In 2018, Shioli Kutsuna did her first Hollywood blockbuster, with her small role as the teenage X-Men member Yukio in "Deadpool 2." Wade, aka Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), first meets her at the X-Mansion, when she's introduced as the girlfriend of the returning moody teen Negasonic Teenage Warhead. Yukio's pink hair prompts Wade to call her "Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony." Most notably, the pair of them make up the first LGBTQ+ relationship shown in a Marvel movie.
Later, when Yukio and Negasonic Teenage Warhead back up Colossus (Stefan Kapicic) in the final battle against Juggernaut (also Ryan Reynolds), Yukio shows her power when she charges up a heavy chain with electricity and uses it to tie up Juggernaut. She returns in the mid-credit scene, when she and Negasonic Teenage Warhead fix the time travel device for Wade — allowing him to save Vanessa (Morena Baccarin) — despite believing it's a bad idea.
That may not be the last we see of Yukio, as co-screenwriter and executive producer Rhett Reese told Comic Book Resources: "Shioli's amazing. I really think we have to do her more justice going forward — not as though we did her injustice, but she just didn't have a lot of screen time. I'd love to explore the Yukio character more." Although Reese's involvement is unknown, "Deadpool 3" is on the horizon, gearing up to officially join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and likely to start filming this year.
