What is Sasha's Gender?

[Aardbei]

It’s really hard to tell, but now that some people have mentioned it and the names for other languages, it seems Sasha is a male. Though I’ve never heard a boy being named Sasha before…

Let me tell you Ash French name (in Pokémon) is Sacha

 

[VexTheHex]

The Japanese name is more important than the translations, and it indicates a male name. The translated names that people connect more so to females is also unisex in other parts of the world. (Sasha and Ariel) The pattern of Male/Female and the pattern of Lazy/Normal/Jock/Etc. that these cards seem to follow also indicates male. The Letterman Jacket also indicates male.

Sasha is in all likely hood, a male. I really do not want him to be nonbinary cause that's a bit of a slap to feminine looking males. If you're not masculine, that means you're not a man? I don't like that approach and am a little put off by it. I know there is no harm being intentionally indicated towards feminine men with these nonbinary requests, but I do think it's in poor tastes. It'd be like asking Petri and Quinn to be nonbinary cause they could be mistaken as male cause they aren't overly cutesy and dolled up.

I prefer Sasha as male and Petri as female. I'm not sure why people would want yet another cutesy pastel girl when the Rabbits are already over loaded with super cute Peppy girls. Sasha is actually refreshing. Petri being a scientist looking lady also helps separate her from Cobb and Raddle.

 

[b100ming]

Mitchell

Mitchell has a female version which is michelle

 

[edsett]

I can see what people are saying here, but at least where I am from, all of Sasha's translated names are female, and all of Quinns are male.
Also there's loads of examples where amiibo cards do not go male/female, the general trend is male/female but they switch repeatedly throughout each series, Series 3 has 264-270 (Marshal, Gala, Joey, Pippy, Buck, Bree and Rooney) all out of synch with the general trend of even numbers are female in that series.
I think people are reading into a pattern too much that is not concrete and has multiple breaks in the pattern in previous series.

Personally I think we could reframe this entire arguement to say "If this series did not have any sections where the gender order is reversed at all, then this series would be an outlier, as every other series is not 100% alternating." This makes it more likely that Sasha is female and Quinn is male to fit in with the larger pattern.


Edit: also ngl, it shouldn't matter at all what gender they are? They're having fun being their cute self and I'll love them for it either way.

sasha’s other names aren’t female but rather unisex besides mitchell (jpn) and gerrit (ger) which are mostly associated with boys + the boy/girl amiibo pattern is mainly for this set

also some people have said the japanese website splits the new amiibo series by gender and if that’s the case then sasha is very likely a boy



and i think the gender speculation is mostly for future island planning and trying to figure out the new villagers personalities! also random but petri the new mouse jpn name is rika so they’re very likely a girl

 

[daringred_]

Sasha being female is still very possible; the issue is their Japenese and German/Dutch names being very masculine.

the names are a bit "meh" to go off because they're almost all unisex depending on where you are geographically. mitchell is a unisex name here, though more common for males, while sasha is also unisex but more common for females so. personally think the english translators should've picked a better name

 

[Marshmallows]

At first I thought Sasha was female... but now leaning towards male. I actually hope they are male because there's already too many peppy female rabbits. Best case scenario for me is either jock male or uchi female. The game desperately needs more uchis, too.

For what it's worth, Ariel is a boy's name in Spanish, not really unisex. It's a Biblical angel name... Gabriel, Miguel, etc.

 

[nightglow]

At first I thought Sasha was female... but now leaning towards male. I actually hope they are male because there's already too many peppy female rabbits. Best case scenario for me is either jock male or uchi female. The game desperately needs more uchis, too.

For what it's worth, Ariel is a boy's name in Spanish, not really unisex. It's a Biblical angel name... Gabriel, Miguel, etc.

Uchi would be perfect. I like this. Maybe they went to a college or like sports.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

The Japanese name is more important than the translations, and it indicates a male name.

Sasha is in all likely hood, a male. I really do not want him to be nonbinary cause that's a bit of a slap to feminine looking males. If you're not masculine, that means you're not a man? I don't like that approach and am a little put off by it. I know there is no harm being intentionally indicated towards feminine men with these nonbinary requests, but I do think it's in poor tastes.

I agree on the Japanese name being the most important, that’s the original name and the one the character was designed with.

And the second point I’ve highlighted of your comments if very important I think!

inclusivity of different identities is important, but it is also important to not turn it into another way to essentialize gender into the superficial stereotypes. Thank you for the reminder.

Mitchell has a female version which is michelle

It does, but the Japanese name is Mitchell, not Michelle. In Japanese the spelling would be quite different, because in Michelle, the ch sound is soft (meaning it sounds like shell - and it would be transliterated with an sh rather than a ch.

 

[zumhaus]

The cards are not always boy, girl, boy, girl
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With that being said I’ve only seen this with two males together as far as I know. I secretly hope Sasha is a female uchi, but I don’t see them as any other female role than that. They look more male to me although a cute one.

Edit: I was wrong
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Twiggy and Robin are both female. So there is a a pattern of boy, girl, but there are exceptions.

Quick fun fact: Twiggy and Robin are next to each other because in Japan, they're a pair! Both their JPN names are the onomatopoeia for a bird chirping, and in NH their houses are mirrored images of each other. (they're both on my island right now, actually! )
I double-checked and strangely, Nan/Chevre aren't next to each other in amiibo order, but other paired (+ same gender) villagers Chrissy/Francine and Knox/Sterling are.
So there's definitely cases of villagers not gender alternating in the card order. As for O'Hare and Bruce, no idea why they're next to each other, other than perhaps these other paired couples necessitated it?


As for Sasha here, I'm fine with whatever gender they're revealed to be. If they're female, alright, so long as they're not peppy. (there's 8 already!!) TBF, I don't see myself going out of my way to find them regardless. If that one personality theory of Series 5 rings true and they end up a (male) lazy rabbit, I've already got my one and only in Hopkins, so... yeah

 

[Faux]

Hm. For people who are speculating about Sasha as a jock due to the letter jacket, three villagers wear it by default and none of them are jocks, so I'm not sure how much that matters.

However, I would L O V E him to be a jock. I have such a hard time connecting with jocks other than Rudy and Genji. :[

 

[Etown20]

When I saw Sasha, I initially thought they were a peppy, so it would be interesting if they turn out to be something different.

 

[b100ming]

The English version of Sasha may be different than the Japanese one:

Despite being female in the English localization, Saharah is referred to as male in the Prima Official Strategy Guide for Animal Crossing.

Post automatically merged: Oct 18, 2021

Sahara is a boy in the Japanese version

 

[Burumun]

TBH I hadn't even considered the fact Sasha might be a male until now, and if so, I'm honestly gonna be pretty disappointed. I was super excited to have a villager with my name (it makes up for never finding my name on those knick-knacks and accessories, lol), but it doesn't really feel like it counts if they're not female, otherwise I'd be fine already with Chief being Sascha in the German version.

The English version of Sasha may be different than the Japanese one:

Despite being female in the English localization, Saharah is referred to as male in the Prima Official Strategy Guide for Animal Crossing.

Post automatically merged: Oct 18, 2021

Sahara is a boy in the Japanese version

Saharah's an NPC, so she doesn't really work the same. Since the personality types are gendered, but only the names of villagers change across languages, AFAIK, Sasha's gender should be the same across all languages.

 

[JKDOS]

I am saying female. The shirt is unisex. It doesn't matter what the default is, unless I am missing something.

Exhibit A (default unixsex shirt on female)

And B,C, and D (All females with Unisex default clothing)

 

[Lars]

I think she is a girl ( the eyes ) but she a is sporty kind, or at least a sports fan.

 

[JKDOS]

I think she is a girl ( the eyes ) but she a is sporty kind, or at least a sports fan.

Peppy all the way

 

[Kg1595]

I am happy with Sasha either way, although I believe them to be male.

 

[Fey]

For anyone having trouble seeing them as male, do an experiment:
just cover the little “lash” extension on the outside of the eyes. Sasha will immediately look more recognizably boyish that way.

I’m expecting them to be male at this point, mostly because of the name in various languages (including the German one, which is exclusively, heavily masculine).

Initially I did think they were a peppy Rabbit, just based on the cute aesthetic, but I think it’s good to have villagers that defy (gender) expectations. If we can have a cool, masculine Uchi like Katt, why not have a more feminine guy?

 

[WaileaNoRei]

The English version of Sasha may be different than the Japanese one:

Despite being female in the English localization, Saharah is referred to as male in the Prima Official Strategy Guide for Animal Crossing.

Post automatically merged: Oct 18, 2021

Sahara is a boy in the Japanese version

As @Burumun notes, the characters where the gender has been changed in localization have all been npcs. So changing the gender really did not require changing anything essential about the character or their dialogue. But for Sasha’s gender to be changed for the translations they would have to change the entire character. It’s not that that is impossible, but it would be much weirder to me to have them change one whole villager (out of 400+) for no reason, than to just give the villager a name that could be male or female.

I am saying female. The shirt is unisex. It doesn't matter what the default is, unless I am missing something.

Exhibit A (default unixsex shirt on female)

View attachment 404624


And B,C, and D (All females with Unisex default clothing)

View attachment 404625

I agree the clothing doesn’t necessarily mean anything. I am mostly basing my opinion on the name, Mitchell, and the order of the other series 5 villagers (which is still very much a guess, I admit, though a convincing one).

the name Mitchell seems very much to imply that the character is male to me. It is a foreign name in Japanese though, so this is possibly a chance they have used it as a female name (it seems unlikely as this has not happened with other English names used in the Japanese). I think one person here had heard of it being a female name somewhere, but I never have in the US, which is the type of English they generally learn in schools in Japan (I think). but there is a chance, maybe (?), that they use the name for a female character - but I think it is less likely.

 

[daringred_]

As @Burumun notes, the characters where the gender has been changed in localization have all been npcs. So changing the gender really did not require changing anything essential about the character or their dialogue. But for Sasha’s gender to be changed for the translations they would have to change the entire character. It’s not that that is impossible, but it would be much weirder to me to have them change one whole villager (out of 400+) for no reason, than to just give the villager a name that could be male or female.




I agree the clothing doesn’t necessarily mean anything. I am mostly basing my opinion on the name, Mitchell, and the order of the other series 5 villagers (which is still very much a guess, I admit, though a convincing one).

the name Mitchell seems very much to imply that the character is male to me. It is a foreign name in Japanese though, so this is possibly a chance they have used it as a female name (it seems unlikely as this has not happened with other English names used in the Japanese). I think one person here had heard of it being a female name somewhere, but I never have in the US, which is the type of English they generally learn in schools in Japan (I think). but there is a chance, maybe (?), that they use the name for a female character - but I think it is less likely.

it was me. i've heard of girls named mitchell, and i'm in the UK which isn't exactly wildly different from America, language-wise.