Yuriko Watanabe

## Wraith

* Wraith
* Yuri Watanabe

**Yuriko** "**Yuri**" **Watanabe**, also known as "**Wraith**", is both a fictional character and deuteragonist of the *MDC's* *Spider-Shock* series created by Steve Ditko and Dwayne McDuffie. She was the police chief and inspector of the N.D.C.P.D.

Normally, she didn't approve of vigilantism, she knows that Spider-Man and Static wants to see criminals behind bars as much as she does. For a time, she served as a source of intel for the two, assisting them in their crime-fighting.

Until the incidents with Hammerhead's Maggia, caused Yuri goes rogue and severs contact with them before resurfacing sometime later as a ruthless, crime-fighting vigilante in Red Hood's Outsiders, she is currently on a hunt for Cletus.

but serves as a source of intel for Spider-Man, assisting him in his crime-fighting. In *The City that Never Sleeps*, Yuri becomes rogue and severs contact with Spider-Man.

Former female inspector of the New York City Police Department. Follow a cult group led by Flame. is the police chief

"*You need to set your priorities straight because I'd rather sleep over the one man I killed, than over the many I couldn't save.*"

—Warith, to Spider-Man and Static after noticing that Cletus Kasady managed to escape.

## Appearance & Biography

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### Appearance

#### As Yuri Watanabe

Yuri is a Japanese American woman with chin-length black hair and an athletic build. She is often seen wearing a black leather jacket over a red and black flannel shirt with tight dark denim jeans and black shoes.

#### As Wraith

As Wraith, Yuri now sports short hair. Her costume is a jumpsuit consist purple and yellow jacket and mask, and black pants and shoes.

* Hair Color: Black
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Brown
* Age: 40
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 5′9″ (1.75 m)
* Weight: 135 lbs. (61.23 kg.)

## Personality

"*The [justice] system works most of the time. But there are times when it doesn't, and to me, that's unacceptable. Some people put their trust in fate, or karma, or whatever. But I can only trust me.*"

—Warith, to Static and Spider-Man after he finds the corpse of a Maggia enforcer.
Yuri is a no-nonsense individual with a strong moral code and low sense of humor. At the start of the game, she seems to regard her relationship with Spider-Man as little more than partners and says that she barely "tolerates" him, but as the story progresses, she shows more than once that she does genuinely care for his well-being despite their clashing personalities, such as taking him to the hospital when he is injured and getting upset when he leaves it to take care of crime despite being injured at the time.

However, Yuri has a dark side: even before her fall from grace, she had been disciplined several times for police misconduct, mainly in the form of excessive force against criminals. It is likely that her dogged crusade against criminals (the Maggia in particular) stems from her father's fall from grace. During the Maggia gang war instigated by Hammerhead, Yuri is slowly pushed to her limits by the infamous gangster.

After Hammerhead attacks the NYPD precinct, Yuri completely loses control, giving into a rage-fueled brutality and throwing aside her partnership with Spider-Man and resorting to using lethal force. She becomes a ruthless vigilante upon her suspension from being a police officer, after losing faith in the justice system, reasoning how it does not work at times.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Spider-Man
* Static
* N.D.C.P.D.
	+ New Dakota Officers
	+ Jefferson Davis
* Silver Sable
* May Parker
* Outsiders
	+ Red Hood

### Neutral

* Unnamed paternal grandparent
* Unnamed mother
* John Watanabe (father, deceased)

### Enemies

* Kingpin
* Inner Demons (disbanded)
	+ Mister Negative
* Sinister Six (disbanded)
	+ Dr. Octopus
	+ Scorpion (deceased)
	+ Sandman
	+ Vulture (deceased)
	+ Rhino
	+ Electro (deceased)
* Maggia
	+ Tombstone
	+ Hammerhead
* Shocker (deceased)
* Cletus Kasady
* Criminals
* Black Cat

## Abilities and Powers

A police captain, Yuri has been shown to be able to handle different types of firearms and appears to be a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. In the "Turf Wars" episode she single-handedly takes out a room full of gunmen. With a Sable Rifle, she managed to break into the Bar with No Name and massacre all of Hammerhead's men there. With her extensive police training, Yuri is also able to pilot helicopters. Spider-Man describes Yuri as "cool under pressure and uniquely focused".

As Wraith, Yuri fights utilizing a golden Kusarigama, slicing with the sickle and swiping with the chain. Yuri regularly used the chain on her weapon to swing around the area in a manner similar to Spider Man. Her skill in hand-to-hand combat has improved, she frequently employs acrobatic kicks and strikes, quickly dominating opponents.

### Abilities

* **Police Training**: Yuri is a police captain.
* **Master Combatant**: Yuri is also described by Peter as a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. She is shown to be an extremely good fighter, being able to single-handedly take out quickly a room full of henchmen and gunmen alone.
* **Skilled Firearm Proficiency**: Yuri is shown to be able to handle firearms, such as pistols.
* **Helicopter Pilot**: Yuri is shown to be able to pilot helicopters.
* **Melee Weapons Proficiency**: As Wraith, Yuri makes use of a traditional Japanese Kusarigama when fighting.
* **Escape Artist**: As Wraith, she is occasionally seen vanishing in a puff of smoke.

### Equipment

* **Police equipment**: Yuri has access to law enforcement equipment such as firearms and helicopters.

### Weapons

* **Gun**: Yuri's personal sidearm is a black semi-automatic pistol.
* **Kusarigama**:

## History

### Past

#### Early Life

Yuri was born around the year 1980 in Astoria, Queens borough of New York City. Her father, a second-generation cop, was imprisoned for taking bribes from the Maggia criminal organization. Her father's fall from grace pushed her to join the police force, with the goal of taking down the Maggia.

Yuri started out as captain and a detective in the Chinatown branch of the N.D.C.P.D., but changed precincts several times during her time in the police force. Over the course of over a decade, Yuri brought down countless Maggia fronts, earning her the ire of Hammerhead and eventually earning her the rank of chief.

According to Spider-Man, Yuri was once on a criminal interrogation event that ended with her violently body-slamming the criminal she was interrogating, stating that he "annoyed" her.

Over time, she formed an alliance with the masked vigilante Spider-Man. She was one of the few authorities to really trust him, even if she found him annoying at times due to his humorous personality clashing with her no-nonsense attitude, giving him her contact information and often providing him with intel on crime in the city.

Yuri is also revealed to have an ill-fated history on hunting Cletus Kasady's ongoing criminal activity.

## External links

* Wraith *Wikipedia*
* Wraith *Heroes Wiki*
* Wraith *Marvel Database*
* Wraith *Marvel's Spider-Man*
* Wraith *Villains Wiki*
* Wraith *Spider-Man Wiki*