diff.text: '''Jedite''' (ジェダイト or “Jedaito [Romanisation]”), as spelt in the North American version of the anime was the first ''Shitennou'' (four “heavenly” kings or generals in the dubbed North America version of the anime) from the Dark Kingdom to appear in the first (classic) season of Sailor Moon and the manga. He is considered to be the weakest of all the ''Shitennou'' given his low rank (last of all the Shitennou despite being older than Zoisite, who is one rank above him) and the belief that he got by on his looks<ref>URL="http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/threads/DiesNoxEtOmnia/jadeite.html"</ref>. [[wikipedia:Naoko Takeuchi|Naoko Takeuchi]] in her ''Materials Collection'' Art Book described him as being the second youngest Shitennou with an age of 18 years (<ref name ="materials">{{cite book |last= Takeuchi |first= Naoko |authorlink = Naoko Takeuchi | title= Materials Collection |publisher= [[Kodansha]] |year= 1999 |month= October |isbn= 4-06-324521-7}}</ref>). The manga series depict him as being 24 years of age <ref>URL="http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/threads/DiesNoxEtOmnia/jadeite.html"</ref> whilst Jadeite is shown as the youngest of the Shitennou in the live-action series. His name is derived from the mineral [[wikipedia:Jadeite|Jadeite]] and his name in the manga and the Japanese version of the anime was also spelt Jadeite. 