Sakura (name) explained
| Sakura |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /ja/ |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | Depending on the kanji used |
| Region: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Origin: | Japanese |
| Related Names: | Sakurako, Sakurazawa, Sakurano, Sakurana |
Sakura (さくら, サクラ) is a common feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.
Possible writings
Sakura can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- as a given name
The given name can also be written in hiragana (さくら) or katakana (サクラ).
- as a surname
People
Given name
- , Japanese women's basketball player
- Sakura Ando (安藤 サクラ, born 1986), Japanese actress
- Sakura Fujiwara (藤原 さくら, born 1995), Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
- , Japanese shogi player
- Sakura Miyawaki (宮脇 咲良, born 1998), Japanese singer and member of South Korean girl group Le Sserafim and former member of groups: AKB48, HKT48, and Iz*One
- , Japanese table tennis player
- Sakura Nogawa (野川 さくら, born 1978), Japanese voice actress
- Sakura Oda (小田 さくら, born 1999), Japanese singer and member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume
- Sakura Tange (丹下 桜, born 1973), Japanese voice actress and singer
- Sakura Tsukagoshi (塚越 さくら, born 1991), Japanese cyclist
- Sakura Tsukuba (筑波 さくら), Japanese manga artist
- Sakura Yosozumi (四十住 さくら), Japanese skateboarder
Surname
- Momoko Sakura (さくら ももこ, 1965–2018), Japanese manga artist and the main character depicted in her own manga Chibi Maruko-chan
- Emi Sakura (さくら えみ, born 1976), Japanese professional wrestler
- Ayane Sakura (佐倉 綾音 born 1994), Japanese voice actress
- Nichole Sakura (born 1989), American actress and model
Stage name
Fictional characters
Given name
- Sakura (さくら), the younger sister of Tora-san in the film series Otoko wa Tsurai yo
- Sakura (Daisy), a character in the Pokémon anime series
- Princess Sakura (サクラ), alternate self of Sakura Kinomoto in
- Sakura (Urusei Yatsura) (サクラ), a character from the manga and anime franchise Urusei Yatsura
- Sakura Akamatsu (紗孔羅), a character from the Betterman anime series
- Sakura Amamiya, a character from the game Project Sakura Wars
- Sakura Haruno (春野 サクラ), a heroine of the manga and anime series Naruto
- Sakura Haruno (春野 桜), a main character in Wandaba Style
- Sakura Kakei (筧 朔羅), a character from the manga Get Backers
- Sakura Kaname (要 咲良), a character from the anime Fafner in the Azure
- Sakura Kasugano (春日野 さくら), a character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games
- Sakura Kinomoto (木之本 さくら), the main heroine of the manga and anime series Cardcaptor Sakura. In the English dub of the original anime titled Cardcaptors, her name is Sakura Avalon.
- Sakura Kitaōji (北大路 さくら), a character in anime series Aikatsu!
- Sakura Kiyashiki (春野 サクラ), a character of the manga and anime series Assassination Classroom
- Sakura Kono (河野 桜), a character from the manga and anime Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (Horimiya)
- Sakura Kusakabe (草壁桜), main character of the Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan anime
- Sakura Mamiya (真宮 桜), a main character from the manga Rin-ne
- Sakura Matō (間桐 桜), a main character in the adult visual novel Fate/Stay Night
- Sakura Minamoto, a character from the MAPPA idol anime series Zombie Land Saga
- Sakura Nishihori (西堀 さくら), main character from the 2006 tokusatsu television series, GoGo Sentai Boukenger
- Sakura Ogawa (小川さくら), a character from the novel, manga, and film Battle Royale
- Sakura Rokujo, a main character from the anime and manga series Tokko
- Sakura Sakurakouji (桜小路 桜), the main character in the manga series
- Sakura Shimano (しまの さくら), Shimajirou’s mother in the anime series Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirou
- Sakura Shinguji (真宮寺 さくら), a character from the Sakura Wars video games, anime and manga
- Sakura Yae (八重 桜), a character from the manga and game Really? Really!
- Sakura Yamauchi (山内桜良, Yamauchi Sakura), a character of the novel, manga and anime series I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
- Sakura Yoshino (芳乃さくら), a major character from the D.C.: Da Capo games and anime
- Sakura, Youngest Princess in the game Fire Emblem Fates
Surname
See also
