Shingen Yashida

Lord Shingen Yashida 矢志田信玄
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Wolverine (1st series) #1 (September, 1982)
Created by	Chris Claremont Frank Miller
In-story information
Alter ego	Shingen Yashida
Team affiliations	Yashida Clan The Hand
Notable aliases	Shingen Harada, Shingen Yoshida
Abilities	Highly intelligent Peak human physical condition Master swordsman and Martial artist

Shingen Yashida (矢志田 信玄, Yashida Shingen^?), usually called Lord Shingen, is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a foe of Wolverine.

The character was created by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller and first appeared in Wolverine (1st series) #1 (September, 1982).

Shingen was a Japanese Yakuza crime boss who disgraced his family name, when he claimed he had a legitimate claim to the Imperial Throne of Japan, by turning his clan into a criminal empire. He was the father of Wolverine's fiancee, Mariko Yashida. He had an illegitimate son named Keniuchio Harada who was a mutant and came to be known as the Silver Samurai.

To settle a personal debt incurred during his rise to power, Shingen Harada forced Mariko Yashida to marry another criminal boss, Noboru Hideki, who beat her nearly to death. When Wolverine found out about this, he confronted Noboru, but relented from killing him upon Mariko's insistence. Before Wolverine could leave, however, Shingen had him poisoned, temporarily greatly weakening him so that he could beat and humiliate the superhuman mutant in a duel with bokken in front of Mariko.

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