List of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba characters

The manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba features an extensive cast of characters created by Koyoharu Gotouge.

Main characters

Tanjiro Kamado

Tanjiro Kamado is the eldest son of a charcoal selling family. After a demon attack kills his mother and younger siblings, and turns his sister Nezuko into a demon, he becomes a Demon Slayer to cure her. He trains in the Water Breathing style and later uses his family's Hinokami Kagura, a derivative of the original Sun Breathing, to create a unique and sustainable combat style. He possesses a heightened sense of smell, which aids in tracking demons and sensing emotions, and is known for his physical resilience. He initially wields a black Nichirin sword forged for him; he later uses a Sengoku period sword he finds in the Swordsmith Village.

Nezuko Kamado

Nezuko Kamado is the younger sister of Tanjiro, transformed into a demon during an attack that killed the rest of their family. She retains enough memory to see humans as her kin, protecting them from other demons. Instead of consuming humans, she sustains herself by sleeping. Nezuko possesses standard demon abilities like regeneration and superhuman strength, alongside a unique Blood Demon Art called Exploding Blood, creating flames harmful to demons. Her most singular trait is her eventual immunity to sunlight, which makes her the primary target for Muzan Kibutsuji. Before this, she is carried by Tanjiro in a specially designed wooden box.

Zenitsu Agatsuma

Zenitsu Agatsuma is a Demon Slayer who joined the Corps alongside Tanjiro. Trained in the Thunder Breathing style, he can only use the first form but has mastered it to an exceptional degree. Despite his fearful and anxious demeanor, he fights effectively when unconscious, relying on his perfected skill. He possesses extremely acute hearing, allowing him to discern people's true intentions and track demons. He wields a yellow Nichirin sword. Following the disbandment of the Demon Slayer Corps, he eventually marries Nezuko.

Inosuke Hashibira

Inosuke Hashibira is a Demon Slayer raised by boars, resulting in a feral and aggressive personality. He fights using a self-taught style called Beast Breathing, and wields two serrated, indigo-gray Nichirin swords. He possesses a heightened sense of touch, detecting opponents through vibrations in the air. He typically wears the head of his deceased boar mother as a mask. Despite his brutish exterior, he is a highly capable combatant. He eventually becomes a close ally to Tanjiro and his companions. Following the disbandment of the Demon Slayer Corps, he marries Aoi Kanzaki.

Demon Slayer Corps

The Demon Slayer Corps are an organization that has existed since ancient times and is dedicated to protect humanity from demons. There are hundreds of Demon Slayers within the organization, but they act in secrecy, even from the Japanese government. The most powerful swordsmen among the Demon Slayers are the Hashira, who serve as its elite warriors.

Ubuyashiki family

Hashira

Butterfly Mansion

;Kanao Tsuyuri
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Swordsmith Village

Other members

;Genya Shinazugawa

Demons

Demons are a race of immortal creatures that feeds on blood to survive and become stronger with each human they devour. All demons were formerly humans who lost most of their memories and traces of humanity after drinking or being injected with Muzan's blood, becoming his servants and sharing their vision and thoughts with him. Demons possess enhanced senses, regeneration, and physical abilities. Higher demons are also capable of casting powerful spells called Blood Demon Arts, which are unique to each demon.
Demons are weak to sunlight, which fatally turns them into ashes upon being exposed to it. They can also be killed by decapitation with special swords used by the Demon Slayers called Nichirin Swords. Demons are also vulnerable to wisteria flowers, avoiding places where they are abundant and wisteria extract being poisonous to them in sufficient doses.

Muzan Kibutsuji

is the first demon, originating from a failed experimental treatment during the Heian Period. He seeks to create a demon immune to sunlight to overcome his own weakness. This goal drives him to attack the Kamado family, resulting in Nezuko's transformation. When she later develops an immunity to sunlight, he becomes obsessed with consuming her to acquire it. During the final battle, he is weakened by a composite drug that suppresses his abilities and is ultimately destroyed by sunlight. In a final act of defiance, he transforms Tanjiro into a demon to be his successor, but he is thwarted when his friends help to turn him back to a human.

Twelve Kizuki

The Twelve Kizuki is a special group of demons who serve Muzan and have a special mark of their servitude engraved on their eyes. Second only to Muzan, they are the most powerful demons to have lived. The six weakest are known as the Lower Ranks and have a single eye engraved, while the six strongest are called the Upper Ranks and have both eyes engraved. After Rui's death, Muzan decides to eliminate the Lower Ranks and have only the Upper Ranks under his command.

Upper Ranks

The Upper Ranks are the high-ranking members of the Twelve Kizuki, with some having mutated their bodies to the point that, unlike other demons. they cannot be killed via decapitation. Their ranks were unaltered for over a century and no Demon Slayer had managed to kill any of them prior to Tanjiro and his friends joining the organization.

Lower Ranks

The Lower Ranks of the Twelve Kizuki, whose membership is constantly shifting compared to the Upper Ranks. Following Rui's death, Muzan kills all of them except for Emmu for being worthless to his plans.
;Kamanue
;Mukago
;Wakuraba
;Rokuro

Spider Family

Other Demons

;Temple Demon

Kamado family

The Kamado family is a line of charcoal makers and the descendants of Sumiyoshi, a close friend of Yoriichi Tsugikuni and the progenitor of the Hinokami Kagura, which was made as a promise to preserve his Sun Breathing through his descendants. After Muzan murdered them in an attempt to sire a sunlight-immune demon, its sole survivors are Tanjiro and Nezuko.
;Tanjuro Kamado
;Kie Kamado
;Takeo Kamado
;Hanako Kamado
;Shigeru Kamado
;Rokuta Kamado
;Sumiyoshi
;Sumihiko Kamado
;Kanata Kamado