Katana (ASC)

> To hunt the most evil villains, a righteous warrior must be patient and unyielding. A warrior willing to venture deep into the nightmarish underbelly of the city.
>
> - Katana, Soul Taken

**Tatsu Yamashiro** (山城　竜、also known as **Katana**) is a supporting character in the second generation of the *DC Super Hero Girls* franchise. She initially appears in the episode "Soul Sisters" as the main antagonist, but eventually reforms and becomes an ally to the Super Hero Girls.

## Appearance

Tatsu Yamishiro is a Japanese teenage girl with long black hair with grey stripes.

In her civilian attire, she wears a grey vest jacket with red sleeves, with a dot on the upper right side, dark grey pants with a red stripe on the side and wears red and black shoes and doesn't seem to wear socks with them.

As Katana, she wears a white mask with a red dot that represents the flag of Japan. She has kind of an iron armor, gray colored with sleeves of a dark brown blouse. Underneath her "armor" She has a black skirt with red stripes, and brown knee socks with red knee-high boots. Adding to her iconic look is her katana sword with a black hilt and a silver blade.

## Abilities

* **Superhuman Strength**: Katana is able to match Wonder Woman's physical strength.
* **Superhuman Speed**: Katana is fast enough to blitz the Super Hero Girls and keep up with Wonder Woman in close combat.
* **Expert Swordsmanship**
* **Martial Arts**

## Equipment

* **Soul Taker:** A katana that has the ability to take the souls of opponents.

## Personality

Tatsu is a very strict and serious individual. With an intense character defined by a silent fierceness that matches Diana Prince's own.She is a fastidious sort who takes discipline to heart. Feeling that an able mind is befitting of an apt body. Often taking the time to hone one's acumen as often as training the body. She used to be extremely unforgiving towards the criminally corrupt as well.

At one time believing it was a hero's duty to punish and avenge the crimes placated by the wicked, to the most extreme of degrees. This narrow mindset also made her a little naive, as Katana once mistook the Super Hero Girls for villains after having dispatched most of Metropolis's criminals. This train of thought was further emboldened by the feeble means in which the reviled, decadent souls are handled by law enforcement.

## Deciption in the series

### Season 1

* Soul Sisters
* Scrambled Eggs
* School Ghoul

### Season 3

* Super Avatars (mentioned)
* Pity The April Fool
* Light Switched
* Bald vs Brave
* Exchange Star (cameo)
* The Three Bataskteers
* A Party With Dresses
* Dungeons and Demons
* Beach Episode
* Harleen and the Beast (cameo)
* TBA
* This Means War

## Trivia

* Katana is the only second-generation character whose hero appearance is based on her first-generation counterpart.
* Tatsu and Diana's relationship is similar to Kagome and Kikyo's from Inuyasha series.
* She is ambidextrous, as seen in "Soul Sisters" when she used the sabre with both hands.
* The official photos and promotional material of the series as well as the graphic novel *Ghosting* show Katana together with the Super Hero Girls. This is because she was originally going to be the seventh member of the team. But due to Lauren Faust's departure from development of the series, this plan never came to fruition.
	+ Still, the closest she got to joining the team was in "Am Batgirl" as a potential replacement for Batgirl.
	+ In the end, the one who became the seventh member of the team was Harley Quinn, while that Katana joined permanently as the neventh member.