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  Kunzite was formerly a general of [[Mamoru Chiba]]. He had a relationship with [[Zoisite]]. In the english anime, Kunzite's name was Malachite. He is the fourth and most powerful general of [[Queen Beryl]].
  
  ==English anime==
  
  In the anime, his first appearance was during Neflite's (Nephrite in the Japanese and manga) turn to gather energy for Queen Beryl. He appeared from time to time during Zoycite's (Zoisite) saga where she was attempting to get the Rainbow Crystals. When she challenged Tuxedo Mask for the crystals, Malachite appeared and took them. When Zoycite was defeated by Sailor Moon and killed by Queen Beryl for disobeying her, Malachite fought the Sailor Scouts but Sailor Moon defeated him with Cosmic Moon Power. For the rest of the series, Malachite attempted to find Sailor Moon, often turning people into monsters to do so. In the second last episode of the first season, he attacks the Sailor Scouts in a cave, where they are transported to the past. Malachite attacks Luna and Artemis, but when the Sailor Scouts return, all are defeated by Malachite, who gets stronger every time they see him. Sailor Moon uses Cosmic Moon power and reflects one of Malachite's energy blades at him. This finally kills Malachite, and as he dissolves into nothingness, he says he'll be coming to join Zoycite really soon.
  
  From when they first appear to when they last appear, he is the longest villain in the first season to last, aside from Queen Beryl herself, though the shortest to last when it's their turn. Jedite (Jadeite) gathered energy for nine episodes and was sentenced to Eternal Sleep in the tenth; Neflite took over for another nine episodes to gather energy but turned good and was subsequently killed in the tenth (20th episode of the series). From Episode 21, Zoycite seeks out the Rainbow Crystals but is killed in Episode 31 (her saga technically lasts the longest at 11 episodes, though episodes 30 and 31 are like a two-part episode), and Malachite starts searching for Sailor Moon in Episode 32, and dies in Episode 39, making his saga eight episodes long.
  
  ==Trivia==
  
  
  
  [[File:Malachite_dies.jpg|thumb|146px|Malachite is killed by Sailor Moon]]
  
  
  *Malachite is the only one of the four generals to be killed by Sailor Moon, or any of the Sailor Scouts. Jedite and Zoycite were killed by Queen Beryl, and Neflite by a [[Housenka|Negaverse monster]].&nbsp;
  *Malachite is stronger than Queen Beryl. Why he didn't turn on her when she killed Zoycite is unknown, though some speculate that his reason for remaining loyal to her was out of fear of suffering the same fate as [[Jedite]].
  *Malachite dies one episode before Queen Beryl, and in the second last episode of the first season.
  *In the Japanese and manga, Kunzite was gay with Zoisite. This is why Zoycite was changed to a woman in the English anime.
  *When Sailor Venus hits Malachite's hands with her Venus Crescent Beam Smash, it almost looks like flecks of red blood are flying everywhere (though this could just be a result of the energy hitting him rather than blood). However [[Neflite]]'s blood is green.
  *As opposed to collecting energy or items like the other three before him, Malachite's main task in his saga is purely to find and destroy Sailor Moon.
  **On that note, he is the only one of the four generals to not find out Sailor Moon's true identity before his death.
  *Malachite is the only one of the generals with a cape.
  *Unlike Jedite/Jadeite, Neflite/Nephrite, and Zoycite/Zoisite, Malachite's English name and Japanese name (Kunzite) sound nothing like each other, aside from ending in "ite".
  
  
  
  Voiced by '''Dennis Akayama''' in the English dub
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