Elsa Gray

A thick mane of curly, vivid magenta hair sits above Elsa's warm, medium-to-dark complexion. Her wide eyes carry a faint trace of worry, set over a small nose and full lips. For her athletic look she pairs a sleeveless top, teal-blue with yellow shoulder straps, and finishes it with a slender necklace.

Elsa is a dedicated and respected competitor, generous enough to guide newcomers yet privately stung by an old failure. Her friendliness shows in how she welcomes strangers and steers promising athletes toward her sport, while her competitive streak keeps her fixated on the one rival she could never overtake.

A standout on the track, Elsa raced regularly for her junior high and kept crossing paths with Haruka Tenou at meets. Haruka became the single opponent she could never beat, though the two stayed on warm terms, and Elsa was the one who eventually introduced her own friend Michiru Kaiou to Haruka. Moving up to Shirakaba High School, she remained a celebrated runner, still nursing regret that Haruka had retired before she ever managed a win.

One weekend she meets Usagi Tsukino and her friends touring the campus. Noticing the build of Makoto Kino and Minako Aino, she suggests they join her track team should they enroll, and the group parts ways. Moments later Eudial corners her. Elsa evades the first blast from the Capture Gun but not the second, which draws out her Pure Heart Crystal. The Sailor Team, along with Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, intervenes, and once Uranus confirms the heart is no talisman, she returns it. Elsa recovers with no idea that her old friends had saved her.