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This is Evgenia Medvedeva. She’s a 16-year-old champion Russian figure skater. And she totally loves Sailor Moon.




She not only watches the anime, but recently did a special Sailor Moon themed skate program:


Which made news in Japan:

Medvedeva is also studying Japanese and can apparently sing the Sailor Moon theme in its original language.


Her Instagram and Twitter are filled with Sailor Moon photos.


She also recently met Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi:




Why just skate for gold when you can skate in the name of the moon?!