Sakurako Ootaki

Sakurako Ootaki''' (大滝 桜子) is a third-year student at East Chikuma High School in Nagano Prefecture.

Appearance
Sakurako has medium length black hair and wears the standard East Chikuma uniform.

Prefectural Tournament Arc
Sakurako plays the position of lieutenant for East Chikuma High School at the Nagano Prefecture qualification tournament.

Individual Tournament Arc *Anime Only*
In the TV release, Sakurako ranks 25th at the end of the first day of the prefecture's individual qualification tournament and this was changed to Hitomi Munesue in the DVD version.

Etymology

 * The name Sakurako means "cherry blossom" (桜) (sakura) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * Part of the name Sakura can also mean "blossom" (咲) (saku) and "good, virtuous, respectable" (良) (ra).
 * Sakurako's surname Ootaki means "big, great" (大) (o) and "waterfall" (滝) (taki).