Tatsu Yamashiro

**Tatsu Yamashiro** (山城 タツ, *Yamashiro Tatsu*), also known as **Katana** (カタナ, *Katana*), is a fictional character and protagonists of the *Marvelous DC* series created by C. B. Cebulski and Jim Lee. She is a member of the Justice Avengers.

She is also a samurai warrior and expert martial artist who wields a pair of daishō katana (hence her name), one sword in particular, is a relic that steals and contains the souls of its victims it slays. She uses her skill with a sword to fight for justice as a superhero.

Her tragic backstory includes the death of her husband, was the reason she first joined the Suicide Squad. She was the bodyguard of Rick Flag who helped him lead Amanda's expendable squad. Batman eventually recruited her to become a member of the league.

"*Criminals deserve no mercy!*"

—Katana.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Scott Porter (English), Not Known (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

### Appearance

#### As Katana

* Hair Color: Black
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Brown
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: March 16
* Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
* Weight: 175 lbs. (80 kg)

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Justice Avengers
	+ Team Superman
		- Superman
	+ Bat Family
		- Batman
		- Alfred Pennyworth
		- Batgirl/Oracle
	+ Booster Gold
	+ Metamorpho
* Teen Titans
	+ Nightwing
	+ Robin
* Gotham City Police Department
	+ Commissioner Gordon

### Family

* Edogawa Yamashiro (father; deceased)
* Shizuko Yamashiro (mother)
* Maseo Yamashiro (husband; deceased)

### Neutral

* Amanda Waller - Former Boss.
* Suicide Squad
	+ Rick Flag - Field commander.
	+ Deadshot - Leader.
	+ Killer Frost - Teammate turned enemy
	+ Captain Boomerang
	+ Enchantress
	+ Killer Croc
	+ King Shark - Teammate.
	+ Deathstroke
	+ Harley Quinn
	+ June Moone/Enchantress
	+ El Diablo
	+ Slipknot
* Monster T
* Selina Kyle/Catwoman
* Man-Bat
* LexCorp
	+ Lex Luthor - Liberator and teammate.
* Robin/Arkham Knight

### Enemies

* League of Assassins
	+ Rā's al Ghūl
	+ Talia al Ghūl
* Silver Monkey
* Cypher
* Anarky's Henchmen
	+ Anarky
* Circus of Strange
	+ Professor Pyg
	+ Mr. Toad
* Magpie
* Two-Face's Gang
	+ Two-Face
* King Kraken

## Abilities and Powers

### Abilities

* **Hand-to-Hand Combat** (Advanced):
	+ **Martial Arts**:
* **Swordsmanship**:
* **Stealth**:
* **Acrobatics**:
* **Espionage**:

### Weapons

* **Daisho Swords**:
* **Soultaker Sword** (formerly):

### Transportation

* **Bruce Wayne's Limousine** (formerly):

## External links

* Katana *Wikipedia*
* Katana *DC Database*
* Katana *Batman Wiki*