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 |
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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 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 (筧桜), 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 Bokusatsu Tenshi 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 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, one of the kimono sisters in ecruteak city in the anime series Pokemon (series)
- Sakura Mizukami, one of the main characters in the manga and anime D-frag!
Surname
- Mikan Sakura (佐倉 蜜柑), main character of the anime Alice Academy
- 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"