Characteristics

Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan

Known Relatives: Kenji Oyama (Lord Dark Wind, father, deceased), two unidentified brothers (deceased).

Education: Privately tutored

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 128 lbs.

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Black

Origin

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When that happened Yuriko decided to try and free her lover from her father’s service. She teamed up with Daredevil in order to free him and decided to take revenge on her father for scarring her when she was younger and causing the deaths of her two brothers. During the fight, Kenji had Daredevil’s life in his hands, but just as he was about to kill him, Yuriko killed her father. Her lover, Kiro, decided to commit Seppuku (An honorable suicide) to honor his dead master. Following his death, Yuriko embraced her father's ideals and sought to track down all those who had dishonored him. Her trail led to Wolverine, whose skeleton had been bonded with adamantium. Deathstrike sought to kill him to right the wrong of the theft of his scientific discovery and thus restore her family's honor, but she was defeated with the help of Vindicator and Alpha Flight. Yuriko then traveled to the Mojoverse and Spiral's "body shoppe" where she received extensive cybernetic enhancements including adamantium bones and talons.

Now Yuriko going by the name of Lady Deathstrike became a member of the Reavers and fought alongside them against the X-Men. Then one day the entire Reavers team was completely destroyed by the Sentinels and Yuriko decided to go solo. Yuriko continued her life as a mercenary and assassin for hire. When Wolverine’s adamantium was extracted by Magneto in the Fatal Attractions story arc, Yuriko engaged in a battle with Wolverine. She defeated him and almost killed him before she discovered that his bones were no longer laced with adamantium. She admits that there is no longer any honor in killing Wolverine because he does not possess the material that was stolen from her father. Yuriko would eventually team up with the X-Men sometimes when they are battling the same enemy. Yuriko also still goes by the honor code of a samurai even after all the trauma she has gone through.

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Powers

Lady Deathstrike is a cyborg with superhuman strength, speed and agility. Deathstrike's skeleton has been infused with adamantium, rendering her skeletal structure practically unbreakable.

Initially, it was a mystery as to how she survived this process, as it is generally believed that without a healing factor, the process would be fatal to a human. It was later revealed how Spiral used magic to infuse the metal into Deathstrike's body; it is unlikely that Deathstrike could have survived the process on her own. Deathstrike's fingers have been replaced by 12-inch adamantium claws. She is an expertly trained assassin and is highly skilled in a variety of oriental martial arts. Although, Yuriko prefers stealth and subtlety in her killings, she is emotionally disturbed and this interferes with her effectiveness.

Her last visit with Donald Pierce, leader of a team of cyborg criminals known as The Reavers, resulted in an upgrade that provided her with a kind of "cybernetic healing factor" which functions in ways similar to Wolverine's, though not as efficient.

Alternate Versions

Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610)

When Yuriko was young, she met a girl named Storm. Yuri, as she would be called by Storm, taught her how to hotwire all sorts of vehicles and the two continued their lives as car thieves. Eventually Storm would continue to steal motorcycles on Yuri’s turf and the two would battle each other while on motorcycles. During the battle Yuri was hit by a truck and her entire body was destroyed and had to begin using a wheelchair, which looked like it would be for the rest of her life. She is then approached by Dr. Cornelius who offers her to join the Weapon X program to fix her body with adamantium and add accelerated healing for her to get her revenge against Storm. However, Yuri would have to kill Wolverine in the process. Yuri agrees to the conditions and she would be put through the procedures. She went right after Wolverine and Storm and begin to battle them, Yuri knocked out Storm and fought Wolverine to get rid of him first. Yuri would eventually be defeated then captured by SHIELD and imprisioned in Triskelion. While she was imprisoned there, the X-Men had broken in to search for another friend in which Angel and Dazzler encounter her. Dazzler proceeds to taunting Yuri and then the power went out. Yuri was able to escape her cell and stabs Dazzler in the stomach. Right afterwards Longshot appears and snaps Yuri’s neck. Her current status is currently unknown but it is assumed she is still alive due to the healing factor.

Movieverse

In X-Men II, Deathstrike is a mutant with a healing factor and super-strength who is given adamantium bones and claws by Weapon X. Little is known of her personality as she spends the film under Stryker's mind control. She is killed by Wolverine who injects her with liquid adamantium.