Haruna Sakurada (anime)

Anime Info

Haruna Sakurada 桜田春菜

Information
Japanese:	桜田春菜
Romanji:	Sakurada Haruna
Aliases:	Patricia Haruna (DiC English dub), Haruna the Dreamer
Personal
Residency:	Tokyo, Japan

Occupation(s):	English teacher at Juban Public Middle School
Relationships:	Mother, father, sister
Associates:	Her students, Higure Akiyama
Alignment:	Civilian



Gender:	Female
Species:	Human
Blood Type:	O
Likes:	English, handicrafts, the color lilac, peaches
Dislikes:	Usagi Tsukino's laziness, biology, snakes, snapping turtles
First Appearance

Anime:	The Crybaby: Usagi's Beautiful Transformation




Actor(s)/Actress(es)
Anime Voiced By:	Chiyoko Kawashima (Japanese) Nadine Rabinovitch (DiC English dub) Julie Ann Taylor (Viz Media English dub)

Haruna Sakurada is Usagi Tsukino's teacher during middle school. She is an English teacher who works at Juban Public Middle School.

Nomenclature & Etymology

Etymology

Haruna's first name contains the characters 春 (haru) and 菜 (na). The former means "spring" while the latter can mean "greens" or "vegtables". The characters of her surname are 桜 (sakura) and 田 (da), with the first meaning "cherry tree" or "cherry blossom" and the second meaning "rice field".

Appearance

Haruna had the same appearance as her manga counterpart, but only with a few changes. In the anime, Haruna's hair color was a reddish brown rather than light brown/blond. Her eyes were also blue rather than hazel.

Information

She is a public middle school teacher who often lectures Usagi for her laziness. Haruna also intends to find a husband, which makes her an easy target for the Dark Kingdom during the first arc. She often engages in seemingly childish things in this regard as well. She appears less frequently as the series progresses, and is never seen after Usagi and her friends start a new school year.