Sakura/Pop Culture

A popular and memorable Street Fighter character, Sakura has been referenced plenty of times in pop culture ever since her introduction in Street Fighter Alpha 2.

Street Fighter

 * In Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, Sakura is alluded to by Ryu in his winquote to Yun ("You posses great ability for your age. I have rarely seen such potential. Only once before..."), mentioning that he met someone with incredible potential before.

Capcom games

 * The character of Black Widow (from Capcom's Slam Masters series) was stated to be one of the inspirations behind Sakura.
 * Sakura's childhood friend, Rival Schools character Hinata Wakaba has a similar appearance; wearing headband, school uniform, gloves and sneakers. In addition, two of her moves, Embukyaku and Sunrise Punch, resembles Sakura's Shimpuu Kyaku and Shouoken respectively.

Other video games

 * Ling Xiaoyu from the Tekken series shares some similarities with Sakura, namely because they are the first "schoolgirl" characters to be introduced in their respective series and have romantic attraction to their respective main characters (i.e. Jin Kazama and Ryu).
 * Asuka Kazama (also from the Tekken series) is similar and often compared to Sakura and vice-versa. Sakura has also Asuka's school outfit as her swap costume in Street Fighter X Tekken.


 * Shingo Yabuki, from SNK's King of Fighters series, shares some similarities with Sakura; they are both "school student"-type fighting youngsters trying to emulate the fighting styles of their respective masters (who also happen to be their series' respective lead protagonists). Shingo, however, gets less respect from his idol Kyo Kusanagi than Sakura from Ryu.


 * Wakaba from Konami's Suikoden series bears a slight resemblance to Sakura; both being cheerful headband-wearing fighters who idolizes their masters (though in Wakaba's case, she becomes Long Chan Chan's apprentice).

Comics and Manga

 * Sakura shares some few personality traits with Videl from the Dragon Ball series.
 * Sakura is often comparable to Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto character Sakura Haruno, who also happens to have a fighting rival named Karin (though the latter case regards the kunoichis' infatuation towards fellow renegade ninja turned international criminal Sasuke Uchiha).

Television and Animations

 * Sakura can be seen the Wreck-It Ralph TV series episode "Day in a zoo".