text: [[Image:004.jpg|right|frame|The Four '''Shitennou''' (l-r: Nephrite, Jadeite, Zoicite, and Kunzite/Malachite]]
  
  The four '''Shitennou''' ('''Generals''' in the [[dub]]) are former guardians of [[Mamoru Chiba|Prince Endymion]] in the time of the [[Moon Kingdom]].  Presumably, like [[Queen Beryl]], they were corrupted by [[Queen Metallia]].  Their names are also from minerals.  They each have tempermental counterparts in the four [[Inner Sailors]].  Having a [[sailor soldier]]'s personality or powers correspond to a villain was a device used by [[Naoko Takeuchi]] several times to great effect.  One popular non-[[wikipedia:canon|canon]] picture made by Naoko Takeuchi showed the sailor soldiers and the Shitennou as romantic couples.  
  
  *Jadeite's counterpart is [[Sailor Mars]]
  *Nephrite's counterpart is [[Sailor Jupiter]]
  *Zoicite's counterpart is [[Sailor Mercury]]
  *Kunzite/Malachite's counterpart is [[Sailor Venus]]
  
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diff.text: [[Image:004.jpg|right|frame|The Four '''Shitennou''' (l-r: Nephrite, Jadeite, Zoicite, and Kunzite/Malachite]]
diff.text: The four '''Shitennou''' ('''Generals''' in the [[dub]]) are former guardians of [[Mamoru Chiba|Prince Endymion]] in the time of the [[Moon Kingdom]].  Presumably, like [[Queen Beryl]], they were corrupted by [[Queen Metallia]].  Their names are also from minerals.  They each have tempermental counterparts in the four [[Inner Sailors]].  Having a [[sailor soldier]]'s personality or powers correspond to a villain was a device used by [[Naoko Takeuchi]] several times to great effect.  One popular non-[[wikipedia:canon|canon]] picture made by Naoko Takeuchi showed the sailor soldiers and the Shitennou as romantic couples.  
diff.text: *Jadeite's counterpart is [[Sailor Mars]]
diff.text: *Nephrite's counterpart is [[Sailor Jupiter]]
diff.text: *Zoicite's counterpart is [[Sailor Mercury]]
diff.text: *Kunzite/Malachite's counterpart is [[Sailor Venus]]
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diff.text: {{wikipedia|Shitennou (Sailor Moon)}}
diff.text: [[Category:Dark Kingdom villains]]