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Chisa Yokoyama, who voiced the protagonist Sakura Shinguji in many of the previous games in the series. Sega teased that Yasha's "true identity is …"
The second trailer previews the gameplay, which alternates between an adventure game with visual novel elements and the combat.
The characters featured in the story trailer include:
Nana Mizuki as Elise
Rie Kugimiya as Margarete
Chisa Yokoyama as Yasha
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The game will launch in the West in spring 2020.
Ouji Hiroi is credited with the original work.
Sega stated that the game will feature both "adventure" and "battle" game systems, and players will also be able to forge bonds with the game's heroines.
The game stars:
Yōhei Azakami as Seijūrō Kamiyama, the protagonist of Shin Sakura Taisen. He is the 20-year-old commander of the Imperial Assault Force's Flower Division. He was a naval special forces ship captain until he was reassigned as the head of the revived division. 
Maaya Uchida as Hatsuho Shinonome, a 17-year-old member of the Imperial Assault Force's Flower Division. A typical Edo native born in Tokyo's Shitamachi downtown district, she loves Shitamachi, festivals, and everyone in the district.
Saori Hayami as Clarissa Snowflake, a 16-year-old member of the Imperial Assault Force's Flower Division. Born in Luxembourg, she is a intelligent, literary girl who loves reading books. 
Hibiku Yamamura as Azami Mochizuki, a 13-year-old member of the Imperial Assault Force's Flower Division. A descendant of a ninja clan, she has possessed genius-level talent for martial arts, tactics, and handling weapons since she was little. 
Ayaka Fukuhara as Anastasia Palma, a 19-year-old member of the Imperial Assault Force's Flower Division. Born in Greece, she was a star on the stages of Europe. She transferred to the Imperial Assault Force. 
Yūichirō Umehara as Yang Xiaolong
Sumire Uesaka as Huang Yui
The game will be an all-new work that "inherits the DNA of the series." The game will take place in the 29th year of the fictionalized "Taisho" period of the franchise in the capital of Tokyo, taking place 12 years after Sakura Wars V. Japan's actual Taisho period only lasted for 15 years, and the kanji used to write "Taisho" in Sakura Wars is different from the kanji used for the real Taisho period.
The game's protagonist is Seijuro Kamiyama, and it follows him as he leads a "New Imperial Assault Force" as Kouma once again appear in the capital, and as Assault Forces are created in towns all over the world.
Sega previously stated that it is planning to release the game simultaneously in Japan and Asia.
Haruki Satomi stated in an interview in April 2018 that the new game will "not end with just a game."
Original creator Ouji Hiroi and Sega launched the first game in the franchise for the Sega Saturn in 1996, and the latest game in the series, Sakura Taisen V: Saraba received a new smartphone game in Korea last year.
The multimedia franchise also includes a television anime series, six video anime projects, an anime film, and manga.
