“ | Professor, why?! | „ |
~ Kaolinite's last words after Mistress 9 kills her. |
Kaolinite is the secondary antagonist in the "Infinity Arc" of the Sailor Moon manga series as well as its two adaptations Sailor Moon S and season three of Sailor Moon: Crystal, she is Professor Souichi Tomoe's assistant and the leader of the Witches 5.
In Japanese, she was voiced by Noriko Uemura in Sailor Moon S and the late Hikari Yono in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal. In English, she was voiced by the late Kirsten Bishop in Sailor Moon S and Tara Platt in both Sailor Moon S and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal.
Biography[]
Kaolinite was a loyal follower of Pharaoh 90 and frequently conversed with him in order to achieve their goal to invade Earth. Unlike her anime counterpart, she showed genuine concern for Hotaru who in return showed spite, believing Kaolinite was overstepping her position and trying to intrude into her family. She directly commanded the Witches 5 and had sent them on missions to take human souls to be sacrificed to Pharaoh 90, as well as use the bodies as hosts for Daimons. Her hope was to become Pharaoh 90's partner once they could open portal to bring him to Earth, much to Mistress 9's amusement. After Mistress 9 awakens, she sends Kaolinite to confront the Sailor Guardians. Kaolinite casts a spell to resurrect the Witches 5, who capture Sailor Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus. Sailor Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto arrive and free the Sailor Guardians before they confront Kaolinite in the principal's office. She transforms into a monstrous Daimon and Sailor Moon destroys her.
90s Anime[]
She was first sent by Tomoe to implant Daimon pods in objects to turn them into Daimon Heart Snatchers, who would then extract Pure Hearts from people. She was searching for three Pure Hearts in particular that would turn into a mirror, a saber, and a crystal ball once extracted, but she never did find them. After her last Daimon, Senishenta, was defeated, Kaolinite absorbed Senishenta's power from the shoe she created her from, and fought the Sailor Scouts. She was apparently irreversibly winning until Sailor Uranus used World Shaking on her, freezing her in her own crystal beam and sending her falling over the edge of Tokyo Tower to her death.
She was later revived by Doctor Tomoe, however she never took on any assignments after this, and became Hotaru's guardian, as Hotaru was possessed by Mistress 9. Unlike her Manga and Crystal anime counterpart, she is shown to be a cold-hearted, and abusive guardian towards Hotaru with not a single compassion for the latter. The Witches 5, particularly Viluy, disliked that Kaolinite didn't go on any more assignments, so she eventually captured Rini for Mistress 9, who ate her Pure Heart and awakened in her true form. She then felt that Kaolinite was no longer of use, struck her with lightning, throwing her into an electric barrier and killing her. Her body disintegrated afterwards. It might have been hinted that Kaolinite was secretly and determinedly in love with Tomoe, as it shows she was about to confess it to Tomoe before being killed by Mistress 9.
Powers and Abilities[]
Kaolinite attacks by wrapping her hair around her enemies. She can also shoot a crystal beam to freeze things in crystal, once absorbing the power from the shoe she created Senishenta from. That power would later be turned against her.
Trivia[]
- Kaolinite's original voice actress Noriko Uemura also voiced Queen Metalia and dubbed Amanda Waller. Kaolinite's voice actor in Sailor Moon Crystal was the late Hikari Yono.
- Kaorinite's English voice actress in the Cloverway dub, the late Kirsten Bishop, who also voiced Zoisite, Esmeraude and Telulu (with the former two as part of the DIC dub). Kaolinite's voice actress in the Viz dub and Sailor Moon Crystal, is Tara Platt, who also voiced Subdora.
- In the 90's anime, Kaolinite's first death is similar to the presumed deaths of Ogron, Anagan, and Gantlos in Winx Club. Anagan was voiced by Kirsten Bishop's brother, Thor Bishopric.
- In the 90's anime, Kaolinite's cruel and antagonistic attitude towards Hotaru is shown on display but in both the Manga and the Crystal anime adaptation, Kaolinite's relationship with Hotaru is more positive as the former genuinely shows respect and sympathy towards the latter while Tomoe on the other hand is actually the selfish, abusive and callous father the other way around.