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0Sakura Kasugano (春日野 さくら Kasugano Sakura?) is a video game character from the Street Fighter series, first appearing in Street Fighter Alpha 2. She is a Japanese girl with an intense fixation on Ryu, having copied and learned many of his techniques, and chasing him around the world to prove herself to him.
Concept
Sakura was created by Akira ‘Akiman’ Yasuda, who was approached by the Street Fighter Alpha team during the early stages of Street Fighter Alpha 2's development. He wasn’t impressed with their work in the first game and the direction they were heading towards in Alpha 2, as they only wanted cool and stylish characters.[8][9][10] Akiman reveals that the team excluded “weird” characters such as the Sumo fighter E. Honda as the employees younger than Akiman considered him “uncool”. When making Sakura he knew that the team wanted another cool character and that the leaders of the project would dislike it. Even so, Akiman still presented the design to the team but was quickly shut down which upset Akiman at the time. After going back to his desk, his boss passed by and saw Sakura's design and complimented on it, which lead to Sakura's inclusion to Street Fighter Alpha 2's roster.[11] Akiman wanted a character who was unique to the cast, a girl in a sailor uniform and someone who wasn't stylish.[8][12]
An early design featured her in a kimono shirt and hakama pants, but was later abandoned in favor of a Japanese sailor outfit.[13] Akiman’s choice of Sakura’s character type was due to the popularity of the schoolgirl archetype from works such as Sailor Moon along with making her distinct from the Street Fighter II cast.[14][10] In Street Fighter Alpha 2, she was designed to be 16 years old because it's believed girls have the highest physical ability at that age.[15][16] Sakura quickly became Bengus' favorite character due to how he's able to express himself freely in his art compared to the high expectations that come with drawing Ryu or Chun-Li.[8][17]
Sakura’s design in Street Fighter IV was made to reproduce the image of Sakura the player wanted, not what she should’ve looked like at the time of the series, as Street Fighter IV is set many years after the Alpha series.[18] Bengus was in charge of Sakura's redesign in Street Fighter V where she no longer fights in her sailor uniform.[9][19]
Personality
In many aspects, Sakura is very tomboyish, outgoing, and respectful in personality, as she is most of the time happy, energetic, cheerful, positive, hard-working and focused in combat. Despite initial depictions and illustrations of appearing to be brash and confrontational, she actually has a noble spirit and a very determined attitude, either in studies or in martial arts training. She sees Ryu as an idol and teacher, rather than an opponent, since she always watches him fight and mirrors herself on his philosophies in battle.
Although her techniques may seem somewhat "rustic" in comparison to Ryu and Ken, she manages to balance her school work with her training in hopes of being accepted as Ryu's student and prove herself by fighting worthy adversaries. In a clean match, Sakura is a very patient and disciplined warrior. She is the embodiment of innocence and is acknowledged by many fighters to have great potential that may one-day match Ryu and Ken in strength when she gets older and skilled.
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