Sakura

"The pain will go eventually."

- Sakura

Sakura (Hangul: 희진) is the first revealed member of PHOTOGRAPH and a member of its first and second sub-units, sakjid.exe and Jade Bomb.

She was born as Sakura Jimura Mikazako (Hangul: ) on November 19, 2006 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Great Britain, and states her nationality as Scottish-Welsh, after her mother's side is Scottish, and her father's side is Welsh.

Early Life
Sakura-Jimura ‘Roseanne’ Mikazako (born November 19, 2006, Birmingham, England). She started doing karate in the Summer of 2018, and she had singing roles in many primary school productions.

In Early June 2020, she auditioned for Impact Entertainment as a trainee. She became a trainee and trained there for 2 weeks, before they established a parent label, JWP Entertainment, and she was moved there as a pre-debut member of their first duo.

In Late June 2020, she terminated her contract with JWP Entertainment.

In Early September 2020, she auditioned for JSP Entertainment and became a trainee.

In Early October 2020, she terminated her contract with JSP Entertainment.

In Late October 2020, she signed up and became a contestant on The Tropical Vibes Contest. During the set-up for the first episode, she properly auditioned for I-LAND, and was added to PHOTOGRAPH as a backup member in the group’s 1st Line-Up, just in case one of the members in the first line up left, or won the competiton. When the contest got cancelled, she proceeded to train with the members as a possible member. When 2 of the members of the first line-up left, she was added as a group trainee member of the, and stayed in the 3rd line-up and 4th line-up. In the 1st line-up, she trained as the Main Vocalist, Lead Rapper, Visual, Co-Captain and Sub-Dancer. These roles stayed with her until the final evaluation, where she became the Lead Rapper, Sub Vocalist, Visual, Co-Captain and Sub Dancer. She also trained as a songwriter and producer, hoping to play a fundamental role in the groups future songs, along with fellow group member Remei.

Before she became a trainee at I-LAND, she was known by many people in the Scratch Warrior Cats community for her obsession with Warrior Cats (especially Hollyleaf) and art. She had already surpassed 100 followers at the time, and was the #2,045 most followed by location on her main at the time. She studied Korean, Ukrainian, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese (which she and her friend like learning insults in), Arabic, Hindi, German and French, etc. on Duolingo and Scratch.

Career
In Early 2021, she was revealed as a pre-debut member of PHOTOGRAPH in the I-LAND ENTERTAINMENT Update 5 in the rap line as lead rapper.

In Early 2021, she was revealed as a pre-debut member of PHOTOGRAPH in the PG's Vocal Line Video, but positions were not revealed.

In April 2021, she was announced as an official member of PG, being the Lead Rapper, Visual, Co-leader, Sub Vocalist and Sub Dancer.

In April 2021, Snet (a media company) announced that she would be making her acting debut as a lead role as Chae Won in the drama "DESERVE".

On May 25, 2021, she debuted with PG on debut single "Better Liar".

On July 29, she terminated her contract with I-LAND Entertainment.

On July 30, she joined Soul Studios Entertainment. After debut plans were turned down, she terminated her contract and was re-approached by I-LAND Entertainment, and offered a potential resigin. She accepted this offer and rejoined PG.

Impact and influence
On her main account, she is ranked the #32,701 most followed on Scratch, and #2,033 🇬🇧followed by location. On her main idol account, she is the #159,237 most followed on Scratch, and #11,416 🇬🇧 most followed by location. PG's debut M/V surpassed the amount of any views more than any other I-LAND artist in the first 24 hours than any other M/V with the current time since release.

She is also influenced by many other artists, her favourites being (G)I-DLE, EVERGLOW, ITZY, IZ*ONE, BLACKPINK, CLC, aespa, Dreamcatcher, TWICE, Red Velvet and KARD.

Cho-Hee (and in trainee days HOTPINK) was the person who inspired her to join Tropical Vibes.

Filmography
About Photograph~

So Sakura...

Discography
PG - Better Liar

Scratch
(Main) SerenityDarkness https://scratch.mit.edu/users/SerenityDarkness/

(Main Idol) cherrysakura__ https://scratch.mit.edu/users/cherrysakura__/

(Backup Main) -_-Cherry-Violeta-_- https://scratch.mit.edu/users/-_-Cherry-Violeta-_-/

(Backup Main 2) -URapstar-Fan- https://scratch.mit.edu/users/-URapstar-Fan-/

(Shared with Jiyoung) JiJi_and_SaKu https://scratch.mit.edu/users/JiJi_and_SaKu/

(Shared with her friend Chaeyoung) dubchaeng https://scratch.mit.edu/users/dubchaeng/

Other accounts:
Ravelry: twirlyboo https://www.ravelry.com/people/twirlyboo

Soundtrap: Sakura Jimura https://www.soundtrap.com/ginglyboo

Audiotool: SerenityDarkness https://www.audiotool.com/user/serenitydarkness

Facts

 * She was a contestant on Tropical Vibes, and wanted to join S.T.I.


 * She has a boyfriend, and has had a long-time crush on Seo Soo-jin ((G)I-DLE). Her wife is also Siren Head.
 * She is a dedicated Neverland, Forever Ever, Cheshire, MY and Insomnia ((G)I-DLE, EVERGLOW, CLC, aespa and Dreamcatcher fan base).
 * She considers her best friends in the group Jiyoung and Sejeong.
 * She is best friends with her boyfriend, Jiyoung, Sejeong, Chaeyoung (neighbourhood friend) and I-LAND Trainee Jeon Serim/Layzé.
 * She has an obsession with Warrior Cats, Wings Of Fire, Beast Quest and The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.
 * She has an obsession with Jeon So-yeon ((G)I-DLE member, Soloist and former PRODUCE 101 contestant) and Jo Se-Rim (Onda) (EVERGLOW member and former Idol School contestant).
 * Her favourite numbers are 361, 21, 2, 5, 6, 7, 19, 11, 16, 42 (Is the answer to life in Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy), 56, 64, 75, 72 and 25.
 * She hates the number 69.
 * Her favourite K-DRAMA is Revenge Note.
 * Her favourite book is The Never-Ending Story, by Michael Ende.
 * Her hobbies are reading, dancing, singing/rapping, crafting (sewing, knitting, crochet), drawing/painting and gaming.
 * She plays Minecraft, Terraria, The Survivalists, Stick Fight, garry’s mod and ROBLOX.
 * She does karate and is currently a green belt with a black stripe.
 * She despises simping and shipping, and on the I-LAND Discord server she has the roles ANTI-SIMP GUARD and SIMP KILLER.
 * She doesn't like eating and doesn't eat much, so she has a weight of 29kg, but still stays healthy.
 * Her sister, Seonhee, has had the longest training of any I-LAND Artist, starting training at the same time as Sakura, and has trained for 10 months.