Mariko, Wolverine's only true love, took control of the Yashida clan after her father Shingen's death. During that time, she tried to free her house of all of the debts to the Yakuza that her father had incurred. She had been supposed to marry Logan, but Mastermind made her reject him. After Mastermind's effects wore off, Mariko still refused to marry, not because Logan wasn't good enough for her, but because she felt that until her clan was disassocited from the underworld, she wasn't worthy of him. Mariko was poisoned by Reiko, an assassin for the Yakuza, and died in her beloved's arms.
