All Powers & Abilities in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Complete list of 11 special powers and abilities. Updated 2026.
Breathing StyleBreathing Styles (Demon Slayer)
Beast Breathing
An improvised breathing style invented entirely by Inosuke, self-taught in the mountains. It mimics wild animal movements, making it unpredictable and impossible to counter with standard demon knowledge. The style features thirteen known forms.
Flame Breathing
One of the primary breathing styles passed down through the Rengoku family. Kyojuro Rengoku is its most recent master — an intense, aggressive style of attack that earned him the title of Flame Hashira.
Hinokami Kagura (Sun Breathing)
The original and most powerful breathing style, passed down through the Kamado family as a dance. Tanjiro gradually unlocks its true nature as Sun Breathing — the progenitor of all breathing styles. Its techniques are devastating against any demon.
Insect Breathing
Shinobu Kocho's unique style derived from Flower Breathing. As the only Hashira physically unable to decapitate demons (too small), she developed this style to inject wisteria poison through her blade's stinger-like tip, killing demons from the inside.
Love Breathing
Mitsuri Kanroji's personal breathing style derived from Flame Breathing, adapted to her unique flexible body and extraordinary muscle density. Her whip-like blade complements the fluid, dance-like movements of this style.
Mist Breathing
Muichiro Tokito's breathing style based on confusion and disorientation. Despite being only 14, Muichiro is one of the most naturally gifted Hashira in history — he mastered Total Concentration: Constant and his breathing style within two months of training.
Sound Breathing
Tengen Uzui's unique breathing style derived from Thunder Breathing, incorporating sound wave concepts to create explosive, flamboyant strikes. Uses dual Nichirin cleavers connected by a chain.
Stone Breathing
Gyomei Himejima's breathing style — the hardest and most defensive. Gyomei uses a spiked flail and axe chain rather than a sword. Considered the strongest Hashira alive by both Tanjiro and Inosuke.
Thunder Breathing
A breathing style based on lightning-fast strikes. Zenitsu only masters the First Form — "Thunderclap and Flash" — but at a level of speed and power that surpasses most complete styles. He later develops "Godspeed," a technique beyond any known form.
Water Breathing
A breathing style that mimics the flow and movement of water. Tanjiro initially uses this style, learned from Sakonji Urokodaki. It has eleven known forms. Tanjiro later transitions to the more powerful Hinokami Kagura (Sun Breathing).
Wind Breathing
Sanemi Shinazugawa's aggressive breathing style based on cutting wind. His wind breathing combined with his rare marechi blood type (which intoxicates demons) makes him exceptionally dangerous to all demons.