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#1  Edited By TifaLockhart

Ones who aren't stereotypical martial artists. Ones who have cool powers. Ones who aren't lame.

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#2  Edited By Lonestar88

Surge, Armor, and Kenji are all X-men students, Asian, and not martial

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#3  Edited By JediXMan  Moderator
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Kenji is actually pretty awesome. He's my favorite of the Five Lights.
 
And let's not forget Xorn (that whole Magneto thing aside)
 
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#4  Edited By Lonestar88
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Yeah Kenji is pretty cool. I like him, Laurie, and Idie, the other lights not so much.
 
The Xorn thing just made my head hurt.
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#5  Edited By JediXMan  Moderator
@Lonestar88 said:
@JediXMan:   Yeah Kenji is pretty cool. I like him, Laurie, and Idie, the other lights not so much.  The Xorn thing just made my head hurt.
I like to think Xorn went insane because he took a hit from the drug Kick. That he was still actually a good person right up until that point.
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#6  Edited By Timandm

How about Nico Minoru

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More X-Men characters - Jubilee, Sunfire, and Daken:

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Cool characters with cool powers (though Daken is more of a villanous antihero than a superhero, though)

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Connor Hawke 
Lady Shiva 
Cassandra Cain 
Psylocke

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#15  Edited By fodigg

@DeathpooltheT1000 said:

That is the worst suit ever!!!

No, no! It is "most excellent!"

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Although we all know who the BEST Asian Hiro is 
 
 
 

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@fodigg said:

@DeathpooltheT1000 said:

That is the worst suit ever!!!

No, no! It is "most excellent!"

It looks like the Crazy Quilt on crack.

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#18  Edited By Kairan1979
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Although we all know who the BEST Asian Hiro is 
 
 
 
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#19  Edited By JediXMan  Moderator

Oh yeah. And then we have the Super Young Team:
 

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Though I don't know if they really qualify as "cool."
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#20  Edited By fodigg

@JediXMan: What's not to like?

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#21  Edited By TifaLockhart

Thanks, everyone. I should probably look up Kenji as he and Cho seem cool (is Amadeus a "superhero?"). Also, I was going through that list and it said Karate Kid is Japanese. He doesn't look Japanese, IMO. Same with some other characters.

By the way, why are half-White characters on the Asian list? Daken comes to mind.

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#22  Edited By fodigg

@The_Last_Son_of_Czarnia said:

Thanks, everyone. I should probably look up Kenji as he and Cho seem cool (is Amadeus a "superhero?").

Yeah, Amadeus is a superhero. His superhero name is "Mastermind Excello."

Also, I was going through that list and it said Karate Kid is Japanese. He doesn't look Japanese, IMO. Same with some other characters.

Maybe some Japanese people look that way in the future?

By the way, why are half-White characters on the Asian list? Daken comes to mind.

Why not? What's wrong with identifying with your heritage even if you have more than one ethnicity in your background? Also, that list seems to be going for being as inclusive as possible, even going so far as to throw in characters like Naruto despite the blonde hair and blue eyes.

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#23  Edited By TifaLockhart

I guess what I am trying to say is, why not have an Asian with a superstrength powerset, for example? It doesn't have to be that powerful. Just something different. It seems from my experience that you'll probably never see a gun-toting Asian who was an anti-hero and had a healing factor and a cool costume and codename. I mean it's no big deal cause I like the characters I like but I feel it's slim pickings.

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#24  Edited By fodigg

@The_Last_Son_of_Czarnia said:

I guess what I am trying to say is, why not have an Asian with a superstrength powerset, for example? It doesn't have to be that powerful. Just something different. It seems from my experience that you'll probably never see a gun-toting Asian who was an anti-hero and had a healing factor and a cool costume and codename. I mean it's no big deal cause I like the characters I like but I feel it's slim pickings.

Agent X is basically the Asian Deadpool. Had a solo title for a while written by Gail Simone.

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#25  Edited By TifaLockhart

@fodigg: Thanks, that is awesome. That's what I'm talking about. If only other characters could branch out...

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#27  Edited By JediXMan  Moderator
@The_Last_Son_of_Czarnia said:

Thanks, everyone. I should probably look up Kenji as he and Cho seem cool (is Amadeus a "superhero?"). Also, I was going through that list and it said Karate Kid is Japanese. He doesn't look Japanese, IMO. Same with some other characters.

Karate Kid is Asian? I never thought he was.
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#28  Edited By tron_bonne

 
 
  

       Silver Samurai
       Silver Samurai
 
   

Shinobi Shaw
Shinobi Shaw
 
 
 
 
 Ancient One
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 Mandarin
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 Gohan
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#30  Edited By difficlus

Sunfire and Surge hands down!

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#32  Edited By Paracelsus

What about Big Hero 6 or China Force?

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Lucien Gates!

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Magic powers, which is really great because she does not fall into the stereotypical Asian hero role (Kung Fu/Karate, or super smart robot fighter).

She has not appeared in the new 52 yet, but when she does, I would like for her to be in a book featuring Metropolis' Superheroes (like John and Natasha Irons, and whoever else protects Metropolis besides Superman).

Not all of DC's magic heroes should be in the JLD!

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#37  Edited By joshmightbe

@MisterMxy said:

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Thomas "Pie" Kalmaku gets all the beautiful ladies!

He's not Asian, he's an Inuit (Or Eskimo if you're a dick about it)

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#38  Edited By MisterMxy

@joshmightbe: if he's inuit doesn't he have asian roots? he's not a superhero so i took him off.

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#39  Edited By joshmightbe

@MisterMxy: By that logic we're all Black because our species originated in Africa

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#41  Edited By fodigg

You know, I'm not seeing too much from the New 52 on this front. There's Katana. But she can't be the only one, can she? What about the young kid from Batman Inc. Has he appeared in the new issues of Batman Incorporated?

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#42  Edited By the_tree

@fodigg said:

You know, I'm not seeing too much from the New 52 on this front. There's Katana. But she can't be the only one, can she? What about the young kid from Batman Inc. Has he appeared in the new issues of Batman Incorporated?

I can't say anything about Jiro from Batman Inc., but I know that I can name Lucien Gates, Kevin Kho, Katana, and August General in Iron as having appeared in the DCnU.

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#43  Edited By fodigg

@The_Tree said:

@fodigg said:

You know, I'm not seeing too much from the New 52 on this front. There's Katana. But she can't be the only one, can she? What about the young kid from Batman Inc. Has he appeared in the new issues of Batman Incorporated?

I can't say anything about Jiro from Batman Inc., but I know that I can name Lucien Gates, Kevin Kho, Katana, and August General in Iron as having appeared in the DCnU.

Good list! OMAC and The Ray have been pretty forgettable IMO, but I cannot believe I forgot about the August General. He and Rocket Red were like the only good thing about the rebooted JLI. And then, of course, they killed off Rocket Red and derailed the whole book into cancellation.

I think there were also a few Asian villains in Batwoman recently, come to think of it.

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#44  Edited By tuananhxu99001

Samurai Jack

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Mr. Chow from the Hangover

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#46  Edited By joshmightbe

@PurpleCandy: Senior Chang is not a hero, he is the living essence of all that is evil. But he does seem like an awesome dude to party with

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@joshmightbe:

sarcasm :P

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#48  Edited By gunmetalgrey

Don't Katana, Silver Samurai, and (obviously) Shang-Chi count as stereotypical martial artists though?

Technically, Radioactive Man was a hero for a while and I always thought he had unique, if not cool, look.

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#49  Edited By cosmicallyaware1

even though already stated.... my personal favorite: Sunfire (original)

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#50  Edited By gunmetalgrey

I almost forgot about Jenny Quantum, her powers are awesome.

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