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Sakura Kinomoto is the titular protagonist of Clamp's magical girl series Cardcaptor Sakura.

One of the most iconic anime characters of all time, Sakura was the winner of 2channel's very first saimoe tournament in 2002, making her the one and only original saimoe champion -- and still the best, even if other girls have surpassed her in popularity through the passage of time and changing tastes of audiences. Her 2channel saimoe win is even mentioned in her English Wikipedia articleW; implying "official" recognition since the site has a more formal and serious tone.

Outside of 2channel, Sakura won three awards in the International Saimoe League despite being a historically mediocre competitor, as all of her awards came from exhibition matches in 2010 and 2011. Several years later, the anime adaptation of the sequel Clear Card was broadcasted in Winter 2018, which depicts an aged-up Sakura in middle school. This made her eligible for the Chinese Bilibili Moe 2018 tournament, where a combination of nostalgia and massive support (peaking at over 250,000 votes) led her to victory against the overwhelming presence of the Fate series.


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Kinomoto Sakura is an energetic, ordinary, elementary school girl with an annoying older brother and a crush on his friend. At the age of ten, she had a daunting quest thrusted upon her. One day, after school, she accidentally opened a sealed book of powerful magical cards and scattered them around town. Deceitfully persuaded into a contract by the card’s guardian, Sakura began the hunt to seal these cards. If she doesn't, then a disaster will befall upon the world. Without knowing exactly what this disaster will be, Sakura will have to take on this extra job. At first, she fought grudgingly and reluctantly, scared of the tasks to come. This all changed when a card came very close to hurting the things she love, which led her to accept her responsibility fully.

Uniquely among magical girls, Sakura gets a different outfit for each fight, courtesy of her best friend. The cards have different personalities: some let themselves be captured without a fight after they've had fun; others demand proof of Sakura's competence before submitting. She was faced with many challenges as she confronted them all with courage, even when contesting with a rival for the cards. However, when all the cards are captured, what else awaits Sakura?

As Sakura's adventures continued, she embarked on a brand new journey: meeting a mysterious new rival. It was clear that while the cards changed her destiny, they affected her daily life as well. As she entered fifth grade, it was obvious how the cards created a new path for Sakura in friendship and romance. New friends came along with her adventures, and little does she know that one of her close friends has a crush on her. But, Sakura never had a good sense of awareness, so, unfortunately, it went by unnoticed. With many more challenges at hand, how will Sakura solve all of them?

Sakura always gives her best to the task at hand, sometimes too much, causing her to dangerously tire herself out. She is a kind, good girl whom people just can't bring themselves to hate, even when a peculiar love triangle is on the line.

Main Tournament[]

Overall Record

ISML Main Tournament Record
Regular season, playoffs, and 1v1 consolations only.
Preliminaries, exhibitions, and any matches involving 3+ characters are NOT included.
Edition Eliminated in Final pos. W L RS Record
ISML 2008 Regular season 27th 38 25 38-25 27th
ISML 2009 Regular season 31st 34 29 34-29 31st
ISML 2010 Eliminated in Preliminaries - phase 3
ISML 2011 Eliminated in Preliminaries - phase 3
ISML 2012 Eliminated in Stella preliminaries - phase 3
ISML 2013 Eliminated in Stella preliminaries
ISML 2014 Eliminated in Stella preliminaries
ISML 2015 Eliminated in Stella preliminaries - round 2
ISML 2016 Top 128 Groups Topaz 65th-128th 0 3 0-3
ISML 2017 Topaz Groups Last 96 73th-96th 1 9 1-9
ISML 2018 Round of 16 10th Conso 24 16 21-14
ISML 2019 Emerald Wildcards Last 40 35th Conso 3 13 3-12
ISML 2020 Split 1 Groups Last 120 110th CVP 0 5 0-5
ISML 2021 Eliminated in Preliminaries (77th / 72) - ARP: 53; Nom: 41 votes
ISML 2022
ISML 2023
ISML 2024
Total W-L-T: 100-100 (50.00%) Postseason: 3-3 RS Record: 97-97 (50.00%)
Opponents played: 144
=34 + 25 + 2 + 6+ 33 + 11 + 3


Match History

ISML 2008
ISML 2009
  • Taiga Aisaka > Cardcaptor (You) (1406-1356)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Alice Carroll (1561-975)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Anya Alstreim (1356-986)
  • Mikuru Asahina > Cardcaptor (You) (1412-1154)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > C.C. (1504-1500)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Kirino Chiba (1633-957)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Chii (1613-1016)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Evangeline A.K. McDowell (1694-922)
  • Fate Testarossa > Cardcaptor (You) (1142-812)
  • Kyou Fujibayashi > Cardcaptor (You) (1750-1033)
  • Hanyuu > Cardcaptor (You) (1461-1314)
  • Rika Furude > Cardcaptor (You) (1215-946)
  • Nagisa Furukawa > Cardcaptor (You) (1395-951)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Reimu Hakurei (1475-1280)
  • Kagami Hiiragi > Cardcaptor (You) (1691-1022)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Tsukasa Hiiragi (1728-1578)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Amu Hinamori (1554-1029)
  • Holo > Cardcaptor (You) (1843-1092)
  • Fuuko Ibuki > Cardcaptor (You) (1804-1159)
  • Kotomi Ichinose > Cardcaptor (You) (1790-1299)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Illyasviel von Einzbern (844-820)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Index (1374-1203)
  • Konata Izumi > Cardcaptor (You) (1472-1466)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Misuzu Kamio (1289-1055)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Ayumu Kasuga (1056-575)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Yuuhi Katagiri (1399-1002)
  • Hinagiku Katsura > Cardcaptor (You) (1821-1338)
  • Ami Kawashima > Cardcaptor (You) (1546-1438)
  • Mai Kawasumi > Cardcaptor (You) (1500-1080)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Tamaki Kawazoe (1426-677)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Marisa Kirisame (1539-1084)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Kallen Kouzuki (1412-925)
  • Sayuri Kurata > Cardcaptor (You) (1450-1364)
  • Minori Kushieda > Cardcaptor (You) (1356-912)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Louise de la Valliere (1113-1083)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Maria (Hayate) (1189-1181)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Nayuki Minase (1555-1327)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Mikoto Misaka (1226-1048)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Shiori Misaka (1426-871)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Akari Mizunashi (944-688)
  • Yuki Nagato > Cardcaptor (You) (1523-1102)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Nagi (Kannagi) (1446-1010)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Patchouli Knowledge (1641-732)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Remilia Scarlet (1469-872)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Shiki Ryougi (1276-824)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Rena Ryuuguu (1347-1324)
  • Saber > Cardcaptor (You) (1430-1254)
  • Tomoyo Sakagami > Cardcaptor (You) (1921-1219)
  • Nagi Sanzenin > Cardcaptor (You) (1965-1293)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Makoto Sawatari (1184-884)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Aya Shameimaru (1466-826)
  • Shana > Cardcaptor (You) (1994-1049)
  • Shinku > Cardcaptor (You) (1298-1024)
  • Suigintou > Cardcaptor (You) (1580-1049)
  • Suiseiseki > Cardcaptor (You) (1871-1182)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Mei Sunohara (963-878)
  • Haruhi Suzumiya > Cardcaptor (You) (1771-1116)
  • Nanoha Takamachi > Cardcaptor (You) (1618-1233)
  • Rin Tohsaka > Cardcaptor (You) (1598-1058)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Ayu Tsukimiya (1317-1206)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Vita (1558-870)
  • Cardcaptor (You) > Hayate Yagami (1207-1012)
  • Konjiki no Yami > Cardcaptor (You) (1773-1182)
ISML 2016
Nominations: 61 votes (85th)
Stage Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Ro128
Group H
4th (0W 3L, Out)
Tpz 1 Yuki n Yuki Nagato 1068 - 1507 ~L
Tpz 2 Nana Nana Ebina 1312 - 1378 ~L
Tpz 3 Shinobu Oshino Shinobu Oshino 1079 - 1513 ~L
Final position: ??? (based on Wins: 0, CVP: 2.7961)
ISML 2017
Nominations: 20 votes (82nd-86th)
Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Aqua 4 Shinobu Oshino Shinobu Oshino 779 - 801 ~L
Aqua 8 Asuna Asuna 572 - 965 ~L
Aqua 12 Honoka Honoka Kousaka 764 - 706 ~W
Aqua 16 Momo bd Momo Belia Deviluke 789 - 1139 ~L
Aqua 20 Ayase Ayase Aragaki 755 - 1119 ~L
Tpz 4 Kosaki Kosaki Onodera 581 - 821 ~L
Tpz 7 Cc C.C. 655 - 890 ~L
Tpz 10 Sakura matou Sakura Matou 875 - 922 ~L
Tpz 13 Jibril1 Jibril 730 - 1346 ~L
Tpz 16 Nagisa Nagisa Furukawa 963 - 1081 ~L
6th (0W 5L), Directly Eliminated in Groups
Final position: ??? (based on Wins: 0, CVP: 9.375)
ISML 2018
Nominations: 584 votes (2nd)
Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Aqua 2 Kaede ac Kaede Kayano 3958 - 1725 ~W
Aqua 5 Kirino Kirino Kousaka 6186 - 2297 ~W
Aqua 7 Tsubaki Tsubaki Sawabe 4749 - 2255 ~W
Aqua 10 Phos Phosphophyllite 4483 - 2204 ~W
Aqua 12 Tohru dragon Tohru (Dragon Maid) 4117 - 7169 ~L
Tpz 2 Ewood Eucliwood Hellscythe 5679 - 3613 ~W
Tpz 4 Jeanne d'Arc (Fate) Jeanne d'Arc (Fate) 5374 - 4261 ~W
Tpz 6 Suzune Suzune Horikita 4263 - 2525 ~W
Tpz 8 Iroha Iroha Isshiki 4867 - 2861 ~W
Tpz 10 Kurisu Kurisu Makise 6253 - 5244 ~W
Amet 2 Tamako Tamako Kitashirakawa 3458 - 2679 ~W
Amet 3 Nero fate Nero (Fate) 2942 - 2078 ~W
Amet 5 Leafa Leafa 5239 - 2400 ~W
Amet 6 Mikasa Mikasa Ackerman 6255 - 5617 ~W
Amet 8 Yukino Yukino Yukinoshita 3770 - 5521 ~L
Sapp 2 Haruhi Haruhi Suzumiya 2960 - 3558 ~L
Sapp 3 Eriri Eriri S. S. 4532 - 2254 ~W
Sapp 4 Kotori ll Kotori Minami 3182 - 1770 ~W
Sapp 5 Jibril1 Jibril 4109 - 5862 ~L
Sapp 7 Asuna Asuna 5389 - 8932 ~L
Eme 1 Illya Illyasviel von Einzbern 11,123 - 15,469 ~L
Eme 2 Tohka Tohka Yatogami 12,666 - 12,246 ~W
Eme 3 Shinka Shinka Nibutani 13,634 - 15,716 ~L
Eme 4 Kanna Kanna Kamui 11,722 - 12,516 ~L
Eme 5 Reina Reina Kousaka 16,026 - 7475 ~W
Ruby 1 Kurumi Kurumi Tokisaki 10,244 - 12,608 ~L
Ruby 2 Utaha Utaha Kasumigaoka 9919 - 10,154 ~L
Ruby 3 Nao Nao Tomori 15,265 - 13,980 ~W
Ruby 4 Shouko Shouko Nishimiya 21,479 - 14,567 ~W
Ruby 5 Azusa n Azusa Nakano 15,512 - 17,847 ~L
Dia 1 Azusa n Azusa Nakano x2 16,659 - 13,182 ~W
Dia 2 Mashiro Mashiro Shiina 14,990 - 14,410 ~W
Dia 3 Rem Rem 12,409 - 15,254 ~L
Dia 4 Tamako Tamako Kitashirakawa x2 13,455 - 15,669 ~L
Dia 5 Rikka chuuni Rikka Takanashi 14,491 - 15,831 ~L
Playoffs: seed 13 (CVP: 42.490)
Ro16 (4) Yukino Yukino Yukinoshita 13,076 - 18,113 ~L
PO 5 Taiga Taiga Aisaka consolation 16,204 - 15,220 ~W
PO 6 Chiyo s Chiyo Sakura consolation 21,923 - 17,361 ~W
PO 7 Nanami Nanami Aoyama consolation 20,493 - 21,686 ~L
PO 8 Sagiri Sagiri Izumi consolation 22,808 - 22,791 ~W
Final position: 10th (based on consolation matches)
ISML 2019
Nominations: 139 votes (32nd)
Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Aqua 1 Schwi Schwi Dola 3752 - 6477 ~L
Aqua 2 Ochako Ochako Uraraka 5250 - 4456 ~W
Aqua 3 Sora kasugano Sora Kasugano 5252 - 5559 ~L
Tpz 1 Yoshino dal Yoshino (Date A Live) 4818 - 5657 ~L
Tpz 2 Saber Saber (F/SN) 5635 - 6003 ~L
Tpz 3 Mei aihara Mei Aihara 7040 - 6924 ~W
Amet 1 Chtholly Chtholly N. S. 4563 - 6062 ~L
Amet 2 Alice zuberg Alice Zuberg 4569 - 5356 ~L
Amet 3 Illya Illyasviel von Einzbern 4717 - 5507 ~W
Wildcard (Max 6, range vote): 69,400.9 - 7th / 14, Survived
Sapp 1 Maisan Mai Sakurajima 6229 - 7975 ~L
Sapp 2 Tohru dragon Tohru (Dragon Maid) 6111 - 6386 ~L
Sapp 3 Kaori Kaori Miyazono 7141 - 6297 ~L
Eme 1 Sagiri Sagiri Izumi 4592 - 8144 ~L
Eme 2 Yui yuigahama Yui Yuigahama 5157 - 6300 ~L
Eme 3 Mio kon Mio Akiyama 5369 - 7089 ~L
Wildcard (Max 2, STV): 3932 - 5th / 10, Eliminated
......
CONSOLATION MATCHES
Dia 2 8 players (approval vote) 8020 (4th) seed
Dia 3 Tamako Tamako Kitashirakawa 10,443 - 10,898 ~L
PO 1 4 players (IRV) 6947 (3rd) 33-36
Final position: 35th (based on consolations)
ISML 2020
Nominations: 65 votes (58th, Advanced)
Seedings R4 (approval vote): 829 votes (30th, seed 80)
Stage Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Split 1
Group P
6th (0W 5L, Out)
Aqua 1 Miku Miku Nakano 1743 - 2669 ~L
Aqua 2 Kumiko Kumiko Oumae 2174 - 2853 ~L
Aqua 3 Mikasa Mikasa Ackerman 2065 - 2594 ~L
Aqua 4 Haruhi Haruhi Suzumiya 1517 - 2176 ~L
Aqua 5 02 Zero Two 1806 - 4183 ~L
6th (0W 5L), Directly Eliminated in Groups
Final position: 110th (based on Wins: 0, CVP: 4.033)


Poster gallery[]

Other tournaments[]

Anime Saimoe Tournament[]

Saimoe 2002


Korea Best Moe Tournament[]

KBM 2008

KBM 2009


Bilibili Moe 2018 JP[]

Qualifying

Qualifying Day 11 (2018 July 24)
Advance to R128 Groups
  1. Cardcaptor (You) - 131,429
  2. Albedo - Overlord - 74,373
  3. Izuna Hatsuse - No Game No Life Zero - 60,266
  4. Alice (Caster) - Fate/EXTRA - 59,603

Repechage:

  1. Sayaka Sumino - Aho-Girl - 22,934
  2. Crusch Lulu - Overlord - 14,068
  3. Mimi Tachikawa - Digimon - 13,906

Eliminated:


Top 128 (Group B4)

Name Series VotesTLV
Cardcaptor (You) Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card 122,380 2460
Ai hinatsuru Ai Hinatsuru Ryuo no Oshigoto! 35,538 260
Rani VIII (Berserker) Fate/Extra 22,134 4
Yumeko Yumeko Jabami Kakegurui 14,131 56


1v1 Bracket

  • T32 plate Frankenstein fate Frankenstein's Monster @ Fate/Apocrypha - 134,179 1199 - 57,738 227
  • T16 plate 02 Zero Two @ Darling in the Franxx - 145,709 946 - 78,762 2308
  • Qf plate Jeanne d'Arc (Fate) Jeanne d'Arc @ Fate/Aprocrypha - 137,228 4603 - 121,282 3089
  • Sf plate Rin tohsaka Rin Tohsaka @ Fate/stay night - 252,586 57,137 - 251,403 34,710
  • Final plate Nero fate Nero @ Fate/Extra - 295,945 41,976 - 228,590 32,823



Honours[]

Winner-Bilibili Moe Female 2018

SCREW FATEFAGS, THIS CHAMPIONSHIP IS MINE

Wins[]

Total Wins : 11

  1. J-Saimoe 2002 Anime Saimoe Tournament (Futaba Channel a.k.a
  2. Bilibili Moe 2018 - Japanese Animation Bilibili Moe Animated Character Popularity Awards
  3. Loli Battle 2008 Internet Archive to result
  4. 3rd DM123 AnimeFans Saimoe Hongyeoje(=Red Leaf exhibition) Baike link
  5. ZERO 2012 forum Saimoe (Zerodm BBS)
  6. 2nd Baidu Battle of the Century
  7. Facebook Torneo de Waifus : Sailor Moon la Magica del anime 2020 Image link (Baidu)
  8. Animes y Mangas Roy Kun Luna 2020 Image link (Baidu)
  9. Facebook Torneo de Waifus Sakura Ganadora 2020 Image link (Baidu)
  10. Facebook Torneo de Protagonistas 2020 Image link (Baidu)
  11. TSDM Moe 2020 - Angel Wing Exhibition [1]


Runner-up finishes: 2

  1. Menwi Live La Reina El mundo animado 2019 FB link
  2. FB @Kamite Manga Cuncurso waifu Kamite 2019 FB link


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Anime Saimoe Tournament
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Bilibili Moe Elite Eight (Japanese Animation)
Female Winners
Saber SaberRem RemMash Kyrielight Mash KyrielightCardcaptor Sakura Kinomoto
Male Winners
Lelouch Lelouch vi BritanniaYato YatoRomani Romani ArchamanGilgamesh Gilgamesh
Female Elite Eight
Bold underlined indicates runner-up
Anna KushinaAsuna YuukiChiyo SakuraChino KafuuEli AyaseEmiliaIllyasviel von EinzbernJeanne d'Arc (Fate)Kanade TachibanaKotori ItsukaKurisu MakiseKurumi TokisakiMegumi KatouMikasa AckermanMitsuha MiyamizuNero (Fate)Reiko NatsumeRin TohsakaSagiri IzumiSakura MatouTohka YatogamiTohru (Dragon Maid)Umaru DomaViolet Evergarden
Male Elite Eight
Bold underlined indicates runner-up
Ainz Ooal GownAsh KetchumArcher (F/SN)Gintoki SakataIzaya OriharaIzuku MidoriyaKarna (Fate)KiritoKoro-senseiKusuo SaikiLancer (F/SN)Levi AckermanMonkey D. LuffyOsamu Dazai (BSD)SaitamaSakamotoShirou EmiyaSouma YukihiraTakashi NatsumeTaki Tachibana
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