Kana

Kana

Character information

**Full name**
Kana

**Other names**
* Lady Kana the Fast Knight (*by herself*)
* Lady Kana (*by Thomas*)
* Kana The Quick (*by herself*)
* Knight Kana (*by James*)
* The Fairy Queen (*by Thomas*)
* Kana Raptor (*by herself*)

**Age**
Unknown (*Engine*)

**Home**
Island of SodorJapan (*formerly*)

**Friends**
* Thomas
* Percy
* Nia
* Diesel
* Carly
* Sandy
* Gordon
* Hiro
* Kenji

**Quote**
"Electric!"

**Kana** is a little purple Japanese high-speed electric engine who lives and works on the Island of Sodor.

Biography
Kana is a little high-speed electric engine that lives on Sodor with her friends. Her best friends are Thomas, Percy, Diesel and Nia.
Kana also has two passenger coaches painted in the same livery as her.

Personality
Kana is an all-new electric high-speed rail train. She crackles with electric speed, lets out a sonic whistle, and often causes the trees and telephone poles to bend in her wake. Kana enjoys going fast and is always up for a game, but she also cares very much for her friends. Although usually up for any challenge, Kana is hesitant to deal with one type of obstacle in particular: Sharp turns. Aside from this, she usually takes whatever challenge she faces with determination and zeal. However, there are some faults that she still has some trouble with, primarily burning her battery levels by regularly speeding and trying to stay still as a statue.

Technical Details
Basis
Like many *All Engines Go* characters, Kana has no specific basis, however her design was inspired by the high-speed Shinkansen trains (better known as "Bullet Trains") of Japan. Unlike the real Shinkansen units, Kana lacks passenger windows and is powered by batteries rather than an overhead catenary. Said batteries, much like for all electric engines in the reboot, are charged wirelessly, unlike the vast majority of real world examples.

Livery
Kana is painted medium lavender with white and yellow bands around her front and sides. She has yellow wheels and tinted-purple cab windows.
Her colour scheme is likely inspired by concept renders for the E8 Series Shinkansen, a high-speed train ordered to replace the ageing E3 Series. It is estimated to be in service by 2024.

Appearances* **Kana** will appear in the series soon.

Trivia* Kana's original name was **Akira**. The name was inspired by the 1982 manga of the same name, which originated in Kana's home country of Japan.
* According to series writer Rick Suvalle, Kana and Kenji were originally intended to be related.
	+ This is also why Kana's name begins with a "K".
* Kana is the first and/or only of a few things:
	+ One of the only two members of the new main cast who was not introduced in the original series, the other being Sandy.
	+ The first and currently only main character to be powered exclusively by electricity in *All Engines Go*.
	+ The first electric engine to live at Tidmouth Sheds.
* "Kana" is also the name of a Japanese phonetic writing system.
* In the leaked trailer, she shares a horn with the Yellow Salvage Vessel from the original *Thomas & Friends* series.
* Kana can use her electrified sparks to make images above her head.
* Kana has a extendable front coupling latch hidden within her front skirt.
* Glee Dango originally auditioned for the role of Kana, but received the role of Sandy instead.
* Unlike all of the other vehicle characters in the franchise, Kana's horn sound has a synthetic warble effect.