Shaman King (title)

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Shaman King
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Japanese Name	シャーマンキング
Romanized Name	Shāman Kingu
English Name	Shaman King
Epithet	"Ruler of Shamans" (シャーマンの王, Shāman no Ō) "Saviors/Messiahs" (救世主, Kyūseishu) "Emperor of the Shaman World" (シャーマン界の皇帝（エンペラー）, Shāman-kai no Enperā)
Guardian Ghosts
Great Spirit

For other articles using this title, see Shaman King.

The Shaman King (シャーマンキング, Shāman Kingu) is the winner of the Shaman Fight, who takes on the Great Spirit as their Guardian Ghost and guides the future of humanity.

Every 500 years, Ragoh and Keito pass by the Earth and herald the approach of a great calamity about to befall humanity. Through the Shaman Fight, a Shaman King is chosen to save the world and change the calamity into a great rebirth. The Patch Tribe have the duty of overseeing and safeguarding the selection.

Abilities and Powers

The Shaman King uses their own body as the medium for their Guardian Ghost, the Great Spirit, and possesses the wisdom and power of every soul in the spirit's 5.6 billion-year memory. As such, the Shaman King is considered omniscient and omnipotent. In order to become one with the Great Spirit, the winner of the Shaman Fight must take part in a purification ritual on Mū and enter a temporary coma, during which the winner is vulnerable to attack. However, the Patch Officiants—and any allies the winner might have—stand guard to prevent such an attack.

Shaman Kings are capable of resurrecting people and, by cutting and reconnecting time and space, can restore physical bodies to those who have lost theirs.

Because of their immense power and immortality, the Shaman Kings must settle disputes amongst themselves through proxy wars, like the Flower of Maize, in which mortals fight with their physical bodies at stake.

Despite their phenomenal power, the Shaman Kings are still bound by rules from beings higher than themselves, such as the rules surrounding the Flower of Maize. The Shaman Kings are also prevented from divulging the identities of these higher beings.

History

In 500 BC, Mr. B of Gandhara became Shaman King.

In AD 1, Mr. C became Shaman King.

In AD 500, the Shaman King made a volcano erupt, decreasing the world's population by a third.

In AD 1500, Fra YVS became Shaman King and guided humanity towards its modern capitalist society.

In AD 2000, Asakura Hao became Shaman King. Following Hao's ascension, YVS and four others disagreed with Hao's plan for the future of humanity, so a Flower of Maize competition was set for September 9, 2014 on the Earth's moon.

Identified Kings

Asakura Hao
AD 2000

Fra YVS
AD 1500

AD 1000

Mr. C
AD 1

Mr. B
500 BC

Dreams

Because the Shaman King can change the world as they see fit, competitors in the Shaman Fights have various desires they wish to see fulfilled once they win.

Shaman	Description
Asakura Yoh	Initially wanting the position so he could live an easy, easygoing life, Yoh decides to make life better for everyone, intending to fulfill their wishes as well.
Asakura Hao	Hao sought to create a shaman kingdom in which only the most powerful shamans can rule the world.
Tao Ren	Ren initially wanted to destroy his family for the unending cycle of hatred and bloodshed that it propagates, as well as to purify humanity for their pollution of the natural world. However, after meeting Yoh and learning to let go of his hate, Ren decides to change the world more peacefully in order to end the cycle of hate.
Usui Horokeu	Having witnessed its destruction firsthand, Horohoro wants to create a giant field of butterbur in order to save the koropokkuru from extinction.
Umemiya Ryunosuke	Ryu wants to find his ultimate best place.
Johann Faust VIII	Faust seeks to truly resurrect his late wife, Eliza Faust.
Chocolove McDonnell	Continuing Orona's mission, Chocolove seeks to use comedy, the winds of laughter, to bring peace to the world.
Jeanne the Iron Maiden	With the support of the X-Laws, Jeanne seeks to banish all evil from the world, ridding it of sin and pain and bringing about peace on Earth.
BoZ Brothers	As Buddhist monks, the BoZ Brothers want to exorcise all evil spirits from the world.
Redseb Muntzer	Redseb wants to restore Seyrarm's lost emotions, as well as to find their father's murderer.
Four Seminoan Warriors	According to Lilirara, the Seminoa Tribe wanted to turn the world into a paradise for everyone.
Lil Red, Marlin, and Samansa	The Magical Princesses wanted eternal youth for themselves.

Trivia

• The videogame Shaman King: Master of Spirits introduces the Shaman King from 2500 BC, Mephias.