A Sailor Moon Question

[Bob Schroeck]

What, if anything, exists as canon backstory for Haruka and Michiru?  When were they activated as Senshi, how did they meet, how did they get involved?  Is any of that ever explored anywhere in a canon source? 
Thanks.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Niteflier]

According to http://www.wikimoon.org]Project Wikimoon, http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Haruka]Haruka doesn't have any known family or backstory. http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=Michiru_Kaiou]Michiru appears to be the same.

I can't find it right now, but I believe that Haruka was activated during one of her races, when a daimon was made out of her bike. I don't know about Michiru.

[Bob Schroeck]

Mm. Thanks.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[ECSNorway]

I'm fairly sure Michiru's parents are much like Willow's on Buffy - jet-setting world-travelling yuppies who are never home.
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[robkelk]

The first meeting between Haruka and Michiru, and Haruka's activation as Sailor Uranus, are shown in flashback in episode 106. Other than that, I'm not aware of any canon backstory for either of them.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

I'm guessing I can find that on YouTube when I need to see it. Thanks.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[The Wanderer]

More detail about that event (their meeting and Haruka's activation) is in the manga somewhere, but I don't recall whether it's part of the "main line" or not. IIRC, it mostly just goes over the same ground as the anime flashback, but in perhaps more understandable form.

[Black Aeronaut]

I do recall Haruka's thing for racing having to do a lot with Haruka actually being a retired race car driver herself. I do indeed remember seeing a flashback regarding her activation. I vaugely recall Michiru being the one to activate her so as to combat the moster that attacked her in the middle of a race.