- NOTE: This article is about the incarnation of Lady Deathstrike from the X-Men film series. The mainstream version can be found here: Lady Deathstrike (Marvel).
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| “ | What are you doing in here? | „ |
| ~ Lady Deathstrike |
Yuriko Oyama, or better known as Lady Deathstrike, is the secondary antagonist in the 2003 superhero film X2, the second installment of the X-Men film series, and a minor antagonist in the 2024 Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Deadpool & Wolverine.
She is Colonel William Stryker's personal assistant and has powers similar to Wolverine. Lady Deathstrike assists Stryker when he concots a plot to use his son Jason to purge all mutants from the face of the Earth.
She was portrayed by Kelly Hu, who also played China White in Arrow, D'Vorah in Mortal Kombat, Cheshire in Young Justice, Karai in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Lady Shiva in Batman: Arkham Origins, Dr. Anna Ripley in The Legend of Vox Machina, Miss Mirimoto in Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword, and voiced by Vyvan Pham in X-Men: The Official Game. In Deadpool & Wolverine, she was portrayed by Jade Lye.
Personality[]
Yuriko's true personality was never fully discovered as she was constantly under the effect of the mind control serum used on her by Stryker. Under the mind control serum, Yuriko's eyes were encircled with a white mark showing that she was totally under control. When the effect of the serum wore off the circles would disappear, leaving her in a confused state. Luckily, Stryker used a control collar on Yuriko which would keep her docile for a certain amount of time so that he can use the serum on her again.
Under the control of the serum, Yuriko would remain totally silent and she showed no emotion at all. Even in battle, she showed almost no facial expression, barring a brief smirk when revealing her own claws to Wolverine, thus hinting some semblance of confidence existed within her. The serum turned her almost into a mindless robot.
History[]
X2[]
In the film, Yuriko Oyama is Colonel William Stryker's brainwashed mutant assistant. She was also involved in the same government program as Wolverine called Weapon X giving her adamantium claws that extend from the tip of her fingernails, instead of from her knuckles, giving her five claws on each hand rather than Wolverine's three. On Stryker's orders, Deathstrike effectively ambushed and successfully captured both Cyclops and Professor Charles Xavier, notably conquering Scott Summers in combat effortlessly.
Although she is portrayed as a supervillainess in the film, her actual orientation and origin are unclear because she is under the effects of mind control. After a fight with Wolverine that takes place in the laboratory where Wolverine underwent his own transformation, then Wolverine disabled Deathstrike with a fluid adamantium injection, presumably killing her.
Deadpool & Wolverine[]
A variant of Lady Deathstrike was revealed to have survived her original fate but was later was pruned by the TVA. Upon entering the Void, she joined the supervillain army assembled by Cassandra Nova. Lady Deathstrike was, presumably, killed by Blade during the battle between Cassandra's Crew and Deadpool, Wolverine and the Resistance.
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Trivia[]
- Wolverine once stated that Lady Deathstrike was his only link to his past.
- Lady Deathstrike wears a gray suit in the film for a period of time (a look later used by Ultimate Lady Deathstrike) before wearing a leather suit during the remainder of the film.
- In the previous versions of the script for X2: X-Men United, Lady Deathstrike's role was originally Sabretooth's, but that was changed to Anne Reynolds.
- In the comics, Lady Deathstrike is not a mutant, but a cyborg, who modified her own body in order to gain her revenge on Wolverine. Though in the movie, she is a woman with adamantium claws.
- Lady Deathstrike is the only character besides Wolverine who survived the adamantium bonding process. X-23 aka Laura will be the third when she has been created in Logan and X-24 will be the fourth and the last.
- Bryan Singer decided to add Lady Deathstrike to the second X-Men film after wanting "another kickass mutant".
- Lady Deathstrike only speaks one line in the film.
- Kelly Hu wanted to reprise her role in X-Men: The Last Stand, indicating that she survived the fluid adamantium injection by Wolverine, but after Bryan Singer left the project, she decided against doing so, and the character remained deceased.
- The title of "Lady" was not used in Lady Deathstrike's name for the movie.
- Although Lady Deathstrike is portrayed as a villain in the film, her actual orientation is unclear as she was under the effects of mind control, which indicates that she would not have willingly served William Stryker, thus making her a tragic villain.
- In the revised timeline, Lady Deathstrike's fate remains unknown but she is presumed to be alive.
- In Deadpool & Wolverine, if the variant of Lady Deathstrike has the same powers that Wolverine she is presumed survived to the battle and remained in the Void, if it is the case she is the only surviving of Cassandra Nova's Crew.
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