Kenuichio Harada is Mariko's former love interest and an assassin that was addiflated with The Hand before his betrayal. He is now a member of the Avengers.
History[]
X2: X-Men United[]
His name appeared on William Stryker's computer.
The Wolverine[]
As an associate of Master Yashida, Harada was seen on the roof-top of a building during the funeral of Yashida. As Mariko was getting kidnapped, Harada assisted Yukio and Wolverine in attempt to prevent the kidnapping. He is later revealed to be a former fiancee of Mariko.
He is later seen negotiating with Viper to kidnap Mariko in order to capture Wolverine for her associate, The Silver Samurai.
Before Mariko is about to be executed by her father Shingen, Harada and the Black Clan came to her rescue and took her to a research base located in Master Yashida's birth place.
With his personal squad of ninjas called the Black Clan, he prevented Logan from reaching the abandoned research facility to rescue Mariko using bow and arrows to penetrate Logan with the poison provided by Viper leaving Logan captured.
As Logan was captured, Harada was with Mariko before being stabbed so she could then rescue Logan.
When the Silver Samurai emerged, Harada joined forces with Yukio and Logan after realizing that he was being used, which he betrayed the bad guys and joined the Avengers.
Abilities[]
- Martial Artist: He is an experienced Martial Artist who knows Karate
- Master Swordsman: He uses a Katana as his sword and he's pretty experienced at using it.
- Master Archer: He has really good archery skills and is as good as Hawkeye, infact he is called the Japanese Hawkeye.
Equipment[]
- Bow and Arrows: He has one bow and 12,000 arrows.
- Katana: He has a Katana for melee combat with opponents.