Sakura Ogami

**Sakura Ogami** is a student at Hope's Peak Academy featured in Danganronpa: Despairs Loss. Her title is 'Ultimate Martial Artist'.

## History

Sakura was born as an only girl to two parents within a clan that was responsible for maintaining a dojo. She lived in a rural area, only surrounded by the families within the clan. The family was nearly wholly disconnected from technology and lived in an old fashioned manner.

Boys in the clan were expected to learn the family tradition of martial arts and farm whilst the women were expected to cook and do housework. Sakura didn't mind housework, but she also wanted to be allowed to learn Martial Arts. She began teaching herself from scratch, making do with knowledge from books and stories from her mother of how the boys trained.

Once, whilst training, Sakura was caught by one of the boys who snuck out of training. His name was **Kenshiro**. She pleaded with him to not tell anyone, and he promised he wouldn't. He told her he was tired of training, as he was ill, and wished he could swap places with her. Sakura was surprised to imagine one of the boys envied her position.

They became close friends, exchanging stories from either side of their lives. Kenshiro would teach Sakura what he learnt from training and Sakura would show Kenshiro how she cooked and cleaned.

A few months later, a test for the final day of training was approaching. Kenshiro then had an idea. He encouraged Sakura to take his place in the test. Sakura at first denied, saying she wouldn't be allowed in. Kenshiro said she had the power to allow herself in, and that she didn't have to be pushed into a life she didn't want. Sakura considered this and asked him to give her time to think on it.

A few days passed, and it was time for the test. Sakura had decided she'd go for it and Kenshiro handed her his uniform before sending her on her way with emboldening words.

Sakura entered the Dojo with a new found confidence. Though, she was met with an immediate confusion from everyone in the room. The training instructor asked her to leave, and Sakura was about to. But she remembered what Kenshiro said to her. She respectfully asked the instructor for a chance to prove herself. He unwillingly agreed, calling upon one of his students to spar with her. Sakura could see that he told the boy to go easy on her, but she didn't let it deflate her spirits.

The match was over within seconds as Sakura had knocked the boy to his feet in an instant. This left the instructor stunned as he called upon another student. The same occurred with every boy that went against Sakura. The instructor then faced her himself, only to be met with the same outcome.

Sakura was taken to the head of the clan to discuss her fate. Given the circumstance and that she was the only child to her parents name, she was granted the ability to continue training in Kenshiro's place whilst he recovered from his injury. From that day on, Sakura continued training and eventually became the strongest in her Dojo.

Though Sakura had no idea how, a group outside of the clan had somehow found out about her and sent her a letter of invitation to a fighting competition. But Kenshiro was very sick by this time, and Sakura wished to stay with him. Despite this, he insisted she go so the world could see her talents and she could go beyond the boundaries of the clan. Reluctantly, she did so.

The competition was the first taste of the outside world that Sakura had. Most of the people looked at her as if she had two heads, it made her quite uncomfortable. She heard the whispers about them, but did her best to ignore them all. It was held in a packed stadium, and she was the first one up.

Her opponent was a burly man with many muscles. Sakura prepared to put up a fight, but the battle was over in less than a minute and she was declared victor. She continued to succeed in all her rounds and was brought to the final. Her against a long term winner of the competition. She could tell the crowd was most definitely rooting for him over her.

Her fight with him was the longest battle she had ever experienced. Eventually, she came out on top and was crowned the winner, though was exhausted afterwards. Cameras followed her all the way out of the building, so she made a run for it. When she returned home, she saw her mother outside, on the porch. She informed Sakura that Kenshiro had gone into critical condition and was now in a coma. Sakura felt an immense guilt, and refused to leave the Clan home from that point on.

On her 15th birthday, a letter was sent to her from Hope's Peak Academy. It was an invitation letter. With Kenshiro still in a coma, she refused to attend. They sent another letter. And another. Eventually, the clan begged Sakura to go so they could stop getting flooded with mail. She accepted begrudgingly, but not before saying goodbye to her friend.

## Appearance

Sakura wavy, long, ivory hair that falls past her hips. Her face has a scar running across it, along with her arms, which are wrapped in bandages. She has an extremely muscular build and is the tallest character in the cast. Her outfit is a white and blue sailor uniform that is ripped at the arms, along with grey tobi pants.

## Personality

Sakura is a wise and kind-hearted person. She wishes to be able to assist and protect those who can't do so for themselves. Beyond her strength, she's also very feminine and loves spending her down time engaging in peaceful activities. She has a strong distaste for those who abuse others, but rarely looses her temper. When she does become angry, she is unrecognisable and, frankly, frightening.

## Relationships

### **Aoi Asahina**

Sakura has a close relationship with Aoi as the two are the only girls who attend the gym in the group. She finds the swimmer's energy pleasant to be around. Aoi is also her first friend since **Kenshiro**.

## Trivia

* Sakura is a lesbian.
* Sakura is blasian.
* A woman in the clan once asked her if she had a crush on Kenshiro because they hung out so much.