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"Devon Aoki has been forced to withdraw from her role in Arrow&amp;#039;s third season. The actress had been due to play Tatsu Yamashiro in a series of flashbacks, but can no longer appear due to scheduling conflicts.   Rila Fukushima (Wolverine) has now been cast to play the character - also known as Katana - who will appear as one of Oliver&amp;#039;s early mentors, Deadline reports. The character of Katana was first introduced to DC Comics in July 1983&amp;#039;s The Brave and the Bold #200. Created by writer Mike W Barr and artist Jim Aparo, she is an expert martial artist who trained under a master samurai following a family tragedy. Arrow will return to The CW on Wednesday, October 8 at 8/7c. The series airs on Sky1 in the UK. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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