Sango

Kohaku (younger brother)

Shako † (paternal grandfather)

Unnamed Paternal Grandmother

Unnamed Maternal Grandparents

Miroku (husband)

Kin'u (daughter)

Gyokuto (daughter)

Hisui (son)

Unnamed Father-In-Law †

Unnamed Mother-In-Law

Skilled swordswoman

Superhuman strength

Sango is a teenage demon slayer. Before being destroyed, the village had been home to families of demon-slayers who had mastered several techniques to vanquish demons, everything from base rituals to chemical repellents to fighting styles. She and her brother Kohaku were the children of the village's chief.￼

## Powers and Abilities

Sango is known as the strongest demon slayer of the famous demon slayer village. Her father, the leader of the village and a master demon-slayer in his own right, claimed that her skills are greater than even his, despite the fact that she was the second youngest slayer. Being trained in the ways of slaying demons for a living, Sango knew a number of useful skills that made her a valuable asset to the group. In addition to knowledge from her ancestors, she has experience battling numerous demons. Sango knows how to dominant a battle by finding a demon's weak points based on their characteristics.

* Peak Physical Condition: Having undergone an evidently vigorous and intensive training regimen as a demon slayer, Sango has demonstrated impressive physical feats for a woman of her age and size. Due to her constant training and combat experience, she is extremely agile and has very quick reflexes.￼
* Peak Human Strength: Sango is much stronger than most ordinary humans, as she could singlehandedly use the hefty Hiraikotsu; Miroku was initially surprised by how heavy it was and baffled by how she made handling it look so easy.[17] Despite being buried in the ground with a deep wound in her back, her physical strength allowed her to claw her way to the surface. On another occasion, she was shown fiercely taking on a large bear demon and sending it flying with punches and kicks alone, as well as jumping very high in the air, a feat which surprised or intimidated her friends. Physically, she is probably the second-strongest in the group after Inuyasha (although she's probably the strongest when Inuyasha is in human form).
* Peak Human Stamina: Sango is able to maintain her stamina during prolonged combative situations, as she has managed to exert a great deal of energy when fighting multiple demons for extensive periods of time.
* Peak Human Endurance: Sango can endure more physical stress than the average person. Although she has received serious wounds on several occasions, Sango usually recovers significantly faster than either Kagome Higurashi or Miroku. Conversely, however, she is more vulnerable to toxic miasma than they are, as she has no spiritual power and cannot purify it. Sango impressively had her full mobility a few days after giving birth; she was able to carry Hisui and run with little effort.
* Honed Senses: In spite of being a normal, flesh-and-blood human, she has acute instincts that were honed by experience. She usually reacted swiftly to any hint of the demonic.
* Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Sango has demonstrated incredible fighting skills, and is normally able to hold her own against most humans and lower-ranking demons even without her weapons.
* Adept Demonologist: As a seasoned demon slayer, Sango had accumulated a vast array of knowledge regarding demons in general, such as their various species and what they were capable of. This in turn made her a very reliable source when dealing with a challenging problem regarding demons, which is rivaled only perhaps by Inuyasha. She was also informed as to what aspects of a particular demon were useful for weapons manufactury. Although she lacks spiritual powers or enhanced demonic senses like her companions, Sango is nonetheless able to sense demonic auras, probably due to her extensive experience with demons. She is also more sensitive to the presence of Shikon shards than the average human (though less so than Kagome).
* Poison Knowledge: Sango uses poison effectively as a supplementary attack and she always has poison powder or paste ready for battle. She can also use suffocating poison smoke to flush out demons from buildings. Her knowledge was such that she even proposed instructing two ninja girls on how create a poisonous mist powder that could drive away demons after she declined on teaching them demon slaying.

* Smithery: Although not in the same league as Tōtōsai, Sango is a reasonably skilled blacksmith in her own right, having repaired damage to Hiraikotsu on several occasions and helped forge other demon-made weapons.

## Weapons

* Hiraikotsu: Hiraikotsu is a gigantic boomerang that Sango always carries with her. This boomerang is made up of various kinds of demon bones. Hiraikotsu requires a lot of strength to throw in order to destroy the target. It is a fierce weapon, possessing a great amount of power when thrown by a sufficiently strong user, to the point of severing most natural defenses of demons, and even managing to push back Inuyasha defending with the Tessaiga.
* Shakujō Hiraikotsu: In The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass, Miroku did gave his Shakujō to Sango onto her Hiraikotsu to defeat Naraku, but unfortunately he faked his death as Miroku's Wind Tunnel has disappeared.
* Yōki and Miasma Dispersion: In The Final Act, Sango was forced to sacrifice the Hiraikotsu to the Bone Demon in order to save Miroku. Afterwords, Myōga informed her that there was someone that could fix it, the sage/potions master. After getting the weapon fixed through a trial involving the Yakurōdokusen's jars of herbs and poisons and the demons in Hiraikotsu, the potions master informed her that although it was fixed, it would never be the same as it was before. Sango used Hiraikotsu for the first time after it was repaired against Naraku, who was surprised by it because it greatly wounded him and canceled his regeneration. He stated that it was attacking him with a whole different type of poison than his own, as well as emitting its own demonic aura. Hiraikotsu was much more powerful than before because it was able to not only emit a demonic aura and extremely strong poison on its opponents, but also absorb miasma/poison and disperse it accordingly, increasing it's effectiveness greatly, especially against Naraku.
* Wakizashi: The wakizashi was a medium-length sword often carried by demon slayers. In case they lost their main weapon, they could use their sword for close combat instead. Like the armor and other weapons, wakizashi were infused with demon bones so that they could kill demons as well as humans.
* Iron Chain: The iron chain was another weapon of choice for demon slayers, used to hit or stumble opponents at a distance. It could also wrap around an enemy, preventing them from escaping. The chain could also be equipped with a grappling hook for climbing.
* Hidden Blade: Sango's hidden weapon was a short, curved blade strapped to her wrist. It was concealed against her right forearm, underneath the sleeve of her uniform; she can extend it simply by flexing her forearm. It could be used to attack enemies by surprise when she appeared unarmed, or to free herself from being tied with ropes.
* Demon Slaying Salve: Sango also carried a highly corrosive poison salve made to wipe out demons that could not easily be taken down with Hiraikotsu; she ultimately used this to destroy her own weapon at one point (in order to save Miroku's life) though Hiraikotsu was later restored. The salve was held inside a castanet-like case, and appeared to be a purple gel which the potions master stated was a vicious poison for demons.
* Poison Powder and Medicines: Sango uses poison powder to lure out demons who were hiding, or to disturb the keen noses of certain demons and weaken them, such as Inuyasha, who was susceptible to the scent of the poison. She also originally carried a medicinal salve for minor cuts and burns, which she gave to Kohaku. The powder and medicine was kept in small shell containers under the plates of her armor.
* Filter Mask: Sango and other slayers carries a metal gas mask to prevent them from breathing in the poisonous fumes of demons. Sango also used this mask to clear her lungs if she had already been poisoned. However, since the mask left her upper face and eyes exposed, she could still be harmed by nerve toxins, although the only enemy she encountered capable of utilizing such poisons was Mukotsu.
* Nioidama: Are a typical/basic weapon for every yōkai taijiya. They're a mix of stink bomb and smoke bomb, nioidama unleash a gas when they explode which yōkai consider as disgusting while also leave a cloud of smoke at the same moment. This weapons is usually used to knock out or kill smaller yōkai, or to distract greater yōkai and are especially effective against yōkai with a strong sense of smell.￼