Kira Yukimura

Kira Yukimura will be a recurring character during Season 3 of MTV’s Teen Wolf.

The character is of Japanese and Korean descent and is portrayed by Arden Cho

Kira is a student and the daughter of Beacon Hills High School's new History teacher.

According to MTV, the character will quickly find herself involved in the world of the supernatural and has a past connection to Beacon Hills.

Development
Teen Wolf Executive Producer Jeff Davis announced during a panel at San Deigo Comic Con 2013 that Season 3(b) would focus on Japanese folklore.


 * "We're heading into a new mythology based on the Kitsune myth, which some people might know a little bit about," he shared. "It is a very, very fascinating Japanese shapeshifter myth about the were-fox and the trickster spirit."

Arden Cho was cast in the part of Kira in August 2013 and began filming immediately.

Season 3
Kira's father embarrasses her with a very public introduction in History class. In the hallway, she seems to sense that Scott can hear her conversation with her father despite being very far away. Later, she overhears the conversation about the hallucinations and other side effects Scott and his friends are suffering and offers a possible explanation for their troubles. (Read More...)

Quotes

 * "I can set myself on fire and be noticed."

- Kira to her father about being noticed in Anchors.