21 Facts About Hard Master

Hard Master is best known as the Cobra Commander's ninja bodyguard, and for his history with fellow ninja Snake Eyes.

Hard Master is an 8th degree black belt in several martial arts, and can endure unimaginable amounts of hardship and pain.

Hard Master's tattoo is a hexagram of the I Ching named ??, or "Already Fording".

Hard Master is most often paired with his sword brother, Snake Eyes, in multi or comic packs.

Hard Master has been released two times unmasked as Tommy Arashikage.

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Hard Master was included in the Cobra set, along with Cobra Commander, Destro, Baroness, and a Cobra Trooper.

Hard Master quickly began to surpass Storm Shadow's abilities and was the Hard Master's choice to succeed him as the head of the clan.

Hard Master had used technology to replicate Storm Shadow's "ear that sees" blind aiming technique.

Hard Master's intended target was Snake-Eyes, a revenge killing ordered by Cobra Commander, but the Hard Master had been imitating Snake-Eyes's heartbeat and Zartan shot the wrong target.

Hard Master was revived during Doctor Mindbender's creation of Serpentor.

Hard Master was frequently given continuous sessions of brainwashing to ensure his loyalty, and it took him a few years to finally shake off the programming and rejoin his sword brother, Snake Eyes.

Hard Master relates to the students how he was unable to master a specific skill until he attempted to teach it; this allowed him to view the skill from different angles and ultimately master it.

Hard Master finds the Red Ninja clan had raised Snake Eyes from the dead, and had used some of their ancient techniques to place Sei-Ten in the body of T'jbang.

Hard Master is partially successful, but Tomax manages to free Major Bludd and several others, while killing those Cobra Commander considered "loose ends".

Hard Master once trained with Snake Eyes and has had a bitter rivalry with him.

Storm Shadow ends up discovering that the assassin to be Jinx, who revealed that Snake Eyes's action against the Hard Master was actually an attempt to save him from the poison inflicting him.

Hard Master began his career in mainstream US intelligence groups.

Hard Master is a powerful ninja who has adapted his martial arts skills to suit his own evil purposes.

Hard Master is injured in an explosion, and retreats to a temple in the Himalayas to recover.

Hard Master then reveals that he was framed for the murder of the Hard Master by Zartan, the real murderer, who proceeded to raise Storm Shadow to be a ruthless assassin, and that he joined Cobra to avenge his uncle's death.

Hard Master's likeness is featured in League of Legends, where the yordle ninja character named Kennen can be given the Arctic Ops skin, displaying the camo pattern worn by the 1988 Storm Shadow, as well as the character Zed who has a skin that appears similar to his appearance.