Shin Kaminari

* **Art:** By お湯 (@oyumai, ***お湯***?) on X (formerly Twitter).

* **Creditials of name and content/information of character:** By Dafailure428 on the Kimetsu no Yaiba Wiki and the Sengoku-Era Hashiras Wiki but altered to fit the plot of the *Kimetsu no Yaiba Reishoki anthology.*

* **Difference between the characters:** ① KnYR Shin is also much taller, standing over 6 feet tall, like his male counterparts. ② The KnYR Shin Kaminari likes avian wildlife and sparrows, unlike his Sengoku-Era Hashiras Wiki counterpart who hates sparrows. ③ The KnYR Shin Kaminari has a different personality, and is more stricter than his Sengoku-Era Hashiras Wiki counterpart.

* **Links used to create this article:** Shin Kaminari - Sengoku-Era Hashiras Wiki and Sengoku Era Character Headcanon #7 - Kimetsu no Yaiba Wiki.

## Characteristics

### Age

19 (1452) (Became Thunder Hashira)
 22 (1455)

## Affiliations

### Affiliation

Kaminari Clan (Formerly)
  Demon Slayer Corps

### Occupation

Demon Slayer
 Thunder Hashira

## Familial Status

### Relative(s)

**Kaminari Clan*** Raiu Kaminari (Older Brother)

**Shin Kaminari** (神鳴 進, *Kaminari Shin*?) is a major character that appears in *Kimetsu no Yaiba Narratives: Sengoku Tales* where he makes his primary appearance, and a minor character in *Kimetsu no Yaiba Narratives: Taisho Anecdotes*, in Amane Ubuyashiki's discussion about the Demon Slayer Marks in the Hashira Training Arc, and in Kokushibo's flashback in the Infinity Castle Arc. He is a Demon Slayer from the Sengoku period who created Thunder Breathing and became its first Thunder Hashira (鳴柱, *Nari Bashira*?)

## Etymology

* Shin's surname contains the Kanji for "god" (神, *kami*?) and the Kanji for "roar" (鳴, *nari*?). His given name contains the kanji for "advance" (進, *shin*?).
	+ The two Kanji put together 神鳴 (kaminari, ***神鳴***?), literally translated to 'God's roar', is an old Japanese word for 'thunder', before the modern kanji "雷" was created.

## Appearance

Shin was a relatively tall young man with a fit build. He has wide eyes that fade from soft brown to gold framed with long yellow eyebrows with outward forked sides, along with having light brown disheveled hair with dark brown edges that he ties behind him in a short and low yet messy ponytail with an ohage on his head and fringes swept and pointed to the left of his forehead, with a mole under his right eye.

Shin wore a moderate yellow nagagi kimono with white-triangle patterns all over it that are tucked in brown umanori-styled hakama pants held up by a white sash tied around his waist, along with pale brown tabi socks and yellow-laced zōri on his legs, and no leg wraps around his shins.

### Gallery

The Sengoku Era Hashira discuss the effects of the Demon Slayer Mark.A Sengoku Era flashback showing Mokaro Kuze (left), Michikatsu Tsugikuni (bottom center), Shin Kaminari (top center) and Yoriichi Tsugikuni (right) with their respective Demon Slayer Marks.
## Personality

Shin was known to be a pretty basic individual with a loud voice, but a fragile emotional wreck sometimes. He also thinks he is a good friend of the Stone Hashira, Kazuyoshi Iwamoto is a pretty basic guy with a loud voice, while also not tending to be on good terms with women. He is also known to often have a faint smile, which is actually a facade, along with him being an emotional wreck, in order to supress his hatred not only to demons, but also humans as well, specifically women, because his brother's fiancee had made a deal with some demons to wipe out the Kaminari clan, one of the few families to join the corps' battle against Muzan Kibutsuji. Because of than one incident, his way of life was destroyed, his family gone, and the one responsible ran away without proper judgement. That experience made him distrustful of people, specifically women, seeing them as mere deceivers, hypocrites and the devil's incarnations. There are two major exceptions though like Yoriichi Tsugikuni and Hideyoshi Ubuyashiki (the Oyakata-sama at the time). He deeply respected Yoriichi for teaching him about the important things in life and getting it back on track. Although appearing normal around other men, Shin had an instinct to act harshly and talk back to women even when they don't deserve the complaining and the harsh talk. That was the reason why many female Corps members couldn't get near him because he would talk back and lash out at them harshly, making them fear him, with the exception of one of course.

## Abilities

### Overall Abilities

As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Shin was known to have been a very powerful and talented swordsman due to creating the Thunder Breathing technique, knowing it best and using it at its fullest potential. He may not be one of the most physically strongest, he is still one of the fastest due to him creating Thunder Breathing.

### Physical Abilities

**Immense Speed and Reflexes:** Shin is a member of the Kaminari clan, a clan of lightning-fast swordsmen. He was stated to be an extremely fast runner that matched his older brother, Raiu. Since he created Thunder Breathing, it's obvious that Shin has great amount of speed and reflexes, and was one of the fastest Hashira at the time.

**Immense Stamina and Endurance:** Shin underwent harsh training to improve his stamina. He was able to last for long against Kokushibo when they fought.

**Immense Strength:** Shin gained a great degree of strength after harsh training. This makes him able to kill even demons whose full power is of Upper Rank caliber.

### Demon Slayer Abilities

    **Demon Slayer Mark:** Like the Hashira and other Demon Slayers of her generation, Shin awoke his Demon Slayer Mark due to Yoriichi's mark resonating with the Demon Slayers at the time. His mark resembled two-pronged lightning bolt designs on each of his cheeks that are yellow in color. When activated, the mark dramatically increases his physical capabilities such as his strength, speed, precision, and endurance along with the power of his Breathing Style by 100x.

### Supernatural Abilities

**Enhanced Hearing:** As a Thunder Breather, Shin possesses a great deal of hearing.

**Extrasensory Perception:** Shin had incredibly refined senses that allowed him detect things beyond the normal range of perception, such as discerning the aura of a demon's from a human's.

## Fighting Style

**Master Swordsman:** As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Shin is one of the most powerful and skilled swordsman in the entire organization. He displayed this in his fight against Kokushibo due to the fact he managed to last long in a battle despite nearly dying. He has also shown and displayed highly refined proficiency in extremely fast Iaijutsu-like swordsmanship and the Thunderclap and Flash technique.

### Breathing Style

**Thunder Breathing** (雷の呼吸, *Kaminari no Kokyū*?): A Breathing Style taught to Shin by Yoriichi Tsugikuni. He later mastered it and created all six forms of Thunder Breathing. Of all the Thunder Breathers at the time, Raizo was eventually chosen to be the Thunder Hashira due to his skill in the Breathing Style and since he created the six forms. He was also skilled that he was able to fight against an experienced Kokushibo although suffering mortal wounds that would have killed him.

## Equipment

**Standard Nichirin Katana:** As a Demon Slayer, Shin carries around a standard sized and shaped Nichirin katana with yellow lightning streaks along the entire blade. His sword's hilt is circular shaped with 4 slight indentations, the center has a silver tone with small triangles and has a golden border. The handle is yellow and wrapped in white silk ribbon. The base of the handle is gold with two short, white ribbons hanging off it. As a member of the Hashira, Shin's katana also had the words **Destroyer of Demons** (惡鬼滅殺, *Akki Messatsu*?) engraved on both sides. Along with his katana, Shin also has a standard sword sheath that is white in color. Overal, his Nichirin sword bears a strong resemblance to Zenitsu Agatsuma's and Kaigaku's Nichirin katana.

## Battles

Shin Kaminari Battles

* Shin Kaminari vs Kokushibo

## Trivia

* Shin liked avian wildlife, sparrows included. Which is why a sparrow was given to him alongside a kasugai crow.
* Shin is not very strong in terms of physical strength compared to the other Hashira, but his speed and leg strength were beyond compare, being second only to Yoriichi, Dumisani and Michikatsu.
* After the betrayal of his brother's fiancée to a group of demons, Shin flew into a blind rage and attacked and killed all the demons present at the scene. This was seen by a Demon Slayer who would later introduce Shin to the organization.
* Ever since the betrayal, Shin has hated women.
* Shin served as a Hashira for 36 years (1454 to 1490).

## Shin's view of the other Hashira

* *"She's so beautiful, magnificent like a flower. Her only flaw is that she can't let people take a breather that it's become annoying."* - Flower Hashira.
* *"I respect her. She keeps her distance, respects people's space and reserved. Her personality is as cold as ice."* - Ice Hashira.
* *"I go to him for religious teachings on how to establish good relationships. It's been helpful."* - Stone Hashira.
* *"He is adaptable, fluid as calm as water. His fluidity in battle and my quickness make one deadly combo."* - Water Hashira.
* *"He has this brother feeling around him. His hair looks like it's always burning."* - Flame Hashira.
* *"He just has to talk back, thinking he's all powerful. What an insolent brat."* - Mist Hashira.
* *"Although he's angry like nearly, all the time, his skill with the sword is awesome."* - Wind Hashira.
* *"He's strong and determined. He should just be more grateful that he's already strong for once, though."* - Moon Hashira.
* *"He might be really amazing."* - Sun Hashira.
* *"He sometimes comes off as a showoff who disregards all else around which can rub others off the other way. At least he treats those higher and stronger than him with respect."* - Stellar Hashira.