Kyojuro Rengoku

==Summary==
 was a major supporting character of Kimetsu no Yaiba and a major character in the Mugen Train Arc. He was a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps and the late .
He was the eldest son of Shinjuro Rengoku. His father was known as the Flame Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps until his unexpected retirement. Kyojuro also had a younger brother, Senjuro, who trained alongside him until their father ceased to teach them. Kyojuro and Senjuro lost their mother sometime after she gave birth to Senjuro due to having developed an untreatable disease and being left bedridden up until her death. Despite his father having stopped teaching him, Kyojuro trained by himself to reach the position of the Hashira, using the guidebook of the Flame Breathing style, a book which had only 3 volumes. After reaching the rank Kinoe, the highest Demon Slayer rank, he defeated the former Lower Rank 2, Hairo, and became the Flame Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps after the battle.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Gaiden | Main Series
Name: Kyojuro Rengoku
Origin: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Classification: Human, Demon Slayer, Flame Hashira
Powers and Abilities:
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*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
**Acrobatics
**Body Control & Regeneration (Low - With Total Concentration Breathing, one can stop hemorrhages)
**Extrasensory Perception (Able to sense the presence of others and malicious intent. Was able to figure out that Shinobu and Kanae are sisters judging by their aura, this can be used to differentiate humans and demons, determine how strong someone is to a certain extent or detect an enemy in the vicinity. He shortly before he became a Hashira himself. Sensed a girl with no killing intent who tried to destroy his spiritual core. Muzan stated that the Hashira could in the Entertainment District right away)
*Battle Spirit, Limited Fear Manipulation & Paralysis Inducement (Overwhelming Aura that causes the opponent fear and paralysis with them feeling the air getting heavier, and can even cause internal bleeding and external lacerations)
*Supernatural Willpower and Awakened Power (Was able to surpass his normal power while fighting Akaza despite being exhausted and suffering from broken rips and injured organs. Remembering his mother's words while fatally pierced through the torso allowed him to surpass his limits near death, which allowed him to hold Akaza in place despite his severe injuries and almost slice his head)
*Statistics Amplification (Total Concentration Breathing increase the user's speed and power to match demons. The Demon Slayer Mark drastically boosts his speed and power)
*Instinctive Reaction (Comparable to Mitsuri, Sanemi, and Giyu who can react instinctively)
*Master Swordsman (Is one of the strongest and most skilled swordsmen in the entire Demon Slayer Corps. Can match opponents with over a century worth of combat experience. His swordsmanship amazed Tanjiro and Akaza complimented his swordsmanship skill)
**Sunlight Absorption (The ore of his katana (Scarlet Crimson Ore) absorbs sunlight. The amount of sunlight his weapon has absorbed is so great that Kokushibo's katana would burn and break off before it could cut through)
**Perception Manipulation (Users of Breathing Styles can create seemingly elemental effects. Yoriichi can make others see fire and feel the opponent like he's burning)
**Shockwave Generation (Breathing Styles allow sword forms to strike from a longer distance)
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Resistance to:
*Fire Manipulation, Water Manipulation & Heat Manipulation with Demon Slayer Corps Garbs (Demon Slayer Corps Garbs protect against fire and water)
*Poison Manipulation (Total Concentration Breathing grant resistance to poison and the ability to slow its circulation)
*Biological Manipulation (Users of Total Concentraton Breathing are resistant to Muzan's blood which can immediately transform normal humans into demons with a scratch, leading them to require a few days to willingly transform. Can resist Muzan's injected blood which rapidly attacks and destroys cells leading to quick melting and vaporization, especially with the Demon Slayer Mark)
*Pain Manipulation (Fought with no signs of pain despite having his left eye smashed, ribs broken and organs damaged), Fear Manipulation & Paralysis Inducement (Giyu be unaffected by the aura of Lower and Upper Moons like Rui which caused intense shuddering and lack of air), Air Manipulation (Superior to Tanjiro who was unbothered by the Swamp Demon's pocket dimension that has almost no air)
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Attack Potency: Building level (Fought with, and eventually defeated Hairo, who's superior to Rui but inferior to Enmu in power) | Building level+ ( an entire train off its tracks by simply dashing forward. Impressed Akaza and is comparable to him. Cut Akaza's neck halfway. Akaza compares him to Marked Tanjiro and Giyu. Tengen believes him, Muichiro and Gyomei to be stronger than him)
Speed: At least Hypersonic+ combat speed with High Hypersonic reactions (Can keep up with Hairo, who should be superior to Rui but inferior to Enmu) | Massively Hypersonic (Comparable to Akaza. Post-Rehabilitation Tanjiro can't follow his movements, while Inosuke considered him on a whole different dimension)
Lifting Strength: At least Class 25 (Superior to Rui and comparable to Post-Rehabilitation Tanjiro and Inosuke) | At least Class 25, at most Class 50 (Despite being heavily injured, he stopped a punch from Akaza who considered Kyojuro's strength as unbelievable. Stronger than Tanjiro but weaker than Gyomei)
Striking Strength: Building level | Building level+
Durability: Building level (Survived being at the epicenter of an explosion) | Building level+ (Survived multiple attacks from Akaza)
Stamina: Superhuman (Hashira can train for several months on end. Superior to Tanjiro who endured extremely taxing training for seven days non-stop with no food, no sleep, and only a small amount of water from rain, later drained for even greater stamina, was also getting injured frequently during the training session. Far superior to Inosuke who can hunt for 3 days. Comparable to fellow Hashira who fought Lower Rank-level demons in the Dimensional Infinity Fortress for nearly 5 hours on top of fighting Upper Ranks. In his Special One-Shot, Kyojuro ruptured his eardrums, yet didn't flinch in the slightest, ignoring the pain and continuing to fight and win. In Kyojuro Rengoku's Story, he suffered dozens of severe wounds and injuries from gunshots and explosions coming from the former Lower Rank 2, Hairo, but continued to stall enough time for all the bombs he planted to be disarmed without showing any signs of pain or fatigue, which shocked Hairo, who questioned himself on whether the person he met in the past was really the same person he was fighting now. Furthermore, his battle against Enmu when he fused with an entire train, he was able to keep him at bay in 5 different train carts without tiring.
Lastly, he managed to keep up with Akaza, one of the strongest demons in existence despite physically and mentally exert himself beyond his limit and sustaining multiple irreparable and fatal wounds, like a smashed eye, shattered ribs and damaged internal organs. Most impressively, he managed to keep Akaza at bay despite having his vital spot, his Solar Plexus, pierced by the Upper Rank's arm and bleeding out. Despite all of his fatal wounds and injuries, he never once flinched or showed signs of pain or agony)
Range: Extended Melee Range, Several Meters with Breathing Styles
Standard Equipment: Standard Nichirin Katana (A blade made from metals that absorbed the light of the sun, they cause demons to completely disintegrate if they are decapitated with them, as they are weak to sunlight, which in the case of demons which have assumed a form where they don't have a neck or head in the traditional sense can be done by slicing something that's equivalent enough to the neck, demon limbs that are sliced off and constructs created through Blood Demon Arts that are bisected through a Nichirin sword are also subject to the disintegration, Stabs and slashes with a Nichirin Sword can dispel the effects of Blood Demon Arts and can temporarily weaken a demon's power and abilities if directed at the neck), Demon Slayer Corps Garbs (Protects from the claws and slashing attacks from weaker demons, and resistance against fire, water and cold)
Intelligence: Gifted (As a swordsman who came from a lineage of Flame Hashira, Kyojuro had access to generations of combat knowledge and tactics as well as training from previous Flame Hashira, like his father, Shinjuro Rengoku. Kyojuro could also master the entire Breath of Flames style just from reading 3 volumes of a book on it. During the battle against Akaza, he displayed keen judgement like after being attacked by Akaza's Destructive Death: Air Type, he realizes that he must fight at close range with he wanted to increase the chances of cutting of his head. Even when the usually deductive and sagacious Tanjiro Kamado was at a loss of how to kill Enmu, Kyojuro instinctively knew that, no matter what form a demon takes, it will always have a weak spot
He also possesses great knowledge in the use of the Total Concentration Breathing, knowing how to plug minor wounds and hemorrhaging and saved Tanjiro from dying of blood loss. As another testament to his tactical intellect, Kyojuro could instantly read his allies' sign language at indicating the Flute Demon's abilities despite being unable to fully control their movements and execute a countermeasure before the demon's Blood Demon Art befell him)
Weaknesses: None Notable
Notable Attacks and Techniques:
RengokuFirstForm.gif|First Form: Unknowing Fire
RengokuSecondForm.gif|Second Form: Rising Scorching Sun
RengokuThirdForm.gif|Third Form: Blazing Universe
RengokuFourthForm.gif|Fourth Form: Blooming Flame Undulation
RengokuFifthForm.gif|Fifth Form: Flame Tiger
RengokuNinthForm.gif|Ninth Form: Rengoku
*: A Breathing Style that mimics flames and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms involve extremely powerful singular strikes which 'burn' their opponents, with most attacks being initiated from a high stance. Users of Flame Breathing also visualize themselves seemingly creating and manipulating fire when unleashing its techniques.This Breathing Style was taught to him by the previous Flame Hashira, Shinjuro Rengoku, and he later mastered it by reading the instruction books left behind by previous Flame Hashira in the Rengoku Family. Kyojuro became extremely proficient in fighting with this Breath Style, being able to go toe-to-toe with the former Lower Rank 2, Hairo, and later Upper Rank 3, Akaza.
** - The user charges towards their opponent at high speed and decapitates them in one slash.
** - The user releases an arching slash attack upwards. Kyojuro used this technique to Akaza's arm in half.
** - Kyojuro swings his blade downwards in an arc.
** - The user swings their blade in a circular motion that can defend them from all incoming attacks or decapitate multiple enemies at once. Kyojuro used this technique to deflect several of Akaza's shockwaves.
** - The user unleashes a powerful series of sword slashes that takes the form of a rampaging tiger engulfed in flames that charges towards the enemy at blinding speeds. Kyojuro used this technique to rival Akaza's Disorder.
** - A devastating dashing slash that the user initiates from a high stance, the technique had enough power to carve a deep impression that burnt the ground where it was unleashed. Before Kyojuro used this technique, he remarked to himself about "thoroughly hollowing out most of the area".
==Gallery==
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==Notable Matchups==
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