Sakura Amamiya

Sakura Amamiya is the main heroine from New Sakura Wars.

Appearance
Coming soon

History
As a child, a young Sakura Amamiya was assaulted by a demon at her home underneath a cherry blossom tree. Just as the demon was about to kill her, she was saved by the Imperial Combat Revue member Sakura Shinguji. Ever since that day, Sakura Amamiya has been trying to follow in her idol's footsteps, training in swordsplay and following her dream to become a great actress.

She was friends with both Seijuro Kamiyama and Hatsuho Shinonome in her youth, having made an important promise with the former in the same spot she had been attacked and playing with the latter a lot at the Shinonome shrine. However a fight with the latter over a traditional dance caused a rift between Sakura and Hatsuho that kept them apart for many years.

After the great demon war ended, Sakura decided to join the Imperial Combat Revue and become a member of the Flower Division, once again following Sakura Shinguji's footsteps. Here she met back up with Hatsuho and mended their relationship, as well as fellow Flower Division members, Clarissa Snowflake and Azami Mochizuki. The Imperial Combat Revue Theatre was in dire straits having lost all of it's core members to the Great Demon War apart from Sumire Kanzaki who became their official commander. Sakura's endless optimism and positive attitude proved vital in keeping the new Imperial Combat Revue together during this period as both Hatsuho and Clarissa had considered quitting at one point or another.

Determined to get the Imperial Theatre back to it's best, Sakura threw herself into any acting role she was given. Unfortunately she is also extremely clumsy and has on more than one occasion brought the house down (literally) by tripping over set pieces or stumbling into her fellow actors.

Sakura was sweeping the front of the Imperial Theatre one day when her childhood friend, Seijuro Kamiyama happened by, summoned by Sumire Kanzaki to be the new captain for the team. Believing he is here to fulfill his childhood promise to become the captain and protect her, Sakura is overjoyed.

Sakura also starts to make great strides in her acting when Sumire hires Anastasia Palma, famed acting starlet as their newest leading lady. After a while she manages to convince the Anastasia to change her mind on becoming an acting coach for the team and through hard work and practice eventually becomes good enough for Anastasia to suggest putting forth as the leading lady for the Christmas play.

Sakura's endless optimism hits a wall however when she comes across Yasha, a young woman who appears to be Sakura Shinguji in disguise and is working with the demons. Through their interactions, Sakura is nearly killed by Yasha, her mugen destroyed, her dream crushed and the stage demolished. She slips into a deep depression which causes her to lash out at both Hatsuho and Seijuro, with the former two engaging in a fist fight over it. Through Hatsuho's words, Sakura realises her dream was never to become Sakura Shinguji, but to protect the people of Tokyo the same was Shinguji had, and if Shinguji had strayed from that path, Sakura would just have to drag her back onto it herself.

Trivia

 * Sakura has become adept at sewing due to a need to repair the costumes for the Flower Division's performances.
 * Sakura is said to have an incredibly high spirit energy, surpassing even Sakura Shinguji.