Sakura moved from her sunny beach house in Florida to her grandmother's large estate in Japan. With her family's vast wealth and huge standards, she is rarely able to do anything she wants, like to swim freely. As a new third year student in Iwatobi High, her appearance, long black hair with sea green eyes and the perfect tan, and her feisty attitude raises her high in popularity. Even the kids in Samezuka Academy is noticing the "New Girl". Although welcomed by every club, she chooses the Swim Club. Her reason? She wants to swim, duh. Joining Gou, Makoto, Haruka, Nagisa, and Rei, she is able to embrace her hobby. But her family's looming standards is scaring her, and she needs to tell her family that instead of doing what they say, she just wants to swim. And the Swim club will help her do just that.