Karen Fukuhara

Karen Fukuhara
Fukuhara at San Diego Comic Con promoting Suicide Squad in July 2015
Born	(1992-02-10) February 10, 1992 (age 25) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2013–present

Karen Fukuhara (born February 10, 1992) is an American actress. She is known for her role of Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana in the 2016 DC superhero film Suicide Squad.

Fukuhara was born in Los Angeles, California. While attending UCLA, she continued to work on numerous shows on NHK in Japan, most notably those on the Disney Channel as a member of Movie Surfers. She was also involved in the a cappella group, Medleys, during her college career.

In 2016, Fukuhara made her big screen debut as Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana in the superhero film Suicide Squad, which was released in August 2016. Although she has prior martial arts experience with a brown striped belt in karate, Fukuhara trained for about two months during pre-production in order to learn how to wield a sword correctly. On early December 2016, Fukuhara announced that she just completed the first week of filming for Stray (alongside Christine Woods, Miyavi, and Ross Partridge).