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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 Cherry"cherry Blossomblossom".</ref>, but not every character with that name is of this character type.

* 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]]

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], traditional Japanese elements such as Japanese Tea Ceremony, <ref> or hanami which are picnics and drinking tea and/or sake with old friends under the cherry trees</ref> [[Ninja]] and Samurai.

* Pictured above is Sakura Kinomoto from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' has plenty of [[Flower Motif|Sakura Blossom Motifs]].

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has several characters with the name Sakura, one way or another:

* ''[[Gantz (Manga)|Gantz]]'' has Hiroto Sakurai, who uses Cherry/Sakura as an online handle. {{spoiler|Played with once when Gantz says he's "no longer a Cherry".}}

* Sakura Kaede from ''[[Kämpfer (Light Novel)|Kämpfer]]'' fits due to her heavy association as a love interest. {{spoiler|A bit of playing with the trope, as she's [[Psycho Lesbian|not a straight]] love interest for the protagonist}}.

== Fanfic[[Fan Works]] ==

* Sakura Tsuitei from ''[[Pretty Cure Full Color (Fanfic)|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|Gender Flipped]]ped self in the Japanese ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|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.

* Sakura Mizrahi from ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'', who is strongly associated with Death (since she is a terminally [[Ill Girl]] and [[Posthumous Character]]) and who is Jr.'s first love interest. MOMO, an artificial girl who was created in her image, is given pink hair and is an [[White Magician Girl]] in the first game, perhaps in reference to this trope.

* [[Final Boss|Yuyuko Saigyouji]] in [[Touhou (Video Game)|Perfect Cherry Blossom]]. Being a [[Rose -Haired Girl|pink-haired]] [[Cute Ghost Girl|ghost]], she's naturally associated with death, including the power to kill with a thought, and in the ending it's revealed that {{spoiler|her body is buried beneath the cherry blossom tree Saigyou Ayakashi}}. Her [[Leitmotif]] is called "Bloom Nobly, Ink-black Cherry Blossom".

* The Cherry Ghosts and [[Palette Swap|White Cherry Ghosts]] in the Korean MMORPG ''[[La Tale (Video Game)|La Tale]]''. Being ghosts, they are of course associated with death. They are also dressed in very traditional (and very pink) Japanese kimonos, have [[Hair Decorations]] made from blooming cherry branches, and only appear at Cherry Lake, which is covered in cherry trees in perpetual bloom. The special weapon made from their soul jar is a spear based on a blooming cherry branch. In the Japanese version of the game, they are called "Sakura Ghosts".

* Princess Mana of the [[IOS]] game ''[[Chaos Rings (Videovideo Gamegame)|Chaos Rings]]''. She wears a cherry blossom in [[Hair Decorations|hair]] as well as her waist wrap, wears very traditional and very Japanese inspired clothing, is a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], is implied to be from a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] of [[Wutai|Japan]], is loved by and eventually falls in love with Ayuta, and {{spoiler|dies in every character's path except Ayuta's.}}

* Mayu ''Sakura''i {{spoiler|, and her little sister Mami}}, from ''[[Yarudora (Visual Novel)|Yarudora]] series vol. 2: [[Kisetsu O Dakishimete (Visual Novel)|Kisetsu Oo Dakishimete]]''. Also a [[Meaningful Name]] {{spoiler|for both}}, what's with {{spoiler|Mayu having reincarnated as the [[Nature Spirit|Spirit of the Cherry Trees]] after her death}}, and {{spoiler|Mami having her soul fused with Mayu's to fend off the curse of the "Hirenzakura" cherry tree long enough for the protagonist to save her, after she had a traffic accident and fell into coma}}.

* Sakura Matou from ''[[Fate Stay Night|Fate/Staystay Nightnight]]'' is one of the main character's three possible [[Love Interest|Love Interests]]s, the closest thing the series has to a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], and is possibly one of the darkest examples on this page. Unfortunately, her route is the last one unlocked, and literally almost everything else that makes her an example counts as ''major'' spoilers. She {{spoiler|has [[Rape Asas Backstory]] and sexually-themed [[Body Horror]] that makes her effectively an unwilling [[Horny Devil]]}}, is {{spoiler|nearly [[Driven to Suicide]] several times}}, is frequently in danger of death, and {{spoiler|eventually gets possessed by a super-deadly force that gives her a major [[Healing Factor]]}}. Her route also has as many Bad or Dead Ends as the other two heroines' routes combined.

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