Sakurai Sakutaro

Sakurai (櫻井,) is a fictional character in the manga series Shaman King Flowers. He previously appeared in Hiroyuki Takei's one-shot, Death Zero.

About
When Sakurai was alive, he had been a second lieutenant (少尉, Shoui) in the 801 Squadron of the 309th Naval Air Division of the Japanese Navy during the Second World War. At some point, his plane had been shot down and crashed on Peleliu Island, located southwest of the Palau Archipelago, after it had been conquered by the enemy. It is believed that Sakurai died some time afterward, but his soul became trapped in the Asura Realm of the Great Spirit. Failing to realize he had died, Sakurai became obsessed with rebuilding his fallen Zero fighter plane in order to return to the defense of his country.

In Shaman King Flowers, Asakura Hana finds Sakurai still gathering parts of his plane and believing the war is still ongoing.