[1] Shado is notable for being an antagonist and a love interest to Green Arrow in DC comic books, and is distinguished from other recurring characters by being both his rapist and the mother of his child.

The character was later revised following DC's 2011 reboot, envisioning her as a former lover of Green Arrow's father, and the mother of his half-sister, Emiko.

A reimagined version of Shado appeared as a recurring character on The CW Arrowverse show Arrow, played by Celina Jade.

In this version, she is neither Oliver's rapist nor the mother of his sister, but his lover and second teacher as an archer whose death haunts him in his later career as Green Arrow.

The miniseries shares some continuity with "The Longbow Hunters" with Green Arrow appearing in several flashbacks, and Shado's concern for their son's safety from the yakuza.

His disgrace then fell upon his infant daughter, Shado, who was raised specifically to kill the Americans who had dishonored her yakuza family.

Shado would again work alongside Green Arrow when the drug-traffickers she was hunting made an alliance with CIA Agent Osborne.

Her Ku-Do Sensei, however, refused to allow his greatest student to destroy her skills, and drew a bow and arrow on the Oyabun.

It was then revealed that Mr. Alvaro was the true "map"; he was the last survivor of a team of Filipinos that had buried their country's treasury to keep it from the Japanese, only telling Shado the location.

It was then revealed that Osborne was working without the CIA's knowledge, with agents of a deposed Filipino dictator, who had recruited yakuza muscle by promising a share of the gold, along with Shado's death.

Green Arrow was one of several titles to receive a substantial overhaul, jettisoning much of its old continuity and depicting the adventures of a younger and less experienced Oliver Queen.

6) #1 (2016), following DC Rebirth, Emiko betrays Oliver by riddling him with arrows alongside her mother in an apparent assassination attempt.

Shado is a mercenary and member of the "Ninth Circle", an international criminal organization, alongside such assassins like Brick, Eddie Fyers and Cheshire.

This version is the Chinese daughter of Yao Fei who was held captive on the island of Lian Yu by Edward Fyers and forced to take the blame for his crimes.

In subsequent seasons, a villainous, hallucinatory version of Shado appears, urging Slade to avenge her death.