Sakura Kitaōji



Sakura Kitaōji (北大路 さくら) is a character in the Aikatsu on Parade! series and was one of the main characters in the first season of the Aikatsu! series. She is a student at Starlight School. Sakura is a cute-type idol whose preferred brand is Aurora Fantasy.

Personality
Sakura is very calm and polite. Since arriving at Starlight, Sakura has become more confident and assertive, though she still retains some of her soft-spoken nature.

Appearance
Sakura has peridot green eyes and short pink hair that goes to the nape of her neck. Her hair is styled in a layered bob and is decorated with a flower hair clip.

Background
Sakura descends from a line of Kabuki performers in her family. As a result, she has learned many ancient Japanese arts ever since she was a child. Like the other members of her family, she has the genetic habit of breaking into theatrical performance when experiencing strong emotions known as the "Kitaōji Theater".

Relationships

 * Ichigo Hoshimiya
 * Ichigo was Sakura's mentor when Sakura first joined Starlight School. Sakura holds a great respect for Ichigo and Ichigo tries her best to help Sakura in any way she can.


 * Mizuki Kanzaki
 * Sakura was inspired by Mizuki to become an idol, just like how Ichigo was inspired after attending one of Mizuki's concerts.


 * Maria Himesato
 * Sakura first met Maria when Maria and Sora Kazesawa reached out for Sakura's help to contact the Top Designers, Green Grass. The two both love Aurora Fantasy's dresses and are good friends.


 * Otome Arisugawa
 * Otome is a fellow member of their unit Powapowa-Puririn. Sakura is often seen with Otome and Shion. Together, they do live broadcasts and host shows. Sakura is usually the one who is able to help keep Otome in check.


 * Shion Kamiya
 * Shion is a fellow member of their unit Powapowa-Puririn.


 * Sakon Kitaoji
 * Sakura's older twin brother.


 * Satsuki Miwa
 * Satsuki is Sakura's roommate. They participated in the Partners Cup together.


 * Miyabi Fujiwara
 * Sharing their love for the traditional Japanese arts, Sakura and Miyabi exchanged their own talents in a training session, and later performed on stage together.

Etymology
Kitaōji  (北大路)  Kita (北) means North, ō (大) means big and ji (路) means tract or road. That is, Kitaōji means "North Boulevard". It's derived from "Kitaoji Station", a train station in Kyoto.

Sakura (さくら) means cherry blossom.

Quotes
"For an idol can only shine by the presence of her fans!"

- Sakura

Trivia

 * Her favorite food is Japanese sweets and her favorite drink is green tea.
 * Her disliked food is anything spicy.
 * She has a tendency to address everyone with the honorific "-sama".
 * It is revealed in Episode 68 that Sakura has "friends" in her house's carp pond, named: Koi-ichi; Koi-ji; Koi-zou; Koi-shi; Koi-go; Koi-roku; Koi-shichi; Koi-hachi; Koi-kyuu; Koi-Juu. These names basically mean Carp-one to Carp-ten.
 * Sakura shares her singing voice with Maria Himesato, Kokone Kurisu, and Sora Kazesawa, the first of which she also shares the same preferred brand.
 * She is the first person in Season 3 to perform in a coord that wasn't from their primary brand.
 * As of Episode 124, Sakura replaces Otome Arisugawa as the Starlight Queen.