| Native Name: | 佐倉薫 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 29 December 1990 |
| Years Active: | 2011–present |
| Employer: | Remax |
is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Yamaguchi Prefecture, affiliated with Remax.[1] She is known for voicing Witch in the Puyo Puyo video game series, Nagi Kobotoke in Chunithm and its spinoff Irodorimidori, Koharun in The Lost Village, Chitose Kurosaki in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, and Eru Amami in D Cide Traumerei.
Kaoru Sakura, a native of Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was born on 29 December 1990.[1] She was part of a broadcasting club with only two members while in junior high school. She decided to start a voice acting career because after playing the visual novel Kamaitachi no Yoru, she thought it would be interesting if it had dialogue, which the game lacks due to being a Super Nintendo Entertainment System game. She was educated at Remax Attached Training School, and her first starring role was in the 2014 American film Ask Me Anything; she later recalled that she had done the job with Yōko Honna.
In 2011, Sakura began voicing Witch in the Puyo Puyo video game series. The producer of Puyo Puyo, Mizuki Hosoyamada, remarked that she mistook Sakura for Witch the first time he heard her voice, and Sakura herself listened to every other voice of Witch in order to protect the fandom's illusion toward Witch.[2] She also regularly appears on the Puyo Puyo Channel and Puyo Quest Namahōsō Niconico channels, and she often mentions that she is the same age as the Puyo Puyo series.[3]
Sakura voices Chitose Kurosaki in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, a sub-franchise in The Idolmaster franchise. Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including the 2020 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Starlight Master for the Next! 01: True Colors" and the 2021 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Master 38: Fascinate" (which both charted at #7 in the Oricon Singles Chart).[4] [5]
Sakura voices Nagi Kobotoke, the fictional keyboardist for the in-universe band Irodorimidori in Chunithm, and she reprised her role in the 2022 Irodorimidori anime. She also starred as Koharun in The Lost Village (2016), Chiko Sekino in Dropout Idol Fruit Tart (2020), Eru Amami in D Cide Traumerei (2021).
In addition to voice acting, Sakura appears in music videos and works as a . Originally working in video production prior to her voice acting debut, her first job was on TV Asahi's late-night variety show . In November 2017, as part of 7, she was appointed as station master-for-a-day at Tokuyama Station.[6]
One of Sakura's special skills is archery,[1] having been part of an archery club in high school. Another of her special skills is swimming,[1] having practiced the hobby since kindergarten.[7]
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Kurokan | Hitomi Kunieda | ||
| 2015 | Dance with Devils | female student, etc. | ||
| 2015 | Durarara!! | female clerk | ||
| 2016 | The Lost Village | Koharun | [8] | |
| 2017 | Anonymous Noise | woman 3 | ||
| 2017 | Grimoire of Zero | beautiful woman B, Magic Corps member A | ||
| 2017 | Hinako Note | woman, clerk | ||
| 2017 | Scum's Wish | elementary school student A, female student | ||
| 2019 | Outburst Dreamer Boys | Kujuku Tsukiho, Kujuku Haruka | ||
| 2019 | Rifle Is Beautiful | Takae Tachibana | ||
| 2019 | The Quintessential Quintuplets | |||
| 2020 | D4DJ First Mix | |||
| 2020 | Dropout Idol Fruit Tart | Chiko Sekino | [9] | |
| 2020 | Interspecies Reviewers | Miss Clula | ||
| 2021 | D Cide Traumerei | Eru Amami | [10] | |
| 2022 | Irodorimidori | Nagi Kobotoke | [11] |
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Mai Mai Miracle | high school girl | ||
| 2016 | Pop in Q | Jerry, etc. |
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Saikyō Jump Spy Penguin | lady | ||
| 2014 | Sakura Cupusule | Mahiru's senpai |
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Yahabee | Kagome | ||
| 2013 | Double Hard | Mai Sugiura | ||
| 2013 | Tomotoon! Sakura Taisen | female customer | ||
| 2016 | Jewelpet: Attack Chance?! | Ruri | ||
| 2019 | The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls 8th Anniversary Special Project: Spin-off! | Chitose Kurosaki | [12] |
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Puyo Puyo | Witch, Sylph | ||
| 2013 | Mugen Souls Z | Sharefull | ||
| 2014 | Aya | |||
| 2015 | Chunithm | Nagi Kotoboke | [13] | |
| 2015 | Durarara!! Relay | Saika, high school girl, others | ||
| 2015 | rabbit maid | |||
| 2016 | Neko | |||
| 2016 | Shadowverse | Isabelle | ||
| 2016 | Summon Night 6 | Claret | ||
| 2018 | Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight: Re LIVE | Elle Nishino | ||
| 2019 | Natsuno Minami | [14] | ||
| 2019 | The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls | Chitose Kurosaki | ||
| 2020 | Arknights | Andreana | ||
| 2020 | Last Period | Teonia, Alicia | ||
| 2021 | D Cide Traumerei | Eru Amami | ||
| 2021 | Touhou Danmaku Kagura | Reisen Udongein Inaba |