Sakura Kasugano (Street Fighter) (2025)

After watching Ryu win the first World Warrior tournament, Sakura became his #1 fan. She startedstreet fighting (and mimicking Ryu's fighting style) during the events of RivalSchools. She has a friend named Kei Chitose who attends the same high schooland sometimes travels with Sakura when she fights. She also has a brother named Tsukushi.

Later in SFA2, she started searching for Ryu in an effort to become hisstudent. She ran into a variety of fighters along the way, defeating some, andeventually caught up to Ryu. At this time, Ryu was confused over the Satsui noHadou that had consumed him recently. He told Sakura that he could not train herbecause he still had much to learn himself. The two sparred for a while, and Ryulet her win. Sakura took a picture of Ryu to remember him by.

During the events of SFA3, Sakura decided to travel the world to find Ryuagain. After fighting E.Honda in Japan, he informed her that Ryu was traveling to India andThailand. Later in her travels, she had a rematch with her rival KarinKanzuki. Karin won, but admitted Sakura was better and learned that winningis not everything. Sakura also met DanHibiki, who became her self-proclaimed sensei after she realized that he hadsome information about Ryu. After using Dan to get the info she needed, she setout to find Ken Masters. After Ken andSakura became acquainted, they traveled to Thailand in search of Ryu and foundthat he was being brainwashed by M.Bison. Ryu and Sagat began fighting, and at thesame time, Ken and Sakura took on Bison. Thanks to Sakura screaming at Ryu (andSagat's previous words), Ryu was able to snap out of bison's mind control anddefeat him. Later, he told Sakura he wasn't ready for a rematch yet, and walkedaway.

In the Street Fighter 4 timeline, Sakura's obsession with Ryu continued,but it seems to have grown into crush. After the second World Warriortournament, she confronted Dan, asking him if he knows Ryu's location. Dan, notwanting to appear out of the loop, told her that Ken will be participating,which means Ryu should be there. Sakura was ecstatic and immediately entered thetournament. She, Dan and Blanka departedon a cruise ship where she endures an intense self-imposed training regime.During the tournament, eventually found Ryu in the S.I.N. building. While thebuilding was being destroyed, Ryu and Sakura escaped together, and ran into Danand Blanka along the way. After the tournament, she and Ryu exchange goodbyesand Sakura left for home. Some time later, while out walking her dog, a slightlyolder-looking Sakura sees Ryu approaching. It is not known what happensafterwards.

PageUpdated: June 15th, 2024
Sakura was Capcom'soriginal schoolgirl and one of the original "RULE 63's" of fighting games. (Girl's can throw Hadoukens too!) Sakura definitely turned heads when she debuted in SFA2 at the arcades. She didn't look like any other fighting game character at the time. I'm pretty sure she was the first schoolgirl to ever appear in a fighting game.Indeed, countless other "schoolgirls" followed in Sakura's footsteps (to the point of being monotonous). Sakura did it first... and does it better than most others. It didn't take long for Sakura to become a fan-favorite StreetFighter character.After her SFA debut, she appeared in many other games for years to come. An instant classic. Even thoughI'm not usually a fan of girls with short hair, it suits Sakura... her "tomboyish" nature is loveable. Sakura moves are, of course, inspired by Ryu's which is cool story element and has always worked well in the series. While her moveset loses some "originality" points... Sakura does things her way and looks cool doing so. Seeing "her take" onmoves like the Shoryuken and Hurricane kick has always been great. Capcom's artists have always made Sakura's animations interesting and entertaining. Gotta love her iconic dance too. ^o^
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