Real
name: Kenuichio Harada
Other aliases: Unknown
Identity: Known to international law enforcement
authorities
Occupation: Professional criminal
Legal status:Unknown citizenship, has international
criminal record
Place of birth: Unknown
Marital status: Single
Known relatives: Shingen Harada (father, deceased),
Mariko Yashida (half-sister), Shiro Yashida (Sunfire,
cousin), Tomo Yashida (cousin, deceased), Saburo Yashida
(cousin, deceased)
Base of operations: Mobile
Group affiliation: Ally of Viper II, former ally
of the Mandrill and Black Spectre I
First appearance: DAREDEVIL #11
History: Kenuichio Harada is the mutant son of
Japanese crimelord Shingen Harada, but was never formally
acknowledged as Shingen's son or as a member of the Yashida
Clan of which Shingen claimed leadership. At an early
age, Harada began the study of the fighting methods and
code of honor (bushido) of the medieval Japanese warrior-class
called the samurai. Eventually mastering the attendant
disciplines, Harada sought employment as a modern-day
samurai. After fulfilling a debt of service to the Mandrill,
Harada, who became known as the Silver Samurai, bound
himself in service to the second Viper. The Silver Samurai
has acted as the Viper's bodyguard and chief aide-de-camp
ever since.
After the death of his half-sister Mariko, Kenuichio
took over the condition of House Yashida's activities,
where he currently remains.
Height: 6 ft. 6 in.
Weight: 250 lbs.
Eyes: Black
Hair: Black
Strength level: Superhuman Class 10, (as Lykos)
Normal
Known superhuman powers: The Silver Samurai is
a mutant who can generate a form of energy, probably a
tachyon field, with which he surrounds his sword. He can
use the sword, so energized, to slice through any known
substance except adamantium. The effect is like that of
a disintegration beam.
Abilities: The Silver Samurai is a superb swordsman.
He is also a highly skilled master of the Oriental martial
arts, although his abilities do not match those of Iron
Fist or Shang-Chi.
Weapons: The Silver Samurai wields a traditional
samurai long sword (katana). The sword has no powers of
its own; the Samurai himself generated the sword's energy.
He also uses shuriken (sharp metal star-shaped throwing
objects) and other traditional samurai weaponry.
The Silver Samurai's armor is constructed of an advanced
light-weight steel alloy and has enough articulation in
the appropriate area so as not to impede his movements.
The Silver Samurai and the Viper each make use of a teleportation
ring whose origins and workings are unknown. The ring
is activated when it is twisted.