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

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)
• Sakoura, Sakura (mansa) (1285-1300), emperor of the Mali empire
• Sakura Kasugano, a fictional character from the Street Fighter video game series

Business

• The Sakura Bank, a Japanese bank based in Tokyo and Kobe
• Sakura (train), the name of several different train services in 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

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

Music

• Sakura (musician) (born 1969), Japanese musician whose main instrument is the drums

Albums

• Sakura, a 1998 album by Southern All Stars
• Sakura (Susumu Yokota album), 1999 electronic album by Susumu Yokota

Songs

• "Sakura" (folk song), a traditional Japanese folk song
• "Sakura Sakura", a Japanese traditional song
• "Sakura" (Ikimono-gakari song), a 2006 song by Ikimono-gakari
• "Sakura", a song by Naotarō Moriyama
• "Sakura", a song by Ketsumeishi
• "Sakura", a song by Nirgilis used in the anime Eureka Seven
• "Sakura Sake", a 2005 song by Arashi
• "Sakura" (Capsule song), a 2001 song by Japanese group Capsule
• "Sakura Kiss," the opening theme song used in the anime "Ouran High School Host Club"
• "Sakura", a song by Shota Shimizu
• "Sakura", a 2011 song by Che'Nelle

Ships

See also

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