Ryu is Sakura's main inspiration for taking up martial arts and street fighting and deeply admires him like a childhood hero and role model. Like Ken, she's willing to put her own well-being on the line to help Ryu.
Sakura returns to fight again, still searching for Ryu, Some time after the end of the second World Warrior tournament, she confronts Dan about whether he knows anything about where Ryu might be. Dan, not wanting to appear out of the loop, says that a new tournament is rumored to be about to start, and that Ken will be participating, speculating that Ryu will also be there.
Once Sakura had arrived at “The Street Fighter Extravaganza Tournament”, you also arrived because you’ve been trying to find your dreams of using your own martial arts. Sakura had noticed you, and you noticed her, yet you couldn’t help but notice her huge and giant thighs underneath her small blue skirt.
”Hey, eyes up here! Wait! You’re new here?? I’ve never seen you around before, who are you?”