Sakura (disambiguation)

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Sakura (Japanese kanji: 桜 or 櫻; hiragana: さくら) is the Japanese name for ornamental cherry trees and their blossoms.

Sakura may refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Music 4 Fiction 5 Other

[edit] Places

• 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

Sakura Given Name
Pronunciation	Sakura
Gender	Female
Meaning	ornamental cherry trees and blossoms
Region of Origin	Japanese
Origin	Japanese
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Sakura
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[edit] People

• A Japanese given or family name
  • Momoko Sakura, a mangaka and the main character depicted in her own manga Chibi Maruko-chan
  • Sakura Tsukuba, a mangaka
  • Sakura (drummer) (Yasunori "Sakura" Sakurazawa), a drummer and former member of the j-rock quartet L'Arc~en~Ciel
  • Sakura Sena, a pornographic actress
  • Sakura Tange, a seiyū (voice actor) and singer
  • Sakura Nogawa, a seiyū
• Sakura (mansa), a mansa of the Mali empire

[edit] Music

• Sakura Sakura, a Japanese traditional song
• Sakura (album), by Susumu Yokota
• Sakura, an album by the Southern All Stars
• Sakura, the album by The Sushi Club
• "Sakura", a song by Naotaro Moriyama
• "Sakura", a song by Ketsumeishi
• "Sakura", a song by Kyogo Kawaguchi
• "Sakura", a song by rock band Ikimono-gakari
• "Sakura", a song by RevenG in the Dance Dance Revolution series
• "Sakura", a song by Nirgilis was used as the 4th opening in the anime Eureka Seven from Episodes 40-49
• "Sakura Kiss", a song by Chieko Kawabe featured as the opening theme in the anime Ouran High School Host Club

[edit] Fiction

• Sakura Kinomoto, main character of manga and anime Cardcaptor Sakura (In the English anime adaptation, Cardcaptors, her name is Sakura Avalon), and her alternate self, Princess Sakura, a character from Tsubasa Chronicle (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles)
• Sakura, the younger sister of Tora-san in the film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo
• Sakura Haruno, a major character in the manga and anime Naruto
• Sakura (Daisy), characters in the Pokémon anime
• Sakura Kakei, a character from the manga Get Backers
• Sakura Kasugano, a character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games
• 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 Sega developed Sakura Wars (Sakura Taisen) video games, anime and manga
• Sakura Yae, a character from Really? Really!
• Sakura Akamatsu, a character from the Betterman anime
• Sakura Yoshino, a major character from the D.C.: Da Capo video games and anime
• Sakura Kusakabe, main character of the anime Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
• Sakura, a minor character from the novel and anime Kino's Journey
• Senbonzakura, the Zanpakutou of Byakuya Kuchiki in the anime and manga Bleach
• Sakourah, a sinister sorcerer in The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
• Cardcaptor Sakura, Japanese manga and anime
• Sakura Haruno a main character in Wandaba Style
• Mikan Sakura, main character of the anime Alice Academy
• Sakura Momomiya, the mother of main character Ichigo Momomiya in Tokyo Mew Mew

[edit] Other

• Sakura, players within the Japanese pachinko industry that are hired by parlors to draw in customers
• 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 of America, pen manufacturer
• The Sakura Bank, a Japanese bank based in Tokyo and Kobe merged with Sumitomo Bank in 2001
• Sakura Matsuri, a Street Festival held in Washington D.C. as a part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival
• Sakura, terminal emulator software