Sakura Uchiha (née Haruno) is the is the tritagonist of the manga/anime series Naruto and a supporting character in its sequel series Boruto. She is a jōnin-level kunoichi of Konohagakure's Uchiha Clan and among the best medical-ninja in the world.
She was a member of Team 7, alongside Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, led by her Sensei Kakashi Hatake, as well as the student of the Fifth Hokage Tsunade. She later becomes Sasuke's wife and the mother of Sarada Uchiha.
She is voiced by Chie Nakamura in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Kate Higgins in the English version, the latter of whom also voiced C.C., and both of whom also currently voice Wave the Swallow.
In the Korean version, she is voiced by Yeo Min-jeong, who also voiced Gaeun Lee from The Haunted House series.
Appearance[]
Sakura has bright pink hair, green eyes, and fair skin. Sakura was often bullied due to her rather large forehead hence her nickname of "Billboard Brow" so she covered them with bangs. Later, she wore a red ribbon Ino gifted her and, after hearing that Sasuke Uchiha liked girls with long her, she kept her hair hip length. Sakura also wears a white circle or Haruno crest on her back.
She was noted to be "cute" and beautiful by Ino Yamanaka, Rock Lee, Konohamaru Sarutobi, Gigi, Ganno and the rest of the prisoners, and also Inari.
In Part I, Sakura wore a red qipao dress with white circular designs, with or without sleeves, with a zipper, tight dark green shorts, and a forehead protector which she used to accentuate her face. Her Konoha headband and nails were green to match her eyes and blue shinobi sandals. In Part II, she wore a red top with a pink/grey skirt, shorts and black gloves. She also changed her sandals for high boot ones; and she also wore pink elbow and knee protectors. In the Fourth Shinobi World War, Sakura wore the standard flak jacket paired with blue overalls and her red headband; she also tied her hair in a ponytail while she was working.
Two years after the war, Sakura styled her hair to the right showing her Strength of a Hundred seal. Her outfit consisted of a sleeveless red qipao tied with a dark grey obi and black shorts with pink elbow and knee protectors. As adult, Sakura wears a sleeveless red qipao that shows her navel with white pants, high heels and bracelets in the anime, while she wears a red top and white pants in Naruto Gaiden and Sasuke Retsuden. After marriage, she now carries the Uchiha clan crest on her back.
Personality[]
As a little girl, Sakura was insecure and highly self-conscious about her large forehead, covering it with her bangs. It was not until she met Ino, who defended her from bullies and became her friend, that she became more self-confident. However, while Sakura was noted for being an honor student for her scholastic intelligence in the Academy, she became narcissistic as she was more interested in her appearance and Sasuke as opposed to practicing her ninja skills. Because of this, she found Naruto Uzumaki's advances and attempts to gain her attention irksome, calling him childish and foolish, citing his lack of a family as being a reason he was such an annoyance to everyone in the village.
Sasuke pointed out that this was because Sakura never experienced loss in her life and thus couldn't understand himself or Naruto, prompting her to look at things from Naruto's perspective in an effort to understand her teammates. Over time, Sakura became more mature as she developed a mutual friendship with her teammates. As her core, Sakura is compassionate, determined and courageous, willing to sacrifice herself and combat those she knows to be superior to her to defend her team. She has shown that despite being overcritical, overbearing, hot-tempered and blunt at times, especially with Naruto, she can be supportive of her friends. By Part II, Sakura displayed that she doesn't back down from a fight, noting that she inherited her master's contempt for losing. Sakura can also be reckless, due to her desire to catch up in strength with Naruto and Sasuke, her over protectiveness of them, and her need to prove her worthiness as a ninja, which often leads her to impulsively attack her opponents and get rescued by her comrades.
After Sasuke left the village, she becomes determined to bring him back, but eventually comes to accept that Naruto is the only one who can do anything about Sasuke and decides to put her faith in both of them after seeing Naruto's resolve to bring Sasuke back no matter what. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, when Sasuke returned to fight alongside the Allied Shinobi Forces, Sakura, although happy he was back, was confused about his motives for assisting the Allies. This was confirmed with his intention to start a revolution through destruction and rebirth. Sakura tried to get Sasuke to return home, proclaiming her love for him once more, only to be silenced with genjutsu by Sasuke.
Ultimately, after Naruto and Sasuke's final clash, the latter, having been redeemed, apologized to Sakura for all he had put her through. Despite her slight hesitation, she tearfully forgave him. After a couple of years, Sakura convinced Sasuke to let her accompany him on his traveling, during which they got married, she quickly became pregnant with his child, and she gave birth to their daughter, Sarada. While Sasuke spends several years away on a top-secret mission, Sakura remained supportive of his duties and is content with her marriage and family.
After becoming a mother, Sakura is shown to be very loving and caring to her daughter, Sarada; this is seen when Sarada had no problem telling her mother about her feelings about Boruto and her father. That doesn't mean she doesn't get angry at her daughter, as when Sarada questioned the validity of her marriage, Sakura responded by smashing the ground. Seeing her daughter was acting out of sadness rather than anger, Sakura apologized and reassured Sarada that her father would be home soon. Sakura is very protective of her family, as she became enraged when Shin attempted to kill her husband and daughter.
During Sasuke's absence, Sakura adopted Itachi's habit of poking Sarada in the forehead like Itachi always did with Sasuke. Sakura also has deep pride for her daughter and didn't hesitate to loudly cheer for Sarada from the audience during the Chunin Exams, even though she embarrassed Sarada. She also demonstrates loyalty to Sasuke, which is seen when she pretended to be a helpless hostage to trick Shin into revealing information about his plans on Sasuke's behalf. However, Sakura retains some of her childish antics, such as expecting to receive a kiss from Sasuke but was left disappointed when he comically declined her.
Naruto and Sakura remain as close friends for the rest of their lives and develop a bond that mirrors that of a brother and sister. Sakura went as far as to encourage Hinata to knit a scarf for Naruto as a way to confess her love to him and offered Naruto advice on his feelings for Hinata. Sakura is close to Naruto and Hinata's children, Boruto and Himawari, as both refer to her as "Aunt Sakura".