Chiyo Sakura

Chiyo SakuraSakura Chiyo
Paras Anthropomorphism
Gender	Female
Series	Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
Source Media	Manga
Debut	Summer 2014 (Anime)
Voiced by	JP: Ari Ozawa EN: Juliet Simmons
Other Languages
Japanese	佐倉千代
Chinese	佐仓千代 佐倉千代
Korean	사쿠라 치요
ISML
Appearances	7 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Best result	QF (2015)
Seasonals	2014 Summer: (Winner)
Necklaces	1 2015
r/anime
Best Girl	7 (BG2, BG3, BG4, BG5, BG6, BG7, BG8)
Best result	QF (BG3, 13th seed)
Bilibili Moe
Appearances	1 (2015)
Best result	4th (2015)
Aniplus Character Tournament
Appearances	1 (2014 ★)
Best result	Champion (2014)

Chiyo Sakura is the main female protagonist of Izumi Tsubaki's manga Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (also known as Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun) and its anime adaptation by the studio Doga Kobo.

Chiyo debuted in Summer 2014, where she won the summer edition of  ISML's seasonal contest. Her first year in ISML 2015 as a competitor saw immediate success, winning the Ruby necklace and reached the quarter-finals of Phase 2, her best finish in the tournament. In the same year, she managed to perform a deep tournament run in China's inaugural Bilibili Moe contest, losing to Saber in the semi-finals and Asuna Yuuki in the consolation match for a fourth-place finish.

Sakura's career in the Best Girl Contest also saw success in her first few years, reaching the round of 16 in Best Girl 2 (2015), quarter-finals in Best Girl 3 (2016), and the round of 32 in Best Girl 4 (2017). However, Chiyo's next contests after that were plagued by bad match-ups in the early stages, and as a result, she never got past Round 3 for two years, having been eliminated by Tadokoro in BG5 and Chitanda in BG6.

Best Girl Contest

Best Girl 2: The Salt Will (NOT) Stop Coming!!! (2015) - seed 16

• Round 1: Win vs (497) Touko Aozaki, 5807 - 1884
• Round 2: Win vs (241) Rinko Ogasawara, 5965 - 2161
• Round 3: Win vs (113) Mayumi Saegusa, 5919 - 3039
• R64: Win vs (49) Hestia, 7297 - 4681
• R32: Win vs (17) Illyasviel von Einzbern, 6815 - 4844
• R16: Loss vs (1) Rin Tohsaka, 5877 - 5745

Best Girl 3: Saltdust Crusaders (2016) - seed 13

• Round 1: Win vs (500) Mikoto Asuka, 4128 - 1009
• Round 2: Win vs (244) Hisako Arato, 4739 - 1899
• Round 3: Win vs (116) Erza Scarlet, 4312 - 1880
• R64: Win vs (77) Urara Shiraishi, 4444 - 2980
• R32: Win vs (45) Shizuka Hiratsuka, 4401 - 2778
• R16: Win vs (4) Ryuuko Matoi, 5717 - 4745
• QF: Loss vs (53) Mikoto Misaka, 4578 - 5589

Best Girl 4: A Certain Salty Railgun (2017) - seed 30

• Round 1: Win vs (483) Kafuka Fuura , 8049 - 1364
• Round 2: Win vs (227) Kuroko Shirai, 7203 - 2933
• Round 3: Win vs (99) Himeko Inaba, 5486 - 5168
• R64: Win vs (35) Mayoi Hachikuji, 6553 - 5658
• R32: Loss vs (3) Emilia, 7417 - 9427

Best Girl 5: Legend of the Galactic Waifu (2018) - seed 70

• Round 1: Win vs (440) Krul Tepes, 5251 - 1626
• Round 2: Win vs (329) Lucy, 5892 - 2024
• Round 3: Loss vs (56) Megumi Tadokoro, 5082 - 5809

Re: Best Girl 6 (2019) - seed 49

• Round 1: Win vs (464) Touka Takanashi, 2813 - 1389
• Round 2: Win vs (305) Ryouko Kaji, 3115 - 1671
• Round 3: Loss vs (80) Eru Chitanda, 2107 - 3475

Honours

Posters

ACT 2014 - Champion

ISML 2014 Summer Diadem

ISML 2015 Ruby

Non-Contest Awards

Anime Trending Awards 2015 - Girl of the Year (w/ Yato)

Total Contest Wins = 5 ()

1. ISML 2014 Summer Diadem
2. Aniplus Character Tournament 2014 ★
3. Anitown Moe Tournament 2014 Summer [1]
4. SenpuuSociety European Saimoe 2015
5. Ore no Saimoe Tournament 2015 Yahoo JP, Dead Link

Profile

ISML Profile Flavor Text

Love does not always go as planned, and Sakura Chiyo learns that the hard way. Sakura Chiyo, sixteen-years-old, asks out the boy she likes only to end up receiving his autograph. Little does Chiyo know that the unexpected exchange is merely a prelude to even more wackiness. Before she knows it, Chiyo finds herself in the boy’s apartment… and taking on the role of a manga assistant!? Confused though she is, Chiyo resolves to grasp the opportunity – it is sink or swim, and Chiyo will go with the flow, wherever it might take her. As it turns out, Chiyo's determination and patience are soon to be put to the test. While she is always on the lookout for an opportunity to get her feelings across, and delighted whenever things seem to be going her way, her personal game of love is definitely set to hard mode. Not only is her prospective sweetheart as oblivious as it gets, it seems that everyone Chiyo meets at her new workplace has at least a few screws loose. Chiyo soon learns that even the most promising situation can end in unexpected disaster. As if her getting nervous around the boy were not obstacle enough! Despite all that, Chiyo still keeps a smile on her face. Working together can be a fun experience, and she puts all her heart into her assistant work, page after page. She is not in the art club for nothing! Chiyo also soon comes to appreciate the new friendships with the other assistants, and learns not to let her expectations get the better of her. If she can look back on every passing day with a smile, it is all that matters, right? Well, just a tiny little bit of romantic development would not hurt, really. Her unrequited love for that boy is still there, and it burns brighter every day. Will Sakura Chiyo ever find the courage to confess her love properly? Will her dream of spending her life with her loved one come true? No one knows what will happen in the future. All that is certain is that the love story of Sakura Chiyo, sixteen-years-old, is nowhere near its end.

External Links

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• Nozaki-kun wiki
• Myanimelist
• Baike Baidu (Chinese)
• Moegirl (Chinese)
• Namuwiki (Korean)