Karai

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Character in various installments of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) comics and related media, where she is usually a high-rank member of the Foot Clan ninja organization. She was originally introduced in Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's comic book series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1992. Since then, she has appeared in several different TMNT comics, cartoons and films, as well as in multiple video games.

In some incarnations of the character (in particular the 2003 cartoon, the 2012 cartoon, and the 2010s comics), she is closely related to the villain Shredder as his adopted daughter or biological granddaughter. However, in her original comic incarnation Karai was completely unrelated to the Shredder and was actually higher in the Foot Clan's global hierarchy. In most works, she shares an ambiguous rivalry with the Turtle Leonardo.

Karai's name is a Japanese word that roughly translates into "spicy/hot", "extremely severe", or "harsh". It can also mean "dark" in its alternative spelling ("Kurai"). Her name was changed to "Karrai" in Brazil as to not confuse it with a local curse word.