diff.text: The four [['''Shitennou]]''' were('''Four acquiescentKings''' of [[Prince Endymion]] serving him as his guardians and advisors during the Silver Millennium. As suchliterally, they were known as “heavenly kings”'''Generals''' in the manga,[[dub]]) animeare andformer liveguardians actionof series[[Mamoru (althoughChiba|Prince this title was relegated to “general”Endymion]] in the dubbed North America versiontime of the anime[[Moon Kingdom]].  Presumably, like [[Queen Beryl]], they were corrupted by [[Queen Metallia]].  butTheir eventuallynames are restoredalso backfrom tominerals their- former[[wikipedia:Jadeite|Jadeite]], state[[wikipedia:Nephrite|Nephrite]], towards the end of the first series of the manga[[wikipedia:Zoisite|Zoisite]], and the[[wikipedia:Kunzite|Kunzite]] liverespectively. action series (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon) but not in the anime.
diff.text: Each of the Shitennou have names which are derived from the name of a rock, mineral, or alloy. Their names are [[wikipedia:Jadeite|Jadeite]], [[wikipedia:Nephrite|Nephrite]], [[wikipedia:Zoisite|Zoisite]] and [[wikipedia:Kunzite|Kunzite]] respectively!
diff.text: They each have temperamental counterparts in the four [[Inner Sailors]].  Having a [[sailor soldier]]'s personality or powers correspond to a villain was a device used by [[wikipedia:Naoko Takeuchi]] several times to great effect.  One popular non-[[wikipedia:canon|canon]] picture made by [[wikipedia:Naoko Takeuchi]] showed the sailor soldiers and the Shitennou as romantic couples.  
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diff.text: In the anime, the following number of appearances for each of the Shitennou or “general” and evil Prince Darien i.e. Endymion is shown below:
diff.text: *Jadeite (13) 
diff.text: *Nephrite (11) 
diff.text: *Zoisite (19) 
diff.text: *Kunzite (18) 
diff.text: *Endymion (7) 
diff.text: They each have temperamental counterparts in the four [[Inner Sailors]].  Having a [[sailor soldier]]'s personality or powers correspond to a villain was a device used by [[wikipedia: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.  
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diff.text: '''[[Jedite|Jadeite]]''' was the first of the four [[Shitennou]] (renamed generals in the North American version of the anime) summoned by [[Queen Beryl]] to steal human energy from planet earth  to awaken the ruler of the [[Dark Kingdom]] Queen Metalia (the Negaforce). His method for gathering human energy would be to draw large masses of people with the aid of his [[youma]] and trick them into buying goods charged with dark energy (e.g. jewellery, Chanelas, clocks, good luck charms or use services that stole human energy (e.g. “relaxation pods”, tarot cards and computer applications)<ref>URL="http://sailorwar.net/anime_chara_jadeite.html"</ref>. It was while he was in charge of stealing energy that [[Sailor Mars]] and [[Sailor Mercury]] were revitalised <ref>URL="http://maxpages.com/negamoonzone/Shrine_of_the_NegaVerse"</ref> and was thus held responsible by [[Queen Beryl]] for their revitalisation <ref>URL="http://www.japaneseanimeuk.com/SailorMoon/Profiles/Enemies/Negaverse/JediteProfile.htm"</ref>. 
diff.text: '''Nephrite''' is the second of the Generals to appear.  He used astrology to guide him towards targets with high energy.  He has a crush on [[Naru Osaka|Naru]] which gradually reforms him and ends up sacrificing himself for Naru. 