Kazuki Sasaki

(Non-cannon)

**Kazuki Sasaki** (佐 (さ) 佐 (さ) き 一 (かず) 喜 (き) , *Sasaki Kazuki*?) is a Demon Slayer and the Bamboo Hashira (竹 (たけ) 柱 (ばしら) , *Take Bashira*?) of the Demon Slayer Corps.

## Appearance

Kazuki is a young man with an extremely small built but muscular and athletic build. He was only 99.5 cm tall at the age of 16 and he grew 30 cm before he reached the age of 20. He has long black hair tied at the back with a ponytail with thick bangs framing his face and a center bang reaching his eyebrows.

Kazuki wears a sleeveless green-tinted version of the standard Demon Slayer uniform with his chest and abdomen area opened.

## Personality

He is independent, sleepy, calm, shy, cool, sensitive, and quiet. His bamboo flute makes a very comfortable sound which makes people want to meditate and he always goes to the bamboo forest, practices and take bamboo flute exams to get a higher rank on his fluting skills.

He doesn’t show emotion like anger, vengeance, or wrath while playing his flute, more sensitive, regret, and sorrow in his music which makes people sleepy and tired easily.

He’s quite open minded, almost every time, he is slow in action that shows him an indecisive personality.

### Physical Abilities

* **Enhanced Physical Prowess:** As a member of the Hashira, Kazuki's physique has been increased to superhuman levels through years of harsh training combined with the use of the **Total Concentration Constant** (全 (ぜん) 集 (しゅう) 中 (ちゅう) ・常 (じょう) 中 (ちゅう) , *Zen Shūchū Jōchū*?). The members of the Hashira in general have incredible movement speed, all of them have displayed the capability to use blinding bursts of speed that make it seem like they teleported to even talented swordsman like Tanjirō Kamado.
	+ **Immense Durability:** This has been shown that despite being killed by Dōma, he has taken far more blows than either Yukiko, Kanao and Inosuke.

### Mental Abilities

* **Enhanced Mental Prowess:** As a seasoned swordsman who underwent incredibly harsh and intense training, Kazuki possesses above average mental capabilities. He could process information and think clearly at supernatural speeds, proven by fighting Upper Rank Demons, who can think at equally or slightly faster speeds. As another testament to his mental capabilities, he has incredible concentration abilities and wits. With an arsenal of techniques at his disposal, Kazuki has to be really decisive and sagacious when using them, proven when he could hold his own against "an Upper Rank".
* **Genius Intellect:** Being as the shortest character in Demon slayer, he is incredibly clever and a genius individual. He can is able to find his opponents weak spot and aim in a very planned and methodical way.

### Swordsmanship

* **Master Swordsman:** Being a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Kazuki is one of the most powerful and skilled swordsmen in the entire organization.

**Bamboo Breathing** (竹 (たけ) の呼 (こ) 吸 (きゅう) , *Take no kokyū*?):

1. **First Form:**  (壱 (いち) ノ型 (かた) , *Ichi no kata:*?) - Marriage of the Bamboo King and Queen (竹王結婚).
2. **Second Form:**  (弐 (に) ノ型 (かた) , *Ni no kata:*?) - . Vengeance of Bamboo (竹讐)
3. **Third Form:**  (参 (さん) ノ型 (かた) , *San no kata:*?) - .Bamboo Attractive Palace (竹心魅の宮)
4. **Fourth Form:**  (肆 (し) ノ型 (かた) , *Shi no kata:*?) - . Spells of the dead Bamboo ghosts (竹死霊術)
5. **Fifth Form:**  (伍 (ご) ノ型 (かた) , *Go no kata:*?) - . Heavenly Palace of Bamboo (天宮の竹)
6. **Sixth Form:**  (陸 (ろく) ノ型 (かた) , *Roku no kata:*?) - . Bring hot Bamboo (明暑竹)
7. **Seventh Form:**  (漆 (しち) ノ型 (かた) , *Shichi no kata:*?) - . Bamboo of the Inferno Hell King (地獄の火讐王竹)
8. **Eighth Form:**  (捌 (はち) ノ型 (かた) , *Hachi no kata:*?) - . The range of bamboo (竹の逆鱗)
9. **Ninth Form:** (玖ノ型, Ku no kata.) - . The darken bamboo, End of the Bright Bamboo (暗哀の竹、明竹の終末)