Katana

Tatsu Yamashiro (山城 たつ, Yamashiro Tatsu), also known as Katana (カタナ, Katana), is an expert martial artist and a master assassin.

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Appearance & Biography

 * Portrayer: Karen Fukuhara (English), Not Known (Japanese Dub), Not Known (German Dub), Not Known (Italian Dub), Not Known (Polish Dub), Not Known (Arabic Dub), Not Known (Latin American Spanish Dub)

As Tatsu Yamashiro
A Japanese woman with shoulder-length black hair and dark eyes

As Katana
Tatsu wears a mask, with the Hinomaru symbol on her forehead. She also wears a white band with the same symbol on her right arm and has a katana at all times.


 * Hair Color: Black
 * Eye Color: Brown
 * Height: Not Known
 * Weight: Not Known

Family

 * Maseo Yamashiro (brother)
 * Takeo Yamashiro (brother)
 * unnamed husband (deceased)

Abilities
Master Combatant: Tatsu is an extremely skilled and lethally formidable swordswoman (normally wielding a Japanese katana, hence her code-name), martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant, having been trained to the highest level.

Peak-Human Attributes: Through specialized diets and extensive training, she has the strength, speed, stamina, metabolism, senses, reflexes, agility, and durability of any human woman who are at their physical and mental peaks.

Master Swordswoman: Katana is particularly of note for her ability with her Katana, described as being able to cut down hundreds of opponents with relative ease.

Past
Not much is known about Katana. The Japanese script on her sash translates to "I weep when I think of him," a reference to her deceased husband, to whom she also talks to through her sword, Soultaker.

Notes & Trivia

 * Katana first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #200 (July 1983).