Karen Fukuhara and Tomer Capone Got Matching Tattoos, and They’re Made of Frenchie’s Last Words to Kimiko
Few on-screen partnerships in recent television history have carried the emotional weight of Frenchie and Kimiko on ‘The Boys.’ Over five seasons, the connection between the French street chemist and the silent, ferociously loyal Kimiko became the beating heart of a show that rarely paused long enough to breathe. It was a bond built on unspoken trust, shared trauma, and a tenderness that felt almost out of place in the blood-soaked world of Vought International.
Actors Karen Fukuhara and Tomer Capone described their characters as “twin flames” and “soulmates” long before the writers confirmed a romantic direction, and that mutual understanding shaped every scene they shared. Fukuhara told Entertainment Weekly that she “did a cute little gasp” when she first read the script moment that finally brought the two characters together romantically, adding that “it took the entire season to get to that point.” That investment in Kimiko and Frenchie was never just professional, and now the actors have made that permanent.
Fukuhara revealed via Instagram that she and Capone got matching tattoos together, sharing photographs of the ink alongside a quote that captured the spirit of the outing perfectly. “It really felt like the two of us were on a real Kimiko and Frenchie excursion, sneaking away on some little mission of our own,” she wrote. The tattoo itself carries even deeper meaning for anyone who has watched the final episodes of the show, reading “Mon coeur, je t’aime, from the first,” a direct echo of the words Frenchie speaks to Kimiko in his final moments on screen.
In the penultimate episode of ‘The Boys,’ Frenchie calls Kimiko “Mon coeur,” French for “my heart,” before whispering “Je t’aime, from the very start” as she begs him not to leave her. The two share a final kiss before he dies, with “Dream A Little Dream Of Me” playing over the closing credits. The tattoo transforms that farewell into something the two actors can carry with them long after the cameras have stopped rolling.
Fukuhara admitted in an exclusive interview with Multiverse of Color that she had “a really hard time” processing Frenchie’s death, saying it had been “weighing heavily on me for months” after she first read the episode. “It felt very real to me,” she shared, “and I miss the character so much.” Capone, speaking about the experience of filming the farewell scene, revealed that neither he nor Fukuhara slept after they wrapped, and the two spent the night texting each other until six in the morning.
Capone described the ending as “the perfect ending for these two,” saying the writers gave both actors the space to truly say goodbye to their characters. The matching tattoos feel very much like a continuation of that goodbye, one made in ink rather than script, and shared between two people who clearly found something real inside a fictional bond. With the series finale arriving on Prime Video this week, the tattoo reveal has added an unexpectedly moving coda to the entire Kimiko and Frenchie story.
If you watched Frenchie and Kimiko’s final scene, does seeing their last words turned into matching tattoos make it hit even harder?
