Anna Kyoyama
| Anna Kyoyama | |
|---|---|
| Shaman King character | |
| First appearance | Manga Chapter 9 'Shaman King' Episode 4 |
| Voiced by |
Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese) Tara Jayne (English) |
| Profile | |
| Relatives |
Yoh Asakura (husband) Hana Asakura (son) |
Anna Kyōyama (恐山 アンナ Kyōyama Anna) is a fictional character created by manga author Hiroyuki Takei. She appears in Shaman King as a primary character, while an alternate character with the same name and similar appearance appears in Butsu Zone, and Itako no Anna, a one-shot chapter which focuses on Anna(and where she first made her appearance). Takei notes in an interview, that she is like his own personal mascot or good luck charm, because Anna appears (albeit usually in cameos) in so many of his works.
Her voice actress in the original Japanese Shaman King anime is Megumi Hayashibara and is Tara Jayne in the English anime. In some Japanese products and in Shaman King: Master of Spirits, her name is spelled Anna Kyohyama.
In Shaman King, Anna is the fiancée and later wife of Yoh Asakura, and is an itako (spirit medium in the English dub) - a traditional Japanese shaman. Her specialty is channeling, and she can summon a spirit from anywhere, even from heaven where normal shamans can't reach. She is depicted as a relatively thin girl with shoulder-length blonde hair who wears a short black dress, traditional sandals, and prayer beads she uses as an itako. Anna frequently wears a red scarf tied around her head, though she occasionally wears the scarf around her neck. In addition to the prayer beads she wears around her neck, she wields another set of beads called 1080 (pronounced 10, 80) which she uses to fight strong spirits and shamans. Anna attends Shinra Private Academy along with Yoh and Manta and her favorite singer in the manga, Ringo Awaya, is a reference to Japanese singer and guitarist Shiina Ringo.
Anna's first appearance in the manga occurs after Yoh narrowly defeats Tao Ren. From there after, she starts her "special training" program to help Yoh become Shaman King; she is unrelentingly brutal with his training to the extent that Yoh refers to the regimen as torture instead. Aggressive and decisive, Anna is a person who, to most, appears cold and harsh. However, she has shown that she genuinely cares for those important to her, especially Yoh, and merely is dedicated to be "the ultimate Shaman Queen" and wife to Yoh, the first real friend that she ever had in her life. She holds a deep gratitude for Yoh for saving her life, thus she believes it is her responsibility as Yoh's wife to train him hard so he can achieve his dream of becoming Shaman King in spite of her claim it is so he can realize her dream of living a comfortable life.
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