His Ghost partner is the great Fire Spirit. The main protagonist. However, Lyserg quickly finds the X-Laws' single-minded ideology focusing on justice more appealing than Yoh's philosophies and joins them instead. Team Icemen (アイスメン, Aisumen) is a squadron of shamans from the northern parts of Europe. 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". Chief of the patch tribe and supervisor of the whole Shaman King tournament. Yoh is a world renowned slacker, but he hides his fierce fighting ability and natural leadership behind his nonchalant behavior. This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for: Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other He eventually has a son, Men (黽, Chinese: Mǐn), who strongly resembles his father. In an attempt to find his gang a new "Best Place" at a rundown bowling alley in Funbari, Ryu becomes susceptible to being possessed by Tokagero, a spirit who wants revenge on Amidamaru and offers to provide Ryu the means to kill Yoh. [10], Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese); Sam Riegel, Marc Thompson (English). 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. 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. Consisting of powerful shaman recruited by Hao, they loyally follow him and his intention to create a world exclusively composed of the shaman. 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. 1 Description 2 Stats 3 Acquired The Shaman Hat is Rare Headgear in For The King. [1] The originality of characters was emphasized so that they stand out,[2] which may include incorporating designs that appeal to Takei; in particular, the fox and raccoon-dog duo of Konchi and Ponchi were inspired by Ren and Stimpy. Faust's perseverance eventually paid off and he found a cure for her illness, allowing them to marry and live happily together. However, the consequences of his actions in the past affect him throughout the Shaman Fight. Wishing to lead a peaceful life, Yoh has been training from an early age to become the titular "Shaman King", who will be able to change the world according to his will. Manta OYAMADA. Their souls and their spirits are consumed by the Spirit of Fire, though the X-Laws' gamble to force Hao to reveal his medium succeeds. Regarded as the sacred treasures of the Patch Tribe, the Five Grand Elemental Spirits (五大精霊, Godaiseirei) were said to have been created by the Great Spirit and can only be controlled by a powerful shaman. Apprentice of the Asakura family who possess great affection for Yoh. The only difference is that Hana's hair is wavy like his mother's. Throughout the anime, he is often seen twitching. Patch tribe member responsible for team Hana-Gumi in the Shaman King tournament. His corner lip is seen moving. Also known as the Deva, they are a faction of Grandhara: Team Lily Five (リリーファイーブ, Riri Faibu) is a team of five female shamans who appear only in the anime series. Her strong will and blunt personality often inspire fear in her close friends, particularly Yoh. 鬼兜). 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. 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. He bears much resemblance to Yoh, and is like his counterpart in the Shaman Tournament. Unfortunately, this resulted in moral … Fans of Shaman King - WATCH THIS Trailer!!!! 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 Len and Funbari Onsen and worrying about his position on Ren's position. Zeke Asakura. [9], Voiced by: Yūji Ueda (Japanese); Michael Sinterniklaas (English). By day, the officiants sell Patch memorabilia and food items. Many of the cars were inspired by Marco's own knowledge of cars, being a former car salesman and developer. 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. The destruction of Ryu's hair becomes quite a running gag in the first part of the series as Ryu comes up with increasingly bizarre hairstyles until he can restore his original coiffure. When push comes to shove though Yoh becomes a true warrior. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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. 32 images of the Shaman King cast of characters. The Shaman Fight—a prestigious tournament pitting shamans from all over the world against each other—is held every five hundred years, where the winner is crowned Shaman King. Their first meeting in the manga is considerably darker; Joco had previously lived the violent life of a gangster after his own parents were murdered 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. His acuity in battle has allowed him to master techniques, such as those utilized by Mikihisa Asakura, by watching and experiencing them. +5 Evasion +1 Party Resistance +5 Speed Skill: Support Range Shaman Hat - Official For The King Wiki … Sirius (シリウス, Siriusu), born Ryūsuke (隆介, Ryūsuke), is a former banchō and current shaman, as well as one of the main protagonists of the Shaman King Stars spinoff fanfiction. He is heavily burdened with the creed that his father taught him – that "the strong feed on the weak" – but finds resolve in his own tenacity and understanding that that same creed does not mean he should give up. 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. Anna attends Shinra Private Academy along with Yoh and Manta. 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. The chapters of Shaman King were written and illustrated by Takei and were published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from June 30, 1998 to an abrupt and improvised end on August 30, 2004. In the current Shaman Fight, they aim to defeat Hao Asakura, whom they view as the ultimate evil; each member of the group encountered him during great conflict and destruction and they hold personal vendettas against Hao for how he has hurt them in the past. A new adaptation of the Shaman King manga.On a starry night, middle-schooler Manta meets Yoh Asakura, a young shaman who has the ability to talk to spirits, and also has the ability to let them possess him to use their powers. Amidamaru is Yoh Asakura's Ghost partner and was once a legendary samurai. The child's name and his blood-red eyes and silver hair indicate that Ren married Iron Maiden Jeanne,[8] and Men later inherits both Bason and Shamash as his guardian spirits. 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. Placed against X-Laws team X-I, Lyserg was given the order to defeat and kill them at all costs. The English release of the manga edits Joco's lips so that they match that of the other characters to avoid a blackface stereotype. Due to the concept of death being so intricately woven into the plot, they were unable to completely remove it from their dub. © 2021 GAMESPOT, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. Powerful shaman, member of the team "The Ren"/. Horohoro's name sounds and is spelled (in Katakana) like "boroboro," which means "raggedy" and characters mispronouncing/misspelling his name is a running gag in the series. A trio consisting of Venstar, Cebin, and Meene, who willingly fight the Hoshi-Gumi during the tournament despite knowing that Hao will kill them. Main Characters. Alternate Name(s): Shaman King Kanzenban Author(s): TAKEI Hiroyuki Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Shounen, Supernatural Type: Manga Released: 1998 Status: Complete (Scan), Complete (Publish) Description: Shaman King (Japanese: シャーマンキング Hepburn: Shāman Kingu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. 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 series, is introduced as 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). However, it is shown that he really does care for him when he tells Yoh that if he can't save Ren, as his friend, Horohoro would never forgive him. Though he is initially resurrected after the conclusion of the final battle, he collapses soon afterward from exhaustion. In combat, Ren wields a guan dao and the Bâo-Lèi (宝レイ剣, Hō-Rei-Ken, Jewel Thunder) sword, a family heirloom given to Len when he proves to his father that he is strong enough to choose his own path, and he is capable of fighting on horseback. Takei chose shamanism as the main theme of the series because he wanted a topic that had never been attempted … Horohoro. Following the final battle, Horohoro returns to Hokkaido where he works on a farm, which appears to include a butterbur field. Because of his shamanic abilities and combat skills learned from his time as a member of Yoh's group and as an X-Law, he garnered a high arrest rate and was eventually promoted to British Secret Intelligence Agency. A Koropokkuru who serve as the nature spirit of Horohoro. While his entrepreneurial effort to market a blue candy-flavored marimo ball is a commercial failure, he works hard at fighting against illegal logging companies. Hana also possesses several Oni sealed inside him that will be summoned when he is in danger in order to protect him. [4] The engagement between Yoh and Anna being introduced at the beginning of the story has been regarded as unusual for a shonen manga for its maturity and partly reflects Takei's own personal experience, but it still an ideal relationship.[5]. 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. The rights to the series were obtained by 4Kids Entertainment, premiering on Fox Box on September 6, 2003. Shaman King is such a marvelous show...and yet there are NO good trailers for it. 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. Yoh reveals himself to be a shaman, a medium between the world of the living and the world of the dead. Bason was once upon a time a Chinese warrior, a real master of arms. 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. SHAMAN KING (2021) 21 characters assigned. 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. Ren older sister, she devote herself in the family ambition of putting him in the siege of the Shaman King. An intelligent and thoughtful boy who carries a book with him every day, he attends Shinra Private Academy with Yoh and Anna. 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. A trio composed of John Denbat, Porf Griffith, and Larch Dirac. As a result of being focused on shamanism the series' cast is divided between humans and spirits, the latter not being able to go the afterlife due to their alliance with the former. In the anime, after training using the Ultra Senji Ryakketsu, Joco's oversoul evolved into a giant Mic with wings. The Guardian ghosts of the Gandhara. He lives Tamao Tamamura's care while his parents are absent. When Hana Asakura was younger, he dressed in overalls with no under shirt. "Oni Kabuto" (O.S. Ryu takes Tokagero as his spirit partner and the duo become faithful and loyal allies to Yoh throughout the Shaman Fight. Faust delighted in saving lives while Eliza faithfully worked as his assistant. Unexpectedly, he is not only the latest descendant 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 founder of the Asakura family and the primary antagonist of the series. Horohoro (ホロホロ), known by the nickname "Trey Racer" in the English anime, is an Ainu shaman from Hokkaidō, the northernmost of Japan's major islands. 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. Plot Main article: List of Shaman King characters The plot of Shaman King revolves around Yoh Asakura, a shaman, a medium between the worlds of the living and the dead. In the future, Len is a successful businessman after studying at Tsinghua University and forming an electronics manufacturing company, the Raitei Group (雷帝グループ), with Hang Zang-Ching and Bill Burton. Yoh also demonstrates Shamans' ability to unite with ghosts to achieve a shared goal. 鬼兜) and O.S. Like the Spirit of Fire, each of the High Spirits is capable of becoming stronger by consuming the souls of others and retains all their memories. Shaman King(Japanese:シャーマンキングHepburn:Shāman Kingu)is a Japanesemangaseries written and illustrated byHiroyuki Takei. Ren is one of the most skilled and physically powerful shamans in the series as a result of dedicated training since childhood. [13], Voiced by: Motoko Kumai (Japanese); Matthew George (English). Hao Asakura (麻倉 葉王 (ハオ), Asakura Hao) ("Zeke Asakura" in the English dub) is the main antagonist of Shaman King, currently the second reincarnation of his original self and the twin brother of Yoh. 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 and leaving them humbler upon defeat. Due to the amount of stress encountered by him over the years, and defense mechanism, he often is left with nerves doing this. 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. "[29], Voiced by: Inuko Inuyama (Japanese); Dania Cericola (English). [11], Voiced by: Yoko Soumi[12] (Japanese); Erica Schroeder (English), 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 as his father had once been. Manta Oyamada (小山田 まん太, Oyamada Manta), known as Mortimer "Morty" Manta in the uncut English anime and Mortimer "Morty" Oyamada in the official Edited dub version of the anime and English-dubbed video games, is Yoh's best friend and the first human to try and understand Yoh without any discrimination. Though most itako are blind, Anna is fully sighted and extremely powerful; her considerable spiritual strength allows her to seal Hao's guardian spirits Zenki and Kouki and take control of them. 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. Following family tradition, Faust VIII studied medicine and fell deeply in love with a young woman named Eliza, who had an incurable disease. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll Supporting. After losing faith in Marco, they decide to kill Hao by attacking his headquarters. 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. As a result violence was toned down and Christian elements were removed. Patch tribe member responsible for team X-Laws in the Shaman King tournament. They were placed by his uncle, Hao Asakura, when he was a baby. In the manga, he is recognized as one of the Five Elemental Warriors by Lady Sati and gains the Spirit of Rain. As a shaman, Lyserg specializes in dowsing, which allows him to use his powers to locate people or objects. Hana has mid-length dirty blond hair that is very similar to his father Yoh Asakura's hair style. Beyond his emotional instability, particularly when Eliza is insulted or threatened, he is completely rational and will not tolerate interruptions while working. In the anime, Joco admired Orona's ability to stop a robber using laughter alone. As with their corresponding shamans, the Lily Five's Guardian ghosts appear only in the anime and the Game Boy Advance game Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2. The release of volume 32—intended for publication on December 3, 2004—was delayed and Shueisha reported they would only publish volume … The manga and anime series Shaman King features several characters created by Hiroyuki Takei. The first 275 chapters were collected into 31 tankōbonvolumes; the first of which was released on December 3, 1998, with the 31st being released on October 4, 2004. X-I survives long enough to join Yoh's assault on the Plants. With no other choice, Iron Maiden Jeanne released her full power, killing the leader with spirit Shamash and the other members with other torture devices. The series primarily focuses on a teenager named Yoh Asakura, who reveals to his classmate Manta Oyamada that he is a shaman when fighting a group delinquents led by Ryu. He has a strained relationship with his family, who plays little role in the story and, following their initial appearance, they have never seen again in the manga until a brief appearance by Mansumi toward the end of the series, where the Oyamada president leads several battleships to destroy and capture Shamans.