- "This is old. Very old. They've been doing this for a long time."
- ―Hanzo (from Predators)
The Katana was a single–edged sword created on Earth, by Humans within the country of Japan.
History[]
- "Gifted to me by Chiyo Yutani, a direct descendant of the founder, Hideo."
- ―Michael Bishop to Lance Bishop (from Aliens: Bishop)
In 1609, brothers Kenji and Kiyoshi, as children, were forced by their Samurai father to duel for the right to succeed him, with real swords, but the former refused and was scarred by his brother before fleeing.
20 years later, Kenji, now a shinobi, returned to the castle to duel with his brother, but they were interrupted by a Predator, which they ended up killing together with their swords, before Kiyoshi died from his injuries; shortly after, Kenji was abducted.
When he woke up in a cell with two other humans, and was brought into an arena, he was given a katana to fight them, but he ended up using it to kill a massive creature and to fight the Yautja chief, nicknamed Grendel King, before escaping on a stolen spaceship.{{r|Predator: Killer of Killers}}
On the Game Preserve Planet, Yakuza enforcer Hanzo was within Noland's hideout and came across an ancient Katana, possibly from either ancient or feudal Japan. This reveals that the Yautja have been hunting humans on this planet for centuries. It would be their escape from Noland's hideout, that led him to take the weapon with him, aside from using his customized Beretta 92FS. Hanzo would soon find himself face to face with Falconer. Drawing his sword and Falconer his Wristblade, both fought until both Falconer and Hanzo succumbed to their injuries.
Prior to 2179, a katana was gifted to synthetic designer Michael Bishop by Chiyo Yutani, a direct descendant of Weyland-Yutani Corporation founder Hideo Yutani. Bishop kept the sword in his quarters aboard the Chinese warship Xinjiang.
Behind the scenes[]
The predator katana was included in the Samurai Predator DLC for Predator: Hunting grounds.