Bryan Steven Bradford, better known by the stage name Rock M. Sakura, is an American drag performer most known for competing on the twelfth season of ''

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''.

Early life and education

Bradford is Filipino and Vietnamese. He was born and raised in

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, and attended Adrian C. Wilcox High School in Santa Clara. He studied animation and illustration at

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Career

In 2020, Bradford competed as Rock M. Sakura on the twelfth season of ''

'' coming in 12th of 13 and participated in the Halloween variety special ''Bring Back My Ghouls''. In April 2020, amid the

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, Rock M. Sakura was announced as a featured cast member for the very first '' Digital Drag Fest'', an online drag festival for all ages, with attendees given opportunities to interact with the artists, tip them, and win prizes during the broadcast. Her mockumentary series ''Rock M. Sakura Sexy Superhero Sickening Spectacular'' premiered in 2021. In 2022, she was nominated in the 2022 WOWIE Awards in the category Best YouTube Channel (The Like, Comment and Subscribe Award).

Personal life

Bradford lives in San Francisco, and enjoys anime and gaming. In 2021, following a series of attacks on Asian American sex workers, he acknowledged his own history of sex work.

Filmography

Film

* '' The Bitch Who Stole Christmas'' (2021)

Television

* ''

'' (

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, 2020) * ''Bring Back My Ghouls'' (2020) * ''Rock M. Sakura Sexy Superhero Sickening Spectacular'' (2021) * ''

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'' (2025)

Web series

* ''

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'' (2022) * ''Give It to Me Straight'' (2023)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sakura, Rock M. 1990 births Living people 20th-century American LGBTQ people 21st-century American LGBTQ people American drag queens of Asian descent American drag queens American people of Filipino descent American people of Vietnamese descent De Anza College alumni LGBTQ people from California Drag performers from San Francisco Entertainers from San Jose, California Rock M. Sakura Drag performers from California