Yoriichi Tsugikuni

“	I want to be like you. I... will be the second strongest samurai in the land.	„
	~ Yoriichi to Michikatsu Tsugikuni

“	Everything is beautiful in this world... And I'm really grateful to be born into it...	„
	~ Yoriichi Tsugikuni

“	Here I come.	„
	~ Yoriichi to Kokushibo

Background

Yoriichi Tsugikuni is a supporting character of the manga and anime series, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Although he never physically appears in the series (only ever being seen in flashbacks), Yoriichi has a huge presence in the series. Yoriichi is not only the founder of the Breathing Styles used by all Demon Slayers in the modern day, but is also noted as being the greatest Demon Slayer of all time.

A stoic and kind-hearted warrior, Yoriichi decided that his purpose in life was to destroy the origin of all demons, Muzan Kibutsuji. In order to do this, Yoriichi developed a technique known as Sun Breathing, which was later passed on to the other Demon Slayers and morphed into several different fighting forms.

Yoriichi, although a Demon Slayer gifted with a Demon Slayer Mark, which usually dictates that he was meant to die at a young age, lived well past the age of 80. Coming across his older brother, Michikatsu Tsugikuni, who had become a demon, the elder Yoriichi took his final stand. After delivering a powerful strike against his brother, Yoriichi passed away peacefully; still standing, with his sword still held firmly in his hand.

Statistics

Key: Young | Adult | Old

Tier: 10-A | At least 8-A | At least 8-A

Name: Yoriichi Tsugikuni

Origin: Demon Slayer

Sex: Male

Age: 7 years old | Around 20 years old | Over 80 years old

Classification: Human, Demon Slayer

Status: Deceased (Died of old age after attacking Kokushibo)

Alignment: Lawful Good (Does whatever it takes to slay demons no matter what, regardless of his own personal feelings. Anything that could cause an issue in his mind in terms of a personal relationship, is completely shifted aside in order to do what is right for the betterment of the world. Although he was distraught by seeing Kokushibo become a demon, Yoriichi wasted no time in attempting to kill him)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Athlete level (Effortlessly defeated a highly experienced martial artist) | At least City District level (Is considered more formidable than Tanjiro Kamado, and could effortlessly defeat Muzan Kibutsuji, both of whom are superior to Doma; Doma could instantly create a giant ice sculpture) | At least City District level (Although thought to have become a brittle old man, Yoriichi possesses the exact same level of power he had in his prime)

Durability: Athlete level | At least City District level | At least City District level

Striking Strength: Athlete Class | At least City District Class | At least City District Class

Lifting Strength: Below Average Human | Class 25 (Should be superior to Tanjiro Kamado, who could push a large boulder across a town during his Pillar Training) | Class 25

Travel Speed: Below Average Human | At least Superhuman, likely higher (As the greatest Demon Slayer, he should be superior to Giyu Tomioka, who could move faster than an untrained eye could detect) | At least Superhuman, likely higher

Combat Speed: At least Athletic Human (Struck a highly experienced martial artist three times before he could even react), higher with Transparent World | At least High Hypersonic (Was able to attack faster than Muzan Kibutsuji could react, which should put him above Tanjiro Kamado, who could attack in tandem with his Full Focus Mode; Full Focus Mode has Tanjiro mimic Zenitsu Agatsuma's Thunder Breathing, which allows for movement at this speed), higher with Transparent World | At least High Hypersonic, higher with Transparent World

Reaction Speed: Athletic Human, higher with Transparent World (Uses the Transparent World technique, which slows the user's perception of time, allowing for him to react faster) | At least High Hypersonic, higher with Transparent World | At least High Hypersonic, higher with Transparent World

Stamina: Average | At least Peak Human (A part of Demon Slayer training is to destroy a giant gourd with breath alone, when even destroying a small gourd seems unfathomable to regular humans) | Below Average (Due to his old age, he can only preform a single attack before passing away)

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Nichirin Sword

Intelligence: Gifted (Even without any training, Yoriichi could defeated a highly experienced martial artist) | Genius (Is noted as the greatest Demon Slayer of all time, and was the creator of the first Breathing Style, which went on to develop into countless more styles used by the Demon Slayers of the future. In almost in instant, Yoriichi was able to create a new sword form specifically designed to take out Muzan Kibutsui, who has been alive for countless years) | Genius

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Powers and Abilities

Weapon Mastery (Can wield a sword with much greater proficiency than even a sword master), Information Analysis, Extrasensory Perception, Perception Manipulation, Enhanced Senses, & Precognition (Type 2; Uses the Transparent World technique, which slows down the user's perception of time, and allows for Yoriichi to predict his opponent's movements better by directly showing him their muscles and blood flow)

Resistance to: Enhanced Senses, Extrasensory Perception, & Precognition (Type 2; Transparent World conceals the user's presence and makes them impossible to detect)

All previous abilities to a greater extent, Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Regeneration (Low; Total Concentration Breathing allows for Demon Slayers to cease a hemorrhage), Afterimage Creation (The Sun Breathing Parhelion Rainbow technique creates an afterimage), Immortality Negation (Type 1, 3, & 7; Nichrin Sword's are made of a type of metal that can kill demons when normal weapons cannot, as demons can survive fatal strikes such as decapitation much like the undead), Heat Manipulation & Regeneration Negation (High-Mid; Wields a Bright Red Nichirin Sword stated to be far more potent that others. Bright Red Nichirin Sword burn on contact, and are able to slow the regeneration of Muzan Kibutsuji to the point where it seems to have come to a halt. Muzan's regeneration is far faster than that of any other demon)

All previous resistances to a greater extent, Limited Pain Manipulation (Sun Breathing is said to give the user an absurdly high pain tolerance), Limited Poison Manipulation (A Demon Slayer's breath can slow the spread of venom), Limited Acid Manipulation (A much weaker Demon Slayer was able to survive a fairly long period of time within acid potent enough to dissolve his clothing), Limited Sleep Manipulation (A highly trained Demon Slayer's sensitivity allows for them to break through unconsciousness if someone with bloodlust is near)

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Standard Equipment

Bright Red Nichirin Sword (As a Demon Slayer)

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Notable Techniques

The first-ever Breathing Style, created and masterfully utilized by the most powerful member of the Demon Slayers, Yoriichi Tsugikuni. It is a Breathing Style that is passed down from father to son in every generation, with each user of the Style wearing Hanafuda earrings. Sun Breathing has the user mimic the sun, and is noted as the most versatile Style, as none of the techniques seem to have any pattern to them. Visually, it appears as though the user is creating and manipulating solar flames.

• Dance: The user delivers a single high-powered vertical slash. Tanjiro has made an alteration to this style known as Dancing Flash, which is a combination between Dance and the Thunder Breathing form, Thunderclap and Flash; this attack has Tanjiro dash forwards with incredible speed, before delivering a vertical strike.
• Clear Blue Sky: The user spins their body horizontally to deliver a 360° slash.
• Raging Sun: The user unleashes two horizontal slashes to hit or defend from incoming attacks.
• Burning Bones, Summer Sun: The user unleashes a large circular slash that defends from imminent frontal attacks.
• Setting Sun Transformation: The user backflips into the air to deliver a powerful upended sword slash that aims to decapitate their target.
• Solar Heat Haze: The user charges towards the target, unleashing a horizontal slash seemingly covered in haze that fails to land, but actually does hit the target.
• Beneficent Radiance: The user spirals into the air and delivers a powerful slash that surrounds the enemy.
• Sunflower Thrust: The user unleashes a single thrust attack with the point of the blade.
• Dragon Sun Halo Head Dance: The user unleashes a continuous fast and powerful sword attack that seemingly takes the form of a Japanese dragon made of solar flames. This technique is capable of decapitating multiple targets at once.
• Fire Wheel: The user leaps behind the opponent and spins in the air downward, releasing a sword attack in a circular motion.
• Parhelion Rainbow: The user performs high-speed twists and rotations, thus creating afterimages used mostly to evade attacks. The afterimages work most effectively on enemies with good vision.
• Flame Dance: A two-combo strike which starts with a vertical slash and then a horizontal one right after.
• Thirteenth Form: The user continuously performs all twelve forms of Sun Breathing in repetitive succession to increase the accuracy and agility of his movements while reducing fatigue. This form was created solely for the purpose of killing Muzan Kibutsuji, since the repetition of all twelve forms aims to destroy Muzan's twelve vital organs.

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Other

Weaknesses: Young Yoriichi greatly dislikes fighting, and lacks experience. | None notable. | Old Yoriichi can only attack one time before he passes away.

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