Asakura Yohane

Asakura Yohane(麻倉葉羽, Asakura Yōhane) is a fictional character in the manga series Shaman King. He is a branch member of the Asakura Family.

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

When in battle he change his glasses to the silver eyepatch and puts on an armband and a pair of black gloves. He has revealed to Hana that his eyepatch is actually one of Asakura Hao's earrings, that was collected from his severed head on the Continent of Mū by an unknown person who most likely has the other one.

Personality
Though he is from a branch family, he, like fellow branch member Asakura Luka, believe they have more pure blood and is stronger than the heir to the main family.

He wish to become the new successor to the Asakura Family by killing its main heir, thus he targets Asakura Hana.

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

He is also a skilled shamam, beeing able to use Hyou Gattai almoust instantly and despite his weak body, he is still capable of using the skills of his samurai spirit to their fullest potentiel.

Spirit

 * See More: Oboro Daikyoh

His spirit is that of Oboro Daikyoh, a spirit that Amidamaru calls a Rōnin, a samurai withouth a master. Using his umbrella as a medium he is able to create an Over Soul that Amidamaru claims is on pair with Yoh's O.S. Spirit of Sword.

Flowers
After finding the defeated Ichihara Ryuji, Yohane and Luka stand before Amidamaru's grave and break it in two. He waits at the cemetery all night and the next day upon Asakura Hana's disvoery of the broken grave Yohana appears before him and challenges him to a fight. Yohane proceed to reveal his guardian ghost Oboro Daikyoh and put on his battle cloth much to the amusement of Hana who breaks out into a fit of laughter.

Hana however regains his composure easily and is quick to attack Yohane, though Yohane is just at fast at using Hyoi Gattai with Daikyoh and easily blocks Hana's attack. After gaining the upper hand against Hana and delivering a har blow, Yohane reveals his Over Soul and his reasons to kill the heirs to the Asakura Family.

Hearing this, Hana takes out Futunomitama no Turugi in preperation for using his own Over Soul and easily blocks Yohane's attack with his own Over Soul. Hana's Over Soul suddenly begin to change its appearance and Hana warns a shocked Yohane that he will not hold back.

After only breaking Yohane's arm, Hana leaves, leaving Yohane to wonder how he lost. He apologize to his older sister Asakura Luka when she arrives and reveals that his heart is hurt even more than his arm. Luka cradles him and tells him he is a good boy before swearing revenge against Hana for hurting Yohane.

Anime/Manga Difference
Yohane is a manga-only character.

Trivia

 * When the character was first revealed, the eyepatch covered his left eye instead of his right.