Katana

Tatsu Yamashiro, aka Katana, has appeared in DC Comics since the early 1980s. The character has had a number of appearances in animated television series and movies. But when it comes to live-action, the only appearance of the character has made was on the CW series Arrow, played by Rila Fukushima. So, next year’s Suicide Squad will mark the live-action cinematic debut of Katana.

Karen Fukuhara, an actress on numerous projects of Disney Channel in Japan as well as a martial arts champion, is set to portray the character. Katana is a volunteer and Rick Flag’s bodyguard in Suicide Squad.

The scene that introduces the character has been narrated officially. As narrated in the scene, while introducing her, Joel Kinnaman’s character says to the Suicide Squad members to not get killed by her since her sword ‘traps the souls of its victims’!

Meanwhile, Karen described her character as the one who has got ‘morals and codes’. She added:

“She’s can also slice through hundreds of people without taking a breath.”

Karen’s version of Katana looks BADASS, but not a BADDIE! In the trailer, there’s one sequence where we saw her cry holding her sword – so, it seems like there’s some emotional backstory of the character in Suicide Squad.

On the next page – a superhero from Marvel Comics!