In Popular Culture
- In the Chuck Norris film The Octagon, a pair of Kamas are the weapons used by Seikura, the film's primary villain who is also the half brother of Norris' character.
- In the television series Legend of the Seeker, the character Chase uses a more modern looking version of a kama, which is a weapon used by members of the D'Haran army.
- In the movie Battle Royale a female character named Mitsuko Souma uses this as her main weapon.
- In the videogame League of Legends the playable character Akali uses two kamas as weapons.
- Axel Low from Guilty Gear use this as his main weapon.
- In Ninja Gaiden Ryu Hayabusa can use a pair of these strung together at the handles much like one would use nunchaku (which coincidentally are another usable in-game weapon).
- In Immortals (2011 film), the Goddess Athena fights with dual Kamas.
- In the television series Law & Order, a teenage boy uses a Kama to kill another boy.
- In the video game World of Warcraft, the character Akama wields two Kamas.
- In the role-playing game Legend of the Five Rings, the Mantis Clan Champion Yoritomo was trained since birth to fight using large dual kamas.
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