Characters / Sakura Wars: New Imperial Combat Revue Flower Division

Sakura Wars Main Character Index
Protagonists
Flower Division (Original Imperial Combat Revue) | Flower Division (Paris Combat Revue) | Star Division | Flower Division (New Imperial Combat Revue) | Flower Division (Future Imperial Combat Revue)
Combat Revues
Original Imperial Combat Revue | Paris Combat Revue | New York Combat Revue | New Imperial Combat Revue | Other Combat Revues | Great Imperial Combat Revue B.L.A.C.K.
Miscellaneous Characters
Civilians | Villains

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Spoilers for all works, including Sakura Wars (2019), are unmarked.

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The Flower Division (New Imperial Combat Revue)

Formed in 1939 by Sumire Kanzaki with Hatsuho Shinonome and Clarissa "Claris" Snowflake as its first members, the Flower Division serves as the Imperial Combat Revue's main fighting squad and theater troupe like its predecessor. After later recruiting Azami Mochizuki and Sakura Amamiya into the division, Sumire appoints Seijuro Kamiyama to lead the Flower Division and restore its former glory in time for the third Combat Revue World Games. Their ranks are further bolstered with Anastasia Palma, who is brought along to aid in improving the Flower Division's theater productions.

As a group

• 100% Heroism Rating: Over the course of the 2019 Sakura Wars, the Imperial Combat Revue gets back in the public's good graces by fighting off the demons and participating in the Combat Revue World Games.
• The Apprentice: Sakura, Hatsuho, Azami and Claris become Anastasia's apprentices after she joins the Imperial Combat Revue in Chapter 2.
• Bigger Stick: A major part of their change in fortune early on in the game comes from getting their hands on one of the two most powerful and advanced spiricle strikers in the world (alongside the Berlin Combat Revue's Eisen Jäger), the Mugen. With technological supremacy on their side, it's a lot easier for them to iron out the kinks in their teamwork and fighting skills and become a true force to be reckoned with.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: When Kamiyama first arrives in Tokyo, the Imperial Combat Revue's Flower Division has three members due to Azami Mochizuki's absence. They consist of Sakura Amamiya (Brunette) along with founding members Clarissa Snowflake (Blonde) and Hatsuho Shinonome (Redhead).
• Butt-Monkey: The Imperial Combat Revue's lack of funding and training set the Flower Division up for quite a bit of comic relief at the start of the game. Not only are Sakura, Hatsuho and Claris untrained actors and fighters, but Claris calls the revue a massive liability.
• Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Like the previous combat revues, each of the five members wear colored battle uniforms. Kamiyama wears white, Sakura wears pink, Hatsuho wears red, Azami wears yellow, Claris wears green and Anastasia wears blue.
• Cute Clumsy Girl: Sakura, Hatsuho and Claris in chapter 1. While performing Momotaro, Hatsuho and Sakura lose their footing and crash into the sets. Seconds later, Claris inadvertently causes the loudspeakers to crash onto the stage.
• Dwindling Party: By the end of chapter 7, all of the Flower Division members, sans Sakura and Kamiyama, perish one by one at the hands of Yaksha. Subverted when they get revived at the beginning of chapter 8.
• Family of Choice: As the game continues, Kamiyama and the others start to see each other as this.
• Five-Token Band: The five heroines consist of three Japanese girls (Sakura Amamiya, Hatsuho Shinonome and Azami Mochizuki), a white Luxembourger girl (Clarissa Snowflake) and a dark-skinned Greek girl (Anastasia Palma), with the animated sequel adds a Russian (Klara Ruzhkova) into the mix.
• Glory Days: Before the Battle of Tokyo, 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 competitions.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: Although they are underfunded and untrained at the time of the 2019 Sakura Wars, the revue attains a significant victory in the Combat Revue World Games and performs some successful stage plays.
• Took a Level in Badass: At the beginning of the game, they are nowhere near the level of the previous Revue. Being an amateurish, underfunded and barely functioning unit, both as a combat force against the demons and as an acting troupe. But, thanks to support from Sumire and training from Anastasia and Kamiyama, they get progressively better as the game goes. By the end of the game, they are once again a famous acting troupe and capable of standing toe-to-toe in combat against the Shanghai, London and Berlin Revues, considered to be among the three strongest Revues in the world. Needless to say, they have become worthy successors to the Revue.
• Total Party Kill: Subverted. All of the Flower Division members, aside from Sakura and Kamiyama, are dead at the end of chapter 7 due to Yaksha's machinations but they are revived shortly afterwards.

Seijuro Kamiyama

Captain Seijuro Kamiyama

"Flower Division, move out!"

Voiced by: Yohei Azakami (Japanese), Ian Sinclair (English, anime)

"Seijuro Kamiyama, ready to engage!"

The main protagonist and hero of Sakura Wars. Originally the captain of a special service ship in the Imperial Japanese Navy, where he holds the rank of Ensign, he now serves as captain in the new generation of the Imperial Combat Revue's Flower Division.

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• The Ace: When reading off his resume, Sumire mentions that Kamiyama had skipped a grade and got admitted to the naval academy eventually making his way to becoming a captain of a naval ship along with several acts of valor. Considering he's only 20 by this time, he can be seen as a bit of a prodigy.
• Accidental Pervert: Like his predecessors, Kamiyama can get himself into these in the bath or dressing rooms. After Kamiyama visits the bath in chapter 1, he quickly encounters Yui Huang walking down the hallways, causing a major misunderstanding between them.
• Affectionate Nickname: Sakura often nicknames him "Sei" ever since they became Childhood Friends.
• Almighty Janitor: At first, he serves as the revue's ticket collector for the Momotarō stage play. By the time of chapter 2, Kamiyama becomes the theater's promoter. Sumire even makes him dress up as the theater's mascot, the Grand Imperial Peanut. It's also Truth in Television—low-ranking enlisted personnel in various military specialties also handle whatever menial labor needs to be done.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Do not mistake his kindness as weakness, for Kamiyama is definitely no weakling. Pissing him off is really not a good idea, as Oboro finds out.
• Brutal Honesty: When asked for his input on the Momotaro show in Chapter 1, he has the option to say that the whole thing was painful to watch. This is actually the best choice and gives points with Claris as well.
• The Captain: Before his current assignment, he served as a ship captain in the Navy.
• Character Development: Kamiyama becomes more confident in his role as Captain as the story progress. By the end of the game, it's clear he's the glue that holds the team together.
• Chick Magnet: Much like his predecessor, he can charm his way into the hearts of his fellow teammates. Even members of the Wind and Moon Divisions are implied to be attracted to him.
• Childhood Friends: He grew up with Sakura Amamiya until their separation in 1930.
• Conspicuous Gloves: Kamiyama often wears black gloves in his civilian outfit.
• Contrasting Sequel Protagonist: Both Ichiro Ogami and Shinjiro Taiga were ensigns when they were hired onto their respective revues. Seijuro Kamiyama was already a naval captain before being brought on, hired due to his impressive achievements. In addition, Ogami was a ticket clipper for his theater, Taiga was also a ticket clipper though would have a role on stage under the guise of Pepperment, Kamiyama would start as a ticket clipper, but would go on to be their promoter as the Imperial Theater's mascot Peanut.
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: He delivers the final blow to Genan at the end of the game.
• Dual Wielding: He wields two Japanese swords like his predecessors Ichiro Ogami and Shinjiro Taiga.
• The Good Captain: He's the protagonist and does whatever he can to help the Flower Division thwart demonic invasions as its captain.
• Honor Before Reason: Despite the government's proposal to have Sakura sacrifice herself to create a new Imperial Key, Kamiyama is determined not to let Sakura die.
• Innocently Insensitive: He accidentally angers/upsets Sakura several times throughout the story due to poor choice of wording on his part.
  • He's determined to help the Flower Division win the third World Games, but at the same time comments on the uncertainty of their chances of victory. Sakura lashes out at him for his indecisiveness and storms off.
  • When discussing their childhood promise, Sakura flashes a Death Glare at Kamiyama when he brushes it off as unimportant because it was made a long time ago.
• Jack of All Stats: Kamiyama's Mugen can deal with almost every situation outside of range.
• Large Ham: Some of his dialogue choices along with his body movements can come off this way.
• Limit Break: His special attack, Crossblades Tempest, is a lightning-charged No-Holds-Barred Beatdown with his twin swords.
• My Greatest Failure: Before joining the Flower Division, he was the captain of a naval ship called the Marishi-ten. During a demon attack, he attempted to rescue a civilian ship, the resulting battle saw the ship sink under his command. While there were no casualties and he made the correct call to evacuate his crew, he constantly worries if he did enough and still blames himself for the actions he could have taken.
• Nice Guy: He's always on the lookout for the wellbeing of his squad members.
• The Protagonist: Kamiyama is a main character in the 2019 game.
• Put on a Bus: Kamiyama starts the anime on a mission with Lancelot and Elise retrieving Klara in the process, after which he has to go back to WLOF headquarters to investigate and file paperwork for Klara's transfer. As such he names Sakura as Acting Captain while he's away. Obviously he shows up with reinforcements for the final battle.
• Rank Scales with Asskicking: He's a naval ensign and swordsman like his contemporaries, and serves as the new Imperial Combat Revue's captain.
• Recurring Element: Like Ichiro Ogami and Shinjiro Taiga before him, Kamiyama served as an Ensign in the Imperial Japanese Navy before he was recruited into the Imperial Combat Revue. The difference is that he was eventually promoted to Captain of the naval warship Marishi-ten.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: In Chapter 7, he ends up shouting down the government's proposal to have Sakura create an Imperial Key at the cost of her own life, wanting to save her and Tekkan.
• Take a Third Option: When the government proposes sacrificing Sakura to forge a new Imperial Key and defeat Sotetsu Genan, Kamiyama shoots down the idea and instead suggests confronting Genan and reclaiming the Imperial Key from him.

Sakura Amamiya

Sakura Amamiya

"Sakura Amamiya, engaging!"

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese), Cherami Leigh (English, anime)
Portrayed by: Yuna Sekine (stage play)

"I will protect the city and this combat revue with my life!"

A fan of the original Imperial Combat Revue's Sakura Shinguji as well as the daughter of blacksmith Tekkan Amamiya and the late swordswoman Hinata Amamiya, Sakura Amamiya joins in the reborn Combat Revue to follow in her footsteps, believing wholeheartedly in their mission to protect Tokyo and the power of song and dance. She's also a capable swordswoman, having trained under Hakushu Murasame. She is also a childhood friend of Seijuro Kamiyama. She's the main female lead of the 2019 game.

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• A-Cup Angst: Downplayed, but when Kamiyama is listening to her in the bathroom, she claims she wishes she had Anastasia's figure.
• Ancestral Weapon: The Amamiya Kunisada, which was once owned by her mother Hinata.
• The Apprentice: Before joining the Imperial Combat Revue, she was taught swordsmanship by Hakushu Murasame. Acting-wise, Anastasia guides her in the course of the game.
• Ascended Fangirl: She grew up admiring Sakura Shinguji and the original Imperial Combat Revue. By the time of the 2019 game, she has become a full-time member of the new Imperial Combat Revue.
• Audience Surrogate: Mostly to the longtime fans and newcomers of the audience who related her dreams of helping the Flower Division regain their Glory Days, and who often came back to the Sakura Wars franchise, whereas other fans related to Clarissa Snowflake's pessimism about the franchise.
• Author Appeal: Ayane Sakura requested her character's uniform to be partially colored light blue because it's her favorite color.
• Blue Is Heroic: Her usual outfit is colored half-blue to symbolize her status as a heroic character.
• Break the Cutie: The game really wants to see this girl cry as she goes through a lot during the course of the story.
• Character Development: A huge part of her development is to move past her idolization of Sakura Shinguji to become her own actress and warrior.
• Cherry Blossom Girl: Like her namesake, Sakura Amamiya is associated with the cherry blossom, wears a pink flower as a decoration, her garb is half-pink and she pilots a pink mecha containing the flower motif.
• Childhood Friends: She's known Kamiyama and Hatsuho since they were kids, though the former doesn't recognize her until she brandishes her broom at him. Also, considering what type of game this is...
• Childhood Marriage Promise: Sakura and Kamiyama made a promise when they were young that Sakura would be like Sakura Shinguji and become a world famous actress of the Imperial Combat Revue and Kamiyama would be her captain in the flower division. When they do, they promised to get married as well. Naturally Kamiyama forgets this part of the promise.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: Much like her predecessor, Sakura gets jealous whenever Kamiyama shows any signs of interest in the other girls.
• Deadly Upgrade: Sakura's Obu is far stronger than her Kobu and her Mugen, but it overclocks and eats away at a pilot's spiritual energy, putting them at risk. Only Sakura has been able to use it to its fullest extent. Downplayed as once she got acustomed to the controls and how much spiritual energy she needs to use, it doesn't really affect her too much.
• Determinator: Nothing will stop Sakura from achieving her dreams. Not losing her mother. Not having the crud beaten out of her by Xiaolong. Not having her kobu get destroyed by Yaksha. Not even losing her friends to Yaksha stops her. Same thing goes for how she acts in the anime; nothing will stop her from saving and protecting Klara.
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: When she gets back the Amamiya Kunisada, Sakura ends up delivering a critical injury to Genan, allowing her friends to finish off the demon.
• Establishing Character Moment: When Kamiyama first encounters Sakura after their 10 year separation, the latter instantly recognizes him as "Sei". However, when he's seemingly unable to remember their past, Sakura is forced to brandish her cleaning broom to make Kamiyama recognize her.
• Expy Coexistence: Of Sakura Shinguji, the protagonist of the original Sakura Taisen games.
• Fangirl: She admires Sakura Shinguji even before she joins the Revue. This is due to Sakura Shinguji saving her life from a demon when Amamiya was a child.
• First Girl Wins:
  • She's the first girl Kamiyama encounters in Sakura Wars and if she's picked as the vice-captain at the end of the game, she will end up kissing him in her ending. Considering her and Kamiyama's relationship, this also makes her a Victorious Childhood Friend.
  • Also enforced by the game itself. Even if the player fails to achieve peak trust level with any of the girls by the final chapter, the game will default to Sakura and appoint her as Kamiyama's vice-captain. And since it isn't possible to achieve a solo ending, he'll automatically be paired with her as well.
• Foil: She is this to Sakura Shinguji who was a Country Mouse who knew little about the Imperial Combat Revue when joining and even less about acting, being more concerned with defending the city. Amamiya, on the other hand, worships Shinguji and is as eager to become an actress as she is to defend Tokyo.
• Floral Theme Naming: Like her previous namesake, Sakura is named after the cherry blossom flower.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Sanguine. Sakura is passionate in her beliefs, but tends to be very emotional when in distress.
• Generation Xerox: Just like Hinata, Sakura becomes a swordswoman and helps defend Tokyo against demonic threats.
• Heroic BSoD: Chapter 5 is a big one for her after Yaksha breaks into the Imperial Theater, destroys her Mugen, defeats her and destroys her Kobu-3 leaving her unable to fight and under the belief that her idol did all of this. It takes the entire chapter to break her out of her slump.
• Heroic Lineage: Her mother Hinata was a swordswoman who devoted her life to develop the Amamiya Kunisada and end the demon war back in 1930.
• Hero-Worshipper: She's a huge fan of Sakura Shinguji, who was one of the Imperial Combat Revue's top stars back in the day, and saved Amamiya's life from a demon when she was a child.
• Hopeless with Tech: While she isn't terrible with her teletron, her text messages have a lot of spelling and grammar issues.
• Iconic Outfit: She often wears a blue and pink kimono with a pink cherry blossom attached to it.
• Imagine Spot: She has several in the anime, all of them involving a romantic situation with Kamiyama.
• Innocent Blue Eyes: She has blue eyes and is a friendly girl at heart.
• Leeroy Jenkins: At the end of chapter 4, she rushes into the theater and tries fighting Yaksha over Kamiyama's objections. Unfortunately for Sakura, her kobu gets destroyed as a result.
• Leitmotif: "Otome nan Desu yo" ("I'm a Maiden").
• Like Mother, Like Daughter: Not only did Sakura inherit Hinata's "never give up" attitude from her, but she even wears the same pink ribbon as her mother.
• Limit Break: Unlike other characters, she has two: one when piloting her Kobu, and a new one when piloting her Obu:
  • Cherry Blossom Blizzard, her first special attack, is a singular slash that creates a wide-range Sword Beam to cleave enemies at distance.
  • Eternal Cherry Blossoms, her second special, is a sword thrust that creates a more narrow Sword Beam, one that is more powerful than the Cherry Blossom Blizzard.
• Lineage Comes from the Father: An inverted example. She inherited her mother Hinata's "never give up" attitude and swordsmanship.
• Mid-Season Upgrade: After losing her Kobu-3 and the Mugen, which was supposed to be the upgrade, Chapter 5 gives her the Obu instead. The same thing happens in the anime where her Mugen is destroyed, downgrades to the Kobu-3 again, and gains back the Obu for the final battles.
• Missing Mom: Her mother, Hinata, died when Sakura was seven and as such she was raised by her father Tekkan.
• Pink Is Feminine: Not as much as her predecessor Shinguji, but there is pink in her garb and her mecha is pink.
• Protagonist Title: Like her predecessor, she's the eponymous protagonist of the 2019 game as well as Sakura Wars the Animation.
• Sakura Girl: She is even voiced by someone with Sakura in their name!
• Signature Headgear: Like her predecessor and namesake, as well as her deceased mother Hinata, Sakura wears a pink ribbon on her head. Her battle uniform also has a five-petal ribbon like her namesake.
• Sword Beam: Both of her special attacks create sword beams, while her Obu allows her to create smaller beams as part of her normal hitstrings.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly girl to Hatsuho's tomboy.
• Tragic Keepsake: Her sword, the Amamiya Kunisada, is a memento of her deceased mother. It turns into a bit more when you find out that it was forged with her life force.
• Trauma Conga Line: Starting at the end of Chapter 4, she sees the destruction of her Kobu-3 and her Mugen by Yaksha, who she believes is Sakura Shinguji, has a falling out with Kamiyama and Hatsuho, sees Anastashia's betrayal by stealing her Amamiya Kunisada, is told by her father and the government to sacrifice her life to forge a replacement, and finally sees Yaksha kill her friends before slaying Yaksha herself.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: She's the most stereotypically-Japanese out of the cast so far.
• You Are in Command Now: After Kamiyama leaves for Europe, Sakura becomes the Flower Division's temporary captain.

Hatsuho Shinonome

Hatsuho Shinonome

"We don't just fight for the people... We gotta make sure they can smile again!"

Voiced by: Maaya Uchida (Japanese), Amber Lee Connors (English, anime)
Portrayed by: Rina Takahashi (stage play)

"Don't you give me that crap!"

A stereotypical Edo native and shrine maiden born in Tokyo's Shitamachi downtown district, Hatsuho loves Shitamachi, festivals, and everyone in the district. Although initially brash and rude, she is highly reliable as well as an excellent mediator. She is also the very first person to be recruited into the new Imperial Combat Revue.

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• The Big Girl: Not in stature, but she's definitely the most physically oriented, highlighted in her Mugen relying on brute force.
• Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: She de-powers Yaksha by using her remaining spiritual power, but the effort of doing so ultimately kills her. Fortunately, she and the other members of the Flower Division are revived.
• Can't Catch Up: She sometimes feels this way as Sakura acting and combat prowess has shown exceptional growth and the others have their own skills and talents to bring to the team. She gets over it but it comes up again in the anime.
• Carry a Big Stick: She uses a massive mochi mallet as her primary weapon. The one she uses in her Spiricle Fighter is even bigger with the head being almost as large as the mech is!
• Childhood Friends: She's known Sakura ever since they were children.
• Curtains Match the Window: Her eyes have the same burnt red tint as her hair.
• Cute Little Fangs: She has visibly sharp canines, highlighting her boisterous, exuberant personality.
• Defiant to the End: During the final battle with Yaksha at the end of chapter 7, Hatsuho gives her a defiant "The Reason You Suck" Speech and uses her hammer to de-power her overclocking her spiritual power. This results in Hatsuho dying of exhaustion.
• Fiery Redhead: She's depicted as rather loud and standoffish, but does mean well.
• Floral Theme Naming: Named after the "Hatsuho" iris.
• Foil: She is this trope to Kanna Kirishima. Both are Hot-Blooded redheads but Kanna was a martial artist from the distant Okinawa while Hatsuho grew up in Tokyo as a shrine maiden. Kanna is also friendly, but prone to fly off the handle quickly while Hatsuho is brusque, but ultimately tries to mediate with others. Even their weapons are different with Kanna preferring her bare fists while Hatsuho just smacks opponents with a hammer.
• Four Is Death: Hatsuho becomes the fourth member of the Imperial Combat Revue to die in the Final Battle with Yaksha when she performs her Heroic Sacrifice to de-power her.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Choleric.
• Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: She's not above hitting people to snap them out of their funk. She mainly does this to Sakura during her Heroic BSoD in Chapter 5.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: She can go from calm to extremely angry with minimal provocation, and usually deals with it by using her fists.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Although she's quick to anger and is Hot-Blooded, she's ultimately a loving and good person.
• Limit Break: Her Shinonome Ceremonial Hammer attack involves her Mugen spinning around with her hammer, surrounding herself with fire as if it was a tornado.
• The Lancer: Is this for Sakura Amamiya.
• Luminescent Blush: If Kamiyama asks her out on a date in chapter 1, she turns as red as her hair.
• Male Gaze: The camera always seems to find a way to show off her chest.
• Playing with Fire: A lot of her attacks are laced with flame.
• Red Baron: She's called the goddess of Shinonome Shrine and certainly lives up to that name.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: She has red eyes and can take down demons very easily.
• Red Is Heroic: She is a Fiery Redhead, wears a red hakama as part of her miko uniform and her Mugen is also colored red.
• Sarashi: She wears this under her outfit, though it doesn't cover up her considerable cleavage.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: When she lets her hair down and puts on a wedding dress for the "Miracle Bells" performance in Chapter 6, she looks just as beautiful as the rest of the heroines. Her final bromide Lampshades this with, "What? You never seen a gorgeous girl before?". In the anime, she wears a much more traditional outfit with her hair in a ponytail to better express her beauty.
• Shrine Maiden: Her family has guarded the Shinonome shrine for 200 years. She even has a shimenawa rope she uses to roll up her sleeves.
• Super Drowning Skills: She's unable to swim to the point where she drops like a rock.
• Talk to the Fist:
  • This is Played for Laughs in Chapter 2 where if Kamiyama peeps in on her in the bath, she punches him in the face.
  • Later, in Chapter 5, she singlehandedly punches Sakura, who's in the midst of her Heroic BSoD from her previous battle with Yaksha.
• Third-Person Person: She sometimes refers to herself as "Hatsuho-chan."
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Sakura's girly girl.
• Tsundere: Most of the girls get moments of acting like ones, but Hatsuho seems to get the majority of those. Also fitting with her tendency to punch Seijuro whenever he messes up, or does something she considers perverted. There's also a moment during the event where she and Seijuro find a bomb in a trash can. If option to ask Hatsuho whether she's alright is picked, it leads to a rather sweet moment for her and Seijuro, which is briefly ruined as Reiji(Who is defusing the bomb) teases them about it. Hatsuho's response to that is of almost textbook tsundere type.
• Vigilante Woman: In Hizakura no Koro, Hatsuho serves as the leader of a vigilante gang before she is recruited into the Flower Division.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: She's terrified of heights to the point where she gets dizzy during her ferris wheel date with Kamiyama.

Azami Mochizuki

Azami Mochizuki

"If that's the rule... Then it's one I can't follow!"

Voiced by: Hibiku Yamamura (Japanese), Sarah Wiedenheft (English, anime)
Portrayed by: Yui Kanchiku (stage play)

"Village Rule #79: Don't take snacks as a bribe."

The young scion of the Mochizuki ninja clan, she possesses a great talent for the martial arts and various forms of weaponry. She was brought up in a strict household, and thus places a great deal of importance on upholding the "108 Village Rules" of her clan.

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• The Baby of the Bunch: She is the youngest of the troupe at thirteen years old, at least until Klara joins in the anime.
• Does Not Like Spam: She doesn't like eating bell peppers.
• Flechette Storm: Being a member of her ninja clan, Azami can summon several kunai and throw it at the enemy.
• Floral Theme Naming: "Azami", namely thistles.
• Foil: She is this trope to Iris Châteaubriand who wasn't even a teenager when she joined. Iris was an Adorably Precocious Child and very cheery in spite of her isolated upbringing while Azami is more distant. Iris was also French while Azami is Japanese.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic.
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: When Azami tries to avenge Claris's death, Yaksha quickly stabs her Mugen in the gut.
• Limit Break: Peerless Shuriken, a ninja art that entails Azami throwing a barrage of kunai in all directions before finishing off her enemies with a giant bomb.
• Me's a Crowd: She can create duplicate versions of herself thanks to her ninja training.
• Mystical 108: The Mochizuki ninja clan has 108 laws, which Azami is dedicated to upholding.
• Ninja: Descended from a clan of ninja, she even uses kunai.
• Parental Abandonment: She was actually abandoned by her parents when Yattensai, her master, found her and trained her in Mochizuki style ninjutsu stating that her parents are off on a long mission that could last years.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: She stands at 132 cm (4'3") tall and can easily take down demons with her ninja weapons.
• Power Fist: Her Mugen is outfitted with a large gauntlet that enhances its striking power.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Azami loses it after Claris's death and attacks Yaksha, which leads to her own death.
• Roof Hopping: Given her extensive ninja training, Azami often tends to jump on rooftops.
• Rule #1: The Mochizuki school of ninjutsu has 108 rules that cover a broad range of topics, from maintaining secrecy and always seeking out victory to the very Azami-specific "Don't take snacks as a bribe".
• Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: When Kamiyama and her master Yattansai find themselves at the mercy of President G's goons, Yattansai reminds Azami of Village Rule #108: "Prioritize your own survival, even if you must abandon your allies". This is the one rule Azami cannot obey, and she throws herself into the fray to protect those closest to her.
• The Stoic: She typically talks with a quiet and calm cadence, and her facial expressions change very subtly.
• Sweet Tooth: She often frequents Mikazuki so that she can eat her manju pastries.

Clarissa Snowflake

Clarissa "Claris" Snowflake

"The pen is mightier than the sword!"

Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese), Amanda Gish (English, anime)
Portrayed by: Natsume Oki (stage play)

"I could aspire no less. Would that my own prose could so enthrall a reader..."

A scholar from Luxembourg, she is an avid and learned reader brimming with curiosity and a big heart. She is also the latest in her long line to possess the ability to harness the power of dark magic called libromancy. After her involvement in a demon attack fatally wounded her brother Édouard and caused her to become unworthy of the Snowflake family, she became a founding member of the revue in hopes of becoming a screenwriter.

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• Accentuate the Negative: Claris constantly laments that the Flower Division members aren't motivated enough and the theater is suffering from financial problems, at least until the end of the first chapter.
• Affectionate Nickname: Everyone in the Flower Division often calls her "Claris." Judging by a poster in the theater it's also used as her stage name.
• Audience Surrogate: She is largely reflective of the people who have grown disillusioned with the series, especially after So Long, My Love. Her complaints and voicing criticism of the Imperial Combat Revue regarding her perception of unmotivated members as well as the revue's lower budget voiced many of their observations made about the game's Happy Ending Override.
• Badass Bookworm: Claris loves reading books and writing plays. In her first scene with Kamiyama, she's so fixated that Kamiyama yelling at the top of his lungs or even covering her eyes can't snap her out of it!
• Bad Powers, Good People: Libromancy has a long and bloody history as a magical art used to kill and destroy, leading Claris, a kind and gentle woman, to be very reluctant in using it. It takes some convincing before she realizes that the dark arts can be used for good.
• Berserk Button: She gets really frustrated when she sees Seijuro going through her notes without her knowledge.
• Bilingual Dialogue: In addition to speaking Japanese, Claris sometimes speaks in her native Luxembourgish as well as French.
• Broken Bird: She's definitely hit with this trope in the wake of the tunnel collapse in Luxembourg, where her part in causing Édouard's death causes her to become a liability to her family, as well as her disillusionment with the Imperial Combat Revue at the start of the game.
• Broken Pedestal: The Imperial Combat Revue has become this trope to her. After meeting Kamiyama during her introduction, she makes several points to him and Sakura about how the revue is failing due to the Battle of Tokyo damaging their theater operations. The revue ultimately becomes a Rebuilt Pedestal thanks to Kamiyama's efforts.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Claris may be kind, shy, and introverted, but she has a very sharp tongue and can just lash out when she's pissed.
• Character Catchphrase: Likes to say variations of the phrase "Go to hell" when she's frustrated with someone.
• Crisis of Faith: Since joining the Imperial Combat Revue, Claris has become disenchanted with the lack of motivation from her fellow actresses, the revue's financial situation, as well as the worn-out costumes and sets.
• Emerald Power: Claris, who has green eyes, wears a green uniform and pilots a green Mugen, is one of the most powerful members of the Imperial Combat Revue.
• Establishing Character Moment: Claris is introduced reading a book in the theater's library. After she finishes reading, she quickly realizes Kamiyama has overheard her dreams of becoming an author and immediately jumps out of the chair in fright. When Kamiyama introduces himself as the revue's new captain, Claris laments about the situation regarding her fellow comrades' lack of motivation as well as the theater's budget, showing just how disenchanted she's become with the Imperial Combat Revue.
• The Exile: She goes into exile after her actions in the tunnel incident inadvertently lead to Édouard sacrificing himself to save her and the subsequent collapse from her Power Incontinence.
• Floral Theme Naming: Her surname is derived from the genus Leucojum.
• Foil: She is this trope to Kohran Li. Both are foreigners who are also intellectuals, but Kohran was a Chinese engineer who was very casual and on-hand while Clarice is a Western scholar of magic and also of noble descent.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Melancholic.
• Gentleman and a Scholar: A rare female take on the trope.
• Gratuitous Foreign Language: A played with example. She will sometimes lapse into either her native Luxembourgish, such as when she encounters Kamiyama for the first time, or French. The reason she's fluent in French, German and Luxembourgish is because all three languages are the official language of Luxembourg. Also it is common for Western Europeans to be fluent in several languages in addition to their national one, so for all we know she might speak even more languages than what as been shown.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has brilliant blond hair and, despite her melancholy, is described as a total sweetheart.
• Homing Projectile: Using her special attack, Arbitre d'Enfer^note Hell's Judgment, Claris can lock on to the enemies and blast them with her magic.
• Limit Break: Her Arbitre d'Enfer^note Hell's Judgment attack can blast demons apart at will.
• Meaningful Name: Clarissa is derived from the German name Clarice (from the Latin Clarus), which can either mean "bright", "clear", or "famous". Fitting, considering she's a friendly bookworm with bright blonde hair.
• Most Writers Are Writers: In addition to reading books, Claris's also an avid playwright.
• Nostalgia Filter: During her introduction, Claris laments that the members of the new combat revue are unable to reach their Glory Days.
• Person of Mass Destruction: In battle, Claris can personally wipe out an army of demons using her libromancy magic.
• Power Incontinence: Whenever she gets sufficiently upset, her powers can surge to the point of causing destruction around the surrounding area. The first time she does this in Hizakura no Koro, it destroys the tunnel she, Édouard and Sumire were in.
• Sophisticated as Hell: She has a surprisingly sharp tongue, even saying "Please go to Hell!"
• Spell Book: Her family's magic is cast from books. Even her Spiricle Fighter has one. Somehow. Don't think too much about it.
• Taking the Bullet: When Yaksha is about to kill Azami, Claris jumps in the way and takes the blast meant for her, dying of her injuries as a result.
• Token White: Claris is the only Western European member of the Flower Division this time around.

Anastasia Palma

Anastasia Palma

"However dark the night, allow the stars to guide you."

Voiced by: Ayaka Fukuhara (Japanese), Stephanie Young (English, anime)
Portrayed by: Juri Hirayu (stage play)

"The fates of men are as delicate and fragile as starlight..."

Born in Greece, Anastasia was a star on the stages of Europe before she became the last to join the Imperial Combat Revue.

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• The Ace: She's the most experienced member of the current Flower Division, at least theater-wise as she was a renowned dramatic actress.
• The Atoner: For helping Yaksha and Genan with their plans to revive the Archdemon, she decides to atone for these misdeeds by helping the Flower Division take them down for good.
• Blue Is Heroic: She pilots a blue Mugen and, like Sakura, she has blue eyes.
• Cleavage Window: Her combat uniform has one.
• Deal with the Devil: President G and Yaksha had promised her that if she infiltrated the Imperial Combat Revue and hand over the Imperial Key, they would bring back her parents. Yaksha betrayed that promise by slashing her with the Amamiya Kunisada, leaving her for dead.
• Defector from Decadence: Yaksha leaving her for dead once she hands over the Imperial Key makes Anastasia decide to defect to the Imperial Combat Revue for good.
• The Dog Bites Back: Once she is betrayed by Yaksha, Anastasia ultimately decides to help the heroes defeat her.
• Easily Forgiven: By the rest of the Flower Division in Chapter 7 after she regains consciousness.
• Floral Theme Naming: Chrysanthemum Anastasia.
• Foil: She is this trope to Maria Tachibana. Both are foreign women, but Maria was half-Japanese and half-Russian while Anastasia is Greek. Maria was also the most experienced from a combat perspective (having been a child soldier during the Russian Revolution) while Anastasia was a theater star. Maria was also very wholesome and reserved in her manner of dress while Anastasia is a full-blown Ms. Fanservice what with a Sexy Backless Outfit that even exposes Sideboob.
• Goggles Do Nothing: She wears goggles as part of her pilot's uniform, but they don't serve any purpose.
• Gorgeous Greek: She hails from Greece and is very easy on the eyes.
• Heel–Face Turn: At the end of the 2019 Sakura Wars, she decides to stay with the Flower Division when Yaksha betrays her.
• An Ice Person: Her elemental attacks conjure ice, especially with Apolito Miden (Absolute Zero).
• Limit Break: Her Apolito Miden^note Greek for Absolute Zero attack is an ice-powered Wave-Motion Gun capable of dealing major damage to a locked-on target, as well as penetrating enemies in a straight line.
• Master Actress: Because of her experience, she becomes the team's acting coach.
• Meaningful Name: Anastasia is the female equivalent of Anastasius, which means "resurrection" in Greek. Fittingly enough, Anastasia is from Greece and gets revived by Sakura Shinguji's petals at the beginning of Chapter 8.
• Mentor Archetype: Upon joining the Flower Division, she becomes their acting coach.
• Mentor Occupational Hazard: After assisting the heroes with their acting abilities and being quickly forgiven for her earlier actions as The Mole to Yaksha, Anastasia decides to rejoin the Flower Division in their Final Battle against Yaksha. She's quickly killed by Yaksha towards the end of their battle. Subverted when Sakura Shinguji's petals revive her in Chapter 8.
• Mix-and-Match Weapon: Her Mugen's large parasol also contains a cannon.
• The Mole: She's later revealed to be this for Yaksha until the latter betrays her in Chapter 7.
• Ms. Fanservice: She's got the largest breasts of any character in the entire franchise, complete with her Sexy Backless Outfit and Sideboob.
• The Musketeer: She uses a pistol, but also an umbrella.
• Of Corsets Sexy: Her outfit includes one.
• Parasol of Pain: She uses a giant umbrella to smack opponents with and can use it to glide.
• Parental Abandonment: Her parents died during the war leaving her as an orphan. Shortly after, President G adopted her.
• Punch-Clock Villain: She helps President G and Yaksha with their plans to revive the Archdemon because it's part of her duties believing that they would revive her parents if she assisted them.
• Sacrificial Lion: She becomes the first member of the new Flower Division to die at the hands of Yaksha at the end of chapter 7.
• Sexy Backless Outfit: Typical of a woman living in The '40s, she wears a uniform that frequently exposes her back.
• Statuesque Stunner: She stands at 180 cm/5'11" tall and towers over Kamiyama and the rest of the Imperial Combat Revue.
• The Tease: She doesn't mind casually flirting with Kamiyama, unlike the rest of the girls.
• Trauma Conga Line: At the end of the 2019 Sakura Wars, Yaksha turns on Anastasia after the latter gives her the Amamiya Kunisada. Then, Anastasia reconciles with the rest of the Flower Division for her actions and fights Yaksha in the Final Battle, only for Yaksha to use her as a Sacrificial Lion.
• Treacherous Advisor: Though she serves as the Flower Division's acting coach, it later turns out that she's actually working for Yaksha and President G.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: On receiving end of it from Yaksha, after Anastasia betrays the Flower Division and steals the Amamiya Kunisada for her. Demons promised Anastasia to let her see her dead parents, in return for her services... and so she is slashed with a sword, and would be killed then and there if not for Seijuro blocking Yaksha's final blow.

Klara Ruzhkova

Klara M. Ruzhkova

Voiced by: Misaki Watada (Japanese), Lindsay Seidel (English)

Introduced in Sakura Wars the Animation, Klara is a former member of the Moscow Combat Revue who has come under the protection of the Imperial Combat Revue due to an incident that left her with amnesia.

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• 11th-Hour Superpower: In the last episode of the anime, Klara pilots her own mech, the Tenjin. While strong on its own, it's true power is to combine with the Obu, combining the spiritual power of its pilots. Naturally her ability to amplify spiritual power makes her perfect for it.
• Amnesiac Hero: Lost her memories due to the incident in Russia.
• Brainwashed: Gets momentarily brainwashed by Kaminski near the climax only to be freed by a repentant Leyla.
• Doom Magnet: Demons seem to follow her everywhere.
• Deuteragonist: The anime focuses on her mysterious past as well as accepting the Flower Division as her new family.
• Everyone's Baby Sister: All the members of the Imperial Combat Revue treat her like a little sister and are highly protective of her. Interestingly, she does have an older sister, Leyla, but doesn't remember her.
• Gratuitous Russian: She uses stock Russian phrases in her dialogue.
• Half-Human Hybrid: She and Leyla are experimental half-demons born with immense power, though Klara's potential far outstrips her sister's.
• Kindhearted Cat Lover: She takes in a stray cat in the theater.
• Mysterious Waif: She's confirmed as a member of the Moscow Combat Revue, but what happened in Petrograd is a mystery and she's lost most of her memories.
• Mystical White Hair: Has platinum blonde hair that belies her mysterious nature.
• Odd Name Out: Stands out by not being named after a particular flower.
• Person of Mass Destruction: It's implied she's the one that caused the explosion near Petrograd which was devastating enough to leave a massive crater.
• Sixth Ranger: Introduced in the anime a year after the events of the game.
• Sole Survivor: The only one of the Moscow Combat Revue to not have been caught up in the explosion. Though things get complicated considering her old team shows up wanting her back.
• Super-Empowering: She can amplify the spiritual powers of her allies, such as when she boosts Claris' spells to obliterate a demon that had previously shrugged them off. This is precisely why Kaminski needs her to power up his Weapon of Mass Destruction.

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