Mokaro Kuze

* **Art:** By さーー and colored by lisanasidqin5652.

* **Creditials of name and content/information of character:** By Dafailure428 on the Kimetsu no Yaiba Wiki and the Sengoku-Era Hashiras Wiki but altered to fit the plot of the *Kimetsu no Yaiba Reishoki anthology*.

* **Difference between the characters:** ① Their backstories are different as the KnYR Mokaro doesn't has memory loss like his Sengoku-Era Hashiras Wiki counterpart. ② The KnYM Mokaro is more arrogant than his Sengoku-Era Hashiras Wiki counterpart.

* **Links used to create this article:** ① Mōkarō Ashikaga - Kimetsu no Yaiba Fan Wiki ② Mōkarō Kuze - Sengoku-Era Hashiras Wiki ③ Sengoku Era Character Headcanon #3 - Kimetsu no Yaiba Wiki.

## Characteristics

### Age

16 (1450) (became the Mist Hashira)
 18 (1452)
 21 (1455)

## Affiliations

### Affiliation

 Demon Slayer Corps
 Kuze Clan (Formerly)

### Occupation

Demon Slayer
 Mist Hashira

### Combat Style

Mist Breathing
 Wind Breathing (Formerly)

## Familial Status

### Relative(s)

Kuze Clan* Unnamed Father
* Four Older Brothers
* Four Older Sisters

**Mokaro Kuze** (久世 朦翳朧, *Kuze Mōkarō*?) is a major character in *Kimetsu no Yaiba Reishoki: Sengoku Tales*. He was a Demon Slayer from the Sengoku Period who became the first ever Mist Hashira (霞柱, *Kasumi Bashira*?).

## Etymology

* Mōkarō's surname contains the kanji for "long time" (久, *ku*?) and "world" (世, *ze*?). His first name contains "obscure" (朦, *mō*?), "hold aloft" (翳, *ka*?), and "haziness" (朧, *rō*?). The unlucky number nine is sometimes also pronounced as "Ku", just like the first part of his surname.

## Appearance

When he first appeared in the official Demon Slayer manga in a flashback in the Hashira Training Arc, Mokaro had the appearance of a man of average height with a fit build, hair that was long and tied behind him in a ponytail with two shorter bangs on either side of his head along with two longer, ear-length bangs, while his eye color isn't noted, with his Demon Slayer Mark having the same appearance and color as the Taisho Era Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito's even appearing on both his cheeks and on the right side of his forehead. In the above art made by **さーー** and colored by **lisanasidqin5652** however, his facial features remain the same, the only difference been that his eyes are violet in color with light purple pupils.

In the official manga, it is not known what Mokaro was wearing, but from the art and coloration by **さーー** and **lisanasidqin5652** respectively however, he wore a white kimono with a black button-up shirt underneath all tucked into his umanori-styled hakama pants minus the leg-wraps around his shins, with a black uwa-obi around his waist and a pair of blue-strapped zōri on his feet and black tabi socks.

### Gallery

Mokaro (the Demon Slayer at the left with the mist-patterned mark) alongside Yoriichi Tsugikuni (right side), Michikatsu Tsugikuni (bottom centre), and Shin Kaminari (top left centre)
## Personality

Mokaro was known to be air-headed and always seems to constantly wander off in thought and is unable to focus on anything. Impassive and, at times, obtuse, he tended to think only for himself and operates on logic alone, never letting emotion guide him, making him seem completely apathetic and indifferent. Despite his uncaring and unserious demeanor, he would get serious when it is required and is devoted to his position as the Demon Slayer Corps' Mist Hashira.

Unlike his Taisho Era counterpart, Muichiro Tokito, Mokaro doesn't suffer from memory loss and can remember many things. he is also known to be one arrogant, insolent rude and impudent person, something makes most of the Demon Slayers and Hashira angry with him. Despite all the anger he receives, Mokaro simply doesn't care since it's not him experiencing the emotion.

## Abilities

### Overall Abilities

As the first Mist Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps and a prodigy due to his swordsmanship heritage from the Kuze clan, Mokaro was a very powerful and skilled combatant and is also noted to be incredibly talented in his own right.

### Physical Abilities

**Immense Speed & Reflexes:** As a Hashira and also a Mist Breather, Mokaro is tremendously fast, displaying the ability to blitz demons and move in bursts of speeds akin to teleporting.

**Immense Stamina & Endurance:** Mokaro possesses extreme stamina and endurance much greater than the average Demon Slayer due to him being a Hashira.

**Immense Strength:** Despite his build appearing to be one of the smallest and seemingly weakest of the Demon Slayers and Hashira, Mokaro has shown to possess a caliber of physical strength heads and shoulders above that of the average Demon Slayer, a trait and appearance that he shares with his Taisho Era counterpart, Muichiro Tokito.

### Demon Slayer Abilities

   **Demon Slayer Mark:** Like the Hashira and other Demon Slayers of his generation, Mokaro awoke his Demon Slayer Mark due to Yoriichi's mark resonating with the Demon Slayers at the time. His mark resembled mist-like designs on both sides of his cheeks and one on the right side of his forehead that had a dark cyan colour. While the mark is active, his Breathing Style's offensive and defensive abilities are increased by 100x their usual strength, same goes for his physical abilities.

### Supernatural Abilities

**Extrasensory Perception:** Mokaro has extremely honed senses able to pick up things outside the normal range of perception, such as discerning the aura of a demon's from a human's.

## Fighting Style

**Master Swordsman:** As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Mokaro is one of the most powerful and skilled swordsmen in the entire organization. Despite being very young, Mokaro's swordsmanship is noted to be acute and precise.

### Breathing Style

**Mist Breathing** (霞の呼吸, *Kasumi no Kokyū*?): A Breathing Style that Mokaro created by further modifying the Wind Breathing technique that he and Sosuke Kazeshi learned from Yoriichi Tsugikuni into a style that involved using swift strikes and movements performed in a unique pattern that obscures the opponent's senses and surroundings. As the creator of Mist Breathing and was chosen as the first Mist Hashira, Mokaro was his generation's most skilled Mist Breathing user due to him being its creator. He is so proficient with Mist Breathing that he would have surpassed his Taisho Era counterpart, Muichiro Tokito, in usage of Mist Breathing and would have killed the Upper Rank 5 at the time, Gyokko in a few seconds before the demon would even realize it (if Mokaro fought against Gyokko that is).

#### Techniques

**Wind Breathing** (風の呼吸, *Kaze no Kokyū*?): A Breathing Style that Mokaro learnt when training under alongside the Wind Hashira, Takeshi Hayate. However, although Mokaro has learnt it, he saw he was not as skillful with it and cannot fight to his fullest using it. Thus, he developed Mist Breathing, a Breathing Style more suited to him and can properly make use of his speed and overall abilities.

## Equipment

**Standard Nichirin Katana:** As a Demon Slayer, Mokaro carries around a standard sized and shaped Nichirin katana that is white in color (#beebeb color code). As a member of the **Hashira**, Mokaro's katana also had the words **Destroyer of Demons** (惡鬼滅殺, *Akki Messatsu*?) engraved on both sides. His sword's tsuba is rectangular-shaped with a center that has a purple tone and black border. Along with his katana, Mokaro also carries a standard sword sheath that is black in color.

## Trivia

* Mokaro had a relatively small body compared to the other demon slayers and thus wore an oversized uniform. Mokaro then took advantage of this fact and combined it with his Mist Breathing style.
* Mokaro is the youngest Hashira of the first generation, being only 16 years old at the time of his appointment.
* Mokaro had a habit of comparing his Hashira peers to animals and objects.
* Mokaro has served as a Hashira for one of the least amount of times, a total of (), retiring at age.

## Mokaro's view of the other Hashira

* *"I loved butterflies a lot, and she also reminds me of one. Although she has a distinct flowery scent from her all the time."* - Flower Hashira.
* *"She's as cold as winter itself, sheesh."* - Ice Hashira.
* *"Due to what he wears, he looks like either a spotted frog or a spotted cat."* - Thunder Hashira.
* *"He's really tall and looks powerful and almost immovable, maybe like a boulder rooted in the ground, or like a mountain."* - Stone Hashira.
* *"He really moves so swiftly like a current in water, or like a watersnake slithering in water during combat. Either way, he's adaptable to the situation."* - Water Hashira.
* *"He shouted near my ear once that I nearly got deaf. From a glance, he even looks like a human version of a tiger, even his shouting is as loud its roar."* - Flame Hashira.
* *"He's the kind to do things himself. Not only is he like a lone wolf  to me, he's as destructive as a tornado, too. I remember Yoriichi taught us the same combat style." -* Wind Hashira.
* *"He's like the moon in the night sky. Although I see a tinge of jealousy coming from him when he sees Yoriichi, or maybe it's just me"* - Moon Hashira.
* *"He's like the sun. He's a great teacher and a humble man. It's rare to find people like those nowadays."* - Sun Hashira.
* *"He slways talks about his home continent, his culture and the unique wildlife in it. I go to him for a good story everyday. The way he radiates authority is a mix of a lion's and dragon's"* - Stellar Hashira.