Kokushibo (Michikatsu)

# Kokushibo

* Kokushibo

"*I could never grab hold of anything. Anything at all. I abandoned my home. I abandoned my wife and children. I abandoned my humanity. I cut down my descendants and abandoned being a samurai. But even all that wasn't enough? You said that those who master their paths all reach the same place. But I never did. I could not see the same world that you did. Why could I not leave anything behind? Why could I not become someone known? Why are we so different? Why in the world was I ever born? Tell me... Yoriichi.*"

## Summary

**Kokushibo** ( *Kokushibō*?) is the secondary antagonist of *Kimetsu no Yaiba*. He was a demon affiliated with the Twelve Demon Moons, holding the highest position, **Upper Moon 1** (の *Jōgen no Ichi*?). As a Demon Moon, Kokushibo is one of the closest servants of the Demon King, Muzan Kibutsuji, whose main purpose is to find the Blue Spider Lily so that Muzan can gain immunity from the sun.

Nearly five centuries ago during the Sengoku Era (the Golden Age of Demon Slayers), Kokushibo was a human by the name of **Michikatsu Tsugikuni** (  *Tsugikuni Michikatsu*?), a former Demon Slayer and the older twin brother of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, the strongest Demon Slayer that ever existed.

Kokushibo is also the ancestor of Muichiro Tokito and Yuichiro Tokito and the one responsible for turning Zenitsu Agatsuma's senior, Kaigaku, into a demon and joining the Twelve Demon Moons.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier: Unknown | 7-C**

**Name:** Michikatsu Tsugikuni, Kokushibo

**Origin:** Kimetsu no Yaiba

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** Unknown, at least over 480 years old

**Classification:** Human (Formerly), Demon Slayer (Formerly), Demon, Demon Moon, Upper Moon, Upper Moon 1

**Powers and Abilities:**

* **Superhuman Physical Characteristics**
* **Acrobatics**
* **Supernatural Willpower**
* **Enhanced Senses** (Demons can easily smell blood and poison being able to differentiate more or less nutritious blood types. Possesses six eyes and creates numerous eyes on his sword and blades to further augment his vision and situational awareness)
* **Extrasensory Perception** (Able to sense the presence of others and malicious intent, this can be used to differentiate humans and demons, determine how strong someone is to a certain extent or detect an enemy in the vicinity. Was able to sense that Akaza died from an extremely long distance)
* **Immortality** (Type. 1, 2, 3)
* **Regeneration** (High-Mid; Even after being reduced to a decapitated head, a low-level demon would have still been capable of regenerating if his head were to be "completely crushed")
* **Self-Sustenance** (Type 3, Demons don't sleep)
* **Body Control** (A low-level demon could grow hands from its head after it lost its body. Superior to demons who can use their flesh to form clothes, rope, and metallic weapons. Can create and control a katana and its scabbard made from his flesh. Was able to grow dozens of katanas out of his body)
* **Battle Spirit** (Overwhelming Aura that causes the opponent fear and paralysis with them feeling the air getting heavier, and can even cause internal bleeding and external lacerations)
* **Statistics Amplification** (Total Concentration Breathing increase a person's speed and power to match demons. Demon Slayer Mark enhances his natural abilities even further)
* **Weapon Mastery** (Possesses around 500 years worth of swordsmanship experience. Is the second strongest swordsman in the entire series, second only to the strongest Demon Slayer in existence, Yoriichi Tsugikuni)
* **Weapon Creation** (Created a katana and its scabbard from his flesh)
* **Weapon Control** (Can control the shape of his katana. Was able to grow his katana out of his body)
* **Transformation** (Can transform into a grotesque spider-looking form)
* **Perception Amplification**, **Information Analysis**, further **Enhanced Sight**, **Analytical Prediction**, and **Precognition** with Transparent World (Transparent World makes his perception of time slow down and allows the user to directly see his opponent's muscles, blood flow and movements which allows them to predict their next moves. Was able to tell that Muichiro was his descendant and Genya ate demons)
* **Adaptation** (Adapted to Nichirin Blade decapitation. Scales to Akaza's and Doma's adaptive abilities as he's superior to them. Can make himself immune to poisons he didn't experience by being telepathically informed about its properties)
* **Absorption** (Is known to absorb and phase demons he defeats into his body, with Muzan's permission, to permanently kill them despite their regeneration and immortality)
* **Perception Manipulation** (Can create seemingly elemental effects when he was human)
* **Shockwave Generation** (Can perform powerful sword slashes that generate shockwaves which extend his range of attack)
* **Blade Danmaku** (His Blood Demon Art allows him to create dozens of chaotic sharp blades shaped like crescent moons that constantly change in size, length and speed. Can shape, create, and extend his sword slashes. Was able to generate dozens at once without even swinging his sword)
* **Instinctive Reaction** (Superior in reflexes and skill to Kyojuro, Mitsuri, Sanemi, and Giyu who can react instinctively)
* Limited **Information Analysis** (Demons can perceive details like blood type, sickness and genes)
* Limited **Telepathy** (Can share his thoughts and sight with lower ranked demons if Muzan permits it)Limited **Corruption** (Type 1) and **Power Bestowal** (Muzan can choose to transform a human into a demon if an Upper Moon gives them their blood)

**Resistances**

**Resistance** to **Disease Manipulation** (Demons don’t get sick), **Poison Manipulation** (Superior to strong demons who have high poison resistance. Should be far superior to Gyutaro who shook off a poison dosage that would paralyze an ordinary demon for half a day within moment. Superior to Doma who can eventually adapt to poison strong enough to kill the average demon seven hundred times over), **Biological Manipulation** (Users of Total Concentration Breathing are resistant to Muzan's blood which can immediately transform normal humans into demons with a scratch, leading them to require a few days to willingly transform. Can resist Muzan's injected blood which rapidly attacks and destroys cells leading to quick melting and vaporization, especially with the Demon Slayer Mark), **Pain Manipulation** (Was unbothered by having his ear cut and didn't show signs of pain from having his shoulder crushed), **Regeneration Negation** (Up to High-Mid; Superior to Akaza who could regenerate from Tanjiro’s Dance of the Fire God techniques which nullify regeneration), **Fear Manipulation** and **Paralysis Inducement** (Able to withstand the aura of Lower Moons and Upper Moons that causes fear and paralysis)

**Attack Potency:** **Unknown | Small Town Level** (Superior to Douma who can create a giant ice bodhisattva while being severely weakened by poison, Fought Marked Sanemi, Gyomei and Muichiro at the same time.)

**Speed: Unknown |** At least **Massively Hypersonic, likely far higher** (Blitzed base Gyomei, Sanemi, Akaza and Muichiro with him stating that his speed is in a completely other dimension compared to the Pillars)

**Lifting Strength: Class 100** (Should be physically comparable to **Gyomei**)

**Striking Strength: Unknown |** **Small Town Level**

**Durability: Unknown | Small Town Level** (It took the combined efforts of marked Sanemi and Gyomei to cut off his neck. While the durability of a demon's body is inconsistent and can be hurt by weaker foes, their necks are their most durable body part and can tank attacks from characters who are comparable to their AP)

**Stamina: Limitless** (Demons don't get tired)

**Range:** Extended Melee Range, Tens of Meters with his Blood Demon Art, possibly Hundreds of Meters with **Fourteenth Form: Calamity: Heaven's Full Crescent Moon**.

**Standard Equipment:** Flesh Katana (Kokushibo carries a fleshy and demonically modified version of a Nichirin katana he used when he was a Demon Slayer. As suggested by its appearance, the katana is created from the flesh and blood of Kokushibo himself and due to his body's immense durability and hardness, his katana is as sharp, if not more, than a regular Nichirin Sword. His sword is fleshy red in color, akin to the color of blood, with veins and his eyes all around the blade and even the hilt. However, it is unknown whether those eyes can be used to extend his vision. His katana's hilt is circular shaped with 4 slight indentations, a center with 3 eyes and several black veins and a golden border. He also carries a sword sheath at his waist that has the same fleshy appearance as his katana)

**Intelligence:** Gifted (As a talented swordsman who has existed for over four centuries, Kokushibo has experienced countless battle situations and threats which he has learnt to overcome and circumvent. This was displayed during his battle with three Pillars and Genya, where he was able to adapt to their special and unique fighting styles and tactics nigh instantaneously after witnessing it. For example, after Muichiro unleashed his first attack against the Upper Rank, he was able to determine he was a user of Breath of Mist, a talented one at that. This was further accentuated through Kokushibo being able to take on Sanemi and Gyomei simultaneously despite both of them being marked and being users of different Breath Styles, meaning he’d have to deal with 2 vastly different opponents at once, which he did so successfully, even overwhelming them multiple times)

**Weaknesses:** Sunlight would reduce him to ashes. Wisteria flowers are poisonous to him.