Kamado Clan

**The Kamado Clan** (*竈門一族, Kamado Ichizoku*) often called the **Kamado Family** is a clan of Kirigakure with extremely close ties to Konohagakure.

## Clan Data

### Known Members

* Tanjiro Kamado
* Tanjuro Kamado
* Kie Kamado
* Zuko Kamado
* Shigeru Kamado
* Rokuta Kamado
* Takeo Kamado

## Background

Not much is known about the clan but what is known is that they are fishermen and coal burners, while others become water benders in their later years.

## Abilities

* **Kamado Birthmark -** Most members are born with a sun shaped birthmark on their forehead the only known members with this birthmark are Tanjiro and his father Tanjuro . It is also explained that all Sun Breathers naturally have this mark.

### Hinokami Kagura

**Hinokami Kagura** (ヒノカミ *Hinokami Kagura*?, lit. "Dance of the Fire God") is a Breathing Style only known and taught by the Kamado Family, later revealed to be the first Breathing Style, **Sun Breathing** (の *Hi no kokyū*?).

The Hinokami Kagura is a Breathing Style that is passed on from father to son in every generation of Kamado Family alongside the Hanafuda earrings. They use it within a ritual ceremony practiced every new year, where the Breathing Style user offers the Fire God a dance from sunset to sunrise to ward off threats and diseases.

The dance is composed of twelve segments repeated throughout the night until dawn. Tanjuro Kamado noted that the breathing technique utilized in this dance allows the user to never exhaust themselves no matter how long they move, making it such that they can seemingly dance forever. The last user of Hinokami Kagura is Tanjiro Kamado, who learned the Breathing Style from his father Tanjuro Kamado. Other people can learn this technique if taught by a Kamado descendant.

Both the Hinokami Kagura and Sun Breathing are Breathing Styles that mimic the sun and replicate it with the user's movements, techniques, and abilities. All techniques and forms are extremely varied and have no set pattern, making it the most versatile and effective against demons. Users of Sun Breathing visualize themselves seemingly manipulating solar flames when unleashing its techniques.

Tanjiro noted that using this style increases his overall power and speed, which is due to the fact that his body is more suited to Sun Breathing as opposed to Water Breathing.

### Known Techniques

Sun Breathing was initially created with 12 techniques all connected to one another.

* **Dance** ( *Enbu*?) - The user performs a singular downwards vertical slash in an arcing motion.
	+ **Dancing Flash** ( *Enbu Issen*?) - A modified version of **Dance** developed and utilized only by Tanjiro Kamado. The user combines the fundamental technique of Thunder Breathing with the high-powered slash of **Dance** by inhaling huge amounts of oxygen, increasing the pumping of blood through the entire body, focusing it on the legs, and releasing it all to assault the target with a slash. This technique was capable of out-speeding Genya Shinazugawa, Nezuko Kamado, as well as the fleeing Hantengu.

* **Clear Blue Sky** (の *Heki-ra no Ten*?) - The user spins and twists their upper body in a circular motion, releasing a 360° slash.

* **Raging Sun** ( *Retsujitsu Kōkyō*?) - The user unleashes two consecutive horizontal arcing slashes around themselves to strike incoming attacks.

* **Burning Bones, Summer Sun** ( *Shakkotsu En'yō*?) - The user performs a singular slash utilizing a spiraling motion which extends in front of themselves to defend from imminent frontal attacks.

* **Setting Sun Transformation** ( *Shayō Tenshin*?) - The user backflips into the air before performing a singular horizontal slash which aims to decapitate the target.

* **Solar Heat Haze** ( *Hirin Kagerō*?) - The user rushes forth, now attempting to deliver a strike seemingly enveloped in a heat-haze, masking the true length and location of the blade to deliver an unexpected strike.

* **Beneficent Radiance** ( *Kiki Onkō*?) - The user spirals into the air whilst performing a swirling slash upwards to strike the target.

* **Sunflower Thrust** ( *Yōkatotsu*?) - The user performs a singular thrust utilizing the tip of their blade to strike the target.

* **Sun Halo Dragon Head Dance** (の・い *Nichiun no Ryū Kaburimai*?) - The user assumes a high stance, before unleashing a number of consecutive slashes in a fluid motion in the form of a Japanese dragon made of solar flames. This technique is capable of decapitating multiple targets at once.

* **Fire Wheel** ( *Kasha*?) - The user flips into the air behind the opponent before unleashing a singular vertical slash in a circular motion to swiftly cut the target in half.

* **Fake Rainbow** ( *Gen'nichi Kō*?) - The user performs high-speed twists and rotations, creating afterimages that are primarily used for evading attacks. These afterimages are particularly effective against enemies with sharp vision.

* **Flame Dance** ( *Enbu*?) - A two-strike combo which starts with a downward vertical slash leading into a horizontal slash right after.

* **Thirteenth Form** (ノ *Jū San no kata*?) - The user continuously performs all twelve forms of **Sun Breathing** in repetitive succession to increase the accuracy and agility of its movements, and attacks. This form was created solely for the purpose of killing Muzan Kibutsuji, since the repetition of all twelve forms aims to destroy Muzan's twelve vital organs (seven hearts and five brains) that move freely inside his body.

## Leaders

* **Tanjuro Kamado** - The only leader before his death
* **Tanjiro Kamado** - Oldest son and will most likely become the next leader

### Heirs

* **Zuko Kamado** - The youngest son
* **Tanjiro Kamado** - Designated to be his father's successor after his death