Momoko Sakura (さくら ももこ, Sakura Momoko) (8 May 1965; 59 years ago (8 May 1965) – 15 August 2018; 6 years ago (15 August 2018))[2][3] was the pen name of a Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture.
She was passively open about her private life, recounting anecdotes of events that she experienced in published essays.
She also worked with Marvelous Interactive on creating the Dreamcast title Sakura Momoko Gekijō Coji-Coji, and with Nintendo on creating the Game Boy Advance title Sakura Momoko no Ukiuki Carnival.
Music has often appeared in the work of Sakura, from the references of Yellow Magic Orchestra in the early collections of Chibi Maruko-chan and the shout-outs to Shibuya-kei in the surreal world of Coji-Coji.
Saito used these for his 2019 song "Itsumo no Fūkei" (いつもの風景), an ending theme of the Chibi Maruko-chan anime.