Sakura Haruno is the heiress to the Haruno clan. She is 6 years old and already a prodigy. However, she is still an academy student. Sakura is also a close friend to Itachi Uchiha, the Uchiha clan prodigy. Sakura is a girl with a fairly tall stature for her age. In her class, she does not speak to anyone except for the boisterous blonde, Ino Yamanaka. They became friends through a failed attempt at a group of girls bullying Sakura.
The prodigy has the main element of water. She gains most of her training by her mother but her father also trains her. Her mother, a senjutsu and genjutsu specialist, teaches her T&I and infiltration while her father, a ninjutsu and taijutsu specialist, shows her how to attack on the front lines and tracking. Despite all of her physical training, Sakura prefers to study scrolls and history. She aspires to learn all there is about shinobi and become like them. A legend.
Although her hopes are high, she cannot help but be melancholic of her life. The constant abuse, the constant pressure causes her to sometimes lose faith. She slices at her wrists for relief from her duties; few times it helps, often it does not. Sadly no one is there to comfort her, as the girl feels ashamed of her actions and hides her wounds. The closest person to Sakura is her cousin, Akise, who is her personal assistant.