Asian Action Figures

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Comics and popular media in general are lacking in many areas, one of those being representation of people of color, whether they are Black, Latina or Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islanders (or API), or Indigenous. Here is a collection of API characters, immortalized in plastic.

* **Ada Wong** (voiced by Sally Cahill [English], played by Li Bingbing), Resident Evil 2, 4; Resident Evil: Retribution
* **Akemi**, Caliber Comics, later Icon Comics (a Marvel imprint)
* **Aki Ross** (voiced by Ming-Na Wen), Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (game)
* **Akima Kunimoto** (voiced by Drew Barrymore), Titan A.E.
* **Amber** (played by Jamie Chung), Sucker Punch: Hot Toys made 1:6 scale figures
* **Amy (Wong) Kroker** (voiced by Lauren Tom), Futurama
* **"Athena" Agathon** (played by Grace Park), Battlestar Galactica
* **Barbarocious** (played by Ying Qu, voiced by Venus Terzo), Warriors of Virtue
* **"Boomer" Valerii** (played by Grace Park), Battlestar Galactica
* **Breha Organa**\* (played by Rebecca Jackson Mendoza), Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
* **Cassandra** (played by Kelly Hu), The Scorpion King
* **Cassandra Cain** (AKA Batgirl, Orphan), DC Comics
* **Cheshire** (voiced by Kelly Hu in Young Justice, Jamie Chung in Batman: Soul of the Dragon), DC Comics
* **Chun-Li** (played by Ming-Na Wen, *many* voice actors), Street Fighter
* **Doctor Light** (AKA Kimiyo Hoshi), DC Comics
* **Hoshi Sato** (played by Linda Park), Star Trek: Enterprise
* **Gail Kim**, WWE wrestler
* **Gi** (voiced by Janice Kawaye), Captain Planet
* **Go Go Tamago** (voiced by Jamie Chung), Big Hero 6
* **Gogo Yubari** (played by Chiaki Kuriyama), Kill Bill Vol. 1
* **Jen Yu** (played by Zhang Ziyi), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
* **Jinx** (AKA Kimi Arashikage, voiced by Shuko Akune et al., played by Élodie Yung), GI Joe: The [animated] Movie, GI Joe: Retaliation [live action]
* **Jubilee** (Jubilation Lee, voiced by Allison Court, played by Lana Condor), Marvel Comics: X-Men animated series, X-Men: Apocalypse, et al.
* **Kabuki** (Ukiko), Caliber Comics, later Icon Comics (a Marvel imprint)
* **K.A.T.** (Katherine Anne Taylor, voiced by Mona Marshall), Rambo: The Force of Freedom [animated] series
* **Katana** (Tatsu Yamashiro), DC Comics
* **Katy** (played by Awkwafina), Marvel Comics: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2021 Marvel Legends
* **Keiko** O'Brien (played by Rosalind Chao), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* **Kendra Shaw** (played by Stephanie Jacobsen), Battlestar Galactica: Razor
* **Lady Deathstrike** (Yuriko Oyama, played by Kelly Hu), Marvel Comics: X2
* **Lana Lang**\* (played by Kristin Kreuk), Smallville
* **Lilo Pelekai** (voiced by Daveigh Chase) Lilo and Stitch
* **Lotus Angel Warrior**, McFarlane Dark Ages Spawn: The Samurai Wars
* **Lotus Warrior Angel**, McFarlane: Spawn Regenerated
* **Lyn Me**\* (played by Dalyn Chew), Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)
* **Lynn Minmei** (voiced by Rebecca Forstadt), Robotech
* **Mai-Ling**, Avatar Press: CreeD
* **Mantis**\* (played by Pom Klementieff) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
* **Miho** (played by Devon Aoki), in Sin City
* **Moana** (voiced by Auliʻi Cravalho), Moana Disney Toybox #7
* **Mulan** (voiced by Ming-Na Wen), in Mulan
* **Nani Pelekai** (voiced by Tia Carrere) Lilo and Stitch
* **Nico Minoru** (briefly AKA Sister Grimm, played by Lyrica Okano), Marvel Comics: Runaways tv series
* **Omega Sentinel** (AKA Karima Shapandar, Malice), Marvel Comics: X-Men
* **Paige Tico** (played by Veronica Ngo), Star Wars: The Last Jedi
* **Psylocke** (Betsy Braddock + Kwannon, it's comics-complicated; played by Meiling Melançon and Olivia Munn), Marvel Comics: X-Men: Last Stand, X-Men: Apocalypse
* **Quake**\* (AKA Daisy Johnson, AKA Skye, played/voiced by Chloe Bennet): Marvel Comics, Marvel Cinematic Universe Agents of SHIELD, Marvel Rising Secret Warriors
* **Rose Tico** (played by Kelly Marie Tran), Star Wars: The Last Jedi
* **Rystáll Sant**\* (played by Mercedes Ngoh), Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)
* **Scarab** (Keiko), Caliber Comics, later Icon Comics (a Marvel imprint)
* **Silk** (Cindy Moon, played by Tiffany Espensen), Marvel Comics: Spider-Man: Homecoming
* **Sun** (played by Yunjin Kim), Lost
* **Tricia Takanawa** (voiced by Alex Borstein), Family Guy
* **Vam-Mi** (played by Kira Clavell, voiced by Saffron Henderson), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation [live action]
* **Xialing** (played by Meng'er Zhang), Marvel Comics, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
* **Yu Shu Lien** (played by Michelle Yeoh), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

\*While the character may not be canonically API, the actress absolutely IS, so she's on the list.

#### Gallery

Jubilee (Robot Fighters)KabukiKatana (with Wonder Woman; New 52)Katana, DC BombshellsKaty, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsMai-LingMihoNico MinoruOmega SentinelPaige TicoPsylockePsylocke (Ninja Force)Rose TicoSilkLotus Warrior AngelVam-MiLyn Me; Rystáll Sant