Karen Fukuhara

Karen Fukuhara is an American actress and voice actress of Japanese descent. A martial arts champion with a striped brown belt in ‘Kyokushin Karate,’ she is known for her role as Samurai warrior ‘Tatsu Yamashiro’ aka ‘Katana’ in DC comics superhero film ‘Suicide Squad.’ Born and raised in the Japanese immigrant family of California, she got interested in martial arts while babysitting her younger brother. During her teen years, she appeared as a reporter on Disney Channel’s ‘Movie Surfers,’ and also as sports reporter on the Japanese broadcasting corporation’s NHK. After graduating from ‘University of California at Los Angeles’ with a BA in Sociology and Theater, Fukuhara worked as a translator, subtitle editor etc. for a while before auditioning for various roles. Her training in Karate helped her win the role of ‘Katana’ in the superhero film ‘Suicide Squad,’ wherein she worked alongside prominent artists of the Hollywood industry. Her other appearances include films ‘Stray,’ and ‘The Lost,’ and web series ‘The Boys.’ She has also provided voice for ‘Sewer Queen’ in Cartoon Networks ‘Craig of the Creek,’ and for ‘Glimmer’ in Netflix series, ‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.’