Karen Fukuhara

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Summary

Karen Fukuhara is an actor known for playing Katana in Suicide Squad and Kimiko in The Boys, as well as voicing characters in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts. In interviews over several years, she has spoken about Asian underrepresentation and stereotyping in Hollywood, welcomed more diverse casting and layered Asian characters, and said diverse writers’ rooms help create those characters. After being attacked, she publicly called attention to violence against women, Asians, and older people. No public party campaigning or formal DEI affiliation is on record.