Kyoko Sakura

**Kyoko Sakura** (佐倉杏子) is one of the five main Magical Girls in *Puella Magi Madoka☆Magica* anime and manga series. She serves as a protagonist alongside Mami Tomoe in *The Different Story*.

Also she is a Super Rare Elite who unlocked by getting from Special Gacha.

## Appearance

As a **civilian**, Kyoko has long, raspberry red hair which is always seen up in a high ponytail tied by a black ribbon. She has a set of risen bangs which frame her equally as her sharp red eyes. Her signature outfit consists of a black crop-top under a dark teal hoodie which is unzipped at the bottom, leaving her belly button exposed. She wears dark blue denim shorts with fur around the bottom edges and black below-the-knee boots. In the Rebellion movie, she is seen in her uniform as a civilian.

As a **Magical Girl**, she wears a maroon dress with an opening for her soul gem and a mandarin collar attached to it. Her soul gem is at her upper chest. The borders of her dress are covered with thick white frills that cover the opening of her dress and the back. She wears white bicep length sleeves with black buttoned cuffs around her wrists. Underneath, she wears a pleated magenta skirt and a black corset with white detailing. She wears tall red boots with white cuffs and white symbols just underneath which match the opening on her top, and black thigh-high socks.

## Personality

Kyoko can be somewhat stubborn and she has a fiery/tomboy-ish personality. She can be self-centered when she wants to be, though this is just a facade she made to herself and to others. In reality, Kyoko is kind and sympathetic when she sees those who are close to her in trouble. After losing her entire family due to the wish she had made for her father, she promised to never sacrifice herself for others as she believes that it would only end in tragedy. It is thought that she was afraid of getting herself hurt again, as well as the people she cared for the most. After Kyoko's father lost supporters, she and her family almost starved, which is the reason she loves food so much and hates those who waste it. She also threatens to kill anyone who wastes food.

Kyoko appeared to be very rude at first, and would often get into fights, almost killing Sayaka during a battle due to her own rage. However she proved she was actually someone with good intentions. Kyoko is initially threatening and vicious towards Sayaka, however this is later because Kyoko has made the same mistake Sayaka had made and is unable to watch her suffer any longer. Kyoko is very good at masking and internalizing her feelings to come off as a strong Magical Girl. She also sacrificed her life to kill Sayaka's Witch and make sure Sayaka is not alone. According to Sayaka, Kyoko has a child-ish taste when it comes to food.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

* Prior to the series' events, Kyoko had an illusory powers, used mostly to distract Witches. After losing her family and friendship with Mami, she no longer possess that ability.
* Her spear can become a chain which she can use to tie people up.
* She can create walls from red diamonds which are formed like a lattice.

### Attacks

* **Rosso Fantasma** (ロッソファンタズマ): An attack Kyoko performs in the third audio drama CD.
* **Connect** (コネクト): A technique used by Magical Girls in *Magia Record*. By joining hands, they are able to fuse their weapons and make a strong variant based on them.

## Evolution in Game

Evolves into **Kyoko Sakura & Maruge** at Level 10.

## Performance in Game

**+** Witch Killer

**+** 50% chance to knockback Red Enemies

**+** 50% chance to weaken Red enemies

**+** Immune to Weaken

## Trivia

* She is almost always seen eating something. This leads to a lot of close-ups of her mouth.
	+ In the 10th Anniversary Exhibition, there is a list of foods Kyoko was seen eating in the entirety of the original series.
* She can't swim, as explained in the fourth audio drama CD.
* She likes sweets things and arcade dance games.
* She hates crowded places.
* Revealed in the series' guidebook, Ume Aoki almost gave Mami's theme color as red, and Kyoko's theme color as yellow.
* Her Soul Gem shape appears to form the pupil of an eye on her chest, which could relate to her original illusion magic and her wish.
* Her voice actress believes her speech-style is Shouwa-ish.
* Unlike the four other main Magical Girls, she appears to be the most different among them.
	+ She doesn't debut in episode 1.
	+ She isn't from Mitakihara, but instead from the neighboring city, Kazamino.
	+ She doesn't attend a school. Not until *The Rebellion Story*.
	+ Her main outfit consists of a casual outfit, instead of her school uniform. This can be explained by the fact that she has pointed out that she doesn't attend school.
	+ She writes her name in kanji instead of hiragana. Though Mami uses katakana to spell her name.