Kenuichio Harada

The Silver Samurai vs. Logan in Wolverine: Origins v1 #43.

Kenuichio Harada is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Origin

Kenuichio Harada (Japanese: 原田剣一郎, Hepburn: Harada Ken'ichirō) was the illegitimate son of Lord Shingen Yashida and half-brother to Mariko Yashida with him being part of Clan Yashida. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #172)

At some point, he was involved with a woman who fathered his child who was named Shingen Harada though he never spent time with his son. Instead, the boy was with his mother who came to suffer from cancer and pass away when her son was young. Afterwards, he was sent to the orphanage where he was bullied much of his life and even then he was never visited by his father Kenuichio. (Wolverine v2 301)

Silver Samurai

In the preparation for Mariko's wedding, the Silver Samurai watched from the scene and intended to strike at Wolverine as well as his allies the X-Men who had arrived at the Yashida residence. He was then attacked by Yukio who intended to capture him but she failed in knocking him unconscious. The commotion resulted in Wolverine being drawn into the disturbance where he fought against the Silver Samurai. This allowed for Viper to sneak into the building and kidnap Mariko whereupon Harada used a teleportation device to escape the scene. Mariko was then taken captive with her being held in a remote building in Tokyo where Lord Shingen's rival Nabatone Yokuse was present to arbitrate the matter of leadership of Clan Yashida. However, Mariko had been switched with Yukio who refused Kenuichio's claim leading to a battle with Storm entering into the fray where she came to lose track of her powers thus causing a large explosion at the scene. The Silver Samurai survived and he recovered Viper where he vowed revenge as he intended to forcibly take the position of head of Clan Yashida. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #172)

House of X

After the establishment of the Mutant nation of Krakoa, the people of this country managed to develop the Resurrection Protocols allowing them to restore fallen members of their kind. Among those brought back by this process was Kenuichio Harada who joined his people on the living island where he became responsible for officiating combat in the arena in the quarry. (Cable v4 #1)

Overview

Personality and attributes

As Shingen's only son, he believed that he was promised leadership over Clan Yashida. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #172)

As the illegitimate child of Shingen Yashida, Kenuichio was the half-brother to his fathers daughter Mariko Yashida. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #172)

He was involved with a woman who came to bear him a son who was named Shingen 'Shin' Harada though he never spent time with his child who ended up growing up in an orphanage after the boy's mother passed away. (Wolverine v2 #301)

Powers and abilities

His armour was shown to be able to protect him from blows that could knock a person out in a sneak attack from behind. Despite the seemingly bulky armour, he was known to retain his speed and was quite fast in a fight. (Uncanny X-Men v1 #172)

Notes

• The Silver Samurai was created by Steve Gerber and Bob Brown where he made his first appearance in Daredevil v1 #111 (July, 1974).

Appearances

• Daredevil v1: (1974)
• New Avengers v1:
• Wolverine v4:
• Cable v4:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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