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:

Contents

[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] Main Characters

[edit] Shaman Fight Allies

[edit] Neutral/Antihero Teams

  • X-Laws: A group lead by Iron Maiden Jeanne, who will stop at nothing to stop Hao Asakura. Most of the members of the team are ex-members of military factions and all control Archangels (Archspirits) as spirit allies.
  • Team Gandara: A team whose goals are also to stop Hao. However, unlike the X-Laws, they do not show the same degree of ruthlessness. Team Gandara's plans are to use the five Elemental spirits to defeat Hao while he is in the coma-like state he must undergo in order to have the Great Spirit as his spirit ally. Their guardian spirits are those of bodhisattvas, and all of them possess furyoku-nullification abilities. The group is lead by Lady Sati, who possesses the ability to bring people back from death, a power held also by Iron Maiden Jeanne and later Faust the 8th and Tao Jun (it's been shown that Hao also possesses this ability, as he is also a user furyoku nullification and, like Sati and Jeanne, a Kami class shaman). The group also includes shamans Yainage, Jacson, and Cado. They are a long lasting team, who acquired the role of shaman king 2000 years ago which is why they have no interest in it now.
    • Nyorai
      • Lady Sati
      • Comeri
      • Daioh
    • Myooh
      • Jackson
      • Yainage
      • Kadou
    • Ten
      • Seikyou
      • Ion Li
      • Mami

[edit] Hao's Teams

  • Hoshi-gumi: Hao, Opacho, Luchist Lasso
  • Hana-gumi: Matilda Matisse, Kanna Bismarch, Marion Phauna
  • Tsuchi-gumi: BōZ, Peyote Diaz (Tecolote)
  • Tsuki-gumi: Han Zanchin, "Big Guy" Bill Burton, Turbine
  • Kaze-gumi: Damayaji, Boris Tepes Dracula, Blocken Meier

[edit] Other Teams

  • NILEs: 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: 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.
    • Kahfre: A slender wearing a jackal mask in combat, he is boasted as the world's best mummy maker.
    • Nakht: A large-set bald man who wears a pyramid with an eye in it for a mask. Stated to have access to unlimited furyoku.
    • Anahol: Anatel's brother (who's only difference is his nose being three centimeters shorter), he initially makes a deal with Hao to kill Lyserg, Jeanne and Marco for revenge on his brother. However, he is defeated, first by Marco (revived by Jeanne), then by Anna before being forced to personally work for her in order to stop Hao once and for all. His Over Soul is a massive stone Sphinx.
  • Ice Men: 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. Their pride is initially pushed out by Yoh claiming their own confidence in the first round, driving out the arrogance of leader Pino and forcing them to try and prove their own worth in the Shaman Fight. However, the revealed combined power of Yoh, Faust and Ryu made the team realize who they were dealing with and made them lose their arrogance in 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 minions after their official defeat.
    • Pino Graham: The leader of the Ice Men from Ireland. The spirit he controls is Badb, an Irish crow goddess that allows him to freeze anything.
    • Zria: 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 spirit, Vodyanoy, allows her to release water against a target, usually to be frozen by Pino.
    • Tona Cajimahide: A powerful shaman from Iceland and a descendent of vikings. His spirit, 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.
  • Kabbalahers
    • Mikihisa Asakura
    • Redseb and Seyram Munzer: They, together with Mikihisa Asakura and Golem, form Team Kabbalahers in the Shaman Fight. Their father, Camel Munzer, was killed by Chocolove McDaniel. They own Golem and are under the care of Mikihisa. They are killed after failing in an attempt to kill Hao while he is integrating with the Great Spirit. Redseb is a shaman whose spirit guardian is as of yet unknown.
    • Camel Munzer: Father of Redseb and Seryam and was a friend of Mikihisa. Becomes a ghost after being the last person killed by Chocolove prior to him meeting Orona. 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.
  • The Lily Five (anime-only): Sharona, Lilly, Sally, Ellie, Millie

[edit] The Patch Tribe

A native American tribe and overseers of the Shaman Fight. While they remain neutral throughout most of the tournament, testing shamans if they're worthy to qualify to enter the Shaman fight and making sure all fights are official, near the end of the manga they become antagonists to Yoh's group as it's also their mission to protect the Shaman King (i.e Hao) during his transition into the Great Spirit regardless of the person's intention. This doesn't happen in the anime as they still remain neutral (save for a few members) but help Yoh in his final fight against Hao by donating Furyoku.


  • Goldva
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 Totembird named Big Chief, with her medium being Goldva himself.
Silva, with Lip and Rap
Silva, with Lip and Rap
Silva is a Native American of the Patch Tribe and a member of the Shaman Fight Selection Committee. He was born on September 16, 1971, and his blood type is B. He travels from the United States (The "Desert of the West" in the English anime) to Japan after being assigned to test Yoh Asakura. After some difficulty, Yoh lands a hit on Silva, passing the qualification test.
Silva watches over Yoh after he defeats him in the qualification test, finding Yoh to have great potential and good will and must frequently refrain from directly interfering to aid Yoh. He often is seen as a street vendor, trying to sell traditional Native American crafts while in Japan. He spends the rest of his spare time watching soap operas.
Silva has five familiars, who are luminous totems that have refined themselves for over 500 years: Silver Horn - an American Bison spirit, Silver Rod - a snake spirit, Silver Shield - a turtle spirit, Silver Tail - a coyote spirit, and Silver Wing - an eagle spirit. The five can combine to form a cannon used in the Totemic Soul Blast attack. His plant is most likely the forest. His power was greatly increased by the song of the patch at the cost of his mentality. He became sadistic and is seen mocking everyone before they reached the first plant.
One of Silva's friends and organizers of the Shaman Fight, Kalim tested and deemed Horohoro to be qualified to take part in the Shaman Fight. His birthday is April 24, 1971. His spirit partner is a bull named BlackSickle, with his medium being a bull skull and leg bones allowing BlackSickle to merge with the lower half of his body. His plant is most likey the plateau.
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.
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).
Is the 10th priest of the Patch tribe, in the Anime he first appears in episode 50. Nichrom became the 10th priest after his brother, Chrom the previous 10th priest, was killed by Ren. In the manga, Nichrom was able to kill Ren who was later revived by Iron Maiden Jeanne. Also Nichrom joins up with Hao. What has surprised most fans is Nichrom's age, since it has been stated that he was eight when he joined the Patch tribe. His spirit is a scorpion (which hasn't been named) with his medium being a scorpion's tail. His and his brother's plant is most likely the cave.
  • Magna
    • Furyoku: 20,000
He is an officiant of the Patch who takes Nichrome under his wing when the young boy becomes an officiant. He openly supports Hao, and like other officiants, 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 his arms. His plant is the volcano. Killed by Ren.
  • Radim
    • Furyoku: 1,800
Radim is the officiant who is selected to the moderator of the tournament. Unlike most of the other officiants, he tries his best to remain neutral, but at times has openly agreed that he doesn't approve of Hao'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 PlatinumSword, with his medium being his microphone. His plant is the lake.
  • Namari
Namari is an official who first appeared when Yoh's friends attempting to stop Hao's followers from killing Lady Sati. He apparently had some sort of discontent or rivalry with Ryu, though also seemed to respect him. He was an open supporter of Hao, intimidating some of the remaining contestants in the tournament. Namari's spirit was a cobra named Red Rope with his medium (probably) having been snake skin. On their journey to get to the Star Sanctuary, Ryu fought with him first one-on-one in his area: the desert. After killing Ryu, he was in turn killed by Ren with the help of Horo Horo. Before he died he smiled, knowing he'd won by having his boastful opponents use a part of their furyoku to defeat him. This caused Ren to respect him afterwards. He was responsible for all Gandhara shaman.
  • Chrom (former officiant)
    • Furyoku: 1,000
Chrom was the first and only officiant to die in the prelims of the Shaman Fight. He was killed when he tested Tao Ren. Officially, Ren passed with one hit but when Chrom goaded him a little bit more, he went insane and killed him. Chrom's spirit is either a cricket or a locust that can shot energy beams of some sort. His medium is probably the armor like plates on his vest. His and his brothers plant are most likely the cave.
  • Bron
Bron was Lyserg's mentor throughout the shaman fight. Eventually though, these two fight each other in Bron's territory in his defense of the Shaman King. At this time Bron was extremely angry and trying to get revenge on his fallen comrade Namari, so that he didn't die for nothing. It showed in the fight that Bron was a very strong shaman (plus having the Song of the Patch and the Valley plant increase his powers did help). Bron's spirit was a spider named BlueNet(?). His medium is cuffs made out of spider hair. In the end he was killed by Lyserg by ferocious flames. His plant was the valley.
  • Renim (commonly misspelled as Lenin)
Renim along with Bron was responsible for having Silva lose his heart and become more like his ancestor by implanting him with the true meaning of the Patch. Later, he comes to remind Silva to return to his post when Silva tries to kill Opacho and has a little fight with Yoh. Renim's spirit is a chameleon like lizard or a fish. His plant is the ocean.
  • Talim
A Patch member first seen working in the Patch Cafe, not much else about him is known yet. It is possible that due to name association he is Kalim's brother. His plant is probably the glacier.
  • Rutherfor
A Patch Priest who is only seen at the very end of the manga series, escorting Hao to the King's Shrine. He is a guardian of the Space Plant and, having enormous black eyes on a naked head, he seems like an alien rather than human. But that might be some kind of helmet or oversoul as his true face can be grasped trough the eyes in a close-up.
  • Zinc (anime only)
Zinc is a shaman of the Patch tribe who along with Nichrome fights Kalim and Silva when they attempt to help Yoh. 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 yet at the same time he is given 9 other guardian ghosts to make himself a suit of spiritual armor like Silva. His guardian ghost (most likely the first one he oversouled) is a vulture or buzzard with his medium being the feather plates he wore.

[edit] Minor human characters

  • Tamao Tamamura (玉村たまお Tamamura Tamao) / Tamara "Tammy" )
Tamao is a shy girl who has a huge crush on Yoh Asakura, even though she knows that Yoh is engaged to Anna Kyōyama. She is 11 years old at the start of the series. Her birthday is on June 17th, 1988 and her blood type is A. 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 monk.
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 Conchi, a kitsune, and Ponchi, a tanuki, in the same way Mikihisa has a kitsune and a tanuki.
  • Tao Jun (道 潤 Japanese: Tao Jun; Pinyin: Dào Rùn or Dao Run)
Tao Jun
Tao Jun
Ren's older sister and a is a dao-si (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, born October 10, 1981 and has the blood type A.
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, but after she battles Yoh Asakura and Amidamaru and loses, she lets Bailong 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 Bailong 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, Len and Jun have British accents, implying an origin from Hong Kong.
Horohoro's little 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. She was 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.
  • Lip & Rap
Two girls that Silva looks after. Despite being five, they still wear diapers.
  • Lilirara
    • Seiyu; Mami Kayama
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 it was he, not the Patch, who killed the Seminoa. Hao then kills Lilirara in the manga right after Yoh and his cohort leave her to go to Patch Village.
Yohmei is Yoh's grandfather and an onmyōji who utilizes leaf shikigami. He is the husband of Kino Asakura, Anna's teacher.
Kino Asakura
Kino Asakura
A master itako who trains young girls in the art at Osorezan. She was born on March 24, 1924. She is short-tempered and practical like her apprentice, Anna Kyōyama. Kino is Yoh Asakura's grandmother.
While most itako are partially blind from an early age, Kino was not born blind at all. She lost her vision during World War II and became completely blind. With very few options left, she chose to become an itako. As the level of her spiritual ability rose, she caught the eye of the Asakura family and was later asked to marry Yohmei Asakura, Yoh's grandfather.
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. Training her as an itako, Kino was impressed by Anna's potential and suggested that she should marry Yoh.
  • Keiko Asakura
    • Seiyu; Mikai Doi
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 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.


One of Yoh Asakura's ancestors 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.
Tao Yúan is the father of Tao Ren (Len in the English anime) and Tao Jun; in the English anime, he is introduced as Len and Jun's uncle. He was born on November 30, 1956 and his blood type is A. He is a powerful shaman who commands an army of jiang-shi.
Appearing as a giant man who is both sadistic and malevolent, Yúan is first seen during the flash back sequences of Ren and Lee Bailong, both times in shadow. His first true appearance is in volume 7, when Ren and Yoh Asakura fight for the last spot in the Shaman Fight. 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-Si from freshly killed corpses which Ren disposes of with little difficulty. When Ren and Yúan face off Ren cannot wound his father even with the Golden Vorpal Dance. Though Ren is defeated, his friends eventually arrive; with their combined efforts, Yúan is literally torn 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 mustachioed 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 Over soul, 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).


  • 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 Hitch hiker (Manga only). 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.

[edit] Spirits

A samurai who died during the Muromachi period 600 years ago and is now 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 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. His date of birth and blood type are unknown.
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 Bailong
Lee Bailong
"The White Dragon"; Lee Bailong 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 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. He is known as Lee Pai-Long in the English anime.
Bailong 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 Bailong 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 Bailong's sensei, Sha-wen (Shao-lin in the English anime), founded a variation of the Chāolín ("super forest") Temple Style (a parody of Shaolin). Sha-wen created the Ruichong-quan kung-fu (Eijuken in the English anime). Sha-wen's Ruichong-quan kung-fu was the basis of Bailong's style, the Dǎodàn-do (dǎodàn is Chinese for "missile"), which combined Boxing, Muay Thai, and Karate. Before Bailong died, he intended to create a perfect version of it and he intended not to pass it on until he finally perfected it. Bailong 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 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.
He is the spirit partner of Wooden Sword Ryu. Though 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 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. Togakero 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
Matamune, who appears in volume 19 and 20, is not in the Shaman King anime. 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.
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 Mic
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".
  • Pascal Avaf
The second spirit ally of Chocolove. Pascal Avaf taught Chocolove many things, also merging with Mic & Chocolove to form the Armour Oversoul 'Jaguarman'.
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.
  • Mama
Mama is Opacho's spirit. It is not powerful and takes the form of a sheep with Opacho's head. In the manga, Opacho is shown using her own hair for Oversoul, calling "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 Bismarch, 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.
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 roborovski hamster spirit used with Lilly's glasses. As with their corresponding shamans, they appear only in the anime.
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.)
The Guardian Spirits of the X-Laws, which only Jeanne can present 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 Prof
    • Lucifer: The darkest archangel commanded by Luchist (ally of Hao; part of Hoshigumi in the Shaman Fight)
    • Azazel: Another fallen angel commanded by Reiheit
  • 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. Even though it's a machine, their father Camel, used the spirit of their mother to empower the golem as a machine OS.
  • 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.
  • 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. Blamuro's role in the anime is different. In the anime, Blamuro was the hunter that killed Boris' parents. When Blamuro realized his mistake he sought out to find Boris and beg for his forgiveness, only to be killed since Boris joined Hao. Blamuro became his willing servant to atone for his misdeeds.



Shaman King
Techniques
Over Soul (Spirit Control) | Giant Over Soul (Giant Spirit Control) | Techniques of Shaman King
Characters
Asakura Family: Yoh Asakura | Anna Kyōyama | Mikihisa Asakura | Kino Asakura | Yohmei Asakura | Hana Asakura | Yohken Asakura
Allies/Teammates: Horohoro (Trey Racer) | Manta Oyamada (Morty) | Chocolove McDowell (Joco) | Faust VIII | "Wooden Sword" Ryu (Rio) | Tamao Tamamura (Tamara) | The Lily Five
Spirits: Amidamaru | Bason | Lee Bailong | Tokagero |Spirit of Fire
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) | Hao's followers | Opacho
Languages