Sakura Gozen

### Relatives

Kondo Isami(father,deceased), Rika(mother), Miyagawa Hisajiro(paternal grandfather,deceased), Miyo(paternal grandmother,deceased), Otojiro and Kumezo(paternal uncles,deceased), Rie(paternal aunt,deceased), Ryujin(maternal grandfather), Sango and Shinju(maternal aunts), Kaito(maternal uncle), Paladin(adopted brother in-law), Wufangchu(adopted father), Lingling(adopted sister,deceased), Wubailong(adopted brother)

### Affiliation

Kondo clanRyugu-Jo

Friends: Team Gold(especially Kitty), Flipp, Eye Jinn

## Appearances

### Debut

S14 Ep4

> “My will is to protect those whom I love, I will fight in the way of the samurai.”
>
> -Sakura Gozen

Sakura is a female samurai who is the daughter of the legendary samurai Kondo Isami and a goldfish mermaid named Rika. She is more than 100 years old. Much of her life is shrouded in mystery, but here is what is known:

She has spent most of her life in China where she learned Kung Fu and mastered the use of the naginata. During WWII she assisted and defended Chinese refugees. She was hated by the Japanese military but today both Chinese and Japanese people consider her a hero.

Recently she took on the task of protecting the cat girls from being captured by criminals. She also searches for and rescues Cat Girls that are still being held captive.

Her best friend is Kitty, the adopted daughter of Paladin and Swan Song.

She is created by AnaisHKYoutube,a teenage girl from Hong Kong who loves Japanese culture. (The HK stands for Hong Kong.)

## Appearance

Sakura is portrayed as a young woman of average height, which makes her appear a bit shorter compared to most of the characters. She has dark brown eyes and black hair with straight cut bangs and is often styled in a ponytail. Unlike most Asians, her skin is pale due to her poor blood circulation.

### Hero attire

She wears a black kimono style top with a yellow obi and pink shoulder pads, a white skirt with pink lining, a pair of black knee high tabi and black Japanese clogs with pink straps. She also wears a pair of pink gauntlets and a goldfish pendant.

### Civilian attire

She wears the typical Shinsengumi uniform, which consists of a white kimono and a black hakama,her father’s light blue haori with white mountain stripes, white socks and a pair of Japanese clogs. She also wears her father’s white headband.

After the events of WWII, Sakura wears a hanfu which consisted of a creamy green-yellow dress, with a blue over shirt, which has cyan sleeves, and a red band around her waist.

Later on in the series, Sakura wears a white and deep pink baseball jacket over a white t-shirt with a manekineko (beckoning cat) logo, a choker necklace with a cherry blossom charm, a pair of lavender shorts, a pair of white socks and a pair of cyan sneakers with pale purple laces.

### Middle Eastern attire

During her travels in Syria, she wears a dark purple short sleeved leotard with gold accents and a purple sash in both of her shoulders,a lilac side belt, her goldfish pendant and a gold tiara with a ruby on her head. On her feet are a pair of thigh high stockings with the toes cut out.

## Personality

Sakura is portrayed as a boisterous, sarcastic and cheerful young woman who always loves to tease people(especially her enemies and her adopted father)by roasting, pranking or smack-talking them. She's often quick-witted and displays great affection and even insight towards her friends, such as Paladin and Kitty. She is extremely fearless and determined, not being afraid to take chances just as to save the cat girls from being captured. Despite her sarcasm, she is very kind and understanding. This is shown when she comforts Kitty and reassuring her that her sisters will be fine. Moreover, Sakura really looks up to her grandfather Ryujin, the Japanese god of the sea and the ruler of Ryugu-jo and sees him as her role model. She often keeps his wise sayings in mind and would think what he would do before she acts.

Out of her armor, however, Sakura was actually lonely due to the death of her father and the disappearance of her mother. When Wufangchu told her that he adopted her as his daughter, she threw herself into his arms, happy to be loved again.

Like her biological father and maternal grandfather, Sakura loves to read, especially books about the Sengoku era and the history of samurais. Her image colour is cherry blossom pink, but her favourite colour is aqua blue.

## Abilities

### Phytokinesis

Sakura has the ability to grow sentient and not-sentient flora, which acts as her healing source or weapon. For example, she could manifest the petals into shuriken and throw them at enemies to make them fall asleep due to the enticing aroma.

### Naginata proficiency

Through her many years of training, Sakura can summon her weapon, a naginata. Sakura is very skilled in the art of naginata-wielding and goes in tandem with her pattern of fighting that involves kabuki dancing. She moves gracefully and swiftly, attacking with grace and poise. She stays calm and collected during melee battles, duels, and skirmishes.

### Hand-to-hand combat

Sakura is a master of snake and mantis style Kung fu and has shown considerable skill in it. This is shown when she was taking down two Japanese soldiers with her fighting techniques. She is also proficient in judo and other Japanese martial arts.

### Immortality

Sakura gained immortality after consuming a peach from a sacred peach tree in China. Since then, she retained the appearance of a teenage girl and did not age after that.

### Aquatic Breathing

Due to her being half mermaid, Sakura can breathe in both water and air and is capable of staying underwater as long as she likes and re-emerge ready to breathe oxygen again.

## Trivia

Sakura is a big eater and loves grabbing food at convenience stores and her favourite store 551 Horai. Her favourite foods include oden,nikuman(Chinese steamed pork buns) and futomaki(thick sushi rolls).

Gozen means “Young warlord” in Japanese, which explains her role of being a samurai.

She greatly resembles Kanao Tsuyuri from Demon Slayer in some ways:Both have the same hairstyle, having the same occupation as a samurai, having flower motifs and are adopted by a close friend who is related to their birth families.

This is the second character not to be created by Lee Walser, the first one is Flipp, who is created by Flipp Mode. And she is the only hero to be of Japanese descent.

Sakura’s least favourite festival is Valentine’s Day since she thinks it’s too lovey dovey and she hates romance.

Her hero name and fighting style is a reference to Tomoe Gozen, a famous female samurai from the late Heian period.

## Adoption

> “I have superpowers, immortality and friends to support me, but what I wanted most is a family.”
>
> -Sakura expressing her loneliness to Wufangchu

Although much of it takes place off screen Sakura develops a close friendship with Wufangchu after their meeting in season 16. Before he became a villain, Wufangchu was a close friend of her father Kondo Isami. And felt an affection for her right away. Since Wufangchu and his son were both intent on leaving the earth to spend some time in Shangri-La He formally adopted Sakura and left her in charge of his empire, until he returns. She moved the Cat Girl sanctuary to Wu's Island, where they are much safer.