Kairi (Batman)
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Kairi first appeared in the episode The Day of the Samurai of Batman: The Animated Series as a young woman.
She was the star student of Sensei Yoru, who was also the martial arts instructor of Bruce Wayne. She was kidnapped by Kyodai Ken, a ninja who was also once under Yoru's tutlage. Kyodai ransomed her for the secret location of an ancient scroll documenting a dangerous, and hence forbidden, martial technique. She was rescued by Batman.
Kairi's next and final appearance was in the two-parter episode Curse of the Kobra in Batman Beyond, this time as an old woman appearing near her seventies. She had settled in Gotham City, continuing the dojo of Sensei Yoru set up behind a fish stall. An aged Bruce Wayne sent Terry McGuiness to her to improve his technique. She later helped Terry, as the new Batman, to end the Kobra gang's doomsday scheme while confronting Zander, the Kobra heir and her former student.
She supposedly perished on board the Kobra aircraft when her escape route was blocked off. Rather than flee, she barred the mutated Zander, from escaping. Before forcing Batman into the remaining escape pod, she told him keep his guard up, especially on his left side, something she always reminded Terry. Terry would later remark that she was a good teacher, to which Bruce replied "the best."
