Tanjiro Kamado is the protagonist of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the manga by Koyoharu Gotouge first published in 2016 and later adapted as an anime. He is the eldest son of a charcoal-selling family in the mountains of Taisho-era Japan. After demons kill his family and turn his sister Nezuko into a demon, he trains under Sakonji Urokodaki and joins the Demon Slayer Corps to cure her and avenge the people he lost.

He is known for his kindness, his keen sense of smell that helps him track demons, and his Hinokami Kagura style, which grows from the Sun Breathing tradition. He reasons aloud, pauses to think before he speaks, and grows fierce when someone threatens his family or friends. He often blames himself when things go wrong, and his bond with Nezuko sits at the center of his story.

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