Sakura (name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Sakura


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pronunciation= Sakra
gender = Female
meaning = It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
region = Japanese
origin = Japanese
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

Real people

;with the given name Sakura
*Sakura Tsukuba (さくら), a Japanese mangaka
*Sakura Sakurada (さくら), a Japanese pornographic actress
*Sakura Sena (さくら), a Japanese pornographic actress
*Sakura Tange (桜), a Japanese voice actress and singer
*Sakura Nogawa (さくら), a Japanese voice actress;with the surname Sakura
*Momoko Sakura (さくら), a Japanese mangaka and the main character depicted in her own manga "Chibi Maruko-chan";with the stage name Sakura
*Sakura, drummer and former member of L'Arc~en~Ciel

Fictional characters

;with the given name Sakura
*Cardcaptor Sakura (さくら), a magical girl manga and anime series
*:Sakura Kinomoto (桜), main character of manga and anime "Cardcaptor Sakura"
*::(In the English anime adaptation, "Cardcaptors", her name is Sakura Avalon)
*:, alternate self of Sakura Kinomoto
* Sakura Haruno (サクラ), a major character in the manga and anime "Naruto"
* Sakura Kakei (朔羅), a character from the manga "Get Backers"
* Sakura Kasugano (さくら), a character from the "Street Fighter" series of fighting games
* Sakura (サクラ), a character from the manga and anime series "Urusei Yatsura"
* Sakura Matō (桜), a main character in "Fate/Stay Night"
* Sakura Ogawa (さくら), a character from "Battle Royale"
* Sakura Mizrahi, a minor character from the video game "Xenosaga"
* Sakura Shinguji (さくら), a character from the Sega "Sakura Wars" ("Sakura Taisen") video games, anime and manga
* Sakura Yae (桜), a character from "Really? Really!"
* Sakura Akamatsu (紗孔羅), a character from the "Betterman" anime
* (さくら), a major character from the "D.C.: Da Capo" video games and anime
* Sakura Kusakabe (桜), main character of the "Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan" anime
* Sakura Nishihori (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), characters in the "Pokémon" anime
* Sakura Haruno (桜), a main character in "Wandaba Style"
* Sakura Momomiya (さくら), the main character's Mother in Tokyo Mew Mew;with the surname Sakura
* Mikan Sakura (佐倉), main character of the anime "Alice Academy"