History Characters / ShamanKing

* XMakesAnythingCool: They ''really'' like to spam X almost everywhere. The organisation's name makes this obvious already, but then you have Hand Grenade X, which is a bomb improved by Chris Venstar to burn out all air in an explosion, and Lincoln X, which is Marco's/Jeanne's personal car.

* BodyguardCrush: She seems to grow quite fond of her guardian ghost. And after a time, the feeling appears to be mutual. Their relationship is expolored further in ''Red Crimson''.

* AdaptationExpansion: 'Shaman King: Marcos' explains his origins, It is revealed that [[spoiler: Luchist was born into a ArmsDealer AncientConspiracy Lasso clan who manipulates the world thru weaponry since the ancient times. Luchist actually loathed his clan for this so he was finding a way to stop them and siding with Hao is the only way he knew.]]

* ArchnemesisDad: Technically he is this to Marco, as he adopted and raised him since he was young.

* FaceHeelTurn: At some point prior to the main story, Luchist abandoned the X-LAWS and defected to Hao's side, after he was beaten by him and decided that only the winners deserved true justice.
* FallenAngel: Luchist's spirit, Lucifer. He bears the name of the Morning Star himself, and was the first and strongest of the Archangels.

* SinisterMinister: He was once a good priest who took Marco under his care. He would later change sides and serve Hao.

** [[TurtlePower Silver Shield]]: LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe.

* DubNameChange: Renamed Trey Racer in the 2001 anime. His nickname Horohoro becomes his EmbarrassingFirstName.

---> [[AssassinOutclassin "Lord Hao wanted to kill Horohoro... but Horohoro survived!]] Opacho has seen... [[MeaningfulName a wolf]]! Horohoro... scares me!"

Eliza is Faust's wife, an IllGirl that he helped recover. She worked as a nurse with him until she was murdered by robbers who broke into the Faust's home. Eliza's death led her (now extremely depressed) husband to dig up her skeleton from her grave and enter the Shaman Tournament to bring her back to life. But when Faust joined Yoh's group, Anna brought back the spirit of Eliza to be reunited with her husband as his Guardian Ghost. Her "Giant Oversoul" form is a giant bat-winged version of herself. After Faust and Eliza reunited, both of them became heavily devoted to Yoh.

* IllGirl: Ever since childhood, Eliza had been sick with a fatal disease. Faust actually managed to find the cure for her.

* PunnyName: A play on [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]]. Probably [[InvokedTrope invoked]], since his shaman is a comedian.

* IllBoy: In the first drafts, he was born in Radiation-Infested Hiroshima and developed a growth disease. The reprints keep his illness, but reset his birthplace.

* IHaveTheHighGround: He constantly introduces himself in this way. He's mainly just being dramatic.

* CryCute: Sure, she's a VERY hard-ass {{Tsundere}}. However, the few times she cries are touching scenes.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female Patch warrior beside Rutherfor. She's also by far the strongest of all Patch.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Her Plant is not an environment found on Earth - it's open space.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only woman out of all the Patch officers (besides Chief Goldva), and also the strongest (again, besides Goldva).

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:His brother Yoh knew that he didn't have any friends. [[FateWorseThanDeath He spent 900 years in Hell]] and the worst part is that the 100 years he spent in the outside world were more unbearable than his time in Hell. Even among his followers, they mainly follow him BECAUSE of his power and never truly get to KNOW him. Combined with the [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead Reishi]] it is no wonder he became what he is.]] Brought UpToEleven in Zero [[spoiler: where we learn more about how he became such. After Ohachiyo abandoned him due to displeasure at Hao's thirst for revenge, Hao was picked up by an onmyouji named Tadatomo, and eventually became friends with another monk named Daitaro. However, during an exorcism ceremony, Tadatomo turned out to have been experimenting on Oni and had them enter Daitaro's body, turning him into what looked like Hana's Dark Oni. After learning about Tadatomo's FreudianExcuse for it, Hao completely lost it.]]

* InvisibilityCloak: Since his spirit is a chameleon, this is a given. Although it's strong enough that [[UpToEleven he cannot be detected via non-conventional means such as sound, smell, or aura detection]].

->Voiced by: Creator/AnriKatsu (Japanese), Ryan Colt Levy (English), Luis Fernando Orozco (Latin American Spanish)

* JapaneseDelinquents: Subverted. He starts like this with his gang, although they are very clean as delinquents go (he prohibits them alcohol or smoking, since they're all underage). After the events of the show, he and Tamao become this, dominating all the other gangs in the Funbari area.

* DubNameChange: To Trey Racer. His nickname Horohoro becomes his EmbarrassingFirstName.

* DubNameChange: He's Joco in the English dub, for obvious reasons. Averted in the American Spanish dub, which keeps his name.

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: After Hao wins the Shaman King tournament, Silva sides with the Patch in attempting to thwart Yoh and friends' plans to assassinate Hao while he is in the process of channeling the Great Spirit, even though he isn't very happy about it (that's why he had to brainwashed with the Patch song to fully commit to their side).

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: After Hao wins the Shaman King tournament, Silva sides with the Patch in attempting to thwart Yoh and friends' plans to assassinate Hao while he is in the process of channeling the Great Spirit, even though he isn't very happy about it.

* DespairEventHorizon: What Eliza's death was for him. Unusual for the trope, he came back from it because Anna [[ReversePolarity reversed its cause and sent him back to more or less normal.]]

* DevotedToYou: He has dedicated his whole life to Eliza and keeping her alive, even after her death. His devotion goes so far that he cuts off his own legs to replace the broken ones of Eliza's skeleton.

** During the Plant Invasion, Radim makes him consume all his spiritual energy in healing himself until both of them die.

* TheVoiceless: She never speaks, [[spoiler:except once before fighting Team Iceman.]]

* BerserkButton: Faust is a master of DissonantSerenity and takes all kinds of insults thrown at him in stride. But the moment you insult his beloved partner Eliza? That is the moment the guy will completely ''flip his shit'' and go AxCrazy on you. Early in the manga in which he debuted, it was mentioned he ''killed'' his first opponent in the best two out of three matches, with the implications it was due to having said button pressed.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: When he was a boy, he fell in love with Eliza [[LoveAtFirstSight at first sight]] and dedicated most of his life to healing her illness. After he managed to find a cure for her, they got married, but their happiness was short-lived because Eliza was killed by a robber.

* {{Determined Widow}}er: In fact, he is a {{Determinator}} in general. His first motivation was to find a cure for Eliza's illness, succeeding in healing her after many years. After Eliza is murdered, Faust dedicates his life to find a way to revive her, to the point he ends up discovering the shaman arts from his ancestor.

* LoveAtFirstSight: He fell in love with Eliza at first sight, when he saw her smiling at him from her window.

* TheSmartGuy: He's a doctor. Kinda has to be pretty smart.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Faust met and fell in love with Eliza in their childhood. When they grew up, they got married.

* EmotionlessGirl: What she looks and acts like, because she's nothing more than an animated corpse. [[BerserkButton But it's best not to mention it to Faust]].

* SatelliteLoveInterest: Her character description is limited to "Faust's wife and guardian ghost" and her backstory is merely being an ill girl Faust fell in love with.
* SoullessShell: It is heavily implied that the "Eliza" seen at first is merely her skeleton, which Faust has dressed up and is putting through the motions of wifely affection (such as elaborate walking hand-in-hand moments). Bringing this up in front of him is a good way to push his button. Anna later summons Eliza's actual soul from the afterlife, reuniting the two, which is what causes Faust to pledge himself to Yoh's faction.
* TheVoiceless: She never speaks, [[spoiler:except once before fighting Team Ice Man.]]

* InformedAttribute: Though not shown, [[AllThereInTheManual the author has stated]] that Pirika's partner spirit is Torara, a Marimo or Torasanpe as said in the Ainu language. Torara was said to have saved Pirika from drowning at an early age, and since then they became partners. Torara can manipulate water but is very shy, and for that reason, he did not make a debut in the manga or anime.

* FollowInMyFootsteps: Manta's anxiety seems to be due to his father's constant pressure and his cold home environment, and he looks down on anything Manta does that isn't academic because Manta will one day inherit his company.

->Voiced by: Wakana Kingyo (Japanese), Erika Harlacher
(ep. 13) Creator/EricaSchroeder (English), Jocelyn Robles (Latin American Spanish)

* DropTheHammer: It may not be literal like his 2001 series counterpart, but he can do a surprising amount of damage with a dictionary.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Made more explicit in the manga. Manta's anxiety seems to be due to his father's constant pressure and his cold home environment, and he looks down on anything Manta does that isn't academic because Manta will one day inherit his company. [[spoiler:Manta's father finding out about the existence of Shamans led to a more extreme and even less sympathetic version of this]].

In the manga, he is seen to first have a grudge against Yoh for slicing his hair off (this is a running gag throughout the first part of the series) and then discovers that Yoh is a Shaman, and can work with spirits. He goes off to his gang's new 'hangout' which is the run-down Bowling Ally, where he breaks down and believes he's useless. He gets possessed by Tokagero who is out for revenge on Amidamaru. The possessed Ryu breaks into the museum, and steals Harusame, at the same time kidnapping Manta.

* TalkingWithSigns: In the manga and 2021 anime, one of her initial quirks is that she can only speak to others by writing on a sketch block, since she's too shy to use her voice in front of other people. She eventually drops this.

->Ponchi voiced by: Creator/KenyuuHoriuchi [2001 series], Takumu Miyazono [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/AndrewRannells [2001 series], Sean Rohani [2021 series] (English), Creator/CarlosInigo [2001 series], Creator/JavierRivero [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)
->Conchi voiced by: Tsutomu Kashiwakura [2001 series], Noriaki Kanze [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/EricStuart [2001 series], Creator/KeithSilverstein [2021 series] (English), Rolando de la Fuente [2001 series], Tommy Rojas [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* GroinAttack: At one point Ponchi attacks Ryu by kicking him in the crotch. In the 2001 anime, Anna stomps on Ponchi's balls to make Conchi confess the prank, while in the 2021 anime, Anna grabs Ponchi by the balls to make him release Manta.

An [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_people Ainu]] shaman from Hokkaido. Horohoro's main goal in the Shaman Fight is to save the Koro Pokkuru "Minutians", a tiny spirit people. As part of this goal, he intends to plant a vast field of Butterbur. In the English anime, he is described as from "the Northern Woods" instead of from Hokkaidō. His guardian ghost is Kororo "Corey". Also in the manga, he becomes the third strongest of the Five Elemental Warriors and gains the Spirit of Rain. His furyoku is 120,000 (as seen in Chapter 276). This, oddly, makes him "technically" stronger than both Yoh and Tao Ren, who have more importance in the series than he does, who have only 108,000 and 100,001 furyoku respectively.

Horohoro is good natured and cheerful, but he gets serious in dangerous situations. He argues constantly with his teammate Ren, and they do not seem to get along at all. However, it is shown that he really does care for him when, in the manga, he tells Yoh Asakura that if he can't save Ren, as his friend, Horohoro would never forgive him. Horohoro is also very secretive about his past not willing to talk about it even to his friends. It is later revealed that Horohoro's real name is Usui Horokeu. Horokeu is the Ainu word for wolf, a divine animal in their culture.

* DisabilitySuperpower: [[spoiler:Gives up his sight to atone for his sins, which has the side effect of highly enhancing his spiritual energy, to the point of turning him into the strongest shaman of the group by the later portion of the manga]].

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: On Ryu and the others. It was hilarious. In the manga he cleared the mistake in a... *ahem* "blunt" way. [[spoiler:By flashing his genitals, no less.]]

->Voiced by: Creator/TakeshiAono [2001 series], Hiroshi Naka [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/SamRiegel [2001 series], Doug Stone [2021 series], Carlos del Campo [2001 series], Creator/JoseLuisOrozco [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

->Voiced by: Creator/MikaDoi [2001 and 2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/EricaSchroeder [2001 series], Creator/ErikaHarlacher [2021 series] (English), Rebeca Patiño [2001 series], Fernanda Robles [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

->Voiced by: Creator/KenyuHoriuchi [2001 and 2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/TedLewis [2001 series], Creator/KeithSilverstein [2021 series] (English), Creator/EdsonMatus [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* EvilUncle: In the 2001 dub, he's changed to this, with the real dad [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest having implied to be have died- either through natural causes or by En's schemes to get the position]]. [[ArchnemesisDad Presumably 4-Kids thought that being abused by a birth parent would've been too dark]].

!!Pirika Usui (Pillica)

Though not shown in the manga or 2001 anime, the author has stated that Pirika's partner spirit is Torara, a Marimo or Torasanpe as said in the Ainu language. Torara was said to have saved Pirika from drowning at an early age, and since then they became partners. Torara can manipulate water but is very shy, and for that reason, he did not make a debut in the manga or anime.

* ThrowTheDogABone: Despite disapproving of Horohoro's relationship with Damuko, he still let him see her, since he had the feeling that he would most likely never experience it again.

* FakeUltimateHero: Turns out in the manga, she's just [[spoiler: a sickly orphan girl with enormous spiritual power that came under Luchist and Marco's care. They lead her to believe she was the Messiah in the hopes of having enough power to take down Hao. Considering the guidance she was given and the fact that one of her mentors turned on them, no wonder her views on good and evil are so messed up.]]

The manga reveals details from his past left unsaid in the 2001 anime. Marco was originally an entrepreneur who worked with cars and a close friend of Luchist, the leader of the X-Laws at the time. Marco's company was on the verge of creating a new sports car, but gave up when Hao apparently destroyed his house and killed his entire family. Marco was driven to attempt suicide, but eventually chose the path of revenge.

* {{Jerkass}}: In both the 2001 anime and manga. More than a few times he slaps Lyserg, and in the manga it's implied he physically disciplines him by striking his hands a whip.

* SparedByAdaptation: While in the manga he dies in his fight against Luchist, and later gets revived along with many others after the Tournament, he never dies in the 2001 anime.

->Voiced by: Creator/TomokoKawakami [2001 series], Mariko Nagai [2021 series] (Japanese), Michelle Newman [2001 series], Creator/ErikaHarlacher [2021 series] (English), Creator/RossyAguirre (Latin American Spanish)

A former member of the Canadian Special Forces and the only female member of the X-Laws, other than Iron Maiden Jeanne. In the 2001 anime, she is shown to be more sensitive than Marco and she appears and returns Morphine to a disillusioned Lyserg in the hopes that he will leave that group and not be killed as the rest of the surviving X-Laws attempt to defeat Hao. In the manga, however, she is the first member of Team X-III to be killed by Hao.

* CoolBigSis: Was less of a JerkAss than Marco in the 2001 anime, to the point of [[spoiler:telling Lyserg to take Morphine back]].
* DeathByAdaptation: While [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation she dies both in the manga and the 2001 anime]], ''Red Crimson'' reveals that she got revived along John and some other members of the X-LAWS.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the manga, she is the first to die, by being impaled by one of the claws of the Spirit of Fire. In the 2001 anime, she is the last of the team to die, impaled by icicles from the Spirit of Fire (after Hao reveals that he learned how to shift elements)

->Voiced by: Seiji Sasaki [2001 series], Tsuguo Mogami [2021 series] (Japanese), Matt Hoverman [2001 series], Anthony Brandon Walker [2021 series] (English), Gustavo Carrillo [2001 series], Manuel Campuzano [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* DeathByAdaptation: While [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation they all die both in the manga and the 2001 anime]], in ''Marcos'', it's confirmed that all of them got revived and chose to stick to the X-LAWS after the Tournament.

->Voiced by: Creator/WataruTakagi [2001 and 2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/EricStuart (English), Creator/JesseConde (Latin American Spanish)

* DeathByAdaptation: While [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation they all die both in the manga and the 2001 anime]], in ''Marcos'', it's confirmed that all of them got revived and chose to stick to the X-LAWS after the Tournament.

* HeroicSacrifice: Well he tried in the 2001 anime but, it was pretty much a SenselessSacrifice.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: More so in the 2001 anime than the manga.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Larch is blonde in the manga and the 2021 anime, while the 2001 anime version had brown hair.

* DeathByAdaptation: While [[DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation they all die both in the manga and the 2001 anime]], ''Red Crimson'' reveals that Denbat got revived along Meene and some other members of the X-LAWS. In ''Marcos'', it's confirmed that all of them got revived as well and chose to stick to the X-LAWS after the Tournament.
* DemotedToExtra: In the 2001 anime, all of them have very minor roles, compared to the manga, where they have even more characterization than Team X-III.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the 2001 anime, they get killed by Hao's henchmen before Team X-III. In the manga, Team X-III die first, and after they discover the truth about the organization, the three of them form their own plan to exterminate Hao with the satelite.
** In the manga, Porf dies first, impaled by the Spirit of Fire, before he can alert his comrades. In the 2001 anime, Porf is killed when Hang Zang-Ching decapitates Sariel, while it crushes Porf with his own weapon.
** In the manga, Larch dies when he tries to run away from The Spirit of Fire, being burned to death. In the 2001 anime, he is killed by "Big Guy" Bill Burton and his guardian ghosts, who tackle down and knocked over Uriel, while being crushing Larch underneath the Archangel.
** In the manga, after Porf and Larch are killed, John activates the laser to target himself and kill Hao as collateral damage, however Hao managed to block the laser and survive the explosion around him, while John dies. In the 2001 anime, John is killed by Turbine shooting his laser beams through him and his archangel. ''Red Crimson'' later reveals that he got revived along some of his comrades.
* HeroicSacrifice: Their deaths in the manga version are expanded. They formed a plan to corner Hao in a secluded área and fire the laser beam from the X-LAWS satellite. They give their lives, but it doesn’t work against the Spirit of Fire.
* TheLostLenore: For John Denbat, Meene becomes this for him in the manga, as she and the rest of X-III are killed in the first Shaman Fight against Hao.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Played straight in the 2001 Anime, were they are only {{Red Shirt}}s. Subverted in the manga, where they outlive Team X-III, have a few lines about their BrokenPedestal towards their organization and get killed by Hao shortly after, although their deaths are treated as ADayInTheLimelight and a DyingMomentOfAwesome.

!!Hao Asakura[[spoiler:/Asaha "Mappa" Douji]] (Zeke Asakura)

* AdaptationalVillainy: His sympathetic qualities are downplayed, if not removed, in the 2001 anime and he gets turned into a far more generic villain, [[spoiler:which makes it okay for Yoh to kill him in the end.]] He still has a slightly sympathetic backstory, but Yoh and his friends quickly conclude that it's no justification for his actions.
** Another difference is that in the original version, Hao wins the access to the Great Spirit by winning the tournament (and partially because Yoh's plan included letting him win), while in the 2001 anime, Hao decides to skip the tournament and steal the Great Spirit.
* AdaptationalWimp: Despite getting into the Great Spirit and his powers upgraded to godly levels, Hao loses in the final 2001 anime's battle to Yoh (who does not get the spirit of Earth upgrade) in a straight battle and dies. In the original manga once he gains the Great Spirit, he is practically unstoppable and only after convincing him to stop does Hao finally diverts from his agenda.
* AffablyEvil: Moreso in the manga where he's more genuinely polite and hospitable. He and Yoh even share a FuroScene. It's...unnerving to say the least.
* AxCrazy: In the 2001 Anime, where his motivation is less sympathetic and he undergoes a SanitySlippage in the last season.
* BadassBoast: [[spoiler:After absorbing Yoh's soul in the 2001 anime.]]
-->''It would take a million Asakura spirits to bind me now!''

* TheBadGuyWins: In the manga, he successfully obtains [[spoiler:the Great Spirit. But [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath Yoh and his group manage to convince him to at least keep an open mind and not kill everyone over a petty grudge]].]]

* ChickMagnet: [[spoiler:In the manga, it's all but outright stated that [[CuteBruiser Matti]] and [[EmotionlessGirl Mari]] are [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in love]] [[BodyguardCrush with Hao]], which is why they follow him so devotedly.]]
* CleanCut: [[spoiler:In the 2001 anime, Yoh slices right through him, thus putting an end to his plans.]] [[spoiler:[[FateWorseThanDeath Of course that's probably nothing compared to what YVS did to him afterwards.]] After all, why else would it have taken so long for the Shaman tournament to start up again? YVS can be very, very cruel when he's angry, as later materials like ''Flowers'' show, and as the still incumbent [[PhysicalGod Shaman King]], pissing him off is a horrible idea. Even Enma won't be able to protect Hao this time.]]
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:He does meet his end in the 2001 anime. When Yoh reaches an ultimate level of Oversoul and cleaves him in half.]]

* EvilPlan: In both the 2001 anime and the manga, it's to win the Shaman Tournament and acquire the Great Spirit/King of Spirits. His motives vary between the two.

* FauxAffablyEvil: In the 2001 anime. He loses much of his friendliness and sympathetic characterization in favor of being a more clear-cut villain.

* IaijutsuPractitioner: In his initial fights in the manga, his fighting style could be described as the Shamanic equivalent of this. Early on, his speed is rated as being a bigger threat than his power. Hao’s favorite approach is to manifest the Spirit of Fire in an instant to attack for massive damage, before dismissing it just as quickly. He does this by taking advantage of the fact that the oxygen in the air is the medium for his Oversoul, using its omnipresence to make the Spirit of Fire appear wherever he wants or needs it to.

* InvincibleVillain: The guy is pretty much untouchable. Only Anna was able to harm him and that was with a slap and only because he let her. [[spoiler:His mother does the same in the climax as punishment for the whole "destroy humans" plot.]] In the 2001 anime, AllYourPowersCombined DeusExMachina of epic proportions is what ultimately defeats him.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: In the manga, Hao is finally stopped when his mother showed up and gave him an ArmorPiercingSlap, which not only ended the FinalBoss fight in an instant, but also postponed his OmnicidalManiac attempts.]]
* TheJuggernaut: The closest he's been to being stopped in his tracks in the manga [[spoiler:is when Yoh and everyone convince him not to destroy humanity because no one is at his level.]] In the 2001 anime, an AllYourPowersCombined DeusExMachina is what ultimately defeats him and before then, when Hao was undergoing a VillainousBreakdown when Yoh was causing his O.S to break. Pretty much everything before then was a CurbStompBattle, at best.

** The 2001 adaptation amps this with [[spoiler: his temporal killing of Yoh]]- leading to the DarkestHour of the finale.

* OmnicidalManiac: In the 2001 anime, where his goal is KillAllHumans. [[spoiler:He also attempts to do this too in the manga, but his mother is having none of it.]]

* SanitySlippage: In the 2001 anime, after the Spirit of Fire's O.S is destroyed and Opacho turns on him, he drops his AffablyEvil personality and becomes AxCrazy.

* StrawNihilist: He plays the card that ''normal'' HumansAreTheRealMonsters and incapable of being enlightened, so he'll kill them all in order to create a Shaman Kingdom. [[spoiler:Even his sparing of Yoh and co. in the manga, is to show them how pointless it is to change humanity's path.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:In the 2001 anime. He starts dropping his AffablyEvil attitude and losing his temper the minute Yoh's allies talk about how their lives were made better thanks to him, and angrily shouts that he never existed without him in the first place. It gets even worse for him when Yoh comes back to life, and little by little his rage transforms into madness and he finally loses it completely when his Spirit of Fire's O.S. is destroyed and Opacho turns on him (see SanitySlippage above).]]
** [[spoiler:Downplayed at the end of the manga: While he still has the upper hand against the heroes, he's throws an embarassingly childish rant the moment Asanoha shows up.]]

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: In the manga. [[spoiler:His brother Yoh knew that he didn't have any friends. [[FateWorseThanDeath He spent 900 years in Hell]] and the worst part is that the 100 years he spent in the outside world were more unbearable than his time in Hell. Even among his followers, they mainly follow him BECAUSE of his power and never truly get to KNOW him. Combined with the [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead Reishi]] it is no wonder he became what he is.]] Brought UpToEleven in Zero [[spoiler: where we learn more about how he became such. After Ohachiyo abandoned him due to displeasure at Hao's thirst for revenge, Hao was picked up by an onmyouji named Tadatomo, and eventually became friends with another monk named Daitaro. However, during an exorcism ceremony, Tadatomo turned out to have been experimenting on Oni and had them enter Daitaro's body, turning him into what looked like Hana's Dark Oni. After learning about Tadatomo's FreudianExcuse for it, Hao completely lost it.]]

* YouMonster: [[spoiler: In the English dub of the 2001 anime. After having witnessed him absorb Yoh's soul, Anna becomes so disgusted that she outright calls him a monster. The original version had her hit him with a ThisIsUnforgivable instead.]]
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* MoralityPet: To Hao. Though this later is averted later in the 2001 anime, when his [[SanitySlippage sanity starts to slip]] from the [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity power high]] he gets from the King of Spirits.

->Voiced by: Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi [2001 series], Kenichiro Matsuda [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/AndrewRannells [2001 series], Bernhard Forcher [2021 series] (English), Alejandro Mayén and later Luis Alfonso Padilla [2001 series], Juan Carlos Tinoco [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* DemotedToExtra: In the 2001 anime version, his origins and real impact in the story are not explained. In the manga, however, his character has a more important role, as he was the one who adopted and raised Marco, and both made the X-LAWS by adopting Jeanne.

* AdaptationalBadass: Zigzagged. In the 2001 anime, they are Hao's strongest minions while at the same time, the rest of the group is hit with AdaptationalWimp, especially Luchist. Whereas while they are very strong, they are outclassed by Luchist by a wide margin.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Marion is blonde, Kanna has blue hair (darker in the manga), and Matti is a redhead.

->Voiced by: Creator/YokoSoumi [2001 series], Saki Endo [2021 series] (Japanese), Caren Manuel [2001 series], Camden Singer [2021 series] (English), Creator/DianaPerez [2001 series], Erika Langarica [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* MsFanservice: Her outfit consists of gauntlets, shorts and a bra. In the manga and 2021 anime, she starts to wear skirt over her shorts in second half of the storyline, but her clothing is still very revealing.

->Voiced by: Creator/TomoeHanba [2001 series], Wakana Kingyo [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/EricaSchroeder [2001 and 2021 series] (English), Norma Iturbe [2001 series], Jocelyn Robles [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

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!!Jack
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Matilda's spirit companion.
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* DualWielding: He dual-wields a pair of knives.
* EvilRedhead: When he was human, he had orange hair and was a SerialKiller.
* PsychoKnifeNut: He carries two knives that he used to kill a lot of people.
* PumpkinPerson: His medium is Matilda's handmade doll with a jack-o-lantern for a head.
* SealedEvilInACan: After his death, he was sealed by the witch taking care of Matilda, but the seal was removed with the death of the witch. Matilda then took him as her guardian spirit.
* SerialKiller: He was a serial killer who Scotland Yard nicknamed "The Second Jack", due to how similar his crimes were to the Ripper. He had already killed 112 people, including his own family, when he was shot down by a policeman.
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->Voiced by: Creator/MichikoNeya [2001 series], Creator/KeiShindou [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/CarrieKeranen [2001 and 2021 series] (English), Patricia Hannidez [2001 series], Alicia Vélez [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

[[folder:Chuck]]
!!Chuck
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Marion's spirit companion.
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* {{Cowboy}}: He's the spirit of a Western gunfighter who was an assistant sheriff in life. He possesses a doll that looks like a classical cowboy.
* TheGunslinger: In life, a sheriff taught him marksmanship and Chuck became well-known for his skill in using the gun. As a spirit, Chuck's weapon is one of his guns that was given to Marion's family.
* PerversePuppet: His medium is a doll that was personally sewn by Marion's mother.
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->Ryo is voiced by: Creator/MasayaOnosaka [2001 series], Creator/TatsuhisaSuzuki [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/GregAbbey [2001 and 2021 series] (English), Creator/BenjaminRivera [2001 and 2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)
->Zen is voiced by: Creator/NobuyukiHiyama [2001 series], Creator/KishowTaniyama [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/DanGreen [2001 series], Kenton Chen [2021 series] (English), Creator/AlfonsoObregonInclan [2001 series], Pascual Meza [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* ButtMonkey: While they're allied with Hao, they are treated as a joke by allies and enemies alike. Once they change sides, they do get respect from Sati herself for aiding her with her search for [[spoiler:Five elemental warriors]] in the manga, however.

->Voiced by: Creator/MitsuakiMadono [2001 and 2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/DanGreen [2001 series], Luis Bermudez [2021 series] (English), Creator/CarlosInigo [2001 series], Andrés García [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

->Voiced by: Creator/YujiUeda [2001 series], Tsuguo Mogami [2021 series] (Japanese), Oliver Wyman [2001 series], Creator/WilliamSalyers [2021 series] (English), Alejandro Villeli [2001 series], Leonardo García [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* EvilEyebrows: On the other hand he has long, impressive moustache, and a pair of eyebrows to match.

->Voiced by: Creator/MasahikoTanaka [2001 series], Creator/AnriKatsu [2021 series] (Japanese), Oliver Wyman [2001 series], Ryan Colt Levy [2021 series] (English), Gustavo Carrillo [2001 series], Luis Fernando Orozco [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

->Voiced by: Yoshinori Sonobe [2001 series], Takahiro Fujiwara [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/JDavidBrimmer [2001 series], Creator/MarcThompson [2021 series] (English), José Luis Rivera [first half of 2021 series], Enrique Cervantes [second half of 2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* DeathByAdaptation: In the 2001 anime, his body collapses due to the Furyoku overload. In the manga, he is revived along the other members of Team Hao.

->Voiced by: Yasushi Ishii [2001 series], Creator/RyotaroOkiayu [2021 series] (Japanese), Oliver Wyman [2001 series], Bruce Wexler [2021 series] (English), José Arenas [2001 series], Sergio Gutiérrez Coto [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the 2001 anime, he gets a tragic backstory and is seen remorseful for the way he was treating his spirit companion.

* EvilIsPetty: In the manga, he kills his teammate because his opponents casually comment that Kouji looks more like a vampire than he does.

->Voiced by: Toshitaka Shimizu (Japanese), Scottie Ray (English), Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (Latin American Spanish)
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the manga, Blamuro is a VampireHunter who was captured and tortured to death by the Tepes family, after which he was forced to become Boris' guardian spirit. In the 2001 anime series, instead of being a spirit from 500 years ago, Blamuro died in more recent times. While hunting the last descendants of the Tepes family, he killed Boris' parents, but he then realized they weren't vampires. After that, he became Boris' guardian spirit as a way to atone for his sins.
* TheAtoner: Only in the 2001 anime, Blamuro was the VampireHunter who led the mob to kill Boris' parents. When he realized that they weren't vampires, he swore loyalty to Boris to atone for his crimes. In the manga, it seems more that he was tortured for his role while he was alive and in death is forced to serve. He is convinced by Amidamaru to abandon Boris and immediately moves onto the afterlife, having no reason to stay.
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->Voiced by: Koichi Sakaguchi [2001 series], Kosuke Takaguchi [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/JimmyZoppi [2001 series], Sean Rohani [2021 series] (English), Carlos del Campo [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* DemotedToExtra: In the 2001 anime, his backstory and role as Hao’s first guardian is AdaptedOut.

->Anatel Pokki is voiced by: Creator/HirohikoKakegawa [2001 series], Creator/KojiYusa [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/TedLewis [2001 series], Ayman Samman [2021 series] (English)
->Khafre Puljiz is voiced by: Creator/SusumuChiba [2001 series], Kohsuke Tanabe [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/SamRiegel [2001 series], Creator/ZenoRobinson [2021 series] (English)
->Nakht Pitrah is voiced by: Creator/YujiUeda [2001 series], Shogo Sakata [2021 series] (Japanese)

->Pino Graham is voiced by: Creator/SusumuChiba [2001 series], Shuhei Sakaguchi [2021 series] (Japanese), Christopher Kromer [2001 series], James Simenc [2021 series] (English), Jorge Palafox [2001 series], Marc Winslow [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)
->Zria Gagarik is voiced by: Creator/MasakoKatsuki [2001 series], Creator/YukaTerasaki [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/RachaelLillis [2001 series], Creator/CarrieKeranen [2021 series] (English), Ariadna Rivas [2001 series], Cristina Hernández [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)
->Tona Papik Cadimahide is voiced by: Creator/HisaoEgawa [2001 series], Creator/KoujiIshii [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/JDavidBrimmer [2001 series], Ayman Samman [2021 series] (English), Gabriel Pingarrón [2001 series], Creator/ReneGarcia [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* GracefulLoser: They accept their defeat and get along with the gang afterwards. In the 2001 anime, they later join the other teams to help the Elemental Five get to Hao.

->Voiced by: Creator/MasakazuMorita, Satomi Kobashi [young] (Japanese), Creator/JDavidBrimmer [2001 series], Sean Rohani, Creator/MorganBerry [young] (English), Creator/HumbertoSolorzano, Jared Mendoza [young] (Latin American Spanish)

->Voiced by: Creator/TakayaHashi [2001 and 2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas [2001 series], Creator/WilliamSalyers [2021 series] (English), Creator/CesarArias [2001 series], Armando Réndiz [2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the 2001 anime, it's implied that he died of old age. In the manga, however, he was murdered by former members of Chocolove's old gang.

* DemotedToExtra: While he does not appear much in source material already, he gets even more sidelined in 2001 anime. His name is also changed to Jerry.

->Voiced by: Masamichi Sato [2001 series], Seiro Ogino [2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/GregAbbey (English), Roberto Mendiola (Latin American Spanish)

->Voiced by: Creator/MamiKoyama [2001 and 2021 series] (Japanese), Creator/EricaSchroeder [2001 series], Tinsel Korey [2021 series] (English), Patricia Hannidez [2001 and 2021 series] (Latin American Spanish)

* SparedByAdaptation: She dies after sending Yoh and his group to the Patch Village, but survives in the 2001 anime.
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!!Silva (Silver)

* ForgotToPayTheBill: In the manga, his electricity got cut off since he was unable to sell enough handicrafts to cover his monthly bills.

!!Kalim (Calim)

!!Namari (Lead)

!!Bron (Boron)

->Voiced by: Creator/ErikaHarlacher (Lip), Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker (Lap) (English), Sarah Mendoza (Latin American Spanish)

* GoldenSuperMode: [[spoiler: In the 2001 anime, Hao is able to upgrade the Spirit of Fire by joining it to the Great Spirit, which gives it a Palette Swap]].

* ButtMonkey: If he's not being a badass he's usually the butt of jokes, such as the time Yoh uselessly throws him at Silva then almost sent to heaven thanks to a Buddhist chant Yoh uses in desperation. Even more apparent in ''Flowers'' where [[spoiler:Tamao and her charge Hana]] has no problems making him a punching bag whenever they're angry.

* ButtMonkey: If he's not being a badass he's usually the butt of jokes, such as the time Yoh uselessly throws him at Silva then almost sent to heaven thanks to a Buddhist chant Yoh uses in desperation. Even more apparent in ''Flowers'' where [[spoiler:Tamao and his charge Hana]] has no problems making him a punching bag whenever they're angry.