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
anime voices, Tomoe Hanba, Bella Hudson
 * 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
anime voices, Youko Soumi; Caren Manuel
 * 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
anime voices, Michiko Neya
 * 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

 * Hao Asakura

Opacho

 * Opacho

Luchist Lasso

 * Luchist

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 anime voices Masaya Onosaka; Dan Green
 * Zen Hoshi anime voices Nobuyuki Hiyama; Eric Stuart
 * 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

 * anime voices; Mitsuaki Madono
 * 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 Caravelas (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, killing his fellow followers and himself. He along with Turbine were the only two of Hao's henchmen that could not be revived due to they're bodies were damaged beyond repair, even for revivial.
 * He was born on September 11, 1970

"Peyote" is a small spineless cactus native to México and the Southern United States of which a hallucinogenic drug is prepared.

Peyote's Spirits
Peyote's spirits are Carlos, Juan (friends of Peyotes), Antonio, Jose, Pancho, Miguel & Zapata (all mariachi players). Carlos and Juan were gunned down by angry saloon clients while Antonio, Jose, 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, only that he wished to be a pop idol when he was young and is an explosives expert. He appears numerous times in numerous fights and is the first to be killed by Peyote's rebellion but was later revived along with Hanagumi.
 * 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.

Big Guy 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, but was later revived along with the rest of Hao's followers.
 * 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. He along with Peyote were the only two of Hao's henchmen that could not be revived due to they're bodies were damaged beyond repair, even for revivial.
 * 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, Bramro, 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 Bramro 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 significantly because of this, 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 is later revealed to be the adoptive father of Hao who raised him since he was an infant after Hao escaped the Asukura family when he was reincarnatied.
 * Furyoku: 160,000
 * 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
anime voices, Kouki Miyata; Marc Thompson 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