Katana (Tatsu Yamashiro (山城 タツ, Yamashiro Tatsu)) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. First appearing in 1983, Katana is a samurai warrior whose skill with a sword allows her to fight for justice as a superheroine.
The Sensei (Japanese: 先生) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The Sensei was created by writer-artist Neal Adams and first appeared in Strange Adventures #215 (December 1968).
Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida (吉田 四郎, Yoshida Shirō)) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Sunfire is a mutant and sometime member of the X-Men.
Yukio (雪緒) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a female ninja of Japanese origin and a supporting character of the X-Men, particularly associated with Wolverine.
The Kyodai Hero is the mainstream superhero genre that is widely popular in Japan. The first and most famous Kyodai hero is Ultraman who made his debut in 1966.
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Who was the first Japanese superhero?
Ōgon Bat is considered by some to be the world's first superhero, and is a precursor to later superhero characters such as the Japanese kamishibai character Prince of Gamma (debut early 1930s), and the American comic book characters Superman (debut 1938) and Batman (debut 1939).
By Timothy Donohoo. Published Oct 23, 2023. Despite having adaptations in movies, manga, and anime, Golden Bat is overshadowed by Western heroes like Superman and Batman.
Amatsu-Mikaboshi, the Chaos King, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a supervillain and demonic god of evil who is best known as an enemy of Hercules and Thor. He is based on the Mikaboshi of Japanese mythology.
Masayori "Masi" Oka is a Japanese American actor, producer and digital effects artist. He became widely known for his role on NBC's Heroes as Hiro Nakamura and in CBS' Hawaii Five-0 as Doctor Max Bergman. Oka was born in Tokyo, Japan, to Setsuko Oka.
Rising Sun is known as Japan's premiere superhero. He's one of the most intelligent characters in comics. A solar physicist by profession, Rising Sun aka Izumi Yasunari's family lineage are survivors of Hibakusha (Nagasaki).
Newer heroes like America Chavez and Miles Morales have appeared on the big screen since their debut in the comics to further increase their popularity with fans. There are exciting new Hispanic heroes joining the Marvel Universe all the time to join classic heroes like Living Lightning and White Tiger.
The first canonical DC Comics character to be on the asexual spectrum, Green Arrow's son Connor Hawke, is being celebrated in a gorgeous new Pride Month variant cover illustrated by the talented Luciano Vecchio for Green Arrow #3.
Death Man is a Japanese crime lord with the uncanny ability to put himself in a yoga trance that makes him appear dead. He has a costume resembling a skeleton in a black cloak which was permanently grafted to his skin.
Darkseid. Darkseid is a scary alien with a power level above most others. It took the entire might of the most powerful godly heroes just to send him back to his planet. Not even the Justice League could beat him, and when they do, they have to break their code as Batman used a gun to take him out at one time.
Hiro is a popular first name in Japan, too, and depending on the combination of kanji, it can mean “abundant,” “generous,” or “prosperous.” Japanese manga artist Hiro Mashima, whose fictional work Fairy Tale became a best-selling series, is also one of its many bearers.
Hero is still sometimes used to refer specifically to a man: British heroes and heroines. But hero is now considered to be a gender-neutral word, and is also increasingly used to refer to a woman: a list of American heroes; Joan of Arc, a French hero.
Deku (木偶, デク) is a real word, however, its original two meanings and the new changed meaning of Midoriya Izuku's name are very different. Here's what “deku” means in Japanese and in the anime My Hero Academia. Deku (木偶) is a Japanese word that means “wooden figure” or “puppet” but also “blockhead”, “fool”, or...
Japan's Hiroyuki Sanada has become one of Hollywood's most familiar Asian actors, with action roles in franchises like “Mortal Kombat,” “Avengers: Endgame” and now “John Wick 4,” as well as nuanced character turns in “Minamata” and “The Railway Man.”
Takuya Yamashiro (山城 拓也, Yamashiro Takuya), also known as Spider-Man (Japanese: スパイダーマン, Hepburn: Supaidāman) and colloquially as the "Japanese Spider-Man", is a fictional character and superhero portrayed by Kōsuke Kayama (Shinji Tōdō) based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
The Mandarin is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the archenemy of Iron Man. The character was created by Stan Lee and designed by Don Heck, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #50 (Feb. 1964).
The term manga is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in the country.
Origin. The man that would become Tae-Won was born in a small village around 1950, at the start of the Korean War. His birth mother was killed during a skirmish, leaving him an orphan until a young girl found him.
Nevertheless, variations on the term "Super Hero" or "Superhero" are jointly claimed by DC Comics and Marvel Comics as trademarks. Registrations of "Super Hero" marks have been maintained by DC and Marvel since the 1960s, including U.S. Trademark Serial Nos. 72243225 and 73222079.
