Sakura Haruka

BOFURIN/FURIN
Hajime Umemiya
Toma Hiragi
Tasuku Tsubakino
Saku Mizuki
Takumi Momose
Ren Kaji
Akihiko Nirei
Hayato Suo
Kyotaro Sugishita
Mitsuki Kiryu
Taiga Tsugeura

CAFÉ POTHOS
Kotoha Tachibana
Yodai Matsumoto
Akihiko Nirei's family members, if counting brief mentions

SHISHITOREN-group
Choji Tomiyama
Jo Togame
Kota Sako
Arima
Kanuma

Role: Main protagonist
Year: First year
Group: Bofurin
Personality: Aggressive, blunt, competitive, socially awkward, secretly caring
Sakura grew up being rejected by other people because of his appearance and unusual hair and eye colors.
Because people treated him differently, Sakura learned to live alone.
He developed one major belief:
If he becomes strong enough, nobody will be able to look down on him.
So he goes to Furin with one goal:
Become the strongest.
But Furin doesn't react to him the way he expects.
People help him.
People thank him.
People worry about him.
People treat him as a friend.
Sakura doesn't know how to handle this.
His character development is one of the most important parts of the series. He gradually learns that his value doesn't come only from winning fights. �
Anime "WIND BREAKER" +1
Sakura's personality
He's:
Easily embarrassed
Extremely competitive
Bad at expressing affection
Protective of his friends
Quick to get angry
Surprisingly considerate
Extremely determined
He often acts annoyed when people show concern for him.
Deep down, he becomes increasingly attached to Bofurin.

The story follows Haruka Sakura, a first-year student who enters Furin High School because he wants to become the strongest fighter there.
Sakura expects Furin to be a school where students constantly fight for the top.
He quickly learns something has changed.
The students of Furin now form Bofurin, a group dedicated to protecting their town, Makochi. Instead of using their strength to control ordinary people, they use their strength to protect them. �
Anime "WIND BREAKER" +1
This becomes the central idea of the series:
What does being "strong" actually mean?
Sakura initially thinks strength means defeating everyone above him.
Bofurin gradually teaches him that strength also means protecting people, trusting others, accepting help, and standing beside your friends.

Bofurin is essentially Furin's protective organization.
At the top is:
Hajime Umemiya
Under him are the Four Kings:
Toma Hiragi
Tasuku Tsubakino
Takumi Momose
Saku Mizuki
Each King leads their own group.
This organization gives Furin structure while allowing different groups of students to work together.

Furin High School
Furin used to have a reputation as one of the strongest delinquent schools in the area.
Its students were infamous for fighting.
Under Umemiya and the older generation, Furin changed.
The strongest students organized themselves into Bofurin, whose purpose became protecting Makochi.
The school still contains extremely strong fighters, but their relationship with the town changed completely. The townspeople respect and care about them.