Last updated on December 2nd, 2021 at 07:04 pm
The Most Powerful Demon Slayer Characters of All Time are virtually a list of the strongest Demon Slayers from our Demon Corps with a sprinkle of demons.
That being said, it would really have been the most powerful Demon Slayers of all time if it weren’t for Kibutsuji and a few of the Twelve Kizuki!
We recently saw a list of The Most Popular Demon Slayer Characters and a good handful of those characters appear on this list as well, so it will be fun to be able to break down where power holds weight among popularity.
If you’re new here: you’re also getting a ton of workout routines that are inspired by these characters. These workouts also make up our Anime Workouts Database within our larger Workout Database here at SHJ.
We even have smaller databases and fun quizzes as well that I’ll happily share if you’re into it!
We have our Demon Slayer Inspired Workout Database, and a placement quiz specific to Demon Slayer as well as more Workout Placement Quizzes for other anime!
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For this one I included Muzan Kibutsuji (and a few of the Twelve Kizuki) which also enabled me to include other demons as honorable mentions among our most powerful Demon Slayer characters – so if you cut a couple from the list you’re really seeing the top ten most powerful Demon Slayers!
As always, leave your comments below if you were expecting other characters.
MOST POWERFUL DEMON SLAYER CHARACTERS
Honorable Mention: Nezuko Kamado
Role: Demon
Breathing Style: N/A (Likes to Kick Stuff)
Kickstarting our list of the most powerful Demon Slayers is a fan favorite: Nezuko!
Technically I’m not giving her a slot on the list of the top fifteen, but instead starting us off with her so we have an even five runner ups at the end of our list AND because I know you guys love her seeing as how she came in at number two among The Most Popular Demon Slayer Characters.
Plus…I like it when she randomly kicks things…like Demon’s heads off…
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Number Fifteen (Tie): Inosuke Hashibira
Role: Demon Slayer
Breathing Style: Beast Breathing
Coming in at number fifteen among The Most Powerful Demon Slayer characters is Inosuke!
Inosuke is an intriguing and awesome characters in quite a few ways, and not just because he goes nuts and we all love it!
Inosuke also taught himself Beast Breathing. Along with his poison resistance, his Wiki Fandom page describes his “Animalistic Combat” as such: “Due to growing up with boars in the mountains, Inosuke adopted their habits. This both his hand-to-hand combat style and swordsmanship very reminiscent of animals and beasts.”
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Number Fifteen (Tie): Zenitsu Agatsuma
Role: Demon Slayer
Breathing Style: Thunder Breathing
Coming in at for a tie at number fifteen among the most powerful Demon Slayer characters is Zenitsu!
It’s actually a bit ironic we went in this order because while Nezuko came in second, right above her were Inosuke and Zenitsu one after another among the most popular Demon Slayer characters.
As I mentioned in our article breaking down the most popular: Zenitsu isn’t really one of my favorites. BUT, there’s no denying that his Thunder Breathing is masterful and if it weren’t for being such a coward and needing to go unconscious to unlock his true potential he would likely be even higher on this list!
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Number Fourteen: Tengen Uzai
Role: Demon Slayer
Breathing Style: Sound Breathing
Coming in at number fourteen and breaking us away from honorable mentions and tie breakers is Tengen Uzai!
Uzai is the Demon Slayer Corps Sound Hashira and is insanely strong and quick.
On top of that his Wiki Fandom states: “Tengen is one of the most powerful and skilled swordsmen in the entire organization.”
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Number Thirteen: Shinobu Kocho
Role: Demon Slayer
Breathing Style: Insect Breathing
At number thirteen among the most powerful Demon Slayer characters we have Shinobu Kocho.
Some of you might find this one surprising, but I’m going to break it down a bit for you. First her Wiki Fandom tells us why she’s just as strong as her fellow Hashira: “Despite not possessing the physical strength to cut off a Demon’s head common to that of an average Demon Slayer or even the superhuman abilities possessed by her fellow Hashira, Shinobu is nonetheless as dangerous and lethal as the rest of them.”
On top of this we have to take into account her medical expertise and the fact that she wields a poisonous body that her Wiki also explains like this: “In order to defeat the Upper Rank Two, Doma, Shinobu heavily altered her body by absorbing and altering her body’s physiology with highly concentrated Wisteria-based poison over a period of a year. “
Shinobu proves to us that physical strength isn’t everything!
Shinobu Kocho at SHJ:
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Number Twelve: Kyojuro Rengoku
Role: Demon Slayer
Breathing Style: Flame Breathing
Next up is a character I wish would have been able to make it into the top ten most powerful Demon Slayer characters just because of my own personal bias: Rengoku!
Rengoku would likely place within the top ten if we were strictly breaking down the most powerful Demon Slayers, but I couldn’t warrant bumping him up a few slots just to place him there in the current place we’re at in the anime.
That being said: Rengoku is The Demon Slayer Corps Flame Hashira and he’s one of the most powerful and skilled swordsman in the entire Demon Corps organization.
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Number Eleven: Muichiro Tokito
Role: Demon Slayer
Breathing Style: Mist Breathing
Next up at number eleven among the most powerful Demon Slayer characters is the youngest Demon Slayer in the Demon Slayer Corps: Muichiro!
Muichiro Tokito is The Demon Corps Mist Hashira and if this list was solely based on sheer talent and speed at which power level increases it would be a tough decision between him and Tanjiro considering he is the youngest to gain the rank AND do it in the shortest amount of time…only two months!
Muichiro Tokito at SHJ:
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Number Ten: Tanjiro Kamado
Role: Demon Slayer
Breathing Style: Water Breathing
Next up and making it into our top ten most powerful Demon Slayer characters of all time is Tanjiro!
Even without years and years of experience under his belt like the Demon Slayer Corps Hashira, Tanjiro has proved his power level countless times.
One source states: “He was able to perfect the Sun Breathing technique and can even access the 13th form to reach the peak of his abilities. Towards the end of the series, he can do Selfless State, Crimson Blade, and Transparent World. Tanjiro was able to save Giyu from Akaza with these new techniques, proving how strong he is.”
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Number Nine: Obanai Iguro
Role: Demon Slayer
Breathing Style: Serpent Breathing
Next up on our list at number nine among the most powerful Demon Slayer characters is Obanai Iguro.
Obanai may be blind in one eye, but you sure wouldn’t know it from his skill level. His Wiki Fandom tells us about how he developed his technique with Kaburamaru, his snake, to make up for this: “Obanai, having always been partially blind in his right eye, developed a combat technique utilizing his snake Kaburamaru. Kaburamaru is able to read enemy attacks and then relay that information to Obanai. The full extent of this technique is demonstrated when Obanai is completely blinded by Muzan, but he is still able to continue fighting as if nothing happened.”
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Number Eight: Giyu Tomioka
Role: Demon Slayer
Breathing Style: Water Breathing
At number eight among the most powerful Demon Slayer characters is one of my personal favorites: Giyu Tomioka!
Giyu’s Wiki Fandom does a great job of telling us just how powerful he is, describing his battle with The Father Spider Demon and Riu as well as a big note on his battle with Akaza: “He is able to easily defeat the Father Spider Demon in his transformed state and Rui, Lower Rank 5. During his fight against Akaza, Upper Rank 3, he was able to hold on his own for some time and like Kyojuro, Akaza is amazed by Giyu’s skills to the point that he offers to transform the Hashira into Demon, something Akaza only asks of the most worthy of his opponents. Akaza states that he has not fought a Water Hashira as skilled as Giyu in fifty years.”
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Number Seven: Sanemi Shinazugawa
Role: Demon Slayer
Breathing Style: Wind Breathing
At number seven, just missing the top five by a couple, among the most powerful Demon Slayer characters is Sanemi Shinazugawa.
Sanemi would definitely be in the top three to five if this was strictly a list of Demon Slayers with no demons included, but he just misses it, coming behind a couple demons before catching back up with Gyomei.
According to Kokushibo, Sanemi’s physical abilities and techniques have reached their peak and that him, along with Gyomei Himejima, are the 2 strongest Hashira of this generation.
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Number Six: Akaza
Role: Demon
Breathing Style: N/A
Number six among the most powerful Demon Slayer characters is our first Demon on the list (if we’re not counting Nezuko’s honorable mention): Akaza!
We’ve heard about Akaza a bit while talking about Giyu’s power level, but he is Upper Rank Three of the Twelve Kazuki, making him easily one of the most powerful characters.
His Blood Demon Art: Technique Deployment: Destructive Death – Compass Needle is overpowering and has allowed him to kill multiple Hashira, including Rengoku who ranked in at twelve on this list.
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Number Five: Doma
Role: Demon
Breathing Style: N/A
Moving into our top five most powerful Demon Slayer characters is Doma, our next demon.
Doma is Upper Rank Two among the Twelve Kazuki, making him the third strongest demon in the entire series.
His Wiki Fandom states: “According to Doma, Akaza, Upper Rank 3, would have no chance in defeating him in battle. Considering this, Doma can be presumed to be an extremely powerful Demon, even though he isn’t seen fighting seriously until he is severely weakened by Shinobu’s poison.”
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Number Four: Gyomei Himejima
Role: Demon Slayer
Breathing Style: Stone Breathing
Next up on the list at number four among the most powerful Demon Slayer characters, and coming in as the strongest living Demon Slayer is Gyomei Himejima.
Gyomei is the Demon Slayer Corps Stone Hashira and as we heard from Sanemi’s Wiki Fandom he is one of the strongest two of this generation of Demon Slayers according to Kokushibo.
Gyomei’s Wiki Fandom actually breaks down his power level as well with: “He is stated by both Tanjiro and Inosuke Hashibira to be the strongest Demon Slayer in the entire Demon Slayer Corps.”
Gyomei Himejima at SHJ:
Number Three: Kokushibo
Role: Demon Slayer / Demon
Breathing Style: Moon Breathing
Coming in among our top three most powerful Demon Slayer characters is Kokushibo, the demon and brother of our most powerful Demon Slayer character ever (who we’ll talk more about shortly).
Kokushibo is Upper Rank One among the Twelve Kazuki, meaning he’s the strongest demon in the entire series behind Muzan Kibutsuji!
Kokushibo’s Wiki Fandom also breaks down his power level, starting with: “Kokushibo was an extraordinary and powerful swordsman, proven to be the strongest of the Twelve Kizuki and the second strongest Demon in the series, just behind Muzan Kibutsuji.” and then moving into stating: “These overall abilities and skills allowed Kokushibo to defeat two Hashira with minimal effort and then fight against both Sanemi and Gyomei, the latter of which was considered to be the most powerful Demon Slayer in the Demon Slayer Corps.”
Kokushibo at SHJ:
Number Two: Muzan Kibutsuji
Role: Demon
Breathing Style: N/A (Only Demon that can create more Demons)
Coming in at number two among the most powerful Demon Slayer characters of all time is the most powerful demon in the entire series: Muzan Kibutsuji.
Here’s how his Wiki Fandom breaks down his power level: “As the first Demon to exist and as the progenitor of all Demons, Muzan is the strongest Demon in existence and possesses tremendous strength, easily being able to hold his own against five Hashira and Tanjiro, Inosuke, Zenitsu and Kanao at the same time. “
Muzan Kibutsuji at SHJ:
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Number One: Yoriichi Tsugikuni
Role: Demon Slayer
Breathing Style: Sun Breathing
The most powerful Demon Slayer character of all time: Yoriichi Tsugikuni!
Here’s how his Wiki Fandom breaks down his overall powers and abilities: “Yoriichi is the strongest known character in the entire history of the series and the most powerful swordsman and Demon Slayer, being born with the Demon Slayer Mark and the Transparent World. As a child untrained in swordsmanship, he was able to defeat a trained sword instructor and he was referred to as a miraculous prodigy beyond compare. After training as a Demon Slayer, Yoriichi could defeat multiple Demons to where his older brother stated that he as a child couldn’t even compare to him as an adult. He alone among the Demon Slayer Corps was able to corner Muzan Kibutsuji and had him on the verge of death until he managed to escape. Yoriichi was considered to be a real monster by Muzan, both the progenitor and strongest among all Demons.”
Basically Yoriichi’s power is on a different level than everyone else.
Yoriichi Tsugikuni at SHJ:
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But I’d also love to hear who YOU think should be on this list!
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