Berenice is the Knight of Berenice's Hair, one of the three Corona Saints resurrected by Sun God Abel in the first Saint Seiya film. Her eponymous constellation is one of the sky's most poetic: Queen Berenice is said to have offered her hair to the gods to ensure her husband's return from war, and the stars immortalized her. This celestial poetry lives on in the character — a warrior whose beauty is not a weakness but a strength, whose golden hair becomes the most formidable weapon imaginable.
With her Golden Death Hair attack, she weaves solar energy filaments as sharp as blades, enveloping her opponents in a deadly cocoon. Facing Athena's knights, she fights with an intensity that reveals the full depth of her faith in Abel. Her battle is a lesson in what it means to be a female warrior in the Saint Seiya universe: not less powerful, but differently majestic.
Abilities & Techniques
Golden Death Hair
Berenice projects her golden hair like luminous steel threads that bind and pierce her opponents, turning her tresses into a weapon as beautiful as it is lethal.
Solar Energy Control
As Abel's Corona Saint, Berenice channels the Sun's power through her armor, reinforcing her attacks with devastating golden heat.
Hair Shield
Her hair is not only an offensive weapon — it can form a living golden shield, intercepting and neutralizing incoming attacks.
Evolution
01 —Corona Saint in the Sun's Service — Resurrected by Abel, Berenice is one of the rare female warriors in Saint Seiya, combining grace and power in a unique fighting style.
02 —Guardian of Abel's Castle — She defends the entrances to the celestial domains with a determination that attests to her loyalty to the Sun God, refusing to retreat even in the face of the impossible.
03 —Mortal Beauty — Her defeat is tinged with tragic poetry — like her eponymous constellation whose queen sacrificed her hair for the gods, Berenice gives everything to the end.
Techniques
Golden Death Hair (The Golden Hair of Death)
Information
Title
Corona Saint of Abel
Constellation
Berenice's Hair
