Mikan Sakura (Kana Ueda)

Artist

Mikan Sakura is the heroine of the TV anime Gakuen Alice, based on the manga by Tachibana Higuchi. She is a bright, cheerful girl who transfers into Alice Academy, where children possessing the special abilities called 'Alice' gather. Her voice is provided by Kyoto-born female voice actress Kana Ueda. Under this character's name, the featured song is 'Pikapika no Taiyou', the opening theme of the series. With a straightforward, bouncy melody and Mikan's sun-bright voice, it sings out the story of Mikan, who comes to Alice Academy in pursuit of her best friend Hotaru Imai and, upon meeting colorful companions, spends her school life positively despite her worries, serving as an opening that symbolizes the series' cute and warm world.