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Harumi Hasashi (Japanese: 波佐志 春美) also known by her 'pet' name Kana (Japanese: カナ) was the wife of Hanzo Hasashi and a victim of the Shirai Ryu massacre, along with her son, Satoshi. Despite her minor appearances in the franchise, she is pivotal to the character storyline of Hanzo Hasashi, as she is the reason for his resurrection as the Spectre Scorpion and the rivalry between Hanzo, Sub-Zero and the Lin Kuei, due to his lustful desire to avenge his family and clan.
In the current timeline, she is known as Harumi Shirai (白井 春美?), in reference to the Shirai Ryu itself. She becomes the wife of Kuai Liang in this timeline, as he became the timeline's Scorpion, and in doing so, is the wife of the bearer of the "Scorpion" name once again.
Appearances
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
Upon encountering Scorpion for the second time, Scorpion, now a Spectre, confronted Sub-Zero for destroying his clan and killing his family, and attempts to have his revenge. However, Sub-Zero was not directly responsible to their death.
Mortal Kombat 4
Sometime after his return to the Netherrealm, Scorpion learned from Quan Chi that his wife and child had been slain by Kuai Liang, the younger Sub-Zero. After defeating Sub-Zero, Quan Chi showed up and told Scorpion that he was actually the one who murdered his family.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Harumi is mentioned in Scorpion's MK: Armageddon ending, where she, Satoshi, and the Shirai Ryu clan are fully resurrected by Scorpion after he obtained the powers of a god for defeating Blaze. However, as Scorpion is reunited with his family, Quan Chi appears and kidnaps Scorpion's and Harumi's son, Satoshi Hasashi, escaping into the Netherrealm. Enraged, Scorpion ordered his clan to hunt down the sorcerer and retrieve his son.
Mortal Kombat (2011)
She appears in the illusion made by Quan Chi, in which Bi-Han is framed for her murder in Mortal Kombat (2011). In the illusion, Harumi is hiding in their home, with an infant Satoshi, while the Shirai Ryu massacre is occurring. However, "Sub-Zero" finds them in their home and pulls out a sword. As he prepares to kill them, a crying Harumi attempts to comfort and protect her child from their fate. As "Sub-Zero" cuts both of them down, Harumi lets out a bloody scream. Upon seeing the illusion, Scorpion becomes enraged and kills the elder Sub-Zero, who he previously promised to spare for Raiden in exchange for his clan to be resurrected.
Mortal Kombat X Comic
Harumi referred to by Hanzo by her 'pet' name Kana appears in the Mortal Kombat X comic series when Hanzo is poisoned by the demon-possessed Fox. In his delirium, Hanzo fights through the Lin Kuei with ease during the Shirai Ryu massacre before finding the frozen body of Kana holding their infant son, Jubei. Seeing his families corpses, Hanzo falls to his knees in grief and mourns over their deaths. However, Hanzo soon realizes what he is witnessing isn't real when confronting the Elder Sub-Zero, awakening from his delirium.
Mortal Kombat 1
Harumi is renamed "Harumi Shirai" and a childhood friend of Kuai Liang's. After Bi-Han betrays Kuai Liang and their adopted brother Tomas, the brothers defect from the Lin Kuei to evade Bi-Han's corrupt leadership, escaping to Japan and forming the a new clan to kombat the Lin Kuei and succeed them as Earthrealm's defense. There, he and Harumi rekindle their friendship, eventually becoming engaged. He names the new clan after her, calling it the "Shirai Ryu" and leads it as its Grandmaster. Under Kuai's leadership, the clan recruits and trains many people, including recruiting a young Hanzo Hasashi and providing training to both Raiden and Takeda Takahashi, the latter of whom had also defected from his own clan, the Yakuza, and set out to become a vigilante to fight crime in Earthrealm.
Harumi makes an on-screen appearance during the Khaos Reigns Story Mode expansion, where the wedding between her and Kuai takes place at the Wu Shi Academy. There, the wedding is interrupted by the Lin Kuei lead by Bi-Han with assistance from Sektor and a misguided Cyrax, both equipped with newly created Cybernetic Weapons. Harumi fights back with her husband, the Shirai Ryu and the Shaolin to repel the invading Lin Kuei. In this timeline, she survives the ordeal and when Cyrax discovers the true nature of Kuai Liang's defection, Cyrax wishes to be executed by her former friend due to what she had done to his clan and the attempted murder of him and his wife. Though hesitant, Kuai Liang prepares to execute Cyrax, but is stopped by Harumi, whom Cyrax had saved from execution from the Lin Kuei. She asks Kuai to spare and forgive Cyrax as a wedding gift to her, and although he spares her life, he is still angered with her alliance to Bi-Han and Sektor.
Variants of Harumi from other timelines appear in Invasions, some of whom have taken the Scorpion mantle in their respective timeline. A plot point for Season 1 has a variant of Hanzo Hasashi traversing the multiverse to find a new Harumi after his had been murdered, with his travels proving ineffective. Eventually, Liu Kang finds a timeline for him in which Harumi is that timeline's Scorpion after her Hanzo had died in a similar manner. There, the two Scorpions then becoming a matching pair.
Appearances in Other Media
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Harumi as Kana appears in Mortal Kombat: Legacy Season 1, where she is portrayed by Maurissa Tancharoen. Prior to the tournament, she and Hanzo have a son, named Jubei, who is instead a child and dreams to become a Shirai Ryu ninja like his father. Although she and her family live contently in the Shirai Ryu village, she expresses her concern for Hanzo's occupation and refuses to have her son follow in his footsteps. After two Lin Kuei ninjas trick Hanzo into leaving the house, an assassin enters the house and kills Kana.
In Season 2, Kana returns in a flashback that takes place years before the Shirai Ryu massacre. When she, Hanzo, and a younger Jubei are walking down a path between the Shirai Ryu and Lin Kuei territory, Kuai Liang, Bi-Han's younger brother who's against the possibility of peace between the two clans, holds Jubei hostage with his friends. When Hanzo reminds him that this goes against his brother's wishes, Kuai Liang let's go of Jubei, who runs back to Kana. However, Kuai Liang and his friends then attack Hanzo, who is forced to seemingly kill them while Kana prevents her son from seeing the bloodshed.
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge
Harumi was killed along with other Shirai Ryu members by Lin Kuei assassin led by Quan Chi in the guise of Sub-Zero.
Mortal Kombat (2021 film)
Harumi appears in the 2021 Mortal Kombat film, portrayed by Yukiko Shinohara. Four centuries ago, Bi-Han led a group of Lin Kuei assassins to Japan in order to kill Hanzo Hasashi and his clan, the Shirai Ryu. Bi-Han's group arrived while Hanzo was away from his house. Harumi hid her daughter in the floor before she and her son, Satoshi, were killed with an icicle that froze their bodies by Bi-Han. Hanzo found them in front of their home later on and tearfully mourned them before calling out Bi-Han for what he had done. Her daughter was then found by Raiden and taken to the Sky Temple to be cared for, all the while her bloodline leading to her direct descendant, Cole Young.
Trivia
- Although she was first mentioned in Scorpion's background story and ending of Mortal Kombat, she did not receive an official name for over two decades until the Mortal Kombat X Comic Series, in which she was given a canon name, Kana Hasashi, which was based on the name given to her in Mortal Kombat: Legacy.
- However, in the Story Mode when Scorpion heard about the true murderer of his family, he muttered Harumi instead of Kana. It was later revealed by comic writer Shawn Kittelsen that "Harumi" is her real name while "Kana" is Hanzo's pet name for her.
- According to Scorpion's Mortal Kombat ending, he is survived by Harumi and Satoshi. However, this is later retconned in Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero as Harumi and Satoshi were killed along with other Shirai Ryu members.
- In Scorpion's Mortal Kombat (2011) ladder ending, Harumi Hasashi is among the spirits of the Shirai Ryu that is restraining Quan Chi as Scorpion kills him. She is noticeable due to the fact she has a spectral red rose on her head, like in the illusion Quan Chi showed Scorpion.
- Harumi is often associated to a flower, as in almost all of her appearances she seems to have a type of flower either in her hair or on her kimono.
- In Mortal Kombat 1, dialogue between Kuai Liang and Outworld royal family and Tanya hint that Harumi is originally from Outworld as they are aware of his marriage to Harumi despite Kuai Liang making no mention of it to anyone else but close friends.
- Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns story marks the first time Harumi appears physically outside ending cutscenes in the game series.