Futaba Sakura

Futaba Sakura
{{{content1}}} {{{content2}}} Futaba's official artwork from Persona 5
Universe	Persona
Debut	Persona 5 (2016)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (2020)
Console/platform of origin	PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Designed by	Shigenori Soejima
English voice actor	Erica Lindbeck
Japanese voice actor	Aoi Yūki

Futaba Sakura (佐倉 双葉, Sakura Futaba) is one of the main characters in Persona 5.

Origin

Futaba is a young but talented computer hacker who rarely leaves her room, due to the trauma of the death of her mother, Wakaba Isshiki. Futaba does not attend school and is extremely shy and depressed, though this changes once she gets familiar with the Phantom Thieves, as she becomes more playful and welcoming to them. When a group of hackers known as Medjed threatens to take down the Phantom Thieves, Futaba sends a message to the protagonist under the alias Alibaba, asking him to steal her heart in exchange for helping them deal with Medjed, so with her consent, they enter her Palace to take her heart. While the Phantom Thieves are in her Palace, she involuntary enters her own palace, where she is forced to face her own fear as her Shadow Self urges her to remember her mother's death. She finally accept her Shadow and awakens her Persona Necronomicon in the process. After the Phantom Thieves change her heart, she becomes more outgoing and friendly, joining the Phantom Thieves to find the true culprit behind her mother's death. Futaba acts as a navigator, replacing Morgana, she provides support buffs, heals and gives advices for the party.

Her codename as a Phantom Thief is Oracle.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As a background character

Futaba's appearance in All-Out Attack.

Futaba appears as a Spirit on the special DLC-exclusive Spirit Board. She also makes a cameo in All-Out Attack, shouting out attack lines.

During the All-Out Attack, Futaba will say any of the following lines:

Quote
Futaba Sakura	Here comes the pain!
	Time for an all-out attack!
	Beat 'em up!

Spirits

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
1,306		Phantom Thieves of Hearts		★★★★	1	Item Autograb	Persona Series
1,314	File:Futaba Persona 5.png	Futaba Sakura		★	1	Critical-Health Attack ↑	Persona Series

Trivia

• Excluding temporary member Goro Akechi, as well as Kasumi Yoshizawa (who is exclusive to Persona 5 Royal), Futaba is the only member of the Phantom Thieves that doesn't make a cameo in Mementos.
• Futaba's spirit battle is represented by a female Inkling, likely referencing how both of them have orange ponytails.

External links

• Article on the Megami Tensei Wiki