date=August 3, 1991|publisher=Kodansha|location=Tokyo|isbn=4-06-322801-0}}</ref> When ''Codename: Sailor V'' was proposed for an anime adaptation, the story was revisioned so that it would eventually become ''Sailor Moon'', and the talking cat role would result in Luna.<ref name="Sailor V">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/sailor-moon-prequel-codename-sailorv-manga/|title=Sailor Moon Has a Secret Prequel Manga, Codename: Sailor V|website=[[Screen Rant]]|author=King, Samantha|date=August 27, 2021|access-date=February 12, 2022}}</ref>

Luna has blue eyes in the manga, the live-action series, and in the ''[[Sailor Moon Eternal]]'' film, but red eyes in both anime TV series. In the ''Materials Collection'', Takeuchi describes Luna's whiskers as long, and the character shares her page with Artemis, whom the author labels as opposite to Luna, though being her "other half". Luna and Artemis also share their page with an unused character called "Diana the Moon Fairy", whom Luna does not like very much.<ref name="materials">{{cite book|last1=Takeuchi|first1=Naoko|title=Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Materials Collection|date=1999|publisher=Kodansha|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-4-06-324521-9}}</ref> This character never appears in the series, but her name was given to Luna and Artemis' daughter. Though Luna's age is never discussed in any version of the series, Takeuchi states in the ''Materials Collection'' that Luna's human form appears to be a year younger than Usagi and goes on to describe her as frail, as if she had recently lost a lot of weight. The author says her hair is the same color as her cat form's fur—blackish-gray—with two ''[[Bun (hairstyle)|odangos]]'' in either side of her head.

In the live-action series, Luna is portrayed as a stuffed toy rather than a real cat. Usually she is represented by a [[puppet]], though [[Computer generated imagery|CGI]] effects are used for complicated scenes.<ref name="live-action-act1">{{cite episode|title=I Am Sailor Moon!|episode-link=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|series=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon|series-link=Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003 TV series)|credits=Ryuuta Tasaki (director); Yasuko Kobayashi (writer)|network=CBC/TBS|airdate=2003-10-04|season=1|number=1}}</ref> The character of Sailor Luna was designed by Takeuchi herself. One of the only times she appears in an outfit other than those Takeuchi designed—her Guardian uniform or her purple shirt and yellow skirt—is in the Special Act, where she serves as the [[flower girl]] at Usagi and Mamoru's wedding.<ref name="live-action-special" />

Luna's name comes from the Latin word for Earth's Moon. Luna is also the [[Luna (goddess)|divine embodiment of the Moon]] in the [[Religion in ancient Rome|ancient Roman religion]].

===Actresses===
In the original anime, as well as the live-action series, Luna is [[seiyū|voiced by]] [[Keiko Han]], the same woman who voiced [[Dark Kingdom#Queen Beryl|Queen Beryl]].<ref name="doi">{{cite web |url= http://www.tcp.com/doi/smoon/ |title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon |accessdate= 6 October 2006 |last= Doi |first= Hitoshi |authorlink= Hitoshi Doi |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060902105102/http://www.tcp.com/doi/smoon/ |archivedate= 2 September 2006 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Her English voice actress for the entire series was [[Jill Frappier]], who portrayed the character with an English accent,<ref name=buffy/> described as "fairly old, not to mention cranky and British".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.animerica-mag.com/features/sailor_movies.html |title=Animerica: Animerica Feature: The Sailor Moon Movies |access-date=2004-04-07 |archive-date=2004-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040407174710/http://www.animerica-mag.com/features/sailor_movies.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the live-action series, Sailor Luna is played by [[Rina Koike]], who thought that she was going to play [[Chibiusa]] until she went in for a costume fitting.<ref>DVD Extra: Pretty Guardian Sailormoon Oshiokiyo 25-28</ref> However, Chibiusa never appears in ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon''. [[Ryō Hirohashi]] has voiced Luna in all media following ''Sailor Moon Crystal'', while [[Michelle Ruff]] has portrayed the character in the English dub of this version. In the [[Sailor Moon musicals|stage musicals]], Luna has been portrayed by Tomoko Ishimura (1993-1994), Misato Matsumoto (2018-2019), Hiroko Wakasa (2018), Yune Sakurai (2021; cat form), and Marisa (2021; Human Form).

==Reception and influence==
In the first official ''Sailor Moon'' character popularity poll, Luna was the eighth most popular character out of thirty eight choices.<ref name="first popularity poll">{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 3 |chapter=  |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= 1993-04-06 |isbn=978-4-06-178744-5}}</ref> One year later, now with fifty choices, Luna was the twenty-second most popular character.<ref name="second popularity poll">{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko | title= Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Volume 7 |chapter= |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |date= 1994-07-06 |isbn=978-4-06-178781-0}}</ref> Her role in the series has been compared to [[Rupert Giles]]' in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.<ref name="buffy">{{cite web|url=http://www.animerica-mag.com/features/buffyvsmoon.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040407170022/www.animerica-mag.com/features/buffyvsmoon.html |archive-date=2004-04-07 |title=Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs Sailor Moon: Separated at birth?|publisher=[[Animerica]]}}</ref> Writer Mary Grigsby considers Luna, along with the other cat characters, to blend pre-modern ideas about feminine mystery with modern ideas such as the [[lucky cat]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lent|first1=John A.|title=Assorted Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning: Cute, Cheap, Mad, and Sexy|date=1998|publisher=Bowling Green State University Popular Press|location=Bowling Green, Ohio|isbn=9780879727796|page=195|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b0EJmrszhyQC&q=183&pg=PP9|access-date=28 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> In his review of [[Sailor Moon season 1|season 1]] episode "Loved and Chased! Luna's Worst Day Ever", Michael Mammano from ''[[Den of Geek]]'' thought that a Luna-centric episode "would have come earlier in the show" and that very little of Luna's background is known, considering her pivotal role in the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/sailor-moon-loved-and-chased-luna-s-worst-day-ever-review/|title=Sailor Moon – Loved and Chased: Luna's Worst Day Ever, Review|publisher=[[Den of Geek]]|last=Mammano|first=Michael|date=October 17, 2014|access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref> In a review of ''Sailor Moon Crystal'', Meghan Sullivan from [[IGN]] pointed that there are "weird issues" regarding Luna's role, particularly how the character "remembered being from the moon, but couldn't remember what the moon princess looks like?"<ref name="IGNEpisode06Review">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/22/sailor-moon-crystal-act-6-tuxedo-mask-review|title=Sailor Moon Crystal: "Act 6 -- Tuxedo Mask" Review|website=[[IGN]]|author=Sullivan, Meghan|date=September 21, 2014|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> However, on a review of a later act, the author praised the "growing friendship between Luna and Usagi", and how the latter defended the former when the brainwashed Mamoru attacked her.<ref name="IGNEpisode11Review">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/09/sailor-moon-crystal-act-11-reunion-endymion-review|title=Sailor Moon Crystal: "Act 11 - Reunion, Endymion" Review|website=[[IGN]]|author=Sullivan, Meghan|date=December 8, 2014|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> In her review of the season finale, Sullivan stated that voice actress Ryo Hirohashi "did an amazing job expressing helplessness and despair as Luna watched Metalia steamroll over everyone and everything back on Earth."<ref name="IGNEpisode13Review">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/04/sailor-moon-crystal-act-13-final-battle-reincarnation-review|title=Sailor Moon Crystal: "Act 13 - Final Battle, Reincarnation" Review|website=[[IGN]]|author=Sullivan, Meghan|date=January 3, 2015|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref> In her reviews of ''Crystal'', Gabriella Ekens from [[Anime News Network]] stated that series was "poorly animated" and that "Luna sometimes looks more like a horse than a cat."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/sailor-moon-crystal/episodes-1-4/.77932|title=Sailor Moon Crystal Episodes 1-4|website=[[Anime News Network]]|author=Ekens, Gabriella|date=August 31, 2014|access-date=February 10, 2022}}</ref> In her review of the act in which Artemis and Sailor Venus made their debut, Ekens considered that "Artemis consistently looks more like a cat than Luna, sometimes even while they're in the same shot."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/sailor-moon-crystal/episode-8/.80085|title=Sailor Moon Crystal Episode 8|website=[[Anime News Network]]|author=Ekens, Gabriella|date=October 18, 2014|access-date=February 10, 2022}}</ref>

===Appearances in other media===
Luna is featured in ''[[Nakayoshi]]'' crossover video games ''Nakayoshi to Issho'' and ''Welcome Nakayoshi Park''.<ref name="issho">{{cite web|url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/570734-nakayoshi-to-issho|title=Nakayoshi to Issho|website=[[GameFAQs]]|access-date=October 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name="welcome">{{cite web|url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gameboy/569864-welcome-nakayoshi-park|title=Welcome Nakayoshi Park|website=[[GameFAQs]]|access-date=October 21, 2019}}</ref> In a collaboration between ''Sailor Moon'' and [[Capcom]] as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the ''Sailor Moon'' franchise, the Felyne cat companion assumes the form of Luna and wields Usagi's Cutie Moon Rod weapon in the ''Monster Hunter XX'' expansion of ''[[Monster Hunter Generations]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Luster |first1=Joseph |title="Monster Hunter XX" Goes Magical Girl with "Sailor Moon" Crossover |url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/01/25-1/monster-hunter-xx-goes-magical-girl-with-sailor-moon-crossover |website=Crunchyroll |access-date=February 1, 2017 |language=en-us |date=January 25, 2017}}</ref>

In the second episode of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race: UK Versus the World]]'', American contestant [[Monique Heart|Mo Heart]]'s look for the "Kitty Girl" runway theme was as Luna, which according to Andy Swift from ''[[TVLine]]'', was among the most incredible of the week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2022/02/08/drag-race-uk-vs-the-world-episode-2-recap-rupaul-ball/|title=RuPaul's Drag Race UK Vs. the World: Will the Real Jujubee Please Show Up?|website=[[TVLine]]|author=Swift, Andy|date=February 8, 2022|access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref>

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