In addition, she is grievously devoted to her deceased husband Maseo Yamashiro, tearfully speaking to his spirit, which is allegedly encased inside her Soultaker sword. She is also seemingly void of humor (most likely due to the lingering grief over her husband and daughters' tragic deaths), and is known to be very serious, but professional. As a warrior, Katana is ruthless and merciless to her opponents, especially towards criminals, meaning that she is more than willing to kill them, with Rick Flag using this ruthlessness of hers to keep the other Squad members in check. She is also almost completely fearless, as she faced the mighty Enchantress and Incubus without any hesitation.
Publication Information
- Suicide Squad : Tatsu Yamashiro
- Version : Suicide Squad 2016
- Multiverse :
- Alter Ego : Katana
- Known As : Hikari
- Type :
- Sword Lady
- Ninja
- Leader Of Suicide Squad
- Relative :
- Maseo Yamashiro : Husband
- Yuki Yamashiro : Daughter
- Reiko Yamashiro : Daughter
- Takeo Yamashiro : Brother in Law
- Affiliation : Suicide Squad
- Gender : Female
- Origin : Tokyo, Japan
- Season : Suicide Squad
- First Appeareance :
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : Karen Fukuhara
- Main View : Full Episod
Deployment to Midway City
Katana arrives outside of Midway City where she's the last member of the Suicide Squad to arrive and gets aboard the helicopter transporting the squad mere seconds before taking off. She's introduced to the squad by Rick Flag and Harley Quinn jokingly says hi to her and introduces herself to Katana which causes her to ask Flag if she can kill them but is told to stand down and she does so.
Crash Landing
The helicopter transporting the Task Force X members soon arrived in Midway City but was quickly shot down by one of the Enchantress' minions and so the helicopter crashed. Another helicopter carrying ARGUS soldiers managed to land safely and the ARGUS troops were deployed to make sure the squad members survived. They did, and walked out unharmed, Katana included.
Attempted Escapes
Katana had walked with the rest of the squad and their ARGUS troops support through the war-torn ruins of the city to locate and terminate the Enchantress and her brother Incubus. During that time, Captain Boomerang told Slipknot that the nano-bombs were fake and were there just to scare them. Slipknot believed him and the two soon plotted and launched their escape. Katana stopped George, but Slipknot was getting away until Rick Flag activated his bomb effectively killing him in an instant. This revealed the bombs to be real and prevented any future escape attempts by the team members.
First Encounter with Enchantress' Minions
Katana soon came across a group of soldiers who were infected and turned into warriors for the Enchantress. Amanda Waller had ordered them to pull out and continue but they were spotted anyways and thus engaged them. Katana used her Soultaker sword and killed numerous of the infected soldiers and the battle soon came to an end after Deadshot showed off his impressive shooting skills and managed to kill all of the soldiers charging at them.
Second Encounter with Enchantress' Minions
After their first battle, Katana and the others headed towards the John F. Ostrander Federal Building where their target was located at. The squad moved in and they soon had to rush it to the top floor after Harley Quinn used the elevator and caused them to panic. Katana was there to greet Harley after her elevator stopped and she let her walk buy after Harley made no attempt to fight them. They eventually battled more of the Enchantress' minions and had to group around Rick Flag as he was being dragged away and formed defensive position.
Retrieving Waller
Eventually Katana and the others reached the top floor of the building where they found the safe house and location of their target. The target was revealed to be their boss, Amanda Waller, and she had ordered a quick clean up before leaving. After the drives were wiped clean and her FBI support was killed to eliminate witnesses, Waller arrived in front of the squad and mentioned how she'll still kill them so they can't kill her right now in front of them. She then walked away with Killer Croc saying how he likes her and they followed behind her as well.
Joker's Attack
Katana and the others made it to the top of the roof where they await a helicopter escort to get them out. A helicopter was there, but something was up and the squad soon took cover as it was revealed that the Joker had high-jacked the helicopter and began to fire on all of them. This was a distraction as soon, Harley's bomb was disabled and she managed to get on board and escape. Not wanting witnesses however, Waller and the helicopter shot down but both Joker and Harley had survived.
Abilities
- Peak Human Condition : Katana, as a highly skilled and experienced samurai and assassin, is in top physical condition though not even near to Batman's level.
- Peak Human Durability : Katana is exceptionally durable, swiftly recovering after being sent flying back by a superhumanly strong blow from Incubus.
- Master Martial Artist : Katana, as a samurai, is an extremely skilled martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant, volunteering as the personal bodyguard of Rick Flag on the Suicide Squad.
- Master Swordswoman : Katana, as a samurai, is an extremely skilled and lethally formidable swordswoman.
- Expert Acrobat : Katana is quite skilled in acrobatics, easily dodging a hurled boomerang from Captain Boomerang.
- Bilingualism : Katana can fluently speak both her native Japanese and English, even lacking a foreign accent in the latter.
