Takeshi Hayate

* **Art:** By お湯 (@oyumai, ***お湯***?) on X (formerly Twitter).

* **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 Narratives anthology*.

* **Similarities between the characters:** ① Both were born in small farming villages. ② Both had high levels of anger. ③ Both were angered when their animals were killed by demons when they were age 10.

* **Difference between the characters:** ① The KnYN Takeshi has a younger sister while his SEH (Sengoku-Era Hashiras) counterpart had no one. ② The source of the KnYN Takeshi's anger was from his parents abandoning him and his sister which caused him to hate adults, while the origin of the temper of his SEH counterpart is unknown. ③ The villagers of the KnYN Takeshi's village understood why he was angry, while the villagers of the SEH Takeshi's village didn't know why he was angry and viewed him as strange and more like an animal than a human.

* **Links used to create this article:** Takeshi Hayate - Sengoku-Era Hashiras Wiki and Sengoku Era Character Headcanon #8 - Kimetsu no Yaiba Wiki.

## Characteristics

### Age

19 (1450) (Became the Wind Hashira)
 21 (1452)
 24 (1455)

## Affiliations

### Occupation

Demon Slayer
 Wind Hashira

## Familial Status

### Relative(s)

Aneko Hayate (Younger Sister)

**Takeshi Hayate** (疾風 武志, *Hayate Takeshi*?) is a major character in *Kimetsu no Yaiba Narratives: Sengoku Tales*. He is a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps during the Sengoku period and the first ever Wind Hashira (風柱, *Kaze Bashira*?).

## Etymology

* Takeshi's surname means "rapid wind, storm" (疾風, *hayate*?). His given name contains the kanji for "warrior" (武, *take*?) and "resolve" (志, *shi*?)

## Appearance

Takeshi was a tall and muscular man with dark green hair that was short with a spiky appearance. He had wide eyes whose irises were dark green but faded to light green, and possessed two diagonal scars on his chest that form an X. Aside from that, he also has a few smaller scars on his face, specifically one on the center of his forehead and another smaller scar above his right eye, and seen with a crazed expression on his face.

Takeshi wore a green kimono which he keeps open to expose his chest tucked into grey hakama pants strapped by a white uwa-obi around his waist, while also sporting dark green tabi socks and a pair of zōri with green straps on his feet.

### Gallery

Takeshi (right), alongside Enjuro Rengoku (center) and Yusuke Mizuhara (left)
## Personality

Takeshi gave of the demeanor of the stoic lone wolf type personality, choosing to be independent and solitary in some occasions, and sometimes chooses to endure the pain or hardship himself without showing his feelings or complaining. Apart from that, Takeshi was considered to be and actually also was abrasive, hot-blooded, and stubborn, often impulsive and quick to lash out, start, or get into fights. He was often indifferent towards others and could get mad extremely easily. He harbored a deep hatred toward demons and was convinced that humans and demons can never coexist. When Takeshi made up his mind about something, it was extremely difficult to dissuade him. Despite his cold, rude, and dismissive behavior, Takeshi had good intentions and meant well in reality. Unfortunately, his ability to present his good intentions was burned to ashes over the years by his omnipresent rage. Unlike his Taisho Era counterpart, Sanemi Shinazugawa, he can think more critically and make calculative decisions and doesn't usually let his anger get the better of him. Takeshi is also known to be on very bad terms with the Water Hashira, Yusuke Mizuhara. This is also fully explored in an art made by お湯 (@oyumai) on Twitter that is seen below.

## Abilities

### Overall Abilities

As the creator of Wind Breathing and its first Wind Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Takeshi is a very powerful and skilled combatant, while also being one of the most unpredictable due to his mastery over Wind Breathing.

### Physical Abilities

**Immense Strength:** Due to years of harsh training, Takeshi possesses incredible physical strength.

**Immense Speed & Reflexes:** Takeshi possesses tremendous speed and reflexes due to his usage of Wind Breathing.

**Immense Stamina & Endurance:** Despite sustaining dozens of scars and cuts all over his body, Takeshi never once showed signs of pain or agony, with his incredible stamina and pain endurance also shone through during his sparring sessions with Michikatsu, and during real battles where he could keep up with demons for extended periods of time.

### Demon Slayer Abilities

**Demon Slayer Mark:** Like the Hashira and other Demon Slayers of his generation, Takeshi awoke his Demon Slayer Mark due to Yoriichi's mark resonating with the Demon Slayers at the time. His mark resembled a single paper origami windmill that was green in color with two dots on both sides on his right cheek. The mark dramatically increases his physical capabilities such as his strength, speed, stamina, endurance and reflexes along with the strength of his Breathing Style by 100x.

### Supernatural Abilities

**Extrasensory Perception:** Takeshi had 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:** Being a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Takeshi was one of the most powerful and skilled swordsmen in the entire organization. His swordsmanship proficiency matched that of Yusuke Mizuhara's, an extremely powerful swordsman with flexible joints. Takeshi's skills with the sword allowed him to keep up with and impress Michikatsu Tsugikuni, a swordsman who was a prodigy and who they trained with each other to perfect their skills.

### Breathing Style

**Wind Breathing** (風の呼吸, *Kaze no Kokyū*?): A Breathing Style that Takeshi created himself and named after the "wind" present in his surname. As the creator of Wind Breathing and the first Wind Hashira, Takeshi was his generation's most skilled Wind Breathing user. His level of skill with Wind Breathing will later remind Kokushibo of him during the demon's battle against Sanemi Shinazugawa and his skill in the Breathing Style during the "Battles of 1917".

## Equipment

**Standard Nichirin Katana:** As a Demon Slayer, Takeshi carries around a standard sized and shaped Nichirin katana with a black bade that has a jagged, jaw-like pattern that is green in color engraved on both sides. His katana's handguard is in an abstract shape with 8 points with an overlapping pattern; each plate has a forest green core with a silver border. As a member of the **Hashira**, Takeshi's katana also had the words **Destroyer of Demons** (惡鬼滅殺, *Akki Messatsu*?) engraved on both sides. With his katana, Takeshi has a standard sword sheath that is a shade of deep gray with silver marks resembling scars strewn on it.

## Battles

Takeshi Hayate Battles

**Kimetsu no Yaiba Makuai: Tales of the Sengoku Period**

* Mokaro Kuze and Takeshi Hayate vs Kokushibo

## Trivia

* Takeshi always kept his kimono open due to being proud of his muscles, similar to how Sanemi keeps his uniform open to be proud of his muscles.
* Takeshi's personality was the polar opposite of the Yusuke Mizuhara, the Water Hashira of the time. That led to them hating each other.
* Takeshi owns a rabbit. His sister started a rabbit farming business when he was still a Demon Slayers.
* Takeshi served as a Hashira for 15 years (1452 to 1467).
* Takeshi also had a younger sister who he loved dearly.

## Takeshi's view of the other Hashira

* *"She is a alright individual. We once argued about medicine once. She always scolds me for being reckless on my missions that it's so annoying."* - Flower Hashira.
* *"He's respectable. I got into a discussion about the Buddha and enlightenment with him once."* - Stone Hashira.
* *"For a woman, she's really cold, distant and rude." -* Ice Hashira.
* *"We hate each other, no doubt, He and everything about him is punchable. We're always in conflict and have gotten into so many fights with each other."* - Water Hashira.
* *"He's respectable. We once argued about his hair being the way it is."* - Flame Hashira.
* *"He's alright. We argued once when he purposefully forgot my name."* - Mist Hashira.
* *"About the only decent fellow in the corps. He is a good friend that I often train with."* - Moon Hashira.
* *"He's like the Water Hashira, but better, I guess."* - Sun Hashira.
* *"He can come off as arrogant which annoys me, but he's still humble, making me like his company. He's the only one who's willing to give me a good fist fight."* - Stellar Hashira.