Homujūrō Rengoku

**Homujūrō Rengoku** (煉 (れん) 獄 (ごく)  焔 (ほむ) 柔 (じゅう) 郞 (ろう) , *Rengoku Homujūrō*?) was the Flame Hashira (焱 (えん) 柱 (ばしら) , *En Bashira*?) of the Demon Slayer Corps during the Sengoku Era. He was the first son of Arata Rengoku and the Tsuguko of Ryoma Natsume. He was the Hashira with the longest tenure, thirty-seven years, which began at eighteen in 1502.

## Appearance

Homujūrō unshockingly bears a strong resemblance to his descendants and father/grandfather possessing bright gold-yellow hair with red streaks tied back with a pony-tail. He has black forked eyebrows, and golden eyes that fade to red with white pupils. What is different than majority of individuals in his bloodline is his soft appearance with noticeable cheekbones and pointy feminine-like nose.

Homujūrō wore a white kimono robe with a flame-like gradient from the top-down with a white hakama shirt under it. As well as this, he wears black hakama pants strapped by a white belt with his Nichirin Blade carried at the left-side of his waist, conventional to most Demon Slayers. Finally, he wears white tabi socks with a pair of white zōri with red straps.

## Personality

### Physical Abilities

* **Enhanced Physical Prowess:**
	+ **Immense Speed:**

### Supernatural Abilities

* **Demon Slayer Mark:** During the Sengoku Era of the Demon Slayer Corps, practically all the Demon Slayers awakened their Demon Slayer Mark. Homujūrō was no exception to this cause. His Demon Slayer Mark had the appearance of dark red flames all over his chest up to his neck.
	+ **Bright Red Nichirin Blade:** .
	+ **Transparent World:** .

### Swordsmanship

* **Master Swordsman:**

**Flame Breathing** (焱 (ほのお) の呼 (こ) 吸 (きゅう) , *Honō no kokyū*?):

1. **First Form: Unknowing Fire** (壹 (いち) ノ型 (かた)  不知火 (しらぬい) , *Ichi no kata: Shiranui*?) - Homujūrō charges towards his opponent at high speed and decapitates them in one or multiple slashes.
2. **Second Form: Rising Scorching Sun** (貳 (に) ノ型 (かた)  旭 (のぼ) り焱 (えん) 天 (てん) , *Ni no kata: Nobori En Ten*?) - Homujūrō uses an upwards moving slash attack.
3. **Third Form: Blazing Universe** (參 (さん) ノ型 (かた)  氣 (き) 焱 (えん) 萬 (ばん) 象 (じょう) , *San no kata: Kien Banshō*?) - Homujūrō delivers a heavy downward slash.
4. **Fourth Form: Blooming Flame Undulation** (肆 (し) ノ型 (かた)  盛 (せい) 焱 (えん) のうねり, *Shi no kata: Sei En no Uneri*?) - Homujūrō spins his sword in a circular motion, deflecting his enemies attacks.
5. **Fifth Form: Flame Tiger** (伍 (ご) ノ型 (かた)  焱 (えん) 虎 (こ) , *Go no kata: Enko*?) - A series of sword slashes that take on the form of a flaming tiger.
6. **Sixth Form: Fire that Pierces the Sky** (陸 (ろく) ノ型 (かた)  虚 (そら) を貫 (つらぬ) く火 (ひ) , *Roku no kata: Sora o Tsranuku Hi*?) - Homujūrō
7. **Seventh Form: Blaze Release** (漆 (しち) ノ型 (かた)  火 (か) 焱 (えん) 解 (かい) 放 (ほう) , *Shichi no kata: Kaen Kaihō*?) - Homujūrō
8. **Eighth Form: Underworld Eruption** (捌 (はち) ノ型 (かた)  黄 (よ) 泉 (み) 噴 (ふん) 火 (か) , *Hachi no kata: Yomifunka*?) - The swordsman stabs their Nichirin Blade into the ground which burns the terrain itself and causes fire to erupt out of the surrounding ground.
9. **Ninth Form: Rengoku** (玖 (く) ノ型 (かた)  煉 (れん) 獄 (ごく) , *Ku no kata: Rengoku*?) - A devastating dashing slash initiated from a high stance. The technique carves a deep impression in the ground

## Trivia

* Homujūrō loves tigers and other Chinese native animals, proving that his fifth form is named after one.