Taiyo Hino

* Anime
* Manga

Anne Yatco (English)

**Taiyo Hino** is deuteragonist of *Demon Blood*, and she is major ally in *Tackle Tendency*.

Taiyo is Kinoe-ranked Demon Slayer and she was a captian of Demon Slayer Corps, Taiyo is one of Sun Breathing user's descandant that can use mysterious Breathing Style named **"Sun Breathing"**

After end fight between Capira, Taiyo and Pitaro against Inazuma, Taiyo was married with Capira Boruto and she was mother of Kasuke Boruto. A powerful swordsmanship master, she acts as mentor to both Kasuke and Renjiro Kadomatsu. Residing in Maiuscolo, with an initially unknown past, she leads the Demon Slayers efforts in battling the Pillar Men, later revealing her connection to Kasuke during the end of *Tackle Tendency*.

## Appearance

Taiyo is tall curvaceous woman with a slightly pale complexion. She has long-red hair with large dark red eyes with circular white pupils.

Taiyo wears the black standard Demon Slayer uniform, consisting of a gakuran jacket and short-hakama pants. connected to her black-high heel boots.

She wears white long-sleeves shirt underneath her Demon Slayer uniform without wearing panties.

## Personality

Taiyo was calm and greatly enthusiastic in regard to her duties as a Kinoe-ranked Demon Slayer, and often came across as cheerfully eccentric. She was amiable, pure of heart, and boasted extraordinary technique and swordsmanship stemming from strict practice and discipline. She was an honorable warrior who adhered to his code of morals and principles that was instilled into her by her mother at a young age—the most significant being her belief that those who were born strong have a duty to protect the weak.

Taiyo is like any Swordsmanship master, a dignified and courageous woman, facing the Pillar Men without fear, and confidently confronts any challenge she encounters, especially in regards to fighting someone. Taiyo takes some pride in her fighting ability and tells Kasuke that she doesn't need a youngster like him to win.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities:** As a Leader of the Demon Slayer Corps, Taiyo was a very powerful and skilled combatant. Before he took his mother's place, Taiyo was already shown to be an amazing fighter. He successfully avenged the death of the 9 Slayers that died to the Flute Demon by herself and later managed to singlehandedly defeat Lower Rank Two, who even appraised his swordsmanship before he died. Moreover, his mother, Misako Hino, stated that, after her death in her mission, Taiyo trained herself to become a Learn by learning from the guide book of the Nichijin Swordsmanship style, a book which only had three volumes.

**Extrasensory Perception:** Taiyo had incredibly honed senses, such as when she was able to sense and perceive Inazuma's immense presence and demon aura which he uses to discern that he was a demon. Taiyo was also capable of sensing demonic presences faster and more accurately than Capira Boruto, who harbors an acute sense of smell, when he detected two demons right after another on a train before anyone else noticed.

**Immense Speed & Reflexes:** As a Leader, Taiyo possessed tremendous speed and reflexes that even a trained and gifted Demon Slayer like Capira couldn't perceive or register. Taiyo could even cause tremors to the ground and nearly launching a train off its tracks by running at such high speeds.

**Immense Strength:** As a Slayer who spent years perfecting her physical prowess, Taiyo possessed amazing physical strength, being capable of swinging her katana at speeds faster than the eye can see incessantly with terrifying accuracy while engaging in combat and even send Inazuma flying an astonishing distance into a forest with a single blade swing.

**Swordsmanship:** As she was a Leader of the Demon Slayer Corps, Taiyo was one of the most powerful and skilled swordsmen in the entire organization. Additionally, Taiyo is part of the Hino family which has an impressive lineage of powerful swordsmen, giving Taiyo an edge in developing and polishing her swordsmanship. Her extraordinary swordsmanship skill has been displayed on multiple occasions across the series.

**Indomitable Will:** Taiyo had an undaunted spirit and indomitable willpower, which even impressed the likes of Inazuma. Ever since she was a child, he had inculcated indomitable will and passion in herself due to his promise to her late mother. Even when the Demon overwhelmed him with powerful attacks, giving Taiyo insidious wounds, she remained steadfast and resolute. After Taiyo lost an eye and had internal wounds caused by Inazuma, she still persisted, vehemently expressing his unwavering will and determination, saying thats he will protect the lives of the other innocent people no matter what.

**Sun Breathing:** A Breathing Style taught to Taiyo by her mother, Misako Hino. and later mastered by reading the instruction books left behind by previous Sun Breathing users in the Hino Family. As the Sun Breathing user, Taiyo is her generation's most skilled Sun Breathing user. He became evidently proficient in fighting with this Breathing Style, being able to singlehandedly defeat Moon Breathing Hybrid, Taishiro and later hold his own against Dark Thunder Demon, Inazuma Kurai.

## Trivia

* Taiyo's intial design is male but design that used in manga is female.
* Taiyo ranked 1st place in the first popularity poll.
* Taiyo's favourite food is *Unadon*.

## Etymology

* The name **Taiyo** (太陽) means "sun".
* Her surname **Hino** (日野) means "sunlight field".