Nozaki Sakura

Nozaki Sakura (野咲 さくら) is a midfielder for Shinsei Inazuma Japan.

Appearance
Nozaki has light pink hair which is tied up at the back resembling cherry blossom petals, with a braid across the top of her head similar to Virgo's and has blue eyes. She has fair skin color and a quite tall body. Her body is also slim and very flexible due to her training in gymnastics.

Personality
She is described to be hardworking and willing, though there are times when she is carefree.

Background
As stated by Manabe Jinichirou in episode 2, Nozaki is playing soccer and participating in the FFIV2 so that she can gain money and study abroad with the best gymnastics team in the world.

Plot
Nozaki was part of the rhythmic gymnastics club at her school prior to being selected for Shinsei Inazuma Japan.

In Episode 1, she was shown wearing the uniform of Oumihara's soccer's team uniform, which suggests that she is from Oumihara. She was then chosen by Kuroiwa Ryuusei to be a midfielder of Shinsei Inazuma Japan

After being chosen, she along with her team, Shinsei Inazuma Japan, had a match with Teikoku. At the beginning of the game, Shindou used Kami no Takuto FI and passed the ball to her but she didn't catch it. She was later used a gymnastics move to catch the ball but failed, which irritated Shindou. Teikoku continued to score and the match ended with 10-1, with Teikoku winning.

In Episode 2, she introduced herself as a former member of gymnastic club at her school along with the other new members of Shinsei Inazuma Japan. When Tenma taught the new members on how to kick a ball, she tried to but failed. On the day of the match between Fire Dragon, she tried to get the ball but it was stolen by Lee Chyun-Yun before she could get it.

In Episode 3, she went along with a few others and didn't want to pass the ball to Matatagi because Manabe was angry at him and ordered her. Later, after hearing the encouraging words from Tenma and saw Matatagi's desperation, she along with the others finally trusted him and passed the ball to Matatagi. She also said to Manabe that he had to pass the ball to him.

In Episode 4, she and Matatagi were the only players to practice along with Shindou, Tenma and Tsurugi. While practicing, she showed off her gymnastic skills and also tried to be a goal-keeper to stop Tsurugi's shoot, but failed.