Devon Aoki Joins CW Series Arrow Third Seasons as Katana

She’s gorgeous and a martial arts expert Deadline reports that Devon Aoki will be a recurring series guest star as one of Oliver’s mentors in the flashbacks and a critical influence on his journey to eventually become The Arrow of present day.

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 A skilled martial artist, Katana gets her name form the deadly sword she wields which contains the souls of everyone she has killed, including her late husband. It's unclear if this supernatural angle will manifest itself in the character in the series, but we do know that she will be important to Oliver's flashback sequences in the upcoming season. In the comics, the character is closely associated not only with the Birds of Prey but also Batman's The Outsiders.

This isn't the only sword-bearing comic character Aoki has played either, as she took on the role of Miho for the original Sin City in 2005. "Arrow" airs Wednesdays at 8 P.M. ET/PT on The CW with the new season set to premiere on October 8th.

Despite appearing in DC’s Green Arrow graphic novel origins stories, Katana was also prominently featured as a sidekick in Cartoon Network’s ‘Beware the Batman.’ Additionally, it remains unclear for the moment if Aoki’s casting as Tatsu fills one of the four characters outlined in the recent ‘Arrow’ casting call, or if the character will be entirely separate.

We’ll learn more of ‘Arrow’ season 3 from the massive Comic-Con 2014 panel that also includes spinoff ‘The Flash,’ FOX’s ‘Gotham,’ and NBC’s ‘Constantine,’ but what say you? Having wielded steel as ‘Sin City”s deadly little Miho (portrayed by Jamie Chung in ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For‘) is Devon Aoki perfect casting for ‘Arrow”s Katana? Tell us what you want to see from ‘Arrow’ season 3 in the comments, and stay tuned for the latest from Comic-Con 2014!

In the more recent Green Arrow comics, Oliver and Tatsu are both connected to a group of martial artist known as the Outsiders where the group is divide into clans based on their weapons of choice… i.e. Arrow Clan, Sword Clan, etc.