Ichiro Ogami

Ichiro Ogami is the player protagonist of the first four Sakura Wars titles.

Appearance
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History
Newly graduated from the Navy, Ogami is told he will be becoming squad leader of a secret corps group known as the Flower Division of the Imperial Assault Troop and given the co-ordinates to rendevouz with a member of the troop who will take him to their secret HQ.

Excited to be put in charge of a crack team of elites, Ogami makes his way to Ueno Park, looking around for whoever might be the contact. He is then approached by a young woman in a pink kimono who introduces herself as Sakura Shinguji and the point of contact. Ogami is surprised that Sakura is a soldier, but shrugs it off thinking that it's a secret undercover squad, so having female members dressed in non combat gear probably isn't unusual. Sakura reveals she is also new to the team, and the two hit it off as she guides him to the theater.

Ogami is shocked when the theater turns out to be an actual theater, but rationalises it as being a good unsuspecting location for a base of operations. Inside he meets the other team members; Iris Chateaubriand, a tiny french girl who dresses like a doll and carries a teddy bear with her, Sumire Kanzaki, a beautiful if arrogant woman wearing a loose fitting kimono and Maria Tachibana, a cold and distant woman who hides a tragic past but Ogami at least can buy is a military member.

After meeting with Lieutenant General Yoneda, it is revealed to Ogami that this is in actual fact a troupe rather than a troop. Ogami is flabbergasted, but given his first mission...to punch tickets for guests coming to view the performances the girls are putting on. Ogami, confused and rather annoyed, does the task but goes to investigate what is going on and why he has been sent to work in an actual theater.

Trivia

 * Ichiro Ogami was 8th for the most popular Sega character in a Famitsu Poll, only being beaten by Sakura Shinguji (3rd) from his own series. The top 10 was as follows: Sonic the Hedgehog(1st), Opa-Opa(2nd), Sakura Shinguji(3rd), Alex Kidd(Joint 4th), Kazuma Kiryu(Joint 4th), NiGHTS(Joint 6th), Ulala(Joint 6th), Ogami(8th), Akira Yuki(Joint 10th) and Miles "Tails" Prower(Joint 10th).
 * Ogami appears in both Project × Zone and Project × Zone 2. He is a tag team unit with Sakura Shinguji in the first game, whilst in the second he teams up with Erica Fontaine.
 * Ogami appears as a playable character in Chain Chronicle alongside all the other members of the Flower Division.
 * Ogami alongside Sakura Shinguji and Sumire Kanzaki is one of the three playable characters from Sakura Wars in Lagrisser.