Sakura (disambiguation)
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Sakura is the Japanese name for ornamental cherry trees and their blossoms.
Sakura may also refer to:
- Sakura, Chiba, a city in Japan
- A Japanese given or family name
- Raw horse meat, usually prepared as sashimi called Basashi
- An airport lounge owned and operated by Japan Airlines throughout the world
- Sakura (NHK TV drama), a Japanese TV morning show
- Sakura Color Products, pen manufacturer
- The "Sakura" tribe of snakes, which are the shamans in the Magic: The Gathering set Champions of Kamigawa
- A shard in Ultima Online
[edit] Music
- Sakura (album), by Susumu Yokota
- "Sakura" (folk song), a Japanese folk song
- A remix of the folk song by Naoki Maeda (RevenG) used in the video games Beatmania IIDX and Dance Dance Revolution. The kanji 桜 is used
[edit] People
- Sakura Tsukuba, a mangaka
- Sakura (drummer) (Yasunori "Sakura" Sakurazawa), a drummer and former member of the j-rock quartet L'Arc~en~Ciel
- Sakura (mansa), a mansa of the Mali empire
- Sakura Tange, a seiyū (voice actor) and singer
- Sakura Nogawa, a seiyū
- Sakura (J-Pop singer), a J-Pop singer
[edit] Fictional names
Given name:
- Sakura, a minor character in the anime series Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X
- Sakura (Daisy), characters in the Pokémon anime
- Sakura Glory, a minor character in the manga Rave Master
- Sakura Haruno, a major character in the manga and anime Naruto
- Sakura Haruno, a bratty nursery rhyme singer for the band Mix Juice in Wandaba Style
- Sakura Inatori (Charlotte), a minor character in Hamtaro
- Sakura Kakei, a character from the manga Get Backers
- Sakura Kasugano, a character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games
- Sakura Kokushou, a character in Please Save My Earth
- Sakura Kinomoto, main character of manga and anime Cardcaptor Sakura (In the English anime adaptation, Cardcaptors, her name is Sakura Avalon), and a character from Tsubasa Chronicle (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles)
- Sakura Kusakabe, the main (male) character in Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
- Sakura Matō, a main character in Fate/Stay Night
- Sakura Momomiya, a minor character from the manga Tokyo Mew Mew (Mew Mew Power)
- Sakura Nishihori, a character from GoGo Sentai Boukenger
- Sakura Ogawa, a character from Battle Royale
- Sakura Shinguji, a character from the Sakura Wars (Sakura Taisen) video games, anime and manga
- Sakura Tomoe, a minor character from Weiß Kreuz
Family name:
- Miyuki Sakura, a minor character from the manga and anime series Mahoromatic
- Momoko Sakura, the main character of Chibi Maruko-chan
- Nina Sakura, a character from Ultra Maniac
- Tsubaki Sakura, a minor character from Kare Kano