Sakura

, often called , is one of the supporting characters of Ultraman Taiga. He is a cop from the External Affairs X Division and often entrusts EGIS with cases involving aliens.
==Personality==
Sakura possesses a rather flexible and casual personality. He can accurately convey the organization's information to EGIS, but sometimes displays a tendency to shift responsibility. He often uses reasons like "the police can't handle many things openly" or "the police are already overwhelmed" in an attempt to make EGIS accept specific conditions. This shows that he is not very willing to confront issues directly and prefers to avoid directly holding the organization accountable, possibly due to ambiguous attribution of responsibility.
In his interactions with EGIS, he addresses them amiably as "fellow workers," but occasionally unintentionally reveals a contemptuous attitude towards EGIS, using negative terms to describe the team, such as calling them "weak" or "freaks." This indicates a certain level of disdain towards EGIS's strength or status. However, despite this, he still tries to achieve his goals persuasively and refers to EGIS members as a young and excellent emerging team, hoping to persuade EGIS to accept his conditions.
In addition, as an inspector, he possesses remarkable combat skills.
==History==
===Ultraman Taiga===
As a member of the police organization "External Affairs X Division," which deals with extraterrestrial cases, Sakura is a former colleague of Kana Sasaki, and they maintain a close relationship. Since the establishment of EGIS, he has been a frequent visitor and often entrusts the team with investigations related to extraterrestrial events.
When he first appeared, he requested Kana's team to investigate a case where a giant creature was reportedly sighted in the harbor area during the early morning. Through footage from another monitor, it appeared that the incident was orchestrated by a series of aliens, and he speculated that it might be related to some organization. Despite Kana's polite refusal, explaining that her company primarily provides security services and personnel escort and is not a police outsourcing team, Sakura managed to convince EGIS to take on the investigation by using the argument that "This kind of case is best suited for your freaky team" and offering to treat them to a barbecue next time. 
Later, he entrusted EGIS. with another urgent case involving a criminal organization. The organization threatened to detonate a monster bomb containing a Darebolic (MB) at 3 pm in 24 hours. He also informed them about the existence of several evil aliens in the city, forming a criminal organization known as the "Villain Guild." 
After a long absence, Sakura paid a long-awaited visit to EGIS. He mentioned that the External Affairs X Division is currently developing a device called the Wave Detector CQ, which can identify the species of targets by detecting their life energy waves, assisting in defending against alien crimes. However, upon receiving intelligence about the Villain Guild's actions, they learned that the organization is trying to hinder the completion of the device. Therefore, he hoped that EGIS. could protect the developer of CQ, Sachiko Motomiya.
At the critical moment, Sakura appeared and successfully thwarted the attack by Alien Bado El-Ray. He also introduced his subordinate, the undercover investigator Mystie, who was operating within EGIS. Afterward, when Kana mentioned that CQ could potentially differentiate between humans and aliens, affecting the secretly living aliens on Earth, Sakura responded that if different beings could recognize each other and coexist harmoniously, perhaps there would be no need for CQ. He expressed his disapproval of using CQ and instead, hoped for efforts to create a future of peaceful coexistence 
In the final battle, he introduced the reborn Pirika as a new member of EGIS. 
==Gallery==
===Ultraman Taiga===
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===Miscellaneous===
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==Trivia==
*Takao Nakano, the series compositor for Ultraman Taiga, once stated that Sakura's position is equivalent to Taizo Machida in Operation: Mystery.
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