Sonia Sato

## Background

### 1986 - 2007: Sonia Tanaka

Sonia Tanaka was raised by her parents Yui & Riku Tanaka in Gateway City of California. As the daughter of Japanese immigrants, Sonia was looked down upon by her peers. Her father was the one that always told her that she was special & to not worry what the other kids thought. Sonia believed him but after his passing when she was eleven, she felt there was nothing special about her anymore.

To keep her distracted from the bullying & the passing of her father, her mother enrolled her in extracurricular activities. She tried everything from gymnastics to painting to soccer. But Sonia found herself most at place when learning Judo, a modern martial art & combat sport created in Japan. In no time, Sonia mastered the skills. She surpassed her peers in every way imaginable, becoming her master's star pupil.

Sonia never thought that she would have to use her skills for anything other than class until a man showed up on the porch of their house. She didn't recognize the man when she opened the door but she was sure her mother did as she immediately shut the door in the man's face. Before Sonia could get a word out, her mother demanded she go upstairs. She obeyed but stood on the steps to eavesdrop on their conversation. Sonia couldn't hear much due to their hush voices but ever so often, her mother would raise her voice. After a lengthy conversation, the man left & Sonia never got a chance to ask as her mother shut her down every time. Sonia eventually pushed this interaction to the back of her mind.

### 2007 - 2012: Sonia Sato

Sonia didn't think about that man again until she came home after school to her mother's lifeless surrounded by men in all black. Though most people's first response is to break down or be in shock, Sonia immediately went into a fighting stance as she was prepared to defend herself. But she wouldn't have to do it alone as the mysterious visitor from years before showed up & subdued the assassins with ease. Knowing she was no longer safe, the man took Sonia with him to a safehouse in the outskirts of the city. She spent the car rides in tears & bombarding him with questions, though he remained quiet. Once they got to the safehouse, Sonia tried to make a run for it but he easily caught her & calmed her down. Knowing he had to explain himself, he admitted the truth... he was her birth father.

Sonia refused to believe him, stating that her father passed away when she was a child. The man revealed himself as Yoshio Sato & showed her pictures of him & her mom during their relationship. He even had a picture of them together while she was pregnant with Sonia. Yoshio & Yui were both members of the Yakuza & had fallen in love during their time together. She soon become pregnant & whispers began floating around about Yoshio wanting to retire. To prevent this, his superiors told him that Yui & their unborn child had been killed by their enemies. They had Yui leave Japan & never contact Yoshio again or they would kill their child. Yui did as she was told & left while Yoshio murdered the men he assumed was responsible for his family's death. After years of continuing his service to the Yakuza, he found out they were both alive & that his superiors had lied to him for years He immediately abandoned his post & came to America to find them but Yui turned him away, believing that Sonia's life would be in danger. Yoshio saw the fear in her eyes so he left, knowing Sonia was safer without him but then the Yakuza came for Yui anyways & was prepared to kill Sonia before Yoshio showed up.

Though it was a lot to take in, Sonia believed every word that Yoshio said. Not wanting to fall victim to the crime syndicate like her mother, she had her father train her. And that's how life was for the next four years. Her life mostly consisted of training & constantly moving until the Blood Warriors eventually found them. Knowing they were outnumbered, he had Sonia hide while he did his best to hold the men off at their cabin.

### 2012 - Present: Judomaster

After the men left, Sonia came out to find her father's lifeless body. The pain brought her back to when she came home to find her mother in a similar manner. Afraid they might come back, Sonia rummaged through her father's stuff & found some of his old connects. She laid low for some months before traveling across the country to Metropolis to find her dad's old friend, Hadley Jagger. When she arrived, she found that the man had passed away some time ago. But his neighbors informed her that if she wanted to know anything about him, that she could ask a man in Gotham that owned a gym. So that's what Sonia did.

Once she met Ted & explained everything to him, he took her under his wing as he sometimes did with the people he meets. He offered her a place to stay before eventually introducing her to his star pupil & surrogate daughter, Dinah Lance. As she had just started an all girls crimefighting team, she invited Sonia to join their ranks. She declined initially but came around about a year later & became one of their early members. Since then, Sonia has been a member of the Birds of Prey & one of the combat trainers for the new members.

She also started a relationship with another superhero, Damage, some years after coming to Gotham.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Sonia has stated that she doesn't care much for marriage. She believes that Grant is her lifelong soulmate & a ring won't change that.
* Her father, Yoshio Sato, was the last & the best of the traditional assassins the Yakuza once employed.
* She's began going by Judomaster since she went on the run with her father. After she showed him her skills, he was impressed & gave her the name. She would later learn the name initially belong to his old friend Hadley Jagger.
* She is good friends with Hadley's son Thomas Jagger.
* Her stepfather had a son before meeting & marrying Yui. Sonia was never close to him due to their age gap. He split his time between the two houses until he was in his mid 20s. He would later have a daughter, named Drew Tanaka.