Hao's followers

This page contains information concerning the followers of Hao Asakura in the manga/anime Shaman King.

Hao has several extremely loyal henchmen, which can go quite unnoticed as they BLEND into the story. Some have very minimal roles, but still Contribute to the storyline. They are grouped into various teams in the manga, and have much more prominent roles.

Hana-gumi

The Hana-gumi (translation: Flower Team) is a trio of witches/shamans who follow Hao. In the anime, they are featured as the most prominent members and the most powerful in the group, though in the manga, they are only one of several powerful teams that follow Hao. They are later killed in by Peyote when he rebels against Hao. Their souls then attempt to beg Hao for help, but he only attempts to devour their souls to gain Reiroku. However this fails, and Anna saves and revives them, causing the Hana-gumi to respect Anna, and become friends with her. The Hana-gumi are:

Matilda Matisse

: Furyoku: 7,000 Matilda (Macchi/Matti) is the orange-haired member of the trio. She is from England and carries a broomstick around with her.

: She was born on July 19, 1986

Matilda's Spirit

Her main spirit is a pumpkin doll named Kirisaki Chopper or 'Jack'. It is speculated that the true identity of her spirit is actually that of Jack the Ripper, the infamous serial killer.

Kanna Bismarch

: Furyoku: 7,500 She is the tall, blue-haired member of the group. She is from America, and is rarely seen without a cigarette in her mouth, which is often mistaken as a piece of Pocky.But she soon quits smoking. In the North American version of the anime, it is edited out, which is ironic due to the fact that her oversoul's medium is the smoke of the cigarette. She rides a BMW motorcycle in the manga.

: She was born on October 26, 1977

Kanna's Spirit

Her main spirit is within a huge suit of armor, and is named Ashcroft.

Marion Phauna

: Furyoku: 8,000 Marion (Mari) is the blonde-haired member of the group. She is from Italy, dresses in the Lolita fashion, and always talks in the third person (she does not follow this practice in the English translation of the anime).

: She was born on February 28, 1987

Marion's Spirit

Her main spirit is a doll with a large revolver stuck to its hand, named Kirisaki Gun or 'Chuck' (possibly named after Chucky).

Hoshi-gumi

Hoshi-gumi is translated as Star Team. Hao is grouped in this team.

Hao Asakura

Opacho

Luchist Lasso

As founder and former leader of the X-LAWS, Luchist by far one of the more powerful shamans working under Hao. Luchist acts as the main rival to Marco. Apparently, the two were close friends in their former lives, as both were car dealers in the past. However, when Hao intervened, the comrades' lives would be forever changed. In the anime, this relationship isn't mentioned.

: He was born on June 1, 1949; Origin: Sicily, Italy

Luchist's Spirit

LUCIFER the "fallen angel".

Anahol

Anatel’s twin brother who ambushed Jeanne and Yoh’s friend in order to avenge the death of his older brother, Anatel. He is extremely proud of his ‘beautiful nose.’

: He was born on August 4, 1968; Origin: Egypt

Anahol's Spirit

Sphinx

Tsuchi-gumi

Tsuchi-gumi is translated as Earth Team.

BoZ

Ryo Kamishiro
Zen Hoshi
: Ryo's Furyoku: 400

: Zen's Furyoku: 400

Ryo Sugimoto and Zen Yoneda in manga. Ryo Kamishiro and Zen Hoshi (Zen Hijiri in the Japanese version) are the duo known as Boz (Flying Zen Brothers in the English anime). They attack Yoh, trying to eliminate him from the tournament, but Ryu comes in and stops them. They later reappear with Peyote in team Tsuchigumi. They fight Team Ren in the first match of the tournament, but are soon defeated. They are then possessed by Peyote's spirits, but still eventually lose to Chocolove. They reappear later on in the story and say they are leaving Hao. Even after this, they seem to be helping Gandara out.

: Ryo was born in 1971 and Zen in 1973.; Origin: Gunma,Japan

BoZ's Spirits

Chimimoryo (Ghosts that have forgotten their original form, integrated with rocks and pebbles)

Peyote Diaz

: Furyoku: 3,000 Peyote is a Mexican shaman who is first introduced around Chapter 115 of the manga. He uses his spirits, Carlos and Juan, to possess BoZ. He integrates his Mariachi spirits with Mexican skeleton puppets (which in Mexico symbolize death). He is defeated by an attack from Ren. Later on, he reappears in another battle against Ren and manages to kill him. His last appearance was very later on when becomes disillusioned and betrays Hao, [...] his fellow followers and himself.

: He was born on September 11, 1970

Peyote's Spirits

Peyoto's spirits are Carlos, Juan (friends of Peyotes), Antonio, Pancho, Miguel & Zapata (all mariachi players). Carlos and Juan were gunned down by angry saloon clients while Antonio, Pancho, Miguel and Zapata died in fights.

Tsuki-gumi

Tsuki-gumi is translated as Moon Team.

Han Zhang Ching

There is not much info on him, though he appears numerous times in numerous fights. He is the first to be killed by Peyote's rebellion.

: Furyoku: 7,000; He was born on March 16, 1966; Origin: Shanghai,China

Zhang Ching's Spirit

Zhang Ching's spirit panda, named Shion-Shion. He oversouls Shion-Shion into a Chinese-style gong, creating Oversoul Dokurama Neko.

Bigguy Bill Burton

He is the toughest member of Hao's minions but is not the strongest.Quite huge in appearance, he is a football-player Shaman who attacks the X-Laws but is stopped by their Archangels. Yoh stops the X-Laws from finishing him off and he returns the favour by showing them the rest of the way to Patch Village. He later reappears as he comes to destroy the Icemen team after their defeat against Yoh's team, though Horohoro steps in. Horohoro's father also strolls by, and Bill goes to kill Horohoro's father but is knocked back by his spirit ally. Later, he was about to deal a finishing blow to Horohoro but is stopped again by Lyserg Diethel's Archangel. He is killed by Peyote.

: Furyoku: 40,000; He was born on April 5, 1967; Origin: United States

Bill's Spirits

The 21 members of his former football team (He was the captain, and they all died in a bus crash, leaving him as the only survivor).

Turbine

Mohammed Tabarsi(Turbine) appears in Arabian robes. He seems to be a high-ranking follower and seems to be very loyal. He's usually the leader of his peers when sent out to make numerous attacks on Yoh's friends. He is later killed by Midori Tamurazaki (Mansumi Oyamada's main henchmen) while fighting Peyote.

: Furyoku: 6,500; He was born on February 24, 1970; Origin: Iraq

Turbine's Spirit

Mohammad's spirit is Jin(Djinn), a Genie-like being that can successfully perform any task asked of him.

Kaze-gumi

Kaze-gumi is translated as Wind Team. Two died before teams were formed for the tournament, and Blocken is usually seen with Tsuki-gumi.

Damayaji

Kouji Yamada (Damayaji) is a teammate of Boris Tepes Dracula. He had an extremely minor role and was the first person from Hao's group of followers to get killed. Horohoro pointed out he looked more like Dracula than Boris. Angered, Boris killed him to eliminate confusion. Apparently he was the weakest member of the team as Turbine reassures Boris that it was okay that he died because they could probably find a replacement easily. Boris then used his blood to power his Oversoul.

: Furyoku: 2,000; He was born on October 31, 1960; Origin: Sapporo,Japan

Damayaji's Spirit

Giant Centipede

Boris Tepes Dracula

He claims to be a vampire, and his ancestors were seen as vampires and hunted because of it. Hao saves him and he decides to join Hao, wishing to claim revenge on humanity. He imbues his oversoul, Blamuro, with blood to create a cape with wings. Boris bites Lyserg, possessing him. He is defeated by Ryu, then killed by Marco from the X-Laws.

: Furyoku: 3,000; He was born on May 11, 1971; Origin: Walachia,Romania

Boris' Spirit

Boris's spirit is Blamuro the Vampire hunter.

Blocken Meier

He lost most of his body for reasons not revealed, so what's left of him now resides in a Lego-like figure that wears a hooded robe. He seems to be a good friend of Bigguy Bill Burton because Blocken is usually seen perched upon his shoulder. His furyoku count has risen a lot because of this (to 160,000), and he survives numerous battles. He attacks the Icemen with Bill, but is defeated by an intervening HoroHoro. He makes several appearances with Tsukigumi until he is almost killed by Peyote, the only survivor of Peyote's attacks.

: He was born on August 30, 1959; Origin: Denmark

Blocken's Spirit

Blocken's spirits are Rats integrated with lego blocks that form his oversouls.

Anime Only

These are followers of Hao who only appear in the anime.

Ashil

Ashil (Known as Basil in the English dub) is a follower of Hao who took Boris' role of being the first on screen victim of the Archangels. Ashil was rather cocky, believing it would be easy to kill Yoh and his friends because of his easily regenerating spirit. Ashil was also revealed as having deep feelings for Hao. Ashil is jealous of Hao's interest in Yoh, allowing his deeper feelings to overpower his loyalty. He defied Hao by trying to "accidentally" kill Yoh when he was ordered to have Yoh live. He is killed by the X-Laws.

Ashil's Spirit

Ashil's spirit is a marid mixed with earth