Sakura (disambiguation)

Sakura (桜 (kanji), 櫻 (old kanji), さくら (hiragana), サクラ (katakana)) is the Japanese term for ornamental cherry blossom trees and their blossoms.

Sakura may also refer to:

• Sakura, raw horse meat, usually prepared as sashimi called basashi
• Sakura catalog, a Japanese stamp catalog illustrated in colors

Places

• Sakura, Chiba (佐倉市, Sakura-shi), a city in Japan
• Sakura, Tochigi (さくら市, Sakura-shi), a city in Japan formed on March 28, 2005
• Sakura-ku, Saitama (桜区, Sakura-ku), a district in the city of Saitama, Japan
• Sakura Domain (佐倉藩, Sakura han), a Japanese feudal domain located in Shimōsa Province
• Sakura, Setagaya, Tokyo (世田谷区桜, Setagaya-ku Sakura), a place name in Tokyo
• Sakura Square, a plaza in Denver, Colorado

People and characters

• Sakura (name), a Japanese given name (and list of individuals and fictional characters with that name)
• Mansa Sakura (1285–1300), emperor of the Mali empire
• Sakura (musician) (born 1969), Japanese musician whose main instrument is the drums
• Sakura Miyawaki (born 1998), Japanese singer and actress known mononymously as Sakura

Business

• The Sakura Bank, a Japanese bank based in Tokyo and Kobe
• Sakura (train), the name of several different train services in Japan
• The Tokyo Sakura Tram (officially Toden Arakawa Line) is a tram service in Tokyo, Japan
• Sakura Color Products Corporation, a Japanese pen manufacturer
• Sakura Lounge, the airport lounge of Japan Airlines
• Sakura (cigarette), produced and sold exclusively in Japan, by Japan Tobacco

Sport

• Sakura, a common nickname for Japanese Women's national sports teams:
  • Japan women's national field hockey team
  • Japan women's national rugby union team

Film and TV

• Sakura (NHK), a 2002 Japanese TV morning show drama
• Sakura Wars, a Japanese media franchise
• Dragon Zakura, a Japanese manga and a TV drama based on the manga
• Cardcaptor Sakura, a Japanese manga and anime
• Sakura Haruno, a main character in the manga and anime series Naruto

Music

• Sakura, a 1998 album by Southern All Stars
• Sakura (album), 1999 electronic album by Susumu Yokota
• Sakura-Variationen, a trio by Helmut Lachenmann (2000)

Songs

• "Sakura Sakura", a traditional Japanese song
• "Sakura" (Arashi song), 2015
• "Sakura" (Ayaka song), 2018
• "Sakura" (Ikimono-gakari song), 2006
• "Sakura" (Lead song), 2014
• "Sakura" (Saori@destiny song), 2008
• "Sakura", by Capsule from High Collar Girl, 2001
• "Sakura", by Da Pump, 2019
• "Sakura", by Ketsumeishi, 2005
• "Sakura", by Naotarō Moriyama, 2003
• "Sakura", by Nirgilis, used in the anime Eureka Seven, 2006
• "Sakura", by Rosalía from Motomami, 2022

Ships

• Japanese ship Sakura list of ships named Sakura

See also

• Cherry Blossom (disambiguation)
• Ōka (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing sakura