Sakura Kinomoto

Sakura Kinomoto
Cardcaptor Sakura character
Sakura Kinomoto as seen in Cardcaptor Sakura the Movie
First appearance	Chapter 1
Created by	Clamp
Voiced by	Sakura Tange
Profile
Relatives	Toya Kinomoto (brother) Fujitaka Kinomoto (father) Nadeshiko Kinomoto (mother, deceased) Sonomi Daidouji (cousin, first, once removed) Tomoyo Daidouji (cousin, second) Masaki Amamiya (great grandfather, maternal) Syaoran Li (husband)
English adaptation
Name	Nelvana English Dub Carly McKillip (Cardcaptors, 1st movie) Kari Wahlgren (2nd Movie) Omni Productions English Dub Andrea Kwan

Sakura Kinomoto (木之本 桜, Kinomoto Sakura^?) is the title character and main protagonist of Clamp's manga series Cardcaptor Sakura. In the English anime adaptation by Nelvana of the series, Cardcaptors, her name is changed to Sakura Avalon, though it was changed back to her original name in the dub of the 2nd film by Bang Zoom! Entertainment. For the alternative English dub by Omni Productions, her original name was fully kept, making it more faithfully closer to the original Japanese version. For all Japanese-language productions of the anime (including movies, audio CDs, and video games), Sakura is voiced by Sakura Tange. For the Nelvana English-language dub production, she is voiced by Carly McKillip through Cardcaptors and the first movie. She is voiced in the second movie by Kari Wahlgren. For the alternative English dub produced by Omni Productions to air on Animax Asia, she was voiced by Andrea Kwan.

Sakura's character design for the manga was originally developed by Mokona of Clamp. She was designed to capture the image of Mokona's then two-year-old niece Kawaji. The original character's facial expression changed considerably until the manga started. Her many magical costumes were introduced as CLAMP felt it was "sad" for a girl to wear the same magical costume all the time.

Picking a Japanese actress to voice Sakura was difficult. Neither Clamp writer Nanase Ohkawa or anime director Morio Asaka were satisfied with any of the voice actress who auditioned for the role. In the end, Sakura Tange was selected for the role with sound director Masafumi Mima believing her to fit the character thanks to her quiet and strong voice.