Kaari Sakura

### Occupation

KiraKira! Aftermath Show Host • Social Media Influencer • Music Artist • Voice Actor

### Friends

Toru Hayato
 Axel Hachimitsu
 Kumail Lakhani
 Koroshi-Chan
 Ali Sheng-Komura
 V-R0Y

**Kaari Sakura** has been in the social media spotlight for the majority of his life, and is known for his activism, voice acting work, and status as a KiraKira! Aftermath Show host. He's transgender and is considered the most followed transgender influencer across all platforms.

## **Origins**

Hikari "Kaari" Sakura is the son of Sakusei and Inari Sakura, born in Osaka City, Sakura. Their twin sister is Haru Sakura. Kaari has been voice acting for ten years, and his name and voice can be recognized on many popular shows and anime. He claims to have had a "pretty average" childhood experience, where he got average grades and attended school up to Junior High, before stopping to continue to pursue his career.

## **Relationships**

### **Toru Hayato**

To the public eye, Kaari is single, and has been for four years, since he broke up with Kumail Lakhani. However, Toru Hayato has acted as Kaari's "secret boyfriend" for this entire stretch of time. Ace hasn't confirmed much about their relationship in this roleplay, but it was prevalent in the Despair's Reprise roleplay series and will likely be relevant here too. For now, the only glimpses of their relationship have been found in SCENE 0 and SCENE 3.

### **Haru Sakura**

Honestly, the Sakura twins' relationship is strained at best. Haru Sakura has noted that fae "pities" Kaari, and Kaari, when asked about this, always brushes off the question. In fact - it's hard to get a straight opinion from Kaari in general, and especially about Haru. All that can be gathered is that Kaari rarely refers to faer by name, usually saying "my sister," and that he's been seen being blatantly ignored by faer in public.

### **Kumail Lakhani**

Kaari's relationship with Kumail Lakhani was short lived, but the two still stay in touch occasionally. They'd dated for a short amount of time in Junior High, but found that they both enjoyed being friends much more. Upon hearing that Kumail got into KiraKira! Season 6, Kaari has said he's "extremely excited for a core season" and is "very proud of Kumail for making it in."

### **Koroshi-Chan**

Kaari and Haru have both confirmed to have known Koroshi-Chan for a very long time, and Kaari and Koroshi seem to be decent friends who bounce things off of each other well when on screen. Kaari has said that Haru is better friends with Koroshi than them, though, and usually him and it only interact sparingly nowadays.

### **Axel Hachimitsu**

The two influencers met when their fans both vigorously banded together to make them aware of each other - and they hit it off very quickly, in a platonic way. Axel Hachimitsu's political views seem to be completely in line with Kaari's, both advocating publicly for access to information, equal rights, and freedom of speech. The two very frequently can be seen hanging out together, especially at conventions and public events.

### **Ali Sheng-Komura**

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### **V-R0Y**

V-R0Y is not connected to Kaari Sakura in any official regard, but it can be assumed the two have a relationship due to the events in SCENE 4, where V and Axel discuss Toru Hayato, Kaari's boyfriend. In the in-character universe, Kaari has notably mentioned that he "highly respects" the hacker, but has a "distaste" for his method of getting his points across.

## **Achievements**

### **KiraKira! Aftermath Show Host**

The KiraKira! Aftermath Show is a talk-show originally hosted by Axel Hachimitsu, and now hosted by Kaari and Haru Sakura. The two took over the show after Axel stepped down, and Kaari has been extremely grateful for the opportunity to be on such a huge show. They have said that the job is "one of the most enjoyable experiences of [their] life."

### **Music Career**

Kaari released **BOKU NO SAKURA**, his first and currently only planned studio album, on August 6th, 2054.

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### **Follower Count**

Kaari has become one of only eleven people to reach 100 million followers on a single social media platform in Saiba-Japan.

### **Voice Acting Career**

Since he was eight, Kaari has been working as a voice actor for varying anime studios, as well as running his own Youtube channel on the side. While he was given an advantage due to who his mother is, he also is extremely talented, and has voiced over one hundred and fifty roles in the past 10 years.

## **Trivia**

* Kaari usually can be seen wearing one pink eye contact.
* He doesn't need glasses, but he wears them for fashion.
* They have an extremely large vocal range (think of MafuMafu, except more), partially due to the fact that they're transgender.
* Kaari identifies as a demiboy, and prefers masculine terms when being described.
* "Hero Complex" peaked at #1 on charts and held a top 10 position for 7 weeks, staying in the top 100 for several months.
	+ Ace has noted that the song is about Toru Hayato, Kaari's boyfriend.
* "POP DEMON" also peaked at #1 a couple weeks later, when the music video was released.
	+ This song is confirmed to be connected to the third track of **to the world**, Haru's album, which was released the same day as Haru's.
* Kaari's representative symbol is ☽, for 'Moon' in astrology.