Reception
Sakura's reception was positive by the critics and fans alike. In 1997, Sakura ranked third in the poll for the best characters of 1996 in the Japanese arcade game magazine Gamest. In 2002, Sakura was voted the third most popular Street Fighter character in Capcom's own poll for the 15th anniversary of Street Fighter, after only Chun-Li and Cammy and before Ryu. In 2007, Joystiq ranked her fifth on the list of the top ten girls of PSP for the "super hotness" of her school uniform and "cuteness to spare and lots of determination no matter what the odds." In 2008, IGN ranked Sakura at 22nd in their list of top Street Fighter characters, noting that while the Japanese schoolgirl design was "obvious", her attitude and funny moments offered a pleasant contrast. She also placed 13th on the list of top Street Fighter characters of all time by GameDaily in 2009. In addition, she was featured on GameDaily's "Babe of the Week" series with a comment "The fact that she dresses like a Japanese schoolgirl gives her lots of bonus points." GameDaily also listed her under "hot, but annoying", questioning her about always following Ryu and wanting him to fight her as she is "either an innocent fan or a psycho." In 2010, UGO Networks featured her on the lists of the top 50 Street Fighter characters and the 35 "best school girls ever". In 2012, Complex ranked her as the 15th "most dominant" fighting game character. As of August 2012, Namco ranked Sakura as the 14th most requested Street Fighter side character to be added to the roster of Tekken X Street Fighter.2.
The character's outfit has received some negative criticism. In 2010, Play listed it among the top inappropriate outfits due to her exposure in fights. That same year, Dave Cook from Now Gamer listed a fight between Sakura and Ling Xiaoyu as one of the fights he wished to see in Street Fighter X Tekken as while the two shared unsuitable outfits, the two are entertaining in terms of gameplay.
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