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== ''[[Sakura Taisen]] I'' Characters ==

=== Sakura Shinguuji ===

Teenaged [[Country Mouse]] Samurai.

 

* [[Badass Adorable]]: Don't let her cute and clumsy exterior fool you: she is a very capable swordswoman.

* [[Cherry Blossom Girl]]: A samurai girl named "Sakura" who wears pink, is continually associated with the actual flower, and is a main [[Love Interest]]? Yup.

* [[Country Mouse]]: Sumire, most of the time, mocks her country roots for being the source of the division's problem in both the theater and in the field.

* [[Floral Theme Naming]]: "Sakura" — cherry blossoms.

 

=== Sumire Kanzaki ===

[[Rich Bitch]] and [[Lonely Rich Kid]], [[Blade on a Stick|naginata]] expert and heiress of the family which developed the kohbu armor.

 

* [[Blade on a Stick]]: Uses a naginata as her main weapon when in foot and in a Kohbu.

* [[Floral Theme Naming]]: "Sumire" — Manchurian violets.

* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]: Arrogant and conceited, but she does genuinely care about the rest of the team.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Lady of War]]: Graceful and ''very'' capable with her naginata.

* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]

* [[Playing a Tree]]: Sumire drew the short straw during casting on ''Shonen Red (Red Lad)''; she gets to play one of the [[Faceless Goons]], who only says "Kiii!". Bitter? Oh, a ''tad''...

* [[Team Prima Donna]]: Self-professed star of the Flower Division, both on stage and on the battlefield.

* [[Tsundere]]: Type A.

 

=== Maria Tachibana ===

Ice-cold Russian gun expert. [[The Lancer]], and [[The Obi Wrong|former commander of the Hanagumi]].

 

* [[Tomboy]]: The suit alone should tell you that she's not a [[Girly Girl]] by any means.

* [[Tsundere]]

 

=== Vicomtesse Iris de Chateaubriand ===

Nine years old, French, and the most powerful telekinetic/telepath/teleporter on Earth. Even more of a [[Lonely Rich Kid]] than Sumire.

 

* [[Floral Theme Naming]]: ''Iris''.

* [[Healing Hands]]: Part of her psychic abilities, and she serves as the team's main battlefield medic.

* [[Oracular Urchin]]

* [[Precocious Crush]]: Wants to marry Ohgami when she grows up.

* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: Iris teleports her Kohbu around the battlefield.

* [[Token Loli]]: Of the Flower Division.

 

=== Li Kohran ===

Chinese [[Gadgeteer Genius]] Meganekko with a Kansai accent.

 

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Her empathy with her Kohbu compensates for her relatively low power level.

* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Believes in a world where man and machine may march forwards to a future of friendship and prosperity.

 

=== Kanna Kirishima ===

Okinawan karate champion. A [[Boisterous Bruiser]] and a [[Gentle Giant]].

 

* [[Bokukko]]: In the original Japanese. She's given a heavy masculine-sounding Brooklyn accent in the TV series to help translate this trope into English.

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To the rest of the Flower Division (except Sumire).

* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]

* [[Floral Theme Naming]]: ''Canna'' lilies; paulownia trees — "Kiri" in Japanese, and/or the "Kirishima" azalea.

* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: Her Kohbu fights using its bare robot hands.

* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: Totally didn't seem to mind Ohgami walking into the showers when she's in it.

 

=== Ichiro Ohgami ===

The young, recently-commissioned naval officer who finds himself in charge of this motley band.

 

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]

* [[Outdoor Bath Peeping|Indoor Bath Peeping]]: More like "Indoor Bath Peeping" in this case, but the same principle applies. Should the player choose, he can spy on any of the girls when the opportunity presents itself, on the excuse that "my body is moving on its own toward the baths..." (it rarely ends well).

 

=== Ikki Yoneda ===

A retired General who work as both commander-in-chief for the Hanagumi and manager of the theater.

 

 

=== Fujieda Ayame ===

 

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To the Teikoku Kagekidan, especially Ogami.

Tenkai's lieutenant and one of the four Lords of Death.

 

* {{spoiler|[[Broken Pedestal]]}}: For {{spoiler|Kouran}}.

* [[Dragon with an Agenda]]

 

=== Jade Setsuna ===

One of the four Lords of Death. Setsuna appears as a male human 10-year old child. Cunning and manipulative, Setsuna targets his victims' weaknesses before he strikes.

 

* [[Creepy Child]]

* [[Kid with the Leash]]: As the older brother of Rasetsu.

 

=== Silver Rasetsu ===

One of the four Lords of Death. A tall, muscular brute with chalk-white skin and an orange mohawk, Rasetsu prefers to cause outright destruction and mayhem. He is the younger brother of Setsuna.

 

* [[The Brute]]: Is this for the Lords of Death.

 

== ''[[Sakura Taisen]] II'' Characters ==

 

=== Orihime Soletta ===

Volatile half-Italian/half-Japanese spitfire with an intense dislike of Japanese men.

 

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Half Italian.

* [[Does Not Like Men]]: Orihime hates Japanese men, due to her issues with her [[Disappeared Dad]].

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Soletta" means lonely or miserable.

* [[Stellar Name]]: "Orihime", the Japanese name of the star Vega. Orihime used to be part of the Star Division.

 

=== Leni Milchstrasse ===

Quiet and introspective German girl who seems to be hiding an old but powerful trauma.

 

* [[Bifauxnen]]: To the point where the game itself doesn't reveal her true gender until the second disk.

* [[Broken Bird]]: Due to being a [[Tyke Bomb|Tyke-Bomb]].

* [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl|Shy]] [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|White Haired]] [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl|Girl]]

* [[The Spock]]: Starts off solely focused on how to bring about an efficient victory, and is willing to risk the lives of others to do so.

 

=== Erica Fontaine ===

Novitiate nun by day; cabaret dancer by night; power-armored soldier in secret; [[Dojikko|cute, clumsy]], and friendly 24/7.

 

* [[Genki Girl]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVOHQbXD-Cg Erica's Good Morning Dance]. [[Ear Worm|Seriously, try to keep it out of your head after hearing it]].

* [[Kawaiiko]]: The most "cutesy" of the franchise's "main" girls.

* [[Nuns Are Mikos]]: She's a nun who has spiritual powers and fights demons.

* [[Small Girl, Big Gun]]: Her weapons of choice are machine guns. [[More Dakka|Double-barreled]] machine guns.

 

=== Lobelia Carlini ===

A thief who became known as the "greatest villain of Paris", earning a thousand-year sentence for her crimes (said to constitute 80% of the criminal activity in the city). Recruited by the Paris Flower Division as a [[Boxed Crook]].

 

* [[Floral Theme Naming]]: The "Lobelia" and "Carlina" genuses.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: When the team is searching for Erica in episode 8, Lobelia brushes them off and goes to the bar. When Ogami runs into her there, it turns out she actually went there to see if anyone had seen Erica. It eventually becomes clear that her professed dislike for the rest of the team is just a facade to hide that she does actually care about them.

* [[Moe Couplet]]: With Erica.

* [[Playing with Fire]]: She specializes in pyrokinesis.

== ''[[Sakura Taisen]] V'' Characters ==

=== Shinjiro Taiga ===

A young Navy Lt. from Japan who's to become the new captain of the New York Combat Revue, Star Division.

 

* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Well, he ''is'' a samurai...

* [[Informed Attractiveness]]: His Peppermint persona. It's really not that bad, but his 'beauty' was exaggerated into Legendary level in the OVA. YMMV whether he's more attractive than Gemini and co.

* [[The One Guy]]: Of the Star Division.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Swords Akimbo]].

 

=== Gemini Sunrise ===

A very cheerful cowgirl who tends to be a bit clumsy. Her master's last words brings her from Texas to New York with her fellow horse Larry.

 

* [[Cute Clumsy Girl]]: Keeps up the tradition established by Sakura and Erica.

* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Unlike the astrological sign, the "I"s in her first name are pronounced like "E"s. Yet it's pronounced the traditional way occasionally in the English dub.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Born on June 21, making her a Gemini. {{spoiler|And she has a split personality, her [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] Geminine}}.

* [[Official Couple]]: She's the most obvious candidate for Shin's affections. This is reflected in-game: given a choice of girls to date, she is the only one with an inescapable event (she appears in a section that you must visit) in which you ''have to'' either accept her request for a date or turn her down. The other girls have to be hunted down in order to ask them out.

* [[Redheaded Hero]]

* [[Samurai Cowboy]]: Especially in ''Episode Zero'', where she's fighting evil on horseback across the American landscape.

* [[Stellar Name]]: Gemini.

* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: {{spoiler|She was supposed to be born a twin, but instead was born as a single person with a vestigial heart. Attached to it is Geminine, best described as a [[Blood Knight]] out for revenge. Because of this, hers is a [[Meaningful Name]] in another way}}.

 

=== Subaru Kujou ===

Her (?) true identity is completely unknown. However, Subaru is definitely from a noble Japanese family and excels at Noh and other traditional Japanese dances.

 

* [[Informed Attribute]]: She's the official loner of the team, but in most cases, she'll be the first girl(?) who has any real time for Shinjiro (particularly in Cheiron's chapter).

* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Tends to be very blunt with his/her assessments of people.

* [[Kuudere]]: They do have a heart beneath the stoicism.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Subaru" is the Japanese name for the Pleiades, a star cluster that's part of the constellation Taurus. Guess what her zodiac sign is?

 

=== Diana Caprice ===

A young doctor who's as compassionate as a goddess.

 

* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: She still believes in Santa Claus, for crying out loud!

** [[Yaoi Fangirl|She sometimes shows less innocent sides of her personality]], her [[Covert Pervert]] sometimes becomes not so covert. It's especially noticeable during the times Shin is crossdressing.

* [[Love Freak]]: She believes love is the most important thing in life, NO MATTER WHAT. Gender is not an issue.

** Well it wasn't... until she [[Hypocrite|HERSELF gets a love letter from a female fan]], for which the correct dialog option is to pretty much throw back the same thing she told Shin earlier to convince him that his [[Not What It Looks Like|nonexistant closet is okay]]. [[Les Yay|Subaru and Shin then convince her to accept the love]].

 

=== Rikaritta Aries/Rosarita Aries ===

An energetic and merry little girl from Mexico. She loves to sing and dance.

 

* [[Honest Axe]]: "Gold gun, or silver gun. Which do you want to be shot with?"

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her official profile lists her birthday as April 2, which would make her an Aries.

* [[Stellar Name]]: See [[Meaningful Name]] above.

* [[Token Loli]]: For the Star Division, being the only child of the group.

 

=== Ratchet Altair ===

Captain of the Star Division, and Broadway's number one star.

 

* [[Hair of Gold]]

* [[Harem Nanny]]: Subverted in that she IS a love interest.

* [[Instant Illness]]: Shin gets this for getting nervous and going out in the cold to wait for her on the date, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|so Ratchet spends the day trying to figure out how to make him feel better]]. On the other hand, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|she's not very good at it]].

* [[Knife Nut]]: Of the throwing variety.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Altair is the brightest star in the Aquila constellation: [[Eagle Land|the Eagle]]. Even more meaningful in the movie that is the chronological prequel to ''Sakura Wars V''.

A friend of Shinjiro's uncle that helps Shinjiro adjust to life in New York. Also runs a shop called Romando, where special photographs can be obtained if a player puts in the right codes during the "A Free & Easy Day In NY" mode. As compensation though, {{spoiler|it's implied that Kayama is paired with Kaede}}.

 

 

=== Carlos ===

 

=== Kokuryu ===

One of the villains trying to conquer New York, whom assumes the form of a red-haired woman with a Russian accent dressed in black armor. Calls herself the founder of order, and thinks that all who go against her should burn in hellfire.

 

* [[Knight Templar]]: Has a twisted sense of justice, but is nicknamed "The Selfish Queen". That fits the bill.

 

=== Dokurobo ===

 

=== Tsugarubi ===

Yet another villain that the New York Combat Revue must eliminate.

 

* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: Mixed in with [[Monster Misogyny]], at that.

* [[Taken for Granite]]: What he does to his victims.

 

=== [[Oda Nobunaga]] ===

 

=== Tutankhamen ===

The [[Big Bad]] of the New York OVA.

 

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Definitely comes across as a bit more sympathetic than the typical ''[[Sakura Taisen]]'' antagonist.