Sakura (disambiguation)

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Sakura is the Japanese name for ornamental cherry trees and their blossoms.

Sakura may refer to:

• Sakura, Chiba, a city in Japan
• Sakura, Tochigi, a city in Japan formed on March 28, 2005.
• Sakura-ku, Saitama, a district in the city of Saitama, Saitama, Japan.
• Sakura, a place name in Setagaya, Tokyo.
• A Japanese given or family name
  • Sakura Atsumi, a Registration officer in UNHCR headquarters in Geneva
  • Sakura Tsukuba, a mangaka
  • Sakura (drummer) (Yasunori "Sakura" Sakurazawa), a drummer and former member of the j-rock quartet L'Arc~en~Ciel
  • Sakura (mansa), a mansa of the Mali empire
  • Sakura Sena, a pornographic actress
  • Sakura Tange, a seiyū (voice actor) and singer
  • Sakura Nogawa, a seiyū
  • Sakura (J-Pop singer), a J-Pop singer

Sakura may also refer to:

• Raw horse meat, usually prepared as sashimi called Basashi
• An airport lounge owned and operated by Japan Airlines throughout the world
• Sakura (NHK), a Japanese TV morning show drama
• Sakura Color Products, pen manufacturer

[edit] Music

• Sakura (album), by Susumu Yokota
• "Sakura" (folk song), a Japanese folk song

[edit] Fiction

[edit] Given name

• Sakura (Daisy), characters in the Pokémon anime
• Sakura Haruno, a major character in the manga and anime Naruto
• Sakura Kakei, a character from the manga Get Backers
• Sakura Kasugano, a character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games
• Sakura Kinomoto, main character of manga and anime Cardcaptor Sakura (In the English anime adaptation, Cardcaptors, her name is Sakura Avalon), and a character from Tsubasa Chronicle (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles)
• Sakura Matō, a main character in Fate/Stay Night
• Sakura Mizrahi, a minor character from the video game Xenosaga
• Sakura Ogawa, a character from Battle Royale
• Sakura Shinguji, a character from the Sakura Wars (Sakura Taisen) video games, anime and manga
• Sakura Yae, a character from Really? Really!
• Senbon Sakura, the katana of Kuchiki Byakuya in the anime and manga Bleach