Takeshi Kajiwara

Takeshi Kajiwara is a fan-character from the franchise Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer). He is a demon and the former Bird Hashira. He uses Bird Breathing as well as wield a nichirin blade. Takeshi is also the tsuguko of the previous Bird Hashira, Ahiro Nakada, and the older brother of Haruta Kajiwara. He has a sparrow named Princess Fluffy Sparkles - shortened as Hime.

## Appearance

Takeshi has dark long braided hair that droops onto his shoulder. He is pale and has yellow piercing eyes. After becoming a demon, Takeshi's scleras went black and he grew sharper teeth. Three pairs of black strips stretch across his cheeks, ending near the edge of his eyes.

On missions, Takeshi is often seen wearing the Corps' uniform with long flowing pants, black socks, dark red sandals, and his haori when he was a Hashira. His haori is dark blue that fades into a bright chinese red with cloud-like patterns. He has a feather cloth drooping on his shoulders with sharp-ended tail feathers reching down behind him.

In some cases, he can be seen wearing a conical hat with flowing white veil that covers his face. Or Takeshi can wear a bird mask inherited from his late master. Takeshi is always seen wearing a pair of red earings as it proves sentimental to him.

### Early Appearance

When training as a tsuguko under Ahiro Nakada, Takeshi wears the Corps' uniform. His haori was light and short with speckled browns, resembling that of a falcon. The haori's sleeved drooped around his shoulders, with a pair of sharp-ended tail feathers reaching down behind him. Takeshi didn't wear any earings then, and had shorter hair tied into a ponytail.

## Personality

Takeshi, on the outside, appears to be someone who is reserved and quiet. He is rarely seen talking to anyone in public except for a few close friends and family members. He doesn't isolate himself like Giyuu, however, and doesn't have trouble communicating. But Takeshi only appears to be communicating when there's little people around. Then, he'll talk a lot - much more than one expects. He has a habit of rambling and recounting minimal details, which can annoy or interest people. Alone, he is usually mellowed.

To those who he is close with, Takeshi is incredibly casual and relaxed around them, often cracking jokes and be the one who starts conversations. Takeshi enjoys bird-watching and collecting feathers, and likes taking his friends and/or family out to eat yaki.

Takeshi really enjoys rambling. He can pick up on the smallest details and have a commentary on it. Although Takeshi rarely seems to notice if someone is annoyed or interested, so he keeps on rambling until he's told to stop. Deep inside, he is a gentle and soft person. He enjoys the simple life and often talks to birds. He can pick up on minimal details in everyday mundane life, and he sees it as something special of its own. Doing so causes him to regularly reflect upon himself.

In combat, he can be stubborn and rash. He shows little to no hesitance when killing demons which have lost themselves. But upon killing demons which have their humanity, it causes Takeshi to reflect upon himself and remember his past - in which he felt guilty for what he couldn't do. He proves himself to be very hard-working and honest at heart. He tends to accept challenges, but never goes too far as to get baited.

Deep inside, Takeshi holds a strong hatred towards his nature, hating Douma above all others. This hatred motivated him to kill demons, sometimes going as far as changing some of his breathing forms to create more pain. He is motivated by emotions. He has, at some point, contemplated solar suicide. But through the teachings of his old master and the fact that he hasn't avenged his sister yet, he still continued to fight and using whatever he's got.

## Abilities & Attributes

### Immense Speed & Agility

Takeshi possesses an incredible speed and agility enough to become a Hashira. He is much lighter than he appears, making him move more quickly and stealthilty. This made him one of the fastest Hashiras in both combat speed and racing speed only behind Kanjori and Tengen. He is fast enough to impress Douma and Kokushibou, and caught them surprised mutliple times in their fights. Takeshi's Breathing Style also demands extreme agility, so he possesses an uncanny ability to dodge through small spaces like that of a goshawk. Upon becoming a demon, his speed and agility would be amplified further.

### Keen Sight

Takeshi has incredibly keen sight - having a much higher than average eyesight compared to a normal human. He was able to look farther and even see in a large view. Takeshi can see well in the dark. Upon using his blood demon art, he can switch to different types of sight such as thermal sight or ultraviolet sight - though it would cause an eyestrain and a long time to regenerate. Aside from that, he can watch for incredibly quick attacks, which aid him in his agility and evasion skills.

### Bird Call

Takeshi is able to mimic bird calls and even talk to birds. This skill was taught to him by Ahiro, and developed through his years of bird-watching and communication. This helped him save time as talking to birds can refrain him from talking to humans - which is something he couldn't risk. Although he can talk to birds, he can't command them. But Takeshi is often seen talking to brids for fun or to gather information. From the bird stories he gathered, he would tell them to other people - something he is really fond of doing.

### Blood Demon Arts

After becoming a demon, Takeshi had consumed donated blood. Later on, he would learn from Nezuko that sleeping could regain one's energy. From then, he became strong enough to develop Blood Demon Arts. He can create feathers out of his blood and direct them. The feathers are incredibly sharp - acting as daggers or swords - and controled by Takeshi via telekenesis. Grouping these feathers together can help Takeshi form wings from which we can fly with (though it costs a lot of energy for him). Furthermore, he can create blood birds that acts as spies - growing eyes out of them which he can see through. The blood birds can mimic any bird calls Takeshi knows, and can even speak human tongue.

### Regeneration

After becoming a demon, Takeshi can regenerate his body parts. He doesn't regenerate as fast as an Upper Moon, and will need a considerable time to regenerate large amounts of body parts. He would much prefer re-attaching body parts instead. Takeshi is also vulnerable from the sun and the nichirin blade, and will die if his head is cut off by one.

## History

### Early Life

Takeshi (12) and his little sister, Haruta (7), ran a yaki shop with their parents together in a southern village. He liked taking Haruta out on trips to see the paddy fields, watching crows and herons.

Strange rumors spread from the nearby villages that a pack of large wolves are killing people. Then came the arrival of Ahiro Nakada - the Bird Hashira. Ahiro stopped at Takeshi' shop. Ahiro asked of the rumors, and Takeshi gave him information. With that, Ahiro departed. Takeshi thought him a weird and delusional man, but he was polite and complemented the yaki.

However, on the same night, the pack of "wolves" raided Takeshi's village. Although armed with ammunition and rifles, it was a slaughter. Takeshi grabbed Haruta to find their parents, only to find them dead and eaten by two wolves. But upon closer inspection, Takeshi realized they were humanoid.

Before the two beasts could attack the siblings, a blade sliced their necks. Standing in the doorway was Ahiro - who had arrived late. Feeling guilty for his late arrival, Ahiro took the two siblings under his wing.

### Becoming a Demon Slayer

Ahiro explained to Takeshi that demons had attacked his village, and apologized for the inability to at least save the sibling's parents.

Takeshi, upon hearing so, wanted to train under Ahiro. He promised Haruta he would make a better life for them both, and would work hard for it. Ahiro agreed to train Takeshi. Takeshi, though not naturally talented, proved to be an incredibly hard-worker. And he quickly learned sword skills and Breathing techniques.

After 1.5 years, Takeshi (13) entered the Final Selection after learning Bird Breathing. There, he met Yoshino Ito (21), a Water Breathing user at the time. They decided to team up, becoming friends, and made it through the Final Selection succesfully. They decided to keep in contact afterwards.

### Demon Slayer years

Yoshino and Takeshi would go on many missions together. During this time, Takeshi honed his skills and abilities to great potential, so much so becoming the tsuguko of Ahiro.

But an unfortunate event struck when news arrived: Ahiro was killed in a fight against an Upper Moon. Takeshi began to take his duty much more seriously after that, determined to become worthy of Ahiro's successor.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki, upon seeing his determination, assigned Yoshino and Takeshi on a mission to defeat Lower Moon 3. Together, they managed to deliver the blow, finally returning home with some crutches.

There were only one Hashira slot left then, however. But seeing how Takeshi cared about Ahiro, Yoshino decided to give up the spot gladly. Takeshi was eternally grateful, hugging his best friend while sobbing.

With that, Takeshi (18) became the Bird Hashira on the same year Ahiro passed.

### Hashira years

Takeshi seems to have became more peaceful and satisfied after becoming Hashira. He still hung around with Yoshino and they drank together on free late nights.

Haruta also insisted upon becoming a Demon Slayer, so Takeshi trained her in basic sword skills and Breathing. But she didn't seem to have some requirements to perform Bird Breathing. One day, while watching the two siblings train, Kanae offered to train Haruta in Flower Breathing instead. Takeshi accepted happily.

He visited Ahiro's grave often, sometimes accompanied by Ubuyashiki. One day, he found Ahiro's red earrings stored in a box and a note to pass it onto the two siblings. Takeshi wore the right earring, while Haruts wore the left one.

So things were going alright for Takeshi, sometimes great too. Haruta or Yoshino would sometimes accompany him on missions.

Things, however, went downhill tremendously. One night, Takeshi (21), realized Haruta was in danger. He fled to the scene immediately to find Haruta and Douma - Upper Moon 2. He tried saving her, but failed. Takeshi was unwillingly turned into a demon in the process. Instead of going feral, the amount of emotional pain he experienced at Haruta's death kept his humanity intact.

### Demon Years

Haruta's crow was killed in the fight, leaving only Takeshi's sparrow. He told his sparrow to report both of them as dead and he fled, taking only Haruta's left earring.

He wandered and hid for a time, avoiding human contact as much as possible. He felt his memories fleeting, and he became more scared day by day. Takeshi contemplated suicide, and finally attempted it after the immense build-up in guilt, shame, anger, and hatred. But he remembered a lesson Ahiro taught him - to keep going and using whatever he got despite the worst of situation. He refused to die useless and unable to at least avenge Haruta's death. So Takeshi continued on.

He contacted Yoshino - who was understandably pissed when she found out he waa alive yet didn't say a word. But Yoshino was glad. Takeshi wanted to return to the Corps but didn't want to alarm others. Yoshino decided to have a meeting with Ubuyashiki and explained to him the situation. With Kagaya's permission, Takeshi met face-to-face with Kagaya during a Pillars meeting. The Hashiras had mixed feelings, unsure whether to accept him or not. Takeshi was decided he couldn't remain public to the whole Corps yet, only the Pillard. Takeshi was advised to seek out Lady Tamayo which he did.

From then, Takeshi carried out missions in secret. Only few members of the Corps knew him still being alive. Eventually, during the series, he would meet the Kamado siblings. When Upper Moon 6 were defeated, tensions started to rise. His identity and identity was revealed to the public, and he was to fill a Hashira slot to keep supporting the Corps. However, he refrains from travelling to Corps headquarters as his location can be determined by Muzan.

## Relationships

### Haruta Kajiwara

Haruta Kajiwara is Takeshi's younger sister. They are incredibly close to each other, and have stayed together ever since childhood. When they were young, Takeshi would take Haruta out on trips to the paddy fields to watch birds. Takeshi loves Haruta's eagerness to know things, as well as her joyful and innocent ideals in life. Ever since Takeshi lost Haruta to Douma, he was devasted and almost ruined to the point of contemplating suicide. If not for his memories returning and Yoshino's emotional help, he would not have made it.

Takeshi truly cherishes Haruta as she was one of his prime motivators to protect others. He promised her that he would bring a new and better life for her, and that he would work very hard for it. Seeing her brother's determination urged Haruta to become a demon slayer also, accompanying him on his struggles.