Gyomei Himejima

Gyomei Himejima (悲鳴嶼 行冥, Himejima Gyōmei) is a major character in the 2016-2020 action dark fantasy manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and its 2019 anime adaptation. 
He is a blind religious demon slayer, who serves as the Stone Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps and is heavily stated to be the strongest Hashira in the entire corps. He's also a close friend and confidant to the corps' leader, Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who saved his life from being executed for a crime he didn't commit.
He is voiced by in Japanese and by , who voiced Itachi Uchiha in Naruto, in English.
==Appearance==
Gyōmei is a hulking figure among the Demon Slayers. He is one of the show "top protagonists", standing effortlessly over his fellow Hashira. He is extremely muscular and powerfully built. He has black spiky hair, and a prominent scar that runs across his forehead horizontally. He has been blind with no irises nor pupils.
He wears a traditional black and white Demon Slayer Corps uniform with an olive-green happi draped over his shoulders. He also wears around his neck a large-beaded necklace and holds ojuzu when he is not engaged in combat.
==Personality==
Despite his outwardly intimidating appearance, Gyōmei represents the gentle giant stereotype, being remarkably soft-spoken and sensitive, to the extent he cries easily over small matters. He is often seen to be very religious, often holding his beads of prayer and offering prayers in poignant circumstances, and in conjunction with that, harbors a love for all living things. However, we will fight demons whenever it is necessary, and whenever he engages them in combat, he displays immense strength to the extent he is considered the strongest member of the entire Demon Slayer Corps, which earns him a great amount of respect and admiration from his fellow Hashira. Due to his past experiences before he joined the Corps, he can be rather wary of and reluctant to trust people he doesn't know, especially children. However, when someone does earn his trust, he is completely and unwaveringly loyal to them.
==Powers and Abilities==
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*# - Gyōmei throws both the flail and axe towards his intended target and manipulates the chain by rotating it thus causing the axe and flail to also rotate in order to drill and grind right though his target.
*# - Gyōmei throws both his axe and spiked flail for a pincer move before smashing down on the chain to cause the flail to then rebound and smash his target from afar.
*# - Gyōmei unleashes a series of slashes with his axe deflecting nearby attacks.
*# - Gyōmei manipulates both the flail and axe weapons at both ends of the chain by swing the chain on both sides in order to strike his opponents using a two-pronged wide-ranged attack.
*# - Gyōmei strikes his opponent with a simultaneous axe and iron ball barrage.
== Etymology ==
Gyomei (行冥) means 'to venture/roam through the darkness' while his surname Himejima (悲鳴嶼) means 'Island weeping in sadness', apt name and surname to Gyomei's gloomy life and tragic past.
* The name Gyomei means "row, line" (行) (gyo) and "dark/darkness" (冥) (mei).
* Gyomei's surname Himejima means "scream, squeal, shriek, cry, screech, shout, squawk, howl, yell" (悲鳴) (hime) and "island" (嶼) (jima).
==Trivia==
*Gyomei is often presented with tears flowing down on his face.
*, Gyomei's Japanese voice actor has also voiced: 
**Joseph Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency.
**Daisuke Nagase in the Persona Franchise.
**Marlo Freudenberg in Attack on Titan.
**Tanaka Gundham in the Danganropa Franchise.
**Escanor in The Seven Deadly Sins.
**Gueldre Poizot in Black Clover.
**Ryūki in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.
**Kensei Mugurama in Bleach.
*Besides both possessing formidable combat skills, Gyomei and Kokushibo share some additional similarities:
**Both are right-hands to their respective lords who answers directly to them.
**Both are deemed to be the strongest agents in their respective organizations.
**Both are in charge of maintaining law and order between members of their respective organizations.
**Both are deemed to be the oldest in comparison with their other respective peers.
**Both possess knowledge how Demon Slayer Corps functions.
*Gyomei likes cats, a characteristic which he has in common with the Love Hashira, Mitsuri Kanroji.
*Gyomei is the only Demon Slayer to not wield a Nichirin Sword due to being blind. Instead, he wields a Nichirin Chained Spiked Flail and Axe reminiscent of a and uses an art called .
*Besides Muichiro Tokito and Shinobu Kocho, Gyomei is the only Hashira to have a personal connection to Upper Rank 6 Kaigaku, one of the orphaned kids under at the temple under Gyomei's care and would later be directly responsible for inviting a demon to the temple, which led to the death of all kids except Sayo.
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