Giyu Tomioka (冨岡 義勇)
(Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃))
Giyu Tomioka (冨岡 義勇, Tomioka Giyū) is a major supporting character in the popular anime/manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. He is a member of the Demon Slayer Corps and the current Water Hashira who is also the one who enlisted Tanjiro Kamado into a Demon Slayer.
DEMON SLAYER GIYU TOMIOKA INFO
- Japanese Name: 冨岡 義勇
- Romaji Name: Giyu Tomioka
- Alias: Half-and-half Haori (半々羽織 Hanhan baori?)
- Occupation: Demon Slayer (Water Hashira)
- Affiliation: Demon Slayer Corps
- Gender: Male
- Birthday: February 8th
- Height: 176 cm (5'9½")
- Weight: 69 kg (152 lb)
- Combat Style: Water Breathing
- Japanese Voice: Takahiro Sakurai
- English Voice: Johnny Yong Bosch
DEMON SLAYER GIYU TOMIOKA APPEARANCE
Giyu is a fairly tall young man of a lean muscular stature and pale complexion, who is almost always seen wearing a serious and emotionless expression. He 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. His bangs fall over his eyes in an uneven fringe. His 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 red, and the left one geometrically patterned with squares of green, orange, and yellow. These haori were later noted to have belonged to his late older sister, Tsutako Tomioka, and his deceased friend Sabito.
During his battle with Muzan Kibutsuji, he loses his right arm. After the fight, Giyu cuts his hair down to shoulder length, now wearing it loose rather than tied into a ponytail.
While Giyu was training under Sakonji Urokodaki, he wore a red haori which would later make up his current one as well as black tucked-in tattsuke-hakama pants and his current white leg-wrapped kyahan and pair of white zōri with dark blue straps. In addition, he also wears the warding masks that are signature to Sakonji's pupils. For Giyu, it is a white fox mask with light blue eyes.
DEMON SLAYER GIYU TOMIOKA 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, he 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 Kocho claims he is hated by many. Besides that however, he 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. He 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. This feeling of survivor's guilt strikes again when he believes Tanjiro has died after the fight against Muzan. Giyu, while he sheds tears, admits how he is always the one who is saved.
Despite his stoic nature, Giyu is shown to be protective and caring towards those he is close to and considers his friends. This is first shown when he puts his life on the line for Tanjiro and Nezuko by vowing to commit seppuku if the latter were ever to eat a human. Giyu has been shown to lose his composure and usual stoic demeanor when those he cares about are in danger, as seen when he is greatly angered by Akaza's attempt to kill Tanjiro and visibly shocked when he hears the news of Shinobu's death. This is further shown in the fact that he still wears half of Sabito, his late best friend's, and his older sister's haori as a memento of them. However, Giyu appears to be particular in who he shows emotions for, as he doesn't appear to react at all when informed of the passing of Genya Shinazugawa, and Muichiro Tokito.
However, Giyu will not let his personal relationships get in the way of his duty. When Tanjiro begins his assault as a demon, Giyu is the first to announce that they need to take him down, despite his brotherly-type relationship with Tanjiro. Following the death of Muzan Kibutsuji and the eradication of demons for good, it is clear that Giyu has been able to embrace his happier side, shown by his smiles towards the Kamado siblings and even Sanemi, which shows how much their combative relationship has slowly developed into one of mutual respect.
DEMON SLAYER GIYU TOMIOKA SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Demon Slayer Mark
- Bright Red Nichirin Sword
- Immense Speed & Reflexes
- Immense Stamina & Endurance
- Immense Strength
- Indomitable Will
- Master Swordsman
- Water Breathing
- First Form: Water Surface Slash
- Second Form: Water Wheel
- Third Form: Flowing Dance
- Fourth Form: Striking Tide
- Fifth Form: Blessed Rain After the Drought
- Sixth Form: Whirlpool
- Seventh Form: Drop Ripple Thrust
- Eighth Form: Waterfall Basin
- Ninth Form: Splashing Water Flow
- Tenth Form: Constant Flux
- Eleventh Form: Dead Calm
- Eleventh Form: Dead Calm, Tidal Waves
DEMON SLAYER KIMETSU NO YAIBA CHARACTERS
Demon Slayer Corps
Demons
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