Asakura Yohane

Asakura Yohane (麻倉 葉羽) is a fictional character in the Shaman King Flowers manga and anime series. He is a member of the branch Asakura Family.

Appearance
Yohane has short black hair and wears an all-black school uniform. In his initial appearance he had a silver eye-patch with a star pattern on it covering his right eye which is one of Hao's earrings, but later, when he met with Hana, he wore glasses instead. He is commonly seen carrying a black umbrella, which is his medium for his Over Soul.

When in battle, he changes his glasses to the silver eyepatch and puts on a red armband and a pair of black gloves. His eye-patch is actually one of Asakura Hao's earrings, which was collected from his severed head on the Continent of Mū by an unknown person.

Personality
Though he is from a branch family, he, like his older sister, believes that they have more pureblood and he is stronger than the heir to the main family.

Yohane himself claims that he was raised for the sole purpose of defeating the main house and he wishes to become the new successor to the Asakura Family by killing its main heir, thus he targets Asakura Hana.

In reality, Yohane is a shy boy who was isolated and knows nothing of the modern world. Due to his battle outfit, mannerism and the way he speaks Hana claims that he suffers from Chūnibyō. After calling a truce with the main family, Yohane becomes more friendly towards Hana and wants to get along with him.

Abilities and Powers
As acknowledged by both his father and himself, his body is very weak and fragile, but he easily compensates for this by having an incredibly high amount of furyoku—possibly even more than Hana, as stated by Luca.

He is also a skilled shaman, being able to use Soul Integration almost instantly, and despite his weak body, he is still capable of using the skills of his samurai spirit to their fullest potential. Tao Men classified Yohane as a speed-type.

Spirit

 * See More: Oboro Daikyoh

His Guardian Ghost is Oboro Daikyoh, the spirit of a rōnin (a samurai without a master). Using his umbrella as a medium, he is able to create an Over Soul that Amidamaru claims is on pair with Asakura Yoh's O.S. "Spirit of Sword".

Past
Born on February 22, 2001, he and his sister Luca were raised by their father, alone in the mountains of Kyoto without any friends or contact with the outside world. Yohane, in particular, was forced to endure rigorous training and much else unexpected of a child.

Flowers
Yohane and Luca traveled to Funbari Hill in order to kill Asakura Hana. They visited the cemetery, where Hana had recently beaten up Ichihara Ryuji and a gang of delinquents, and Yohane cleanly bisected Amidamaru's stone memorial. The next morning, upon Hana's discovery of the broken memorial, Yohane approached and revealed his own Guardian Ghost, Oboro Daikyoh, before challenging Hana to a fight. Yohane then puts on his battle clothes, for which Hana mocked him. Both boys started the fight by using Soul Integration. After countering Hana's initial attack, Yohane delivered a hard blow that forced apart Hana and Amidamaru. Yohane then revealed the his eyepatch's origin and, while demonstrating his O.S. "Tsukuyomi", listed his reasons for seeking to eliminate the Asakura Family. Hearing this, Hana took out the Futunomitama no Turugi and easily blocked Yohane's attack with O.S. "Oni Kabuto". Hana's Over Soul then transformed, and the boys had one final clash, which left Yohane exhausted and with a broken arm.

After Hana ran off, Yohane apologized to his sister for his weakness, but she comforted and cradled him before swearing revenge against Hana for hurting him. By the time Hana had returned with a first aid kit, Yohane and Luca were gone. Despite his broken arm, Yohane assisted his sister that night in attacking Hana. After she maneuvered Hana into a compromised position, Yohane attacked from behind and pierced through Hana's torso. Despite the grievous injury, Hana could still stand and refused to stop fighting, so the siblings merged their Over Souls and performed one last attack. However, Alumi Niumbirch saved Hana from the attack and destroyed the siblings' Over Soul. As the Hana-Gumi Waitresses confront them as well, Luca recreates her Over Soul to help them escape.

After their father is attacked by Tamamura Tamao, he calls Yohane and has him enroll in the same school as Hana. As he is introduced, he tries to intimidate Hana as instructed by his sister but fails. On the roof of the school, he explains to Hana his reasons for attending school and declines a rematch due to his broken arm and because he believes that Hana has already beaten him.

Trivia

 * When the character was first revealed, the eye-patch covered his left eye instead of his right.
 * Yohane's favorite food is soy milk.
 * Yohane's hobby is handicrafts.
 * Like other men in the Asakura Family, his name contains the kanji for "leaf". The other kanji (羽) means "feather".
 * After realizing that his own name could be pronounced as "Paul", Yohkyo named his children after other Christian disciples. Yohane was named after John.