Emiko Adachi


 * For other uses of "Green Arrow", see Green Arrow (disambiguation).

"Hey, Dad, turns out Oliver's more like you than I thought. More like me too. But I'm not giving up. Not ever."

- Emiko to Robert Queen's grave

Emiko Adachi, also known as Emiko Queen, is the daughter of the late Robert Queen and the late Kazumi Adachi, the paternal half-sister of Oliver Queen and the paternal aunt of William Clayton and Mia Smoak. She is the leader of the terrorist organization, the Ninth Circle. She is also a vigilante archer who became the third Green Arrow, taking up Oliver's mantle after his incarceration and to get justice after the murder of her late mother, Kazumi.

Early life
Emiko was born to Robert Queen and Kazumi Adachi, she has a paternal half-brother, named Oliver. It is unknown if he is her older or younger half-brother. Robert knew about Emiko's existence, but ultimately chose Moira, Oliver, and Thea over Emiko and her mother. He abandoned them and cut off all contact with one another. Before Robert's death, he wrote a letter to Walter Steele, apologizing for walking out on Kazumi and Emiko and showing a lot of remorse for what he did. He also asked Walter to take care of them. But it was too late, as Walter never received it, and Moira found out about it and hid the letter.

Shortly after being abandoned by Robert, at the age of eleven, Emiko met a man named Dante who began training her on how to protect herself and made her to join the criminal organization, The Ninth Circle, which leader Emiko would become years later. Before that however, in 2007, Emiko was told my Dante of Malcolm's plans to sink the Queen's Gambit. Since Robert didn't let Emiko be part of his company, Emiko didn't tell him about the accident and let the boat sink.

After Emiko's mother was murdered by an unknown perpetrator, her house in the Glades burnt down, Emiko swore to avenge her mother by embracing the darkness and becoming the new Green Arrow.

Becoming the new Green Arrow
5 months after Oliver Queen's incarceration, Emiko showed up in Star City, seemingly taking her brother's mantle as Green Arrow.

Her first known target was Jason Stent, ambushing and delivering him to the Star City Police Department. She then attacked some weapons dealers, saving Rene Ramirez and another kid before leaving. When Stent was released, Emiko went after him again at an arms deal. As she attacked him, Emiko quoted Oliver by telling Stent that he failed the city. However, before she could shoot him, the SCPD, led by Captain Dinah Drake, rushed to the scene, trying to arrest Emiko. However, thanks to Rene, she was able to escape. In a secret location, Emiko crossed Stent's name off a list, similar to Oliver's method from his time as the "Hood" in 2012.

Emiko also stopped thieves from robbing a store. Afterwards, when arsonists led by Jon Cortez set fire to a community center in the Glades, she arrived in time to rescue Zoe Ramirez and looked on from the building's roof at her, Rene, and Dinah before leaving. Later, she runs into Rene again and informs him of Cortez. When Dinah appears in an attempt to arrest her, Rene helps Emiko escape. She returns when Cortez resurfaces to set fire to a movie theater and worked alongside Rene and Dinah stop them. With the fire still spreading, Emiko climbed up a water pipe and pulled it to put out the fire, hurting herself in the process. Rene and Dinah then help her in getting away.

Emiko showed up again to help John Diggle, Dinah, and Rene take down Ricardo Diaz. She struggled against Diaz until Diggle took him by surprise and knocked him out, after which he was sent to Slabside Maximum Security Prison.

After Oliver's release from prison, Emiko became more determined to hunt down names from her list to get revenge for her mother's death, eventually getting wounded and ending up as a partner of Rene Ramirez. Rene and Emiko worked to find the presumed killer of Kazumi and to kill him justly.

Soon after, while visiting her father´s grave, Emiko was confronted by Oliver who asked for forgiveness for his father's sins and his abandonment of Emiko and her mother. While initially rejecting him, Emiko eventually met up with Oliver at SCPD where she asked to start a better relationship with her half-brother.

While Emiko reluctantly agrees to let Oliver aid her and Rene on her crusade on avenging her mother's death and after some set backs, Emiko is visited by the mysterious Dante who has come to "take (her) home".

That night, Emiko murders Ricardo Diaz by pouring gasoline into his cell and burning him alive at Slabside Maximum Security Prison, while being seen passing the cell block by Ben Turner. Turner then exchanges information about this to Laurel Lance in exchange for time with his son.

Personality
Similar to her half-brother, Oliver Queen; Emiko has a very stubborn and driven nature, like him when he first became a vigilante, Emiko has a very straightforward view on the corruption of society, believing in the quick-fix nature of striking down criminals. Unlike her half-brother, she is not much of a team player, believing that trusting others will ultimately lead to disappointment. Instead, she struck out on a one-woman mission of revenge. Ultimately, this mentality has made her lose touch with certain common decencies, and she would go to any lengths to get whatever she desires. Emiko is similar to Dinah Drake who is not a team player and doesn't trust anybody when you first meet her.

Emiko is is proven to be prejudiced; for example, she initially refused to to have anything to do with her half-brother, Oliver, due to him being related to their father, Robert Queen, believing that the two are alike; but after Oliver revealed their father's misdeed, such as killing his bodyguard, Dave Hackett, to ensure that the former survived, she realized that Oliver and Robert aren't the same after all.

Abilities

 * Peak of human physical condition: As a vigilante, Emiko is in top physical condition. Despite her nimble frame, Emiko is strong enough to lift her own body with gymnastic rings and able to break a wooden post with a single kick.
 * Master acrobat: Emiko is proven to be a capable acrobat; her training with gymnastic rings indicates that she may have been trained as a gymnast. She is able to skillfully maneuver urban terrains and make several agile flips.
 * Honed senses: Emiko was able to detect Oliver from behind.
 * Master combatant/martial artist: After many years of being tought by Dante, Emiko has proven herself to be a worthy fighter, able to take on several enemies by herself. Emiko was able to fight William Glenmorgan, though she ultimately defeated him by shooting him in the shoulder with an arrow. She was also able to fight Ricardo Diaz on her own briefly, and was able to defeat him with John Diggle's aid. She is also able to keep up with Oliver, though it is possible Oliver was holding back.
 * Expert knife thrower: Emiko is proven to be a skilled knife thrower, as during a training session she able to hit the center of her targets several times.
 * Expert stick-fighter: Similar to her half-brother, Oliver, Emiko is a skilled stick fighter as she is shown to be using her own bow as an improvised weapon and training with a bastion.
 * Master archer: Emiko has proven herself to be a highly skilled archer, as she is able to shoot down multiple foes with little effort.
 * Expert investigator: Emiko is proven to be a skilled investigator, as she was able to compile a list of names connected to her mother's supposed murderer.
 * Skilled engineer: It can be assumed that Emiko is a capable engineer and metalsmith; as evidenced by the fact that several arrows and trick arrows were seeing in her hideout.
 * Intimidation: Like Oliver, Emiko commands an intimidating presence to the point where most criminals fear her; even a high profile criminal like Jason Stent was visibly terrified of her in two of their encounters.
 * Stealth: Emiko has proven to be skilled in the art of stealth, as while fighting Oliver in The Arrowcave, she was able to disappear in seconds in order to escape.

Equipment

 * Customized recurve bow: She uses a Ragim recurve bow with black limbs; it is similar in appearance to the one that is used by Oliver when he first began his exploits as a vigilante.
 * Quiver: Emiko uses a quiver strapped to her back to carry her arrows; it is similar in appearance to the one used by Oliver.
 * Customized hunting arrows: She uses numerous types of green arrows; they are similar in appearance to the ones that are used by Oliver.
 * Trick arrows: Like Oliver, Emiko uses trick arrows, such as incendiary arrows that explode on contact, and grappling hook arrows.
 * Flechettes: Like Oliver, Emiko carries flechettes on her right thigh.
 * Combat Knife: Emiko carries a combat knife on her right leg.

Former Equipment

 * Green Arrow suit: Emiko wears a protective suit as Green Arrow, in order to hide her identity from her enemies while crime-fighting; it is similar in appearance to the one that is used by Oliver Queen.
 * Green Arrow mask: Emiko wears a dark green mask as her alter-ego, Green Arrow. It is made from a compressible micro-fabric and can effectively conceal her identity without any restrictions on her visual field; it is similar in appearance to the one that was used by Oliver.
 * Voice filter: She uses a voice filter to disguise her voice, keeping her identity anonymous.

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Trivia

 * Emiko and her mother would make blanket forts. They would often fall asleep on the floor together. It is shown that Emiko still has that blanket.
 * Emiko is the 14th character in the Arrowverse to have an episode named after her in a civilian sense in some way, after Sara Lance, Felicity Smoak, Harrison Wells, Oliver Queen, Alex Danvers, Zari Tomaz, Harry Wells, Iris West, Winn Schott, Ava Sharpe, Nora West-Allen, Gary Green and Nate Heywood.

Behind the scenes

 * In the main DC comics continuity, Robert Queen had an affair with Shado, resulting in the birth of a daughter named Emiko Queen. Emiko eventually became known as the new Red Arrow, and also, at one point, took on the identity of the Green Arrow after her half-brother, Oliver Queen.