Lita Kino

"In the name of the Planet Jupiter, you'll regret the day you were born!"

- Sailor Jupiter

Lita Kino (木野 まこと) is the fourth Inner Sailor Scout and a protagonist in Sailor Moon. Lita is the reincarnation of Princess Jupiter, and the civilian identity of Sailor Jupiter. Lita is an expert martial artist who loves to cook. Her power is the element of lightning.

Rebirth
Reborn on Earth, Lita lived with her mother and developed a perchance for cooking. She made friends with a boy named Ken and would maintain her friendship with him well into high school. When she grew up and entered junior high school, she became romantically involved with a boy named Freddy.

However, some time after becoming entangled, Freddy broke up with her. She earned the reputation in her previous school as a bully. Despite her tomboyish beauty, many avoided her because they assumed she would hurt them and that she was unfriendly. As a result, Lita made no friends beyond Ken.

Becoming Sailor Jupiter
Because of her constant fighting she was eventually transferred to Crossroads Junior High School. However, no sooner than she was transferred, Lita beat up three bullies who tried to steal Serena Tsukino's lunch money. While everyone in Serena's school was afraid of her because of rumors, Serena chose to befriend her regardless.

She fell in love with Game Machine Joe. When Zoycite came and extracted Joe's Rainbow Crystal, turning him into one of the Seven Shadow Warriors, Game Machine Man, Luna discovered Lita to be Sailor Jupiter, and gave her a pen that allowed her to transform by saying "Jupiter Power!" She attacked the Negamonster, and then Sailor Moon healed him with Moon Healing Activation, turning him back into Joe. Following this, Lita fell in love with Andrew, whom Serena was also in love with.

Sailor Jupiter fought alongside the other Sailor Scouts against Zoycite and Malachite's monsters.

On their way to the Negaverse, Sailor Jupiter was attacked by the Doom and Gloom Girls, pretending to be Andrew. She destroyed two of them with Jupiter Thunder Crash, but was apparently killed in the process. She later returned to give Sailor Moon power to defeat Queen Beryl. She was revived following this, but lost all memory of being Sailor Jupiter.

Doom Tree Arc
Her memory was restored along with the others by Luna in Episode 2. She attacked the Cardian, Minotaur, before Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus destroyed her.

She received her wrist communicator and new transformation pen and transformed using "Jupiter Star Power."

Against Cardian Mophead, Sailor Jupiter used a new technique called Jupiter Thunder Dragon.

Negamoon Arc
Against Avery and Prizma's Sailor Jupiter used another new technique, Jupiter Thunder Clap Zap. She always seemed to be the one to fight Prizma, as both use the lightning element.

Sailor Moon S
Sailor Jupiter fought alongside the other Sailor Scouts against the Bureau of Bad Behavior. Her Jupiter Thunder Clap Zap appeared to have its name changed to Sparkling Wide Pressure. She was the second of the Sailor Scouts to be targeted for her Pure Heart, with Scar extracting it, but it was later returned to her. Sparkling Wide Pressure was an attack Sailor Jupiter initially use used the attack when she first gained the ability to transform using Star Power. The attack was used to destroy Darumah, one of the Daimons.[1] Previously, it was completely ineffective against a Daimon named Ironder, shown in a flashback at the beginning of the episode

Sailor Moon Super S
Against the Dark Moon Circus, at one point Sailor Jupiter's transformation was upgraded by Pegasus, and her attack was upgraded to Superior Sparkling Thunder.

She was the fourth of the Sailor Scouts to be targeted by the Amazon Trio. Tiger's Eye looked into her dream mirror, but didn't find Pegasus.

Episode 27, against Selesele Remless, Jarajara, Sailor Jupiter used another new attack, Jupiter Oak Evolution, to destroy one of Selesele's man-eating plants. She always appeared to be fighting Junjun.

Trivia

 * Every boy Lita encounters reminds her of her ex-boyfriend, Freddy.
 * In DiC's original promotional commercial, Lita was named "Sarah".