Lady Deathstrike

Lady Deathstrike
Lady Deathstrike on the textless variant cover of New X-Men #45 (February 2008). Art by Simone Bianchi, Simone Peruzzi, and Andrea Silvestri.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	As Yuriko Oyama: Daredevil #197 (August 1983)[1] As Lady Deathstrike: Alpha Flight #33 (April 1986) As upgraded Lady Deathstrike: Uncanny X-Men #205 (May 1986)
Created by	As Yuriko Oyama: Dennis O'Neil William Johnson As Lady Deathstrike: Bill Mantlo Sal Buscema As upgraded Lady Deathstrike: Chris Claremont Barry Windsor-Smith
In-story information
Alter ego	Yuriko Oyama
Species	Human cyborg
Team affiliations	Sisterhood of Mutants Reavers Thunderbolts Weapon X-Force Wolverines Oyama Heavy Industries
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, and reflexes Adamantium skeleton and retractable claw nails Ability to mentally interact with computers Accelerated regenerative healing factor Skilled hand-to-hand combatant Skilled athlete

Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama), occasionally spelled Deathstryke, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a foe of the X-Men, especially Wolverine.

Her father Lord Dark Wind created the adamantium-bonding process that was forced on Wolverine by Weapon X. A self-styled warrior, Lady Deathstrike hired the villain Spiral's "body shoppe" to bond adamantium to her skeleton in addition to other cyber-genetic enhancements. She has worked as a mercenary and assassin and feels a need to prove herself by killing Wolverine. Lady Deathstrike is the sister of human crime boss Lord Deathstrike (Kazuo Oyama).^[2][3] She, along with former X-Men members Mystique, Sabretooth, Domino, Warpath, and Old Man Logan formed a team called Weapon X-Men, but later changed to Weapon X-Force after Logan and Warpath left with Omega Red.

A mutant version of Lady Deathstrike, played by Kelly Hu and without any of Deathstrike's backstory, appeared as a brainwashed henchman of William Stryker in the 2003 film X2. A variant appears as a henchman of Cassandra Nova in the 2024 film Deadpool & Wolverine.