LIVE POLL: Favorite Live-Action Asian Heritage Superhero?

SUGGESTIONS? I am looking to add more international or Asian-based films,especially China and India to round out the answer pool.HONORABLE MENTIONS OR UNDER CONSIDERATION Blu Hunt The New Mutants Mirage Ali Wong Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) Cassandra Cain Tao Okamoto The Wolverine Mariko Yashida Will Yun Lee The Wolverine Kenuichio Harada George Takei Heroes Kaito Nakamura Masi Oka Heroes Hiro Nakamura Lyrica Okano, Runaways Nico Minoru Sendhil Ramamurthy Heroes,  Mohinder Suresh Mukesh Khanna Shaktimaan Shaktimaan Hrithik Roshan Krrish Krrish Shah Rukh Khan Ra.One G.One Harshvardhan Kapoor Bhavesh Joshi Superhero Bhavesh Joshi Animated Asian Media Depictions Phil LaMarr Samurai Jack Samurai Jack * honorable mention Seung-ryong Ryu Psychokinesis Seok-heon* honorable mention

The Character of "Black Mask" is Based on Bruce Lee's Version of Kato.

Thanks, for the information, although it seems to be a different character. It seems to be an homage rather than being derivative. An homage is something that shows respect or attests to the worth or influence of another.According to Wikipedia, Black Mask,  the protagonist of a 1996 Hong Kong film: Tsui Chik (or Simon in the US version) tries to lead a quiet life as a librarian. However, he is really a former test subject for a highly secretive supersoldier project and the instructor of a special commando unit dubbed "701". The 701 squad is used for many government missions, but after one of the agents kills a team of policemen in an uncontrollable rage, the government decides to abort the project and eliminate all the subjects. Tsui Chik helped the surviving 701 agents flee the extermination attempt. Having escaped, Tsui Chik went separate ways from his team and lived in Hong Kong. Later at night he discovers that the rest of the team were responsible for a violent crime spree that was beyond the capability of the local police. He sets out to get rid of them, donning a mask and hat using the superhero alias of The Black Mask. Having lost the ability to feel pain due to the surgery performed on the super-soldiers by the military, Black Mask is almost invulnerable.""In homage to The Green Hornet, Black Mask wears a domino mask and chauffeur's cap in the same style as Kato from the series."

P.S. In the movie, they even poke fun at the similarity between the two when the Black Mask is compared to Kato in the news reporter scene.

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@tyrone_scott_j0cw0x17sbtc5​ Thanks for the info.

I just learned something new.

What's that?

The aforementioned homage is what.

We want immediately a martial arts movie with number one asian action star womans, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi and Fan Bingbing!!!!

Oh, and shouldn't the title be Favorite Asian American Multimedia Superhero Character?

I don't think that urbanemovies is still active, his or her last reply was 3 months ago.

His last replies were actually 12 days ago.

Fine, but I don't believe that he is really active. I'm only being realistic. He is less active than he used to be, and usually, this indicates possible inactivity in a not so distant future. 

While most are Asian-American, some are from a Asian home country only or another split like Asian Canadian, Simu Liu. A purebred Native American is not native to the Americas, likely either crossing over on foot from the Bering strait land bridge or by boat across the South Pacific. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/0...

Lol, I'm surprised.  I never believed that you would respond to this!!!!  I guess that you are still looking at IMDb some times.XD

I changed the term to Indigenous Americans, to cover Natives outside the USA, like First Nation members of Canada or South American indigenous peoples. It is thought genenitically, ...."these groups are traced back to four female ancestors: Ai, Ina, Chie, and Sachi. .... The DNA group’s closest relatives outside the Americas are in Southeast Asia" https://www.thoughtco.com/top-ancient...

Yes, that's true that there are some genetic similarities, of course, just like there are with all human beings. Human beings all first lived in the continent of Africa but doesn't mean that all human beings are considered to be African diaspora. The "four female ancestors" assertion sounds ridiculously unscientific, akin to "Adam and Eve" and, indeed, the website can not be verified to be reliable but let's say that is correct: it still, as you quote, means "The DNA group's closest relatives outside the Americas are in Southeast Asia," which, in no way, equates to what you're saying when you include Indigenous Americans as Asian / Pacific Americans. You cite Asian Pacific American Heritage Month so you should use their definition, which again, is:May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. A rather broad term, Asian/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island).

All Native Americans Descended from One Ancestral Population https://www.the-scientist.com/daily-n... They are immigrants just like any other group looking for a better life and choosing to leave the land were they were born.

“USR1 really provides the most definitive evidence for all Native American populations in North and South America deriving from a single population,” says University of Florida geneticist Connie Mulligan, who did not participate in the study. “In other words, there was only one wave of migration over to the New World to settle both continents until much more recent times. It’s the final data in support of a single migration.” How many major races are there in the world? "The world population can be divided into 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black, and Australoid. This is based on a racial classification made by Carleton S. Coon in 1962. There is no universally accepted classification for “race”, however, and its use has been under fire over the last few decades." https://blog.world-mysteries.com/scie...

What we refer to as "race" of a human being is close to what would otherwise be referred to as "phenotype" and "genotype", or "breed", for other species. Although, that is a weak "we" to which I refer, since the United States government uses socially-constructed nonsense designations on all of its forms and paperwork relating to "identity" of the applicant or subject.

Another reason not to include Mirage at this point is that the movie The New Mutants is not released yet. Same with Shang-Chi.

I removed both. But, the question isn't about the depiction, it is about the superhero character. You don't have had seen Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings movie (due out next year ) to be fan of the character from the comics or from other multimedia source.

Thanks, I considered Samurai but had the same issue locating a solo image on IMDb or online a year ago. Also, main depictions were four decades ago and were limited to several appearances on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samur... and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chall...

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-her... I altered the introduction to "Asian/Pacific Heritage Month celebrates cultural and historic contributions of Asian and Pacific Islander descendents. It is celebrated in the month of May each year in some parts of the world. One aspect of Asian cultural heritage is media portrayals. "

It makes sense to take the Canadian celebration into account as well. With regard to which minorities are included, the Canadian website says, "Over the last two centuries, immigrants have journeyed to Canada from East Asia, Southern Asia, Western and Southeast Asia ..."  So they are not counting indigenous Americans or others who may have migrated thousands of years ago. Maybe you don't have to include a specific definition of the word Asian at all.

Wait. Shouldn't that be Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid? Or alternatively, Caucasian, Mongolian and Negroian? Interesting.

@BonaFideBOSS​ Thanks, I made the correction.

@BonaFideBOSS​ Thanks, I consider the character. I found the character Chitti to be more science fiction and less superhero as a robot. I did try to represent foreign film superheroes including some Bollywood ones.

@urbanemovies​ There is one image missing with Mantis, and now that it has been released you could include Shang Chi back. Regardless of who is right about including Native Americans or not, I understand this month is not meant to celebrate a race, but a culture, and those celebrations do not include native american cultures, so it would be better to stick to the official definition that Sara offered above, or simply avoid a definition as Peter suggested. 

I updated the poll suggestion. I agree the whole race issue is irrevelant. You can be from a culture without being part of the associated race of that location. Although, I would agree the topic is best avoided, since it sidetracks the focus of poll. The implied focus of the poll is cultural media depictions and how the have evolved to be more inclusive. As well as, how particular media depictions celebrate characters with an Asian-heritage backstory and/or by the casting of these characters with Asian-heritage actors.

@Tsarstepan​ Thanks, I was aware. I was conflicted how to handle Batgirl and Silk. They are very important and established Asian female superheroes. They are too important to leave off the poll, especially if they are only a spin-off or a sequel away from those reveals. But, they both have yet to be revealed in the current crossover reboots as their superhero alter egos, hence the conundrum. I decided to include them based on they do have current well-seen media depictions (as thier normal identities) and have well-established character biographies that support the superhero claim. I added this disclaimer to explain their inclusion. (*possible future Batgirl/Silk based on character biography and prior depictions) Batgirl FYI, it is commonplace to tease a character by introducing it a crossover movie or series and later to give it own full-blown and dedicated movie or series a few years later. Silk

@Pencho15​ I covered this already in the introduction, the poll is more about media depictions as being from asian heritage than anything else. The assumed humanoid form clause accounts for the many superheroes that are extraterrestrials or metahumans. For example, all of the Eternals (2021 American superhero film) are of the same  extraterrestrial race (see Marvel Comics race of the same name) Despite their shared race in the original character biographies and reboot biographies, they appear to be a very multinational group. A lot of the Middle Easteran, Mediterrarean, and European characters were recast as being from differing Asian regions in the update. Poll Parameters: In honor of these media depictions, a superhero poll on those characters with Asian-heritage roots (based on their backstory or assumed humanoid form) and/or the casting of these characters with Asian-heritage actors.  That means depictions of asian nationals, mixed race asians, dual nationality asians, extra-terrestials who assume Asian humanoid form or characters casted with an Asian-heritage actor would qualify for poll inclusion. In almost every case each superhero has double qualified. Both, as the cited superhero has an asian heritage link via its superhero character biography and through the casted actor's own asian-heritage.  FYI, the heritage of many of these superheroes has been updated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Extended Cinematic Universe that cover most recent movie, TV and streaming media depictions. Note: In some cases, the heritage of these superheroes has had differing heritage roots in other media depictions than the ones cited here and reflects how Asian media depictions on the whole have evolved over the past century. Marvel: https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe DC: https://dcextendeduniverse.fandom.com/wiki/DC_Extended_Universe_Wiki Quake is a former Chinese national and a Chinese heritage character. The actress, Chloe Bennett who plays Quake (Daisy Louise Johnson) is both of Chinese and Anglo-American heritage. https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Quake https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloe_Bennet The Pink Power Ranger Kimberly Hart has a different biography and ethnic heritage for the 2017 reboot movie than the original TV series. The actress, Naomi Scott who plays the Pink Power Ranger (Kimberly Hart) is both of Indian and English heritage. https://powerrangers.fandom.com/wiki/Kimberly_Hart/2017_movie https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Scott The Jade aka Jennifer-Lynn Hayden has a different biography and partly undetermined ethnic heritage for the "Star Girl" TV series. Her father was American and her mother has yet to be revealed. The actress, Ysa Penarjo who plays the Jade (Jennifer-Lynn Hayden) is both of Filipino and American heritage. https://biographyhost.com/p/ysa-penartml https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_superheroes

@Pencho15​ Thanks A few related Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month articles and 2022 TCM debut of 'Yellowface' movie .