Highlights

• Meet Muichiro Tokito, the Demon Slayer Hashira of the Mist, who demonstrates unparalleled sword skills at a young age, impressing even top-tier demons.
• Sanemi Shinazugawa, the Wind Hashira, possesses incredibly powerful sword skills, making him a formidable foe against demons.
• Mitsuri Kanroji, the Love Hashira, wields a unique sword that gives her enormous reach to attack enemies, showcasing impressive techniques.

Demon Slayer, also known as Kimetsu No Yaiba, is an anime that has a history of featuring powerful and skilled fighters. Without a doubt, the weapon of choice for most Demon Slayer characters is the sword.

Although the series features many skilled swordsmen, most of them have unique fighting styles, and even among them, only a few stand out from the rest for their unparalleled skills.

8 Muichiro Tokito

• The Mist Hashira
• Breathing style: Mist breathing

The Mist Hashira in Kimetsu No Yaiba, Muichiro Tokito, is a very talented swordsman. Muichiro is the youngest Hashira, and despite this, he has always shown his talent. His mastery of the sword is such that just two months after picking one up, he earned the title of Hashira.

His talent is such that he received praise from the Top Rank One of the Twelve Kozuki, Kokushibo. Kokushibo thought that Muichiro's skills were beyond his expectations.

7 Sanemi Shinazugawa

• The Hashira Wind
• Breathing style: wind breathing

Sanemi Shinazugawa is the Wind Hashira in Demon Slayer and is a very skilled fighter. This character stands out a lot, even among other powerful Hashira characters. His sword skills are definitely incredible, as he is able to go toe-to-toe with the Water Hashira, Giyu, who is extremely skilled with his sword.

With his Wind Breath, he is an extremely powerful swordsman, especially on the offensive, and is a powerful foe to any demon who dares to stand in his way.

6 Mitsuri Kanroji

• The Love Hashira
• Breathing style: loving breath

Mitsuri Kanroji is the Hashira of Love in Demon Slayer and she had the opportunity to show off many of her skills during the events at the Swordsman Village. When it comes to swordsmanship skills, Mitsuri is quite unique. Her sword is more like a whip, which she uses with her Love Breath to pull off some of the most impressive techniques in the series.

His sword is so unique that no one can use it, and one wrong move with it can result in his end. The nature of his sword is such that it grants a very large range to attack his enemies, making it very versatile.

5 Kyojuro Rengoku

• The Hashira Flame
• Breathing Style: Flame Breathing

Rengoku is a character who had a short life in Demon Slayer. He is the Flame Hashira and had an important role to play during the unfolding events of the Mugen Train Arc.

Even though fans would have loved to see more of him, he met a tragic end there. His sword skills were incredible, and he could have even mentored other Hashira with ease. Just by looking at Mitsuri and seeing her own sword skills, it's easy to see that she had quite the talented teacher.

4 Giyu Tomioka

• The Water Hashira
• Breathing style: water breathing

Giyu Tomioka is the Water Hashira in Demon Slayer and the first Hashira fans get to see in the series, as he appears early on. Akaze, one of the most powerful demons in the series, specifically the Upper Rank Three, was very impressed by Giyu's swordsmanship skills when they faced off.

Overall, when it comes to Hashira, Giyu is quite skilled and his water breathing style has a lot of impressive techniques to choose from.

3 Obanai Iguro

• The Serpent Hashira
• Breathing Style: Serpent Breath

Obanai Iguro is one of the Hashiras in Demon Slayer and displays some incredible swordsmanship skills throughout the series, making him one of the best among the Hashira.

During Hashira Training, he led the program, which consisted of teaching Demon Slayers the art of the sword. This is a great showcase of his swordsmanship. With his Serpent Breath, he uses his sword with snake-like movements. His sword is shaped like a snake and perfectly complements his fighting style.

2 Tanjiro Kamado

• A powerful swordsman
• Breathing style: water breathing, sun breathing

Demon Slayer's protagonist, Tanjiro Kamado, is a prodigy when it comes to wielding a sword. While he starts out in Demon Slayer using Water Breathing, he eventually learns Sun Breathing—the original breathing style invented by Yoriichi.

Solar Breathing is not a breathing style that anyone can use, and most who have tried it have failed. Instead, they have created other breathing styles. Tanjiro, however, was able to learn it.

1 Yoriichi Tsugikuni

• The strongest demon slayer who ever lived
• Breathing style: solar breathing

Without a doubt, the most skilled swordsman that ever lived in Demon Slayeris none other than Yoriichi Tsugikuni, the man who invented Solar Breathing and consequently caused the invention of all other Breathing Styles.

Yoriichi was a terrifying presence to any demon, even Muzan. He was so powerful that he died due to old age and was never defeated, which is in contrast to most Demon Slayers who never reach such an advanced age.