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Sunpyre

Real Name: Leyu Yoshida
Affiliation: Big Hero 6
Previous Affiliations: X-Corps, X-Men
Status: Uncertain
Relatives: Saburo (father, deceased), Shiro (Sunfire, brother), Tomo (uncle, deceased), Shingen Yashida (cousin, deceased), Mariko Yashida (cousin, deceased), Keniuchio Harada (Silver Samurai, half-cousin)
History & Powers: Like her brother Sunfire, Leyu has the ability to control nuclear forces, allowing her to fly and generate heat blasts. She may also have developed the additional skill of transmutation, manipulating nuclei to change matter from one element to another. Leyu's existence was unknown to the X-Men until she responded to Phoenix's call for help after Professor X was captured by Magneto. Jean had expected Sunfire himself, but Leyu came instead. Possessed of an attitude similar to her brother's she made her disdain for Jean's other recriuts known immediately, yet for some reason joined the mission. After Magneto's defeat, however, she returned to Japan and did not pursue further contact with the X-Men.

Months later, however, Sunpyre appeared as a member of the X-Corps, the militant mutant team run by Banshee, functioning as both an operative and as part of the "recruitment" program. She was working on stabilizing the powers of new recruit Abyss when she was attacked and seemingly killed by other members of the X-Corps, who were being controlled by Mastermind III. However, it appears that Leyu survived the attack, as she was later seen as a member of Big Hero 6 while operating in Canada.
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