List of characters in Shaman King

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

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[edit] Humans

Note: "Humans" here is used for both characters that are average humans (not able to see ghosts) and those that are shamans (able to see ghosts). The series sometimes makes a distinction between the two.

[edit] Major Protagonists

[edit] Neutral/Antiheroes

[edit] Major Antagonists

[edit] Minor Human Characters

  • Tamao Tamamura (玉村たまお Tamamura Tamao) / Tamara "Tammy" - A shy girl who has a huge crush on Yoh, even though she knows that Yoh truly loves Anna. Tamao's specialty is her use of a kokkuri board, which is similar to a Ouija board, and which she often uses to communicate when she is too nervous to speak. She is also an ascetic, like Mikihisa; her spirits are Conchi, a fox, and Ponchi, a tanuki or raccoon. They are apparent homages to Ren (Conchi) and Stimpy (Ponchi).
  • Kalim (カリム)- A Patch tribe member and one of Silva's friends who is an organizer for the Shaman Fight. He qualified Horohoro to be a part of the Shaman Fight. Kari (加里) or Kariumu (カリウム) means potassium (German Kalium) in Japanese, furthering the trend of Patch priests being named after metals.
  • Pirika is Horohoro's sister, who trains him in a similar manner to Anna's training of Yoh. Pirika originally calls Yoh a jerk for defeating her brother, giving Yoh a heartache over people hating him. Pirika later becomes friends with Anna and Tamao. "Pirika" means "pretty" and "pirka" means "good" in the Ainu language.
  • Tao Jun (道 潤 Japanese: Tao Jun; Pinyin: Dào Rùn or Dao Run) is Ren's older sister and a is a dao-si (a Daoist spellcaster, Japanized as "doshi"), who can re-animate corpses. Her jiāngshī (guardian zombie, Japanized as "kyonshii") is Lee Bailong (Lee Pai-Long), a famous movie star in Hong Kong who died seventeen years ago. She uses Jufu talismans to control her guardian ghost before, but after she battles Yoh Asakura and Amidamaru and loses, she lets Bailong obey her commands only if he wishes to.
  • Lilirara - Lilirara appears in both the anime and the manga. 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 he killed the Seminoa, not the Patch. Hao then kills Lilirara in the manga right after Yoh and his cohort leave her to go to Patch Village.
  • BōZ (manga) / ZenRyo (Japanese anime) / Flying Zen Brothers (English anime) - A goofy rock group that turn out to be a pair of shamans under Hao. They were the other known lackies Hao let go from his group without killing them. In the anime, their names are revealed as Ryo Kamishiro and Zen Hoshi (Zen Hijiri in the Japanese version). While Ryo has a Judeo-Christian theme, Zen had a Buddhist theme. They are inspired by Japanese hard rock duo B'z.
  • Kino Asakura - A master itako who trains young girls in the art at Osorezan. She is short tempered and practical like her apprentice, Anna (or perhaps the other way around). Kino is Yoh's grandmother.
  • Keiko Asakura - 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 hearing the voices of Gods or rather, kami spirits. She is the daughter of Yohmei and Kino (Mikihisa was adopted into the Asakura family when he married Keiko). She shares the same given name (at least when romanized in English) as Manta's mother, Keiko Oyamada.
  • Mikihisa Asakura - Mikihisa is Yoh Asakura's father, married to Keiko Asakura. He is an ascetic monk who is frequently away from home. He became familiar with the Asakura family after meeting Keiko one night, after her human boyfriend dumped her for being a shaman. Mikihisa is also the one who brought Tamao to the Asakuras and trained Ryu to become a shaman. He wears a mask to cover his face as a result of severe burns brought on by the Spirit of Fire. He is also known as 'Miki Asakura' to Redseb & Seyram. Miki is part of Team Kabbalahers in the Shaman Fight(manga). In the manga, Mikihisa aids Tao Jun and Tamao to fight the Hanagumi team.
  • Yohken Asakura (麻倉葉賢 Asakura Yōken) is an ancestor of Yoh Asakura who lived around 500 years ago. 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. Appears only in the manga. 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.
  • Redseb and Seyram - They, together with Mikihisa Asakura and Golem, form Team Kabbalahers in the Shaman Fight (manga). Their father, Camel Munzer, was killed by Chocolove McDaniel. They own Golem and are under the care of Mikihisa.
  • Camel Munzer- Father of Redseb and Seryam and was a friend of Mikihisa.
  • Goldva - A Patch tribe leader who is the organizer of the Shaman Fight.
  • Tao Yúan (道円 Japanese: Tao En; Chinese Pinyin: Dào Yúan) / Tao En - The father (uncle in the English version) of Ren and Jun. Tao Yúan commands an army of jiang-si.
  • The Hanagumi - Three witches who happen to be three of the most powerful and loyal shaman by Hao's side. They consist of Kanna Bismarck (the leader, the tall one with blue hair), Matilda "Matti/Machi" Matissa (the one with orange hair and short pigtails), and Marian "Mari" Phauna (long pigtails and blond hair), a trio that are as beautiful, aggressive and to the point as Anna. Matti tends to be the most talkative and abrasive, Kanna is sarcastic and cynical, while the quiet and morose Mari tends to refer to herself in third person.
  • Nichrome - Is the 10th priest of the Patch tribe, in the Anime he first appears in episode 50. Nichrome became the 10th priest after his brother, Chrome the previous 10th priest, was killed by Ren. In the manga, Nichrome was able to kill Ren who was later revived by Iron Maiden Jeanne. Also Nichrome joins up with Hao. What has surprised most fans is Nichrome's age, since it has been stated that he was eight when he joined the Patch tribe.
  • The Lily Five - A group of five girls who appear only in the anime. They mainly serve as comic relief while Yoh and his friends are attempting to find the Patch Village. Their leader is Sharona, a clever young woman who acts a bit like a French socialite. The others include the sarcastic and witty Lilly, the short tempered Sally, mall rat Ellie, and the youngest, Millie, a sweet little girl who has a huge crush on Lyserg. While they are all capable shamans, their level of furyoku is nothing compared to other characters in the show. The five girls were rejected by those they cared for, when their powers came to surface: Sharona was ditched by the child she used to nurse; Millie, by her mother; Sally, by her workmates; Lilly, by her classmates; Ellie, by her boyfriend.
  • Mansumi Oyamada - Appearing only the manga, Mansumi is the father of Manta Oyamada. 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, and two children; he has a son, Manta, and a daughter, Mannoko. Born September 22, 1947. Blood type: O.
  • Billy - An American truck driver that believes Ryu to be the Legendary Lifter. Somehow, due to Ryu's Big Thumb technique, Billy always seems to arrive, leading Horohoro to suggest that he might actually be Ryu's true spirit.
  • Boris Tepes Dracula - A descendant of Vlad Tepes, Boris is a follower of Hao and a supposed vampire. However, Ryu and Tokagero managed to figure out that he was really a human using blood as a medium for his Oversoul. By doing this, he can hide in a mist made of blood to launch surprise attacks on his enemies, rapidly heal his wounds by focusing on the platelets in the blood he's collecting, and perform many other feats to create the illusion of vampirism. Boris' family was constantly hunted and persecuted by fame-seekers claiming to be vampire hunters until 500 years ago, when Hao showed them how they could use shamanic powers to get revenge on humanity.

[edit] Spirits

  • Amidamaru (阿弥陀丸) - Samurai that died during the Muromachi period 600 years ago - now 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", meaning "Spring Rain", a sword forged by his best friend, Mosuke, who also appeared in the anime/manga as a spirit. This very same sword was reproduced as a "spirit sword" and used by Asakura Yoh during the Shaman Fight. The original was kept in a museum. His name is based on the Buddha Amitabha, the principal figure in the Pure Land Buddhist sect.
  • Bason (馬孫 Japanese: Bason, Pinyin: Mǎsūn) - Bason is the ghost of an ancient Chinese wujiang who serves Ren faithfully and obeys him without question. In the English manga Bason calls Ren "Master Ren," while in the Japanese version he calls Ren "Bocchama," which means "Young Master." Later he became a valued friend of his young master Ren.
  • Lee Bailong (李白龍 Japanese: Rī Bairon, Pinyin: Lǐ Báilóng), (manga) / Lee Pai-Long (anime) - "The White Dragon"; he was a kung fu movie star who was murdered by the Tao clan to be Jun's Jiang-si 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. This is with the help of 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.
  • Kororo (コロロ) - Kororo is a Koropokkoru (which means "little people under butterbur leaves" in Ainu, and is surprisingly cute. (Known as Minutians in the English anime), and Horohoro's spirit ally. She has a crush on Manta Oyamada, even though he is human. Her name in the English anime version sounds similar to "Kōri" (氷), which is the Japanese word for ice and also the element that Horohoro's attacks are based on.
  • Tokagero (トカゲロウ Tokagerō) / Tokageroh - A thief that was killed by Amidamaru, born into terrible poverty. Tokagero always talks about being a nasty villain, but he is actually a big softie. He is the spirit partner of Wooden Sword Ryu.
  • Ponchi and Conchi - A tanuki with, in the original Japanese, large testicles, or in the English manga, a large stomach, and a fox or kitsune who are the familiars of Tamao Tamamura. Ponchi and Conchi are parodies of Ren and Stimpy. Ponchi's testicles are never seen in any versions of the anime. Conchi's name is sometimes spelled as "Konchi". Both Ponchi and Conchi wear mawashis (although fandom commonly mistakes them for diapers).
  • Eliza (エリザ) - 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-insane) husband to dig up her skeleton from her casket and enter the Shaman Fights to bring her back to life. But 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.
  • Mosuke (喪助) - A master swordsmith whose ability to create swords matched Amidamaru's ability to wield them. He and Amidamaru were best friends & grew up together; their deaths resulted from Amidamaru's refusal to kill Mosuke when their lord ordered the samurai to. In the anime, Mosuke later becomes Manta's guardian ghost, semi-trapped in Manta's laptop.
  • Morphine /Morphea (English manga) /Chloe (English anime) - A pixie-like spirit who is Lyserg's spirit ally. She loves eating sweet-tasting things. She absorbed the Archangels to assume her "Giant Over Soul" form (in the anime). Her original name was edited for being a reference to a drug (see morphine).
  • Mic Jaguar/Big Mick - A jaguar spirit who is Chocolove's spirit ally. He used to belong to Chocolove's mentor. The name is a takeoff of "Mick Jagger".
  • Spirit of Fire (スピリット・オブ・ファイア): Hao's spirit guardian, formerly was the sacred symbol of the Patch Tribe until Patch Hao took it for his own 500 years ago. The spirit's flames served as Hao's way of killing off shamans who failed him or those who refused to rally for his cause. The Spirit of Fire can increase its own power by eating spiritually-enhanced humans and other spirits.
  • Spirit of Shamans - Hao's spirit in the anime. The Spirit of Fire becomes the Spirit of Shamans when hao taps into the great power of spirits. The Spirit of Fire turns gold and becomes so powerful that he almost kills all who are around him. Yoh did all he could, but still lost to it, costing him his life.
  • Mama - Mama is Opacho's spirit. It is not powerful and takes the form of a sheep with Opacho's head. It appears in Spirit of Spiriting Wolf gba game with a rank of 61, and in the manga. Opacho uses her/his own hair for Oversoul. "Mama in hair!"
  • Zenki (前鬼) and Kouki (後鬼 Kōki) - A pair of shikigamis which Hao created with the Genma Choboku to protect the Tome of the Shaman. Anna defeats both of them and claims them as her own, using them as her muscle until Hao regain control of his creations to hold Yoh's friends at bay, though the shikigami were soon destroyed.
  • Ashcroft, Jack, and Chuck - the spirits commanded by the Hanagumi: Kanna Bismarck, Machi Matisse and Mari Phauna respectively. Ashcroft is a perverted, old, knight spirit who uses the smoke from Kanna's cigarette as a medium, Jack is a Jack-o-lantern spirit (in the manga, he is actually the spirit of Jack the Ripper, and Chuck is a voodoo doll. In the English anime, Chuck is referred to as "Baby Chuck", and he has a rattle gun.
  • Enla, Kamaitachi, Onibi, Kosuta, and Jangalian - the spirits of team Lily Five (Très Magnifique) : Sharona, Ellie, Millie, Sally, and Lilly respectively. Enla is a smoke-based chameleon spirit, Kamaitachi is a weasel with a scythe, Onibi is used in a crossbow by Millie, Kosuta is a hammer spirit, and Jangalian is a hamster spirit used with Lilly's glasses. As with their corresponding shamans, they appear only in the anime.
  • Shamash - Jeanne's god-class spirit. With Shamash's power, Jeanne is able to open the Gate of Babylon in an attempt to seal away Hao. The attempt ends in failure as Shamash was devoured by the Spirit of Fire. (In the manga, he brings Ren back from the dead by kissing him.)
  • Archangels/Arch-Spirits - The Guardian Spirits of the X-Laws, which only Jeanne can present these powerful entities to their human partners. 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 commands.
    • Zeruel / Zeliel - The Archangel presented to Lyserg Diethyl 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.
    • Gabriel - An archangel commanded by Mina
    • Metatron - An archangel commanded by Venstar
    • Uriel - An archangel commanded by Larch
    • Raphael - An archangel commanded by Denbat
    • Remiel - An archangel commanded by Cebin
    • Sariel - An archangel commanded by Porf
    • Lucifel-The darkest archangel commanded by Luchet (ally of Hao; part of Hoshigumi in the Shaman Fight)
  • Golem - It is a machine that functions like Spirit of Fire in that it ingests spirits to get stronger. It belongs to Redseb & Seyram, and it was built by their father(dead). Golem is part of Team Kabbalahers. In the anime he belongs to a family of shamans.
  • Ernie L. Cake / Mr. Grimes - Ernie is a dirty old ghost who haunts Yoh's toilet. The name sounds a little like "urinal cake".
  • Wū-fú Xing-dùi Sì-shàng-dēng or The Five-Curse Squad (known as the Johto Guard in the English anime) - Five jiang-si that Tao Yúan uses against Yoh and his friends. One was Li Bailong's mentor under Yúan's control while the other four had animal parts sewn onto their bodies to enhance their natural abilities.
  • Nekomata no Matamune (Matamune the split tailed cat) - (manga only character) He had been traveling around the world and reading books for 1000 years. He was found by Hao living amongst rotting corpses during the Heian period. Was Hao's most trusted friend but then he had to betray Hao because of his twisted dream of a shaman-only world. He teamed up with Yohken (one of Hao's descendants, and Yoh's ancestor) and stopped Hao again 500 years later. 5 more centuries after that he aids Yoh defeat the giant oni Anna had created but had used up all his furyoku then so he had to disappear afterwards. He is in the Osorezan arcs of the manga (volume 19-20), which have 2 drama CDs devoted to them.
  • Blamuro the Vampire Hunter - The Spirit Ally of Boris Tepes Dracula. Blamuro is a vampire hunter who hunted Boris' ancestors 500 years ago until they succeeded in capturing him. They then tortured him until his sense of right and wrong was completely destroyed before killing him to serve as a Spirit Ally to them. Boris had him possess Lyserg during his fight with Yoh's friends so that he could threaten to force him to kill his unwilling host if they tried to avoid his attack. Thankfully, Amidamaru was able to speak to Blamuro and restore his conscience, so he stopped obeying Boris' orders.

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Shaman King
Techniques
Over Soul (Spirit Control)| Giant Over Soul (Giant Spirit Control) |Double Medium | Spirit Reduction
Characters
Asakura Family:Yoh Asakura | Anna Kyōyama | Kino Asakura | Yohmei Asakura | Hana Asakura | Yohken Asakura
Allies/Teammates: Horohoro (Trey Racer) | Manta Oyamada (Morty) | Chocolove McDaniel (Joco) | Faust VIII | "Wooden Sword" Ryu (Rio) | Tamao Tamamura (Tamara)
Spirits: Amidamaru | Bason | Lee Bailong | Tokagero
Native American Shamans: Silva | Kalim
Tao Family: Tao Jun (Jun) | Tao Ren (Len) | Tao Yúan (En)
X-Laws: Iron Maiden Jeanne | Lyserg Diethel | Marco
Enemies: Hao Asakura (Zeke) | The Hanagumi | Opacho
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