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A '''Cherry Blossom Girl''' is a common character type in Japanese media, due to Cherry Blossoms being their national flower and have a special place in their hearts. Most of these characters are named Sakura,<ref>Japanese for
▲[[File:rsz cardcaptorsakurawallpaper83622 5168.jpg|link=Cardcaptor Sakura|right]]
▲A '''Cherry Blossom Girl''' is a common character type in Japanese media, due to Cherry Blossoms being their national flower and have a special place in their hearts. Most of these characters are named Sakura,<ref>Japanese for Cherry Blossom.</ref> but not every character with that name is of this character type.
She should have at least three of these characteristics, but it may be okay with two if the flower motifs are heavily emphasised:
* Named [[Captain Obvious|Sakura]], Ouka,<ref>The name ''Ouka'' is a less common word for "cherry blossom" which uses the same kanji (桜花), although there are a couple of similar-sounding names which aren't related.</ref> or another name that invokes sakura trees.
* [[Rose-Haired Girl|Pink Hair]], or the more traditionally Japanese [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin|black hair]]
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Pictured above is Sakura Kinomoto from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' has plenty of [[Flower Motif|Sakura Blossom Motifs]].
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* Many a [[Mary Sue]] in fan fiction. Whether the name is [[Meaningful Name|meaningful]] varies.
* Sakura Tsuitei from ''[[Pretty Cure Full Color]]'' who is known as Cure Spring.
* Sakura is the most common [[Fan Nickname|fan name]] for [[Moe Anthropomorphism|Japan]]'s [[Gender Flip]]ped self in the Japanese ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia|Hetalia: Axis Powers]]'' fandom, and Himaruya actually listed it as a suggested/potential name for her. The Western fandom also uses it to an extent, albeit not as often as they use [[Flower Motifs|Ki]][[Gender Blender Name|ku]] instead.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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