Korra is an American invented name, possibly inspired by the Inuit name *Korra* ("young woman") — chosen by writers Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino for the lead character of Nickelodeon's *The Legend of Korra* (2012-2014). **Avatar Korra** — **the next incarnation of the Avatar after Aang from *Avatar: The Last Airbender*; a Southern Water Tribe waterbender, earthbender, firebender, and airbender; the first female Avatar to lead a Nickelodeon animated series**. **The 52-episode show is among the most-acclaimed animated series of the 2010s — it received the Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production for Children (2013, 2014), and *Time* magazine ranked the season 4 finale among the most-progressive moments in American television for its open conclusion implying a romantic relationship between Korra and her female friend Asami Sato ("Korrasami")**. **The 2017-2019 *Legend of Korra* graphic novel sequels (Dark Horse Comics) made the relationship explicit; the books became bestselling LGBTQ+ YA graphic novels of their era**. **Korra is voiced by Korean-Canadian actress Janet Varney across the entire series**. **The character's redesigns and martial-arts choreography influenced subsequent action-animation worldwide**. **A top-1000 US baby name since 2014 — a rare case of a stage-name to baby-name crossover for an animated character**.
Featured throughout 2010s animation and LGBTQ+ media history.
Korra reduces to four — the number of Legend of Korra seasons.