“All my life, I was barked at and commanded by men like you. Men who expected me to bow down to their every desire. To serve their own agenda. No More!” - Mariko

Mariko Yashida was the daughter of Japanese crimelord Lord Shingen, leader of Clan Yashida. However, Mariko was forced to marry a man named Noburu-Hideki, who was one of her father's criminal associates. Noburu-Hideki was a cruel man who beat Mariko. Mariko became a force in the Japanese criminal underworld; however, her authority was challenged by the leader of the Hand, Matsu'o Tsurayaba. Mariko's own half-brother, the Silver Samurai, also challenged her authority. Wolverine and his allies fought the Hand on her behalf, but when Mariko sought to make peace with the Hand, she was poisoned by Tsurayaba. Wishing to avoid prolonged suffering, she asked Wolverine to grant her a quick death, which he reluctantly did. Years after her death, Gorgon resurrected Mariko and made her one of his enforcers, she was now known as the Scarlet Samurai. Gorgon then planned to kill the current leader of the Clan Yashida, Shingen Harada II a.k.a The Silver Samurai in order to replace him with Mariko which would have resulted in an abrupt takeover of the Yashida Corp by the Hand. After taking care of the Silver Samurai, Gorgon and the Scarlet Samurai were able to acquire a fresh supply of a new designer made supplement called Regenix developed by Yashida Corp. The Regenix allowed its user to gain accelerated regeneration abilities but the drug was addictive and short lived and could cause the death of its users in case of prolonged use. Renegix also lost its effectiveness if exposed to low temperatures. Gorgon used the Regenix for his army making his undead assassins almost unstoppable but the stock of Regenix was running low, and soon enough Old Man Logan became involved. Gorgon tasked the Scarlet Samurai to take care of Logan, with the help of the undead ninja of the Hand powered by Regenix, she was able to beat him. With Old Man Logan beaten, Gorgon then told Mariko to reveal her identity to the old man which horrified him. Gorgon then told Mariko to kill him, but she hesitated, her memory of Logan slowly coming back, the old man used this opportunity to escape and swore he would kill Gorgon for what he did to her. Despite the brainwashing of the Hand, Mariko was slowly regaining her senses, to the point she stopped Gorgon from killing a scientist in cold blood. Not long after, the Silver Samurai revealed he survived Gorgon's previous attack and teamed up with Old Man Logan to stop him. The duo was able to defeat Gorgon's army and free Mariko from his control. Now free, Mariko teamed with Old Man Logan and decided to go to Madripoor in order to stop the Gorgon from using the Regenix to conquer the island. The duo was able to destroy the last batch of Regenix before facing him. Gorgon was able to stab Old Man Logan through the chest with a sword, but the old man also managed to severely wound him with his claws. Mariko confronted Gorgon, angry about what he did to her and about what he just did to Old Man Logan. She was able to defeat him, but as she was about to kill him, he was saved by his ninja army and was able to escape.

Age: 27

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown