Karai (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Karai is a female character who features in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Biography

Mirage

Karai (Japanese: 辛い; "extremely severe")

She was shown as being one of the leaders of the mainstream Foot Clan in Japan and a member of its Council of Five who came to New York City to restore order in the 1993. After Leonardo killed the Shredder, the Foot faction in NYC had fallen into chaos with different groups warring with one another for ultimate control. The one exception was Shredder's Elite who had been carrying out seemingly motiveless attacks on the other factions. Shortly after arriving in New York, Karai captured Leonardo and offered the Turtles a deal: if the Turtles destroy the Elite, she will offer them a truce with the Foot Clan. After debate, the Turtles finally agree to seek Karai's assistance in dealing with the Elite. Travelling to her skyscraper headquarters, they found Karai's Foot guards dead and the Foot's leader cradling a girl's corpse. It was later revealed that the girl was Karai's daughter and in despair she made Leonardo swear he will help her kill all of the Elite.

IDW

Oroku Karai

Notes

• Karai was created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird where she made her first appearance in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles v1 #53 (2003).
• Dan Duncan commented in an interview that Karai was his favourite character, "Such a cool character – tough, smart, mysterious ... you just never know what she'll do next."

In other media

Television

• In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Karai appeared in the setting of the 2003 animated television series where she was voiced by actor Karen Neil.
• In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Karai appeared in the setting of the 2012 animated television series where she was voiced by actor Kelly Hu. It was revealed that she was actually Hamato Miwa who was the daughter of Hamato Yoshi who was believed to had been killed by the Shredder. However, in reality, Oroku Saki had abducted the child and raised her as Karai. It was shown that during this time she formed a close friendship with fellow ninja Shinigami.

Films

• In TMNT, Karai appeared in the setting of the 2007 animated film where she was voiced by actor Zhang Ziyi.

Video games

• In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus, Karai appeared as a boss and unlockable character in the setting of the 2004 beat 'em up video game where she was voiced once again by Karen Neil.

Appearances

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles v1: (2003)

External Links

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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