Kyouko Sakura

Kyouko Sakura
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Japanese Name	佐倉 杏子 (Sakura Kyouko)
Seiyū	Ai Nonaka
Weapon	Spear

As of Episode 3, Kyouko Sakura only appears in a shot in the opening and as a silhouette in the ending. She appears first at the end of Episode 4.

Official Info

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• A Puella Magi who came from another town, going after Mami's turf.
• She's always eating something.
• An egoist who doesn't take heed of damage to her surroundings.
• A girl with a foul mouth who appeared after Mami's death. She is a callous Puella Magi who doesn't even mind sacrifices, no matter how much, if it's to gain a Grief Seed.
• A Puella Magi who simply has supernatural powers and abandoned the premise of justice and benevolence. In short, she doesn't hesitate in any sense in using her magic powers for her own selfish benefit and desires. Kyouko debuts as an ultra selfish character
• Her regular clothes are the active type and leave a delinquent impression somewhere. She seems to be the type who doesn't mind her navel peeking out.
• She seems to have a rather sadistic side. This is shown in episode 6 when she approaches Sayaka when Sayaka is about to visit her friend Kyousuke. Kyouko scoffs at Sayaka's wish, then says that if she wanted him that badly, she should just go in and break his hand and legs, leaving him crippled and they could be together.
• Kyouko was the daughter of a preacher. Her father started to deviate from regular doctrine and was excommunicated for it. Kyouko used her wish to get her father more followers. However, upon finding this out, her father went insane and killed the entire family but Kyouko. From there on, Kyouko only uses her magical powers for herself.
• Kyouko values food and chastises those who waste it. After her father lost supporters, Kyouko and her family nearly starved.
• While Kyouko was initially cold toward Sayaka, she grows to like her. This is because Kyouko sees Sayaka making the same mistakes as her. During the end of episode 7, Kyouko even monitors Sayaka's witch hunt. While it is unknown if Sayaka needed her help, Kyouko does protect Sayaka against one of the witch's attacks.

Trivia

• Nicknamed Condom-chan by Western fans because of the suggestive-looking Japanese ice candy she's got flapping in her mouth. She is nicknamed Anko by Japanese fans due to initial misread of her name when she was first revealed in a magazine.
• Her last name can also be used as a first name.
• Her first name Kyouko (杏子) can also be read as Anzu (あんず)–apricot. Apricot+ is Ume's circle name [1].
• The first kanji of her name(杏) is the real first name of Kafuka Fuura who is also a character voiced by Ai Nonaka in Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.

Speculations

• Her behavior and character hint to next possible past of hers. In episode seven, it is revealed that she too made a selfless wish for her father, and ended up losing her entire family due to her wish's repercussions. Thus, she eats gratuitously because her family never had enough to eat before she made her wish. Kyouko states that she has learned from this experience that using magic to help others is a mistake, and that magic should only be used to make one's own wishes come true.
• A Dcinside netizen speculated that she is actually a Korean Japanese(especially from North Korea) based on her father's religion(relating to Unification Church), valuing of food(relating to poverty in North Korea), eating 'apple' which is an homonym to apology(what South Korean government demands Japanese goverment to make) in Korean(considering Akiyuki Shinbo's linguistic knowledges), her selfishness and taking of Mitakihara after death of Tomoe Mami(relating to Japanese Korean-haters' thoughts that Korean Japaneses have been taking their jobs away after World War II), and the image of hibiscus(the national flower of South Korea) displayed when she talked of a peaceful world. Shinbo has already shown similar attitude toward Koreas in Bakemonogatari and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.

Gallery

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  Official character art (from a magazine scan).

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  Comparison of Kyouko's chain barrier emblem and a print of the Gojū-no-tō at Kōfuku-ji.

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  Kyouko's binoculars seem to be based on the High Eight Chocolate by Furuta Confectionary Co.

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  Kyouko's soul gem.