Sakura Haruno (春野 サクラ, Haruno Sakura) est un personnage du manga Naruto créé par Masashi Kishimoto.
Elle est la principale héroïne de la série, bien qu'elle n'y était pas destinée au départ. Kishimoto avait quelques difficultés pour la dessiner au début de la série, ce qui est la source de certaines caractéristiques physiques du personnage, tel son large front.
Dans l'univers de la série, Sakura est une jeune kunoichi du village de Konoha. Elle fait partie de l'équipe 7, composée à l'origine, en plus d'elle-même, de Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiwa et de leur professeur Kakashi Hatake. Au début de la série, elle éprouve des sentiments amoureux envers Sasuke tout comme son amie d'enfance, Ino Yamanaka. Celle-ci devient sa rivale car elle ne voulait pas rester sous son ombre et aller de l'avant par elle même. En effet, Sakura admirait grandement Ino qui la aider plusieurs fois. Naruto, quant à lui, est clairement amoureux de Sakura, mais cette dernière ne lui montre que du mépris. Toutefois, ses sentiments pour Naruto évolueront tout au long de la série, notamment dans la deuxième partie.
Dans la seconde partie du manga, Sakura est devenue une jeune femme volontaire et forte (à tous points de vue). Elle a aussi pris conscience que, par sa faute, Naruto a beaucoup souffert et elle veut à présent agir afin que son ami n'ait plus à tout gérer seul. Elle ira même jusqu'à tenter de tuer seule Sasuke pour éviter que ce fardeau n'incombe à Naruto.
Sakura apparait dans de nombreux produits dérivés de la série incluant la série animée, la totalité des films ainsi que plusieurs jeux vidéo. Elle apparaît beaucoup dans les 9e, 10e, 14e et 16e génériques de fin de Naruto Shippuden. Le 9e générique d'ouverture de la série est consacré à ses sentiments pour Naruto et Sasuke et à l'assistance au combat entre ses deux compagnons. Sakura apparaît aussi dans un OAV à l'occasion de la vente de t-shirts de la série au magasin Uniqlo à Paris le 28 décembre 2010.
Elle reçut des critiques positives et négatives des médias spécialisés dans l'anime, le manga ou le jeu vidéo. D'abord considéré comme un personnage stéréotypé ne servant que comme prétexte amoureux au héros et sans réelle utilité, les critiques saluèrent le développement de sa personnalité et de son rôle tout au long de la série. Le personnage de Sakura est plutôt populaire parmi les lecteurs, se retrouvant régulièrement bien placé dans les sondages de popularités. Elle fait également l'objet d'un marchandisage important, incluant peluches et porte-clés.
, 1h48 OriginJapon GenresThriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Action, Horror, Animation ThemesPrison films ActorsJunko Takeuchi, Mie Sonozaki, Chie Nakamura, Rikiya Koyama, Kazuhiko Inoue, Showtaro Morikubo Rating71% Naruto Uzumaki is arrested to the criminal containment facility known as Hoozuki Jou (鬼灯城, lit. "Physalis Castle") in the Hidden Grass Village, after he is declared responsible for attacking the Fourth Raikage and the members of Jōnin from the Hidden Mist and Rock Village. There, Mui (無為), the head of the prison, places the Tenrou o Tsukau (天牢を使う, lit. "Sky Prison Control") seal on Naruto which limits his chakra. On the first night, Naruto uses a clone as a decoy to escape from prison, but his clone is secretly taken by Mui to have the Nine-tailed beast's chakra extracted which leads him to the real Naruto, and he is shortly recaptured and placed in solitary confinement, before delaying Mui's plans.
, 1h30 OriginJapon GenresDrama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation ActorsJunko Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Inoue, Satoshi Hino, Chie Nakamura, Noriaki Sugiyama, Ryōka Yuzuki Rating70% In the potential outbreak of a Fourth Great Ninja World War, a few ninjas with Kekkei Genkai abilities begin to disappear from the land of Lightning, Earth, Water and Wind. The Land of Fire remains the only village not affected by these events that people start to suspect its role in these incidents, and rumors of a possible rebellion begin to circulate. With the other nations amassing troops on the borders of the Land of Fire and threatening invasion, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire orders Tsunade to capture the real culprit and prove Konoha's innocence, in the event of failure and the Land of Fire decides to destroy the village to preserve world peace.
, 1h30 Directed byNoriaki Sugiyama OriginJapon GenresFantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Animation ActorsJunko Takeuchi, Noriaki Sugiyama, Chie Nakamura, Kazuhiko Inoue, Motoko Kumai, Satoshi Hino Rating68% A mysterious group of ninja called the Sora from the Sky Country makes a surprise attack on the Leaf for vengeance, due to them nearly destroying the Sky Country, during the Second Great Shinobi World War. At the same time, Naruto, Sakura and Hinata are sent along to help a boy's village. They accompany Amaru and Doctor Shinnō back to the village. Later, Naruto learns that Amaru is really a girl, due to her falling into the water for her scapel.
, 1h30 OriginJapon GenresFantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation ActorsJunko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Kazuhiko Inoue, Masashi Ebara, Kōichi Tōchika, Yukari Tamura Rating68% The film opens with the bad predicting future that Naruto battles a monster that kills him and the Nine Tailed Fox inside of him, impaling him with its tail. A funeral is held for Naruto at his home village, where Sakura Haruno, Rock Lee and Neji Hyuga attending, along with others. Finally, the scene shows Tsunade looking out her window, asking if 'Everything is just decided by fate'.
, 1h35 OriginJapon GenresAction, Adventure, Animation ActorsJunko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Kazuhiko Inoue, Tomomichi Nishimura, Akio Ōtsuka, Marika Hayashi Rating63% Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno and Rock Lee are assigned to protect the prince of the Land of the Moon, Michiru, during his world trip; other escorts had been hired, but quit due to being treated poorly. The Land of the Moon is a very wealthy nation, so Michiru tends to buy whatever he wants and has a very materialistic worldview. His son, Hikaru, also acts in much the same manner, annoying Naruto. During the trip, the caravan stops at a circus, during which Hikaru shot an apple that was in one of the circus acts. Amused, the ring master said if he can hit the apple with the monkey holding it moving he will get a prize. Hikaru made the shot. Hikaru took a liking to a rare sabertoothed tiger, Chamu, featured there, so he asked for it. The ringmaster claimed it to big and dangerous to take as a prize. Michiru ended up purchasing not only the saber toothe, but the whole circus as well, placing it under the team's protection. Before heading to the docks, they stop at the house of Michiru's ex-wife Amayo. At the docks, Hikaru attempts to befriend the tiger, but finds that it dislikes humans. He loses interest in the circus and during a sea voyage, when a storm hits, he appears unconcerned about the animals' well-being, causing Naruto to become disgusted at his lack of value for them. Upset by Naruto's view of him, Hikaru goes out to help Chamu get to safety, and Naruto saves both of them after they wash overboard. The next day, Naruto and Hikaru become friends.
, 1h36 OriginJapon GenresDrama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation ActorsJunko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Showtaro Morikubo, Akira Ishida, Takako Honda, Yasuyuki Kase Rating64% The film opens with a battle taking place at night on a desolate seaside beach between Sand Ninja and mysterious warriors wearing bulky suits of armor. Despite their best efforts, the Sand Ninja are slowly overwhelmed by the sheer strength of their mysterious opponents. The timely arrival of reinforcements led by Kankuro and Gaara turns the tide, with Kankuro slicing apart a suit of armor with his puppet, and Gaara dispatching a large number of enemies en masse with his signature Desert Imperial Funeral. However, when Gaara orders the Sand Ninja to shine a flare at the retreating enemies, a large warship appears.
, 1h22 Directed byTensai Okamura OriginJapon GenresDrama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation ThemesFilms about magic and magicians ActorsJunko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Noriaki Sugiyama, Kazuhiko Inoue, Yūko Kaida, Chikao Ōtsuka Rating66% The film opens with Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno watching a film starring Yukie Fujikaze, in a local cinema. Kakashi Hatake has summoned them to watch it as preparation for their next mission: to prevent Yukie, who plays Princess Gale in the films, from being captured during production of her latest film. Yukie is later revealed to be Koyuki Kazahana, a princess from an island known as the Land of Snow. Doto Kazahana, who is revealed to be Koyuki's uncle, was responsible for the murder of her father Sosetsu in a coup d'etat. During the shooting of the film, Doto's henchmen, wearing Chakra armor, attempt to capture the princess, but Team 7 manages to delay the princess from being captured. Doto eventually captures Koyuki and kills her bodyguards, who reveal themselves in an attempt to protect and restore her rightful place as the ruler of the Land of Snow. Naruto enters the ship to rescue the princess, only to be captured and forced to wear a chakra-draining device. Doto forces Koyuki to hand over a crystal necklace her father had given her when she was young, thinking that this is a key that can unlock the hidden treasure Sosetsu had left behind before detaining both Koyuki and Naruto.