The Unofficial Biography of...

Alter Ego: Miya Shimada Perkins
Occupation: Oceanograpgher
Marital Status: recently seperated
Known Relatives: Neptune Perkins ( estranged husband ), Deborah Perkins ( daughter ), ( father, presumed deceased ), ( mother, presumed deceased ), ( brothers ), ( sisters )
Group Affiliation: Imperial Japanese Navy, Young All-Stars, All-Star Squadron
Base of Operations: mobile, later Hawaii and Washington DC
Current Status: retired
Height: 5'6" Weight: 121 lbs.
Eye Color: brown Hair Color: black
First Appearance: All-Star Squadron# 33

.....Miya Shimada was born in the United States of Japanese immigrant parents, and sent back to Japan for her formal education, as was the custom among many Japanese-Americans before World War II. While there, she was taken under the wing of a group of Japanese scientists, who changed her physiology trying to create an ultimate Japanese warrior.

.....After the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Miya, now codenamed "Tsunami" ( Japanese for "great wave" ), used her abilites to aid in the attack on the American mainland in February, 1942. Shown the error of her ways by another aquatic hero Neptune Perkins, she left the Japanese Imperial Navy and remained at first neutral, but then discovering that her family had been interred at a concentration camp, joined with the other young members of the Young All-Stars to change the belief that ALL Japanese-Americans were spies and sabateurs.

.....Battling the predudice within and without, Tsunami aided the Allied war effort at least until mid-1942. It was revealed that later, she wed her friend Neptune Perkins.

.....Until recently, she believed that Neptune Perkins was the father of their daughter, Deborah, but it was discovered that the biological father was Rhombus, a mystical enemy from earlier in their careers. The Perkins split up over this discovery.

.....Tsunami was given thru unknown means, the ability to breathe and communicate underwater, and to telekinetically direct great streams of water in any direction she chose. It is easier to direct the water in the direction of its current movement.

.....Tsunami has not aged since the 1940's, whether this is a side effect of her abilities is not known at this time.

Listing of Comic Book Appearances

All-Star Squadron # 33-35, 42-43
Young All-Stars # 1-14
Young All-Stars Annual #1/1
YAS #15-19, 21-23, 26-27
Aquaman(v5) #39 (flashback)
Aquaman(v5) #23-25, 34, 38-40

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