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Around the world, Sakurai (サクライ , Sakurai , 리나 ) is quite a rare epicene first name. The first name Sakurai is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly South Korea, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Japan, where it is a very rare boy's name, and China, where it is a very rare principally male, but very seldom feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in South Korea, China, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Sakurai is the last name as well as the forename.
Sakurai is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lina Inverse , the fictional character from the Slayers franchise; Lina Greff , the fictional character from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass; Lina Svensson , the fictional character in television series Svensson, Svensson and Lina , the fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren, Emil from Lönneberga.