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==In the anime== | ==In the anime== | ||
[[File:Sakura Kimono.png|thumb|left|220px|Sakura in full costume]] | [[File:Sakura Kimono.png|thumb|left|220px|Sakura in full costume]] | ||
Sakura debuted in ''[[EP183|Trouble's Brewing]]''. She | Sakura debuted in ''[[EP183|Trouble's Brewing]]''. She struck a friendship with {{an|Misty}} after learning both were both the youngest in their families and had similar experiences with their older sisters. While she was training to be a [[Kimono Girl]] like her sisters, she dreamed of becoming a [[Pokémon Trainer]] instead and looked forward to challenging the [[Johto League]]. She even considered joining {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} on their {{pkmn|journey}}. However, after witnessing Ash's group battling her sisters, she decided she wanted to train by herself first before embarking on her own journey. | ||
In ''[[EP226|Espeon, Not Included]]'', Sakura reunited with the group while passing through [[Ecruteak City]]. By this time, her {{p|Eevee}} had [[Evolution|evolved]] into an {{TP|Sakura|Espeon}}. She used Espeon in a battle against [[Misty's Corsola]], though she lost the match. She later helped the group to save her sisters' stolen Pokémon from {{TRT}}. Afterwards, she decided she was ready to go on her own journey, and with her sisters' permission, she began her journey towards [[Violet City]]. | |||
In ''[[HS05|The Blue Badge of Courage]]'', Sakura was revealed to be challenging Gyms. She visited Misty in [[Cerulean City]] and mentioned that she already had three Gym Badges by that point: the {{badge|Storm}}, the {{badge|Zephyr}}, and the {{badge|Hive}}. After she helped Misty in rescuing [[Kinso]]'s stolen Badges from the [[Gym Badge thieves]], Sakura had a battle against Misty's Corsola once again. This time, Espeon was victorious, thus earning Sakura her fourth Badge, the {{badge|Cascade}}. | |||
===Character=== | ===Character=== | ||
Sakura shares a lot of parallels with {{an|Misty}}. In particular, she desired independence because she felt she never fit in with many of her sisters' activities and training regiments as [[Kimono Girl]]s. Her encounter Misty eventually motivated her to go on her own journey. By the end of ''[[EP226|Espeon, Not Included]]'', Sakura put her training into practice, leading the offensive against {{TRT}} and recovering her sisters' stolen Pokemon, in the process showing how far she had come as a Trainer compared to her old lifestyle. | |||
===Pokémon=== | ===Pokémon=== |
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