Katono (Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire)

Katono is a character from the Disney+ animated anthology series Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, featured in the episode "Herderboy".
== Background ==
Katono serves as the leader of the Herders who protects her herd of cattle alongside Dushiime and a robot named Isingoma. Codenamed "Captain", she commands the other fellow herders to harvest the Chwezinite as the Chwezi Highlands. When a teenage boy named Ndahura arrives, Katono thought he is not fit enough to herd the cattle and protect them from being attacked by the Nyamiyonga, a fearsome hyena-like creature regarded as an evil spirit to the tribe. However, to Ndahura's confidence after he saved the calf that was caught by the Nyamiyonga, he convinced Katono that the choices a herder makes affects every single cattle, leading her to promote Ndahura to becoming a herder boy as Katono, Dushiime, and Isingoma praise him for being a good cattle herder.
== Role in the episode ==
Katono is first seen planning to start the harvest at the Chwezi Highlands alongside, Dushiime, and Isingoma who are also planning to start the harvest. As the three stop, Katono tasks Dushiime and Isingoma to start the harvest. Just as the harvest begins, Dushiime tells Isingoma to cancel the protocol while Katono tells him that she will follow the protocol during the harvest. She, Dushiime, and Isingoma approach Ndahura who tells the three that he can defend the herd of cattle by being a member of the cattle herders. Isingoma tells Katono that if it is "bring-your-little-brother-to-work-day" already just as Ndahura tells Katono that she never told him about it. Just as Isingoma and Dushiime discuss, Katono silences the conversation, telling them that the Chwezinite won't harvest itself, just as she tells Ndahura the importance of what makes them cattle herders. As Dushiime contacts the cattle, the other cattle react to his blue flash while Katono recaps that their food, their clothes, and the power Chwezi commands all come from the cattle and the Chwezinite (luminous crystals) they provide and the choices a herder makes affects every single herd of cattle and a responsibility that cannot be taken lightly. As Ndahura tries to tell her about the legends, she tells him that he cannot survive this area with the supplies he has, telling him that he is not strong enough to defeat the spirits that threaten the cattle; however, Isingoma senses a threat detected within the herd of cattle which the threat detected is none other than the Nyamiyonga.
When a hyena-like creature, the Nyamiyonga, arrives, it threatens to kill Ndahura, but is defended by Katono who commands Dushiime to go after the creature, followed by Isingoma joining in. Ndahura attempts to fight, but Isingoma protects him from approaching the creature. Having attacked it, the Nyamiyonga gets back up and fights again, but Katono and Isingoma work together in planning to defeat the creature, causing the creature to retreat. Planning to finish the harvest, Katono tasks the cattle herders to finish the harvest without distraction while Ndahura sits by the cave. Just as Ndahura chases after the Nyamiyonga, Katono warns him not to go in, but feels the structure falls onto the entrance of the cave, blocking the entrance. Later, Katono fears that Ndahura is dead, but later notices that he is alive riding on the Nyamiyonga whose eyes turn green, alongside Dushiime and Isingoma as the green receiver stays inside the creature's body. As Katono tells Ndahura to know what he was doing, he replies that the choices a herder makes affects every single cattle. Soon as Katono places a medal on Ndahura, he is promoted to becoming a herder boy as Katono, Dushiime, and Isingoma praise him for being a good cattle herder. After promoting him to becoming an official herder, Katono tells the other herders to get back to work.