 This article is about an evil ranger in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger.
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- "Flower Ninja. Sakura."
- ―Pink Cherry Blossom's roll call[src]
Sakura (サクラ Sakura, Cherry Blossom) is the Pink Cherry Blossom of the Flowery Kunoichi Team. Sakura was rivals with Sasuke, but later fought against Seikai.
Biography
Sakura appears alongside her team when Young Noble Junior summons them to help the Shuten Douji Brothers defeat the Kakurangers. Sakura and her team lure the Kakurangers into the Wandering Forest and quickly begin to separate them for each other, defeating and capturing them one at a time with the Doji Brothers. At one point, Saizou gets the upperhand on the the brothers, however Sakura and Ayame threaten to kill a captured Tsuruhime if any harm came to them, forcing Saizou to disarm and get beaten and captured. They also capture Seikai before pursuing and defeating Sasuke and Jiraiya. Jiraiya pleads for Sasuke to run, but he is pursued by the Kunoichi-gumi, who use their Falling Cherry Blossoms attack to blast him off a bridge. 
TV STORY-Ep. 15: Argh! Awesome Guys
They inspect Sasuke's body only to find that he has used the Body Switching technique to escape capture. Sakura and her team follow a blood trail left behind by the Red Ninja, though he notices this and hides, throwing them off his trail. The Flower Ninjas return to base silently followed by Sasuke, who manages to free his friends. After returning from another search for Sasuke, Sakura fights Jiraiya. The team disappears when the Doji Brothers grow and fight the Kakuranger's mecha, but report to Young Noble Junior that will not fail next time before Junior turns Sakura and the others into their original forms: kittens. TV STORY-Ep. 16: The Red Monkey's Oni Extermination
Later, when the Kunoichi-gumi attack a child in front of Sasuke, forcing him to protect him, Sakura taunts him through a projection, telling him to throw away his Doron Changer or they will kill the child. Shinichi runs in fear followed by Sasuke, and the Kunoichi-gumi give chase. They corner the two in a building and blow them off a balcony before chasing them to an abandoned lot, where they attack. Sakura uses her Flower Fantasy attack on Sasuke and taunts him before summoning the Kunoichi Missile. Riding atop it, she and Suiren fire down on Sasuke with a machine gun and rocket launcher. Despite nearly killing them, Tsubasamaru sends Sasuke the Flaming Shogun Sword and he destroys the Kunoichi Missile. Sakura and the others are driven off when Sasuke is joined with by his team. TV STORY-Ep. 20: The Flowery Kunoichi-Gumi!!
Akibaranger
Kozkoz as Sakura
In Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger, resident cosplayer Kozkoz cosplayed as Sakura in Ep. 2: The Activation of a Bizarrely Decorated Vehicle Summons a Full Blast of Red Delusion.
Pink Cherry Blossom
Sakura transforms with Youjutsu Magic.
Arsenal
- Ninja Katana
- Machine gun
Youjutsu Magic
- Transform - Sakura and her team transforms through Youjutsu Magic.
- Flower Fantasy - Sakura summons a storm of flower petals to attack her enemy.
Behind the scenes
Portrayal
Sakura was played by Keiko Hayase, who previously played Remi Hoshikawa/FiveYellow in Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman.
Notes
- She is first pink Ninja Ranger; the first heroic Pink Ninja would emerge 21 years later.
- Ironically Ryo Narushima (who portrayed Sakura) nearly became a Sentai Pink prior: in episode 37 of Turboranger, she portrays a character who can see the fairy Seelon and has the potential to be a Turboranger; but when she steals Haruna Morikawa (Pink Turbo)'s Turbo Brace, it explodes due to only having one half of the transformation device instead of both halves.