Oume Kaizou

Oume Kaizou (青梅 戒造) is a fictional character and antagonist in the Shaman King The Super Star manga series.

Appearance
Kaizou is a tall wide build man. He is balding with only a small patch of hair on top of his head and he has a scraggly mustache growing all the way to his ears. In his youth, he had a full set of hair and was clean-shaven.

He is commonly seen wearing a white smoking jacket with a white shirt and a black bow-tie.

Abilities and Powers
Kaizou awoken his power as a shaman by reading the "file" provided by Luke Lasso, which also corrupted his morals. His talent as a shaman is extraordinary, outmatching anybody Luke had ever seen. Kaizou instantly created a large Over Soul without any materials to counter and block Lucifer's attack. As Kamogawa Yohsuke commented, his spiritual and will power grew even further by becoming old.

According to Alumi Niumbirch, Kaizou appears well adjusted to fighting and during their fight, he showed a complex planned offense and defense, using military strategies. His will power is also strong to keep hiding the confidential materials for over 70 years, and even Alumi and Hebijima could not see through.

Spirit
Kaizou's spirit is the battleship-shaped oni created by himself and modeled after the battleship Yamato.

Past
Kaizou grew up in Satoya-mura and was friends with Sakurai Sakutaro. During World War II, Kaizou was a ship mechanic for the Japanese Imperial Navy and worked on the battleship Yamato. One night, Sakutaro snuck aboard the Yamato and revealed to Kaizou that the battleship was going to be sent on a suicide mission with a devestating new bomb. Kaizou refused to believe Sakutaro's claims based on a confidential file from their enemy, so Sakutaro forced Kaizou onto a plane and flew them to meet Luke Lasso on the Northern Lights off the coast of Peleliu Island. At Luke's insistence, Kaizou read the file, which shook him to his core and awoke his shamanic abilities.

After the war, he hired a lot of soldiers who worked maintenance during the war and quickly opened up a factory. Because of his luck and his success during post-war reforms in Japan, Morimura Banji suspects that Kaizou somehow intimidated the political and financial sector of Japan into giving him something big.

Trivia

 * Oume Kaizou's name, appearance, and personality is similar to the character Kaizo Oume from Hiroyuki Takei's other work Karakuri Dôji Ultimo.