Talk52 Share. Van Hohenheim (ヴァン・ホーエンハイム, Van Hōenhaimu)—also known in the 2003 anime series as Hohenheim of Light (光のホーエンハイム, Hikari no Hōenhaimu)—is a deceptively ancient and extremely powerful Alchemist as well as the estranged father of Edward and Alphonse Elric.