Sakura Kasugano is a video game character in the Street Fighter series of fighting games. She's a 16-year-old (as of Street Fighter Alpha 3) Japanese schoolgirl who has an intense facination with Ryu. She's managed to copy and learn some Ansatsuken, which Ryu's uses, but really wants him to train her personally. He turned down her offer, however, stating that he is still a student himself. Don't expect that to stop Sakura, though.

Sakura typically fights in her school's uniform, a short-skirted sailor fuku, with a pair of red bloomers underneath. She wears a red top under her uniform, sparring gloves, and a white headband. Her red shoes bear a strong resemblance to Converse Chuck Taylors.

While Sakura's moves are very unpolished, she has a lot of potential. She learned many of Ryu's moves, including the Hadoken, simply from watching him do it.

Sakura lives in Tokyo, Setagaya prefecture, where she attends Tamagawa Minami High School, along with her best friend Kei Chitose and her self proclaimed rival, the spoiled rich girl Karin Kanzuki.

Sakura is also friends with Hinata Wakaba (who oddly idolizes her) and Natsu Ayuhara from the Rival Schools series, students of Taiyo High and Gorin High, respectively. She has also met Dan Hibiki, and trained for a short time under him.

Games

List of fighting games in which Sakura appears as a playable character.

• Street Fighter Alpha 2 (known as Street Fighter Zero 2 in Japan) - first appearance
  
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (known as Super Puzzle Fighter II X in Japan)
  
• Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (known as Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha in Japan)
  
• Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha
  
• Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
  
• Pocket Fighter (Also known as Super Gem Fighter in US arcades)
  
• Rival Schools (known as Shiritsu Justice Gakuen in Japan)
  
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 (known as Street Fighter Zero 3 in Japan)
  
• SNK vs. Capcom: Match of the Millenium (Made by SNK)
• Marvel vs. Capcom 2
• Street Fighter EX 3
• Capcom vs. SNK
• Capcom vs. SNK 2 (known as Capcom VS SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001 in Japan)
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper (known as Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper in Japan)
• Capcom Fighting Evolution (known as Capcom Fighting Jam in Japan)

Cameos

• Breath of Fire III (Among the crowd during the coliseum battle, along with Leon S. Kennedy from the Resident Evil series)
  
• X-Men vs. Street Fighter (appears in one of the endings along with Dan)
  
• Marvel vs. Capcom (appears along with Kei Chitose taking a bath in the bathhouse level)
  
• SNK vs. Capcom : Card Fighter's Clash (featured on some cards. Made by SNK)