Sakura (name)

Sakura
Pronunciation	[saku͍ɽa]
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Sakurako

Sakura (さくら, サクラ) is a common Japanese feminine given name which can also be used as a surname.

Possible writings

Sakura can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

as a given name

• 桜, "cherry blossom" (morphologically derived from 櫻)
• 櫻, "cherry blossom"
• 咲良, "bloom, good"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

as a surname

• 佐倉、桜、沙倉

People

Given name

• Sakura Nogawa (野川 さくら, born 1978), Japanese voice actress
• Sakura Tange (丹下 桜, born 1973), Japanese voice actress and singer
• Sakura Tsukagoshi (塚越 さくら, born 1991), Japanese cyclist
• Sakura Tsukuba (筑波 さくら), a Japanese manga artist
• Sakura Sakurada (桜田さくら, born 1982), Japanese adult video actress
• Sakura Sena (瀬名さくら, born 1975), Japanese adult video actress
• Sakura Oda (小田 さくら, born 1999), a Japanese singer and member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume

Surname

• Momoko Sakura (さくら, born 1965), Japanese manga artist and the main character depicted in her own manga Chibi Maruko-chan
• Emi Sakura (さくら, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler

Stage name

• Sakura (musician) (real name Yasunori Sakurazawa 櫻澤 泰徳, born 1969), Japanese musician and former drummer of the rock band L'Arc~en~Ciel
• Sakura Candle (born 1979), Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

Given name

• Sakura Kinomoto (木之本 さくら), the main heroine of the manga and anime series Cardcaptor Sakura. In the English anime adaptation, Cardcaptors, her name is Sakura Avalon.
• Princess Sakura (サクラ), alternate self of Sakura Kinomoto
• Sakura Haruno (春野 サクラ), a major character in the manga and anime series Naruto
• Sakura Kakei (筧 朔羅), a character from the manga Get Backers
• Sakura Kasugano (春日野 さくら), a character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games
• Sakura (Urusei Yatsura) (サクラ), a character from the manga and anime series Urusei Yatsura
• Sakura Matō (間桐 桜), a main character in the adult visual novel Fate/Stay Night
• Sakura Ogawa (小川さくら), a character from the novel, manga, and film Battle Royale
• Sakura Mizrahi, a minor character from the video game Xenosaga
• Sakura Shinguji (真宮寺 さくら), a character from the Sakura Wars video games, anime and manga
• Sakura Yae (八重 桜), a character from the game Really? Really!
• Sakura Akamatsu (紗孔羅), a character from the Betterman anime series
• Sakura Yoshino (芳乃さくら), a major character from the D.C.: Da Capo games and anime
• Sakura Kusakabe (草壁桜), main character of the Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan anime
• Sakura Nishihori (西堀 さくら), main character from the 2006 tokusatsu television series, GoGo Sentai Boukenger
• Sakura (桜), a minor character from the novel and anime Kino's Journey
• Sakura (さくら), the younger sister of Tora-san in the film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo
• Sakura (Daisy), a character in the Pokémon anime series
• Sakura, one of the kimono sisters in Ecruteak City in the anime series Pokemon (series)
• Sakura Haruno (春野桜), a main character in Wandaba Style
• Sakura Sakurakouji (桜小路 桜), the main character in the manga series Code: Breaker
• Sakura Momomiya (さくら), the main character's Mother in Tokyo Mew Mew
• Sakura Kaname (要 咲良), a character from the anime Fafner in the Azure
• Sakura Ichitaro, a yaoi uke male character from the anime Lesson XX
• Sakura Mamiya (真宮　桜), a main character from the manga Rin-ne
• Sakura Rokujo, a main character from the anime and manga series Tokko
• Sakura Kitaōji (北大路 さくら) - a character in anime series Aikatsu!
• Sakura Oogami (大神 さくら), a character from the anime and manga series Dangan Ronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair
• Sakura Glory, the main character's mother in Rave Master
• Sakura Mizukami, one of the main characters in the manga and anime D-frag!
• Sakura Kashima, a character from the Rewrite visual novel game.
• Sakura, a character from the manga comic Virtual Hero by El Rubius
• Sakura, a character from the video game Fire Emblem Fates

Surname

• Mikan Sakura (佐倉 蜜柑), main character of the anime Alice Academy
• Chiyo Sakura (佐倉 千代), the viewpoint character in the series Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
• Minty Sakura, one of the minor characters in the 2012 Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph
• Momoko Sakura (さくら ももこ), main character's real name in the shōjo manga series Chibi Maruko-chan
• Kaede Sakura (沙倉 楓), one of the main characters in the anime/manga Kämpfer
• Kyoko Sakura (佐倉 杏子), a major character from the anime/manga "Puella Magi Madoka Magica"

See also

• Sakura (disambiguation)