Tomioka Giyu

RACE

Human

GENDER

Male

HEIGHT

176 cm (5'9¼")

WEIGHT

62 Kg (162 lb)

AGE

21 years old

BIRTHDAY

February 8th

HAIR COLOR

Hair color=Black

EYE COLOR

Eye color=blue

AFFILATION

Demon slayer

COMBAT STYLE

Water Breathing

OCCUPATION

Occupation = Demon slayer: Water Hashira

APPEARANCE

Giyu is a fairly tall young man of a lean muscular stature and pale complexion, who is almost always seen wearing a serious, emotionless and stoic expression. Giyu has unruly black hair of uneven lengths that sticks up in tufts around his head, which he wears tied back in a low messy ponytail at the base of his neck. Giyu's bangs fall over his eyes in an uneven fringe. Giyu's eyes are sharp and moderately large, their irises a deep sapphire that fades to a lighter blue and their pupils a bluish-black, and are framed by thin eyebrows. Giyu wears a dark cyan-tinted version of the standard Demon Slayer uniform with buttoned white leg-wrapped kyahan and a pair of white zōri with dark blue straps and tabi socks underneath being the same cyan color as his uniform. Over this, Giyu wears a haori that's split down the middle into two different patterns: the right one a solid dark red, and the left one geometrically patterned with rhombi of green, orange, and yellow. These haori were later noted to have belonged to his late dead older sister, Tsutako Tomioka, and his deceased friend Sabito.

PERSONALITY

Giyu always wears a stoic and unbothered expression on his face. However, he has a reserved personality and a very strong sense of justice with no tolerance towards those who don't know their own limitations and throw away their lives. Despite letting Nezuko Kamado live due to Tanjiro Kamado's persistence, Giyu shows zero hesitation when killing other demons and has no respect or mercy towards them like most Demon Slayers. Even so, Giyu violated the Demon Slayer Corps' code of conduct without hesitation to protect Nezuko during Shinobu's attempt to kill her. This implies that he doesn't completely despise demons as some other Hashira do, and is willing to make an exception for a demon by letting them live if they don't kill and eat humans. This shows that he is more pragmatic in dealing with demons rather letting his hatred cloud his judgement. Giyu appears to have a complex with what others think of him and is shocked when Shinobu claims he is hated and disliked by many.Besides that however, Giyu doesn't seem to be hurt by Shinobu's other pokes, even ignoring her. Despite that, they are in fact friends with a good amount of history together. He is a man of very few words and has trouble interacting with others, so he usually keeps himself at a distance. Giyu even goes out of his way to tell Akaza that he hates talking, and wants to keep his name to himself, as he thinks names are not meant to be shared, especially to demons. Beneath his seemingly unemotional and aloof attitude, Giyu suffers from an inferiority complex which he developed since his participation in Final Selection. It gets severe to the point where he contemplates abandoning his position as the Water Hashira until Tanjiro helps him realize that instead of acting on his survivor's guilt, he should cherish his life and live on for the people who sacrificed their lives for him. Despite his stoic nature, Giyuu is shown to be protective and caring towards those he is close to and considers his friends.

FIGHTING STYLE

Master Swordsman: Being a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Giyu is one of the most powerful and skilled swordsman in the entire organization. Upper Rank Three, Akaza, who has fought countless swordsman in the past, was impressed with Giyu's skill, stating that he possesses finely developed swordsmanship.

BREATHING STYLE

Water Breathing (水みずの呼こ吸きゅう, Mizu no kokyū?): A Breathing Style taught to him by the Water Hashira before him, Sakonji Urokodaki. As the Water Hashira, Giyu is his generation's most skilled Water Breathing user. Giyu has completely mastered this swordsmanship style, to the point that he created an entirely new technique within the Breathing Style and impressed Akaza who had fought Water Hashira in the past.

EQUIPMENT

Standard Nichirin Katana: Giyu carries around a standard sized and shaped Nichirin katana with a black blade that has a deep blue outline. His katana's handguard is hexagonal shaped with a bronze core and with an overlapping red fuschia border. As a Hashira, Giyu's blade has the words Destroyer of Demons (惡あっ鬼き滅めっ殺さつ, Akki Messatsu?) engraved on the side. Along with his katana, Giyuu has a standard sword sheath that is deep black in color.

TRIVIA

•Giyu's favorite food is simmered salmon with daikon. Seeing a fresh plate even made Giyuu smile once. •Giyu's crow is a very old crow, so it tends to make mistakes when giving messages and move slowly during battles. •Giyu is one of only 4 Hashira that use a normal Nichirin Katana. The other 3 are Kyojuro Rengoku, Sanemi Shinazugawa, and Muichiro Tokito.

GIYU VIEWED THE OTHER HASHIRA AS FOLLOWS

GIYU VIEWED THE OTHER HASHIRA AS FOLLOWS=•"I like him, he talks to me nicely." - Flame Hashira-Rengoku Kyojuro. •"I haven't talked with him much." - Mist Hashira-Tokito Muichiro. •"It's sad to be bad-mouthed by him." - Serpent Hashira-Obanai Iguro. •"I respect him. He talks to me often. He's a kind person. I like him." - Stone Hashira-Himejima Gyomei. •"She talks to me often. She's earnest and hardworking. She looks unwell at times." - Insect Hashira-Kocho Shinobu. •"I'm a little envious of his sense of freedom." - Sound Hashira-Uzui Tengen •"Whenever I stand next to her, she always talks to me, but she's revealing too much skin." - Love Hashira-Kanroji Mitsuri. •"He's hot-tempered." - Wind Hashira-Shinazugawa Sanemi.

QUOTES

QUOTES=[Giyu to himself, regarding Tanjiro Kamado]"Don't cry. Don't despair. Now's not the time for that. I know you're devastated. Your family was massacred, and your sister became a demon. I know it's painful. I know you want to scream. I get it. If only I'd gotten here a half-day sooner, your family might not have ended up dead. But there's no way to turn back time. Feel the rage. The powerful pure rage of not being able to forgive will become your unswerving drive to take action!" [Giyu to himself, regarding Sabito and Tsutako]"Why did I forget that exchange with Sabito? It's important. I didn't want to remember because my tears would never stop. When I did remember, I was so sad I couldn't do anything. Tsutako. Sabito. I'm sorry I'm so immature." [Giyu To himself, regarding Tanjiro Kamado] "Tanjiro... your techniques have improved by a lot. It would not be an overstatement to say that your ability is equal to a Hashira's. You do this well against an Upper Rank Kizuki. That snowy day all you could do was hang your head in despair. You wailed and begged for your sister's life. But now you can fight. Now you won't lose... either life... or dignity." [Giyuu to himself] "I really don't want to draw my sword. And I don't like to fight anyone for amusement. But now, for the first time in a long while, I'm up against a strong opponent who can overwhelm me and I realize that my senses have been sharply honed in a short time. Senses that were closed off to me have been awakened and dragged out to the place where my strong opponent stands. Now I understand how the intense struggle to survive increases in one's skills." [Giyu To himself, regarding Tanjiro Kamado]"I must pass on what was entrusted to me. Never again will I let family and friends die before my eyes. I'll save him. I will save Tanjiro the same way I was saved."

QUOTES

QUOTES=[Giyu To Shinobu Kocho]"Even if something does happen, my heart will never waver. We are the nine strongest swordsmen in our organization. The literal 'Hashira' of the Demon Slayer Corps. That is why we will never forget who we wield our swords for and who we are protecting. There are things that must be supported. So the Hashira must act as Hashira."

Giyu Tomioka (冨とみ岡おか 義ぎ勇ゆう, Tomioka Giyū?) is a major supporting character of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Giyu is a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps and the current Water Hashira (水みず柱ばしら, Mizu Bashira).