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The New Imperial Combat Revue

In 1930, the Great Demon War led to the disappearance of the original Revue's Flower Division and the world achieved peace. Sumire Kanzaki became the Imperial Theater's general manager in Ichiro Ogami's place, but in 1938, she sensed the demons' return, so she reorganized the Imperial Combat Revue, recruiting Hatsuho Shinonome and Clarissa "Claris" Snowflake as the first members of the new Flower Division. As with their previous incarnation, the Revue puts on stage performances and fights the demons, but on a downsized scale because the Battle of Tokyo significantly damaged their theater operations. In addition, the Revue is also a member of the World Luxury Operatic Federation (WLOF).

In 1940, naval ensign Seijuro Kamiyama is selected to lead the Flower Division in their efforts to regain their former glory by participating in the third biennial Combat Revue World Games just as the demons finally launch an attack on Tokyo after ten years of peace.

    In General 

  • All for Nothing: Ten years of peace fighting the demons went down the drain as by the time Seijuro Kamiyama is appointed the Revue's commander in Sakura Wars (2019), it has become a dysfunctional farce. Claris and Hatsuho, in particular, are devastated about how the current division's members aren't motivated enough. What's worse is that the Imperial Japanese Army is planning to shut down the revue if they don't bring in better results in battle and stage performances.
  • Critical Staffing Shortage: While the new Imperial Combat Revue's theater operations brings in a lot of customers, it is short of publicity staffers.
  • Glory Days: Before the Great Demon War, they were already famous as a theater/fighting troupe. By the time of Sakura Wars (2019), ten years have passed and the division seeks to regain their glory through recruiting new actresses/fighters as well as participating in the Combat Revue World Games.
  • Perpetual Poverty: Since the Great Demon War damaged the revue's theater operations, it has a much smaller budget and its theater operations have declined precipitously.
  • Still Wearing the Old Colors: They still wear the symbols used by the previous combat revue.
  • Won the War, Lost the Peace: Although the original Flower Division eradicated the demons at the cost of sealing themselves in the Phantom Capital, that threat didn't actually go away. The theater's smaller budget and lack of motivation from the new combat revue members didn't help matters either.

Leadership

    Sumire Kanzaki 

Commander Sumire Kanzaki

See her entry on the Imperial Combat Revue Flower Division page.

    Seijuro Kamiyama 

Captain Seijuro Kamiyama

    Sakura Amamiya 

Captain Sakura Amamiya

Flower Division

See their separate page.

Wind Division

    Kaoru Rindo 

Secretary Kaoru Rindo

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Voiced by: Yui Ishikawa (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

Sumire's secretary and personal assistant, Kaoru often helps take care of the finances at the Imperial Theater as well as Kanzaki Heavy Industries. She also serves as a member of the new Imperial Combat Revue's Wind Division.


  • Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She has dark hair, is attractive, and has a calm personality.
  • Ascended Fangirl: She idolizes Sumire and considers working for her a great honor.
  • The Comically Serious: Kaoru's serious demeanor often off-sets Komachi's wackiness.
  • Girl Friday: She often does everything Sumire asks her, especially when it comes to the finances.
  • Number Two: She serves as Sumire's right-hand woman as a member of the Wind Division.
  • Sharp Dressed Woman: She usually wears a black three-piece suit as well as a purple tie.
  • The Stoic: Kaoru's a very calm secretary and rarely lets her emotions show.

    Komachi Oba 

Komachi Oba

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Voiced by: Ryōko Shiraishi (Japanese), Tia Ballard (English)

A fast-talking merchant from Osaka, Komachi is a young girl who takes Tsubaki's place as the gift shop vendor as well as the Wind Division's medic.


  • Catchphrase: She often says "I'll getcha a good deal."
  • Height Angst: According to Tetsu Katano, Komachi designed the wallet she wears around her waist with the last two characters of her given name "machi" because she has a complex regarding her small stature.
  • Money Fetish: Since she works as a gift shop vendor, she has a fondness for money.
  • Motor Mouth: Komachi is known for her machine-gun like fast talking.
  • Older Than They Look: Although she may look like a young girl, Komachi is 23 years old at the beginning of the 2019 Sakura Wars.
  • Rollerblade Good: She wears rollerbladed geta since it's part of her job as a giftshop vendor.

Moon Division

    Itsuki Saijo 

Captain Itsuki Saijo

See her entry on the Civilians page.

    Hiromi Hongo 

Hiromi Hongo

See her entry on the Civilians page.

Other Personnel

    Reiji Shiba 

Reiji Shiba

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Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese), Zeno Robinson (English)

A classmate and rival of Seijuro Kamiyama, Reiji serves as the group's mechanic and set designer.


  • Butt-Monkey: Tends to be on the receiving end of the anime's humor at his expense as Kamiyama's not there to take it for him.
  • The Determinator: It doesn't matter if he's exhausted, injured, or even mortally wounded, he WILL get his Spirical Armors working for the Flower Division.
  • Epic Fail: During the 5th episode of the anime, he sends out a small robot to fight a demon after a delightfully hammy intro. Said robot is destroyed in a single hit.
  • The Engineer: He's the main developer of the Revue's mechas, including the Mugens.
  • Refused by the Call: Originally trained to use Spirical Armor like Kamiyama, only to find out that he doesn't have the spiritual power necessary to operate one, so he changed his career to become a engineer. His goal is to create a mech that doesn't require spiritual power to operate.
  • The Rival: He and Kamiyama were rivals when they were training at the military academies.


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