Haruka Sakura

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**Haruka Sakura** (桜 遥, *Sakura Haruka*?) is the protagonist of the *WIND BREAKER* manga series. He is a first-year student at Furin High School and member of Bofurin's Vaisravana Unit as well as the first year Grade Captain. Constantly judged by his physical appearance, Sakura adopts a delinquent persona that others have projected onto him and moves to Makochi to attend Furin High, an infamously rough school, and fight his way to the top.

## Appearance

Sakura is a teenager of average height and weight. His hair is naturally split in color - half black, half white - and he has heterochromia, with his right eye color blue and his left color yellow. He is commonly seen wearing the standard Furin High uniform consisting of a plain white t-shirt underneath his *gakuran* jacket, green pants, and a pair of black sneakers.

## Personality

Sakura is reactive, determined, and perceptive. As a result of his unusual appearance, he is used to being judged and ostracized by others, which contributed to his aloof demeanor and delinquent persona. Sakura's standoffish behavior is shown to be a defense mechanism that he adopted in response to the discrimination he continuously faced. He also shows to have strong and clear morals on who and why he fights. He has an aggressive manner of speaking, but when not brawling, he keeps to himself. He is much more comfortable fighting his way out of situations, as any other kind of interaction leaves him flustered.

Sakura becomes uncomfortable when people show him kindness or acceptance, and despite his tendency to get involved in affairs that result in helping others, he is not good at dealing with gratitude. Even with his social ineptitude, Sakura is extremely sensible to romance when it involves those around him. He is also terrified of forming bonds, and he lacks confidence in anything besides his fighting abilities as he thinks that his entire worth lays on them.

After learning that Bofurin uses its strength to protect the town and that delinquents are an important part of Makochi's community, Sakura starts to warm up to this idea and later finds himself viewing his fellow students as comrades rather than adversaries.

## Relationships

### Hajime Umemiya

Sakura initially viewed Umemiya as the last opponent he must defeat in order to become the strongest. However, after Bofurin's battle with Shishitoren, Sakura's perspective began to change. It is from subsequent interactions between the two that Sakura learns that Umemiya's status as the top not only comes from his own physical strength, but from his bonds with others. Umemiya serves as Sakura's newfound inspiration, and is a driving force behind the shift in Sakura's demeanor and ambition. Sakura would always refer back to Umemiya as he is someone who he considers as a leader, but also someone he wants to become.

### Kotoha Tachibana

Sakura was initially indifferent toward Kotoha because of their clashing views. While Kotoha treated him with kindness, his hardened personality obstructed them from developing a friendship. It was only when Kotoha showed him continued acts of kindness that he began to put his guard down and accept her as a friend, thanking her for her efforts in taking care of him when he was ill.

### Akihiko Nirei

Sakura's first impression of Nirei was that of someone who is all looks and no guts. This was quickly changed when Nirei stood up to a group of men harassing a woman despite lacking fighting skills. Despite their difference in personalities, Sakura is quick to mellow down to Nirei's antics. Sakura also recognizes Nirei's courage and excellent memory, and praises him in his own way.

## Skills

* **Gymnastics:** Sakura is seen having a great amount of flexibility. Being able to wall-jump between buildings, while also incorporating it into his fighting.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *WIND BREAKER* manga: Volume 1 — Chapter omake.
2. ↑ *WIND BREAKER* manga: Chapter 2 (p. 1)
3. ↑ *WIND BREAKER* manga: Chapter 57