Sakura Kasugano

Sakura Kasugano is a character from the Street Fighter series.
== Charactah Account ==
A seemingly normal Japanese high school girl, Sakura decided to take on street fighting after witnessing her idol Ryu in battle. She uses a self-taught imitation of Ryu's martial art with her own versions of his special techniques. Her primary outfit is a sailor fuku and a white headband given to her by Ryu, as well as red "bloomers" underneath her skirt to avoid any unnecessary wardrobe malfunction. Dan considers Sakura as his student, although she doesn't seem to think much of him.
Sakura returns in V, having finally graduated high school, and now works a part-time job at an arcade. She's also shown to be going through a rough patch, doubting her future as a fighter and wondering just what she's going to be doing for the rest of her life.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Street Fighter Alpha: Generations
* Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind
* Street Fighter Zero The Animation
=== Cartoons ===
* Street Fighter: The Animated Series
=== Comics ===
* Street Fighter
* Super Street Fighter
=== Manga ===
* Street Fighter Alpha
* Street Fighter: Sakura Gives it Her Best!
=== Video Games ===
* Brawlhalla
* Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
* Capcom Digital Collection
* Capcom Fighting Collection
* Capcom Fighting Evolution
* Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium
* Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000
* Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro
* Fist of the North Star: LEGENDS ReVIVE
* Fortnite
* Gunslinger Stratos 2
* Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter
* Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
* Namco x Capcom
* NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection Vol.1
* Monster Hunter: World
* Onimusha Soul
* Pocket Fighter
* Rival Schools: United by Fate
* Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Nekketsu Seishun Nikki 2
* SNK vs. Capcom: Match of the Millennium
* Street Fighter 30th Anniversary
* Street Fighter Alpha 2
* Street Fighter Alpha 3
* Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX
* Street Fighter Alpha Anthology
* Street Fighter Battle Combination
* Street Fighter Collection
* Street Fighter Duel
* Street Fighter EX
* Street Fighter EX Plus
* Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha
* Street Fighter EX3
* Street Fighter IV
* Street Fighter IV Champion Edition
* Street Fighter IV Volt
* Street Fighter IV: Arena
* Street Fighter V
* Street Fighter X Tekken
* Street Fighter: Puzzle Spirits
* Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
* Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
* Super Puzzle Fighter II X for Matching Service
* Super Street Fighter IV: Pachislot Edition
* Taisen Net Gimmick: Capcom & Psikyo All Stars
* Teppen
* Ultra Street Fighter IV
=== Webcomics ===
* Nerf NOW!!!
== Trivia ==
* Her story in Street Fighter EX 3 mimics that of when Sakura skipped school to join the tournament Karin had set up in Street Fighter: Sakura Ganbaru!.
* Sakura is the fourth playable female fighter in the series (after Chun-Li, Cammy and Rose).
* Sakura is one of two fighters who learned their fighting styles from two of the main characters in the Street Fighter series, Ryu and Ken. The other is Sean.
* Sakura is notable for having these distinctions in the series.
** She remains the first Street Fighter character with a vocal theme song and the only character whose theme song is sung in Japanese, "I Just Want You to Know" (Kono Omoi o Tsutaetai), sung by Yuko Sasamoto (same voice actress from the games). It is first found in the arrange soundtrack of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo. The song is an arrangement of her theme song first heard in Street Fighter Alpha 2, and is once again used in Super Street Fighter IV.
** Sakura is the only female to have used the Satsui no Hado (as "Sunburned Sakura", also known as "Dark Sakura"). Although it has no canonical reference to the Street Fighter series, Dark Sakura is mentioned in win quotes that Sakura has against Akuma, M. Bison, and Ryu in the Japanese versions of Street Fighter Alpha 3 ("I'm scared... But I want to move forward... Why is that, I wonder?" against Akuma, "Hngh... Despite winning, what's this sickening feeling that's stuck with me?" against M. Bison, and "This feeling of wanting to be stronger... It seems it won't be going away anytime soon!" against Ryu respectively).
*** As a result, Dark Sakura is referred to as both "this sickening feeling that's stuck with me" in Sakura's victory quote with Bison, and "this feeling of wanting to be stronger" in her victory quote against Ryu.
*** While Rogue also has the ability to briefly borrow the power to use the Satsui no Hado when fighting Akuma, she can't wield it indefinitely.
*** In Udon's Super Street Fighter comics, Sakura actually falls to the Satsui no Hado while fighting Akuma, in order to tap into the strength necessary to find Ryu, who had been kidnapped by the Secret Society. This is also the second time Sakura has used the Satsui no Hado, the first being in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter.
*** She is also the only one able to wield the Raging Demon without a personal kanji manifesting. However, petals from cherry blossom, the flower that shares her name, do drift in as the move completes. This is thought to symbolize her wide-eyed enthusiasm and innocence, and that she has not sacrificed her humanity the way Akuma did in the games.
** Not counting Evil Ryu, Sakura is the only character introduced in the Street Fighter Alpha series to appear in the Street Fighter EX series, in this case, the console port of the first game and also the third game.
* Sakura shares the same birthday with R. Mika.
* In the Street Fighter manga Sakura Ganbaru! (Sakura Does Her Best!), Sakura's potential was believed to be so immense that if properly trained, she would be able to match Ryu blow for blow.
** In the same manga, Ken also mistakes her for being either Ryu's daughter or sister (though he later finds out that this isn't the case).
** Additionally, the quotes between Sakura and Cammy (especially in Cammy's quote) in Super Street Fighter IV could be a reference to the Sakura Ganbaru! manga, where she and Cammy formed a friendship.
** In the GBA and PSP ports of Street Fighter Alpha 3, Maki's rival battle with Sakura references when Sakura encountered Maki while trying to find Ken during the Sakura Ganbaru! manga.
** The way that Karin's tournament in Sakura Ganbaru! works is similar to that of the Duelist Kingdom Tournament in Season 1 of Yu-Gi-Oh!, as both tournaments involve the use of Star Chips for the contestants to keep fighting.
** During various parts of the manga, Sakura is shown to have an unnamed state similar to her Dark Sakura form - at first, it's shown when Sakura is in a pinch during a fight (her match with Karin in Chapter 2 of the manga being an example, as it's where Sakura first uses her Midare Zakura Super Combo). However, Sakura later taps into this state constantly during Karin's tournament, whether it's against three thugs or even against Ken Masters.
*** This version of the Dark Sakura form keeps Sakura's skin and clothing color like it normally is, but the most significant change is that her eyes become rather soulless. It also increases Sakura's fighting capabilities and her intelligence (as shown against Maki, when Sakura points out that she wasn't using her legs as often as she was using her arms).
** Sakura's downloadable track jacket outfit in Super Street Fighter IV is a reference to the final scenes of the manga, where Sakura wears the same outfit as P.E. teacher at Tamagawa-Minami High, hinting that she probably became a teacher herself in her alma mater. Sakura strongly hints of this being her desired career in her character story in SFV:AE.
* According to Yoshinori Ono, Sakura would always remain a high school girl in the games. However, in a Dengeki Online interview, Ono says that Sakura isn't really high school girl. In Street Fighter IV: Aftermath an interviewer asks Sakura if she's really a highschool girl only for Sakura to avoid the question before leaving. Street Fighter V director Takayuki Nakayama, would go onto say that her uniform is simply "combat uniform" and that she isn't a high school student even before her playable appearance in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, where she currently is in university studying to be a teacher, and also works part-time at an arcade.. Both her school uniform being combat gear along with aiming to be a teacher originates from Sakura Ganbaru!.
* Sakura's win quote towards Evil Ryu in the Arcade Edition of Super Street Fighter IV is a reference to the animated movie, Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind, when he almost kills her for getting in his way from killing an S.I.N. agent.
* While recent characters in the Street Fighter universe does not have their birth year officially confirmed, in 1996 her birth year was 197X. It was then stated to be in 1981, according to the Japanese-only All About Capcom Head-to-Head Fighting Game 1987-2000 book, page 306. However, Karin's birth year is also 197X, along with her being 9 years old in July 25, 198X. Ryu defeating Sagat occurred in 1987 according to Street Fighter Memorial Archives Beyond the World. It's believed that the practice of omitting birth years in character profiles most likely started during or before the release of Street Fighter Alpha, but Ryu and Sean's birth year was revealed in the 1997 Fanbook for Street Fighter III: New Generation. Character ages were present even in Super Street Fighter IV where T. Hawk is 3 years older than he was in Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers.
* Street Fighter IV was the first time Michelle Ruff voiced a character in Street Fighter media that wasn't Sakura (whom she voiced in Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation and Street Fighter Alpha: Generations). As of SFIV onward, Sakura is still voiced by Brittney Lee Harvey.
* Sakura's blood type is A in Street Fighter and O in Rival Schools. The reason for this is unknown.
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== External Links ==
* Sakura at Street Fighter
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