Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Leonardo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character
Leonardo
Textless Planet Awesome exclusive cover variant of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #99.
Art by series co-creator Kevin Eastman
First appearanceTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May 1984)
Created byKevin Eastman
Peter Laird
Portrayed by
Others:
  • Gavin Glynn (Operation Blue Line)
  • Roger Kachel (The Coming Out of Their Shells Tour)
  • Alfredo Miller (understudy in The Coming Out of Their Shells Tour)
  • Laura Kotecki (The Mystery of the Cliffs)
  • Ronn K. Smith (We Wish You a Turtle Christmas and Turtle Tunes)
Voiced by
Others:
In-universe information
SpeciesMutant turtle
AffiliationTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
WeaponDual katana
Family
HomeSewers of New York, United States
Abilities

Leonardo, commonly nicknamed Leo, is a superhero appearing in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and related media, and created by American comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. He is one of the four central characters of the franchise, along with his brothers, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. Leonardo is the leader and strategist of the turtles.

Often viewed wearing an ocean blue bandana, his signature weapons are a set of two katana (or ninjatos). He's traditionally portrayed as the most mature and disciplined of the Turtles, displaying a stoic demeanor and a strong sense of responsibility. Like his brothers, he is named after an Italian Renaissance artist, in this case Leonardo da Vinci. In the original comics, all four of the Turtles wear red masks, but for the creators to tell them apart, he was written and redrawn to have an ocean-blue mask.[clarification needed]