Katana

The katana is a very common and well-known ninja weapon. It appears as a sword with a leather-wrapped hilt, a very small, flat guard, and a long, thin blade with a slight curve away from the cutting edge. They appear in several colors, most notably gold, silver, and black.
==History==
Kai, Lloyd, and Nya initially specialized in using katanas. To date, only Kai still uses a katana as his weapon, using twin katanas and a golden katana later on.
==Variants==
===Golden===
Gold katanas are periodically used by the ninja. They are prominent in the Ninjago Spinners game, as the Golden Weapons hold more power in the game.
===Silver===
Silver katanas are used very commonly by the ninja, being perhaps the most common variant next to gold. Silver katanas were Kai's main weapons in Seasons 7 through 10. The Stone Army wielded silver katanas in the show.
===Black===
Black katanas were used by the ninja and Ronin in the Possession sets, referred to as Deepstone Katanas. Black katanas were later used by the Oni. The Stone Army wielded black katanas in the sets.
===Spring-green===
Spring-green katanas were first used by the Ghost Warriors. They were later used by the ninja in the Prime Empire sets.
===Brown===
Brown katanas were exclusively used by Nya in 71019 The LEGO Ninjago Movie Series.
===Red===
Red katanas were first used by the Sons of Garmadon, most prominently Mr. E. The Red Visors used red katanas in the Prime Empire sets; the Stone Army and Nindroids used them in Legacy sets as well.
===Azure===
Azure katanas were used by Skales in Rise of the Snakes for the first time (although these were made out of Ice in the show). Later, they were used by Blizzard Samurai in Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu. Hausner also used azure katanas in the Prime Empire sets.
===Orange===
Orange katanas were used by Richie in the Prime Empire sets, as well as Cole in the core sets.
===White===
White katanas were exclusively used by the Stone Guardians in The Island sets.
===Crystal===
Crystal katanas were used by Harumi and Mister F. The blade of the katanas are made out of crystals while the hilt appears to be made out of Vengestone. The Overlord also wields one in the Crystalized sets.
==Appearances==
===Sets===
===Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu===
====Pilot episodes====
*1. "Way of the Ninja"
*2. "The Golden Weapon"
*3. "King of Shadows"
*4. "Weapons of Destiny"
====Season 1: Rise of the Snakes====
*2. "Home"
*4. "Never Trust a Snake"
*7. "Tick Tock"
====Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja====
*15. "Pirates vs. Ninja"
*18. "Child's Play"
====Season 4: Tournament of Elements====
*35. "The Invitation"
====Season 5: Possession====
*46. "Ghost Story"
====Season 6: Skybound====
*62. "The Last Resort"
*63. "Operation Land Ho!"
*64. "The Way Back"
====Day of the Departed====
*"Day of the Departed"
====Season 7: The Hands of Time====
*66. "The Hatching"
*68. "Scavengers"
*70. "The Attack"
*72. "Pause and Effect"
*74. "Lost in Time"
====Season 8: Sons of Garmadon====
*75. "The Mask of Deception"
*76. "The Jade Princess"
*77. "The Oni and the Dragon"
*78. "Snake Jaguar"
*79. "Dead Man's Squall"
*80. "The Quiet One"
*81. "Game of Masks"
*82. "Dread on Arrival"
*83. "True Potential"
*84. "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago"
====Season 9: Hunted====
*85. "Firstbourne"
*86. "Iron & Stone"
*89. "The Gilded Path"
*90. "Two Lies, One Truth"
*94. "Green Destiny"
====Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu====
*1. "Master Class"
*6. "Samurai X-Treme"
====Season 10: March of the Oni====
*96. "Into the Breach"
*98. "Endings"
====Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu====
*99. "Wasted True Potential" (dream)
*100. "Questing for Quests"
*101. "A Rocky Start"
*106. "Snaketastrophy"
*107. "Powerless"
*108. "Ancient History"
*112. "Vengeance is Mine!"
*113. "A Cold Goodbye"
*114. "The Never-Realm"
*115. "Fire Maker"
*116. "An Unlikely Ally"
*121. "Secret of the Wolf"
*127. "Once and for All"
*128. "Awakenings"
====Season 12: Prime Empire====
*129. "Would You Like to Enter Prime Empire?"
*130. "Dyer Island"
*132. "Superstar Rockin' Jay"
*133. "I am Okino"
*134. "The Glitch"
*135. "The Cliffs of Hysteria"
*136. "The Maze of the Red Dragon"
*137. "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"
*140. "Stop, Drop and Side Scroll"
====Season 13: Master of the Mountain====
*147. "The Worst Rescue Ever"
====The Island====
*162. "The Keepers of the Amulet"
*164. "The Tooth of Wojira"
====Season 14: Seabound====
*165. "A Big Splash"
*166. "The Call of the Deep"
*174. "Riddle of the Sphinx"
*175. "Papergirl"
*176. "Master of the Sea"
*180. "The Turn of the Tide"
====Ninjago: Reimagined====
*3. "A Day in the Life of a Golden Ninja" (non-canon)
*5. "Golden Hour"
====Season 15: Crystalized====
*183. "The Shape of Nya"
*188. "Kryptarium Prison Blues"
*194. "The Spider's Design"
*209. "Dragon Form"
*210. "Roots"
===Ninjago: Dragons Rising===
====Season 1====
*11. "The Temple of the Dragon Cores"
*17. "The Administration"
*18. "Absolute Power"
*19. "We Are All Dragons"
*20. "The Power Within"
====Season 2====
*22. "Shattered Dreams"
*30. "Rising Ninja"
===Books===
*The Search for Zane
===Video games===
*Ninjago Skybound (non-canon)
==Trivia==
*Early in Ninjago's run, the katana mold was upgraded, gaining a brighter sheen and a slightly shorter, straighter, and sturdier blade, as well as a square-shaped tsuba instead of an octagonal one. The handle was also upgraded, as the new handle is harder and firmer and does not peel away with use.
*The way that the katanas are stored in their sword holder is different in many seasons. In Skybound, the katanas are stored facing up, and in Sons of Garmadon, they are stored facing down.:File:Ninjago Katana Facing Down.png
*Lloyd , Nya, Jay, and Cole come with pairs of silver katanas in the Sons of Garmadon sets in addition to their weapons seen in the show, though they do not use katanas in the season.
*In 70639 Street Race of Snake Jaguar, Zane does not come with katanas because the quiver on his back takes up too much space, but he has them in 10755 Zane's Ninja Boat Pursuit.
*71708 Gamer's Market contains the most varieties of the katana in the one set. It includes katanas in gold, orange, red, azure and spring-green.
*In the Hunted sets, a new package of weapons was used, which contains two katanas without handles, so they can be attached to another piece. These packages also appear in the Legacy sets (gold, silver and green), Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu sets (gold), Prime Empire sets (spring-green), Master of the Mountain (gold) and The Island (white) sets.
*It is possible that two major turning points for individuals who would ultimately become enemies of Wu were caused by Wu's negligence involving various katanas. These moments would be Garmadon's corruption by the Great Devourer's venom, as seen in "Tick Tock," and Morro's fall to darkness after discovering he was not the Green Ninja, as seen in "Ghost Story."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1356983361940705281
==Gallery==
===Promotional media===
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Ninjago Katana Facing Down.png|Kai's katanas facing down in the 70638 Katana V11 set instruction
Sword Blizzard.png|A Blizzard Sword Master wielding his katanas
KatanaMoldComparison.png|The difference between the old katana mold (top) used in Ninjago sets from The Pilot to Posession. And the new katana mold (bottom) used in Skybound to now. The katana mold used in the 2011 spinners and polybag sets is an older mold with an octagonal guard. 
===In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu===
====Season 1: Rise of the Snakes====
MoS2Victor.png|Skales wielding an ice katana in the Slither Pit
====Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja====
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====Season 5: Possession====
MoS46Ready.png|Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane using katanas
====Season 7: The Hands of Time====
HoTNinja Weapons.jpeg|Kai, Nya, and Lloyd wielding katanas
MoS67YoungHoT.png|The Time Twins wielding katanas and daggers prior to their powers being drained by the Time Blades 40 years ago
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MoS66Swords.jpeg|Lloyd wielding a katana
MoS70Ninja Weapons.jpeg|Kai and Nya wielding katanas and attacking the Vermillion along with their fellow ninja
MoS74Together.png|Nya wielding a katana against the Time Twins
MoS74Faceoff.png|Kai wielding a katana against Krux
====Season 8: Sons of Garmadon====
MoS76KaiVsZane.png|Kai wielding his twin katanas against Zane during training
3.JPG|Kai wielding his two katanas facing Mr. E
MoS76MrEVsNinja.gif|Mr. E wielding four katanas against the ninja including Kai with two katanas
MoS76Kai.jpeg|Kai wielding his two katanas
Screen Shot 2020-09-29 at 8.53.38 PM.png|P.I.X.A.L. wielding one of her two golden twin katanas
MoS83 Weapons.png|A katana in the weapons rack
====Season 9: Hunted====
====Season 10: March of the Oni====
Screenshot (164).png|Katanas hanging on the wall
Screenshot (173).png|Garmadon wielding a katana, attacking Kai who hold his two katanas.
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IMG 4586.jpeg|P.I.X.A.L.'s golden katana
====Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu====
====Season 12: Prime Empire====
====Season 13: Master of the Mountain====
====The Island====
====Season 14: Seabound====
====Season 15: Crystalized====
===In Ninjago: Dragons Rising===
====Season 1====
====Season 2====
==See also==
*Butterfly Sword
*Scimitar
==References==
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