List of Shaman King characters

"Joco" redirects here. For the similarly nicknamed musician, see Jonathan Coulton.

The following is a list of characters in the manga and anime series Shaman King:

Main Characters

Yoh Asakura

Main article: Yoh Asakura

Yoh Asakura (麻倉 葉, Asakura Yō) is the main protagonist of Shaman King. An easy-going young man with the ability to see ghosts, he quickly becomes friends with Manta and reveals that he is training to eventually become the Shaman King. Though he is too lazy to train properly, he is motivated by a promise he made to his fiancée, Anna Kyoyama, to give her an easy life once he becomes Shaman King. Unexpectedly, he is not only the latest descendent of the Asakura family, a family famed for their spiritual powers, but also the twin brother of Hao Asakura, who is a reincarnation of the immensely powerful progenitor of the Asakura family and the primary antagonist of the series. As a result, Yoh is the Asakura family's greatest hope of finally defeating Hao at last and saving the world from impending destruction. During the Shaman Fight, Yoh is the leader of Team Funbari Onsen (the name of the inn Anna wants to build). In the manga, when it becomes apparent that current known methods of training will not allow any shaman to defeat Hao, Yoh is sent to hell to train, an honour given to him by Lady Sati, and is granted the power of purification. He becomes one of the Five Elemental Warriors and gains the Spirit of Earth.

Anna Kyōyama

Main article: Anna Kyoyama

Anna Kyoyama (恐山アンナ, Kyōyama Anna) is Yoh Asakura's fiancėe and a powerful itako (a spirit medium in English anime), with the ability to summon and channel spirits even from heaven. She is unrelentingly brutal with Yoh's training in order to ensure he wins the Shaman Tournament and becomes Shaman King. Anna attends Shinra Private Academy along with Yoh and Manta and her favourite singer in the manga, Ringo Awaya, is a reference to Japanese singer and guitarist Shiina Ringo. She has previously appeared in Hiroyuki Takei's other works, including Butsu Zone and Itako no Anna, and is notably the mascot for the Aomori Prefecture's police force.

After being abandoned by her birth parents due to her abilities, Anna was adopted by Kino Asakura, Yoh's grandmother who resides in Aomori, as one of her apprentices. Her surname, Kyoyama, was given to her by Kino and is an alterate reading of the characters for Mount Osore, where Anna was found. Though most itako are blind, Anna is fully sighted and extremely powerful; her considerable spiritual strength allowed her to seal Hao's guardian spirits Zenki and Kouki and take control of them. Her powers originally included the ability to read minds, which caused her to create powerful demons from negative emotions, until she was saved by Yoh and Matamune and the ability was sealed. In addition to her remarkable spiritual abilities, she is physically very strong.

Aggressive and decisive, Anna is a pragmatic person who appears cold and harsh and mostly interested in making Yoh become Shaman King because he promised to give her an comfortable life. Her strong will and blunt personality often inspires fear in her close friends, particularly Yoh. She is one of the few who does not openly express fear to Hao, who is intrigued by her attitude and acknowledges her strength and how she reminds him of his mother, Asanoha Douji. However, she genuinely cares for those important to her, especially Yoh, and merely is dedicated to be "the ultimate Shaman Queen" and wife to Yoh, the first real friend that she ever had in her life. Out of deep gratitude for how he saved her life, she believes that it is her responsibility to train him hard so that he can achieve his dream of becoming Shaman King. Despite how badly she seems to treat Yoh, she openly admits that she loves him, expressing jealousy when she thinks he is interested in other girls and breaking down only when she believes that Yoh is truly in danger in contrast to her inflinching confidence in him under other dangerous situations.

Manta Oyamada

Main article: Manta Oyamada

Manta Oyamada (小山田まん太, Oyamada Manta), known Mortimer "Morty" in the English anime and video games, is Yoh's best friend and the first human to try and understand Yoh without any discrimination. An intelligent and thoughtful boy who carries a book with him every day, he attends Shinra Private Academy with Yoh and Anna. In the Japanese versions, Manta's book is called the Manjien (万辞苑), meaning "Manta's Book on Everything", while the English manga calls the book the "Mantannian Dictionary". "Manjien" comes from Manta's name and the Japanese dictionary "Kōjien" (広辞苑). In the English anime, Morty is a fan of ghost stories and the book he carries around is a ghost story book. He is physically very short, a fact that he is extremely sensitive about, and has been mistaken as a Koropokkur, a shy nature spirit from northern Japan. Though he is not a shaman and unable to use his spiritual powers like Yoh and Anna, he is capable of seeing spirits and faithfully stands by Yoh.

In the manga and original Japanese anime, his family owns the Oyamada Electronics Company, and therefore is very rich. Manta's parents and little sister only appear in the manga. Manta's father, Mansumi Oyamada, is 55 years old. His mother, Keiko Oyamada, is 37 years old. His sister, Mannoko Oyamada, is 5 years old. Manta's family plays little role in the story, and, following their initial appearance, they are never seen again in the manga until a brief appearance by Mansumi toward the end of the series, where the Oyamada president leads several battle ships to destroy and capture Shamans. In the manga and Japanese anime, Manta has an assistant, Tamurazaki, though he is mostly Mansumi's lapdog and winds up gunning down at least one of Hao's followers. While he is unable to help Yoh to become stronger as a shaman, Manta uses what advantages he has to support his friend, such as his incredible wealth to help Anna reach the United States to bring an important manuscript and the Futsunomitama-no-tsurugi to Yoh after he has left to find the Patch Village.

In the anime, during the Shaman Tournament, Manta became a shaman with Mosuke, Amidamaru's best friend who forged Harusame, as his Guardian Spirit. His relationship with Mosuke soon parallels Yoh's own relationship with Amidamaru, as well as their existing relationships with their best friends. Because Manta is untrained as a shaman, he is unable to maintain spirit form from losing furyoku quickly and generally communicates with Mosuke through his laptop. During the final battle against Hao, Manta is able to use his laptop to form a hammer-shaped Oversoul to knock out Hao's shikigami and force his friends to calm down long enough to regroup and defeat Hao. In the manga, Manta is generally an observer throughout the Shaman Fight and often questions his presence in a battle that he cannot directly contribute to. At the conclusion of the series, he appears at the head of the Soul Train to save Yoh and his friends from falling into oblivion, expressing relief that he could finally help Yoh. Several years later, he attends college in America, studying ways to combine shamanism with business, and brings presents for his friends at their reunion at Funbari Onsen.

Hao Asakura

Main article: Hao Asakura

Hao Asakura (麻倉 葉王, Asakura Hao) (Zeke Asakura in the English anime) is the main antagonist of Shaman King, currently the second reincarnation of his original self and the twin brother of Yoh. He is the most powerful participant in the Shaman Tournament, with Furyoku at 1,250,000, an extremely high level compared with the other characters' Furyoku levels in Shaman King. While he exhibits ruthlessness towards his opponents, he acts surprisingly easy-going and affable, similar to Yoh's personality.

Originally, one thousand years ago, Hao was the founder of the Asakura family and a powerful Onmyōji priest who possessed incredible spiritual powers, including the ability to sense the thoughts and desires of those around him. Regarded as a master of the Wu Xing pentagram, he was able to control the five elements that give form to creation. However, his compassionate heart was overcome by his deep-seated desire to avenge his mother's death and his growing hatred of humans because of their selfish natures. Failing to win his first Shaman King tournament because of the combined efforts of the Asakura family to stop him, Hao was able to reincarnate with full awareness of his past life in time to participate in the next tournament and again for the current tournament.

In his second life five hundred years later, Hao was reincarnated as a member of the Patch tribe, who would be an ancestor to Silva, and massacred the Seminoa tribe. After successfully taking control of the Spirit of Fire, an elemental spirit that embodies the essence of one of the five elements of nature, he attempted to become Shaman King again. Despite possessing such advantages, he was defeated by Yohken Asakura, one of his descendants, and the spirit Matamune, who reluctantly put aside his love and loyalty for Hao for the sake of saving the world.

In his most recent reincarnation, Hao chose to reincarnate as a member of the Asakura family, as a pair of identical twins, splitting his soul between himself and Yoh, as the children of Keiko Asakura. In hopes of at least stopping Hao until the next Shaman Fight, Keiko's father, Yohmei, and her husband Mikihisa, decided to kill both children. However, following his rebirth, Hao escaped from the Asakura family with the help of the Spirit of Fire, while badly burning Mikihisa and sparing his twin brother with the promise to reclaim him some day. In the months leading up to the tournament Hao began to kill prospective competition while gathering an entourage to assist him in winning the current Shaman King tournament.

Supporting characters

Ryunosuke Umemiya

Voiced by: Masahiko Tanaka (Japanese), Sean Schemmel (English)

Ryunosuke Umemiya (梅宮 竜之介, Umemiya Ryūnosuke), known more commonly as "Wooden Sword" Ryu (木刀の 竜, Bokutou no Ryu) and "Rio" in the English anime, is initially a gang leader who is always on the lookout for the "Best Place" (the "Happy Place" in the English manga and the "Sacred Hang" in the English anime). His gang is known as the Dead Enders in the English anime and they are very devoted to Ryu, who returns their dedication to him. His most distinctive feature is his elaborate pompadour; during his first meeting with Yoh and Manta, he holds a grudge against Yoh for slicing his hair off and for having a fiancee, Anna Kyoyama, who responds to Ryu's overtures with a brutally cold rejection. The destruction of Ryu's hair becomes a running gang in the first part of the series as Ryu comes up with increasingly bizarre hairstyles until he can restore his original coiffure.

In an attempt to find his gang a new "Best Place" at a rundown bowling alley in Funbari, Ryu breaks down and believes the "Headphones Kid" is ruining his life. He becomes susceptible to being possessed by Tokagero, a spirit who wants revenge on Amidamaru and offers to provide Ryu the means to kill Yoh. The possessed Ryu breaks into the museum and steals Harusame, and kidnaps Manta before confronting Yoh and Amidamaru. However, Tokagero's plan goes awry when Amidamaru willingly breaks the Harusame for the sake of his companions. To save Ryu, his gang steps in to stop him because they don't want him to be a scumbag and promise to stand by him no matter what. After Yoh convince Tokagero not to kill Ryu by allowing the spirit to possess Yoh instead, Tokagero leaves after Yoh's trust in him releases his desire for revenge. Out of gratitude and admiration, Ryu gives up his grudge against Yoh and soon becomes one of Yoh's most dedicated friends, soon demonstrating he is more than willing to risk his life for any of his friends.

After the incident, Anna reveals that Ryu has the potential to be a shaman. Ryu leaves Funbari for an unspecified time to search for a "Best Place" on his own and is eventually found by Yoh's father, Mikihisa, who convinces his father-in-law Yohmei to train Ryu as a shaman. Ryu takes Tokagero as his spirit partner and the duo become faithful and loyal allies to Yoh throughout the Shaman Fight. While he would like to become Shaman King for the sake of finding his own "Shaman Queen," he fully supports Yoh because he believes that Yoh is the sort of person who can make the world a "Best Place" for everyone. At the conclusion of the manga, he works as a chef at the Funbari Onsen and looks after Yoh and Anna's son, Hana.

Tao Ren

Voiced by: Paku Romi (Japanese), Andrew Rannells (English)

Tao Ren (道 蓮) Chinese: Dào Lián, known as "Len" in the English anime, is a Chinese shaman and initially one of Yoh's most powerful enemies and later his rival to become Shaman King. He is confident in his strength and does not directly accept help from others out of pride, though these qualities along with his short-temper and impatience are often limit his abilities. After meeting Yoh, he takes pride not only in his heritage, but his ability to protect his friends, whom he cares for deeply despite frequently arguing and fighting with them. His most notable trait is the distinctive single spike in his hairstyle.

Ren is one of the most skilled shaman and physically powerful in the series as a result of dedicated training since childhood. His acuity in battle has allowed him to master techniques, such as those utilized by Mikihisa Asakura, by watching and experiencing them. In combat, Ren wields a guan dao and the Hou Rai Ken (Jewel Thunder) sword, a family heirloom given to Ren when he proves to his father that he is strong enough to choose his own path, and capable of fighting on horseback. According to Pascal Avaf, Ren's affinity to the Spirit of Thunder is well-suited as it follows the way of taoism. Additionally, because Ren has died more than once, his furyoku levels are notably very high and he is strong enough to be one of the few shaman who can actually stare straight into the heart of the Great Spirit without fainting.

Serious and emotionally aloof, Ren has been groomed since childhood by his father, Tao Yúan to become the next Shaman King and developed a deep hatred for humanity, desiring to eliminate them all. As a result of his upbringing, he believes his spirit Bason is merely a tool and that befriending him would allow the spirit to take advantage of him. However, his encounters with Yoh and his friends gradually allows him to trust others and find true friends who are willing to risk their lives for him, such that Ren chooses to defy the destiny his family has outlined for him and decide how to live his own life.

However, the consequences of his actions in the past affect him throughout the Shaman Fight; because Patch officiant Nichrom holds a personal grudge against him from Ren killing his brother, Chrome, Ren is fatally stabbed by Peyote Diaz, forcing Yoh to agree to Iron Maiden Jeanne's condition that she will only resurrect Ren if Yoh withdraws from the Shaman Fight. Late in the manga, he is recognized by Lady Sati as one of the Five Elemental Warriors and gains the Spirit of Thunder. In the future, Ren is married and has a son named Men, who strongly resembles his father. Because of the child's name and his red-eyes and silver-hair, it is heavily implied that Ren married Iron Maiden Jeanne.

Horohoro

Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (Japanese), Michael Sinterniklaas (English)

Horohoro (ホロホロ), known by the nickname "Trey Racer" in the English anime, is an Ainu shaman from Hokkaidō, a prefecture in Japan. He is Yoh's first opponent in the preliminary round of the Shaman Fight and despite losing to Yoh, he quickly becomes one of Yoh's closest friends. His goal in the Shaman Fight is to save Koropokkuru , a tiny spirit people, by creating a vast field of butterbur. Horohoro's name sounds and is spelled (in Katakana) like "boroboro," which means "crap" and characters mispronouncing/misspelling his name is a running gag in the series. It is later revealed that Horohoro's real name is Horokew Usui (碓氷ホロケウ, Usui Horokeu), a name he refuses to call himself out of the guilt he feels for indirectly causing the death of Tamiko Kurobe, a girl nicknamed Damuko who became his close friend .

Horohoro's guardian ghost is Kororo ("Corey" in the English anime), a Koropokkuru spirit who allows him to generate ice and form an Oversoul with Horohoro's snowboard and an Ikupasi talisman that Pirika makes for him. While he admits that he is not particularly intelligent or good with numbers, he has a strong understanding of the flow of nature, allowing him to excel at the FumonTonkou (the "Shamanic Oracle") technique, and is highly resourceful even with a low amount of furyoku, as seen when he utilizes Kororo and the Icemen's three spirits in battle. He has a strong relationship with Kororo, particularly after learning her original identity was that of his friend Damuko. In the manga, he is recognized as one of the Five Elemental Warriors by Lady Sati and gains the Spirit of Rain. He is regarded as the third strongest member of the Five Elemental Warriors.

Good-natured and cheerful, Horohoro forces himself to appear as a hot-headed and loudmouthed. He is highly secretive of his past, not even willing to tell his friends about it because of his feelings toward Tamiko Kurobe and her death. He is heavily burdened with the creed that his father taught him - that "the strong feed on the weak" - but finds his resolve his own tenacity and understanding that that same creed does not mean he should give up. In battle, Horohoro is very competitive, even going so far as to turn Ryu's arms to ice and shatter them during the fight between The Ren and Funbari Onsen and worrying about his position on Ren's position. Though he argues frequently with Ren, he is nevertheless dedicated to his friends and expresses his serious side only in the most dangerous situations when he can no longer afford to restrain himself with his hotheadedness.

Faust VIII

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese), Sam Riegel (English)

Hailing from Germany, Johann Faust VIII (ファウストVIII世, Fausuto Hassei) is the eighth-generation descendant of the legendary Doctor Faustus, who made a deal with the devil Mephistopheles for his necromancy skills along with youth and riches for seven years in exchange for his immortal soul. Faustus's descendants, including Faust VIII, distanced themselves from their ancestor's legacy, turning to the profession of medicine and regarding Faustus as a taboo within the family.

Following family tradition, Faust VIII studied medicine and fell deeply in love with a young woman named Eliza, who had an incurable disease. Faust's perserverance eventually paid off and he found a cure for her disease, allowing them to marry and live happily together. Faust delighted in saving lives while Eliza faithfully worked as his assistant. However, when Eliza was shot by a robber and died, Faust is driven insane and turns to his ancestor's forbidden legacy to resurrect her with necromancy. Using Eliza's skeleton as a medium, he is able to conjure an image of her using his furyoku, though when he meets Yoh he is still unable to fully summon Eliza's spirit. His motivation to become Shaman King is in hopes of fully resurrecting Eliza and is utterly single-minded about achieving his goal.

As Yoh's second opponent in the preliminary round, Faust defeats Yoh after enraging him by threatening the life of Manta Oyamada. However, because Yoh managed to slice off Eliza's legs before losing the match, Faust is wheelchair bound after transfering his own legs to replace Eliza's missing ones. Because he is self-taught, Anna recognizes that Faust is remarkably talented and forces Yoh to accept him as the third member of Team Funbari Onsen after she summons Eliza's ghost; her ulterior motive is apparently to have Faust eventually become the doctor for Funbari Onsen. Reunited with his beloved Eliza, Faust becomes dedicated to Yoh and Anna out of sincere gratitude, utilizing his shamanic and medical skills to support Yoh and becomes powerful enough to resurrect the dead after training with the Chou Senji Ryakketsu. Despite appearing as the weakest member of Yoh's team, Faust is highly ingenious; in battle he replaces his missing legs with that of his dog, Frankenstiney, to regain his mobility and during the invasion of the Plants, he composes the "Funbari Onsen" jingle to distract himself from the mind-warping effect of the officiants' Patch Song.

The embodiment of complete dedication, Faust's greatest strengths are his selflessness and pure-hearted spirit; like Yoh, he will not hesitate to save his enemies if he can. Beyond his emotional instability, particularly when Eliza is insulted or threatened, he is completely rational and will not tolerate interruptions while working. During the time in between matches, he is usually reading medical books, and feeds himself breakfast, lunch, and dinner through an I.V. line. At the conclusion of the series, Faust is killed during the invasion of the Plants while fighting the officiant Radim, but his spirit continues to accompany and support Yoh, who integrates with his spirit to utilize Faust's shamanic healing abilities. However, he elects not to be revived after the conclusion of the series in order to remain with Eliza in the Great Spirit as the conductors of the Soul Train. To honour his memory, his "Funbari Onsen" jingle is used as the theme song for the inn and the Funbari Onsen staff place his portait in their family shrine.

Lyserg Diethel

Voiced by: Yoko Soumi (Japanese), Erica Schroeder (English)

Lyserg and Morphine

Lyserg Diethel (リゼルグ・ダイゼル, Rizerugu Daizeru) is a young shaman from London, England, who wants to become a great detective like his father had once been. Because Hao Asakura killed his parents when Lyserg was six years old, his primary motivation for joining the Shaman Fight is to avenge his parents and he passionately hates Hao, becoming angered at the mere mention of him. Though he is intelligent and kindhearted, he has poor judgment in situations involving children and their parents as a result of his own personal experience. Lyserg's name is a reference to lysergic acid diethylamide, while Morphine is also a drug reference, with both referring to Sherlock Holmes' drug addictions.

Shortly after Yoh and his friends are forced to find Patch Village to enter the Shaman Tournament, Ryu encounters Lyserg, whom he initially mistakes as a girl because of Lyserg's androgynous appearance. Hoping to find strong allies, he challenges Yoh's group to test their strength and is defeated and rebuked by Yoh for how Lyserg treats others. Though Yoh disagrees with Lyserg's desire for revenge, he allows Lyserg to join his group in hopes that they will be able to temper Lyserg's hatred and keep him from killing others unnecessarily. However, Lyserg quickly finds the X-Laws' single-minded ideology focusing on justice more appealing than Yoh's philosophies and joins them instead. He quickly becomes devoted to the group's leader, Iron Maiden Jeanne, and is mentored by Marco, the group's de facto head.

In the anime, he is one of the last surviving members of the X-Laws after their failed assault on Hao by attempting to open the Gate of Babylon. After Meene Montgomery returns Morphine to Lyserg, she forces him to leave the group and rejoin Yoh and his friends. In the manga, Lyserg forms Team X-I with Jeanne and Marco. As the tournament progresses, Lyserg's attachment to his former friends gradually causes him to see that Yoh's way of seeing a situation is not entirely wrong and attempts to deter them from confronting the X-Laws. When he is sent to Hell to train, he is guided by Joco's spirit Pascal Avaf and realizes how he has been too consumed by his own hatred to see things clearly. He is later recognized by Lady Sati as one of the Five Elemental Warriors and returns to being one of Yoh's allies.

As a shaman, Lyserg specializes in dowsing, which allows him to use his powers to locate people or objects. His primary medium is a crystal pendulum, which he uses to form an Oversoul with Morphine, a poppy spirit who serves as Lyserg's spirit ally. In combat, Lyserg utilizes his Oversoul like a rope dart and is known for his considerable agility. As a member of the X-Laws, he is granted an angel spirit, Zeruel, contained within a derringer as a medium. While he abandons Morphine for Zeruel in the anime, he and Morphine are inseparable in the manga. As one of the Five Elemental Warriors, he receives the Spirit of Fire when Hao discards it upon being recognized uncontested as the Shaman King.

Joco

Voiced by: Motoko Kumai (Japanese), Matthew George (English)

Joco McDonnell, known as Chocolove McDonell (チョコラブ・マクダネル, Chokorabu Makudaneru) in the original Japanese version, is an African-American shaman from New York who aspires to become a comedian, though his jokes are regarded as corny because they are mostly bad puns that make little sense to his companions. His goal is to become Shaman King in order to save the world through laughter, a philosophy he adopted from his mentor Orona.

Originally trained by Orona, an elderly shaman from the Amazon, Joco greatly respected him for his ability to use laughter to save others. In the anime, Joco admired Orona's ability to stop a robber using laughter alone. Their first meeting in the manga is considerably darker; Joco had previously lived the violent life of a gangster and met Orona after Joco had shot and killed a man (revealed to be Professor Munzer, the father of Rebseb and Seyram) on Christmas Day, the same day his parents were murdered. Orona defeats Joco using his shamanic powers and manages to make Joco laugh, which eventually forges a relationship between them after Joco reveals he can see Orona's spirit, Mic Jaguar. After meeting Yoh and his friends, he becomes the third member of Ren's team and possesses the most stable and reliable relationship with his spirits. When he is confronted by Redseb and Seyram Munzer, who seek to avenge their father, after the children's Golem has killed his old friends, Joco takes responsibility for taking the life of Dr. Munzer and is killed by the Golem. He meets Orona in Hell and is forced to face his own guilt before being resurrected by Lady Sati; however, to atone for his sins, he asks to be left blind.

Joco's medium to make his oversoul are metal claws that he always has with him named "Shaft" and his fingernails and eyes. He gains black markings all over his body that increase his speed and agility and makes his a similar resemblance to that of a Jaguar, hence the name "Black Jaguar". In the anime, after training using the Cho Senji Ryakketsu, Joco's oversoul evolved into a giant Mic with wings. In the manga, Joco winds up dying twice and entering Hell, which grants him the highest furyoku level amongst the Five Elemental Warriors. During his first death, he obtains a new spirit ally, Pascal Avaf, and when he fuses Mic and Pascal Avaf into "Shaft", his Oversoul evolved into an armor oversoul, Jaguarman. In this Oversoul Chocolove gains a new attack called "Jaguar Shaft". He later obtains the Spirit of Wind when Lady Sati recognizes him as one of the Five Elemental Warriors.

The English release of the manga edits Chocolove's lips so that they match that of the other characters to avoid a blackface stereotype. His lips remain unedited in the 4Kids version of the anime and the credits for the game Shaman King: Master of Spirits.

The Patch Tribe

They are in charge of overseeing the smooth progress of the Shaman King and are in charge of various shamans e.g. Silva is in charge of Yoh Asakura. The Ten Priests are from the Patch tribe and their day is to sell Patch memorabilia and food items. It is revealed that each Priest has an area of field which he controls (mountains, valley, desert, water etc.). One Priest called Chrom was killed in volume 4 by Tao Ren. However, it seems a replacement for him has been found since there is mention of 10 Priests. Radim is the host/referee of the Shaman Fight. Some of the Patch had already placed their biased opinions by throwing their support to Hao's purposes. Fearful of his power at the same time, feeling protected by his overwhelming strength, they do their best to lower the esteem of the other contestants in the Shaman Fight.

Once the Shaman King has been revealed, the Patch become his protectors, guarding both the new King of Spirits and Great Spirit as they merge into one. The characters' name are based on the chemical elements and materials: gold, silver, kalium, nichrome, magnesium, radium, chromium, zinc, etc.

• Goldva (ゴルドバ, Gorudoba): An elderly Patch tribe leader who is the organizer of the Shaman Fight. He is a God class shaman and remains completely neutral throughout the tournament. His spirit is a totem bird named Big Chief, with its medium being Goldva himself. Voiced by: Reiko Suzuki (Japanese), Ted Lewis (English)

• Silva (シルバ, Shiruba): A Native American of the Patch Tribe and a member of the Shaman Fight Selection Committee. He travels from the United States to Japan after being assigned to test Yoh Asakura. In Tokyo, he often appears as a street vendor, trying to sell traditional Native American crafts while in Japan and spends the rest of his spare time watching soap operas. After Yoh learns to form an Oversoul based on Silva's hints, Yoh succeeds in landing a hit on Silva and qualifies for the Shaman Fight. Silva watches over Yoh afterward, finding Yoh to have great potential and good will and must frequently refrain from directly interfering to aid Yoh.
  Silva has five familiars, who are luminous totems that have refined themselves for over 500 years, and collectively known as the Silver Arms. They often converse with Silva during matches and are very analytical. Silver Horn is an American Bison spirit attached to Silva's right leg who can increase Silva's kicking power by blowing out a blast of steam like how a normal bison would do out of his nose while Silver Tail, a coyote spirit attached to Silva's left leg, enhances his running speed. Silver Rod is a snake spirit wrapped around Silva's right arm that be used to either bind opponents or to pierce them like a rod, while on Silva's left arm is Silver Shield, a turtle spirit who reflects attacks with enough strength to destroy opponent's Oversouls. Lastly Silver Wing, an eagle spirit, can grant Silva a pair of wings and shoulder armor which not only allows him to fly but also the wings act like knives that can cut through even the oversouls of his opponents. The five can combine to form a mechanical cannon used in the Totemic Soul Blast attack or the "Flesh and Blood" spear, which takes on the form of combined organic animal parts.
  Though Silva is a capable officiant, he is often told that he is too emotional to be impartial. As the descendant of Hao's second incarnation, Silva also possesses a personal desire to stop Hao in his third incarnation, which results in his attempt to discreetly aid Yoh as much as possible. However, when he attempts to steal the Patch's remaining Elemental Spirits, he is imprisoned and brainwashed into solely following the Patch Officiant's role in eventually protecting the future Shaman King. During the invasion of the Plants, he protects the glacier. In the sequel Shaman King: Flowers, Silva has a daughter whom he names after Anna. Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese), Dan Green (English)

• Kalim (カリム, Karimu): One of Silva's best friends and organizers of the Shaman Fight, Kalim tested and deemed Horohoro to be qualified to take part in the Shaman Fight; he is also responsible for Team Icemen. His birthday is April 24, 1971. His spirit partner is a bull named BlackSickle, with his medium being a bull skull and spine bones allowing BlackSickle to merge with the lower half of his body. He mainly uses charging attacks like how real bulls attack, either striking with a frontal attack or to crush them with powerful stomps. His plant is the plateau that he likes to farm on; there are even real cows and a farm house. He shares an apartment with Silva during the tournament in Tokyo, where the two constantly bicker over the heat (because they cannot afford an air conditioner and the summer is so warm and humid). Like Silva, Kalim sells handcrafted Patch goods to make somewhat of a living while in Tokyo. Kalim frequently provides a voice of reason to somewhat quell Silva's desire to interfere in the Shaman Tournament. Because of his natural sense of caution, he does not suffer the same brainwashing as Silva and is able to remain one of Yoh and Horohoro's supporters, while quietly maintaining doubt towards the other officials siding with Hao. Kalim is apparently hemaphobic. Following the trend of Patch priests being named after metals, Kalim's name derives from Kari (加里 or カリ), or Kariumu (カリウム) meaning potassium in Japanese (derived from the German language Kalium). Voiced by: Kazuhiro Nakata (Japanese), Jonathan Todd Ross (English)

• Nichrom (ニクロム, Nikuromu): The 10th priest of the Patch tribe, Nichrom became the 10th priest after his brother, Chrom, the previous 10th priest, was killed by Tao Ren. In order to avenge his brother, he indirectly sides with Hao in order to let Hao's followers kill Ren as he oversees the ambush on Ren's team. As an official, he is responsible for Faust VIII (following Chrom's death), Team "Niles", and Team "Tsuki-gumi". His Plant is the 7th Plant of the Cave, which was previously his brother's Plant and where Nichrom retains Chrom's spirit ally, a locust called Purple Kick, close by. Nichrom's own spirit is a scorpion, Yellow Whip, whose is medium a scorpion's tail and forms an Oversoul of a scorpion with no legs fused into Nichrom's right arm. The stinger's length can change to attack opponents from a distance, though Yellow Whip's primary tactic is to use its scorpion pincers to immobilize opponents while its stinger strikes with "Dreaming Needle", which delivers a deadly poison that won't disappear unless the one who created the oversoul dies. Purple Kick, who takes the form of a pair of insect designed armored leggings, is said to be the fastest of all ten officiant spirit allies and can allow the user to move at speeds that even powerful experienced opponents can barely keep track of. It attacks with a powerful leg technique called "Dancing Insect".

• Magna (マグナ, Makuna): An official of the Patch who takes Nichrome under his wing when the young boy becomes an official. He is the official responsible for the members of Team "Hana-Gumi". He openly supports Hao, and like other officials who do so, takes pleasure in intimidating some of the remaining contestants in the tournament. His spirit is a great horned owl named Magnescope, with his medium being placed on his arms and legs to generate owl wings and owl claws. His plant is the volcano. When the invaders reached his plant, he faces off against Tao Ren and tried to use the volanic gasses to attack unseen like and owl. He was eventually killed by a gigantic lightning strike created by Ren.

• Radim (ラジム, Rajimu): The official who is selected to the moderator of the tournament; because of the intensity of the fights, he constantly wears sunglasses capable of resisting extremely bright glares to maintain his sight. Unlike most of the other officials, he tries his best to remain neutral, but at times has openly agreed that he doesn't approve of Hao Asakura's shaman only kingdom (going so far as to get Hao's furyoku rating during the fight with X-III). His spirit is an Australian pelican named Platinum Sword, with his medium being his microphone. His plant is the lake. His oversoul looks like a laser blade with which he apparently puts all his mana into, allowing him to crush almost any opponent's oversoul with one strike. The blade can split in two, acting like a pair of scissors representing how a pelican opens his beak. He is strong enough to take on all five Elemental Warriors and Faust VIII and is defeated only when Yoh uses his furyoku nullification technique on Radim.

• Namari (ナマリ) (Lead in the English manga): The official in charge of the three Gandhara teams, first appearing when Yoh's friends attempt to stop Hao's followers from killing Lady Sati. He apparently had some sort of discontent or rivalry with Ryu, though he also seems to respect him. He openly supports Hao, intimidating some of the remaining contestants in the tournament. Namari's spirit is a cobra named Red Rope (レッドロープ), with his medium (probably) having been snake skin; the spirit's Oversoul forms a cobra head over Namari's hand and around his shoulders. Namari is able to move with great speed following the cobra head, which has poisonous fangs that can instantly kill opponents, while the tail can also strike at enemies. Red Rope also has a defensive "boa form" that wraps around Namari to soften the blows of his opponent. On their journey to get to the Star Sanctuary, Ryu fights with him first one-on-one in his area, the desert. After killing Ryu, he is in turn killed by Ren and Horo Horo. Before he dies, he smiles from knowing he'd won by having his boastful opponents use a part of their furyoku to defeat him. His name derives from the Japanese name for the element of lead.

• Bron (ブロン, Buron): The Patch Official responsible of Lyserg Diethel, amongst others, throughout the Shaman Fight, and was sent to London to test him after the sighting of the Destiny Star. When Silva tries to steal the remaining four Elemental Spirits and is captured, Goldva orders Renim and Bron to reeducate him in the ways of the Patch, something Kalim seems shocked to hear. Eventually Hao is crowned the Shaman King by forfeit of the remaining three teams and his own two teammates. When the remaining teams invade the Plants and face off against Silva, Bron shows up alongside Renim and orders Silva to return to his Plant. Both he and Renim introduce themselves to the invaders and show off their oversouls, possibly to intimidate them. Upon arriving at Bron's "Plant of the Valley," he easily defeats them all, until Lyserg Diethel calms his mind and burns him to death. His spirit is a spider called Bluenet and his mediums are wrist and ankle cuffs made out of spiderhair, forming an spider Oversoul that appears fused to Bron's arm or extending over his entire body to resemble a giant spider with Bron's head. His oversoul allowed him to attach near invisible spider threads throughout the cliffs of the valley, allowing him to create the illusion of flying while standing on the threads and detect the movements of opponents. The spider threads can also be used to create nets and used to pierce into opponents' bodies.

• Renim (レニム, Renimu): Together with Bron, Renim is responsible for reeducating those who stray from the way of the Patch. Goldva orders Renim and Bron to re-educate Silva after his failed attempt to steal the remaining four Elemental Spirits and was captured, which they do so by singing the Patch Song to him over and over again. After Hao Asakura is be crowned the Shaman King by forfeit of the remaining three teams and his own two teammates, Renim and Bron appear briefly to order Silva back to his Plant and reveal their Oversouls as they greet Yoh and the invaders. Renim's spirit is a chameleon named Clear Coat and his plant is the jungle. His oversoul specializes in stealth removing any of his scent sound and presences allowing him to hide perfectly even in plain sight.

• Talim (タリム, Tarimu): A Patch member first seen working in the Patch Cafe, but little else is known about him. He is responsible for the Kabbahalers amongst other teams. It is possible that due to name association he is Kalim's brother. He is encountered at the eighth plant, the ocean. Though he easily defeats the majority of the invaders using his versatile spirit, Green Seeds, which has access to the different properties and abilities of every kind of plant on the planet, he is eventually overcome and defeated by Joco McDonnell.

• Rutherford (ラザホー, Razahoo): A Patch Priest who is only seen at the very end of the manga series, escorting Hao to the King's Shrine. The guardian of the Universe Plant who has enormous black eyes on a naked head, Rutherford seems more like an alien rather than human. The official's true form is revealed when Yoh's group arrives at the Universe Plant and fights the official, who is revealed to be a girl. Her spirit is Gray Saucer, the spirit of an alien which visited the Patch Village more than a thousand years ago and contributed its technology to the tribe, such as the Oracle Bell. The oversoul allows Rutherford to manipulate the gravity in the plant of the universe for her attacks.

• Chrom (クロム, Kuromu): The first and only official to die in the preliminary rounds of the Shaman Fight and a close friend of Silva, regarded as one of the Patch's finest dancers. He was killed when he tested Tao Ren. Officially, Ren passed with one hit but when Chrom goaded him a little bit more, Ren went insane and killed him. Chrom's spirit is a locust, Purple Kick. His medium was probably the armour-like plates on his vest. Seeing that his brother's Plant was the 7th Plant of the Cave, it was most likely Chrom's Plant to protect if he had survived.

• Zinc (anime only): Zinc is a shaman of the Patch tribe who, along with Nichrom, fights Kalim and Silva when they attempt to help Yoh Asakura. Due to the fact he is in the anime, he doesn't have a plant. Like Nichrome he is given a power boost by Hao, while still possessing nine guardian ghosts to form a suit of spiritual armor. Like Silva, the spirits can also be combined into Totem Pole Cannon like the Silver Arms. His guardian ghost (most likely the first one he oversouled) is a vulture or buzzard with his medium being the feather plates he wore.

• Lip & Rap (リップ & ラップ, Rippo and Rappo): Twin sisters who Silva looks after. Despite being five, they still wear diapers. The girls are both priestesses who have been tasked to teach future Officials of the Shaman Fight how to organize the tournament to decide the next Shaman King. They enjoy singing.

Hao's followers

Consisting of powerful shaman recruited by Hao, they loyally follow him and his intention to create a world exclusively composed of shaman. None of them will hesitate to eliminate any of Hao's opponents, though they will not oppose Hao's orders, especially if they attempt to kill Yoh, and fear his ruthlessness. Most are killed when Peyote betrays them, though they are resurrected shortly before the end of the Shaman Fight.

Team Hoshi-gumi

• Opacho (オパチョ): A small child devoted to Hao who is deceptively much more powerful than she seems. Found by Hao as a malnourished baby in South Africa, he adopted and raised her; originally naming her Ohachiyo (乙破千代) after the demon companion he met in his first life, she pronounced the name incorrectly as "Opacho" and the name stuck. Her shamanic abilities are powerful but refined; Opacho is capable of creating illusions and possesses the same mindreading abilities as Hao and Anna do. Her spirit is known as Mama (ママ), who is not powerful, but be used to create a sheep-like Oversoul with Opacho's hair, giving her great ramming power.
  Because of Opacho's straight-forward and simple-nature, Hao allows her to accompany him and occasionally confides in her about his plans and what he thinks of Yoh and his power. In the anime, her faith in Hao becomes fear when she notes that Hao has made a change for the worse and flees from him. In the manga, Hao sends her as a messenger to coerce Yoh into returning to the Shaman Fight after he withdraws as per his agreement with Iron Maiden Jeanne to revive Ren. Hao later leaves her to join Yoh's group as they attempt to defeat Hao as he is merging with the Great Spirit; her mindreading abilities allow her to become a great ally to the group, helping them understand more about Hao. When Hao awakens as the Shaman King and kills Goldva, she is deeply upset that he is no longer the person she once knew, but her loyalty to him remains unwavering.

• Luchist Lasso (ラキスト・ラッソ, Rakisuto Rasso): Originally the founder and leader of the X-LAWS, a group of holy warriors opposed to Hao, and the one responsible for finding Iron Maiden Jeanne, a meeting with Hao turned him over to his side. Luchist is described as having a will of steel for his ability to stand comfortably by Hao's side and one of the few aware of his ability to read minds. As one of the most powerful shamans under Hao, he is a rival to Marco, who was once his protege and partner in developing supercars. Though he is one of Hao's followers, he is respectful and cordial towards others, including Yoh and Marco, and candidly straight-forward.

Team Tsuchi-gumi

• BoZ Brothers (ボーズ, Bouzu): Known as the "Flying Zen Brothers" in the English anime, BoZ consists of two moderately popular Buddhist wannabe-rock-star monks, Ryo Sugimoto (杉本 良, Sugimoto Ryo) and Zen Yoneda (米田 善, Yoneda Zen) (Ryo Kamishiro and Zen Hoshi/Hijiri in the anime). Their spirit allies are chimi moryo, the ghosts of thousands of small living things that they combine with pebbles to create their Over Souls. After their initial attempts to eliminate Yoh before the Shaman Fight begins, they later appear as members of Team Tsuchi-gumi. After Tsuchi-gumi is defeated by Ren's team, the duo are possessed by Peyote's spirits and beaten by Chocolove. They later leave Hao's group and become allies to Team Gandhara.

• Peyote Diaz (ペヨーテ・ディアス, Peyote Diasu) (Tecolote in the English manga): Peyote is a Mexican mariachi shaman who uses the bones of the dead to create calavera-doll Over Souls. Resembling a character from the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos, he uses the spirits of mariachi players as his spirits, among them his deceased friends Carlos and Juan, to integrate with Mexican Caravelas (skeleton puppets which in Mexico symbolize death). After being defeated by Ren's team, he becomes disillusioned with Hao, despite continuing to feel a strong sense of attachment to him, and betrays him. Peyote allies himself with Mansumi Oyamada's faction and kills his fellow followers and himself after revealing that he realized that Hao can read minds and actually trusts no one but himself. Because of the poor condition of his body, he is could not resurrected.

Team Kaze-gumi

• Kouji Yamada (山田 光司, Yamada Kouji): Known as "Damayaji (ダマヤジ)", Kouji Yamada is a shaman who dies at the hands of his teammate, Boris Tepes, when his blood is drained and regarded at the weakest member of Kaze-gumi. After his death, his blood is used to power Boris's Oversoul. Before meeting Hao, he had been a photographer of ancient ruins and monuments though his only ability had been to photograph ghosts; Hao appreciated that Damayaji cared about the beauty of nature and recruited him. He does not like unnecessary cruelty, and enjoyed drinking and eating king crab. Because he happens to resemble a hermit crab, he got along well with his guardian ghost, the nature spirit of a red king crab, and they both went to heaven soon after being killed.

• Boris Tepes Dracula (ボリス・ツェペシュ ドラキュラ, Borisu Tsepeshu Dorakyura): A descendant of Vlad the Impaler who was transformed into a vampire five hundred years ago by Hao, whom Boris followed out of the desire to get revenge on humanity for how he and his ancestors were hunted because they were seen as vampires. His medium is blood and his spirit ally is Blamaro, a former vampire hunter. He is killed by Marco before the Shaman Fight begins in the Patch Village.

• Blocken Meyer (ブロッケン・マイヤー, Borokken Maiyaa): A diminutive minion whose body has prosthetic blocks that allow his crippled body to move and create an almost endless variety of Over Souls. After the infant Hao escaped from the Asakura family with the Spirit of Fire, he became Hao's adoptive father and raised him. He has survived numerous battles and is the only survivor after Peyote's betrayal, found by Mikihisa Asakura and brought to the meeting between the Asakura and the Tao families to explain what occured.

Team Tsuki-gumi

• Han Zang-Ching (范 斬陳 (ハン ザンチン), Han Zan-Chin) Chinese: Fàn Zhǎn-Chén An enormous Chinese shaman whose spirit ally is a giant panda named Xiong Xiong that forms an Oversoul with a Chinese-style gong. Once a pop idol and an explosives expert, he is a powerful fighter and impatiently ruthless. Zang Ching is the first to be killed during Peyote's betrayal, but is later resurrected with the Hana-gumi.

• Mohamed Tabarsi (モハメド・タバルスィー, Mohamedo Tabarusuu): Known as "Turbine (ターバイン, Taabain)", a young man who dresses concealing Arabian robes who frequently leads his peers in battle. His spirit is Djinn, who frequently combins with a glass medium in Turbine's hand that allows him to fire beams and successfully grant any wish Turbine asks of him, but can only grant one wish a day. While he is shocked by Peyote's betrayal, he admits to developing doubts about Hao as well. He is later killed by Midori Tamurazaki (Mansumi Oyamada's main henchmen) while fighting Peyote and his body is too badly damaged to be resurrected.

• "Big Guy" Bill Burton (ビッグガイ・ビル・バートン, Biggu Gai Biru Baaton): A gigantic football player and one of Hao's toughest followers, his spirits are the twenty-one members of his football team who died in a terrible accident caused by one of Bill's scorned fans. While he is killed during Peyote's betrayal, he is later resurrected.

Team Hana-gumi

• Canna Bismarck (カンナ・ビスマルク, Kanna Bisumaruku): A German shaman who originally came from an aristocratic family, Canna was born constantly spewing ectoplasm, which attracted spirits who were repelled by Ashcroft (アシュクロフト, Ashukurofuto), an old medieval knight spirit who has known Canna since childhood. As her ally and protector, he uses the smoke from Canna's cigarette as a medium to animate an empty suit of armour wielding a lance. Canna lived a relatively comfortable and happy life until the death of her loving parents, after which she was surrounded by lawyers and relatives after her inheritance. When Hao found her, he burned down the castle and she became a shaman in order to see the outside world. Canna does not like children and is often seen riding a motorcycle and smoking cigarettes. After the Hana-gumi are killed by Peyote, their spirits go to find Hao, believing he will help them, but are horrified when he decides to feed them to the Spirit of Fire. They are saved by Anna and later resurrected; out of gratitude toward her, they eventually become waitresses at Funbari Onsen, where Tamao criticizes Canna for smoking.

• Mathilda Mathis (マチルダ・マティス, Machiruda Matisu): Nicknamed "Matti", Mathilda is a wudumaer, a Northern German druid, and is loud and aggressive. Raised by a kind elderly woman regarded as a witch when everyone else rejected Machi for her spiritual powers, her hatred of humanity comes from how the people helped by foster-mother's kindness did not come to save her when she was dying. Her spirit is Jack (ジャック, Jakku); in the anime, he is a Jack-o-lantern spirit inhabiting a pumpkinhead doll created by Machi while in the manga, he is actually the spirit of a killer who imitated Jack the Ripper and inhabits the knife that Machi arms her pumpkinhead doll with. Because he is scared of Hao's group, he does not attack them. The Hana-gumi express strong devotion toward Hao, believing that they are only ones who truly understand Hao, and refuse to accept Peyote's revelation that Hao actually trusts no one. After Anna saves their spirits from being devoured by the Spirit of Fire, they are resurrected. As one of the Hana-gumi waitresses, Tamao criticizes her for creepy hairstyle.

• Marion Fauna (マリオン・ファウナ, Marion Fauna): Known as "Mari", Marion is a gloomy Italian doll master and the daughter of a Camorra boss and his mistress, a fortuneteller. While the members of her father's group despised Mari and her mother, her father did not care and had sufficient power to let Mari to have her way. When he was killed, her mother was killed attempting to flee with Mari. Her medium, a gun wielding doll named Chuck (チャック, Chakku), was sewn together by her mother and assessorized with a valuable gun that belonged to Mari's father. The spirit who haunted the gun was named a noble sharpshooting sheriff named Chuck and swore to protect Mari after she noticed his presence. In the English anime, Chuck is referred to as "Baby Chuck", and he uses a rattle. In battle, Mari becomes extremely powerful when irritated and the Hana-gumi can paralyze their opponents with the feelings of rejection they have lived with. After the Hana-gumi are killed by Peyote and saved from being devoured by the Spirit of Fire by Anna, they eventually become waitresses at Funbari Onsen, where Tamao criticizes Mari for being too gloomy.

Others

• Anahol Pokki (アナホル・ポッキ, Anahoru Pokki): The brother of Anatel of Team Niles, who was eliminated by the X-Laws. Anahol, much like his twin brother Anatel, is vain and proud of his long nose. He seeks to avenge Anatel by killing Iron Maiden Jeanne; though he succeeds in killing Jeanne and Lyserg when he attacks the car they are travelling in, Marco sends Tamao and Manta to find Lady Sati to revive them. He is later captured by Anna and forced to do her bidding, most notably altering his Oversoul as to deliver the Elemental Spirits to Yoh's group and transport all the remaining shaman to the continent of Mu.

X-Laws

Main article: X-Laws

The X-Laws (X・法律, X-LAWS) are a paramilitary organization found in Shaman King, founded by Luchist Lasso, their purpose is to eradicate all evil and suffering. In the current Shaman Fight, they aim to defeat Asakura Hao, whom they view as the ultimate evil. They also have their own theme music called Seigi no shisha. They only have Archangels (Arch-spirits) as spirit allies in the Japanese anime.

• X-I: Lyserg Diethel, Iron Maiden Jeanne, Marco Lasso
• X-II: John Denbat, Pofe Griffith, Lucky Dirac
• X-III: Chris Venstar, Kevin Mendel, Miine Montgomery

Team Gandhara

Gandhara (ガンダーラ) is a Buddhist pacifist organization that is participating in the Shaman Fight and iterate that their stance is that of neutrality. Led by Lady Sati, they are the third great faction in the current Tournament and are extremely powerful. However, because their chosen candidate became Shaman King during a fight 2500 years ago, they have no interest in winning the tournament and their ultimate goal is to prevent Hao Asakura from becoming the Shaman King. As such, they seek out the Five Elemental Warriors who will wield the Five Elemental Spirits of the Patch Tribe in hopes that they will have the power to defeat Hao.

• Nyorai (Tathāgata)
  • Lady Sati Saigan (named for SATY supermarket)
  • Comeri (named for Komeri Co., Ltd.)
  • Daioh (named for The Daiei, Inc.)
• Myooh (Wisdom Kings)
  • Jackson (named for JUSCO)
  • Yainage (named for Inageya supermarket)
  • Kadou (named for Ito-Yokado)
• Ten (Deva)
  • Seikyou (named for the Japanese term for Consumer co-op)
  • Ion Li (named for AEON MALL Co., Ltd.)
  • Mami (named for the Mammy Mart Corporation)

Other Teams

Team Lily Five is a team of five female shaman of low ability who appear only in the anime. They initially alternately attempt to hinder and take advantage of Yoh and his friends as they attempt to find the Patch Village. Yoh holds no grudge against them, seeing them as mostly harmless, and they eventually become allies of Yoh towards the end of the series. As with their corresponding shamans, the Lily Five's spirits appear only in the anime and Game Boy Advance game Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2.

• Sharona (シャローナ, Jarōna): Essentially the leader of the group, Sharona is a charming young woman who usually devises all the plans for the Lily Five. Before forming the Lily Five, Sharona had been rejected by a child she took care of. Her ambition is to become famous as Shaman Queen, which results in an argument with Anna Kyoyama, who has similar designs. Despite her bold mannerisms and somewhat calculating nature, she is good-hearted and actually quite clever. In the English adaption, her mannerisms are similar to a French socialite. Her Guardian Ghost is a pink somke pixie spirit named Enra-Enra capable of shapeshifting into various objects and its medium is Sharona's golden pipe. Voiced by: Rumi Ochiai (Japanese), Megan Hollingshead (English)

• Millie (ミリー, Mirī): A sweet but impulsive and little girl, Millie is the youngest and smallest member of the Lily Five and frequently seen in the company of Ellie. When her shamanic powers emerged, she was rejected by her mother. She and Ellie are the first to appear in the anime series in an attempt to thwart Yoh from properly qualifying for the second round of the Shaman Tournament by eliminating him before he faces Tao Ren. Millie tends to interact with Yoh's group more than the rest of the Lily Five and develops a small crush on Lyserg Diethel. Her spirit is Onibi-Onibi, who appears in a shape of a fireball with a face that resembles that of a fox, that when merges with the slingshot becomes a crossbow. Voiced by: Miyako Itou (Japanese), Amy Palant (English)

• Ellie (エリー, Erī): A somewhat a tomboyish teenager, Ellie, with Millie, is the first of the Lily Five to appear before Yoh. The pair frequently work together and Ellie is usually the first to come to Millie's aid. Ellie comes across as superficial and shallow, but cares about her friends, especially Millie. When her shamanic powers emerged, Ellie was rejected by her boyfriend. Her medium is her manicured pink French nails and her oversoul is Kamaitachi, which is a weasel-like creature. Once merged with her pink nails, they become a bear like-claw that can extend. Voiced by: Makoto Tsumura (Japanese), Kerry Williams (English)

• Lilly (リリー, Rirī): The genius of the group, Lilly is a teenager who wears glasses, a sweater-vest, and a pleated checkered skirt. When her powers emerged, she was rejected by her classmates. Lilly speaks little, but when she does, it is usually joke at Ellie and Millie. Her Guardian Ghost is a roborovski hamster named Jangurian and its medium is her glasses. When her oversoul is formed, Lilly is able to use her glasses like binoculars to navigate the group. Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese), Amy Birnbaum (English)

• Sally (サリー, Sarī): Tall redheaded Sally is the toughest and most impatient of the group. She was rejected by her coworkers when her shamanic powers emerged. Though Sally speaks little, she is far from reserved - she becomes very outspoken and enthusiastic whenever an opportunity to fight arises. She is also usually drives the Lily Five around in their red Lublin van, though Sharona and occasionally Ellie have done so as well. Her Guardian Ghost is a hammer spirit, Korogashi, and its medium are rings. Voiced by: Inuko Inuyama (Japanese), Dania Cericola (English)

Team Niles (ナイルズ, Nairuzu): A team from Egypt, they use the power received from ancient times as part of their shamanic abilities. Placed against X-Laws team X-I, Lyserg was given the order to defeat and kill them at all costs. However, a combination of both his and Morphine's hesitation allowed leader Anatel to release a deadly Over Soul that would kill him. With no other choice, Iron Maiden Jeanne released her full power, killing the leader with spirit Shamash and the others members with other torture devices.

• Anatel Pokki (アナテル・ポッキ): Leader of NILEs, he wears a mask similar to king Tutankhamen in battle and commands one-thousand spirits as part of his Over Soul abilities. He is named for pharaoh Anat-her, and Pocky.

• Khafre Puljiz (カフラー・プリツ): A slender shaman who wears a jackal mask in combat, he is boasted as the world's best mummy maker. He is named for pharaoh Khafre and Pretz.

• Nakht Pitrah: A large-set bald man who wears a pyramid with an eye in it for a mask. Stated to have access to unlimited furyoku. He is named for Nakht and Nabisco's Picola.

Team Icemen (アイスメン, Aisumen): A squadron of shamans from the northern parts of Europe. Training and hardening their pride and duty through the cold, these shaman are notable for their teamwork, using each other's abilities to compliment one another and defeat their opponents. They are Team Funbari Onsen's first opponent in the Shaman Tournament and their considerable pride is wounded when Yoh approaches them with complete confidence in his own team's abilities. Driven by the desire to prove their own worth, the revealed combined power of Yoh, Faust and Ryu make the Icemen realize who they were dealing with, causing them to lose their arrogance upon defeat. Their own ice abilities allowed them to make easy friends with Horohoro, who would be forced to assist them to escape the island when they are attacked by Hao's followers after their official defeat.

• Pino Graham (ピノ・グレアム, Pino Gureamu): The leader of the Icemen from Ireland. His Guardian Ghost is Badb, an Irish raven goddess that allows him to freeze anything. He is named for Morinaga's Eskimo Pino ice cream.

• Zria Gagarik (ゾリャー・ガガーリク, Zoryaa Gagaariku): A Russian female shaman with no real name (and appears to be named after a Russian goddess), her abilities were awakened by psychic experimentation prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. Her Guardian Ghost is Vodyanoy, allows her to release water against a target, usually to be frozen by Pino. Zria is named for the Zorya of Slavic mythology, as well as Gari Gari Kun ice pop's and Yuri Gagarin.

• Tona Papik Cadimahide (トナ・パピク・カジマヒデ, Tona Babiku Kajimahide): A powerful shaman from Iceland and a descendent of Vikings. His Guardian Ghost is a Viking warrior named Deft, is used as the main physical muscle of the team as well as transforms into a massive ship for transport and combat. He is named for Papico ice cream products.

Team Kabbalahers: A team made up of the two Munzer children watched over by Mikihisa Asakura, Yoh's father, out of respect for their father, Camel. A researcher working on a means to use spiritual power within a massive Golem he constructed, Camel was the last man murdered by Joco McDonnell (prior to meeting Orona and reforming into a comedian) and left the children with the Golem. Their desires are not just winning the Shaman Fight but revenge against the shaman who killed their father.

• Mikihisa Asakura (麻倉幹久, Asakura Mikihisa): Yoh's father, an ascetic shaman who is rarely at home and watches over his son from afar, as well as serving as a spy and messenger for the Asakura family. Yoh admits that he doesn't have a particularly close relationship with Mikihisa; in childhood, Yoh had hoped to become closer to his father by stealing Mikihisa's headphones and acquired his love of the musician Bob from listening to Mikihisa's music collection. Like his son, he is an easy-going man with a charitable personality, with a particularly strong sense of family, and is considerably more powerful than he appears. He is often referred to by his nickname, "Mickey", which he also uses as a ring name in the Shaman Fight. Mikihisa's spirits are a kitsune and tanuki pair named Imari and Shigaraki respectively, who vastly more powerful and respectable than Conchi and Ponchi and have achieved the rank of being mountain gods.
  Before becoming a shaman, Mikihisa Maki (真木幹久, Maki Mikihisa) was an unemployed musician who aspired to be like John Lennon while living in an apartment with two other members of his band. He met Keiko Asakura while busking near a train station one night, after she had been dumped by her boyfriend. She paid him ten yen to play a song for her, and revealed that she was dumped because she could see ghosts. Keiko invited Mikihisa to her rented house, and their relationship started from there. It is noteworthy that the Asakura family had no male heir in Keiko’s generation, since she was Yohmei and Kino's only child and had no brothers. Thus Mikihisa married into the family, following the Japanese muku no naru tradition; he took up the Asakura surname and allowed them to continue the family line. When the Asakura learned that Keiko was pregnant with twins, one of whom was the latest reincarnation of Hao Asakura, Mikihisa and Keiko made the difficult decision to go with Yohmei's plan to kill both children. However, Yohmei's hesitation resulted in Mikihisa moving to defend his father-in-law from an attack from the Spirit of Fire, which badly burned Mikihisa's face, after which he began wearing a mask to hide the scars. Blaming himself for failing to kill Hao when he had the chance, Mikihisa began a rigorous training regimen to make up for his incompetence and travelled around the world. During his travels, he met Tamao Tamamura, whom he took as an apprentice and often brought her on his training.
  During the Shaman Fight, Mikihisa watches over Yoh, often shrouded in the shadows and observing Yoh’s battles from the top of trees. He takes the responsibility of imparting parts of the Cho Senji Ryakketsu to Yoh and his group, including the FumonTonkou to Ren. Team Kabbalahers winds up being one of the top six remaining teams in the Shaman Fight main tournament, but they withdraw from the tournament during the decisive battle between Team The Ren and Team Funbari Onsen, thus allowing both teams to qualify together with X-I and the Hoshigumi. Mikihisa's role in the anime is roughly the same as his manga counterpart, though he does not participate in the Shaman Fight. Voiced by: Kenyu Horiuchi (Japanese), Ted Lewis (English)

• Redseb and Seyram Munzer (ルドセブ & セイラーム ミュンツアー, Rudosebu & Seiraamu Myuntsuraa): The children of Dr. Camel Munzer, under care of Mikihisa and the controllers of Golem. After the death of their father, Seyram was unable to express any emotion and spoke very little, which was caused due to her father's spirit possessing her. For the sake of helping Seyram, Redseb joins the Shaman Fight because he believes avenging their father will restore Seyram's heart again. They are killed after failing in an attempt to kill Hao while he is integrating with the Great Spirit. Redseb's ghost was able to escape with the Spirit of Fire to Yoh's group as they journey towards Hao. Seyram's guardian ghost is her father, who possessed her and helped her give the massive amounts of Furyoku used to power Golem. Her other guardian ghost could be considered as her mother, who is the human around which Golem itself (as a giant oversoul) was constructed - as she does operate Golem. Redseb's guardian ghost is as of yet unknown. Both children are resurrected at the conclusion of the series and are adopted into the Asakura family by Mikihisa. Redseb and Seyram are named for Mild Seven and Salem cigarettes respectively.

• Camel Munzer (カメル・ミュンツアー, Kameru Myuntsuraa): The father of Redseb and Seryam and a close friend of Mikihisa. Upon the death of the professor, Mikihisa took the responsibility of looking after Redseb and Seyram and formed Team Kabbalahers to ensure the Golem created by Professor Munzer did not fall into the wrong hands after learning about its destructive capabilities. Professor Munzer becomes (in certain respects) his daughter's spirit ally, possessing her from time-to-time and giving her the massive amounts of furyoku it takes to power the Golem. He is named for Camel cigarettes.

Asakura Family

Yohmei Asakura (麻倉葉明, Asakura Yōmei)

• Voiced by: Takeshi Aono

Yohmei is Yoh's maternal grandfather and an onmyōji who specializes in divination and exorcism, and utilizes leaf shikigami. Born on July 2, 1919, he is the current head of the Asakura family. Since Yoh's childhood, Yohmei has trained him to become Shaman King, though Yoh's lazy and stubborn nature made the task difficult.

Before Yoh was born, Yohmei foresaw that Hao Asakura would be reincarnated in one of his daughter Keiko's unborn twin children and reluctantly decided that he would kill both children upon birth rather than risk allowing Hao to be reborn. However, Yohmei hesitated for a moment as he was hit with remorse for killing his own grandchildren, which was sufficient enough for Hao to summon the Spirit of Fire and escape. Though the Asakuras were disappointed with allowing Hao to escape, they embraced the fact that Yoh, Hao's twin brother, had survived and they believed that Yoh was the family's best chance of finally defeating Hao for good.

While highly respected as a onmyouji, Yohmei acknowledges that it has been difficult to find work in the modern era as fewer people believe in spirits. His divinition techniques, however, are high in demand from the rich and powerful wanting to know their fortunes, so he does not worry about money. Yohmei is also known for using leaf shikigami, creating and controling any number of these small OverSouls using small leaves as mediums. Yohmei almost constantly uses these, even outside of combat, to do small tasks like fetching items, holding the newspaper, and so forth. Strangely, these spirits can move through telephone lines. His favoured technique, the AsakuraShikiOnmyōJutsu HyakuShikigami (Asakura Style Yin and Yang Technique - Hundred Shikigami) creates countless Shikigami so he can surround an opponent and attack them from all directions at once.

When Yoh fails to defeat Faust VIII in the qualifying round of the Shaman Fight, he returns in Izumo with Anna and Amidamaru to consult Yohmei on how to improve his furyoku levels. Yohmei suggests a dangerous method - travelling through the Yomi Cave (Tunnel of Tartarus). He later sends Anna to deliver the Cho Senji Ryakketsu and the Futsunomitama to Yoh upon realizing that Yoh cannot hope to defeat Hao as he is now. He and Kino later go to the Patch Village during the Shaman Fight when it becomes apparent that Hao is unstoppable; in the manga, they are joined by Keiko, Mikihisa, and the spirit of Yohken Asakura, as they collaborate with the Tao family on how to deal with Hao.

Kino Asakura (麻倉 木乃, Asakura Kino)

• Voiced by: Hisako Kyouda (Japanese), Erica Shroeder (English)

Kino Asakura

A master itako who trains young girls in the art at Osorezan, born on March 24, 1924, Kino is Yoh's grandmother and the wife of Yohmei. In her youth, Matamune mentions that she had been very beautiful, though she had already lost her sight during World War II. With very few options left, she chose to become itako and became accomplished enough to marry Yohmei. Her temperament is similar enough to Anna's that Yohmei fears getting hit by his wife and getting on her bad side, though she expresses her kindhearted nature to Yoh and Anna, whom she found and raised as her apprentice.

Instead of living at the Asakura family home in Izumo, she chooses to live in Shimokita, in the Aomori prefecture, near Osorezan. She runs what is ostensibly a traditional Japanese inn, the "Yasui Ryokan". In reality however, she uses the inn to house her apprentices. When Anna was abandoned as a child, Kino sensed the amount of spiritual power Anna possessed and took her in; because Anna sensed that Kino had no ulterior motives for saving her, Kino became the first and only person Anna trusted until she met Yoh. Impressed though concerned with the level of Anna's spiritual power, Kino suggested that Anna should marry Yoh and eventually trained Anna to be an itako. She regards Anna as her favourite over all her students, boasting to her husband that Anna is her pride.

Keiko Asakura (麻倉 茎子, Asakura Keiko)

• Voiced by: Mika Doi (Japanese), Erica Shroeder (English)

Mikihisa's wife and Yoh's mother. She normally works as an Office Lady, but also works as a miko (translated by some as a cleric) at a local shrine. It is unknown as to the extent of her spiritual powers, but she is capable seeing ghosts and hearing the voices of kami spirits and capable of divining the future. She is the daughter of Yohmei and Kino; Mikihisa was adopted into the Asakura family when he married Keiko. In the manga, she plays minor, though active role, in aiding her family against Hao Asakura. A woman possessing a strong character, she agrees to the drastic measures when the Asakura decide that both her unborn children will be sacrificed to stop Hao. When the effort fails, she is relieved and grateful when Yoh is spared and hopeful that her son will be able to stop Hao at last. After foreseeing that Hao cannot be stopped from becoming Shaman King, she personally acts as a messenger for the Asakura and arrives on the Tao's estate in China shortly after Ren's departure to deliver the message. After the secret of Yoh's relationship to Hao is revealed, Keiko directly approaches the Tao family with the offer of having Mikihisa teach members of Ren's team techniques from the Cho Senji Ryakketsu. She also appears in subsequent meetings the Asakura hold with the Tao family.

Yohken Asakura (麻倉 葉賢, Asakura Yōken)

An ancestor of Yoh Asakura who lived around 500 years ago, an ascetic priest. Following his duty as a member of the Asakura family, Yohken entered the Shaman Fight of 500 years ago to defeat Hao Asakura, which he did with the help of Matamune, Hao's former companion. One of his techniques is OverSoul 'Onigoroshi' (Demon Killer) - Yohken used this with Matamune, using his Shakujou as his medium. In the manga, it was the same OverSoul that Yoh used when he saved Anna from the Oni, although Yohken uses his Shakujou (ring-topped Buddhist priests' staff) as the medium.

Others

Tamao Tamamura (玉村たまお, Tamamura Tamao)

• Voiced by: Nana Mizuki (Japanese), Veronica Taylor (English)

Tamao Tamamura (known as Tamara or "Tammy" in the English anime) is a shy girl who is in love with Yoh Asakura, even though she knows that Yoh is engaged to Anna Kyoyama. She is 10 years old at the start of the series. Initially, she is so shy that she uses her sketchbook and points to pictures in order to tell people what she wants to say. Orphaned at a young age, she was brought to the Asakura family by Yoh's father, Mikihisa Asakura and trained as an ascetic priest. In recent KanZenBan, it was revealed that Tamao attended Shinra High right after Yoh and the others went to America. Tamao is named for Tamao Nakamura.

Tamao's specialty is her use of a kokkuri board, which is similar to a Ouija board, in order to perform divinations. She is also an ascetic, like Mikihisa; her spirits are Konchi, a kitsune, and Ponchi, a tanuki, in the same way Mikihisa has a kitsune and a tanuki. When the manga ends the Asakura family owns a resort where Tamao works and lives. Tamao also acts as the mother of Yoh's only son Hana while Yoh and Anna travel the world. Hana describes as one of the scariest people he knows, implying that her personality resembles Anna's somewhat. She also becomes an Enka singer and reveals that for the sake of Hana, she forced herself to become stronger and more intimidating.

Pirika Usui (碓氷ピリカ, Usui Pirika, "Pilika" in the English anime)

• Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Japanese), Rachel Lillis (English)

Horohoro's little sister, who trains him in a similar manner to Anna's training of Yoh. Because Yoh defeated her brother, Pirika calls him a jerk upon meeting him, which upsets Yoh when he thinks about how people will hate him for destroying their chances of achieving their own dreams. Pirika has a lively and outgoing personality and is accomplished at domestic chores. Despite often expressing her irritation for her brother, she genuinely cares about him and supports his dream, being one of the few people who are aware of Horohoro's actual reasons for wanting to create a vast field of butterbur leaves is for the sake of his friend Damuko. Pirika later becomes friends with Anna and Tamao.

"Pirika" means "pretty" and "pirka" means "good" in the Ainu language. She is born on February 9, 1987. Though not shown in the manga or anime, the author has stated that Pirika's partner spirit is Torara, a Marimo or Torasanpe as said in the Ainu language. Torara was said to have saved Pirika from drowning at an early age, and since then they became partners. Torara can manipulate water, but is very shy, and for that reason he did not make a debut in the manga or anime.

Tao Family

Tao Jun (道 潤) Chinese: Dào Rùn

• Voiced by: Michiko Neya (Japanese), Lisa Ortiz (English)

Ren's older sister is a dao-shi (a Daoist spellcaster; Chinese: 道士, Pinyin: dàoshì, Japanese: doshi), who can re-animate corpses. She is seventeen years old at the beginning of the manga. Her jiāngshī (guardian zombie, Japanized as "kyonshi") is Lee Pai-Long (Lee Bailong), a famous movie star in Hong Kong who died seventeen years ago. She uses Jufu talismans to control her guardian ghost, but after she battles Yoh Asakura and Amidamaru and loses, she lets Bai-Long obey her commands only if he wishes to when she realizes that spirits have hearts too, and they just cannot be controlled.

Later in the series, she and Tamao fight against Hana-gumi in order to defend Redseb and Seyrem until Mikihisa arrives. During the fight it is revealed that Bai-Long received an 'upgrade' of sorts after being defeated by En, in the form of a piston in his right arm which greatly increases his punching power. Additionally, in the manga, because of her knowledge in human anatomy, Jun becomes the apprentice of Sati and becomes able to revive people.

In the manga and the original anime, Jun's father is named Tao Yúan (道円, also known as "Tao En"), and her mother is named Ran. In the English anime, her father is dead and En is her uncle. In the English anime, Ren and Jun have British accents, implying an origin from Hong Kong.

Tao En (道円) Chinese: Dào Yúan

• Voiced by: Masashi Ebara (Japanese), Marc Thompson (English)

Tao Yúan is the father of Tao Ren and Tao Jun; in the English anime, he is introduced as Len and Jun's uncle. A powerful shaman who commands an army of jiang-shi, he initially appears as a giant man who is both sadistic and malevolent. Because of Yuan, both Ren and Jun had extremely painful childhoods, as they were exposed to bloodshed and death on a daily basis, as well as severe physical abuse. When Jun questions his actions relating to Ren, also asking him to set Ren free, he laughs and proceeds to "punish" her by sealing her in a dungeon for the ten days it takes Ren to return home after his fight with Yoh.

To meet Ren, Yúan creates an army of Jiang Shi from freshly killed corpses which Ren disposes of with little difficulty. Ren is unable to defeat his father in combat and is locked up and tortued alongside his sister as punishment. When Ren's friends arrive to save him, their combined efforts tear Yuan to pieces. At the verge of defeat, Yúan's concentration breaks and it is revealed that his appearance is an illusion created by his Oversoul - he actually appears as an older greatly bearded looking man very similar to Ren. He reveals the source his obsession with the family doctrine is because he must bear the weight of two thousand years of Tao family souls (in a type of mortuary tablet armor) and reveals his second Oversoul, an oriental dragon with a head similar to his first Oversoul. Ren defeats his father and they have a small moment of revelation as Yuan passes him the Thunder Sword (Houraiken), a family heirloom.

Yuan is shown much as a much more enthusiastic father afterward, such as coming to the Patch Village and cheering Ren on during his team's match, much to his son's embarrassment. When Keiko and Mikihisa Asakura approach the Tao family with the offer to teach Team Ren the secrets of the Cho Senji Ryakketsu in order to stand a chance against Hao, Yuan refuses to accept the offer out of pride unless the Asakura can prove their strength by defeating him; Mikihisa accepts the challenge and successfully overcomes him.

Tao Ran (道蘭) Chinese: Dào Ran

• Voiced by: Ai Satou (Japanese), Megan Hollingshead (English)

Tao Yuan's wife, the mother of Ren and Jun, an incredibly strong shaman in her own right who taught Jun how to create and control jiang-shi. As the heir to the main branch of the family, she was required to find a husband. After a formal marriage interview, qualified suitors were ordered to fight Ran; losers were made into jiang-shi while the winners were sent home if Ran did not like them. When Tao Yuan, a member of a branch family of the Tao challenged her, he defeated her in one strike and she fell in love at first sight. She still loves him, though she questions his brutality towards their children from his obsession to ensure the family's success in the Shaman Fight and is secretly amused by his attempt to disguise his slight jealousy towards her two personal jiang-shi, Shu and Kyo, because they are remarkably handsome. As a member of the Tao family, she arrives in the Patch Village and accepts the Asakura's offer to impart the techniques of the Cho Senji Ryakketsu and participates in the meeting between the families on how to deal with Hao as the end of the Shaman Fight approaches.

Tao Ching (道珍) Chinese: Dào Ching

• Voiced by: Hidekatsu Shibata

Tao Ran's father and the grandfather of Ren and Jun, the former head of the family. He has a considerably more flexible and moderate attitude towards accepting help from the Asakuras, commending Keiko's courage for approaching the Tao family in spite of the fact that the secrets of the Chou Senji Ryakketsu could be used against them and that the Tao family will not stray from their desire for revenge. He is later seen participating in the meetings between the Asakura and Tao families on how to deal with Hao as the end of the Shaman Tournament approaches.

Minor characters

• Mansumi Oyamada (小山田 萬純, Oyamada Mansumi)

Appearing only the manga, Mansumi is the father of Manta Oyamada and the owner of Oyamada Enterprises, a famous energy development company. He is extremely wealthy and ambitious, hoping eventually to expand his business into outer space. His first appearance is in Reincarnation 47: June Goodbyes (Shonen Jump #24, Volume 2, Issue 12.) At this point he is merely a plot device, but in a much later appearance it is revealed that he has been using Manta to track down the shamans, and eventually he comes face-to-face with Hao Asakura. The second appearance, while still possibly a plot device, is much more significant and leads to a temporary union between the teams of Yoh and Hao.

Mansumi has a wife, Keiko (圭子), and two children: Manta and a daughter, Mannoko (小山田 まんの子). Mannoko is a severe girl and, despite being only five years old, is a master with computers who runs the Oyamada Enterprises' software department. Both Mansumi and his daughter share Manta's short stature. In contrast to the rest of her family, Keiko Oyamada has a slim build and average height, but possesses a shallow and superficial attitude; Manta rejects her when she asks Manta not to remain friends with Yoh because it would hurt the family's reputation to be seen with a spiritualist.

• Orona (オロナ)

A South American Native American who was living homeless in New York City when he became Joco's teacher and guardian. Believing that laughter is the best medicine to solving the world's problems, he teaches Joco to give up his violent, gang ways to become both a shaman as well as a wielder of bad puns and jokes. Though he became a target of the SHAFT gang, Orona had previously made peace with death both due to his age and ill health, and smiled as he died because he knew that his will would be carried on. When Joco is killed by the Munzer children's Golem, Orona becomes his guide through Hell to help him regain his life as well as the spirit Pascal Avaf.

• Lilirara (リリララ, Ririrara)

Voiced by: Mami Kayama (Japanese), Erica Shroeder (English)

Lilirara, a member of the Seminoa tribe, is angry at the Patch tribe and believes that the Patch tribe massacred her ancestors. She tries to prevent the shamans of this present shaman fight from reaching the Patch Village, telling them that the Patch are really killers, and that the same fate that befell the Seminoa will befall them. Hao later reveals that it was he, not the Patch, who killed the Seminoa. Hao then kills Lilirara right after Yoh and his cohort leave her to go to Patch Village.

• Lycan Usui (碓氷リカン, Usui Rikan)

The father of Horohoro and Pilika, commonly referred to as "Oyaji" (meaning "old man") by his son, who describes himself only as an office worker. He strongly believes that once his children leave home, he is no longer responsible for their well-being. During the Shaman Fight, Kalim brings him to save Horohoro when Horohoro is forced to fight against Blocken and Big Guy Bill to save the Icemen. However, Lycan elects to do nothing, revealing that he had come only because Pilika had begged him to and leaves the island on a makeshift raft right in front of Bill, who overpowered. Before he leaves, he repeats the creed that he has always told Horohoro - "the strong prey upon the weak" - but adds that those words do not mean one should give up. He is later captured by Mansumi Oyamada and brought abroad his ship as a prisoner. After he is freed, he appears at the barbeque held by the Asakura and Tao families and their allies, where he catches a tuna fish and waits with Pilika as Anna announces the final furyoku levels of Yoh and his friends.

Guardian Ghosts

• Amidamaru (阿弥陀丸)

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi, Mitsuki Saiga (young) (Japanese), Sean Schemmel (English)

A samurai who died during the Muromachi period 600 years ago, Amidamaru is Yoh's ghost companion. He is very powerful and wise but quite taciturn and extremely devoted to "Lord Yoh" ("Yō-dono" in Japanese). He was greatly known around the town of Funbari, where he had died 600 years prior after killing several hundred other samurai soldiers during a battle. He is the original handler of the legendary sword named Harusame (春雨, Spring Rain), a sword forged by his best friend, Mosuke. The same sword is reproduced as a "spirit sword" and used by Yoh Asakura during the Shaman Fight while the original is kept in a museum. His name is based on the Buddha Amitābha, the principal figure in the Pure Land Buddhist sect.

• Bason (馬孫) Chinese: Mǎsūn

Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji (Japanese), David Brimmer (English)

Bason is the ghost of an ancient Chinese wujiang who serves Ren faithfully and obeys him without question. He refers to Ren as "Bocchama," which means "Young Master"; in the English version of the manga and anime, he refers to Ren as "Master Ren". Though Ren initially regards him as nothing more than an instrument to become Shaman King, Bason eventually becomes a valued and trusted friend of Ren.

Bason has served the Tao family for several generations and has sworn to serve Ren by any means possible. He carries a kwan dao (a weapon similar to a halberd, but with one curved edge and one straight edge following the line of the handle). In his days as an ancient Chinese warrior, Bason rode into battle on a horse named Hei-Tao; the spirit of Hei-Tao can be integrated into another horse kept by Ren, named Bái-Feng, to perform the Perfect Re-enactment of the Vorpal Dance. Bason is capable of adding tremendous strength and speed to Ren's kwan dao, and even making it quite larger, but also uses his body in attacks such as the Golden Punch. In Giant Spirit Form, Bason appears as a gigantic robot capable of launching fireballs.

Like Ren, Bason appears very cold and cruel at the beginning of the series, however, following interaction with Yoh Asakura, Bason, like his master, begins to soften up and develop a much more pleasant disposition. He feels an overwhelming sense of duty to his master, even breaking down in tears when Ren is imprisoned by his father. While Bason and Amidamaru are very hostile and competitive at first, they soon become friendly rivals.

• Lee Pyron (李白竜, Ri Pyron) Chinese: Lee Bai Long (Lee Pai-long in the English manga)

Voiced by: Nobutoshi Canna (Japanese), Dan Green (English)

Lee Pyron in the anime

"The White Dragon"; Lee Pyron was a Kung Fu movie star who was murdered by the Tao family to be Jun's Jiang Shi bodyguard. He is a thinly-veiled reference to Bruce Lee, who died under suspicious circumstances. Technically, he is not a spirit, but a living corpse reanimated using Tao Jun's "ofuda". However, he can be considered to be serving a similar purpose, since he serves Tao Jun and hangs around her perpetually. Lee Pyron was born on November 29, 1948 and died mysterious at the age of thirty; his body disappeared after his funeral. It is later revealed that Lee Pyron was murdered to be Tao Jun's guardian jiāngshī. Once he becomes self-aware again, he forgives Jun for what her family did to him and becomes very attached to her.

Lee Pyron's master, Shawen (Shao-lin in the English anime), founded a variation of the Chāolín ("super forest") Temple Style (a parody of Shaolin). Shawen created the Ruichong-quan kung-fu (Eijuken in the English anime). Shawen's Ruichong-quan kung-fu was the basis of Pyron's style, the Dǎodàn-do (dǎodàn is Chinese for "missile"), which combined Boxing, Muay Thai, and Karate. Before Pyron died, he intended to create a perfect version of it and he intended not to pass it on until he finally perfected it. Pyron died before he could complete his art form. Various Daodan Do moves include Fu chong Hong Zha si (dive bomber, a series of matrix like flips), followed by Hong Zha Jiao (Bomb kick, a thrust to the face using the right leg) or the Dao Dan Jiao (rochet kick, a sudden thrust to the body with the legs).

• Kororo (コロロ)

Voiced by: Nana Mizuki

Kororo is a Koropokkuru, known to the Ainu as the "little people who live under the butterbur leaves" and known as "Minutians" in the English anime, and is Horohoro's spirit partner. She is surprisingly cute and develops a slight crush on a crush on Manta Oyamada, but becomes jealous when Horohoro admires Morphine for her delicate features. Kororo's abilities allow Horohoro to create and manipulate ice. She is known as "Corey" in the English anime, which sounds similar to "Kōri (氷)", which is the Japanese word for ice and also the element that Horohoro's attacks are based off.

In the KangZengBang chapters, it is eventually revealed that Kororo is the spirit of Tamiko Kurobe (黒部 民子, Kurobe Tamiko), a girl whose father was involved with the construction of a dam near Horohoro's village and was nicknamed "Damuko (ダム子)". She gave Horohoro his nickname and they formed a tentative friendship as they were both considered outcasts among their classmates. However, when Horohoro's grandfather told him to stay away from Damuko, Horohoro began to ignore her, though Damuko continued to hang out with him and hoped they would see the butterbur fields in the spring. However, when she suffered an accident trying to follow him one day, Damuko froze to death and Horohoro has blamed himself for killing the only girl he ever loved. When Horohoro reveals why he began ignoring her during his fight with Kalim, Kororo is able to briefly return to her true form as Damuko and explains how she became a Koropokkoru after her death in order to learn the reason why he broke off their friendship. Finally reconciled with Horohoro, she returns to her koropokkoru form and remains by his side.

• Tokagero (トカゲロウ, Tokagerō)

Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Japanese), Wayne Grayson (English)

The Guardian Ghost of Wooden Sword Ryu, Tokagero always talks about being a nasty villain, but he is actually a big softie. The armor he wears on his face is called hanburi. He was born on November 14, 1374. When he was sill alive, Tokagero was a thief that was born into poverty. Tokagero was forced to eat his own dead mother to survive and he was later killed by Amidamaru at the age of 35.

In the modern age, Tokagero attacks Yoh Asakura and his friends in order to get revenge on Amidamaru, who does not recall him at all. Through Anna Kyoyama's research, they learn that he is an obscure historical figure who was killed by Amidamaru. Tokagero possesses Yoh's friend Ryunosuke Unemiya ("Wooden Sword" Ryu) and uses him to steal the Harusame (Sword of Light) from the museum and attack Yoh and Amidamaru. The fight that ensues forces Yoh and Amidamaru to break the Harusame in order to save Ryu's life. Yoh appeals to Tokagero and allows him to possess him instead of Ryu, who is just an innocent bystander, because Yoh believes that Tokagero is not as evil as he claims. Tokagero does so, with the supposed intention of killing Yoh in the process, but finds he does not have the heart to and leaves Yoh's body peacefully. Tokagero eventually becomes the spirit ally of Ryu. After Ryu and Tokagero train at Izumo, Tokagero embodies the spirit of the mythical river god, Yamata no Orochi. However, it is a common misconception that the Yamata no Orochi is a second spirit that Ryu possesses.

• Eliza (エリザ, Eriza)

Eliza was Faust VIII's wife, she worked as a nurse until she was murdered (along with the family dog, Frankenstiney) by robbers who broke into Faust's house. Eliza's death led her (now extremely depressed) husband to dig up her skeleton from her casket and enter the Shaman Fights to bring her back to life. When Faust joined Yoh's group, Anna brought the spirit of Eliza to be reunited with her husband as his Guardian Ghost. Her "Giant Over Soul" form is a giant bat-winged version of herself called Mephisto-E (Mephisto being a reference to Mephistopheles, or the devil, whom Faustus summons). After Faust and Eliza reunited, both of them became heavily devoted to Yoh.

• Ponchi and Conchi (ポンチ & コンチ, Ponchi and Konchi)

Ponchi is a tanuki with, in the original Japanese, large testicles, or in the English manga, a large stomach, and Conchi is a kitsune fox spirit who are the familiars of Tamao Tamamura. Ponchi's testicles are never seen in any versions of the anime. Both Ponchi and Conchi wear Mawashis; in the manga it is because they were frightened into doing so by Matamune. The pair are two of the many guardian spirits of the Asakura family and are four hundred years old, but extremely vulgar and egotistical. Because the Asakura family has many considerably more powerful spirits at their disposal, Ponchi and Conchi have been free to act as disobediently as they want. They are cowardly and easily frightened by anyone who proves to be powerful and intimidating, especially Anna and Matamune. Despite being nuisances, they have not been sealed because they have proven themselves to be useful for tasks like spying, reconnaissance, casting curses, and simple (though not completely accurate) divinations. In combat, Conchi is able to form a bow and arrow Oversoul with Tamao's planchette while Ponchi combines with her planchette to form a cushioning shield Oversoul. The spirits are parodies of the popular animated children's cartoon characters, Ren and Stimpy, changed in the anime to avoid copyright infringement claims.

• Matamune (マタムネ)

Matamune is a Nekomata, a type of cat spirit with two tails; he also carries around a pipe with him and wears a necklace with three bear claws (which later is owned by Yoh Asakura). He has served the Asakura family for a millennium, although he spends much of his time traveling the world. He professes to have seen everything, and is almost constantly reading books. Matamune first appears in volume 19 and 20, which was not depicted in the Shaman King anime, and later appears in Hell, observing Yoh's encounter with Yohken from afar and then becoming Ren and Horohoro's guide.

• Mosuke (喪助)

Voiced by: Hisao Egawa, Kumiko Watanabe (young) (Japanese), David Brimmer (English)

A master swordsmith whose ability to create swords matched Amidamaru's ability to wield them. He and Amidamaru were best friends and grew up together. Their deaths resulted from Amidamaru's refusal to kill Mosuke when their lord ordered the samurai to. Mosuke, who believed that his delay in completing Harusame was the reason why Amidamaru died, spent the next six hundred years haunting the sword he had crafted for his friend until Yoh and Manta revealed that Amidamaru's spirit had continued to wait for him at Funbari Hill. He is later summoned to reforge Harusame after it is broken during the confrontation with Tokagero. In the anime, Mosuke later becomes Manta's guardian ghost, semi-trapped in Manta's laptop, and forms an Oversoul with the form of a hammer.

• Morphine (モルフィン, Morufunn)

Morphine (Morphea in early editions of the English manga, Chloe in the English anime) is a pixie-like poppy spirit who is Lyserg's spirit ally. She has served with Diethal family for several generations and is the family's most valuable treasure. Despite her delicate appearance, she is merciless when it comes to protecting Lyserg and is capable of driving his pendulum at high speeds. As Lyserg's best friend and most loyal protector, she silently worries about his obsessive mission to avenge his family. She loves eating sweet-tasting things and would like to become friends with Kororo, the other nature spirit in Yoh's ground, though it seems the friendship is unlikely. In the anime, Morphine is absorbed by Archangels to assume her "Giant Over Soul" form. Her original name was edited for being a reference to morphine.

• Mic (ミック, Mikku)

A jaguar spirit who is Joco's spirit ally. While he appears to be an ordinary animal spirit, Mic is actually a very old and powerful nature spirit. Though jaguars have been impulsive and known to attack enemies and rivals without mercy, Mic has gradually calmed down over the years and become a gentle and kind animal. He used to belong to Chocolove's mentor. His name is a takeoff of "Mick Jagger". Whether as a guardian ghost or as a supportng comedian, he is very supportive of Joco and extremely valuable as a spirit who is able to collect information due to his smaller size and natural feline caution.

• Pascal Avaf (パスカル・アバフ, Pasukaru Abafu)

The second Guardian Ghost of Joco, a wise Olmec spirit introduced to Joco during his first death and arrival in Hell by Joco's mentor, Orona. One thousand years ago, he was a powerful shaman who participated in the Shaman Tournament but lost to Hao Asakura. The spirit is both Joco's partner and mentor, and allows Joco to become the most stable member of Ren's team because of the strong relationships Joco has with both his spirits. He is capable of merging with Mic and Joco to form the Armour Oversoul 'Jaguarman', and teaches Ren and Horohoro how to form Armour Oversouls as well. Avaf later serves as a guide for Lyserg Diethel in Hell.

• Zenki & Kouki (前鬼 & 後鬼)

A pair of shikigami that resemble Oni and were created by Hao with the Genma Choboku to protect the Chou Senji Ryukketsu (Tome of the Shaman). Anna defeats both of them and claims them as her own, using them as her muscle. Zenki is the blue shikigami, with eye sockets in the shape of the "Seven Star Tree of Renewal" used as the crest for the Asakura family, and is skilled in melee combat and carries a shield. The red shikigami, Kouki, has one eye in the centre of "Five Point Star" shape used as Hao's symbol, and wields a large battle axe in combat. In the manga, Anna is able to enhance them and form an Oversoul with them using the 1080 beads as a medium. Kouki is eventually destroyed when Anna uses it to defend herself and the Hanagumi from Hao's Armour Oversoul. In the anime, Hao retakes control of the shikigami duo to hold Yoh's friends at bay at the conclusion of the series, though the shikigami were soon destroyed.

• Imari & Shigaraki (イマリ & シガラキ)

A pair of Yamagi (山神), mountain gods, who are over a thousand years old and serve as Mikihisa's spirit partners. Their Oversouls are formed from using stones as mediums and they are considerably skillful and powerful fighters. Imari is a kitsune who was once an evil nature spirit, but became helpful guardian spirit after being defeated by the Asakura family. She is intelligent and noble, and excels in transformations, particularly into a human woman; however, despite her feminine mannerisms, nobody is certain whether she is actually female. Shigaraki is a tanuki spirit who was found by an Asakura shugensha in a Buddhist temple and convinced to leave, becoming the shugensha's guardian spirit. He also specializes in transformations, but is less skilled than Imari. They were both given names 300 years ago by a member of the Asakura family who enjoyed tea ceremony and found their fur reminded him of Imari porcelain and Shigaraki ware. The duo are both high class spirits who cannot be compared to Conchi and Ponchi and hate any sort of comparison made. Imari and Shigaraki aid Yoh when he confronts the X-Laws after he is coerced by Hao into returning to the Shaman Tournament.

• Gororo (ゴロロ)

The Guardian Ghost of Usui Lycan, the father of Horohoro and Pilika. It is a Koropukkur, but unlike the others, he is about the size of a human. Because of his unnatural size, he had been shunned by other Koropokkur. He is first seen when Horohoro is protecting the Team Icemen from Hao's followers. He is also responsible for training Damuko's spirit to becoming a Koropukkur when she refuses the Koropokkur's request for them to lead her into the afterlife.

• Shamash (シャマシュ, Shamashu)

Jeanne's god-class spirit, the Babylonian god of law. Its reiryoku is 520,000. In the anime, Jeanne is able to open the Gate of Babylon in an attempt to seal away Hao using Shamash's power. The attempt ends in failure as Shamash was devoured by the Spirit of Fire. In the manga, Jeanne is able to resurrect those who have died by having Shamash kiss them.

• Archangels/Arch-Spirits

The Guardian ghosts of the X-Laws, which only Jeanne can present to their human partners. In the manga, it's revealed that they aren't actually angels, but spirits of cars made by Luchist using a fragment of angelic spirits. Many of the cars were inspired by Marco's own knowledge of cars, being a former car salesman and developer. In the anime, they were all absorbed into Morphine, near the finale, when all the members of the X-Laws fell by Hao's hands.

• Michael: The archangel Marco Lasso commands.
• Zeruel/Zeliel: The archangel presented to Lyserg Diethel after he had proved his loyalty to the X-Laws. In the manga, Zeruel did not replace Morphine; however, in the anime, Lyserg abandoned his original spirit in favor of the more powerful Archangel. Zeruel and Morphine combine to form Lyserg's Armour Oversoul, Mestema Dolkiem. Zeruel is the spirit of a Lotus Elise.
• Gabriel: An archangel commanded by Mina
• Metatron: An archangel commanded by Venstar
• Uriel: An archangel commanded by Lucky
• Raphael: An archangel commanded by Denbat
• Remiel: An archangel commanded by Kevin
• Sariel: An archangel commanded by Pofe
• Lucifer: The darkest archangel commanded by Luchist Lasso (ally of Hao; part of Hoshi-gumi in the Shaman Fight)
• Azazel: Another fallen angel commanded by Hans Reiheit. It is the spirits of tanks from World War II. Its reiryoku 470,000

• Golem (ゴーレム, Goremu)

The Golem is a machine that functions like Spirit of Fire in that it ingests spirits to get stronger and the spirits are contained in a battery of sorts. It belongs to Redseb and Seyram, and it was built by their deceased father, Dr. Camel Munzer. The Golem is primarily operated by Seyram and summoned remotely by a special command. The Golem is part of Team Kabbalahers, though primarily so that Mikihisa can keep the machine from falling into the wrong hands after he learned of its powerful destructive capabilities. Though it's a machine, Camel Munzer used the spirit of Redseb and Seyram's mother to empower the golem as a machine OS. Golem may be based of the Golem from Jewish mythology. In the anime he belongs to a family of shamans.

• Buddhas

The Guardian ghosts of the Gandara. Unlike X-Laws' case, the spirits are genuinely divine, deriving from the Buddha.　All of them are stronger than Spirit of Fire.

• Dainichi (Senjyu): The Buddha command by Sati. Its reiryoku is 700,000.
• Batou: The Buddha command by Comeri. Its reiryoku is 650,000.
• Jizou: The Buddha command by Daiei. Its reiryoku is 650,000.
• Hudou: The Buddha command by Yainage. Its reiryoku is 400,000.
• Gundari: The Buddha command by Jackson. Its reiryoku is 400,000.
• Hudho: The Buddha command by Kadou. Its reiryoku is 400,000.
• Marishiten: The Buddha command by Seikyou. Its reiryoku is 400,000.
• Shatora: The Buddha command by Ion Li. Its reiryoku is 400,000.
• Ashura: The Buddha command by Mami. Its reiryoku is 400,000.

• Spirit of Fire (スピリット・オブ・ファイア, Supiritto obu Faia) (S.O.F.)

Hao's guardian ghost, formerly one of the five Elemental Spirits and a sacred symbol of the Patch Tribe until Patch Hao took it for his own 500 years ago. Its reiryoku 330,000. The spirit's flames serves as Hao's way of killing off shamans who failed him or those who refused to rally for his cause and has accompanied him from his second incarnation to his third. The Spirit of Fire can increase its own power by eating spiritually-enhanced humans and other spirits. Using Onmyōdō magic, Hao can alter the nature of the Spirit of Fire into any of the five elements (fire, water, wood, metal, and earth). It can shower the enemy with magma with a temperature exceeding 1200°C, and can also launch a large amount of fire into the air as a defensive move. After Hao becomes Shaman King, it becomes the guardian ghost of Lyserg Diethel.

• The Five Grand Elemental Spirits

Regarded as the sacred spirits of the Patch Tribe, the Five Elemental Spirits were said to have been created by the Great Spirit and can only be controlled by powerful shaman. After Hao Asakura, in his second incarnation as a Patch member, steals the Spirit of Fire, the Patch become highly protective of the remaining four spirits. After Silva's attempt to steal the spirits and hearing of Gandhara's plan to take the remaining spirits for the shaman they have recognized as the Five Elemental Warriors, the Patch hide the spirits in Hell, where they are each protected by one of the Four Kings of Hell. The spirits are later retrieved by Lady Sati and the strongest members of Gandhara and delivered to Yoh and his companions for their final fight against Hao.

• Spirit of Earth (スピリット・オブ・アース, Supiritto obu Aasu) (S.O.E.): The elemental spirit that life to plants and creates metal. It can generate gravitational forces to attract any object towards itself making it a very effective defensive move even protecting from large meteors. It later becomes the guardian ghost of Yoh Asakura.
• Spirit of Thunder (スピリット・オブ・サンダー, Supiritto obu Sandou) (S.O.T.): A spirit that can create powerful electrical charges up to 1 500 000 000 kW and 100 million volts from black clouds to strike opponents and generate magnetic fields to defend. It is strongly associated with Taoism and becomes the guardian ghost of Tao Ren.
• Spirit of Rain (スピリット・オブ・レイン, Supiritto obu Rein) (S.O.R.): The elemental spirit with an unlimited amount of holy water. It can create large massive icicles and by combining its power with the power of the Spirit of Wind it can even make violent freezing winds. The spirit becomes the guardian ghost of Horohoro.
• Spirit of Wind (スピリット・オブ・ウインド, Supiritto obu Uindo) (S.O.W.): Representing the Aztec symbol of the Eagle warrior that slices the wind with its wings, the Spirit of Wind is incredibly swift, peaking at 120 m/s with a pressure of 900 hPa, and can destroy any debris that runs into its path. It becomes the guardian ghost of Joco McDonnell.

• Ohachiyo (乙破千代)

Though once a human, Ohachiyo is demonic spirit who roamed around for 200 years before meeting Asaha Douji (麻案 童子), the original Hao Asakura. He became Asaha's first friend after the death of his mother, Asanoha Douji, and nicknames him "Mappa Douji (地図 童子)" ("demon child") based on an alternate reading for the characters his name. A carefree and cheerful creature, he teaches the young Asaha many things and tries to quell the child's hatred of humans. However, when a corrupt priest tries to kill Asaha as a scapegoat and appease the local people, Ohachiyo integrates his spirit with Asaha to give the boy the means to fight back. When Asaha exhausts his furyoku while still integrated with Ohachiyo, the demon's spirit is absorbed into Asaha, leaving Asaha with his reishi mindreading ability forever. As Yoh draws closer to his goal of defeating Hao and understanding his brother, he sees Ohachiyo is a vision; not knowing the spirit's name, he mistakenly refers to the spirit as "Z" after seeing the similar looking kanji "乙" on the demon's garment.

• Asanoha Douji (麻ノ葉 童子)

The mother of the original Hao Asakura, who possessed the ability to see spirits. However, because the local people could not see spirits themselves, they believed Asanoha was a kitsune and killed her by burning her house down. Her young son was branded as the "child of a demon" and he developed a strong hatred for ordinary humans. Since becoming a shaman, he has hoped to find his mother's spirit again. She coincidentally has a strong resemblance to Anna and is revealed to be a woman with a strong will and gentle heart.

• Great Spirit/King of Spirits

The strongest and most ancient spirit which the Shaman King unites with, and the whole purpose of the Shaman Fight. Their physical form is of a massive swirling pillar of furyoku. All spirits come from them and return to them upon death, barring they become earthbound. Like the Five Elemental Spirits, it has domain over its element - any aspect of that the universe retains. When it forms an Oversoul with the Shaman King, it can create a small star that emits an unbearable quantity of heat, making it very difficult to remain in close proximity for extended periods.