An all-powerful woman who possesses superhuman strength, superhuman speed, and superhuman stamina, to name a few, and an insatiable lust for blood. Can you think of any lady superheroes who match this description? Probably not, because the person I’ve described is Kimiko Miyashiro of The Boys, and if you’ve watched or read anything about the series, then you’ll know that the last thing she wants to be called is a superhero.
The Female, also known as Kimiko Miyashiro to The Boys’ TV viewers, is a bit of a mystery. She was primarily silent throughout the first two seasons of Amazon’s cheeky superhero series The Boys.
She is known as The Female since she has never been given a name in the comics. The name Kimiko was only used for the TV series to provide the character with a feel and identity, but in the books, she is known as The Female or her full name, The Female of the Species.
A sneak peek into her origins
The Female is a member of the vigilante organization The Boys and one of the three protagonists of the Amazon series The Boys, along with Frenchie and Mother’s Milk. When The Boys discover The Female imprisoned in a cage in a high-security basement, they mistake her for a victim in dire need of help. However, when The Boys investigate the mystery of The Female, they discover that she’s a badass who may wind up saving them instead. And, as they’ll find, the mystery surrounding The Female’s origins is part of something far greater and far more deadly than they could have anticipated.
Kimiko Miyashiro is originally from Japan. Kimiko had the misfortune of slipping into a vat of Compound V after crawling into a Vought International facility, unlike the other Supes. The latter are purposely injected with it from infancy. Kimiko was kidnapped as an adult and imprisoned in a cage. The Compound V in her veins had given her enhanced physical characteristics, rapid recovery, and a primitive need to murder.
She had also become selectively silent as a result of her childhood experiences. The Boys rescued Kimiko and returned her to their temporary center of operations. One of their members, Frenchie, fell in love with her right away and referred to her as “Mon Coeur.” While the others were hesitant to accept her, Frenchie remained close to her and acted as a protective sibling.
Explore the early life and biography
Kimiko Miyashiro grew up on the Japanese seaside with her parents and brother. She has fond memories of staring at palm trees at night in her native country. One night, a gang of Shining Light Liberation Army militants stormed into her home and assaulted her parents. Kimiko and her brother were kidnapped by the troops, who forced them to fight in their army in the war-torn Philippines for many years.
She managed to escape but was taken prisoner and transported into the United States, where she was experimented on with Compound V supplied by a superhero dubbed A-Train. Her experiments were part of Vought’s intricate scheme to produce supervillains and unleash them on the world.
This would compel the United States government to enable superheroes to join the military and confront these superhuman dangers. Kimiko would be held captive in a Triad stronghold beneath a New York City grocery shop until her kidnappers were ready to release her. Kimiko decided to find her brother and return to their native nation despite her ordeal.
After blackmailing A-Train’s girlfriend Popclaw, The Boys found that the superfast supe had acquired an addiction to Compound V and was secretly transporting the material to a Noodle Palace in New York City. M.M. and Hughie searched through crates in the store’s storage area for the Compound V after getting past a few thugs.
However, Frenchie heard loud Japanese music and found The Female in a cage, seated beneath a table and watching a Japanese television show. Frenchie demanded for her to be freed, but M.M. advised him to look for the Compound V and flee before the gangsters found them. Regardless, Frenchie released her, and she creeped out from behind the table. The gangsters suddenly stormed into the room, armed, and instructed The Boys not to let out The Female before opening fire with their machine guns.
The Female used her superpowers to instantly murder two of the thugs, leaving a path of blood and gore in her wake. When the third thug saw his companions’ bleeding bodies, he shot himself in the head to avoid a terrible death. The Boys, terrified, barricaded themselves in The Female’s cell before she could kill them as well. The Female fled the hideaway when she realized she couldn’t reach them any more.
Frenchie discovered a slip of paper with the words “New York Penn Station” on it after exploring her cell, indicating that The Female intended to travel to the Pennsylvania Station and leave New York. M.M. discovered a package in one of the crates containing a syringe loaded with Compound V and phoned one of his connections to find out where it originated from.
Billy Butcher, Frenchie, and M.M. went off in pursuit of The Female, intending to knock her out with the concentrated halothane that they had. Meanwhile, A-Train arrived at the criminals’ hideaway to find that his companions had been murdered. Before Homelander discovered his hijinks, A-Train decided to conceal Popclaw while he investigated who was responsible.
Following her escape, The Female entered a nail salon drenched in blood, gravely disturbing the workers and clients. She walked into the back office, where the Matron offered her a great price on a mani-pedi while calculating her money. When the lady turned around, The Female ripped her apart with her bare hands. When the cops arrived at the crime site, A-Train informed them that the murder was a gang hit in order to keep the superpowered Female hidden.
Butcher, Frenchie, and M.M. arrived shortly after and pretended to be murder investigators looking into the incident. However, the arrival of A-Train compelled them to flee, as the speedster had previously seen Mother’s Milk and Hughie a week before.
Before they departed, Frenchie learned that the nail paint he discovered in The Female’s cage matched the nail polish at the nail salon, and one of the staff remembered seeing The Female a year before. M.M. stated that The Female victim, Roberta Cho, had previously brought in immigrants from across the Pacific. Butcher was afraid that A-Train would discover The Female first because of his tremendous speed. Fortunately, Frenchie informed them that, based on the document he found, The Female was on her way to Penn Station next and that she was making her way back to go home.
The three men split off to find The Female as quickly as possible. Frenchie eventually discovered The Female watching a Japanese television show in the back room of an electronics store and texted Butcher about her whereabouts. Frenchie spotted her lurking behind a table as she had done previously, and The Female attempted to assault him. Frenchie assumed a meek posture and placed down his canister of halothane to persuade The Female that he did not wish to hurt her.
While attempting to connect with her, Frenchie informed The Female that his father took him away from his mother when he was a youngster. His father would take him on a stroll every few evenings, light a cigarette, and tell him he loved him. He would, however, also burn his legs with the cigarettes.
Frenchie tried several times to flee, jumping buses and trains and doing everything to get back to his mother, but he was always caught by his father. Frenchie said that he understood her wish to return home and knew that she was simply terrified. Frenchie extended his hand and asked her to allow him to assist her. Just then, the channel on the television abruptly changed. Fearful, The Female hurled the table at Frenchie and fled the store. Frenchie tried to follow her but lost her in the bustle of the crowd.
The Female entered the subway and attempted to board a train, but she was instantly seen by The Boys, resulting in a chase. The Female leaped onto the railway tracks and tried to flee into the tunnel, but A-Train arrived out of nowhere and grabbed her, and carried her away from the bystanders. A-Train was smacked in the face by the Female, forcing him to tumble and drop her. She tried to flee, but A-Train rapidly followed her, punching her through a concrete wall and repeatedly slamming her skull into another wall at superspeed.
Frenchie made a commotion by informing everyone on the subway that A-Train was present there. To avoid a PR disaster, A-Train was compelled to stop the thrashing and embrace his admirers, allowing The Female to flee. The Boys pursued her and trapped her in a dark passage. Butcher was about to gas her when Frenchie stopped him and requested for a chance to speak with her. Frenchie offered to assist The Female in getting home, but she was terrified and tackled him to the ground. Butcher hurled the halothane canisters in retaliation, and the gas knocked out Frenchie and The Female.
The Female was carried to a safe house and shackled in shackles, preventing her from escaping or attacking any of The Boys. Frenchie was soon left alone to care for The Female. Frenchie took advantage of the situation by preparing The Female a meal and attempting to converse with her. Frenchie requested her to inform him who had experimented on her so that he might assist her in returning home.
On the other hand, the Female refused to speak and lunged at Frenchie, who was only rescued by the shackles that tied her. Kimiko soon went on to work with The Boys and maintained her strong bond with Frenchie. She has assisted in the elimination of numerous Supes, but she has now begun to doubt if the work they are doing is truly for the benefit of others because she dislikes harming people.
The Female and her impactful role in the series
The Female is the final member of The Boys. Kimiko, who is mysterious, vicious, and not much of a talker, is likely the most significant alteration Eric Kripke makes to the basis of The Boys, modifying both the character’s background story and her fighting ability. Although Butcher was initially skeptical of Kimiko, Frenchie persevered in championing the girl’s noble heart, empathizing with her wish to return home, and as The Boys enters season 3, Kimiko can truly count herself as an actual member of the titular group. As played by Karen Fukuhara, Kimiko is not only unlike her comic book counterpart, but her origin is also more extensive in the live-action.
One of the most noticeable changes with Kimiko is her name, which was created exclusively for television. The character is simply known as The Female or The Female of the Species in Ennis’ rendition of The Boys. Kimiko’s abilities have also changed significantly since the principles governing Compound V fluctuate slightly across the two media. Despite these differences, Kimiko and The Female have many characteristics.
Both are mute and share a robust and oft-misunderstood bond with Frenchie above all the other Boys. Like Fukuhara’s persona, the Female was prone to outbursts, cruelly aggressive, and had to be handled with caution. Unlike the TV show, The Female in the comic series has been a devoted and trusted member of The Boys since the first chapter and was part of the original gang founded by Mallory.
In contrast, Kimiko’s rescue did not occur until Hughie joined the team in Amazon Prime’s The Boys. According to her brother, Kenji Miyashiro, Kimiko is almost entirely mute in the show due to the trauma endured after seeing her parents brutally killed in front of her. In the comics, however, she is genuinely able to speak, although she appears to suffer from selective mutism since she only speaks on one occasion. Nonetheless, she mainly interacts with the rest of the gang through Frenchie, who is said to have learned to comprehend her motions as a result of their friendship.
Because of the years of violence and incarceration she had to face, the Female can best be described as silent, harsh, and unpredictable. Everyone in The Boys first saw her as a threat and mistrusted her, with the exception of Frenchie, who is indicated to be the first person to treat her with compassion and with whom she begins to build a connection. Kimiko intervenes and saves Frenchie’s life after she runs, and Black Noir attacks him in an alley, proving that the link they had formed had evolved into mutual trust.
She appears to become substantially calmer after this, and while she remains dangerous and unstable, she no longer seems to have an involuntary need to kill others, and she acts more likable toward the rest of the group. Her side job as a hitwoman for the Albanian Mafia, on the other hand, demonstrates that she is willing to participate in violent action. Kimiko has proven to be a skilled team player, whether it’s pounding batter in preparing French pastries or serving as Hughie’s backup and breaking A-leg Train with a pipe at the correct time.
Although she communicates in a sign language invented by her and her brother, she is perfectly capable of hearing and comprehending extraordinarily complex and nuanced topics in spoken English. In a series where everyone has something to say, The Female prefers to talk with her hands, whether by snapping necks or utilizing a particular sort of sign language she created with her brother.
Her muteness is intriguing, considering she is capable of vocalization, as seen by her audible laughter at Stormfront in Season two’s eighth episode titled ‘What I Know.’ Kenji explained that her muteness is the consequence of psychological trauma caused by Shining Light Liberation Army militants murdering their parents in front of her. Kenji reported that one day she simply stopped speaking. Kimiko also has a childlike demeanor, as seen in Season 3 when she is delighted to travel to a mountain peak, play the piano, eat cotton candy, and hear a live singing performance.
Season 1 develops a bond between Fukuhara’s character, Kimiko, and Tomer Capon’s Frenchie before Season 2 goes into Kimiko and her brother’s kidnapping and experimentation with Compound-V. Season 3 Episode 1 ‘Payback’ picks up 12 months after Queen Maeve’s blackmailing of Homelander in the season 2 finale, during what can only be characterized as a period of calm.
Frenchie has been taking advantage of this opportunity to show Kimiko what she has been missing in her life. Kimiko begins to perform “Dream a Little Dream of Me” while watching a woman play the piano in the premiere. Karen Fukuhara of The Boys recounted her amazement when she read the screenplay for Season 3’s premiere and realized her mute character would sing. Fukuhara discussed the surprise incident in The Boys’ season 3 opener.
While the actor has a musical background, she never imagined her silent character would appear to sing in a series about murder and mayhem. In a recent interview with Karen Fukuhara, the actor also remarked that she cannot reveal anything exciting about the new season since it might land her in hot water.
However, she indicated that there would be a lot of blood and a lot of heart. This season will also further explore Frenchie and Kimiko’s relationship with each other. Also, while Kimiko helped in the murder of several Supes over Seasons 1 and 2, she is now beginning to question if the work they are doing is genuinely for the good of others as she dislikes harming people.
What makes her so powerful?
The Female’s strength exceeds that of any human, allowing her to defeat opponents far more considerable in size than herself. Her strength allows her to rip open people’s guts, gouge their eyes out, shatter their necks, punch through their rib cages, break wrists, invert their legs, snap their heads off, rip their faces off, bury firearms in their faces, and quickly take on other Supes. She also possesses enhanced resilience, allowing her to withstand many forms of assaults and injuries.
She has improved agility, balance, dexterity, and body coordination that exceeds even the best human athlete’s inherent physical limits. Her skills permitted her to leap across a room and tackle a man on the ground. Her reflexes outperform those of even the best human athletes. She can employ this capability to instantly overwhelm opponents, avoid oncoming strikes, and even react to Supes with superhuman speed.
The Female also has the ability to regenerate, which allows her to entirely heal from even the most devastating injuries in a matter of minutes. Kimiko is a talented fighter who can battle several opponents without the need for weapons. She is also proficient in the use of firearms.
Conclusion
The Boys must definitely be on a lot of superhero fans’ watch lists, but don’t forget to look out for Kimiko Miyashiro and her formidable abilities in the upcoming episodes of this season. The Female’s story is truly one of its kind, including her struggle to survive and go back to her brother again, her eventual acceptance of her new life and friends, and her constant thirst for vengeance.
Being the only female in the group that calls themselves the boys, Kimiko makes her character all the more unique. Her abilities and compassion underneath the rough character make her an interesting character. It will be intriguing to see how her story arc further progresses and changes in the upcoming episodes.