Sakura Riese

Sakura is a 15 year old Pokémon Trainer and Ranger from Floaroma, who started her journey after an accident four years ago in a cave that killed her parents and made her sister go missing.

Appearance

Sakura has long straight pink hair and has blue eyes, her clothing already changed twice:

Initially she wore a little pink dress and pink boots, wears a flower necklace and bracelets, but then started wearing a white beret with a cherry blossom in it, a white long sleeve shirt, with the arms of the shirt being pink, a white skirt with pink linings and kept the pink boots.

She also wore a costume based on Yuyuko Saigyouji from Touhou and is currently working on some changes to the costume to use in any possible Pokémon Contest.

Personality

Sakura is nice girl who is always trying to cheer others up and is ready to help anytime, she can be a bit of a coward, but she can be brave when needed. She's also pretty calm and is rarely, if ever, seen angry, according to Lyuri she never saw her angry. The accident four years ago also made her have a fear of caves and is somewhat claustrophobe. According to Hikari, Sakura tries to keep herself calm and be nice even in moments where she is angered or sad and holds back the bad feelings, only Hikari and Rawst know that.

She finally showed how angry she could be after yelling at Des for attacking Lake due to his past with Team Rocket, however it didn't take long for her to go back to her old self and she actually feels better now that she could vent her frustation.

Details

• Age: 15
• Birthday: June 10
• Starter Pokémon: Grant, the Arcanine
• Favorite Color: Initially pink, seems to be liking blue as of now.
• Favorite Type: Dark
• Likes: Pokémon in general, tea, travelling
• Dislikes: Pokémon abuse, caves.

History

Sakura lived peacefully on Floaroma Town until her family went on a trip and a Earthquake caused by Lyuri's Sandshrew at Sakura's request unintetionally made a cave-in that ended up killing her parents and separated her from Lyuri. She met Hikari a short time after the accident, who gave her support and she started living with her and her's family, but she quickly decided to go out to search for her missing sister.

After a long time travelling around the world searching for her sister, Sakura met with Chrome, who at Stella's request led them to an airship that was going to Violet Town, meeting a lot of other people in the meantime. She stayed at Violet City for a while and learned about the armbands from Diane and tested one of them, becoming able of understanding her Pokémon now. She left the city and went to Goldenrod, where she met Rawst, who joined her at her's search for her's sister, who she thought was in New Moon Island after a nightmare she had.

The two then left to Ecruteak, where Sakura got her first gym badge and met Des, who was running from the police at the time and also got a Pokémon egg from Hikari. They then were called to a Halloween party at Lavender Town and went there, they met Des again and after he explained his situation, Sakura used her position as a Pokémon Ranger to help him with his problem. The party ended with a Ghost takeover and Sakura was knocked out by a Shadow Ball while she was investigating the Radio Tower with Des, Trent, Rawst and Origa, missing almost everything that happened in the process.

After that Sakura and Rawst left to Sinnoh and met Hikari in Canalave, who then helped them get to New Moon Island, they were attacked by a swarm of Tentacool and Sakura almost drowned, but they managed to escape and get to the island, where they met Darkrai and discovered that Lyuri really was on the island, soon enough they found her and the sisters were reunited. After going back to Canalave, Hikari left to go back to her home after making a quick trade with Sakura and the remaining trio went back to Johto since Sakura wanted to finish the gym challenge there.

Relationships

Sakura has a sister, Lyuri, who went missing four years ago, but was recently found on New Moon Island, the two are now travelling together and are very close, one always up to help the other with whatever problems they might have.

Sakura has a friend and currently boyfriend in Rawst, the two have been together for a while and still seem close, recently they had their first kiss and that only made they get even closer to each other, Sakura deeply loves Rawst and loves his company, currently she's also helping him to get better at taking care of Pokémon.

She also has a close friend, Hikari who frequently calls her to ask about how things are going, the two of them are as close as sisters, and often refer to each other as such, though since Lyuri's return it seems to have stopped. She's also friends with Des and Alyssa, she had some problems with Des after he attacked Lake in Olivine, but Hikari helped her to forgive him and the two are still friends, she also worries a bit about Alyssa and really wants to be able to help her, however it's been a while since they've talked to each other.

She loves her team, especially Grant, who is her most trusted companion and the one she relies on the most, Grant and Sakura never had problems with each other and have been together for a long time, having a strong bond thanks to that. Seth, Dylan, Serenity and Dusty are also among the mons she likes the most, Seth for spending a lot of time with her and taking part on her activities and being a good friend overall, Dylan due to his cute and innocent behavior, Serenity being due to her kindness and, well, serenity, and Dusty due to him always trying to help her, despite most of the time causing disasters while doing that.

She also loves Stella, Lily and Shade, but due to the former two tendency of causing trouble and the latter's being too difficult to deal with at certain times, she likes them slightly less than the others, but only slightly, she loves her team all the same. The recent newcomers, Meteo, Rai and Phantom didn't interact much with her yet for her to create an opinion on them, but Phantom is already growing on her.

Trivia

• Sakura is left-handed, a trait shared with Tagg and Mezzo.
• Her pink hair was an accident from when Lyuri tried to dye her hair, but both ended up liking the result.
• Half of Sakura's team was a gift, the only ones that were captured the usual way were Dusty, Seth, Meteo, Rai, Stella and Lily. Though Shade's case was a bit more complicated.
• She's good at an unspecified card game, beating a experienced Lyuri ten times in a row.