Kaoruko Sakurazaki

* Returns
* Gal\*Gun (2012)
* Gal\*Gun (2011)

**Kaoruko Sakurazaki** (桜咲 薫子, *Sakurazaki Kaoruko*) is a 3rd year student who attended Class 3-D at Sakurazaki Academy. She is the only daughter of the Sakurazaki Conglomerate and a potential love interest from *Gal\*Gun* and *Gal\*Gun Returns*.

From *Gal\*Gun: Double Peace* onwards, she does not appear due to her graduation in between *Gal\*Gun* and *Double Peace*. However, she has several statues dedicated to her.

Her credits theme is *Prismatic Palette* (*七色のパレット*).

## Appearance

A tall girl with deep blue eyes and very long blonde hair worn in loose drills held by maroon ribbons that wrap around the base. She has a single, chest-length curling strand of hair that hangs from this over her shoulders. Her bangs are neatly brushed and spread out, and her forelocks are layered.

With her school uniform she wears black tights.

## Personality

She is very prideful, and does not forgive insolence or those who defy her whims. Due to this, she's not very upfront about her feelings towards those she loves. Despite her high standards, she has some tolerance towards lewd behavior.

## Story

### Gal\*Gun/Gal\*Gun Returns

Kaoruko, accompanied by her two bodyguards, encounters Tenzou in front of the school. She is initially cross with him for failing to meet her at the art room. After hearing his excuse, she is noticeably unaffected by Tenzou's Popul-aura, and her Heart Guardian thwarts Patako and Tenzou's attempt to use the Doki Doki Field.

Later she meets Tenzou in her classroom and is shocked to see girls fainting in front of him. Hearing her bodyguards coming, Kaoruko shoves Tenzou in a locker to hide him and tells him to meet her in the art room.

At the art room, Kaoruko asks Tenzou to be a nude model for her. After finishing her painting, Kaoruko tells Tenzou that he reminded her of a young boy that she met in the past who used to model for her, which was the reason why she fell in love with art. Just then her bodyguards burst into the room and reveal that Kaoruko is being targeted by kidnappers, and they kick Tenzou out of the art room.

When Tenzou comes back to check on her, the kidnapper has captured and trapped her in a cage attached to a helicopter. Tenzou destroys the cage with his Pheromone Shots, and when Kaoruko jumps out, Tenzou is able to catch and save her. Afterwards, Kaoruko is taken away by her bodyguards for safety.

After the kidnapper was arrested, she was allowed to see Tenzou again in the art room. Thanking Tenzou for saving her, she offers him the chance to be her servant for life, which causes Tenzou to run away in tears.

Seeing Tenzou run off, she orders her bodyguards to take him to the school roof to hear his answer. When Tenzou arrives, he gets hit from behind and knocked out, then tied up by Kaoruko and her guards. She gives Tenzou an ultimatum: become her eternal servant, or face death. Tenzou, not wanting to be her servant, breaks out of his bindings and the two fight. After her defeat, Kaoruko starts crying out of humiliation, and reveals that everything she did was to get Tenzou to remember what happened between them in the past. As Tenzou apologizes and confesses his feelings for her, Patako activates the Doki Doki Field.

##### True Ending

Calming down, Kaoruko confesses that she had loved Tenzou ever since they first met as kids. Hearing this, Tenzou finally remembers that he was the same young boy that Kaoruko mentioned. The two become a couple as Kaoruko teases Tenzou one last time.

##### Good Ending

Calming down, Kaoruko confesses that she had loved Tenzou ever since they first met as kids. While Tenzou has no idea what she’s talking about, Kaoruko accepts the fact that he can’t remember. The two apologize to one another and became a couple.

##### Bad Ending

Hearing Tenzou's confession, Kaoruko is happy but has decided to move on from her feelings after realizing no matter how hard she tries, Tenzou can’t remember anything. She apologizes for all the trouble that she caused him before bidding him farewell. This leaves Tenzou and Patako wallowing in despair over the rejection.

### Doki Doki Carnival

If Tenzou has Kaoruko as his girlfriend, she, along with the other heroines, eventually confront him about the rumors of him bullying the girls on campus. She asks him if she's not satisfying him in some way. Due to Tenzou's circumstances, she isn't able to learn the reason behind his actions other than it being for the sake of their relationship. Before the situation can get too heated, Patako uses the Doki Doki Field on her and the other girls present.

Afterwards, Kaoruko accepts Tenzou's behavior on the account of it being for her sake. She confidently reminds him that she's the only girl for him, and leaves with the other heroines. Patako admires Kaoruko's strong sense of initiative towards their relationship.

If she isn't Tenzou's girlfriend, she and the other heroines go with his girlfriend to confront Tenzou about his behavior.

## Other Appearances

### *Gal\*Gun 2*

Kaoruko makes a cameo as statues and a cardboard cutout the player can earn and decorate their room with.

### Mighty/Gal Gunvolt Burst

Kaoruko makes a cameo in Tenzou's official art for Burst. Additionally, she has her own pixel sticker.

## Profile

### Gal\*Gun Returns website profile:

A 3rd year student, she's the only daughter of the head of the extremely wealthy Sakurazaki conglomerate. She's incredibly prideful and confident. She's usually a kind girl, but she is not afraid to unleash her fury against those who slight her in some way. She's very popular with guys and gals alike, to the point where there are multiple fan clubs for her in the academy. Joined the art club because she enjoys painting. She also excels at many sports at a near-pro level, with the one exception of swimming.

### Gal\*Gun Returns in-game profile:

* English
* 日本語
* JP Translated

 The powerful Sakurazaki family's sole pride and joy. Nobody can defy her. She has a passion for art, and her paintings are highly valued by collectors.

 圧倒的な財力を誇る桜咲財閥の一人娘。 人一倍プライドが高く、 刃向かう者には 容赦しない。 絵を描くことが趣味で、 彼女の絵は その筋では高く評価されている。
 (Disclaimer: Machine TL)
She is the only daughter of the overwhelmingly powerful Sakurazaki conglomerate. She is more proud than most, and will show no mercy to anyone who crosses her. She enjoys painting, and her pictures are highly regarded in her circles.

## Designer Comments

* JP Translated
* 日本語

 (Disclaimer: Machine TL)
**Ito**: This is also not a challenge from a design standpoint.

...

**Ito**: Since she is a rich young lady, I tried to make the hem ( skirt ) a little longer with a custom-made uniform and changed the color. ...... As for the twin-tail itself, from the beginning I was thinking of curling it like a drill. Since there are short tails coming out of the ribbon, there were four of them and many more things to swing. The more things that swayed, the more time it took to adjust, making the character a constant source of tears for the programmers (laughs).

 **伊東**：これもデザイン的には苦労していませんね。
...

**伊東**：お金持ちのお嬢様なので、オーダーメイドの制服で裾（すそ）をちょっと長くしてみたり、色を変えてみたり……。ツインテール自体は当初からドリルのように巻こうと考えていました。リボンから短いテールが出ているので、何気に4本あって揺れるものが多くなってしまいました。揺れるものが増えると調整に時間がかかるため、プログラマー泣かせのキャラになってしまいました（笑）。

## Boss Fight

### Gal\*Gun/Gal\*Gun Returns

*Note: The following attack names are conjecture due to the lack of official names*

     Extravagant Gifts
     Less than Dirt

## Etymology

* The name **Kaoruko** means "fragrance, fragrant" (薫) (**kaoru**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
* Kaoruko's surname **Sakurazaki** means "cherry blossom" (桜) (**sakura**) and "blossom" (咲) (**saki**/**zaki**).

## Trivia

* In *Gal\*Gun 2*, Nanako recalls seeing Kaoruko riding a pink limo in an optional conversation with her.
* In an optional conversation with Joule in *Azure Striker Gunvolt*, Gunvolt and Joule remember a commercial jingle from Sakurazaki Motors, a company that sells pink cars.
	+ In the *Armed Blue Official Soundtrack*, the Sakurazaki Motors Commercial Song is the 42nd track on the disc
	+ *Azure Striker Gunvolt 2* introduces Quinn Sakurazaki, an illegitimate child from the Sakurazaki family.
* In *Gal\*Gun's* Dressing Room mode, Kaoruko is equipped with a contacts case by default. This implies she may be wearing contacts, and thus has poor vision.
* An early idea for *Double Peace* was an easter egg tied to the Kaoruko statue in front of the school, where shooting the statue in certain places would trigger voice lines from Kaoruko. However, it was scrapped because the buttons on statue would have been too small to shoot, and zooming would see through the statue.

## References

1. ↑ https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/339/339138/index-2.html
2. ↑ https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/107/1107677/