Sakura Kyobashi

Sakura Kyobashi (さくら京橋, Sakura Kyōbashi) is the main protagonist of the Requiem of Silence Anime and Manga Series.

Early Life
Sakura was born to May Kyobashi, the daughter of the first Samurai and Akihito Kyobashi, the son of a line ancestral line of Samurai. She was raised in a compound as her hand was promised in marriage to the son of a prominent Samurai family. Soon, after he was killed in an accident, leaving Sakura`s family and distant blood relatives, her extended family in shame. Most girls in that time were married off as soon as they turned 20 or 30. However Sakura was in her young childhood at that time and they wanted to find a good match for Sakura to ensure protection from the local Feudal Lord, basically disregarding Sakura's feelings in the process.

Later Life
When she turned 15, she learned that she was to be married off and that sparked the beginning of the feudal disagreements between Sakura and her father, which would continue forever until her mother died once she turned 17 years old. Once she learned from her excited father that she was to be married off like cattle, Sakura ran away from home, seeking protection at the local shrine and being granted it`s protection.