diff.text: '''Neflite''', Nephlite or Nephlyte <ref>URL="[http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/nephandnaru/story.html - Nephrite and Naru treasury]</ref> (ネフライト or “Nefuraito [Romanisation]”), as spelt in the North American version of the anime was the second of the four [[Shitennou]] (four “heavenly” kings or generals in the dubbed North America version of the anime) from the [http://images.wikia.com/common/releases_200910.3/extensions/wikia/Wysiwyg/fckeditor/editor/fckeditor.html?InstanceName=wpTextbox1&Toolbar=Default&city=537&cb=14066 [Negaverse|Dark Kingdom (Negaverse)]] to appear in the first (classic) season of Sailor Moon and the manga. He is considered to be the second highest in rank, height and age of all the [[Shitennou]]. [[Naoko Takeuchi]] in her Materials Collection Art Book estimates that he is 19 years of age <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 22 years of age <ref>URL="[http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/threads/DiesNoxEtOmnia/jadeite.html" - Dies, nox et Omnia]</ref> whilst Jadeite is shown as the youngest of the [[Shitennou]] in the live-action series. His name is derived from the mineral [[wikipedia:Nephrite|Nephrite]] and his name in the manga and the Japanese version of the anime was also spelt Nephrite. 
diff.text: Nephrite was the second of the four [[Shitennou]] (heavenly king) to appear in the manga succeeding his fallen comrade [[Jedite|Jadeite]]. He is the commander of the North American division of the [[Dark Kingdom]].  After [[Jedite|Jadeite]]'s death and subsequent preservation/burial in a glass coffin Nephrite  appeared in [[Queen Beryl]]'s throne room, asking to be allowed to take over the mission to gather energy and locate the Silver Crystal. Upon her approval Nephrite vows to avenge his death and begins his mission appearing in the third act of the manga. Thinking that the "magnificent treasure of the D Kingdom" was the [[Imperium Silver Crystal]], Nephrite  plots to steal the jewel from its owner Princess Diamond who was visiting Tokyo. He used his shadow to possess Princess Diamond at a party. Princess Diamond grabbed the jewel and ran off with it as well as draining the energy of her party's guest at the same time. [[Sailor Moon]], [[Sailor Mercury]] and [[Sailor Mars]] confront Princess Diamond, but Nephrite 's shadow leaves her and is then destroyed by [[Sailor Moon]]'s ''Moon Twilight Flash'' attack. In Nephrite's final attack (act 5 of the manga), he again makes use of his shadow, but this time possessing a mannequin that comes to life as a “ghost bride” kidnapping men and stealing their energy. The “ghost bride” manages to manipulate [[Motoki Furuhata]] through brainwashing, who in turn tried to drain [[Makoto Kino|Makoto (Lita) Kino]] of her energy. When [[Sailor Moon]], [[Sailor Mercury]] and [[Sailor Mars]] arrive to investigate, [[Makoto Kino|Makoto (Lita) Kino]] snaps out of her trance and realises that she has been tricked. She is infuriated by the trickery and transforms for the first time into [[Sailor Jupiter]] after having a transformation pen thrown at her by [[Luna]]. Nephrite reveals his presence to the four girls and is incapacitated by [[Sailor Jupiter]]’s ''Flower Hurricane'' attack. He is finally eliminated with a lightning blast from her tiara. After [[Neflite|Nephrite]] died, he transformed into a hard type of jade that is dark green in colour. That type of jade by coincidence is also called Nephrite <ref>url=”http[http://www.sweetusagi.com/moon/sailorpro/fourgen.htm”htm - SweetUsagi (Shitennou)]</ref>! <ref>url=”http[http://www.eternal-moon.org/villains/neph.html ”- Eternal-moon (Nephrite)]</ref>
diff.text: Unlike his predecessor [[Jedite |Jadeite]] and fellow [[Shitennou]] (Zocyite and Kunzite), [[Neflite|Nephrite]] did not believe that the indiscriminate attacks against human beings as the most efficient way of gathering the vast amount of energy required in order to revive [[Negaforce|Queen Metallia (the Negaforce)]], but rather hypothesises in targeting specific people as a more effective method. A firm believer that human destiny is guided by the movements of the stars in the heavens, Nephrite used astrology to perform inside his operations base (a large mansion located in a wooded area of the vicinity of [[wikipedia:Tokyo|Tokyo]]) intonation with the [[wikipedia:star|star]]'s and its [[wikipedia:constellation|constellations]] to help him concentrate his energy in locating individuals within the region of [[wikipedia:Tokyo|Tokyo]] that were approaching major turning points in their lives where their "energy potential" would be at its maximum before attacking them. By seeking out such a person and marking an object which epitomises his or her greatest talent with a special symbol - his own personal crest - he could place a [[youma]] inside of that object which would hasten their interest with the object (to the point of obsession) as they devote more and more energy towards using their object until that person reaches their maximum energy potential. Once this point was reached, he would unleash the [[youma]] from that object and drain that person of his or her energy leaving that person in a coma-like state<ref>[http://www.sweetusagi.com/moon/sailorpro/fourgen.htm - SweetUsagi (Shitennou)]</ref>. Nephrite would seek out that person under his established disguise: the human identity of that of a millionaire entrepreneur and socialite - Masato Sanjouin. To match his monogrammed belongings, he was given the pseudonym Maxfield Stanton in the dubbed Northern American version of the anime, which author Patrick Drazen describes as "ridiculously soap-opera"<ref name ="materials">{{cite book |last= Drazen|first= Patrick |authorlink = Patrick Drazen | title= Anime Explosion! The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation |publisher= [[Stone Bridge Press]] |year= 2002 |month= October |isbn= 1-880656-72-8}}</ref>. As Masato Sanjouin (Maxfield Stanton) it wasn't long before he found his first victim: a young girl named Rui Saionji (Katy Sandler), a gifted tennis player and close friend of [[Molly|Naru Osaka's (Molly Baker)]]. Posing as a professional tennis coach, Nephrite, offered her some basic advice before implanting a [[youma]] inside her tennis racket via his evil crest. Upon peaking in her energy potential, he released the [[youma]] [[Tensie]] who despite stealing her energy was defeated by [[Sailor Moon]] with a lot of help from [[Tuxedo Mask]]. Nephrite managed to locate his next victim, Mr. Kunitachi (Baxter), who was a gardener for a park. Mr. Kunitachi (Baxter) was perhaps the only victim he indiscriminately attacked where he was able to exploit his emotions over the destruction over his beloved park by intensifying his strong feelings. Not only did Nephrite steal his energy but also the energy of the park’s animals through his evil crest which was implanted on his hat and the subsequent release of the [[youma]] [[Petasos]]. However, in typical fashion, [[Sailor Moon]], [[Sailor Mercury]], [[Sailor Mars]] with assistance from [[Tuxedo Mask]] disposes of [[Petasos]]. Similarly the [[Youma|youma]] [[Black Widow]] who was implanted via Nephrite’s evil crest in a piece of material belonging to [[Sailor Moon|Usagi (Serena) Tsukino]]'s sewing class teacher Miss Higure Akiyama (Helen Lambert); and [[Kyameran|Cameran]] who was implanted via Nephrite’s evil crest inside the [[wikipedia:camera|camera]] of the award winning photographer Kijin Shibakawa (Peter Fisher) were also disposed of by [[Sailor Moon]]’s [[Moon Tiara Magic|Moon Tiara]].  
diff.text: Nephrite enters the live action series in act 4 appealing as the second [[Shitennou]] (heavenly king). His physical appearance is drastically changed, and he is portrayed as impetuous, violent and jealous of the other [[Shitennou]] particularly [[Jedite |Jadeite]] who considers him useless. [[Queen Beryl]] realises that if the Sailor Scouts find the princess, they might also find the Silver Crystal also. So she assigns Nephrite to find the Princess and the Silver Crystal before the Sailor Scouts do and carry it out in such a way to prove to his superior [[Queen Beryl]] that he was the most worthy of the [[Shitennou]], and thus gain her appreciation. For continuously sucking up to [[Queen Beryl]] and trying to “protect her” he seemed to be the least liked of the four [[Shitennou]] and was ridiculed not only by her but also by his fellow [[Shitennou]] Kunzite to whom he engaged in fights with. It was during one of these times that Dark Mercury consoled with him by offering him a new cape and saying she did not like seeing him alone <ref>URL="http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Nephrite#Pretty_Guardian_Sailor_Moon"</ref>. Sadly, [[Queen Beryl]] murders him in Act 36 by using her telepathic power to force Nephrite to stab himself in order to demonstrate her over the [[Shitennou]] <ref>URL="http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Nephrite#Pretty_Guardian_Sailor_Moon"</ref>. When he told [[Queen Beryl]] how Zoisite called Tuxedo Kamen "Endymion" before he died, [[Queen Beryl]] erased the memory from his mind. Shortly thereafter he is then reborn in Tokyo as a normal human being working alongside [[Motoki Furuhata|Motoki  Furuhata]] at the karaoke parlour ''Karaoke Crown''. He forged a tenuous friendship with [[Sailor Mercury|Ami Mizuno]] for the compassion shown towards him when she was Dark Mercury by showering her with gifts and even shopping for her at one stage. At the end of the series, he is re-established with the other [[Shitennou]] as one of Prince Endymion's guardians <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitennou_%28Sailor_Moon%29#Shitennou - Wikipedia]</ref>. Nephrite character was played by Matsumoto Hiroyuki<ref>URL="[http://www.sailordream.com/PGSM/Profiles/nephrite.php" - Sailor Dream (Nephrite)]</ref>.
diff.text: *Nephrite was the joint seventeenth favorite male character in a May 1993 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animage Animage] poll, tying with a character from ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettai_Muteki_Raijin-Oh |Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh]]''.
diff.text: *Many sites spell&nbsp;Neflite's name '''Nephlite''', possibly because of his Japanese name, though the back of the VHS&nbsp; "Evil&nbsp; Eyes" confirms that it is Neflite.