Karen Fukuhara (born February 10, 1992) is an American actress, best
known for her roles as Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana in the 2016 superhero
film Suicide Squad and as Kimiko Miyashiro / The Female in the Amazon
Prime original series The Boys (2019â€"present). Fukuhara is also
known for voicing the character Glimmer from the Netflix series She-Ra
and the Princesses of Power and Kipo from Kipo and the Age of
Wonderbeasts.Fukuhara was born to Japanese parents in Los Angeles. Her
first language was Japanese and she attended Japanese language school
on Saturdays for 11 years. She has a younger brother. Fukuhara began
practicing karate in middle school, and was a brown-striped belt
before leaving for college.Fukuhara attended the University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA) while working as a reporter for a
sports show on NHK in Japan. She was a member of the a cappella group
Medleys, whose alumni include fellow actress Kelly Marie Tran.
Fukuhara graduated from UCLA in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in
Sociology and a minor in Theater.Fukuhara got her start in the
entertainment industry in middle school when she was cast as a host
for Movie Surfers, a short form entertainment news program on the
Disney Channel.
known for her roles as Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana in the 2016 superhero
film Suicide Squad and as Kimiko Miyashiro / The Female in the Amazon
Prime original series The Boys (2019â€"present). Fukuhara is also
known for voicing the character Glimmer from the Netflix series She-Ra
and the Princesses of Power and Kipo from Kipo and the Age of
Wonderbeasts.Fukuhara was born to Japanese parents in Los Angeles. Her
first language was Japanese and she attended Japanese language school
on Saturdays for 11 years. She has a younger brother. Fukuhara began
practicing karate in middle school, and was a brown-striped belt
before leaving for college.Fukuhara attended the University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA) while working as a reporter for a
sports show on NHK in Japan. She was a member of the a cappella group
Medleys, whose alumni include fellow actress Kelly Marie Tran.
Fukuhara graduated from UCLA in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in
Sociology and a minor in Theater.Fukuhara got her start in the
entertainment industry in middle school when she was cast as a host
for Movie Surfers, a short form entertainment news program on the
Disney Channel.
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