# Sakura (name)

Sakura (さくら, サクラ) is a commonly used as a feminine Japanese given name, though is more correctly seen as gender neutral, also being occasionally given to boys, which can also be used as a surname.

## Written forms

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 (さくら) or katakana (サクラ).

### as a surname

* 佐倉、桜、沙倉

## People
### Given name

* Sakura Akaho (赤穂 さくら, born 1996), Japanese women's basketball player
* Sakura Ando (安藤 サクラ, born 1986), Japanese actress
* Sakura Fujiwara (藤原 さくら, born 1995), Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
* Sakura Ishimoto (石本 さくら, born 1999), Japanese shogi player
* Sakura Miyawaki (宮脇 咲良, born 1998), Japanese singer and member of South Korean girl group Le Sserafim and former member of groups: AKB48, HKT48, and Iz*One
* Sakura Mori (森 さくら, born 1996), Japanese table tennis player
* Sakura Nogawa (野川 さくら, born 1978), Japanese voice actress
* Sakura Oda (小田 さくら, born 1999), Japanese singer and member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume
* 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), Japanese manga artist
* Sakura Yosozumi (四十住 さくら), Japanese skateboarder

### Surname

* Momoko Sakura (さくら ももこ, 1965–2018), Japanese manga artist and the main character depicted in her own manga Chibi Maruko-chan
* Emi Sakura (さくら えみ, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
* Ayane Sakura (佐倉 綾音 born 1994), Japanese voice actress
* Nichole Sakura (born 1989), American actress and model

### 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
* Rock M. Sakura, American drag queen

## Fictional characters
### Given name

* 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
* Princess Sakura (サクラ), alternate self of Sakura Kinomoto in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
* Sakura (Urusei Yatsura) (サクラ), a character from the manga and anime franchise Urusei Yatsura
* Sakura Akamatsu (紗孔羅), a character from the Betterman anime series
* Sakura Amamiya, a character from the game Project Sakura Wars
* Sakura Haruno (春野 サクラ), a heroine of the manga and anime series Naruto
* Sakura Haruno (春野 桜), a main character in Wandaba Style
* Sakura Kakei (筧 朔羅), a character from the manga Get Backers
* Sakura Kaname (要 咲良), a character from the anime Fafner in the Azure
* Sakura Kasugano (春日野 さくら), a character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games
* Sakura Kinomoto (木之本 さくら), the main heroine of the manga and anime series Cardcaptor Sakura. In the English dub of the original anime titled Cardcaptors, her name is Sakura Avalon.
* Sakura Kitaōji (北大路 さくら), a character in anime series Aikatsu!
* Sakura Kiyashiki (春野 サクラ), a character of the manga and anime series Assassination Classroom
* Sakura Kono (河野 桜), a character from the manga and anime Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (Horimiya)
* Sakura Konotori Dr. Storks Netflix series main character
* Sakura Kusakabe (草壁桜), main character of the Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan anime
* Sakura Mamiya (真宮 桜), a main character from the manga Rin-ne
* Sakura Matō (間桐 桜), a main character in the adult visual novel Fate/Stay Night
* Sakura Minamoto, a character from the MAPPA idol anime series Zombie Land Saga
* Sakura Nishihori (西堀 さくら), main character from the 2006 tokusatsu television series, GoGo Sentai Boukenger
* Sakura Ogawa (小川さくら), a character from the novel, manga, and film Battle Royale
* Sakura Rokujo, a main character from the anime and manga series Tokko
* Sakura Sakurakouji (桜小路 桜), the main character in the manga series Code: Breaker
* Sakura Shimano (しまの さくら), Shimajirou’s mother in the anime series Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirou
* 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 manga and game Really? Really!
* Sakura Yamauchi (山内桜良, Yamauchi Sakura), a character of the novel, manga and anime series I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
* Sakura Yoshino (芳乃さくら), a major character from the D.C.: Da Capo games and anime
* Sakura, Youngest Princess in the game Fire Emblem Fates

### Surname

* Chiyo Sakura (佐倉 千代), the viewpoint character in the series Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
* Hane Sakura, main character in Bakuon!!
* Kyoko Sakura, (佐倉 杏子), a main character in the series Puella Magi Madoka Magica
* Mikan Sakura (佐倉 蜜柑), main character of the anime Alice Academy
* Momoko Sakura (さくら ももこ), main character's real name in the shōjo manga series Chibi Maruko-chan
* Uta Sakura, protagonist of You and Idol Pretty Cure