is a Japanese voice actress from Yamaguchi Prefecture, affiliated with Remax. She is known for voicing Witch in the Puyo Puyo video game series, Nagi Kobotoke in Chunithm and its spinoff Irodorimidori, Koharun in The Lost Village, Chitose Kurosaki in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, and Eru Amami in D Cide Traumerei.
Biography Kaoru Sakura, a native of Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was born on 29 September 1990. She was part of a broadcasting club with only two members while in junior high school. She decided to start a voice acting career because after playing the visual novel Kamaitachi no Yoru, she thought it would be interesting if it had dialogue, which the game lacks due to being a Super Nintendo Entertainment System game. She was educated at Remax Attached Training School, and her first starring role was in the 2014 American film Ask Me Anything; she later recalled that she had done the job with Yōko Honna.
In 2011, Sakura began voicing Witch in the Puyo Puyo video game series. The producer of Puyo Puyo, Mizuki Hosoyamada, remarked that she mistook Sakura for Witch the first time he heard her voice, and Sakura herself listened to every other voice of Witch in order to protect the fandom's illusion toward Witch. She also regularly appears on the Puyo Puyo Channel and Puyo Quest Namahōsō Niconico channels, and she often mentions that she is the same age as the Puyo Puyo series.
Sakura voices Chitose Kurosaki in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, a sub-franchise in The Idolmaster franchise. Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including the 2020 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Starlight Master for the Next! 01: True Colors" and the 2021 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Master 38: Fascinate" (which both charted at #7 in the Oricon Singles Chart).
Sakura voices Nagi Kobotoke, the fictional keyboardist for the in-universe band Irodorimidori in Chunithm, and she reprised her role in the 2022 Irodorimidori anime. She also starred as Koharun in The Lost Village (2016), Chiko Sekino in Dropout Idol Fruit Tart (2020), Eru Amami in D Cide Traumerei (2021).
In addition to voice acting, Sakura appears in music videos and works as a . Originally working in video production prior to her voice acting debut, her first job was on TV Asahi's late-night variety show . In November 2017, as part of 7, she was appointed as station master-for-a-day at Tokuyama Station.
One of Sakura's special skills is archery, having been part of an archery club in high school. Another of her special skills is swimming, having practiced the hobby since kindergarten.
Filmography Animated television YearTitleRoleRef. 2013 Kurokan Hitomi Kunieda 2015 Dance with Devils female student, etc. 2015 Durarara!! female clerk 2016 The Lost Village Koharun 2017 Anonymous Noise woman 3 2017 Grimoire of Zero beautiful woman B, Magic Corps member A 2017 Hinako Note woman, clerk 2017 Scum's Wish elementary school student A, female student 2019 Outburst Dreamer Boys Kujuku Tsukiho, Kujuku Haruka 2019 Rifle Is Beautiful Takae Tachibana 2019 The Quintessential Quintuplets Otori 2020 D4DJ First Mix 2020 Dropout Idol Fruit Tart Chiko Sekino 2020 Interspecies Reviewers Miss Clula 2021 D Cide Traumerei Eru Amami 2022 Irodorimidori Nagi Kobotoke 2025 The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei Yukie
Animated film YearTitleRoleRef. 2009 Mai Mai Miracle high school girl 2016 Pop in Q Jerry, etc.
Original video animation YearTitleRoleRef. 2012 Saikyō Jump Spy Penguin lady 2014 Sakura Cupusule Mahiru's senpai
Original net animation YearTitleRoleRef. 2012 Yahabee Kagome 2013 Double Hard Mai Sugiura 2013 Tomotoon! Sakura Taisen female customer 2016 Jewelpet: Attack Chance?! Ruri 2019 The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls 8th Anniversary Special Project: Spin-off! Chitose Kurosaki
Video games YearTitleRoleRef. 2011 Puyo Puyo Witch, Sylph 2013 Mugen Souls Z Sharefull 2014 Sword Art Online: Code Register Aya 2015 Chunithm Nagi Kotoboke 2015 Durarara!! Relay Saika, high school girl, others 2015 Trillion: God of Destruction rabbit maid 2016 Genkai Tokki: Seven Pirates Neko 2016 Shadowverse Isabelle 2016 Summon Night 6 Claret 2018 Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight: Re LIVE Elle Nishino 2019 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Natsuno Minami 2019 The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Chitose Kurosaki 2020 Arknights Andreana 2020 Last Period Teonia, Alicia 2021 D Cide Traumerei Eru Amami 2021 Touhou Danmaku Kagura Reisen Udongein Inaba 2025Blue ArchiveNagusa Goryou
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