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Sailor Star Healer

Names: Yaten Kou, Sailor Star Healer
Name Meaning: Light of the Night Sky
Birthday: February 8
Height: 5'0"
Blood Type: B

Yaten Kou is one of the Sailor Starlights looking for the lost princess, Princess Kakyuu. Yaten is a she.

I refer to Yaten as a she, because in the manga, she is always a she. In the anime, she is a he part-time. However, Naoko always intended her to be a she. To my understanding, it was the TOEI people who wanted her to be a guy.

If you've heard the rumor that the Starlights are brothers/sisters, please know that they are not. Kou is not their last name, but the first name. They all share the same first name, but do have different last names.

Princess Kakyuu is very important to the Sailor Starlights, and is, in fact, also a part of the Sailor Starlights team. Yaten, Taiki, and Seiya came to earth to look for her. They are from the planet Kinmokusei. They form a band called the Three Lights. In their band, they dress up as men to attract female listeners, in hopes of finding Princess Kakyuu. The lyrics to their song, Nagaraboshi He, are significant because they hold a meaning that Kakyuu will understand so that she knows it is them.

We don't know much about Yaten's personality from the manga. We know that she seems to be a fan of Michiru. Usagi is also grateful to her for explaining the Sailor Crystals and Star Seeds.

Eventually the Starlights find Princess Kakyuu. On their way to fight Sailor Galaxia in her domain, they are sucked into the river that they are traveling on, along with Sailor Moon and others. Everyone is revived except for the three Sailor Starlights. Princess Kakyuu cries openly over their death.

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