[Sakura Wars | Characters]

Shinguji Sakura Name: Shinguji Sakura (真宮時さくら)
Date of Birth: 7/28/1905
Height: 155cm
Weight: 44kg
She is a brand new member of the Imperial Flower Combat troop who was only just inducted in the spring of the twelfth year of the Taisho era (1923). She looks like a sincere but unremarkable young girl, yet she is a master-level swordsman in the art known as Hokushin-Itto Ryu (North Star Sword Style). She has a fear of lightning that is perhaps the after-affect of some childhood trauma. She likes roses and hails from Sendai. Her father was a lengendary swordsman who died in the first Demon War. When she meditates, she consults her father’s spirit. Although she acts quite naive, she has a great sense of justice and duty.

Kanzaki Sumire Name: Kanzaki Sumire (神崎すみれ)
Date of Birth: 1/8/1907
Height: 161cm
Weight: 50kg
Her father is president of the Kanzaki Group, and her mother is a star of the silver screen, which afforded Sumire a priveledged upbringing. Perh[as because of her family background, she has an extremely selfish and stubborn personality. But her grounding in the art of stardom is adequate and gives her a definate appeal. She hates spiders, and hails from Kanagawa. Sumire is a fearless fighter and wields a very powerful one-bladed spear. She has a personal chaffeur, Okamura, who she had known since childhood, and considers to be her only friend.

Tachibana Maria Name: Tachibana Maria (マリア·タチバナ)
Date of Birth: 6/19/1903
Height: 186cm
Weight: 65kg
Her father was Russian and her mother Japanese. During the Russian Revolution she won fame under the name Kuzuar (Russian for “cassowary”) for her excellent marksmanship and elusiveness as an operative. There’s a heavy history behind the sunken expression she sometimes has. She is the Second-in-Command of the Imperial Flower Combat Troop, and is directly under Ayame’s Command. She is stubborn, however when the truth shows her the wrong in her ways, she is always willing to accept it and move on.

Iris Chateaubriand Name: Iris Chateaubriand (イリス·シャトーブリアン)
Date of Birth: 7/5/1913
Height: 115cm
Weight: 18kg
She is the only daughter of the Count and Countess Chateaubriand, a family of some importance in France. As a child she was secluded from others because her phsycic abilities, and was drafted into the Imperial Flower Company at a young age. Her outward appearance and mannerisms are juvenile, but she possesses superior abilities, even by Flower Company standards. Her best friend is her teddy bear, Jean-Paul. She shuns human interaction and hides behind her teddy bear. She only people she talks to are Sakura and Kanna, who treat her without prejudice, and understand her abilities. She has a great fear of Sumire because of her temper and dominance within the group.

Kirishima Kanna Name: Kirishima Kanna (桐島カンナ)
Date of Birth: 9/7/1903
Height: 197cm
Weight: 78kg
This giant woman from the island of Okinawa is the oldest member of the Imperial Flower Company and the daughter of Takuma Kirishima, a famed martial artist. She left the Company for a short time in order to avenge the death of her father. She’s best friends with Maria, but is always caught in coflicts with Sumire, who she liked to refer to as “Cactus Woman”. Kanna is a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield as her koubu is fine-tuned to match her awesome strength and lightning fast movements. Kanna is a rough woman, and like Maria, she usually plays the masculine parts in Flower Company Plays.

Ri Kouran Name: Ri Kouran (李紅蘭)
Date of Birth: 1/8/1907
Height: 156cm
Weight: 42kg
Hailing from Shanghai, China, Ri Kouran was a mechanical genius at a young age. She became fascinated with the steam powered devices being manufactured in Japan by the Kanzaki Corporation. After being recruited by Ayame, Kouran went to Tokyo to start developing new gadgets and weapons for the Imperial Flower Company, such as her famed steam-powered anti-demon bazooka. Kouran spends her time tinkering in her lab, trying to invent new things and improve existing equipment. The fact that most of her experiments blow up in her face doesn’t seem to damage her motivation. In the Flower Company she oversees production of weapons and Koubu maintenance. Because she has much less spiritual power as the other girls, she prefers to fight with assualt weapons and explosives.

Ri Kouran Name: Reni Milchstrasse (レニ·ミルシュトラーセ)
Date of Birth: 24/12/1909
Height: 147cm
Weight: 38kg
Originally this German recruit was part of the Hoshi Gumi, or Star Company, which was eventually disbanded. Because of her extensive conditioning, Reni was a loner who did not know how to express herself to others. When she was first introduced to the Flower Troupe, everyone thought she was a boy due to her masculine appearance and mannerism. However, it soon became clear that Reni had great talent on the battlefield. Calm, reserved and unwavering, with her trusted spear and Koubu, Reni is a powerful force in battle. Her best friend is Orihime, who was also in the Star Company, and she is slowly taking a liking to the rest of the Flower Company, and gets along great with Iris.

Soletta Orihime Name:Soletta Orihime (ソレッタ·織姫)
Date of Birth: 7/7/1907
Height: 158cm
Weight: 47kg
Orihime, whose father was Japanese and mother was Italian, joined the Flower Company after the Star Company had disbanded. Due to her father’s mistreatment to her mother, Orihime developed a strong distaste for Japanese men, and initially shuns Ogami. After patching things up with her father, Orihime settled down and started treating Ogami as a human, which marked the beginning of a great friendship. Orihime is somewhat abrasive and prudish, but underneath her posh Victorian exterior lies the heart of a true warrior and teammate. Her magenta red Koubu has the ability to shoot searing fireballs at the enemy.

Soletta Orihime Name:Ogami Ichirou (大神一郎)
Date of Birth: 1/3/1903
Height: 176cm
Weight: 65kg
After graduating from Naval Academy, 2nd Lieutenant Ogami Ichirou was drafted by a special operative to become the manager of an all-girl theater company. Of course, in reality, Ichirou was appointed as the new Commander of the Imperial Flower Company. Usually, spirit power is only found in women, but after a Koubu incident on a carrier, Ichirou revealed that he indeed possesed the power to operate the machines. Ichirou is a kind, patient and cofident leader who is devoted to his duty. Sumire and Maria initially object to having a male Commander, but Ichirou proved himself worthy in battle by being level-headed and decisive. He is well-liked by everyone in the organization, but often gets stuck doing the menial chores needed for the Theatre Company. On the battlefield, Ichirou wields two giant blades that will keep any enemy at bay.

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