Demon Slayer characters — 43 Demon Slayer characters, grouped

Tanjiro Kamado — A gentle charcoal seller who joins the Demon Slayer Corps to cure his sister, fighting with Water Breathing and later the Hinokami Kagura.

Nezuko Kamado — Tanjiro's little sister, turned into a demon but fighting for humans with her Blood Demon Art of exploding flames.

Zenitsu Agatsuma — A cowardly slayer who fights only when he faints, unleashing a single perfect Thunder Breathing strike.

Inosuke Hashibira — A boar-headed wild child raised on a mountain who invented his own Beast Breathing with two serrated swords.

Giyu Tomioka — The Water Hashira, the quiet slayer who spared Nezuko and sent Tanjiro to become a slayer.

Shinobu Kocho — The Insect Hashira, a smiling doctor too small to behead demons who poisons them with wisteria instead.

Kyojuro Rengoku — The Flame Hashira, a booming, warm-hearted swordsman who holds the line on the Mugen Train.

Tengen Uzui — The Sound Hashira, a flashy former shinobi with three wives who fights in the Entertainment District.

Mitsuri Kanroji — The Love Hashira, a sweet and enormously strong swordswoman with a whip-like blade.

Muichiro Tokito — The Mist Hashira, a fourteen-year-old prodigy who forgets everything except how to fight.

Obanai Iguro — The Serpent Hashira, a masked, sharp-tongued swordsman who fights beside his white snake Kaburamaru.

Sanemi Shinazugawa — The Wind Hashira, a scarred and furious slayer whose Marechi blood intoxicates demons.

Gyomei Himejima — The Stone Hashira, a blind, gentle giant considered the strongest slayer in the Corps.

Kanao Tsuyuri — Shinobu's adopted sister, a Flower Breathing swordswoman who used to flip a coin to make every decision.

Genya Shinazugawa — Sanemi's younger brother who cannot use Breathing, so he eats demons to borrow their power.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki — The ailing leader of the Corps, whose calm voice and foresight hold the slayers together.

Sakonji Urokodaki — The former Water Hashira in a tengu mask who trained Tanjiro and Giyu.

Sabito — A masked boy who trains Tanjiro on Mt. Sagiri and turns out to be the spirit of Urokodaki's past student.

Makomo — The gentle girl who helps Tanjiro refine his form on the mountain alongside Sabito.

Aoi Kanzaki — The strict caretaker of the Butterfly Mansion who runs the slayers' recovery.

Murata — A rank-and-file Water Breathing slayer who keeps surviving missions above his pay grade.

Tamayo — A demon doctor who defied Muzan for centuries and works with Tanjiro on a cure.

Yushiro — Tamayo's fiercely devoted assistant, a demon who can hide anything from sight.

Hotaru Haganezuka — The hot-tempered swordsmith in a hyottoko mask who forges Tanjiro's blades.

Muzan Kibutsuji — The first demon and progenitor of all others, who has hidden among humans for a thousand years.

Kokushibo — Upper Moon One, Yoriichi's twin brother and a six-eyed swordsman of Moon Breathing.

Doma — Upper Moon Two, a smiling cult leader who freezes his victims with ice from his fans.

Akaza — Upper Moon Three, a martial artist who hates the weak and challenges Rengoku on the Mugen Train.

Hantengu — Upper Moon Four, a cowering demon who splits into embodiments of his emotions.

Gyokko — Upper Moon Five, a demon who lives in a pot and treats his victims as art.

Daki — Upper Moon Six, a beautiful oiran of the Entertainment District who fights with living sashes.

Gyutaro — Upper Moon Six alongside his sister Daki, a scythe-wielding demon born in the slums.

Kaigaku — Zenitsu's former senior who joined the demons and became the new Upper Moon Six.

Nakime — The biwa-playing demon who controls the Infinity Castle.

Enmu — Lower Moon One, the dream demon who fuses with the Mugen Train.

Rui — Lower Moon Five, the spider demon of Mt. Natagumo who forced others into a fake family.

Kyogai

Yoriichi Tsugikuni — The Sun Breathing creator and the strongest slayer who ever lived, who nearly killed Muzan.

Tanjuro Kamado — Tanjiro's late father, who passed down the Hinokami Kagura and the hanafuda earrings.

Kie Kamado — Tanjiro's mother, whose memory guides him through his hardest fights.

Kanae Kocho — The former Flower Hashira and Shinobu's older sister, killed by Doma.

Kotetsu — The young swordsmith villager who guards the training doll Yoriichi Type Zero.