Sakura Hanadera

**Sakura Hanadera** (Japanese: **花寺 サクラ** *Hanadera Sakura*; Korean: **사쿠라** *Sakula*) is one of the main protagonists of *Pastel Stars ☆ Cyber Chase*, and a member of Cyber Chase at Microgaoka.

Sakura's alter ego is **Rhythmic Cherry** (Japanese: **リズミックチェリー** *Rizumikkucherī*; Korean: **리드미컬한 체리** *Lideumikeolhan Cheli*), or Cherry for short, and her main talent is dancing.

## Personality

A fun-loving third year middle school student who loves gymnastics and wishes to become a dancer in the future. She struggles with issues regarding learning at school and her parents' high standards. But this doesn't stop her from achieving her dreams as a magical girl.

## Appearance

As Sakura, she has pale skin, red wavy hair with green streaks, and green eyes. On her hair, she wears a side ponytail and on another side she wears a pink hair clip. As for casual clothes, she wears a magenta blouse, a mint green skirt, white tights, and mint green shoes.

As Cherry, she has pastel pink eyes, and green hair with a pastel pink ombré on the end. Her ponytail stays the same, but it gains a black bow. She wears a mint green butterfly-shaped headset with two bear ears on it, and her cyber style outfit is mainly black, white, and mint green.

In *Pastel Stars TV*, Sakura's hair is tied into two braids and she has two flowers on the side of her head. As Cherry, her side ponytail is let loose, and she has a black bow on the right side of her head.

## Relationships

### Friends

* **Hibiki Matsuura:** Hibiki admires Sakura's dancing skills and often sees her optimism as "a source of motivation". She even once encouraged her to fight her personal demon.
* **Dina Nakamura:** Dina admires Sakura's dancing skills, and the two appear to have a lot in common. Sometimes they call each other twins because of their similarities.
* **Felicity Aozora:** Sakura's classmate. Although only acquaintances at first, they eventually get to know each other more during the events of the battles.
* **Kohane Sumireno:** Although Sakura and Kohane don't really interact a lot in the series, Sakura approves the Rainbow Duo, and on occasion they would talk about their favorite idols.
* **Ingrid Heartson:** She often finds Ingrid adorable and admires how she also doesn't let anybody stop her from achieving her dreams. Because of this, they are compassionate towards each other.
* **Kim Hye-won:** Kim and Sakura consider each other best friends, as they always stick together and enjoy their activities as partners. Sakura takes comfort in Kim's upbeat background, and Kim admires Sakura's talent in dancing.

### Future Family (movie)

* **Setho Kinguryuki:** Sakura's hubsand.
* **Takeshi Midorikawa:** Sakura's younger cousin.

## Rhythmic Cherry

*"The green butterfly of courage! I am Rhythmic Cherry!"*

**Rhythmic Cherry** is Sakura's Cyber Chase alter ego, which she uses in Microgaoka. In order to transform, she needs her Minty Headset to complete the Rhythmic Makeover. Her theme color is green, and her signature symbol is a butterfly.

### Attacks

* **Blossoming Punch** (solo)
* **Aura Rising** (group)

## Songs

Sakura's dream voice actress, Hana Hishikawa, has participated in many image songs for her character.

### Duet

* **~Rainbow Runners~** (with Ami Koshimizu, Saki Nakajima, Saori Hayami, Yui Ogura, and Akari Kito)
* **Sparkle With ☆ Happiness** (duet with Rie Kugimiya and Sally Amaki)
* **Hop! Step! Jump!** (duet with Rie Kugimiya)
* **Be My Star! Rainbow Runners~** (with Ami Koshimizu, Maria Naganawa, Saori Hayami, Yui Ogura, Ayane Sakura, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Rie Kugimiya, Kenji Nojima, Inori Minase, and Sally Amaki)

## Introductory Quote

*“And a one, and a two, a one, two, three! … Huh? I didn’t see you there, I am so sorry! Anyways, my name is Sakura Hanadera, a gymnast and a dancer! My love for magical girls has helped me calm down from some burnouts my parents would give me sometimes. Despite all of this, I really like to enjoy the smallest things in life, and I love hanging out with Kim! She’s a lot of fun! … A mission to complete? In that case, it’s time for the show to begin!"*

## Localized Names

* **Lilly** – American English dub (and other various versions)
* **Fatima (فاطمة)** – Standard Arabic dub (Venus Centre)
* **Chūn Huá (春华)** – Cantonese, Mandarin, and Taiwanese dubs
* **Jane** – Dutch dub
* **Linoy (לינוֹי)** – Hebrew dub
* **Caterina** – Italian dub
* **Anya (Аня)** – Russian dub

## Trivia

* Her theme color's hex code is #7BFFA5.
* Cherry's headset connects with some bear ears, indicating her love for animals.
	+ She and Volare are the only two characters to have animal ears on their headsets so far.
* She is one of the few characters who enjoys using physical combat against her enemies. She even uses her gymnastics skills to outsmart the opponents from time to time.
* Sakura has a pet dog named Auggie, and he seems to understand her frustration towards school.
* She is a big fan of magical girl anime, *Pretty Cure*, to be exact.