Inosuke Hashibira

“	What's going on with this man... He is wearing a pig head and he is carrying blades!!	”
	— A Sudden Appearance of a Pig, Chapter 22

Inosuke Hashibira
Kanji	嘴平 伊之助
Rōmaji	'Hashibira Inosuke'
Characteristics
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Age	15
Height	164 cm (5'4")
Weight	63 kg (139 Pounds)
Birthday	April 22nd
Hair Color	Black to blue
Eye Color	Green
Affiliation
Affiliation	Demon Killing Corps
Occupation	Demon Hunter
Personal Status
Status	Active
Relative(s)	Kotoha (Mother, †)
Debuts
Manga Debut	Chapter 21
Anime Debut	Episode 11

Inosuke Hashibira (嘴 (はし) 平 (びら) 伊 (い) 之 (の) 助 (すけ) , Hashibira Inosuke^?) is a Demon Hunter and member of the Demon Killing Corps and a traveling companion of Tanjirou Kamado.

Appearance

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  Inosuke's color scheme
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  Inosuke full body appearance without his mask

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Inosuke is usually seen wearing a grey boar mask, with a shirtless version of the Demon hunter uniform. Without the mask, he has messy shoulder-length black hair that fades to a blue color, and large green eyes with long eyelashes. He is described as having a girly looking face which significantly contrasts with his muscular body.

Personality

Inosuke is extraordinarily short-tempered and proud and makes a big deal out of fighting opponents stronger than him claiming that's his only hobby. Inosuke will not think about the difference in power between him and his opponent; this often led him to be in danger. He is a sore loser and is always trying to compete with Tanjiro and provoke him into fighting with him and usually failing. Due to growing up in the mountains by himself Inosuke has trouble interacting with others and only cares about himself most of the time. However, as time goes by, Inosuke becomes more influenced by Tanjiro, and he also starts to think and to use strategies before going head-on with an opponent.

Relationships

Kamado Tanjiro

Inosuke sees Tanjiro as a rival due to him enjoying competing with stronger opponents. Over the years that they spent together, Tanjiro seemed to have a positive effect on Inosuke as ever since meeting Tanjiro, Inosuke has been more open-minded about how others' are strong, hence the pillars. Inosuke also developed his ability to think and analyse the opponent's powers and skills.

Agatsuma Zenitsu

The two don't always get along due to their vastly different personalities as Inosuke is always ready for a fight and Zenitsu tends to be cowardly and prefers not jumping head first. Despite this, the two have managed to team up against powerful demons such as fighting together against Daki.

Takaharu and his grandfather - the ordinary village folks who taught Inosuke the human language.

History

Inosuke was raised by boars for most of his life before the Final Selection; it was revealed later that he was born into a family with an abusive father and caring mother. Eventually, Inosuke's mother, Kotoha, and he fled from their family.

Afterwards, Inosuke—who was still an infant at the time—and his mother were taken in by Doma into his Eternal Paradise cult. Kotoha loved to sing to Inosuke but would apparently change the song lyrics each time. However, after finding out that Doma eats his worshippers, Kotoha fled with her son. She ended up falling into the river with Inosuke. It was after this that Inosuke was taken in by boars and his mother was devoured by Doma.

Abilities and Powers

Natural Ability

Enhanced sense of touch: After growing up in the mountains, Inosuke developed a sharp sense of touch. He can even feel small vibrations in the air.

Fighting ability

Strength

Flexibility: Inosuke has an extremely strong sense of flexibility, to the point where he is able to dislocate any of the joints in his body by his own will.

Swordsmanship

Breath of the Beast (獣 (ケダモノ) の呼 (こ) 吸 (きゅう) , Kedamono no kokyū^?): Developed by Inosuke after living in the mountains. With his enhanced sense of touch, he can utilize several different techniques.

1. First Fang: Pierce and Extract (壱 (いち) ノ牙 (きば) 穿 (うが) ち抜 (ぬ) き, Ichi no kiba: Ugachi nuki^?): Inosuke stabs the target's neck with both blades.
2. Second Fang: Rip and Tear (弐 (に) ノ牙 (きば) 切 (き) り裂 (さ) き, Ni no kiba: Kirisaki^?): A double slash with his two blades in both diagonals (like X)

   

   Inosuke using Fang of the Third: Rip and Devour on Horned Demon.

3. Third Fang: Rip and Devour (参 (さん) ノ牙 (きば) 喰 (く) い裂 (ざ) き, San no kiba: Kuizaki^?): Simultaneous horizontal slashes towards the target's throat.
4. Fourth Fang: Mince to Bits (肆 (し) ノ牙 (きば) 切 (きり) 細 (こま) 裂 (ざ) き, Shi no kiba: Kiri koma zaki^?): A multiple diagonal double slashes with both swords.
5. Fifth Fang: Crazy Cutting (伍 (ご) ノ牙 (きば) 狂 (くる) い裂 (ざ) き, Go no kiba: Kurui zaki^?): The 'Crazy Cutting' is a technique which slices everything in all directions.
6. Sixth Fang: Jagged Gnaw (陸 (ろく) ノ牙 (きば) 乱 (らん) 杭 (ぐい) 咬 (が) み, Roku no kiba: Ran gui gami^?) A simultaneous decapitation with his two swords from both directions.
7. Seventh Fang: Spacial Awareness (漆 (しち) ノ牙 (きば) 空 (くう) 間 (かん) 識 (しき) 覚 (かく) , Shichi no kiba: Kūkanshiki kaku^?): Inosuke can identify the position of enemies by feeling small disturbances in the air. He usually stab both of his Nichirin blades to the ground in order to do this technique.
8. Ninth Fang: Godly Undulating Slice: Inosuke dislocates the joints of his arm to increase the range of his attack.
9. Tenth Fang: Circular Fangs: (Juu no kiba: Enten senga)- Inosuke uses his swords like a fan to blows away the Freezing Clouds of Douma.
10. Improvised Fang: Throwing Slices: Inosuke improvise this move to slay Douma. He throws both of his Nichirin Blades with high accuracy to instantly sever the demon head.

Trivia

• Ino(伊之) in his name can be a pun for "猪"(Inoshishi / Ino, means "Boar").
• Inosuke was ranked in 5th place as of the first character popularity poll with 1,977 votes.
• Inosuke is Left-Handed.

Quotes

• (Catchphrase)"PIG ASSAULT!"

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