Who Is Reiko? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Reiko is a Marvel comic book character, with over 51 comic issue appearances. Blind Assassin for Tsurayaba Matsuo. Killed herself out of guilt for poisoning Wolverine's lover Mariko Yashida.

Who is Reiko?

Reiko was a girl who had inherited numerous gambling debts from her father owed to a Yakuza hitman named Goro . He took her as his property to keep until his death; which he boasted could only be done at the hands of a dead man. Goro was eventually hired by a drug lord, Dai-Kumo , to kill Tyger Tiger's body guard, Patch (aka, Wolverine ). Goro managed to "kill" Patch with a sword through the chest. When Patch later killed Goro, Reiko was free and very thankful to her benefactor. Later, when Patch was fighting with Goro and Dai-Kumo's men, Reiko decided to repay her savior by killing Dai-Kumo herself. However, Dai-Kumo worked for the then leader of the Hand , Tsurayaba Matsuo . Matsuo was at war with Mariko Yashida ; lover to the man Reiko knew as Patch.

Key facts

Reiko is of human origin and first appeared in "Killing Zone". The character is published by Marvel. With 51 recorded issue appearances, Reiko ranks among the most featured characters in comics.