Asakura Hao

Hao Asakura (Zeke Asakura in the english dub) is  the main antagonist in the Anime and Manga  in Shaman King as well the Twin brother and the ancestor of Yoh Asakura His name means :Leaf King he is from the most one of the most powerful shamans in all the series.His Childhood is Told in the manga side story Mappa Douji

Childhood
When he was woung a group of humans killed his Mother, because they thought that she was a demon, due to that he started to hate humans. One day he meet Ohachiyo a Spirit, Ohachiyo started teach Hao about some facts, Like Smiling or fishing and the Reishi ability (the ability to read the minds of others) and with that he started to have a peaceful life until a guard reported him to the monk Densen, accusing Hao to be a Demon. Then when Hao met the Monk, Hao remember him as the killer of his deceased mother. With anger and hate he killed the monk with his first oversoul, but because of that he ended up killing Ohachiyo.

Later life
With the experiece of his Childhood, Hao had tasted the power of a Shaman and he began training to become a onmyōji that eliminated Demons. Sometimes due his lonelyness Hao created an Oni ,but tht wasnt a problem to him because he had the ability to control Demons. During that time Hao Met Matamune, one of his most valued Friends and also one of his two killers, the other being Yohken Asakura, since he had mastered the 5 elements with the Ying Yang jutsu he could be reincarntated.

As Patch Hao
Hao was reincarnated as a Patch clan member, the ones that organizated the Shaman king Tournament, and then he stole the Spirit of Fire from the Patch tribe. He again had the same plans of conquering the world and killing all humans, but he was stoped by Yohken Asakura and Matamune. Unfortunately he succeded in steaing the spirit of Fire and later reincarnated in a new life.

In the Storyline (Or Current Life)
In the story line, Hao´s Soul was split in two, one being the one that has Hao's memories, and the other held the human side of Hao this part of the soul is the soul of Yoh Asakura. In this incarnation he had the spirit of fire as his guardian ghost and he again had the same goal of becoming the shaman king and also merging his soul with Yoh's Soul.

Personality and Interest
Hao is usually calm, cruel, and always smiles. The occasions when he is really angry are very rare and when he is angry with someone, that person is usually killed by The Spirit Of Fire, he also likes to watch Shaman fights, especially those that involve strong Shaman, and Yoh´s  fights too. He is not only interested in that, he wants to merge his soul with Yoh 's soul to become one again  (see history) and once he has that, take the Great Sprit as a guardian Ghost.