The Boys Star Karen Fukuhara in Two-Piece Workout Gear is a "Hottie"

Karen Fukuhara is dancing up a storm in her two-piece workout gear. In a new social media post The Boys star shows off her flat abs in a summer look, celebrating one of her pals. “Friend’s rave themed Bday ✨🪩🦄 @spirithoods,” she captioned the series of Instagram snaps. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. Martial Arts

Karen is experienced in martial arts. “I started karate in middle school when my parents wanted me to babysit my younger brother. He was a little troublemaker, so they wanted me to make sure the class was going okay. I ended up being way more into it than my brother. I did competitions; I’ve flown to Japan to compete in the worldwide championships as well. I ended at a brown striped belt but then went off to college,” she told Vogue.

2. Strength Training

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Karen maintains that when she got cast in Suicide Squad she wasn’t in shape and had to get back into fighting and strength training. “Yes, it had been years; I lost a lot of the right kind of muscles. David really focused on the actors doing their own stunts because he wanted to create reality, and that’s the best way to do it. So we had a month and a half of preproduction [to train]. For me, I did sword fighting, martial arts, and fitness, but all of the training worked together. I would do the right kind of weight lifting so that I could lift the sword—and sword fighting is actually a lot of core,” she told Vogue. According to the Mayo Clinic, strength and weight training help reduce body fat, preserve and increase lean muscle mass, and burn calories more efficiently. Strength training may also help you:

• Develop strong bones
• Manage your weight
• Enhance your quality of life
• Manage chronic conditions
• Sharpen your thinking skills

3. Protein and Carbs

As for her diet, Karen balances carbs with protein. “Well, I love food and I love carbs: Pasta, rice—that’s my thing. But for the movie, a lot of your physicality comes from not only training but your diet, too. I ate a lot of quinoa, greens, chicken breast. There wasn’t a nutritionist, but we did have meals that were specifically made for us,” she told Vogue.

4. Dance

In her latest post, Karen looks ready to dance. Dancing is a great workout for many reasons. Not only does it build strength and promote flexibility, but helps you lose weight and even promotes cardiovascular function. A 2016 study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine determined that people who engaged in moderate-intensity dancing were 46 percent less likely to develop heart disease or die from it than non-dancers. In comparison, moderate-intensity walkers were just 25 percent less likely to suffer heart health issues.

5. Gym Workouts

When she isn’t training for a role, Karen still makes sure to exercise. “I try to go to the gym. I either go on the rower or watch a TV show on the treadmill, and then I do some weight lifting. Having a trainer changes your life, it really does. I want to get back into that groove. And I just got back to the same karate dojo that I used to do in high school. Right now, the little kids are doing way better than I am!” she says.

1. Gym Sessions

Tran stays active by hitting the gym and spending time in nature. She swears by Kate Somerville Hydrakate Illuminating Sunscreen SPF 50+ to keep her safe from the sun. "You can layer it on top of, or under makeup, and it kind of gives you a glow as well as protection from the sun," she told E! News.

2. Yes, That’s Her Hair

Tran feels strongly about transparency on social media. “Transparency on social media is so important, because I don’t want any fake beauty standards because of me,” she told Glamour. “Growing up that was tough too, seeing all these people and being like, “Why don’t I look like them?” It’s always important to be transparent about things. And with my hair, people aren’t exposed to a lot of South East Asian women and they don’t know that oftentimes we do have really long lush hair.”

3. Cosmetic Work

Tran is open about having cosmetic work done, telling fans she only just got lip fillers. “I’ve always wanted to get a little bit of lip filler, I’ve just never had the chance to,” she said in a TikTok video. “For me, I just really wanted to enhance the natural beauty in my face that I already have. I don’t want to look super done up. I’m really loving how they look so far. They will go down. They do hurt a little bit. This is all of my own hair, believe it or not. I need to get it cut but I’m gonna wait a couple weeks.”

4. The Bachelor Wardrobe

Tran says she regrets some of her wardrobe choices on The Bachelor. “There was a date where we were told it was going to be athletic, so I put on a tennis skirt because I thought we were going to play tennis,” she told E! News. “We were doing push-ups in the mud instead. So I regret wearing a tennis skirt!”

5. Asian Role Model

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Tran is proud to be a role model. "I feel so so grateful and so honored to be the first Asian bachelorette in this franchise," she said. "Growing up, I've always wanted to see Asian representation on TV. And I feel like it was really sparse. Any time Asians were in the media, it was to fill a supporting character role, to fulfill some sort of stereotype, and I felt really boxed in by that because I was like, 'I don't see myself on screen. I don't see myself as a main character.'"

1. Japanese Skincare

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Sawayama was ahead of the curve when it came to Asian skincare brands. "I always hoarded skincare when I went to Japan for my summer holidays, so I remember getting a lot of drugstore makeup and skincare,” she says. “I think one of my first purchases was eye makeup — clear mascara and light blue eyeshadow. I have a skincare subscription from Dermatica which, across the year, is a splurge. I also use Athletic Greens to get my vitamins and minerals for the day."

2. Beauty Idol

Sawayama’s beauty idol is her mother. “She’s like 60 and she has no wrinkles,” she says. “I asked her, ‘What’s your skin skincare routine?’ She’s like, ‘I use baby oil, then I wash my face with shampoo. I’m like, okay, well I need to ditch my ten step Korean skin care routine because I don’t need to do all that!”

3. John Wick Miracle

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Sawayama was in disbelief when she got the role of Akira in John Wick: Chapter 4. “John Wick is a miracle movie to me,” she says. “I’ve been doing auditions and self-tapes in the background of music for years, but I hadn’t landed anything. Then I got a call from Chad Stahelski, the director, and he’d seen my music videos. He asked what I was doing for the next three months. I’d finished the bulk of my writing for the second record and had a gap in my schedule. I was in Berlin three days later. The ink on the contract hadn’t even dried when I began stunt training.”

4. Training For John Wick

Sawayama’s training for John Wick: Chapter 4 was intense—five weeks of work every day, including night shoots. “A tour is easy compared to this,” she says. “It was the most intense thing I’ve ever done. In music, I know what I’m doing onstage. I know my groove. But acting is completely new, and I was learning in a very high-pressure situation. It taught me I can push myself even more. We did five hours of exercise every day — and there were times I’d get through half the day and really not want to do it. But you push through. When I feel like I’m dying, I can tap into this place, locate where the tiredness is, and shine a light on it.”

5. Beauty Community

Sawayama loves the beauty communities on Instagram. “When I was growing up, I’d look at Dior in the 2000s, when Pat McGrath was doing like these amazing, insane looks,” she says. “We didn’t have as much access to stuff like that, but now we have all these beauty communities on Instagram. I think that’s the strength of Instagram, to be able to tap into these communities that will appreciate your creativity. I think that’s been a really positive thing. People are not as self conscious, maybe. Previously, you’d have to look at magazines and archives and books, but now you don’t because of Instagram.”