Takei, Hiroyuki

The world's shamans gather in Tokyo for the Shaman Fight, a tournament held once every 500 years to determine who will be the next Shaman King. When Silva, an officiant of the Shaman Fight, challenges Yoh to enter, he does so with the help of his friend Amidamaru. As Yoh faces off against his first opponents: Horohoro and Faust VIII, he begins to realize just how difficult this competition will be. He begins training with Anna, his fianc?e and coach, but he soon begins to wonder if it's all too much for him to handle.

In a world where shamans have the power to speak with spirits, gods, and the dead, high schooler Manta Oyamada finds his class's new transfer student from the faraway Izumo, Yoh Asakura, is training to become a shaman. Yoh is just starting out, but he has big dreams--he hopes one day to become the Shaman King and be able to communicate with the Great Spirit, thereby making the world a better place. However, the road to reach here will be long and troublesome, and Yoh will need friends and companions to help him prepare for the Shaman Fight, which he needs to win to to earn the title.

Yoh, Ren, Horohoro, Joco, and Lyserg must reach the level of the five warriors in order to possess the power of the Five High Spirits and escape from Hell.

Yoh Asakura is sent by Sati to the underworld, where he is attacked by Yohken Asakura, an ancestor who beat Hao in a previous Shaman Fight tournament, and must defend himself without the aid of the Futsu-no-Mitama Sword.

Joco receives a surprise when he visits friends who are on a different team in the Shaman Fight, while Hao's team waits for the perfect chance to attack Yoh and his friends.

Yoh and his friends must rescue Tao Ren, who has gotten himself locked in the family's dungeons after rebelling against his father; however, Yoh's influence has started to wear off and Ren has found a new weapon against his father's terrorism.

Yoh and his crew have fifteen hours to defeat a snake spirit, a spider spirit, and an owl spirit, but each one is more difficult to battle than the one before.

Another tournament has been scheduled on a sunken lost continent, a holy place called Mu, where the Shaman King will finally be crowned.

Yoh Asakura wants to keep the fight against Tao Ren clean, but Ren has other ideas and strikes hard and fast, making Yoh question his ability to win.

Yoh and Lyserg try to advance in the Shaman Fight during a battle against Luchist and worry about how they will defeat Hao, whose victory seems inevitable.