Akeru Nozomi

He was a **Hashira** of the **Demon Slayer Corps**. As a hashira, he's shown an impressive amount of strength and speed, outclassing many demon slayers and hashiras. Most notable being **Shinobu Kochō** in speed and **Kyōjurō Rengoku** in strength. He was born on September 13, 1891.

## Appearance

Akeru is a muscular young man with a calm, yet intimidating stare. He has beautiful red eyes that have been stated to match his style. Akeru has Navy Blue hair with Light Blue highlights.

Akeru wears a Dark Blue Haori with a Light Blue Flame design, with his Kyahan having the same colors and design. He wears a dark, slightly blue-tinted version of the Demon Slayer Corps uniform.

## Personality

Akeru was stated to be a rather quiet and selfless person who is ready to sacrifice himself for somebody else at any given moment by many people. He tends to be ambitious at times and likes to tease demons, especially if they're one of the **Twelve Kizuki**. Most people don't tend to pay any attention to akeru, only seeing him as a replacement for the Late Flame Hashira, **Kyōjurō Rengoku**. Despite that, his fellow hashira idolize him and hang out with him at nearly any given moment. Akeru is mainly seen hanging out with **Giyū Tomioka** and **Muichirō Tokitō**.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities:** As expected from his **Hashira** rank, Akeru excels in physical strength and speed, both surprising and surpassing most 6 of the current Hashira, and all of the former hashira. Akeru is known throughout the **Demon Slayer Corps** for his strength, speed, and combat, but mainly for his intelligence.

### Supernatural Abilities

* **Demon Slayer Mark:** Akeru awakened his mark during the battle between **Akeru Nozomi and Kyojuro Rengoku vs Akaza.**

* **Bright Red Nichirin Blade:** Akeru awakened the Bright Red Nichirin Blade during the battle against **Muzan Kibutsuji** after concentrating a certain amount of his physical strength into his grip, soon turning his blade bright red.
* **Transparent World:** Akeru awakened the Transparent World shortly after he awakened the Bright Red Nichirin Blade, during the battle against Muzan Kibutsuji.
* **Selfless State:** Akeru awakened the Selfless State against Upper Rank 5 Eclipse Yoranagi, using this state to heavily overpower yoranagi, until akeru eventually defeated him.

### Intellectual Abilities

* **Strategical, Operational, and Tactical Intellect:** Akeru possesses an extraordinary intellect, have the abilities to create plans, create strategies, and predict his enemies next move during a fight, this being how he survived against **Akaza** on the Mugen Train.

### Physical Abilites

* **Enhanced Physical Strength, Speed, and Durability:** Akeru has been stated to have nearly unreal physical strength by multiple mizunoto's, yet he says he is only stronger than Rengoku. Shinobu has admitted that she isn't as fast as Akeru and that she values every foot race that they have together. Akeru was even told that his durability is almost similar to that of an uppermoon by Muzan Kibutsuji himself. All of these components come together to make akeru the "Ultimate Opponent", as stated bu Upper Rank 3 Akaza.

## Fighting Style

**Ultimate Swordsman:** In terms of swordsman rankings, he is ranked as the highest ranking swordsman among the hashira, besides **Gyōmei Himejima**. Most demon slayers that have met Akeru have deemed him as "The Ultimate Swordsman".

### Swordsmanship

The **Blue Flame Breathing** (青い炎の呼吸 Aoi honō no kokyū) is a **Breathing Style** directly derived from the **Flame Breathing**.

The Blue Flame Breathing directly mimics Flame Breathing, though this version has the strongest fire, Blue Fire. Not only does this style have more attack power than the regular flame breathing, it also has more attack speed and flexibility, also having mostly different forms than flame breathing.

## Techniques

Blue Flame Breathing is usually thought of as a copycat of flame breathing, although it's stronger.

* **First Form: Blue Hell Burn** (壱ノ型:青い地獄燃えた *Ichi no kata: Aoi Jigoku Moeta*) - The user rushes at the enemy and performs a horizontal slash.
* **Second Form: Mindspace Burnout** (二ノ型:念頭空間燃え尽きる *Ni no kata: Nentō Kūkan Moetsukiru*) - The user performs a heavy downward slash.
* **Third Form: Scorched Heart** (参ノ型:焦げた心臓 *San no kata: Kogeta Shinzō*) - The user performs a series of sword slashes that take on the form of a Lion.
* **Fourth Form: Destruction of Sin** (四ノ型:罪破壊 *Shi no kata: Tsumi hakai*) - The swordsman uses an upwards moving slash attack.
* **Fifth Form: Burning Skylight** (五ノ型:燃焼天窓 *Go no kata: Nenshō Tenmado*) - The user performs a series of powerful sword slashes in quick succession.
* **Sixth Form: Undying Hand of Fire** (六ノ型:不滅火の手 *Roku no kata: Fumetsu Hinote*) - The user performs 2 horizontal slashes that lead into a heavy vertical slash.
* **Seventh Form: Flames of Vengeance** (七ノ型:炎の復讐 *Shichi no kata: Honō no Fukushū*) - The user spins they're sword in a circular motion, deflecting they're enemies attacks.
* **Eighth Form: Eternal Severed Fate** (八ノ型:永遠断つ運命 *Haichi no kata: Eien Tatsu Unmei*) - The user dashes towards they're enemy while spinning they're body, releasing a swirl of flames, as they decapitate they're enemy, or multiple enemies.
* **Ninth Form: Relentless Fire** (九ノ型:冷酷火 *Ku no kata: Reikoku Hi*) - The user slams they're sword to the ground, releasing blue flames around the user, made for defeating multiple enemies or slicing multiple things.
* **Tenth Form: Karma Combustion** (十ノ型:宿縁燃焼 *Jū no kata: Shukuen Nenshō*) - The user charges towards they're opponent at high speeds and decapitates them in one or multiple slashes.
* **Final Form: Blue Flame Blaze** (終ノ型:青い炎燃える *Tsui no kata: Aoi honō Moeru*) - This form is an exclusive form for **Blue Flame Breathing** and **Black Flame Breathing**, only being used by ****Akeru Nozomi**** and **Uchū Fumei**, being a combination of different moves from the two breathing styles.

## Battles

Akeru Nozomi Battles

**Mugen Train Arc**

* Akeru Nozomi and Kyojuro Rengoku vs Akaza

**Infinity Castle Arc**

* Akeru Nozomi vs Eclipse Yoranagi
* Akeru Nozomi and Uchū Fumei vs Eclipse Yoranagi
* Demon Slayers vs Muzan Kibutsuji: Part 1

**Sunrise Countdown Arc**

* Demon Slayers vs Muzan Kibutsuji: Part 2

## Equipment

* **Nichirin Blade**
* **Nichirin Combat Knife**
* Wisteria Poison Coated Kunai
* Smoke Bomb
* Flashbang

## Trivia

* He lived in the same village as Koshiko Tadashi when he was a child.

## Quotes

* (To Akaza) "Upper Rank 3...The **Real Fight** starts now."
* (To Eclipse Yoranagi) "Yoranagi...you've become the thing that you hated the most...the thing that you were destined to destroy..."
* (To Koshiko Tadashi) "Tadashi-San...don't let your anger consume you...turn that anger into your power!"
* (To Muzan Kibutsuji) "So, you finally show yourself...Muzan Kibutsuji!"