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Jimmy Woo

Yellow Claw #1, October 1956

Jimmy Woo is a Chinese American law enforcement officer and the hero of the short-lived Yellow Claw title. Later, he became a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. He was in love with Suwanee, the daughter of Yellow Claw. In Marvel history, Woo was instrumental in bringing together several superhero teams, most notably the Avengers. Woo was seen killed in Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.

Jimmy Woo has since somehow returned to life and played a small part in the recent Civil War storyarc and will play a role in the upcoming Agents of Atlas storyarc of August 2006 (second panel, left).

Suwanee

Yellow Claw #1, October 1956

The daughter of the Yellow Claw and paramour of Jimmy Woo. She apparently has also become a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Yellow Claw

Yellow Claw #1, October 1956

A Fu Manchu-like character, he was associated with Chinese communists and the Nazis. After the cancellation of Yellow Claw, Yellow Claw has periodically returned as a Marvel villain. He will play a role in the upcoming Agents of Atlas storyarc of August 2006.

Prof. Ho Yinsen

Tales of Suspense #39, March 1963

A world-renowned physicist who helped Tony Stark build the Iron Man armour. He was subsequently killed by Wong-Chu.

Wong-Chu

Tales of Suspense #39, March 1963

The ruler of an unidentified village in North Vietnam, he held Tony Stark captive, until Wong-Chu was killed in an explosion.

Radioactive Man

Journey into Mystery vol.1 #93, June 1963

Aka Chen Lu, Radioactive Man was a supervillain with powers over radiation. Before gaining his abilities in a freak accident, Chen Lu was a nuclear physicist in the People’s Republic of China. After getting his powers, Radioactive Man became a founding member of the Masters of Evil.

The Mandarin

Tales of Suspense #50, February 1964

The Mandarin was an enemy of Iron Man, who possessed great wealth and was said to be a direct descendent of Genghis Khan. His mother was an English noblewoman. Although a high-ranking government official in China, after the Cultural Revolution, the Mandarin lost his title. He then became an embittered villain who wielded incredible mastery over science and ten alien power rings that granted him various powers. He is currently deceased.

Sunfire

Uncanny X-Men #64, January 1970

Real name, Shiro Yashida, Sunfire is a Japanese national gifted with the ability to fly and generate superheated plasma after his mother survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It was because of the bombing that Sunfire originally harboured anger towards the U.S., adopting his codename to wreak vengeance on America. Later, he was briefly affiliated with the X-Men and Apocalypse’s Four Horsemen, but is largely a solo fighter. He is brother to superheroine, SunPyre, cousins to Mariko Yashida and the Silver Samurai.

Sha Shan

Amazing SpiderMan #108, May 1972

Sha Shan was a Vietnamese national who, through a series of storylines, saves Flash Thompson’s life. She returned to Vietnam, only to become Sister Sun, a brief Spiderman villain, along with her partner, Brother Power. After Brother Power was killed in an explosion, Sha Shan gave up her Sister Sun codename and became Flash Thompson’s girlfriend.

Fu Manchu

Marvel Special Edition #15, December 1973

Fu Manchu is introduced as the father of Marvel character Shang-Chi after Marvel obtained the rights for the Sax Rohmer novels and the Fu Manchu character in 1972. In more recent incarnations of Shang-Chi’s story, Fu Manchu is named only as a mysterious “father” since Marvel did not renew their license over the Rohmer novels.

Shang-Chi

Marvel Special Edition #15, December 1973

Shang-Chi is introduced as pulp novel villain, Fu Manchu’s son and a master of Kung Fu. After learning that his father is a villain seeking world domination, Shang-Chi joins the fight against his father by joining British Intelligence or, in the Ultimate universe, becoming a wanderer and a skilled martial artist seeking to distance himself from his father.

Silver Samurai

Daredevil #111, July 1974

Real name Keniuchio Harada is the illegitimate son of Shingen Harada and a mutant with the power to charge anything, especially his samurai sword, with tachyon energy allowing it to cut through anything except adamantium. He was a mercenary and a bodyguard of the yakuza, becoming one of Wolverine’s greatest enemies until he formed and joined the first Japanese superhero group, Big Hero 6. The Silver Samurai also owns a teleportation ring, allowing him to stealthily transport from one place to another. He is brother to Wolverine’s former fiancée, Mariko Yashida, and cousin to Sunfire and Sunpyre.

Colleen Wing

Marvel Premiere #19, November 1974

As part of the Heroes for Hire group, Colleen is a trained samurai and runs a private investigator company with her partner, Misty Knight. She is half-Japanese.

Fah Lo Suee

Master of Kung-Fu #26, March 1975

Fah Lo Suee’s name means “Sweet Perfume”, and she was originally a character in Sax Rohmer’s novels and was later incorporated into the Marvel Master of Kung-Fu title. She is the daughter of Fu Manchu and Shang-Chi’s villainous sister, and has the power of hynopsis and long life. Although an ambition woman seeking power, she does not subscribe to her father’s ideals and will ally herself to whomever can help her further her goals. Eventually, she joins MI6, British Intelligence, and becomes a top-ranking official.

Psylocke

Captain Britain #8, December 1976

Originally, the codename “Psylocke” referred to a blind, British psi named Betsy Braddock who fought alongside the X-men. However, in one storyline, Betsy was kidnapped by The Hand, a secret ninja organization. The leader of the Hand, Matsu’o Tsurayaba, switched Betsy’s spirit with that of his dying lover’s, Kwannon, such that Betsy ended up in Kwannon’s body. She became the Hand’s primary assassin as Lady Mandarin, but eventually returned to the X-men as ninja-psi, Psylocke. In the 616 universe, Psylocke has had a long-standing romance with Archangel.

White Dragon

Amazing Spiderman I #184, September 1978

Leader of the Dragon Lords, a Chinatown gang, the White Dragon was an expert in martial arts, as well as being able to shoot fire from his dragon mask.

Lady Lotus

Invaders #37, February 1979

Lady Lotus is a Japanese woman with strong psychic powers that she developed through meditation, eventually achieving Buddhist enlightenment at 21. She has exceptional powers of hynopsis which she used to avoid Japanese internment during WWII. Seeing the mistreatment of people of Asian descent in the U.S., Lady Lotus swore revenge against America and became an enemy of Marvel heroes like Captain America.

Mariko Yashida

Uncanny X-Men #118, February 1979

The daughter of Shingen Harada, Mariko is the sister of the Silver Samurai and cousin to Sunfire and Sunpyre. Mariko inherited leadership of her father’s yakuza family. She was Wolverine’s fiancée until their marriage was halted by supervillain, Mastermind. Mariko was poisoned by Matsu’o Tsurayaba and begged Wolverine to spare her a painful death. He killed her and sought revenge on Matsu’o Tsurayaba by annually removing one of Tsurayaba’s body parts on the anniversary of Mariko’s death.

Karma

Marvel Team-Up Vol.1 #100, December 1980

Real name, Xi’an Coy Manh, Karma has the power to possess other and control them like puppets. Originally, she came to America after being freed from a Vietnamese concentration camp. She was leader of the New Mutants, but later became a teacher at the Xavier Instititue. Notably, Karma is one of the few openly lesbian comic book characters. In the Ultimate universe, Karma is more of a dark character, working as a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Kirigi

Daredevil #174, September 1981

Kirigi is a masterful Japanese warrior (neither samurai nor ninja) and assassin, member of the Hand, and enemy of Daredevil and Elektra. He was portrayed by Will Yun Lee in the Elektra movie.

Shingen Harada

Wolverine Vol. 1 #1, September 1982

An enemy of Wolverine, Shingen Harada was a yakuza crime boss and father to Mariko Yashida and the Silver Samurai. He married his daughter, Mariko to another crime boss and when he beat her, Wolverine intervened on Mariko’s behalf. Shingen Harada then had Wolverine poisoned him and attacked him using an expertise of the human anatomy to invalidate Wolverine’s healing factor. Although possessing no superpowers, Shingen Harada is a skilled swordsman and very intelligent.

The Collective Man

Contest of Champions #1, 1982

Actually the merged body of the Tao-Yu quintuplets, Sun, Chang, Ho, Lin and Han were able to form one body with either the power of five men or the collective physical strength of all the people in China. They fight for the Chinese government, occasionally pitting them against the X-Men. They were also once affiliated with the Chinese revolutionary group 3-Peace.

Leiko Wu

Brave and the Bold #200, July 1983

A Chinese-British woman introduced in the Masters of Kung Fu title, she is a romantic interest for Shang-Chi.

Lady Deathstrike

Daredevil #197, 1983

Aka Yuriko Oyama, Lady Deathstrike is a repeat nemesis of the X-Men and Wolverine in particular. The daughter of crimelord Kenji Oyama (aka Lord Dark Wind) – a cold man whose face was scarred by a failed suicide attempt and who subsequently scarred the faces of all his children -- Yuriko originally tried to rebel against her father to save her lover, Kiro, who worked for him. However, after Yuriko killed her father, Kiro killed himself in shame. Yuriko decided to follow her father’s ideals and sought all the people who had dishonoured him, leading her to swear vengeance against Wolverine. In order to defeat him, Yuriko had adamantium grafted onto her skeletal structure. Later, she became a full cyborg, and has repeatedly appeared as a mercenary and assassin.

In the Ultimate universe, Yuriko was Storm’s childhood mentor and friend, teaching her to hotwire cars. However, she was injured in a bad car accident, and confined to a wheelchair. Dr. Cornelius of Weapon X offered to graft adamantium to her skeletal structure and give her an accelerated healing factor.

China Force

Alpha Flight #59, June 1988

Populated by team members with codenames that reference the Chinese Zodiac, China Force was a national Chinese superhero team and had a couple of interactions with the Alpha Flight team.

Jade Dragon

Alpha Flight #59, June 1988

Aka Dei Guan, Jade Dragon was a labourer at a Chinese re-education camp when he was visited by a “geomancer” who gave him the power to turn into a dragon. After garnering this ability, Jade Dragon joined the Chinese superhero team, China Force.

Taki

X-Terminators #1, October 1988

Aka Takaski Matsuya and Whiz Kid, Taki was a young Japanese American mutant with the power to manipulate machinery and mechanical components to form items and weaponry.

Jubilation Lee

Uncanny X-men #244, 1989

Codename “Jubilee”, Jubilee was an ordinary Chinese American girl living with her wealthy immigrant parents in Beverly Hills until her parents were murdered and she was sent to an orphanage. She eventually discovered she had a mutant power that allowed her to generate fireworks from her fingers. Jubilee joined the X-men but was later prominently feature as a member of Generation X. In the recent House of M storyline, Jubilee was depowered. Jubilee was recently revealed to suffer from dyscalculacy, and has an aunt named Aunt Hope who adopted Jubilee and brought her to Los Angeles. It was later found that Aunt Hope was really an assassin for a crime syndicate and was eventually killed, and Jubilee returned to the X-Men mansion.

Turbo

New Warriors #28, October 1992

Aka, Michiko Musashi, Turbo was the wielder of the Turbo suit and was a superheroine affiliated with the New Warriors for a time until she quite being a superhero and founded Excelsior, a group that tries to encourage teenaged superhoes to live normal lives.

Tiana

Ravage 2099 #1, 1992

Girlfriend of the Marvel character, Ravage 2099.

Base

Codename: Genetix #1, January 1993

Also known as Hiro Sokuto, Base has the power to control the elements of earth, fire, air and water, although he cannot control more than two at a time. He is a member of the Genetix team.

Xi`an

X-Men 2099 #1, October 1993

Xi`an Chi Xan had a mutant power that gave him one hand that could destroy matter, and another that could heal injuries. He was also known as the Desert Ghost and Controller X. Although he founded the X-Men 2099 team, his current status is unknown.

Haven

X-Factor #96, November 1993

Aka Radha Dastoor, Haven was hoping to destroy three-quarters of the world in an event known as Mahapralaya ('the Great Destruction'), as prophesied by her Hindu teaching. The intention of this event was to cause humans and mutants to evolve into one race. Haven had no powers, herself, but had conceived an unborn fetus while she was younger. The embryo had stalled during development, and remained as a sentient, unborn fetus within her womb -- and this fetus was the mutant with powerful abilities, including the ability to act through its mother. The powers manifested through Haven included healing, telepathy and control over dimensional portals. Eventually, the fetus was able to cause its own birth, destroying Haven in the process.

Krista Marwan

Death Metal vs. Genetix #2, January 1994

Krista is a member of Genetix and has mild empathic abilities. She was impregnated by Death Metal against her will. She is pregnant with a child with massive potential, and she plans to raise it to defeat Death Metal.

Monsoon

X-Factor #99, February 1994

Aka Aloba Dastoor, Monsoon was brother of Haven with the power of weather manipulation. He helped her conceive of her plan to cause the 'Great Destruction', or Mahapralaya. Eventually, Monsoon began to have moral questions about his sister's plans, eventually conspiring with Valerie Cooper to turn against his sister and stop her devastating plans.

Dragonfly I

Amazing Spiderman, vol. 1 #421, March 1997

Aka Karsano, he is the Korean ex-fiancee of Meiko Yin and the first to bear the Dragonfly title of the True Believers, a faction of the Hand. To test his loyalty, he was ordered to kill Meiko Yin, and after he failed for the third time, he committed ritual suicide, passing his title to Meiko.

Dragonfly II

Spiderman, vol. 1 #421, March 1997

Aka Meiko Yin, Meiko, Korean by birth and cousin to Angela Yin of the Daily Bugle, is the original Dragonfly’s ex-fiancée, a member of the True Believers, and next in line to become Dragonfly should the original Dragonfly fail. She has been trained in the ninja arts, and after the death of Dragonfly I, Meiko assumes the role as the second Dragonfly and is repeatedly defeated by various Marvel superheroes (including Spiderman and Elektra). Eventually, she chooses to become a hero instead of a villain.

Jolt

Thunderbolts #1, April 1997

Aka Hallie Takahama, Jolt has a hyperkinetic ability that grants her superhuman agility and the ability to jump long distances. She also produces an intense bioelectric field due to her enhanced metabolism, that allows her to manipulate energies. She is a member of the Thunderbolts and the Young Allies.

Big Hero 6

Big Hero 6 #1, September 1998

The first Japanese government-funded superhero team, Big Hero 6 consists of Sunfire, the Silver Samurai, Hiro Tacachio (a boy genius and inventor), Baymax (a giant robot), Honey Lemon (a spy with the ability to pull anything out of her purse) and Gogo Tomogo (a spy who can change herself into a ball of energy).

Push

Spider-Girl #23, January 2000

Aka Nancy Lu, Push is a character in Marvel's MC2 universe. Push is a mutant with telekinetic abilities.

Sunpyre

Uncanny X-Men #392, May 2001

Real name, Leyu Yoshida, Sunpyre is twin sister to classic Marvel character, Sunfire. Their mother was exposed to radiation poisoning following the bombing of Hiroshima, and possesses the same powers as her brother: flight and generation of superheated plasma. She is cousin to Mariko Yashida and the Silver Samurai, and was affiliated with the X-Corps.

Sunfire

Exiles #2, September 2001

Sunfire, aka Mariko Yashida, is an alternate-dimensional version of the Mariko that Wolverine loved and lost. This Mariko is a mutant with many of the powers of the current Marvel continuity's Sunfire - including flight and plasma blasts - and is a member of the Exiles team of mutants, which travels alternate dimensions to fix the timeline. Mariko is one of the comic industry's openly gay characters, and had a brief relationship with an alternate dimensional version of Spiderwoman, Mary Jane Watson. Mariko was eventually killed saving innocents from a collapsing building.

Kuan-Yin Xorn

New X-Men Annual 2001, 2001

Xorn was introduced as a Chinese mutant who had “a star for a brain” and was a powerful healer. He became an integral part of the Xavier Institute, trusted advisor to the X-Men, teacher and leader of a small group of unofficial X-Men (made up of outcast students) and even healed Professor Xavier’s legs for a time. It was eventually revealed (sort of) that Xorn was really Magneto, and he was beheaded by Wolverine.

Wasp

Ultimates #2, February 2002

The Wasp is only Asian American superhero in the Ultimates team of the Ultimate Marvel universe. Janet Pym is a member of the Ultimates and wife to Henry Pym, aka Giant Man. Janet is a mutant with the power to shrink herself to a very small size, display wings, and generate wasp-like stings from her hands. She holds a double Ph.D. in molecular biology. Janet’s husband, Henry Pym, was extremely jealous and repeatedly beat Janet. Eventually, Captain America confronted Henry Pym, essentially cementing an estrangement between Janet and Henry. Later, Janet began dating Captain America, although she is currently bored with the relationship and has resumed a platonic friendship with Henry.

X-23

X-Men Evolution, episode #41, August 2003

X-23 (aka Laura Kinney, Laura X) is a female clone of Wolverine, possessing his healing factor and claws. In the X-men: Age of Apocalypse miniseries of 2005, it was revealed that an Age of Apocalypse version of X-23 existed named Kirika (pictured left, bottom), and she was the half-Japanese daughter of Weapon X and Mariko Yashida. In the 616 universe, X-23 is affiliated with the New X-Men.

Surge

New Mutants vol. 2 #8, January 2004

Aka Noriko Ashida, Surge is a mutant student at the Xavier Institute and, at one time, affiliated with the New Mutants. She was born and raised in Tokyo for much of her childhood, but at some point became a homeless girl on the streets of New York. Surge eventually was recruited to the Xavier Institute. She has the power to absorb electricity and discharge it, although a side effect is that she needs power gauntlets to prevent overabsorption. After the recent House of M storyline, it was revealed that Surge retained her powers and has been assigned a leadership role of the new X-Men team.

Shen Xorn

X-Men volume 2 #152, March 2004

Shen Xorn has the same powers as the original Xorn and was introduced as that Xorn’s brother. He was later one of the mutants depowered by the House of M storyline.

Armor

Astonishing X-Men #4, October 2004

Also known as Hisako Ichiki, Armor is a student at the Xavier Institute with the power to form psionic armour that makes her invulnerable and increases the strength of her physical attacks although Wolverine's adamantium claws are capable of piercing it. Notably, Hisako was best friends with the late student, Wing, and her childhood dream was to be an X-man. She was not depowered by the House of M storyline, and is currently a member of the X-men.

Gorgon

Wolverine vol. 3, #20, November 2004

Gorgon’s real name is Tomi Shishido, and he is a mutant and original member of the Hand and HYDRA. Gorgon’s power is the ability to turn humans into stone by looking at them, as well as agility, superhuman strength, a healing factor, and a powerful intellect. As a teen, Gorgon also formed a cult-terrorist group called the Dawn of the White Light, which launched several attacks on Japan. After joining the Hand, Gorgon became one of Wolverine’s villains, until Wolverine killed him.

Puck II

Alpha Flight vol. 3 #1, 2004

In 2004, a new Puck, aka Zuzha Yu, was introduced as a member of Alpha Flight. She is the daughter of the original Puck and has strength, speed and can redirect kinetic energy.

Nico Minoru

Runaways #1, August 2005

Aka Sister Grimm, Nico’s parents passed on to her an ability to manipulate the dark arts. She wields the Staff of One, which appears after Nico’s blood is shed. The Staff of One gives Nico the ability to cast a magical spell, but she can only cast any given spell once. She is the unspoken leader of the Runaways.

Dr. Kavita Rao

Astonishing X-Men

Dr. Rao works for a company that has recently discovered a "cure" for mutants.

Mastermind Excello

Amazing Fantasy Vol.2, #15, January 2006

Also known as Amadeus Cho, Mastermind Excello is a teenaged supergenuis on the run from the authorities. His powers allow him to perform exceedingly difficult calculations in his head, allowing him to calculate almost any mathematical equation nearly instantaneously. He features prominently in the current World War Hulk story arc.

Amina Synge

Uncanny X-men #473, July 2006

Amina Synge is one of the members of the villainous Foursaken, old friends of Jamie Braddock, Psylocke's estranged brother. Amina has the bizarre ability to control large flying salamanders.

Ultimate Crimson Dynamo

Unknown

Aka Chinese national Alex Su, the Crimson Dynamo is fused into an Iron Man-esque suit, but can control up to fifty drones. He is part of the Ultimates team.

Philip Chang

Unknown

A graduate student at Empire State University, one of Peter Parker’s friends, and someone who frequently gets into the kind of trouble that requires the help of a friendly neighbourhood Spiderman.

Rumiko Fujikawa

Unknown

A love interest of Tony Stark, Iron Man.

Dr. Su Yin

Unknown

A neurosurgeon at Stark Industries and a love interest of Tony Stark.

Temugin

Unknown

The son of the Mandarin who was given his power rings after the Mandarin’s death. Temugin saw this as a sign that he should avenge his father’s death by becoming Iron Man’s new nemesis. .