Katana

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Owner/User	Ninja Secret Ninja Force Sons of the First Spinjitzu Master P.I.X.A.L. Stone Army Nindroid Warriors Misako (briefly) Yang's students Time Twins Harumi Mr. E Skylor Dareth (briefly) Blizzard Sword Masters League of Jay Okino Mister F Greenbone Warriors Nokt (in sets) Kur (pictured)
First appearance	Way of the Ninja 2258 Ninja Ambush
Latest appearance	Rising Ninja 71775 Nya's Samurai X MECH
Status	Intact

	"I was bitten by a snake." This article is about a subject that is relevant to the storyline of both the Ninjago TV series and the LEGO Movie franchise. Information may be more directed toward one continuity than the other.

What is the best way to defeat an enemy?

Easy, with a sword!

The katana is a very common and well-known ninja weapon. It appears as a sword with a leather-wrapped hilt, a very small, flat guard, and a long, thin blade with a slight curve away from the cutting edge. They appear in several colors, most notably gold, silver, and black.

History

Kai, Lloyd, and Nya initially specialized in using katanas. To date, only Kai still uses a katana as his weapon, using twin katanas and a golden katana later on.

Variants

Golden

Gold katanas are periodically used by the ninja. They are prominent in the Ninjago Spinners game, as the Golden Weapons hold more power in the game.

Silver

Silver katanas are used very commonly by the ninja, being perhaps the most common variant next to gold. Silver katanas were Kai's main weapons in Seasons 7 through 10. The Stone Army wielded silver katanas in the show.

Black

Black katanas were used by the ninja and Ronin in the Possession sets, referred to as Deepstone Katanas. Black katanas were later used by the Oni. The Stone Army wielded black katanas in the sets.

Spring-green

Spring-green katanas were first used by the Ghost Warriors. They were later used by the ninja in the Prime Empire sets.

Brown

Brown katanas were exclusively used by

Spinjitzu Training

Nya in 71019 The LEGO Ninjago Movie Series.

Red

Red katanas were first used by the Sons of Garmadon, most prominently Mr. E and by theGreenbone Warriors. The Red Visors used red katanas in the Prime Empire sets; the Stone Army and Nindroids used them in Legacy sets as well.

Azure

Azure katanas were used by Skales in Rise of the Snakes for the first time (although these were made out of Ice in the show). Later, they were used by Blizzard Samurai in Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu. Hausner also used azure katanas in the Prime Empire sets.

Orange

Orange katanas were used by Richie in the Prime Empire sets, as well as Cole in the core sets.

White

White katanas were exclusively used by the Stone Guardians in The Island sets.

Crystal

Crystal katanas were used by Harumi and Mister F. The blade of the katanas are made out of crystals while the hilt appears to be made out of Vengestone. The Overlord also wields one in the Crystalized sets.

Appearances

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Pilot episodes

• 1. "Way of the Ninja"
• 2. "The Golden Weapon"
• 3. "King of Shadows"
• 4. "Weapons of Destiny"

Season 1: Rise of the Snakes

• 2. "Home"
• 4. "Never Trust a Snake"
• 7. "Tick Tock"
• 8. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
• 9. "The Royal Blacksmiths"

Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja

• 15. "Pirates vs. Ninja"
• 18. "Child's Play"
• 20. "The Stone Army"
• 21. "The Day Ninjago Stood Still"

Season 3: Rebooted

• 28. "The Art of the Silent Fist"
• 29. "Blackout"
• 30. "The Curse of the Golden Master"
• 31. "Enter the Digiverse"
• 33. "The Void"

Season 4: Tournament of Elements

• 35. "The Invitation"

Season 5: Possession

• 46. "Ghost Story"

Season 6: Skybound

• 62. "The Last Resort"
• 63. "Operation Land Ho!"
• 64. "The Way Back"

Day of the Departed

• "Day of the Departed"

Season 7: The Hands of Time

• 66. "The Hatching"
• 68. "Scavengers"
• 70. "The Attack"
• 72. "Pause and Effect"
• 74. "Lost in Time"

Season 8: Sons of Garmadon

• 75. "The Mask of Deception"
• 76. "The Jade Princess"
• 77. "The Oni and the Dragon"
• 78. "Snake Jaguar"
• 79. "Dead Man's Squall"
• 80. "The Quiet One"
• 81. "Game of Masks"
• 82. "Dread on Arrival"
• 83. "True Potential"
• 84. "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago"

Season 9: Hunted

• 85. "Firstbourne"
• 86. "Iron & Stone"
• 89. "The Gilded Path"
• 90. "Two Lies, One Truth"
• 94. "Green Destiny"

Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu

• 1. "Master Class"
• 6. "Samurai X-Treme"

Season 10: March of the Oni

• 96. "Into the Breach"
• 98. "Endings"

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

• 99. "Wasted True Potential" (dream)
• 100. "Questing for Quests"
• 101. "A Rocky Start"
• 106. "Snaketastrophy"
• 107. "Powerless"
• 108. "Ancient History"
• 112. "Vengeance is Mine!"
• 113. "A Cold Goodbye"
• 114. "The Never-Realm"
• 115. "Fire Maker"
• 116. "An Unlikely Ally"
• 121. "Secret of the Wolf"
• 127. "Once and for All"
• 128. "Awakenings"

Season 12: Prime Empire

• 129. "Would You Like to Enter Prime Empire?"
• 130. "Dyer Island"
• 132. "Superstar Rockin' Jay"
• 133. "I am Okino"
• 134. "The Glitch"
• 135. "The Cliffs of Hysteria"
• 136. "The Maze of the Red Dragon"
• 137. "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"
• 140. "Stop, Drop and Side Scroll"

Season 13: Master of the Mountain

• 147. "The Worst Rescue Ever"

The Island

• 162. "The Keepers of the Amulet"
• 164. "The Tooth of Wojira"

Season 14: Seabound

• 165. "A Big Splash"
• 166. "The Call of the Deep"
• 174. "Riddle of the Sphinx"
• 175. "Papergirl"
• 176. "Master of the Sea"
• 180. "The Turn of the Tide"

Ninjago: Reimagined

• 3. "A Day in the Life of a Golden Ninja" (non-canon)
• 5. "Golden Hour"

Season 15: Crystalized

• 183. "The Shape of Nya"
• 188. "Kryptarium Prison Blues"
• 194. "The Spider's Design"
• 209. "Dragon Form"
• 210. "Roots"

Ninjago: Dragons Rising

Season 1

• 11. "The Temple of the Dragon Cores"
• 12. "Gangs of the Sea"
• 13 "Wyldly Inappropriate"
• 17. "The Administration"
• 18. "Absolute Power"
• 19. "We Are All Dragons"
• 20. "The Power Within"

Season 2

• 22. "Shattered Dreams"
• 30. "Rising Ninja"

Books

• The Search for Zane

Video games

• Ninjago Skybound (non-canon)

Trivia

• Early in Ninjago's run, the katana mold was upgraded, gaining a brighter sheen and a slightly shorter, straighter, and sturdier blade, as well as a square-shaped tsuba instead of an octagonal one. The handle was also upgraded, as the new handle is harder and firmer and does not peel away with use.
• The way that the katanas are stored in their sword holder is different in many seasons. In Skybound, the katanas are stored facing up, and in Sons of Garmadon, they are stored facing down.
• Lloyd , Nya, Jay, and Cole come with pairs of silver katanas in the Sons of Garmadon sets in addition to their weapons seen in the show, though they do not use katanas in the season.
• In 70639 Street Race of Snake Jaguar, Zane does not come with katanas because the quiver on his back takes up too much space, but he has them in 10755 Zane's Ninja Boat Pursuit.
• 71708 Gamer's Market contains the most varieties of the katana in the one set. It includes katanas in gold, orange, red, azure and spring-green.
• In the Hunted sets, a new package of weapons was used, which contains two katanas without handles, so they can be attached to another piece. These packages also appear in the Legacy sets (gold, silver and green), Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu sets (gold), Prime Empire sets (spring-green), Master of the Mountain (gold) and The Island (white) sets.
• It is possible that two major turning points for individuals who would ultimately become enemies of Wu were caused by Wu's negligence involving various katanas. These moments would be Garmadon's corruption by the Great Devourer's venom, as seen in "Tick Tock," and Morro's fall to darkness after discovering he was not the Green Ninja, as seen in "Ghost Story."

Gallery

Promotional media

Card 112 - Armoury

A Blizzard Sword Master wielding his katanas

Ninjago: Legacy Magazine poster with almost every color of katana.

Kai using two katanas in The LEGO Ninjago Movie

Kai's katanas facing down in the 70638 Katana V11 set instruction

The difference between the old katana mold (top) used in Ninjago sets from The Pilot to Posession. And the new katana mold (bottom) used in Skybound to now. The katana mold used in the 2011 spinners and polybag sets is an older mold with an octagonal guard.

In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Season 1: Rise of the Snakes

Skales wielding an ice katana in the Slither Pit

Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja

Season 3: Rebooted

Season 5: Possession

Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane using katanas

Season 7: The Hands of Time

Kai, Nya, and Lloyd wielding katanas

Kai and Nya wielding katanas and attacking the Vermillion along with their fellow ninja

Kai wielding a katana against Krux

The Time Twins wielding katanas and daggers prior to their powers being drained by the Time Blades 40 years ago

Lloyd wielding a katana

Nya wielding a katana against the Time Twins

Season 8: Sons of Garmadon

Kai wielding his twin katanas against Zane during training

Kai wielding his two katanas

A katana in the weapons rack

Kai wielding his two katanas facing Mr. E

Mr. E wielding four katanas against the ninja including Kai with two katanas

P.I.X.A.L. wielding one of her two golden twin katanas

Season 10: March of the Oni

Katanas hanging on the wall

Garmadon wielding a katana, attacking Kai who hold his two katanas.

P.I.X.A.L.'s golden katana

Season 12: Prime Empire

In Ninjago: Dragons Rising

Season 2

See also

• Butterfly Sword
• Scimitar