Sakura (name)

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

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

Ayane Sakura (佐倉, born 1994), Japanese voice actress

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

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 Ogami (大神 さくら), a character from the game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

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"

Meifon Sakura, a character from Valkyrie Drive- Mermaid