Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist David Nakayama, he first appeared in Big Hero 6 #1 (September 2008), a book about a titular superhero team in which Wasabi is a member.

Wasabi appears in the 2014 Disney animated film Big Hero 6 voiced by Damon Wayans Jr., with Khary Payton taking over in the television series and the video game Kingdom Hearts III.

Wasabi-No-Ginger, renamed Wasabi, appears in the 2014 animated film Big Hero 6, voiced by Damon Wayans Jr.

This version is an African-American student at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology who specializes in laser cutting and wields plasma blades.

[8][9] Co-director Chris Williams stated "He's actually the most conservative, cautious—he [sic] the most normal among a group of brazen characters.