Kana

## Kana the High Speed Engine

**Kana** is a purple high-speed electric engine from Japan 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 toot of her horn, and often causes the trees and telephone poles to bend in her wake. Kana is energetic, 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 was inspired by concept renders for the E8 Series Shinkansen, a high-speed train ordered to replace the ageing E3 Series. The first of these units was delivered at the end of January 2023, wearing the same livery as the original concept render.

Kana's livery basis
## Fan fiction

*If Kana appeared in your fan fiction, you can add your own details about them here!*

## Names in other languages

 Spanish (Latin America)
 French
 Dutch
 German
 Italian
 Portuguese (Brazil)
 Russian
 Korean
 Mandarin (Taiwan)

## Voice Actors

* Chloe Raphael (*UK*)
* Ava Ro (*US*)
* Glee Dango (*declined*)
* Valenthina Rodarte (*Brazil*)
* Ema Dimitrova (*Bulgaria*)
* Ozana Kosić (*Croatia*)
* Karolína Křišťálová (*Czech Republic*)
* Thea Iven Ulstrup (*Denmark*)
* Ia Koivisto (*Finland; speaking voice*)
* Viivi Helisalo (*Finland; singing voice*)
* Aaricia Dubois (*France*)
* Samina König (*Germany*)
* Christina Papadopoulou (*Greece*)
* Konstantina Kordouli (*Greece; first singing voice*)
* Eugenia Liakou (*Greece; second singing voice*)
* Regina Blazsó (*Hungary*)
* Esti Rohmiati (*Indonesia*)
* Mia Kadosh (*Israel*)
* Giovanna Nicodemo (*Italy*)
* Serena Sigismondo (*Italy; YouTube Shorts only*)
* Rumi Ōkubo (*Japan*)
* Erika Ugalde (*Latin America*)
* Victoria Gómez (*Latin America; YouTube Shorts only*)
* Menna Rashed (*Middle East; speaking voice*)
* Heidi Amir (*Middle East; singing voice*)
* Benedicte Søreng (*Norway*)
* Antonina Żbikowska (*Poland*)
* Isabel Queirós (*Portugal*)
* Iulia Dinculescu (*Romania*)
* Ivona Rambosek (*Serbia*)
* Natja Levec (*Slovenia*)
* Jeong Hye-won (*South Korea*)
* Natalia García Dans (*Spain*)
* Josefine Götestam (*Sweden*)
* Linda Wagenmakers (*The Netherlands*)
* Nihan Omuz (*Turkey*)
* Catrin Angharad Jones (*Wales*)

## Trivia

* According to Rick Suvalle in a tweet, Kana's original name was **Akira**. This was later confirmed to be inspired by the 1982 manga of the same name, which originated in Kana's home country of Japan.
	+ He also mentioned Kana was originally supposed to be related to Kenji.
* Kana is the first and/or only character of a few things:
	+ One of only three members of the new main cast who was not introduced in the original series, the other two being Sandy and Bruno.
	+ The first (and currently only) main character to be powered exclusively by electricity to appear 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 emojis above her face.
* Kana has a extendable front coupling latch hidden within her front skirt.
* According to Rick Suvalle from an interview with EpicLafiteau, 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.
* Kana's favorite location is the Wildlife Preserve.

## Merchandise

* Push Along
* Motorized
* Press n' Go Stunt Engines
* Wooden Railway (*coming soon*)
* Diablock
* Plarail
* Choro-Q
* SK Japan
* Bath Balls
* McDonald's Toys
* Plushie

## Video

Spotlight Trackmaster Kana The Electric Engine - All Engines Go - Toys for Kids - Thomas and Friends