I took a taxi from LA to Venus in 1985
Sailor Venus is the warrior of love and beauty.  She's one of the most expereanced and definatly the most famous.  Before she joined the rest of the senshi, she fought evil in England.  As a result, she can speak English better than any other senshi.  In real life, she goes by Aino Minako.  She is energetic, athletic, boy-crazy, and a little ditzy.  She falls in love with almost every guy she sees.  She is famous for misquoting famous sayings and is constantly being corrected by Artimis.  When we first meet her, she is very serious.  At the end of the series, she's more ditzy than Sailor  Moon.  All's you can do is sit back and say, "What the hell happened?"
In the manga, the Princess of Venus and Malichite were lovers during the Siver Millinnium.  She is the fifth senshi aquired.

 
From the manga:
Name:  Aino Minako ("Ai" means love; "Mina" means beautiful and "ko"  means child, so "Beautiful child of love")
Birthday:  October 22
Zodiac sign:  Libra (Libra is ruled by Venus)
Blood Type:  B
Favorite colors:  yellow and red
Hobby:  chasing after idols
Favorite food:  ramen noodles
Least favorite Food:  shiikake mushrooms
Favorite Gemstone:  Topaz
Favorite subject:  phys. ed
Worst subject: anything else
Has trouble with:  mama and the police
Strong point:  playing
Dream:  To be a pop idol

From the N. American dub:
Name: Mina (no last name give)
Age:  14
Birthday:  October 22
Likes:  sports & dance
Dislikes:  showoffs
Hobbies:  playing games
Special strengths:  leadership
Favorite food:  any pasta
Favorite animal: birds
Favorite subject:  gymnastics
What they were orinally giong to call her:  Kari
What I think they should have called her:  Penny (short for Penelope)
Attacks:
Crescent Beam (Venus Crescent Beam Smash) -She blasts a huge beam of energy at the baddie
Crescent Beam Shower (Venus Meteor Shower) -The same as the one above but it uses multiple beams
Venus Love Me Chain (Venus Love Chain Encircle) -She makes a chain out of energy and uses it to trap the enemy
Venus Love and Beauty Shock -Hereshe blows the baddie a kiss of death
Manga only:  Rolling Heart Vibration She sends a massive surge of eneergy at the baddie through the ground
Manga Only:  Venus Wink Chain Sword -Here she uses the sword she found on the moon
*NOTE*  all dubbed versions are in parenthesis
Lady Sorrow's Opinion
I don't have that much to say about Venus.  She's ok, I guess.  She just doesn't appeal to me, that's all.  She's a good caracter tough, but she's just not my bag.  Oh well, whatever.  She is fun to draw, though.
All this shit laid out and lettered by Lady Sorrow back to the info page
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