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Real Name

Kenji Uedo

Current Alias

Zero

Aliases

Fifth Light, Final Light, Rei, Judas

Relatives

unnamed parents

Affiliation

Lights, X-Men (Team Cyclops)

Base Of Operations

Utopia, San Francisco Bay, California; formerly Tokyo, Japan

Status

Alignment

Neutral

Identity

Public Identity

Citizenship

Japanese

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Artist

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

Variable

Weight

Variable

Eyes

Brown with Yellow eyeball (right eye);
Yellow with Black eyeball (left eye);
originally Brown (both eyes)

Hair

Bald, (originally black)

Unusual Features

Able to change his physical body at will.

Origin

Origin

Mutant (post-M-Day new activation)

Universe

Earth-616

Place of Birth

Japan

Created by

Matt Fraction, Kieron Gillen, Salvador Espin

First appearance

Appearance of Death

Generation Hope #1
(January, 2011)

Generation Hope #17
(May, 2012)

HistoryEdit

I am becoming art. Want...a preview?

-- Kenji Uedo ^src 

Origin

Kenji Uedo (上藤 健之) worked as a successful and noted artist in Tokyo, Japan until his unstable mutant powers manifest.^[1] After his power manifestation, Rogue, Cyclops, Wolverine, Hope, and the other Lights travel to Tokyo to help him.^[2]

Cyclops and Wolverine tried to contain Kenji, but with his powers out of control, they were unable to do much. When Hope and the others arrived, Kenji was already beginning to destroy buildings in downtown Tokyo.^[2] Hope was unable to get close enough to touch Kenji at first, but she was able to control her powers enough to mimic Kenji although the strain of mimicking his powers made her faint with exhaustion.^[3] Cyclops then ordered the lights and Hope to stand back while the X-Men handled Kenji. Rogue tried to absorb Kenji's powers, but was unable to handle the strain. Cyclops then decided that there was no other alternative: Kenji needed to be stopped. However, before Wolverine could deliver the fatal blow, Hope was able to convince the light to save Kenji. Hope was able to mimic Kenji's powers again and use them to successfully subdue Kenji so she could physically touch him which resulted in the stabilization of both his powers and personality.^[4]

The Five Lights

After his powers were stabilized, Kenji returned with the X-Men and the Lights to Utopia. There he was debriefed by Cyclops and Emma Frost before being cleared.^[5] Kenji agreed to stay on Utopia and work with the Lights, but he still seem isolated and reserved.^[6]

Once the Cuckoos received the signal of a new mutant activation, Lights went to Berlin. Kenji used his powers to protect the team members from the Sixth Light's telepathy, and to connect them all with the boy, to persuade him to be born.^[7]

After the trial about Teon's guardianship, Kenji and Laurie discussed about their strange ties with Hope and planning to find out what's going on.^[8]

When the Seventh Light had committed suicide because of the ridicule of his friends, Kenji planned to kill them, but Wolverine stopped him.^[9] Conversing with Transonic, Kenji came to the conclusion that Hope must be killed, to sever her control over the Lights.

Regenesis

Following the schism between Wolverine and Cyclops, Kenji chose to stay on Utopia and invited No-Girl to join the Lights. He displayed an infatuation with No-Girl, and panicked when her tank was destroyed in an explosion caused by a memory-less Sebastian Shaw. Improvising, he made a body for her with his powers; she was very appreciative.

After returning with Shaw who was attacked and imprisoned by the X-men they were approached by Dragoness and other mutants from Utopia who had problem with them having "special treatment", a fight start which Hope stop by controlling Kenji into enlarge himself to contain the others. Hope act case Zero to decide that the next day will be the end of Hope as he is ready for her now.^[10]

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

Kenji is one of five post-M-Day mutant activations. His powers include:

• Telekinetic creation of biological matter and ferrous material: Kenji can create anything he can think of and/or alter his own body with materials around him. This also includes:
  • Biological Manipulation
  • Regeneration: his body don't have bones or organs, so he can restore himself after any damage.^[11]
• Limited Telepathic abilities
  • One-Way Telepathic Projection: Kenji is capable of "interfacing" with others and sending a telepathically projected message and image. This interfacing needs to be done by touch, either directly from Kenji or form matter he is manipulating.
  • Technopathy
  • Limited Psionic Shields
    

NotesEdit

• Creators Matt Fraction and Kieron Gillen loosely based the Five Lights mutant powers on the the archetypal power-sets on the original five X-Men (with the exception of Gabriel).^[12]
  • Angel = Laurie Tromette
  • Beast = Teon Macik
  • Iceman = Idie Okonkwo
  • Marvel Girl = Kenji Uedo
    

TriviaEdit

• Kenji Uedo appears to be homage to Tetsuo Shima, a character from the manga and movie Akira, mutating like Tetsuo and even having his hair before he is brought under control.
• One of his considered codenames, "Rei", is a reference to Rei Ayanami, from the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, where she was the pilot of Evangelion Unit 00, and a series of clones (beings who are, by default, "derivative").
• He is nineteen years old.^[9]

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