{"id":62121,"date":"2014-07-02T07:37:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T06:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=62121"},"modified":"2014-07-02T09:29:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T08:29:18","slug":"arrow-season-3-casts-dc-superhero-katana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/arrow-season-3-casts-dc-superhero-katana\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrow Season 3 casts DC superhero Katana"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Devon Aoki in Sin City as the assassin Miho.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

According to Deadline<\/em><\/a>, Sin City<\/strong><\/em> and 2 Fast 2 Furious<\/strong> star Devon Aoki has been added to the cast of Arrow<\/strong> <\/em>Season 3 as Tatsu Yamashiro.<\/p>\n

Slated to be a recurring character and one of Oliver Queen’s mentors in the Hong Kong flashbacks, Tatsu Yamashiro is known to comic fans as Katana – a classic member of Batman’s Outsiders team.<\/p>\n

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Katana as she appears in DC’s New 52<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Introduced in The Brave And The Bold<\/strong><\/em> #200 (July 1983) by writer Mike W Barr and artist Jim Aparo, Katana is master martial artist whose Soultaker sword contains the soul of those it has killed – including her husband, who was murdered by his Yakuza thug brother.<\/p>\n

Usually depicted as Batman’s loyal agent, Katana also appeared in the short-lived Beware <\/strong>The Batman<\/strong> <\/em>animated series.<\/p>\n

It’s worth noting that in the New 52, Katana and Green Arrow are members of rival mystical weapon-themed clans – the Sword and Arrow Clans, obviously.<\/p>\n

Comics, everyone!<\/p>\n

Arrow<\/em> Season 3 will air Autumn 2014 now on Sky 1 HD.<\/strong> Arrow<\/em> Season 1 is out now on DVD for £21.02<\/a> or on Blu-ray for £27.49<\/a> from Amazon<\/a>.co.uk. Find out more about the comics that inspired the series with new digital magazine Uncanny Comics<\/a><\/strong>. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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