Sakura (name)
Sakura is commonly found as a feminine Japanese given name, also being occasionally given to boys. Sakura is also found as a surname.
Spellings
Sakura can be spelt in kanji in multiple ways: 桜, 櫻, 咲良, 佐倉, 沙倉, 佐久良. Apart from the first two, the rest are phonetic or phonosemantic spellings, based on the vowels and consonants of the name. As a surname, the spellings 佐倉 and 佐久良 have been used. 佐倉 is also a placename.People
Given name
- Sakura Akaho, Japanese women's basketball player
- Sakura Ando, Japanese actress
- Sakura Andō (singer), Japanese singer and television personality
- Sakura Asagi, Japanese animator, illustrator, and manga artist
- Sakura Endō, Japanese singer, actress, and fashion model
- Sakura Fujiwara, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
- Sakura Hauge, Norwegian-born Japanese handball goalkeeper
- Sakura Hayakawa, Japanese former individual rhythmic gymnast
- Sakura Hirota, Japanese politician and semi-retired professional wrestler
- Sakura Hosogi, Japanese tennis player
- Sakura Ishimoto, Japanese shogi player
- Sakura Ishiyama, Japanese member of Juice=Juice
- Sakura Kawasaki, Japanese member of Nogizaka46
- Sakura Kinoshita, Japanese manga artist
- Sakura Koiwai, Japanese professional golfer
- Sakura Kokumai, American karateka
- Sakura Komoriya, Japanese singer
- Sakura Masuki, Japanese badminton player
- Sakura Matsuo, Japanese member of Hinatazaka46
- Sakura Miyajima, Japanese tarento, free announcer, and singer
- Sakura Miyawaki, Japanese singer and member of South Korean girl group Le Sserafim and former member of groups: AKB48, HKT48, and Iz*One
- Sakura Mizutani, Japanese rugby union and sevens player
- Sakura Mori, Japanese table tennis player
- Sakura Motoki, Japanese freestyle wrestler
- Sakura Nogawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Sakura Nojima, Japanese professional footballer
- Sakura Nomura, Japanese female mixed martial artist and kickboxer
- Sakura Noshitani, Japanese former group rhythmic gymnast
- Sakura Oda, Japanese singer and member of the J-pop girl group Morning Musume
- Sakura Onishi, Japanese freestyle wrestler
- Sakura Pascarelli, Italian physicist and the scientific director at the European XFEL
- Sakura Saunders, American writer
- Sakura Schafer-Nameki, German mathematical physicist
- Sakura Tange, Japanese voice actress, singer and writer
- Sakura Tsukagoshi, Japanese professional racing cyclist
- Sakura Tsukuba, Japanese manga artist
- Sakura Uchikoshi, Japanese politician
- Sakura Yokomine, Japanese professional golfer
- Sakura Yosozumi, Japanese professional skateboarder
- Sakura Yumoto, Japanese artistic gymnast
- Elizabeth Sakura Narita, known as Lisa, Japanese singer, songwriter and producer
Surname
- Ashika Sakura, Japanese manga artist
- Aya Sakura, Japanese professional wrestler
- Ayane Sakura, Japanese voice actress
- Emi Sakura, Japanese professional wrestler
- Hinano Sakura, Japanese member of Iginari Tohoku San
- Kaoru Sakura, Japanese voice actress
- Mana Sakura, Japanese AV idol, gravure model, novelist and singer
- Maya Sakura, Japanese enka singer and child actress
- Momoko Sakura, Japanese manga artist and the main character depicted in her own manga Chibi Maruko-chan
- Mutsuko Sakura, Japanese enka singer and child actress
- Nichole Sakura, American actress and model
- Sakura Sōgorō, legendary Japanese farmer
- Tamakichi Sakura, Japanese manga artist
Stage name
- Sakura (musician), Japanese musician and former drummer of the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel
- Sakura Candle, Japanese professional wrestler
- Nath-Sakura, Catalan-Spanish photographer
- Rock M. Sakura, American drag queen
Fictional characters
Given name
- Sakura, 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, alternate self of Sakura Kinomoto in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
- Sakura (Urusei Yatsura), a character from the manga and anime franchise Urusei Yatsura
- Sakura, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
- Sakura Akamatsu, a character from the Betterman anime series
- Sakura Amamiya, a character from the game Project Sakura Wars
- Sakura Hagiwara, a main character of the manga series Wanna Be the Strongest in the World!
- Sakura Haruno, a heroine of the manga and anime series Naruto
- Sakura Haruno, a main character in Wandaba Style
- Sakura Hanasaki, also known as Celeste, Momoko Hanasaki’s mother a character in Wedding Peach
- Sakura Kakei, a character from the manga Get Backers
- Sakura Kaname, a character from the anime Fafner in the Azure
- Sakura Kasugano, a character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games
- Sakura Kinomoto, 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, a character in anime series Aikatsu!
- Sakura Kiyashiki, a character of the manga and anime series Assassination Classroom
- Sakura Kono, a character from the manga and anime Hori-san to Miyamura-kun
- Sakura Konotori Dr. Storks Netflix series main character
- Sakura Kusakabe, main character of the Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan anime
- Sakura Mamiya, a main character from the manga Rin-ne
- Sakura Matō, 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, main character from the 2006 tokusatsu television series, GoGo Sentai Boukenger
- Sakura Ogawa, a character from the novel, manga, and film Battle Royale
- Sakura Ogami, a character in the visual novel Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
- Sakura Rokujo, a main character from the anime and manga series Tokko
- Sakura Sakurakouji, the main character in the manga series Code: Breaker
- Sakura Shimano, Shimajirou’s mother in the anime series Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirou
- Sakura Shinguji, a character from the Sakura Wars video games, anime and manga
- Sakura Yae, a character from the manga and game Really? Really!
- Sakura Yamauchi, a character of the novel, manga and anime series I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
- Sakura Yoshino, a major character from the D.C.: Da Capo games and anime
- Sakura, Youngest Princess in the game Fire Emblem Fates
Surname
- Chiyo Sakura, the viewpoint character in the series Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
- Hane Sakura, main character in Bakuon!!
- Haruka Sakura, a character in the manga series Wind Breaker
- Ichiko Sakura, protagonist of Binbō-gami ga!
- Kyoko Sakura,, a main character in the series Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Mikan Sakura, main character of the anime Alice Academy
- Momoko Sakura, main character's real name in the shōjo manga series Chibi Maruko-chan
- Uta Sakura, protagonist of You and Idol Pretty Cure
- Futaba Sakura and her adopted father Sojiro Sakura from Persona 5