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Karen Kasumi
Biographical Information
Full Name: Karen Kasumi
Age: 17-18
Status: Deceased (Anime)
Deceased (Movie)
Unknown (Manga)
Allegiance
Family: Unnamed Mother †
Residence: Tokyo, Japan
Physical Description
Gender: Female
First Appearance
Anime: Episode 0
Manga: TBA
Voice Actors
Japanese: Mami Koyama (Movie)
Yoko Soumi (TV)
Tomoko Kaneda (Young)
English: Toni Barry (Movie)
Wendee Lee (TV)

Karen Kasumi (夏澄 火煉, Kasumi Karen) is one of the chosen Seven Dragons of Heaven in the X series.

Appearance[]

Karen is a mature tall beauty with short curly red hair that has bangs styled to the right side and brown eyes.

She often wears revealing clothing.

Personality[]

Story[]

Past[]

A devout catholic, Karen was abused by her fundamentalist mother when her power to manipulate fire manifested in her childhood. After her mother died, she was, according to the anime TV series, raised by a kindly priest, but she continued to remember her mother's last words: "No one would be sad if you died!" In the CD dramas it is shown that Karen was scouted by several religious sects in her childhood, but her mother would always shoo them away, saying her daughter was a demon and not a messiah. Her barrier field is shaped like a cruciform prism.

As an adult, Karen works as a call girl for the soapland brothel "Flower," and often enters battle wearing her "work clothes," though she retains some of her childhood innocence in her beloved teddy bear, Paul. Seiichiro Aoki visits her at work for an interview, but, like a gentleman, refuses to take advantage of her; she comes to admire him for this. It is suggested that Karen feels a strong affection—and probably a romantic attraction—for Aoki, but she has refrained from telling Aoki as much, likely out of respect for him and for his family.

Manga[]

Anime[]

Karen sacrifices her life to kill Yuto Kigai in order to protect Seiichiro Aoki.

Movie[]

Karen and Shōgo Asagi battle in the subway and she creates a massive explosion, causing them both to be crushed by debris.

Powers[]

Karen is a flame master and arguably the most powerful woman in the X's universe, especially in terms of raw power, skills and fighting abilities.

  • Kekkai: Karen can summon her own kekkai that's shaped like a cross.

In Other Media[]

Karen appears twice in Tsubasa as a crossover character: in the world of Shara-no, she's the leading woman in an entertainment troupe and in the world of Tokyo, one of the seven fighters of the Tower faction.

Etymology[]

  • The name Karen means "fire/flame/blaze, light" (火) (ka) and "brick" (煉) (ren), which literally means "fire brick" altogether.
  • Karen's surname Kasumi means "summer" (夏) (ka) and "clear, pure" (澄) (sumi).

Gallery[]

Main article: Karen Kasumi/Gallery

Trivia[]

Her birthday is March 25th.

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Karen is 'Justice' in the tarot cards


  • In the X Tarot set, Karen represents Justice.

Navigation[]

Characters
Dragons of Heaven: Kamui ShiroSorata ArisugawaArashi KishuYuzuriha NekoiSubaru SumeragiKaren KasumiSeiichiro Aoki
Dragons of Earth: Fuma MonouYuto KigaiSatsuki YatojiKusanagi ShiyuSeishiro SakurazukaNatakuKakyo Kuzuki
Dream seers: Kotori MonouPrincess HinotoKanoeSaya Monou


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