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Tatsu Toro   ·   DC Comics   ·   Prime Earth

Katana

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Tatsu Yamashiro is a Japanese sword-wielding superhero who has been a member of the Suicide Squad, the Outsiders, the Justice League of America and the Birds of Prey. Her primary weapon is her sword, "Soultaker," which is said to capture the souls of anyone killed by it, including her husband.

Katana

Creators

  • Jim Aparo
    Jim Aparo
  • Mike W. Barr
    Mike W. Barr

Information

  • First Appearance
    The Brave and the Bold #200
    Jul 1983
  • First Appearance (Post-Flashpoint)
    Birds of Prey #1
    Sep 2011

Featured in these Comics

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Suicide Squad
48
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2016 - 2019
Batman and the Outsiders
36
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Batman and the Outsiders
1983 - 1986
The Outsiders
30
DC Comics
The Outsiders
1985 - 1988
The Outsiders
27
DC Comics
The Outsiders
2009 - 2011

Team & Affiliations

Outsiders
Birds of Prey
Former
Suicide Squad
Former

History

Tatsu Toro grew up in Japan, where she was an Olympic-level martial artist. Eventually, she met and fell in love with a man named Maseo Yamashiro, and the pair had two daughters, Yuki and Reiko. Tatsu soon retired from the Olympics and for a time, she lived a happy life with her family. However Maseo's brother Takeo, a member of the Yakuza, soon grew jealous of his brother's relationship with Tatsu. Fearing Takeo's wrath, Tatsu fled to the countryside in a vain attempt to avoid the murderous brother.

In the end, Takeo found Tatsu and her family and burnt their home down to the ground. Using the sentient Soultaker Sword, a mystical Japanese artifact, Takeo butchered Tatsu's husband and two daughters. In an attempt to avenge her family, Tatsu attacked the murderer. However with the Soultaker, Takeo was able to overpower Tatsu with relative ease, before he could strike a killing blow, the Soultaker had a change of heart and chose Tatsu as its new wielder. With the blade, Tatsu killed her brother-in-law, avenging her family.

Tatsu soon realized that her husband's soul rested within the blade, along with all its other victims. With the burden of the souls on her back, Tatsu was reborn as the anti-hero Katana, who would hunt the Yakuza down in an attempt to avenge all those who had been killed by Takeo.

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