Has anyone really seen this female Kano? I haven't seen it, so here's my 2 cents:
With the strong speculation that Liu Kang's spirit may be in deception, could it just be Kano with long hair? In Quan Chi's end story, Liu Kang returns, as Kano! So now that he's in Kano's body, maybe he decided to grow his hair long, so as to look as much as his old self as possible? I don't know...what does everyone think?

P.S. I've not seen this 'female Kano', so please don't flame me if I thought people may have mistaken Kano for a female because of he long hair.