Kana

Kana is a little high-speed electric engine who lives and works on Sodor, that came from Japan.

Biography
Kana is a little high-speed electric engine that lives on Sodor with her friends. Her best friends are Thomas, Percy, Diesel and Nia.

Kana sometimes pulls one or two coaches. Only one of them appeared in Rules of the Game.

Personality
Kana is an all-new electric high-speed rail train. She crackles with electric speed, lets out a sonic whistle, and often causes the trees and telephone poles to bend in her wake. Kana enjoys going fast and is always up for a game, but she also cares very much for her friends. Although usually up for any challenge, Kana is hesitant to deal with one type of obstacle in particular: Sharp turns. Aside from this, she usually takes whatever challenge she faces with determination and zeal. However, there are some faults that she still has some trouble with, primarily burning her battery levels by regularly speeding and trying to stay still as a statue.

Basis
Kana is a freelance design, which means she is not based on any specific prototype. However, being from Japan, Kana shares many similarities with various Shinkansen trains. Kana's front is significantly bloated to accommodate a proportionate face.

Livery
Kana is painted medium lavender with white and yellow lining and yellow wheels, with a skirt painted in a lighter shade that borders on lilac. She has tinted-purple windows on her cab.

Appearances

 * Kana will appear in the series soon.

Trivia

 * According to Rick Suvalle in a tweet, Kana's original name was Akira. This was later confirmed to be inspired by the 1982 manga of the same name, which originated in Kana's home country of Japan.
 * He also mentioned Kana was originally supposed to be related to Kenji.
 * Kana is the first and/or only of a few things:
 * One of the only two members of the new main cast who was not introduced in the original series, the other being Sandy.
 * The first and currently only main character to be powered exclusively by electricity to appear in All Engines Go.
 * The first electric engine to live at Tidmouth Sheds.
 * "Kana" is also the name of a Japanese phonetic writing system.
 * In the leaked trailer, she shares a horn with the Yellow Salvage Vessel from the original Thomas & Friends series.
 * Kana can use her electrified sparks to make images above her head.
 * Kana has a extendable front coupling latch hidden within her front skirt.
 * According to Rick Suvalle from an interview with EpicLafiteau, Glee Dango originally auditioned for the role of Kana, but received the role of Sandy instead.