Sakura Wadagaki

Sakura Wadagaki is the hidden main villainess of the 2021 original TV anime series Odd Taxi. She acted as a replacement for Yuki Mitsuya, one of the three members of the Mystery Kiss idol group. Despite her seemingly innocent personality, Sakura is a ruthless murderess who isn't above using violence to achieve her goals. She was voiced by Manatsu Murakami in Japanese dub and Kayli Mills in American English dub.

Appearance
Sakura is a black-haired eighteen-year-old Japanese girl with peach skin. She has green eyes and ties up her hair in pigtails. With his unique condition, Odokawa saw her as a black female cat.

Personality
Sakura acts as an innocent countryside girl unaware of the dangers and corruption of the big city. She pretends to not know about her agency's connections to the yakuza and sees to care very little about being competitive. In addition, she always says that her main objective is to become rich in order to support her mother. However, Sakura's childlike attitude and virtuous goal hides her true nature, being a a cold-blooded criminal and killer driven by jealousy and ambition.

History
Before the start of the series, Sakura lived in Oita with her single mother. She moved to Tokyo to become an idol in order to repay her mother for raising her. Sakura auditioned in order to become a member of Mystery Kiss, but she ended up losing her spot to Yuki Mitsuya. As Mystery Kiss gained popularity, Sakura became jealous of their success. Overcome by resentment, she murdered Yuki by choking her with a rope, carefully leaving behind no evidence of her involvement in the crime. Yuki's murder was concealed by the Mystery Kiss' manager, Fuyuki Yamamoto (Xander Mobus), and one of its members, Rui Nikaido (Amanda Lee). Yamamoto and Rui got assistance from the yakuza in order to dispose of the body and pretend Yuki merely disappeared.

Afterwards, Sakura was contacted by Yamamoto so that she would pretend to be Yuki in public. Wearing a mask during Mystery Kiss' performances, Sakura happily performed the role of Yuki with a smile on her face. Due to her natural and unassuming character, she wasn't suspected by anyone. However, there was still one loose end, that being Hiroshi Odokawa (Mike McFarland), the taxi driver that drove her to the agency's office the night she killed Yuki Mitsuya.

Although Yuki's body was eventually discovered and identified by the police, there was no proof of Sakura's involvement, so Rui ends up being blamed for the murder. The series ends with Sakura boarding Odokawa's taxi, smiling ominously as he greets her. During the end credits of Odd Taxi: In the Woods, one of the stills has a television with a news report stating that she was arrested for assaulting and attempting to murder a man, presumably Odokawa. After the judge found out that Sakura Wadagaki was found guilty for the murder of the real Yuki Mitsuya, she was later hanged for her crimes.

Family

 * Mr. Wadagaki (father)
 * Mrs. Wadagaki (mother)

Enemies

 * Sailor Moon/Serena "Usagi" Tsukino
 * Sailor Mercury/ Amy "Ami" Mizuno
 * Sailor Mars/Raven "Rei" Hino
 * Sailor Jupiter/Rita "Makoto" Kino
 * Sailor Venus/Mina Aino
 * Sailor Chibi Moon/Chibusa
 * Sailor Pluto
 * Sailor Uranus
 * Sailor Neptune
 * Sailor Saturn/Hotaru Tomoe
 * Tuxedo Mask
 * Luna the Cat
 * Artemis the Cat
 * Diana the Cat
 * Cuddles the Rabbit
 * Giggles the Chipmunk
 * Toothy the Beaver
 * Lumpy the Moose
 * Petunia the Skunk
 * Sniffles the Anteater
 * Handy the Beaver
 * Nutty the Squirrel
 * Flaky the Porcupine
 * Lifty and Shifty
 * Russell the Sea Otter
 * Pop and Cub
 * Flippy the Bear
 * Splendid the Flying Squirrel
 * Lammy the Sheep