Akihiro

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

Daken is a second generation mutant and possesses powers similar to those of his father. **Mutant Physiology:**Daken's accelerated cellular regeneration augments his natural strength, speed, agility, endurance, and reflexes.

* **Regenerative Healing Factor:**Daken's primary mutant power is an accelerated healing factor that allows him to rapidly regenerate any damaged, missing or destroyed bodily tissues, cells, limbs and organs.[34] Daken has also healed from injuries sustained as a result of being severely beaten by the Thing within a matter of minutes.[106]

* **Foreign Chemical Immunity:** Daken's natural healing also affords him the immunity to all poisons and drugs, except in massive doses (but will still fully heal).

* **Disease Immunity:** Due to his highly efficient immune system, Daken is immune to all Earthly diseases, infections and disorders, he's impervious to gas attacks, poisons, and nerve-toxins of any kind and completely resistant to diseases like anthrax, smallpox and HIV.

* **Peak Human Strength:** Daken's strength is extented to the peak of human potential, which makes him above stronger than normal humans. He is capable of lifting up to 800 lbs with maximum effort.

* ***Superhuman Durability:*** Skin, bone, and muscle tissues are augmented to levels that are considerably stronger and harder than human and the tissues are impervious to injury to an extraordinary extent.

* ***Superhuman Stamina:*** As is the case with his father, Daken's mutant healing factor grants him high immunity against lactic acid and other fatigue toxins generated by his muscles during physical activity granting him exceptional endurance. His lung capacity is at peak human level enabling him to hold breath for 6 minutes under water, making his lungs as healthy as human's lungs can get. As with most of his other powers, the full limits of his physical stamina isn't known. He can, however, exert himself for at least 24 hours before the buildup of fatigue toxins in his blood begins to impair him.

* ***Superhuman Speed:*** Daken is able to run and move at speeds superior to those of any Olympic athlete, and is capable of reaching speeds of 40 mph. He has the ability to attack faster than the eye can follow. His combat speed seems more enhanced then anything else, as he has frequently kept up with other enemies in combat, and blitzed people before they pull their trigger fingers.

* ***Superhuman Agility:*** Daken's agility, balance, flexibility, dexterity, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.

* ***Superhuman Reflexes:*** Daken's reflexes are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.

* ***Longevity:*** His healing factor grants him an extended lifespan by slowing the effects of the aging process at a much slower pace than a normal human. Though he was born sometime in 1946, he retains the health, appearance and physical vitality of a man in the physical prime of his life.

**Superhumanly Acute Senses:** Daken possesses superhumanly acute senses that are comparable to those of certain animals. He can see much further and with greater clarity than a normal human, even retaining much of this clarity even in near total darkness. Daken's hearing is similarly enhanced, enabling him to ear with amazing clarity, distance, and even frequencies outside normal range. Daken's sense of smell is able to recognize people and objects by scent, even if they are well hidden. He can track a target by scent, even if the scent has been greatly eroded by time and weather factors, with an extraordinary degree of success. Daken can also use his keen sense of smell to detect lies due to chemical changes within a person's scent.

**Insulated Weather Adaptation:** Body is highly resistant to certain elemental extremes, particularly cold.

**Retractable Bone Claws:** Daken possesses three retractable claws housed beneath the skin and muscle of his forearms; two on the top of his hands and one underneath. Daken's bone claws have been shown to be black in color with a very rough texture in contrast to the light color and smooth texture of his father's claws in their natural state. Daken has two claws which emerge from between the skin of his first and third knuckles. These claws are much harder and denser than normal human bone and their natural shape provides them with a razor sharp edge capable of easily slicing through flesh and bone very easily, and able to penetrate metals as durable as Iron Man's armor.

***Pheromone Control:*** Daken possesses another unique ability, the full nature of which is unknown. Daken has demonstrated the ability to manipulate his pheromones for the purpose of suppressing his own scent to such a degree that even Wolverine's senses are unable to detect him. He can also use his pheromones to manipulate the emotional state and sensory perceptions of other beings. He has been known to use this power to instill intense fear, happiness, depression, sexual arousal, and a false sense of security to other beings. This allows him to seemingly appear where enemies can't see him, enabling him to inflect damage before an opponent realizes it. Such tactics give opponents the belief that he can either teleport or move at superhuman speeds, though he stated during his fight with Deadpool that he doesn't possess either of those powers. His pheromone powers appear to be physical in nature, not psionic. He also uses this ability against Spider-Man when Spider-Man attempts to infiltrate the Dark Avengers, he tells Spider-Man his abilities allow him to distort enemies, hinder their depth perception and visual acuity, causing the hero to fight sluggishly. Daken used this power unconsciously during his youth and formative years, which was a primary reason his adoptive mother didn't love him, though the mysterious Romulus has taught him to consciously use and control it. This power was used during his romance with Karla Sofen and to confuse his male teammates by instilling romantic feelings in them. He also appears to have great knowledge as to the capabilities of pheromones in general as well as their taste and smell. In conjunction with his enhanced senses and knowledge of pheromones, he can expertly judge the emotional/physical state of those around him, both animal and human.[107]

**Empathy:** Daken has the ability to sense and read the emotions/feelings/intentions of people and animals.

**Telepathic Resistance:** Daken has also demonstrated immunity to telepathy.[108] His mind contains a "trap" awaiting anyone attempting to delve into his head. This trap gives him the ability to control the telepath who has entered his mind. It's also able to restore lost memories, as seen in the X-Men; Original Sin storyline. Miss Sinister tried to implant false memories into him, but he abruptly regained his true memories.

**Deathseed Powers**: As the Horseman of Death, Daken had been supplanted with a Death Seed as he was resurrected by The Apocalypse Twins.[93] He had been endowed with the power and potential to become the new iteration of Apocalypse on Earth as a result. A few times he has found a way to tap into the seed's energy in order to augment himself without succumbing to it's control.[103]

* **Energized Bone Claws:** In his Horsemen guise, Daken's claws eradicated some odd form of negative energy which seemingly augments the lethality of his claws.

* **Multi-Claw Projection:** While channeling the power of the Death Seed through Zach's powers. Akihiro produces multiple jet black razor sharp protrusions coming out of his forearms with which to gore and eviscerate with.[104]
* **Anti-Healing Factor:** The energy that Daken's claws are laced in have an effect similar to his old Muramasa Claws or even ingested Carbonadium.[109]

* **Increased Biomass:** Daken in his transformed state gains additional physiological augmentation. Such as increased skin density and muscle mass; making him appear bigger and vastly augmenting his physical strength.[104]

* **Size Enhancement:** Daken's size and density ramps up considerably the longer he imbibes on the Death Seed's energies. Noticeably becoming bigger and stronger over time.[104]
* **Accelerating Regeneration:** The more Daken is wounded the quicker his healing factor takes action to mend himself.[104]

### Abilities

**Master Martial Artist:** Daken has proven himself to be a superb hand to hand combatant. Cyber trained Daken at one time and acknowledges that Daken has superior skill. Daken has proven this skill by besting both Wolverine and Deadpool. A good deal of his success, however, can also be attributed to his unique ability to use his pheromones to alter the perception and emotional state of others. This gives him a tremendous advantage during combat situations. Daken was also trained as a Samurai.

**Skilled Acrobat:** Since Daken doesn't have adamantium inside of him, he is more light weight, and can do more "acrobatics" in the air, which also gives him an advantage against his opponents. He is skilled in gymnastics, acrobatics and aerials capable of numerous complex maneuvers and feats.

**Expert Tracker and Hunter:** Due to his enhanced sense of smell, Daken is a dangerous tracker and has memorized many different scents.

**Multilingual:** Daken has shown the ability to speak English, Japanese, Greek, and German. He maybe able to speak more due to training from Cyber and Romulus.

**Cunning Intellect:** He possesses the ability to quickly process multiple information streams (e.g., threat assessment) and rapidly respond to changing tactical situations.

**Excellent Strategist/Tactician:** A good example of this is when he frees his father from the S.H.I.E.L.D. base he is being held at. He’s also been shown in the past to outsmart men such as Norman Osborn and Reed Richards with ease.

**Master Manipulator and Deceiver:** Contributed by his emotion altering ability; he excels at scheming planning and coaxing other into doing his dirty work for him. Often even tricking people to accomplish goals for him therefore achieving his own ends.

### Strength level

Peak Human Strength: Daken's healing factor grants him great physical strength, as his muscles tireless and constantly repair any strains in his muscles he can exert himself to a greater degree than humanly possible, though his strength does not reach superhuman levels. While the exact amount of weight he can lift isn't known, he can lift up to 800 lbs, which is the most amount of weight a being within the Marvel Universe can lift without being classified as superhuman, but it is also considered to be an enhanced since he reach his strength to the peak of human potential.

### Weaknesses

**Carbonadium Digestion:** Daken's healing factor can be dramatically slowed if Carbonadium is implanted inside of him, such as swallowing something made of Carbonadium or being wounded by a bullet composed of it. It causes his healing factor to be reduced to a slow crawl, at least in comparison to its normal speed, but doesn't fully suppress it.[110]

***Heat Pills:*** Temporarily cancels and slows the healing factor for a short time.

***Muramasa Blade:*** Nullifies healing factors, and is capable of killing Daken.

***Muramasa Bullets:*** Created out of the Muramasa blade, used for killing those with Healing Factors.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

**Death Seed:** Due to being resurrected by the death seed as a horsemen of the Apocalypse Twins. Daken still has the quintessence of the next herald of the celestials resting inside of him.[104]

### Weapons

**Electric Claw Glove:** made by Reed Richards that emits high voltage to stun people.

**Muramasa Claws:**: Daken formerly had parts of the Muramasa Blade implanted in place of two of his claws. They were eventually removed by Wolverine however.[111]

**Adamantium Swords:** Was gifted a pair of solid Adamantium blades crafted by the associate of Ms. Raleigh's as an invitation by Magnus to join his iteration of X-Men.[105]

## Notes

* He has a tattoo, which upon first glance seems odd considering his healing factor, but the reason tattoos stay in the first place is that the ink is too big for his body's natural healing processes to remove. (Tattoo removal is using lasers to break up the ink into process-able size.) The much more peculiar fact about his tattoo is that it somehow manages to heal when his skin is destroyed.
* His name is pronounced Dä-ken.
* Daken has been "brought back" from death without explanation: He blew himself up in a long scheme to punish his father by leaving him with nothing,[83] thus making him wonder about Daken's true nature,[112]but was seen fully healed later,[84] and along with the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants some time before,[113] against Wolverine's X-Force.[114]
* There is some confusion surrounding Daken's birthdate. Though it has been given as 1946, this is not possible given both the events in his father's life around that time and the fact that Bucky Barnes was in suspended animation between 1945 and 1954 despite being present at Daken's birth.
* While being part of H.A.M.M.E.R., he was granted Security Clearance Level 5.[115]

## TMNT X Pokemon

During missions, he usually work alone. But he can work with Wolverine, Remus, Raven and Asuka.

## Trivia

* Daken has often displayed bisexual tendencies, using his pheromones to entice and arouse or confuse men.
	+ He used his pheromones on Lester (Bullseye), kissing him to try and calm him down in their fight against the Asgardians.[41]
	+ He also used his pheromones on Marcus Roston in order to learn of his crime connections in L.A. as well as where to find more of the drug called the Heat.[116]
	+ It was revealed that Daken had a male lover called Kim who was spared along with Mystique and Viper in a massacre performed by Daken.[96]
* Daken is one of the two last known surviving sons of Wolverine, the other being Erista of the Savage Land's Tribe of Fire (but it is unknown exactly how many children Wolverine had). He does have two "sisters;" however, in Laura and Gabby.
* Although Daken's general view of others is how they can be used to best serve his purposes, he does at time demonstrate concern and respect for certain others. Most notably this extends to his "sister," Laura, who is one of the few people he has shown to demonstrate genuine affection for.[117][118][100]