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Demon Slayer Character Ranking Tier List

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These 22 Demon Slayer entries include Hashira, demons, members of the Kamado family, and supporting figures; each note identifies the character's role, signature ability, and defining traits.

Editorial review: 2026-07-24

  1. Inosuke Hashibira

    Inosuke Hashibira is a Demon Slayer raised in the mountains, famous for his boar mask, dual serrated blades, and self-taught Beast Breathing. His aggression and competitive pride hide a surprisingly sensitive friend who gradually learns teamwork and empathy.

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  2. Sanemi Shinazugawa

    Sanemi Shinazugawa is the Wind Hashira, a scarred veteran whose speed and Wind Breathing make him one of the Corps' most dangerous swordsmen. His hostility toward demons and his harsh treatment of Genya come from trauma, grief, and a fierce instinct to protect others.

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  3. Gyomei Himejima

    Gyomei Himejima is the Stone Hashira, a blind monk who fights with a chained axe and spiked flail rather than a conventional sword. His immense physical power is matched by prayer, compassion, and the calm judgment of the Corps' senior pillar.

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  4. Takeo Kamado

    Takeo Kamado is one of Tanjiro's younger brothers and part of the charcoal-selling Kamado family. He is remembered as a gentle, hardworking child whose ordinary family life makes the destruction of the household feel personal and immediate.

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  5. Tanjuro Kamado

    Tanjuro Kamado is Tanjiro's father, a frail but deeply respected family man who preserves the Hinokami Kagura dance and hanafuda earrings. His quiet discipline and understanding of breath and movement become an important inheritance for his son.

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  6. Mitsuri Kanroji

    Mitsuri Kanroji is the Love Hashira, whose unusual muscle density gives her extraordinary strength and flexibility. Her affectionate, openly emotional personality is not a weakness; learning to accept it becomes one of her most important personal victories.

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  7. Obanai Iguro

    Obanai Iguro is the Serpent Hashira, a strict swordsman whose winding blade and serpent Kaburamaru suit his precise, unforgiving style. His guarded behavior comes from a painful past, while his devotion to the Corps and Mitsuri reveals a deeply protective heart.

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  8. Muichiro Tokito

    Muichiro Tokito is the Mist Hashira, a prodigy who reaches the rank at an exceptionally young age. His early absent-mindedness is tied to trauma and lost memory; as his past returns, so does his empathy, purpose, and willingness to protect others.

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  9. Akaza

    Akaza is Upper Rank Three, a demon who specializes in hand-to-hand combat and the Destructive Death technique. He worships strength, challenges powerful opponents, and rejects the idea of weakness, while fragments of his human past explain the grief beneath that obsession.

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  10. Zenitsu Agatsuma

    Zenitsu Agatsuma is a Demon Slayer who uses Thunder Breathing, especially its first form, with astonishing precision. He is loud and terrified while awake, but his reflexes, hearing, loyalty, and flashes of courage show a fighter far braver than he believes.

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  11. Enmu

    Enmu is Lower Rank One, a demon who manipulates dreams and takes pleasure in invading a victim's inner world. His calm, theatrical cruelty reaches its fullest expression when he merges with the Mugen Train and turns an entire journey into a trap.

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  12. Giyu Tomioka

    Giyu Tomioka is the Water Hashira, a quiet swordsman who developed the defensive eleventh form, Dead Calm. Survivor's guilt makes him distant and self-critical, but his mercy toward Tanjiro and Nezuko shows that his sense of justice is stronger than Corps convention.

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  13. Kyojuro Rengoku

    Kyojuro Rengoku is the Flame Hashira, a powerful swordsman whose bright voice and unwavering moral code inspire everyone around him. His final mission on the Mugen Train turns his belief in protecting the young and living wholeheartedly into an unforgettable example.

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  14. Genya Shinazugawa

    Genya Shinazugawa is a Demon Slayer who cannot use a traditional Breathing Style, so he relies on firearms and the temporary power gained by consuming demon flesh. His rough temper masks a desperate wish to reconcile with Sanemi and earn a place beside the Corps' strongest fighters.

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  15. Tengen Uzui

    Tengen Uzui is the Sound Hashira, a former shinobi who fights with paired cleavers, explosives, and a rhythm-reading technique. His flamboyant talk covers a serious commitment to his three wives, his comrades, and the principle that civilians should survive a mission.

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  16. Tanjiro Kamado

    Tanjiro Kamado is the central protagonist, a former charcoal seller with an exceptional sense of smell who joins the Demon Slayer Corps after his family is attacked. He combines Water Breathing, Hinokami Kagura, compassion, and relentless endurance in the search for a cure for Nezuko.

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  17. Shinobu Kocho

    Shinobu Kocho is the Insect Hashira, a medical expert who uses wisteria-based poison because her small frame cannot overpower demons conventionally. Her constant smile conceals anger and grief over Kanae's death, while her research turns knowledge into a weapon.

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  18. Hanako Kamado

    Hanako Kamado is one of Tanjiro's younger siblings and a member of the Kamado family's close-knit household. Her brief appearance represents the ordinary affection and sibling bonds that Tanjiro is fighting to remember and protect.

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  19. Shigeru Kamado

    Shigeru Kamado is a younger Kamado sibling who grew up in the family's charcoal-selling home. He is remembered through the family's warmth and everyday routines, which make the tragedy that follows more than a distant battle between humans and demons.

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  20. Rokuta Kamado

    Rokuta Kamado is the youngest of the Kamado children, an infant whose presence emphasizes how vulnerable the family was before the attack. He has no combat role; his importance is emotional, grounding Tanjiro's journey in the loss of a real home.

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  21. Kie Kamado

    Kie Kamado is Tanjiro's mother, a resilient widow who keeps the charcoal-selling household together with kindness and practical strength. Her care for the children becomes the emotional model Tanjiro carries into every encounter.

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  22. Nezuko Kamado

    Nezuko Kamado is Tanjiro's younger sister, transformed into a demon but determined to protect humans rather than prey on them. Her bamboo muzzle, physical strength, Blood Demon Art, and bond with Tanjiro make her the story's clearest proof that humanity can survive transformation.

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