Hao's followers

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

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Hao has several extremely loyal henchmens, 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

 * see more: Team "Hana-Gumi"



Hana-Gumi(花組, Flowers) 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 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 Reiyoku. However this fails, and Anna saves and revives them, causing the Hana-gumi to respect Anna, and become friends with her.

Hoshi-Gumi

 * see more: Team "Hoshi-gumi"

Hoshi-Gumi(Star)

Tsuchi-Gumi



 * see more: Team "Tsuchi-Gumi"

Tsuchi-Gumi(Earth)

Tsuki-Gumi

 * see more: Team "Tsuki-Gumi"

Tsuki-Gumi(月組, Moon)

Kaze-Gumi

 * see more: Team "Kaze-Gumi"

Kaze-Gumi(Wind) Two died before teams were formed for the tournament, and Brocken is usually seen with Tsuki-gumi.

Ashil

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Ashil (known as Basil in the English Anime) is a powerful shaman loyal to Hao who took Boris' role of being the first on screen victim of the X-Laws and their Archangels. Ashil is rather cocky and pretentious, believing it would be easy to kill Yoh and his friends because of his easily regenerating spirit. Ashil has deep feelings for Hao and is jealous of Hao's interest in Yoh, allowing his deeper feelings to overpower his loyalty. He defied Hao to "accidentally" kill Yoh, when he was ordered to have Yoh alive and to kill his friends. When the battle starts, "Big Guy" Bill Burton captures Yoh and makes sure that he doesn't reach his friends, who are fighting Ashil. Hao following shaman seems to be very powerful, capable of defeating all of Yoh's friends. In the end Ashil is shot by Marco of the X-Laws and the Archangel Michael.