Yeehan

Yeehan
fanart by @spader7
GENERAL
Overwatch
Character	Cole Cassidy
Character	Hanzo Shimada
Canonical?	Fanon
Status of Relationship	Strangers
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Slash
Also Known As	McHanzo, Hancole, 麥藏, 🤠🏹, 🤠🐉, 🤠🐉🏹

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Yeehan is the slash ship between Cole Cassidy and Hanzo Shimada from the Overwatch fandom.

Canon

Lore

Cassidy was one of the founders of the Deadlock gang. When he was a teenager, he was arrested by Overwatch, and was approached by Gabriel Reyes to become a part of Blackwatch or go to prison. He chose to join Blackwatch, and was a part of the team before the disbanding of both Overwatch and Blackwatch. He worked as a bounty hunter before he was called back to Overwatch by Winston.

Hanzo was the heir to the Shimada family. The clan elders became worried about his younger brother's, Genji, carefree ways, and told him that it needed to end. Hanzo and Genji argued, till it escalated and the confrontation turned violent. Hanzo believed he killed in the fight and ran from the Shimada house. He later returned to the household on the anniversary of Genjis death to honor him, but was found by an assassin, who turned out to be Genji, alive and a cyborg. Hanzo is left to consider where he is going now.

As far as the established lore, the two have never met, although they do share a line of dialogue, indicating that they've shared a drink. They both have a past of being mercenaries, and a part of organized crime. Currently they both have a connection with Genji. Him being Hanzo's brother, and a former member of the Blackwatch team with Cassidy.

Gameplay

Both are damage heroes, although rarely used at the same time. Hanzo is used exclusively from a distance, while Cassidy is used in both a mix of close and medium range combat.

Quotes

Interactions

Cassidy – “You know that sake’s not half bad, but I prefer a little bite to my liquor.”

Hanzo – “How predictable. Such an unsophisticated taste.”

— Shared Dialogue

Cassidy – “I appreciate a man with traditional taste in ornaments.”

Hanzo – “Have you ever fired a bow?”

Cassidy – “No, but you won't catch me with one of those pulse rifles, either.”

— Shared Dialogue

Eliminations

WITNESS ELIMINATIONS

“Pretty handy with that bow.”

— Cassidy sees Hanzo eliminate an enemy

“Good looks are not enough.”

— Hanzo eliminates Cassidy

Events

JUNKENSTEIN'S REVENGE

Gunslinger – “What's home like for you, Archer?”

Archer – “A village, high atop a hill. There are cherry blossoms in the spring. I miss it dearly.”

— Home

Archer – “My people would call you a ronin. A masterless samurai.”

Gunslinger – “Ronin? I like the sound of that.”

— Ronin

Gunslinger – “You're not bad with a bow, but don't you think it's a little old fashioned?”

Archer – “Perhaps there is still a future for anachronisms.”

— Old Fashioned

Gunslinger – “You ever heard of Robin Hood?”

Archer – “Indeed. We have our own version - Ishikawa Goemon.”

— Robin Hood

Gunslinger – “Think this lord’s good for the money? Castle looks like it’s seen better days.”

Archer – “If he breaks his word, he has made some powerful enemies.”

— Lord

Gunslinger – “Hey, Archer, what say you pass that flask around so we can all have a drink? This is thirsty work.”

Archer – “We drink when the job is done.”

— Drink

Gunslinger – “Doesn't seem to be any end to the monsters.”

Archer – “Let them come. I could always use the practice.”

— Neverending

Archer – “Getting tired, Gunslinger?”

Gunslinger – “Not a chance.”

— I swear they are flirting

Fanon

Yeehan, previously known as McHanzo, is the most popular ship in the Overwatch fandom. The ship is one of the oldest in the game and two have been shipped long before the official release of the game. At first a crack ship, it gained more traction to becoming a very popular ship since the game had its official release and is now known very well in and outside of the Overwatch community. Most shipping is based on appearance, and personality traits, rather than any interactions. As well as, popular tropes and dynamics are also a very big reason for why the two are shipped, like their contrasts in personalities, backgrounds and them being an archer and a cowboy. Both have a history of belonging to criminal empires but have to change their path for one reason or another.

Most fanworks shows the two lowering their more outward personalities, and becoming more vulnerable with one another. Both of them having darker parts of their past that, when they tell the other, is used to show developments in their relationship in fic. Another typical trope for the two in fic is clothes sharing. Given that Hanzo can never wear a full shirt, and Cassidy only seems to wear something if it fits into his cowboy identity, this can lead to interesting results.

One of the most popular fan works of the two is the "2 Demons" comics series created by Dilfosaur. Hanzo's portrayal and design in the comic is based around his Oni skin from the Overwatch Halloween event. Cassidy's design is not based on a skin, but many Yeehan shippers use his Van Helsing design if they want a more compatible skin. The series was later voiced and animated by Seigi Va

After the release of the "Reunion" short, fans of the pairing began to draw parallels between Cassidy's short and Hanzo's short, "Dragons". Specifically in many of the visuals, but also in overall story. At the end of the short when Cassidy states that he had "business to attend to" also left fans to speculate where he was going. Shippers hoped that it was something involving Hanzo. Shippers were also relieved when Michael Chu clarified on Twitter that Cassidy and Ashe had never been in a romantic relationship.

Funnily enough, this ship can actually be considered older than the game. Overwatch officially released on 24th of May, 2016. Although it did had closed betas and whatnot, what seems to be the first ever piece of Yeehan fanart was posted before the release date. It was uploaded on Twitter by the user Highberry on the 7th of November, 2015. In fact, this person seems to also be the first person to post Hanzo fanart as well.

Yeehan and McHanzo are the most popular ship names for the two, with Yeehan being the one used most currently. McHanzo was used back when Cole's name was different, though is still used for tagging purposes. After his name was changed, fans came up with the ship name Yeehan which is now the main ship name instead. The ship name Yeehan is a play on the words "Yeehaw!" and Hanzo's name.

This ship is known for hosting week events almost every year. The first one that was ever hosted was McHanzoWeek in 2016, and they have been hosted every year ever since. After Cole's name was changed in 2021 and Yeehan started to be used more often as their main ship name, the events have become now known as YeehanWeek.

On AO3, Yeehan is the most written ship for both characters, and is the most written ship in the Overwatch tag.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Cole Cassidy/Hanzo Shimada tag on AO3

Cassidy/Hanzo filter on FanFiction.Net

McHanzo stories on Wattpad

Cole Cassidy/Hanzo Shimada stories on Wattpad

DEVIANT ART

Yeehan tag on DeviantArt

McHanzo tag on DeviantArt

INSTAGRAM

Yeehan hashtag on Instagram

McHanzo hashtag on Instagram

PIXIV

Yeehan tag on Pixiv

McHanzo tag on Pixiv

麥藏 tag on Pixiv

TIKTOK

Yeehan tag on TikTok

McHanzo tag on TikTok

Yeehan posts on TikTok

McHanzo posts on TikTok

TWITTER

Yeehan hashtag on Twitter

McHanzo hashtag on Twitter

麥藏 hashtag on Twitter

Yeehan posts on Twitter

McHanzo posts on Twitter

YEEHAN/MCHANZO WEEKS

YeehanWipWeek2025 hashtag on Twitter

YeehanWeek2024 hashtag on Twitter

YeehanWeek2023 hashtag on Twitter

YeehanWeek2022 hashtag on Twitter

McHanzoWeek2020 hashtag on Twitter

McHanzoWeek2017 hashtag on Twitter

McHanzoWeek2016 hashtag on Twitter

TUMBLR

Yeehan tag on Tumblr

McHanzo tag on Tumblr

Yeehan posts on Tumblr

McHanzo posts on Tumblr

One Last Dance

Impress Me

WIKI

McHanzo on Fanlore

Lists

Fandometrics

7th	2017	May 1st 2017	May 29th 2017
8th	May 22nd 2017	Jan-June 2017	November 5th 2018
9th	May 8th 2017
12th	May 15th 2017
16th	2016
17th	2018

Trivia

• Matt Mercer, the voice actor for Cassidy, showed support for the ship at BlizzCon 2016.
• Cassidy is 37 (39 in Overwatch 2), while Hanzo is 38 (40 in Overwatch 2).
• In Junkenstein's Revenge, Cassidy is the Gunslinger and Hanzo is the Archer.
• After the role rework, both characters became Damage heroes.
• There was an event called "Pachi Marchi" that was held from March 21st up until April 4th. On one of the maps, Hanamura, there were some Pachimari decorations for Pharmercy and Yeehan.
• Patch Notes that were released for April 1st, 2025 mentions the two together. The developer note for Cassidy mentions that he learned how to make new ammunition after he recently borrowed Hanzo's scatter arrow. Cassidy's ability Peacekeeper was also changed to Hanzo's old ability, Scatter Arrow.
• Several teams from the Overwatch League showed their support towards Yeehan.
  • New York Excelsior, under one of their TikToks about Cassidy's name change, put a heart on a comment that said, "I just say hanzos boyfriend".
  • Florida Mayhem has made a post on Twitter with Yeehan fanart attached. The caption states, "getting ready to bring yeehan to toronto".
    • In fact, the team has mentioned Yeehan in other replies of theirs.
  • Vancouver Titans has made a TikTok slideshow about Yeehan.

Gallery

Fan Art

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