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Marvel Comics fictional character

Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida (吉田 四郎)) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Sunfire is a mutant and sometime member of the X Men. Sunfire is a Japanese mutant who can generate superheated plasma and fly. Not suited for teamwork due to his temperament and arrogance, Sunfire was briefly a member of the X Men and has kept limited ties to the team since.

Roy Thomas recalled that, during his first run on X Men,I wanted to add a young Japanese or Japanese American whose mother had been at Hiroshima or Nagasaki as a corresponding character to the X Men, whose parents were, at that time, assumed to have been at the Manhattan Project. Stan [Lee, X Men editor/co creator] didn't give me any good reason [for rejecting the character]—he just didn't want to, I think I didn't bring it up again, but when I came back to the book, with Neal Adams, I created Sunfire, who is pretty much the character I had wanted to do some years earlier. I didn't make him an X Man right away. By that time, Stan gave me a little more free In fact, he was included in Giant Size X Men #1, along with Banshee, precisely because I had gone around creating some 'international mutants,' with the goal of expanding the team at some time. I thought the X Men shouldn't all be white Americans. Thomas later commented on the character's costume "I had Don Heck design the character from my verbal suggestion of a costume that was an embodiment of the imperial Japanese Rising Sun flag, as Japanese or Japanese American. In a future interview Thomas noted the unique mask of the character "Don Heck gave him that mask — kind of a weird dragony kind of mask — it wasn't just a standard mask."

Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Don Heck, Sunfire first appeared in X Men #64 (January 1970). In 1998, Marvel published the miniseries Sunfire and Big Hero Six, presenting Sunfire's brief membership in a new superhero team sanctioned by the Japanese government. Writer Rick Remender included Sunfire as a member of the Uncanny Avengers, starting with issue #5.

Years later, Wolverine finds a drunken and disheveled Shiro in a Tokyo alleyway. Shiro is offered a spot on the new Avengers Unity Squad, with Wolverine stating that Professor X always thought he had potential. He is initially hesitant, but agrees to join the Avengers after learning that the Red Skull has stolen Xavier's brain. Following a confrontation with the Celestial Exitar, who had come to judge Earth due to the machinations of the Apocalypse Twins, Sunfire was apparently killed by Kang the Conqueror, but he was able to use his power to transform his body into a state of pure energy that he could use to absorb most of the Celestials' energy. Eight months after the events of "Secret Wars," Sunfire is back to his normal appearance. With the Terrigen Mist killing mutants across the globe, he takes a group of mutant survivors from Asia and attempts to get them to safety, only to end up trapped in Weirdworld. Sunfire later represented the Japanese government when he attended Black Panther's meeting in the Eden Room of Avengers Mountain.

Sunfire is a mutant with the ability to absorb solar radiation, and convert it to ionize matter into a fiery plasma state which bursts into flame when exposed to oxygen. Referring to his plasma output as "solar fire", he can release this energy through his hands as blasts of searing heat, deadly radiation, explosive concussive force, or simple flames. By ionizing the air around him, he can surround himself with an aura of heat intense enough to melt steel, or fly by focusing his aura downwards in a tight stream of ionized gas to propel him through the air like a rocket. Sunfire can see heat, by shifting his vision from visible light to infrared. Sunfire has the ability to form a psionic force field while using his plasma as protection from heat and radiation, both that of his own generation and that from outside sources. In a similar fashion to the Human Torch's nova burst, Sunfire is capable of increasing his plasma output to temperatures around 1,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and emitting it as an omnidirectional blast. Sunfire transferred his powers to Rogue to defeat Lady Deathstrike who had just cut off his legs. This (like Ms. Marvel before him) left him still a mutant but powerless. After his transformation into Famine, a Horseman of Apocalypse, his powers and legs were returned, and he could now also use them to create flashes of light that affected the sections of the human brain which control hunger, causing any people who saw his light flashes to feel as if they were starving. Due to further genetic enhancement from Apocalypse, Sunfire is also able to secrete a specialized bio oxygen from his skin, which allows him to breathe and conjure his flames even in the vacuum of space. Shiro also seems to be quite an accomplished martial artist. He has displayed impressive hand to hand skills on several occasions and stated that he didn't need to employ his powers to defeat Hand ninjas. He is trained in karate, judo, and kendo (Japanese Samurai swordsmanship). He is also an expert in the combat use of his superhuman powers. He has at least peak human physical ability.

Shiro Yoshida (Sunfire) is the brother of Leyu Yoshida, alias the superheroine Sunpyre, who shares his flame based powers. He is also the cousin of Wolverine's late fiancée Mariko Yashida and her half brother the Silver Samurai. Yashida and Yoshida seem to be different spellings of the same name. While in his first appearance Sunfire was called Shiro Yoshida, he story arc that introduced his cousin, Mariko, his name was spelled Yashida and this version of the name was carried on in Mariko's next appearances.

In 2014, Entertainment Weekly ranked Sunfire 41st in their "Let's rank every X Man ever" list. In 2020, CBR. com ranked Sunfire 2nd in their "Marvel Comics: Ranking Every Member Of Big Hero 6 From Weakest To Most Powerful" list.

In Age of Apocalypse, Japan was destroyed by Holocaust, one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse. Shiro, a survivor of the massacre, was captured and given to Maximus (the Horseman of Death), as a test subject for his experiments. Shiro's powers were pushed to their limits, causing his whole body to be set aflame, injuring him as a result. Shiro was rescued by the X Men and joined them, taking on the codename Sunfire. Sunfire wore a containment suit to control his powers, although he was constantly on fire. Haunted by the destruction of his nation, Sunfire joined Rogue's task force of X Men when they were sent to Chicago to fight Holocaust, who had begun a new series of Cullings. The character design of the original Sunfire as Famine (see above) is virtually identical to the Age of Apocalypse incarnation of the character. After the regular reality's X Force crossed over into the Age of Apocalypse, Shiro was one of the few X Men to return to prevent the destruction of Earth 616 by Archangel. Though he fought valiantly against the traitorous Iceman, seemingly killing him for his treachery, Shiro was killed while attempting to siphon energy from Holocaust's weapon of mass destruction, though he managed to buy X Force precious moments with his sacrifice.

In the Age of X Man reality, Shiro Yoshida is the Civil Management Instructor of the 10th Year class within the Summers Institute Of Higher Learning, located in Winchester, NY.

During the "Ultimate Invasion" storyline, Maker remade Earth 6160 into his own image. Sunfire is seen as the "Sun Emperor" of the Harada Yoshida Alliance alongside Silver Samurai and Viper as they attend an event in The City at Latveria. When a clone army from the future attacks, the Harada Yoshida Alliance are among those that fight them. Sunfire is with the Harada Yoshida Alliance when they attend a gathering following the death of Obadiah Stane. Emmanuel da Costa reveals to Howard Stark that Sunfire does not speak when his mask is on and that Viper does all the talking for him when answering Howard's question Emmanuel on why Silver Samurai keeps him from interacting with Sunfire. In addition, the Harada Yoshida Alliance rule Japan where their Daimyos are positioned on the costs of China that are close to Japan. Sunfire and the Harada Yoshida Alliance are among the leaders that meet outside The City after it closed up with Maker, Kang the Conqueror, and Howard Stark still inside as they make plans to divide up Howard's territory.

In the House of M reality, Sunfire became the Emperor of Japan. Under his rule, the country had prospered, though the poverty levels were extremely high among the baseline human population. In secret, Sunfire was one of the masterminds of Project: Genesis, a project sanctioned by the Japan branch of S. H. I. E. L. D. with the goal of forcefully mutating baseline humans. When the S. H. I. E. L. D. operatives in training dubbed the Hellions investigated a terrorist attack, they discovered the existence of Project: Genesis and its link to Emperor Sunfire. Sunfire lied to the Hellions and told them that Project: Genesis's purpose was to recycle organic waste into food for poor baseline humans.

In Marvel Zombies, a zombie version of Sunfire and Silver Samurai can be briefly seen slaughtering civilians, while the Silver Surfer travels the globe, as a result of Quicksilver being infected and thus able to spread the zombie plague all over the world. The zombie version of Wolverine traveled to Earth Z, where at Marvel Zombies Return, seeks an uninfected Sunfire that battles Zombie Wolverine, but was killed instead.

In the Ultimate Marvel reality, Sunfire appears as a member of Alpha Flight. His power levels enhanced by Banshee, the Ultimate Marvel version of the Mutant Growth Hormone, he squares off against new X Man recruit Firestar.

Sunfire appears in a self titled episode of Spider Man and His Amazing Friends, voiced by Jerry Dexter. He falls in love with Firestar while working with her, Spider Man, and Iceman, unaware that his uncle Jin Ju seeks to use Sunfire and Firestar to create a fire monster. After foiling Jin's plot, Sunfire returns to Japan to help him recover. Sunfire appears in X Men: The Animated Series, voiced by Denis Akiyama. Sunfire appears in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, voiced by Tomokazu Sugita in the Japanese version and Yuri Lowenthal in the English dub.

In an interview with Wizard, Alex Ross stated that Sunfire's mask served as the inspiration for Kyle Rayner / Green Lantern's original costume mask, which debuted in Green Lantern #51 (in 1994).