Sakura is a Japanese pen manufacturer established in 1921. Sakura is known for high quality markers/pens and their technical inventions. In 1924 Sakura created the first-ever oil pastel crayon and during the eighties they invented the first gel-based ink as well as the Pigma Ink used in their popular Pigma Micron Liners. Sakuras markers and pens are used in lots of different fields including manga drawing, illustrations, scrapbooking to industrial marking.