191 Fun Facts About Demon Slayer

How did Tanjiro's family make their living before the attack?

The Kamado family made a living making charcoal; Tanjiro was in town selling charcoal the day Muzan slaughtered his family.

In the Demon Slayer Corps, what is a Tsuguko such as Kanao Tsuyuri?

A Hashira's chosen successor is groomed to take over the seat, yet need not share the master's style: Kanao serves the Insect Hashira but fights with Flower Breathing.

How does the Mother of the spider demons make Demon Slayers attack one another in the forest?

Threads that work them like puppets: tiny spiders fix her webs to the slayers' bodies, and she keeps pulling the strings even after her victims' bones have broken.

After being turned into a demon, what does Nezuko Kamado unexpectedly refuse to do?

Nezuko refuses to consume human flesh; she recovers her strength by sleeping instead, and wears a bamboo muzzle as a precaution.

Why is the Ubuyashiki family, which leads the Demon Slayer Corps, cursed to die young?

Muzan shares its bloodline: the first demon was born into the family, and ever since its heirs have sickened and died before thirty, which is why it founded the Corps to destroy him.

Which breathing style does Tanjiro spend two years learning under his first teacher?

Water Breathing is what Tanjiro drills for two years, but it never fully suits his body, so he later blends it with a style inherited from his father to keep fighting for longer.

Who is the first Demon Slayer that Tanjiro ever meets?

Giyu Tomioka finds Tanjiro and the newly turned Nezuko in the snow; when she shields her brother instead of attacking him, he spares her and sends the pair to his own old mentor.

Which breathing style does Zenitsu Agatsuma use, despite only mastering its first form?

Zenitsu uses Thunder Breathing but has mastered only its First Form, Thunderclap and Flash; his fellow pupil Kaigaku learned the other five forms but never the first.

What is the name of Inosuke Hashibira's self-taught fighting style?

Beast Breathing is Inosuke's own invention, modelled on the wild animals he grew up among; he even chips his new swords jagged with a rock, to the fury of the smith who forged them.

The story of Demon Slayer is set during which era of Japanese history?

Taishō: in this modernising Japan the Corps has no government recognition, so its slayers have to keep their swords out of sight in public.

Before joining the Demon Slayer Corps, the flamboyant Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui was what?

A shinobi: Tengen Uzui was raised in a ninja clan whose training left only him and one brother alive of nine children, so he walked away and now styles himself a god of festivals.

Shinobu Kocho's unique combat approach as the Insect Hashira relies on what instead of brute strength?

Poison application is her answer to being too slight to behead a demon: her thin, stinger-like blade injects toxins she mixes herself.

Which Breathing style does the demon Upper Rank One, once a human swordsman, derive from Yoriichi's original?

Moon Breathing is his own offshoot of his twin brother Yoriichi's style; as a demon he has kept refining it for centuries, and every slash scatters crescent-shaped blades.

What is the first opening theme of the Demon Slayer anime, a 2019 hit for the singer LiSA?

Gurenge, meaning 'red lotus', became a million-selling download and earned LiSA her first appearance on Kōhaku, NHK's New Year's Eve song contest, at the end of 2019.

How did Muzan Kibutsuji become the very first demon?

An experimental medicine: given to the young Muzan in the Heian period for a terminal illness, the untested cure saved him by making him a demon, and he has spent a thousand years since trying to become truly deathless.

What is the group of Muzan's strongest demons called, each marked with a rank engraved on their eyes?

The Twelve Kizuki split into six Upper and six Lower Ranks, and after Rui's death Muzan executes all the Lower Ranks but one.

Which Upper Rank demon duo did Tanjiro and Tengen Uzui face in the Entertainment District Arc?

Daki and Gyutaro share the single rank of Upper Six: she lures victims through her work as an oiran while her brother, who raised her in the district's slums, stays hidden inside her body.

Why did Muzan attack the Kamado family in the first place?

To breed a demon immune to sunlight, Muzan kept turning humans in the hope that one would overcome it; Nezuko later does exactly that, which makes her his prime target.

What is Tanjiro Kamado's primary motivation for joining the Demon Slayer Corps?

To cure his sister: Nezuko was turned into a demon, so Tanjiro collects blood from the powerful demons he defeats to help a doctor develop a medicine that can make her human again.

Which child of the Corps' leader appears at Tanjiro's Final Selection dressed in feminine clothing?

Kiriya, the only son among the five Ubuyashiki children, attends Final Selection dressed as a girl beside his sister Kanata; he succeeds his father as Corps leader at age eight.

Besides beheading with a Nichirin weapon, which of these can kill a demon?

Direct sunlight burns demons to ash; Muzan is finally destroyed by the rising sun after the Corps holds him above ground past dawn.

Demons instinctively avoid places where which flower grows in abundance?

Wisteria blooms year-round on Mount Fujikasane, which is why the Final Selection is held there; demons cannot approach the flowers, and their extract is poisonous to them.

What does the cowardly Zenitsu keep begging girls he has only just met to do?

Marry him: Tanjiro first comes across Zenitsu on the road clinging to a stranger and begging her to be his wife, and has to pull him off her.

What color is Tanjiro's Nichirin Blade after he joins the Demon Slayer Corps?

Black is a rare color for a Nichirin blade; Tanjiro's later burns crimson and grows far stronger when Nezuko's flames ignite it.

Who was Tanjiro's first mentor in Demon Slayer, a retired Hashira who always wears a tengu mask?

Sakonji Urokodaki also trained Giyu Tomioka, and his dead pupils Sabito and Makomo appear as spirits to coach Tanjiro on Mount Sagiri.

Which dance passed down in Tanjiro's family is also a powerful breathing technique?

The Hinokami Kagura is a fire-god dance Tanjiro's frail father performed all night each New Year in the snow; Tanjiro first uses its forms in desperation against a Lower Rank demon.

Which Hashira is regarded as the strongest combatant in the entire Demon Slayer Corps?

Gyomei Himejima, the Stone Hashira, has been blind since childhood and follows a fight by the rattle of the chain on his weapon; one Upper Rank calls him the finest warrior he has met in 300 years.

Who goes missing in the Entertainment District, prompting Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui to investigate?

His three wives had gone undercover in the district's biggest houses and stopped sending word, so he took three young slayers into the district to find them.

What does Kanao Tsuyuri rely on to make any decision she has not been ordered to make?

A coin flip settles anything Kanao is not ordered to do, a habit her adoptive sister Kanae gave her; Tanjiro later persuades her to listen to the voice of her own heart instead.

How does the demon Nezuko fit inside the wooden box Tanjiro carries on his back?

She shrinks to child size, a trick of her demon body, and returns to her full height the moment she has to fight.

Which Hashira wields a whip-like blade and trained as a disciple of Kyojuro Rengoku?

Mitsuri Kanroji, the Love Hashira, is unusual in having no demon tragedy behind her: freakishly strong for her slim build, she joined to be herself and to find a husband stronger than she is.

Which Breathing style, created by Yoriichi Tsugikuni, is the original that every other style derives from?

Sun Breathing was created by Yoriichi Tsugikuni; his pupils could not manage it, so he adapted it to each of them, and those adaptations became every other style.

Which Demon Slayer can't use breathing techniques but gains demon powers by eating demon flesh?

Genya Shinazugawa makes up for it by biting off pieces of the demons he fights, briefly taking on their strength and healing; the stronger the demon, the bigger the boost.

Yushiro, the demon who fiercely protects the doctor who created him, sustains himself on what?

Tiny amounts of blood are all Yushiro needs, even less than the doctor who made him; she buys hers from willing donors, so neither of them ever has to kill.

Which Upper Rank demon was once Michikatsu Tsugikuni, a Demon Slayer and Yoriichi's older twin brother?

Kokushibo, Upper Rank One, has six eyes and served Muzan for over four centuries; he accepted demonhood out of envy of his twin Yoriichi's talent.

What kind of earrings does Tanjiro wear, inherited from his father?

Hanafuda earrings, patterned like Japanese flower playing cards, came down the Kamado line from Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who gave them to Tanjiro's ancestor Sumiyoshi.

What is the Demon Slayers' facility for rehabilitation and skill training?

The Butterfly Mansion is Shinobu Kocho's estate and a recovery base for injured slayers; during his stay Tanjiro learns to keep up Total Concentration breathing all day and night.

Which foe killed Sabito and Makomo during Final Selection?

The Hand Demon bore a grudge against the teacher who had captured it, and picked out his pupils by the fox masks he carved to protect them; it killed thirteen, Sabito and Makomo among them.

What is Nezuko's unique demon technique, which creates flames that harm demons but not humans, called?

Nezuko's Exploding Blood ignites her blood into pink flames that burn demons but not humans; in the Entertainment District she uses it to burn a demon's poison out of the wounded slayers.

Which Upper Rank demon killed both Kocho sisters, Kanae and Shinobu, and is finished off by Kanao and Inosuke?

Doma, Upper Rank Two, also killed Inosuke's mother when she tried to flee him with her baby, so Inosuke has a score of his own to settle alongside Kanao's.

What is the name of the kind-hearted demon doctor who helps Tanjiro and Nezuko?

Tamayo, a demon doctor who broke free of Muzan's control, completes the medicine that turns Nezuko human again, then gives her own life to dose Muzan with a drug that weakens him for the final battle.

What is the name of the white snake coiled around Serpent Hashira Obanai Iguro's shoulders?

Kaburamaru slid into the cell where Obanai's family kept him as an offering to a demon, escaped with him, and passed into Kanao's care after the Hashira's death.

What happens to a demon who reveals Muzan Kibutsuji's name to an outsider?

A built-in curse kills them: the cells Muzan plants in his demons turn on the speaker, which is why lesser demons speak of him simply as 'that man'.

Who trained both Zenitsu and Kaigaku before taking his own life by seppuku?

Jigoro Kuwajima, the retired Hashira Zenitsu calls 'Gramps', paid off the boy's debts and took him in; he died by seppuku with no second to shorten his suffering.

Which foe do Tanjiro and Nezuko briefly encounter and defeat together shortly after setting out?

The Temple Demon is the first demon Tanjiro and Nezuko fight together, on the road to Mount Sagiri; Nezuko kicks its head off, and Tanjiro cannot bring himself to finish it before dawn does.

Who is the 97th leader of the Demon Slayer Corps, whose family founded the organization?

Kagaya Ubuyashiki, the 97th leader, is so weakened by the family illness that his wife Amane takes his place at meetings with the Hashira; it was she who sought out and recruited the Corps' youngest Hashira.

Why is the haori of the Hashira who first spared Nezuko sewn from two mismatched halves?

Keepsakes of two loved ones: one half came from his sister Tsutako, who was killed by a demon, and the other from Sabito, the fellow pupil who was his closest friend.

What gift does the Demon Slayer Corps' ailing leader use to win the obedience of even the most unruly Hashira?

A soothing voice: its rhythm puts listeners at ease and lifts their spirits, so Hashira who agree on nothing else all defer to the man who calls every slayer his child.

Which company publishes the Demon Slayer manga in English?

Viz Media previewed the series in its digital Shonen Jump in February 2016, the week it began in Japan, yet only licensed it for print the following year; volume one arrived in July 2018.

On which mountain do Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke battle a family of spider demons early in Demon Slayer?

Mount Natagumo: the three rookies are sent in after earlier squads fall silent, and the fight grows so desperate that two Hashira have to be dispatched to finish it.

Roughly how many copies of the Demon Slayer manga were in circulation worldwide by July 2025?

220 million copies, counting digital editions, were in circulation by July 2025; in February 2019, two months before the anime began, the figure was only 3.5 million.

Besides killing fifty demons, what feat can earn a senior Demon Slayer the title of Hashira?

Defeating an Upper or Lower Rank also qualifies, yet when the story begins no slayer has managed to kill one of the six Upper Ranks for more than a century.

What are demons' unique supernatural powers called?

Blood Demon Arts emerge only once a demon has devoured enough humans to grow strong, which is why the weakest demons have none at all.

In which Tokyo district do Tanjiro and Nezuko first encounter Muzan?

Tanjiro sees Muzan in Asakusa, disguised as a gentleman walking with his human wife and daughter, where the electric lights and crowds stun the country boy.

What is the lowest of the ten ranks in the Demon Slayer Corps?

New recruits enter at Mizunoto, the lowest of the Corps' ten ranks; Kinoe is the highest, and a slayer's rank can be made to appear on the back of the hand.

What does Akaza repeatedly urge Kyojuro Rengoku to do during their duel beside the wrecked Mugen Train?

Become a demon: Akaza admires strong fighters and wants Rengoku's skill to outlast a human lifespan, but the Hashira refuses and fights on at the cost of his life.

Which two Hashira help defeat Upper Five and Upper Four at the Swordsmith Village?

Mist and Love: Muichiro Tokito kills Gyokko, Upper Five, single-handed, while Mitsuri Kanroji holds off Hantengu, Upper Four, until Tanjiro beheads his true body at sunrise.

How does the ailing leader of the Demon Slayer Corps finally die?

A suicide attack on Muzan, blowing up his own mansion with his wife and two daughters inside, buys the Corps the opening to strike first.

What is the job of the masked Kakushi in the Demon Slayer Corps?

Cleaning up after battles: the hooded Kakushi are mostly recruits with no gift for the sword, so they clear the scene and carry wounded slayers home instead.

Which two serving Hashira are still alive at the end of the final battle against Muzan?

Giyu and Sanemi are the only two left, one missing an arm and the other two fingers; with Muzan destroyed, the Corps' eight-year-old leader then disbands it.

Why did Jump's editors reject 'Kisatsu no Nagare', the first draft of Demon Slayer?

Too grim and humourless: the draft had no comic relief, so the editor asked for a brighter, more ordinary lead in the same world, and the kind-hearted Tanjiro was the answer.

Why was Demon Slayer's Japanese title changed from 'Kisatsu no Yaiba' before publication?

The 'kill' character was too overt for a title, so it became 'Kimetsu', a coined word that still reads plainly enough as 'demon destruction'.

What price are slayers said to pay for awakening the Demon Slayer Mark?

Death before age 25: the mark is a loan against the bearer's own lifespan, trading the years ahead for a surge of strength and speed in battle.

Which earlier Shōnen Jump swordsman did Demon Slayer's first editor cite as an influence on Tanjiro's look?

Himura Kenshin, the wandering swordsman of Rurouni Kenshin: the editor wanted Tanjiro to carry a mark as instantly recognisable as that hero's.

Which animal does Demon Slayer's creator Koyoharu Gotouge draw as a self-portrait?

A crocodile in glasses stands in for Gotouge, who works under a pen name to stay anonymous, which is why Japanese fans call the author 'Wani-sensei', or Crocodile-sensei.

What bonus did Japanese cinemas give the first 4.5 million Mugen Train ticket holders?

A prequel manga booklet: for it Gotouge drew a new 19-page story of Kyojuro Rengoku's first mission, five months after the manga itself had ended.

Which was the first Demon Slayer light novel, a set of side stories featuring Tanjiro and Zenitsu?

The Flower of Happiness opens with Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke invited to a village wedding, which sets Tanjiro imagining Nezuko dressed for a celebration of her own.

Which Hashira earned the title just two months after first picking up a sword?

Muichiro Tokito, a woodcutter's son and the youngest of the nine at fourteen, managed in two months what even a gifted slayer needs about two years to do.

The spin-off manga Natsuki Hokami drew for Saikyō Jump recasts Demon Slayer's cast as what?

Pupils and teachers at a school: Kimetsu Gakuen! turns the story into a classroom comedy in which Tanjiro keeps breaking the dress code by wearing his earrings.

What belief does Tanjiro's teacher plant in the sleeping Nezuko by hypnosis?

All humans are her family: with that suggestion in place she treats people as kin to be protected and demons as enemies, which is how a demon comes to fight beside a slayer.

Under what title did Demon Slayer's first five episodes screen in Japanese cinemas in March 2019?

Sibling's Bond stitched the first five episodes into a film that played just 11 Japanese cinemas for two weeks, so its audiences saw Tanjiro survive Final Selection before the series reached TV in April.

What does the demon Daki use both as her weapon and as a prison for her captured victims?

Her obi sashes cut like blades and can swallow people whole; she keeps the absorbed victims in a hidden cave until she is ready to eat them.

Which studio developed The Hinokami Chronicles video game?

CyberConnect2, the studio behind the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm games, developed The Hinokami Chronicles; Sega published it worldwide in October 2021.

Which digital tabletop game was released for Nintendo Switch in April 2024?

Sweep the Board!, a digital board game in which players roll dice across maps from the story, launched on Nintendo Switch in April 2024 with Aniplex publishing.

In 2022 Demon Slayer was staged in which traditional Japanese theatre form, with Nomura Mansai as Muzan?

Noh and kyōgen: the 2022 production played Noh theatres in Tokyo and Osaka, with kyōgen star Nomura Mansai directing as well as playing both Muzan and Tanjiro's father.

Which theme park hosted the 'Demon Slayer XR Ride'?

Universal Studios Japan ran the ride from September 2021 to February 2022, then brought it back in 2024 and added a second Demon Slayer ride set in the swordsmiths' hidden village.

Which two MLB teams met in the 2025 Tokyo Series that Demon Slayer promoted with a short anime?

Dodgers and Cubs: the two opened the 2025 season at the Tokyo Dome, and the short featured their Japanese stars, Shohei Ohtani among them, while a voice from the anime narrated baseball's history.

Roughly how much sales revenue did the Demon Slayer franchise generate in 2020 alone?

¥1 trillion, about $8.75 billion, is the estimate for 2020 alone, the year the Mugen Train film, the manga's final volumes and a flood of merchandise all arrived together.

Which manga finished ahead of Demon Slayer in TV Asahi's 2021 Manga Sōsenkyo poll?

One Piece won the poll of about 150,000 voters, but Demon Slayer, a series that had only begun in 2016, came second, ahead of every other classic on the list.

Which Japanese prime minister has said he read all 23 volumes of Demon Slayer and likes Akaza best?

Fumio Kishida said so in late September 2021, days before taking office, and promised to raise incomes in manga and anime; his predecessor Suga had only quoted the series in parliament.

Which manga creator's message praising Demon Slayer was read aloud at Jump Festa '21?

Eiichiro Oda's note, read out by the voice actress who plays his own hero, called Demon Slayer 'really amazing' for lifting so many people's spirits in the pandemic year.

Volume 23 sold how many copies in its first week, an Oricon record?

Volume 23 sold 2.855 million copies in its first week in December 2020, the most any manga volume had sold in one week on Oricon's chart.

Which flower has Muzan ordered his demons to hunt for across the centuries?

Blue Spider Lily: Muzan summons his Upper Ranks and berates them because none has ever found the flower or managed to wipe out the family that leads the Corps.

Which honor did Gotouge receive in 2020 for lifting Japan's whole book trade?

Noma Publishing Culture Award: rival publisher Kodansha gave its prize for reinventing publishing to Gotouge, a Shueisha author, and honored the video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons the same year.

Which two prefectures hosted the first stage play in early 2020?

The first stage play ran at Tokyo's Tennozu Galaxy Theater in January 2020 and at AiiA 2.5 Theater Kobe in Hyōgo in February 2020, written and directed by Kenichi Suemitsu.

Which two companies released Mugen Train in Japan?

Aniplex and Toho opened Mugen Train in Japan in October 2020, in a lull in the pandemic when cinemas were open but had few other films to show, so it was given far more screens than usual.

Which animal raised Inosuke Hashibira in the mountains from infancy?

A boar took in the baby after Kotoha Hashibira, fleeing a demon, dropped her son from a cliff to save his life; the mask Inosuke wears is the hollowed-out head of that foster mother.

Which film's 19-year reign as Japan's highest-grossing release did Mugen Train end?

Spirited Away had topped Japan's all-time box office since 2001; Mugen Train overtook Hayao Miyazaki's film only 73 days after opening.

What does Tanjiro hurl at the fleeing Akaza after the Mugen Train battle?

His own sword: the throw pierces the demon's chest, and Tanjiro screams after him that he is a coward for running and that Rengoku, who kept everyone alive, is the one who won.

What do intruders use to enter the slayers' dreams on the Mugen Train?

Rope tied wrist to wrist lets each of the demon's intruders into a sleeper's dream to hunt for the spiritual core; Nezuko ends it by burning the ropes away.

What does Zenitsu dream about aboard the Mugen Train?

A life with Nezuko: Zenitsu dreams of running with her through a peach orchard, while Tanjiro dreams his murdered family is alive and has to turn his back on them to wake.

How does Tanjiro wake from the sleep spell on the Mugen Train?

He cuts his own neck while dreaming because dying inside the dream is the way out, as a vision of his father tells him; the demon keeps putting him back under, so he has to do it again and again.

Which illness afflicts the intruder Tanjiro refuses to harm aboard the Mugen Train?

Tuberculosis is killing the young man sent into Tanjiro's dream on the promise of a happy dream of his own; once inside he cannot bring himself to destroy Tanjiro's spirit, and Tanjiro spares him in turn.

Where on his body does the blow that kills Rengoku land?

The solar plexus: the demon's arm goes straight through, yet Rengoku locks it in place and tries to hold his killer there until sunrise, forcing the demon to tear free and run for the forest.

Whose spirit appears to the dying Rengoku?

His mother, Ruka, appears to the dying Rengoku and tells him he did well; with his last breaths he sends Tanjiro to his family home to look for the records left by earlier Flame Hashira.

Why do the demon's hypnotic eyes fail to put Inosuke to sleep aboard the Mugen Train?

His mask hides his gaze, so the eyes sprouting from the train never meet Inosuke's and the spell cannot land; Tanjiro, caught by it again and again, has to keep waking himself.

Which phrase does the dying Rengoku use to urge Tanjiro to keep moving forward?

Set your heart ablaze: Rengoku tells Tanjiro and Inosuke that time will not wait while they grieve, and the line gives its name to the last episode of the Mugen Train Arc.

Which storefront accidentally sold Mugen Train two months early in April 2021?

PlayStation Store put Mugen Train on sale for a few hours in April 2021, two months ahead of its digital release; buyers were refunded, but copies had already leaked across the internet.

What does Rengoku shout with every bite of his bento aboard the Mugen Train?

'Umai!', a blunt word for 'Delicious!', is all Rengoku says as he works through a stack of bento boxes; when Tanjiro tries to introduce himself, the Hashira just shouts it back at him.

Which earlier anime film out-grossed Mugen Train in North America?

Pokémon: The First Movie took about $85 million in North America in 1999; Mugen Train fell well short of that even though its $21 million opening was then the biggest ever there for a foreign-language film.

Which animated film did Mugen Train pass as the highest-grossing R-rated animation?

Sausage Party, the 2016 comedy about supermarket food, had held the record with about $140 million; Mugen Train passed it and went on to earn more than triple that.

Which part of Kyojuro Rengoku's sword does Tanjiro later mount on his own blade?

The handguard was a gift from Rengoku's younger brother Senjuro, in thanks for carrying Kyojuro's last words home; Tanjiro has it fitted to his next sword to honor him.

How does Kyojuro Rengoku's father, a former Hashira, now spend his days?

Drinking at home is all he does after abandoning his post and sneering at his sons' training; Kyojuro's dying message to him is simply to take care of himself.

What instrument does the demon who controls the Infinity Castle play?

A biwa: the castle's demon plucks a single string and its rooms rearrange; Muzan later crushes her head himself to stop an enemy who has seized control of her power.

Which film's U.S. record for a foreign-language release did Infinity Castle break?

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon had held the U.S. record for a foreign-language film since 2000; Infinity Castle's $70 million opening weekend alone beat everything Mugen Train earned there.

Which film did Infinity Castle pass as the top-grossing release based on an animated TV series?

The Simpsons Movie had held that record since 2007; Infinity Castle took it in 2025 while telling only the first third of a three-film finale.

Which traditional toys does the many-armed demon Susamaru use as her weapons against Tanjiro?

Temari balls: she tears a house apart with them, and they swerve in impossible directions because her partner steers each one with arrows that Tanjiro cannot see at first.

Which state, first shown to him by his father, lets Tanjiro behead Akaza in the Infinity Castle?

Tanjiro enters the Transparent World, seeing Akaza's muscles and organs, and beheads him with an emotionless swing; Akaza regrows his head but then destroys himself.

Which element does the demon Doma command in battle?

Ice: Doma scatters it from his fans as a freezing mist, and anyone who breathes it in finds their lungs failing, the worst possible wound for fighters whose strength comes from their breathing.

Who becomes the new Upper Rank Six after Kokushibo turns him?

Kaigaku was a Demon Slayer who let Kokushibo turn him into a demon; Zenitsu, once his junior, kills him with a seventh form of his own invention that their shared style never had.

Who saves Zenitsu from a fatal fall after his Upper Six duel?

Yushiro, a demon passing himself off as one of the Corps, saves the falling Zenitsu and treats his wounds; he later takes over the mind of the castle's own demon to turn the fortress on Muzan.

What was Akaza's human name?

Akaza was born Hakuji; as a boy he stole to pay for his sick father's medicine, earning the criminal tattoos that later shape his demon markings.

Who was Akaza's fiancée in his human life, poisoned by a rival dojo?

Koyuki was the sickly daughter of the dojo master who took Akaza in; he nursed her back to health and they became engaged, and after the poisoning he slaughtered the rival school single-handed.

Which Upper Rank demon owns and manipulates the Infinity Castle?

Nakime became a demon after she tried to kill Muzan and impressed him instead; raised to Upper Rank Four late in the story, she reshapes the fortress at his command.

Which two singers performed the Infinity Castle theme songs?

Aimer and LiSA were revealed together in a trailer that closed a television rerun of Mugen Train: Aimer sings 'A World Where the Sun Never Rises' and LiSA 'Shine in the Cruel Night'.

How does the legendary swordsman Yoriichi's last duel with his demon twin end?

He dies of old age mid-fight, still on his feet, having been one stroke away from killing the brother who had turned demon out of envy of his talent.

Which Upper Rank demon splits into clones embodying anger, pleasure, sorrow and joy?

Hantengu, Upper Rank Four, splits into clones embodying anger, pleasure, sorrow and joy while his cowardly true body runs and hides; Tanjiro beheads it as the sun comes up.

In which prefecture was Koyoharu Gotouge born?

Koyoharu Gotouge was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1989 and has kept their identity private, appearing in public only through the crocodile avatar.

Which magazine named Gotouge to its 2021 list of 100 emerging figures shaping the future?

Time chose Gotouge for its second TIME100 Next list in February 2021, the first manga creator it had picked, even though the author works under a pen name to stay anonymous.

What was Gotouge's 2013 debut one-shot?

Kagarigari, Gotouge's 2013 one-shot, won a Jump Treasure Newcomer Manga Award and seeded ideas later reworked into Demon Slayer; the other three are later one-shots.

What genre did Gotouge say their next project would be?

Sci-fi romantic comedy was Gotouge's answer in the 2021 fan book: the author had been rewatching old alien movies and noticing how differently they play to an adult than to a child.

Who voices Tanjiro in the English dub?

Zach Aguilar was already a huge fan of the show when he landed its lead, as he said on announcing the role in October 2019, days before the dub premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block.

Which two features were missing from Tanjiro's initial design?

His scar and earrings were added because Gotouge's editor said the first design had no impact; the editor admits he thought the earrings a little feminine at first, then found they made the character.

Which artist's ukiyo-e style inspired Ufotable's Water Breathing visuals?

Hokusai's ukiyo-e waves were the model, the anime's producer has said, and those breaking waves are drawn almost entirely by hand, with only a little 3D added in the final composite.

Why were Tanjiro's earrings altered for the anime's Chinese release?

Rising Sun-style elements in the earring design were retouched for Bilibili, China's main anime streaming site, to head off any controversy over a pattern that recalls Japan's wartime flag.

Which cat ferries the demon blood Tanjiro collects back to the laboratory?

Chachamaru, a calico cat with a small pack on its back, is hidden from sight by a paper talisman round its neck and turns up wherever Tanjiro has drawn blood from a defeated demon.

What does Tanjiro spar against in the Swordsmith Village to sharpen his reflexes?

A mechanical training doll, built in the Sengoku era and modelled on a legendary swordsman; when Tanjiro finally lands a blow on its head, the shell cracks open and an ancient sword is hidden inside.

Which two body parts does Tanjiro lose defeating Muzan?

An eye and an arm: Tanjiro loses his left arm and the sight in his right eye fighting Muzan, and both stay unusable after Kanao's injection returns him to human form.

What are the names of Tanjiro's present-day great-great-grandsons?

Kanata and Sumihiko Kamado, descendants of Tanjiro and Kanao, open the Reiwa-era epilogue chapter; their classmates and neighbours are reincarnations of the old cast.

Which Crunchyroll Anime Award did Tanjiro win in February 2020?

Best Boy went to Tanjiro at the 4th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in February 2020, though he lost Best Protagonist to Dr. Stone's Senku; Demon Slayer itself took Anime of the Year.

Which city's police mascot was criticized for resembling Tanjiro in 2020?

Hong Kong police posted an anti-fraud mascot in a checkered outfit like Tanjiro's and insisted it was their own creation; activist Agnes Chow said it saddened her to see the series used as police PR.

Which of Tanjiro's senses is unusually sharp, letting him even sense emotions?

Tanjiro's sense of smell is so keen he can smell lies, emotions and the 'opening thread' that marks a foe's weak point; Zenitsu's gift is hearing, Inosuke's touch.

Who voices Nezuko in the English dub?

Abby Trott voices Nezuko in the English dub, a role made mostly of hums and growls through the bamboo muzzle; Harlacher, Leigh and Mendez are other prolific dub actresses.

How do Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke get inside the houses of the Entertainment District?

Disguised as girls: Tengen Uzui dresses the boys up and sells them to the district's houses to search from the inside.

Which Hashira drives a sword through Nezuko's box at the Hashira trial?

Sanemi Shinazugawa stabs through Nezuko's box at the Hashira trial, then cuts his own arm to tempt her; she turns away and proves her control.

Which My Hero Academia villain does Zenitsu's voice actor Hiro Shimono also play?

Dabi, My Hero Academia's cold, fire-wielding villain, shares Hiro Shimono's voice with the shrieking, fearful Zenitsu; Shimono joined that cast in 2017, two years before Demon Slayer aired.

Which Sword Art Online character does Inosuke's voice actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka play?

Kirito is Yoshitsugu Matsuoka's best-known role, and the pairing carries into English: Bryce Papenbrook voices both Kirito and Inosuke in the dubs as well.

What turned the Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji's hair pink and green?

Too many sakura mochi, her favorite sweet, changed its color; she once dyed it and hid her strength to win a husband, then joined the Corps so she could stop pretending.

Which Tokyo Ghoul character is voiced by Tanjiro's Japanese actor Natsuki Hanae?

Ken Kaneki shares a voice with Tanjiro: Natsuki Hanae also runs a gaming channel, where he was filmed yelling Tanjiro's sword techniques in the middle of a Monster Hunter fight.

What does the scent of the Wind Hashira Sanemi's rare blood do to demons?

Makes them drunk: his is rare even among rare bloods, and before he had heard of the Corps Sanemi used its scent as bait, trapping the demons it drew until daylight finished them.

Which anime series marked LiSA's major debut in 2010?

LiSA's major debut came in 2010 singing as Yui's band Girls Dead Monster in Angel Beats!; her solo debut followed in 2011, and Sword Art Online's 'Crossing Field' in 2012.

What does the craftsman Hotaru Haganezuka refuse to stop doing even when a demon blinds one of his eyes?

Sharpening a sword: once Haganezuka starts on a blade his focus is so complete that he works straight through the attack, the same man who chases Tanjiro with knives over a chipped edge.

Which demon rotates the rooms of his mansion by striking drums embedded in his body?

Kyogai was stripped of his rank by Muzan once he could no longer stomach enough humans to grow stronger, so he keeps hunting victims in the hope of eating his way back in.

An instrumental 'Gurenge' played at the closing ceremony of which event?

2020 Tokyo Olympics: an instrumental 'Gurenge' was played at the closing ceremony in August 2021, rounding off Games whose opening ceremony had already used a medley of video game themes.

In the modern-day epilogue, what do the reincarnated Mitsuri and Obanai run together?

A restaurant: the two Hashira confessed their love only as they lay dying after the final battle, hoping to meet again in another life, and the epilogue shows them reborn and married.

Which pair performed the Swordsmith Village Arc opening 'Kizuna no Kiseki'?

Man with a Mission and Milet made both the opening and its ending, 'Koi Kogare', which the anime's own composer Yuki Kajiura wrote for them.

Which national network picked up the Demon Slayer anime from season two onward?

Fuji Television and its affiliates carried the series across Japan from the Mugen Train Arc in 2021; the first season had gone out on Tokyo MX and other local stations.

Besides his sword, which part of his own body does Tanjiro Kamado often use as a weapon?

His head: when a wild swordsman will not stop brawling with him, Tanjiro ends the fight with a headbutt, and the stranger it stops in his tracks turns out to be Inosuke.

What did the Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito lose after a demon killed his twin brother?

His memories: the shock left Muichiro an amnesiac, cold and indifferent to everyone around him, until Tanjiro's words help bring his past back.

Which siblings does Genya fight alongside in season three?

The Kamados: Genya first brushes off Tanjiro's attempts at friendship, then ends up fighting an Upper Rank beside him and Nezuko, driven above all by the wish to be acknowledged by his older brother.

In the modern-day epilogue, what has a demon who outlived Muzan become famous as?

A painter: he lives on into the present day, and the acclaimed canvases he is known for are portraits of the woman who made him a demon.

Which visual novel company has Ufotable long collaborated with on Fate adaptations?

Type-Moon began as an amateur circle selling its own visual novels; Ufotable has since turned its Garden of Sinners, Fate/Zero and Unlimited Blade Works into films and series.

What scandal hit Ufotable's offices in March 2019?

Alleged tax evasion: tax investigators searched the studio and two of its cafés in March 2019, weeks before Demon Slayer first aired; founder Hikaru Kondo later received a suspended 20-month prison sentence.

What kind of game is Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles?

The Hinokami Chronicles is a 3D arena fighting game; its story mode retraces the anime from Tanjiro's first night to the Mugen Train, alongside versus play with the Hashira.

Which Upper Rank demon lives inside pots he teleports between and fancies himself an artist?

Gyokko, Upper Rank Five, slides between a series of pots and twists his victims into grotesque sculptures he calls art; a teenage swordsman he sneers at ends up taking his head.

What is the Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito's relationship to the Upper Rank demon Kokushibo?

He is his distant descendant: Muichiro Tokito comes from Kokushibo's human bloodline, as the demon himself reveals mid-battle; Muichiro dies in that fight, and the epilogue shows him and his twin reborn as infants.

What does the Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui lose in the Entertainment District battle, prompting his retirement?

His left hand and eye are lost to an Upper Rank's poisoned sickles, so Tengen Uzui retires from the front line, though he later runs the stamina stage of the Hashira Training.

Why was Obanai Iguro raised as an offering to a demon?

He was the first male born in centuries to an all-female clan of bandits, who raised him for the demon they worshipped; a Hashira killed that demon and saved him when he broke out.

What calms the hot-headed swordsmith Hotaru Haganezuka whenever Tanjiro breaks a blade?

Hotaru Haganezuka, who wears a hyottoko mask and chases Tanjiro with knives over broken blades, can be calmed with his beloved mitarashi dango.

Besides a short sword, what unusual weapon does Genya Shinazugawa carry into battle?

A shotgun loaded with Nichirin steel shot backs up Genya's short sword; in the fight with the strongest Upper Rank he gives his life to open the gap that lets two Hashira finish the demon.

Whom does Inosuke marry, as the epilogue's descendants reveal?

Aoi Kanzaki, the nurse who patched Inosuke up and wept over his worst injuries, became his wife; the epilogue's Aoba Hashibira is their great-grandson, and Kanao married Tanjiro.

In what state does the cowardly Zenitsu Agatsuma fight best, cutting down demons without knowing it?

Asleep is when Zenitsu shines: once terror knocks him out, his body takes over with the sword skill he drilled to perfection, and he wakes convinced that somebody else saved him.

What does the demon Nezuko Kamado wear across her mouth while traveling with her brother Tanjiro?

A bamboo muzzle is Nezuko's trademark, and behind it she communicates without words, acting like a much younger child because of the memory loss common to demons.

What does Hashira, the title of the Demon Slayer Corps' nine elite swordsmen, literally mean in English?

Pillar is the literal meaning, and the kanji for it is written with nine strokes, which is said to be why there are nine Hashira when the story begins.

What must Tanjiro Kamado split in two with his sword before his mentor lets him enter Final Selection?

A boulder is the test, a giant one his mentor believed was beyond any sword, having no intention of sending the boy at all; it splits only after training with the spirits of two fallen pupils.

Which instruments stud the body of Kyogai, the Demon Slayer villain who rearranges the rooms of his house?

Drums are set into Kyogai's body, and striking them spins the rooms and fires slashing blasts of air; Muzan had stripped him of his Lower Rank, and he was desperate to win it back.

Which kind of bird serves Zenitsu Agatsuma as a messenger, though other Demon Slayers are assigned crows?

A sparrow named Ukogi was the only one of his kind to pass the exam for messenger birds; Zenitsu calls him Chuntaro and is scolded by him whenever he shows cowardice.

Which garment does the courtesan demon of Demon Slayer's Entertainment District Arc wield as a weapon?

Her obi, the broad sash of a kimono, is made from her own body, and she uses it to swallow victims whole and keep them in a secret cave to devour later.

Who is the younger brother of Kyojuro Rengoku, who searches the family records to help Tanjiro?

Senjuro befriends Tanjiro after his brother's death and later sends a letter describing a lost thirteenth technique, hoping it will help in the fight against Muzan.

What is the name of the Demon Slayer Corps' cleanup brigade, which recovers wounded fighters after battles?

Kakushi are the cleanup brigade; one of them hauls Tanjiro before the Hashira for trial and is sent to recover him so often afterwards that the two become well acquainted.

What was the Stone Hashira of Demon Slayer before he was jailed over the deaths of orphans in his care?

A monk who looked after orphans, he was falsely imprisoned when a demon killed the children, which made him cynical and slow to trust even Tanjiro.

Which Magic Mike star voices the dojo master Keizo in the English dub of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle?

Channing Tatum plays Keizo, the dojo owner who takes in a young thief and trains him, in the English dub; in Japanese the part belongs to Yuichi Nakamura.

Which English voice of Cowboy Bebop's Spike Spiegel plays the room-shifting demon Kyogai in Demon Slayer?

Steve Blum, known for his distinctively deep voice, has also played Wolverine in multiple Marvel productions and Orochimaru in Naruto.

Which English voice of Cat Noir in Miraculous also plays the hot-headed Inosuke Hashibira in Demon Slayer?

Bryce Papenbrook is best known for English dubs of Japanese anime, where his other leading parts include Meliodas in The Seven Deadly Sins.

Aleks Le, the English voice of Zenitsu Agatsuma, won a Crunchyroll Anime Award for which other series?

Solo Leveling earned him Best Voice Artist Performance (English) at the 2025 awards for playing Sung Jin-woo; Zenitsu had been the breakout part that made his name.

Which former Power Rangers actor is the English voice of the stoic swordsman Giyu Tomioka in Demon Slayer?

Johnny Yong Bosch first found fame as Adam Park in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, then became an anime dub regular as Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach and Vash the Stampede in Trigun.

Which Japanese voice of Light Yagami in Death Note plays Upper Rank Two, the cult leader of Demon Slayer?

Mamoru Miyano was nominated for Best Lead Actor at the first Seiyu Awards for Light Yagami and won the prize a year later for a Gundam hero.

Which Japanese voice of Yor Forger in Spy × Family also plays the Insect Hashira in Demon Slayer?

Saori Hayami is also the voice of Shoko Nishimiya in A Silent Voice and Yumeko Jabami in Kakegurui, and is known as a singer of anime theme songs.

Which English voice of Noctis in Final Fantasy XV plays the flamboyant Sound Hashira in Demon Slayer?

Ray Chase landed Noctis as one of his first leading parts, and in Demon Slayer he doubles as Rokuro, one of the Lower Rank demons that Muzan destroys.

Which Japanese actor, the voice of Sai in Naruto Shippuden, plays Kyojuro Rengoku in Demon Slayer?

Satoshi Hino is also known for The Familiar of Zero and Overlord, and the scenes of Kyojuro as a child are voiced separately by Mariya Ise.

Which Breathing Style is handed down in the Rengoku family, whose eldest son Kyojuro is a Hashira?

Flame Breathing was created in the Sengoku period by the leader of the Rengoku family, and every Hashira of the style came from that bloodline until Kyojuro's death ended the tradition.

What is the name of the lung-expanding technique that every Breathing Style in Demon Slayer is built on?

Total Concentration means drawing in as much air as possible, which quickens the heartbeat and raises body temperature until bones and muscles are primed for a fight.

What color is the Nichirin sword of Zenitsu Agatsuma, the timid recruit who joined alongside Tanjiro?

Yellow is the shade his sword took on: Nichirin swords are nicknamed color-changing katanas because each one turns a distinct hue the first time its owner draws it.

Against which Lower Rank demon does Tanjiro Kamado first turn his father's ritual dance into a sword technique?

Rui pushes Tanjiro to the brink until he remembers the dance his father wanted passed on; the bout was one of the most labored-over sequences in the whole anime production.

During rehabilitation training, what must Tanjiro Kamado burst using only his breath to prove his lung power?

Hard gourds, far tougher than ordinary ones, are blown into until they break apart and then swapped for bigger and bigger ones; the largest is about the size of a chair.

What does Kanao Tsuyuri risk losing whenever she unleashes the Final Form of her breathing style?

Her eyesight is the price: the form drives her already exceptional vision so far that the strain can leave her partly or even permanently blind.

What does the Sound Hashira of Demon Slayer pair with his chained cleavers to power his Sound Breathing forms?

Small bombs, strong enough to wound even an Upper Rank demon, drive nearly every technique of the style, whose users picture their strikes as loud, colorful fireworks.

What is the name of the eleventh Water Breathing form, invented by a Hashira to deflect every incoming strike?

Dead Calm has its user stop moving entirely and slip into complete tranquility, parrying everything with a blade too fast to see; it is pictured as a raging ocean settling into a mirror-like pool.

Which creature names the Insect Breathing dance that sends the Insect Hashira sprinting in a blinding zigzag?

Centipede is the dance in question, a full-speed run that wrong-foots the opponent to open up a thrust at the throat; its footwork is said to be strong enough to destroy an entire wooden bridge.

Which ancestor of Tanjiro Kamado turned a swordsman friend's demonstration into the family's fire dance?

Sumiyoshi watched his friend demonstrate the original breathing style and preserved it as a ceremonial dance, keeping a promise that it would live on through his family line.

What does Inosuke Hashibira deliberately do to his new swords, enraging the smith who forged them?

Chips the edges on purpose: Inosuke likes his two swords jagged, so he spoils the fresh steel until it is serrated, to the fury of the craftsman who made them.