Shinobu Kocho

Shinobu Kocho is a major supporting character of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. She is a Demon Slayer of the Demon Slayer Corps and the current Insect Hashira.

Name: Shinobu Kocho Age: 18 Gender: Female Pronouns: She/her Sexuality: Bisexual Height: 151 cm (4'11½") Weight: 37 kg (82 lb) Species: Human Ethnicity: Japanese Birthday: February 24 Timeline: Taisho Period of Japan + 1912-1926

Appearance: petite + slender short build + fairly pale complexion + large bug eyes that lack pupils, only a haze of gradient purple + very short black wavy hair that fades into dark purple at the ends + hair styled at the back of her head into a flat yakai-maki bun + hair fastened with a white, turquoise and light purple butterfly clip + center-split, ear-length, voluminous curtain bangs + two slightly thinner chin-length locks of hair in front of her ears below them.

Wears: dark purple standard Demon Slayer uniform + tabi socks + matching colored hakama pants + white butterfly patterned Kyahan + white haori + haori has a butterfly wing pattern that fades into pale turquoise then pink color gradient on the sleeves & hem, cuffed with black & white dotted trim + white zōri sandals with purple straps + hidden blades in heels.

Personality: bright + friendly + cheerful + easygoing + relaxed + helpful + caring + teasing + confident + compassionate + intelligent + clever + sneaky + laid back + ambitous + calculating + creative + dependable + educated + elegant + gentle

Inner feelings: Her calm and tranquil disposition is worn as a mask, as Shinobu holds an intense hatred for demons due to the loss of her sister, Kanae Kocho, the deaths of her parents, and those she cares about. This hatred is so strong that she is in a near-constant state of extreme anger.

Overall abilities: As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Shinobu is a very powerful and skilled combatant. Despite not possessing the physical strength to cut off a demon's head common to that of an average Demon Slayer, Shinobu opts to use a modified version of a katana that acts as a stinger to inject a powerful wisteria-based poison that is lethal to demons.

Indomitable Will: Shinobu possesses an undaunted spirit and incredible willpower, mostly due to her unquenchable hatred for demons.

Keen Intellect: Shinobu possesses vast knowledge and keen observation.

Medical Expertise: Despite not being as combat-talented as the rest of her fellow Hashira, Shinobu instead displays immense skill and mastery in over medical and pharmaceutical fields to make up for her lack of natural-born combat ability, being highly knowledgeable about how to create various poisons using wisteria and utilize them in combat to achieve the most deadly effect. She is capable of killing opponents within seconds.

Enhanced Agility: Being a key aspect to her Insect Breathing swordsmanship style, Shinobu is incredibly agile and swift, shown when she maneuvered through a lush forest effortlessly.

Enhanced Strength: Despite being the smallest member of the Demon Slayer Corps and thus having the weakest swinging strength due to her small arms, Shinobu instead displays powerful thrusting and stabbing strength.

Immense Speed & Reflexes: Shinobu possesses tremendous speed and reflexes enabling her to effortlessly evade and out-pace demons, attacking them before they can even register what happened.

Immense Stamina and Endurance: As a Hashira, Shinobu has attained tremendous levels of stamina and endurance due to years of harsh training.

Master Swordswoman: As a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, Shinobu is one of the most powerful and skilled swordswomen in the entire organization. Her fighting style is unique to her alone, but as effective as any traditional swordsmanship styles. Shinobu's swordplay specializes in sword thrusting and piercing techniques in order to inject poison into demons.

Insect Breathing: A Breathing Style created by Shinobu Kocho, who designed it to compensate for her lack of physical strength to cut off a demon's head.

Stinger Nichirin Katana: Shinobu carries a heavily modified Nichirin Katana. Her katana's tsuba is designed to bear resemblance to a butterfly, trimmed with an orange border. The handle is orange and wrapped in turquoise cords, and it ends with an orange kashira. The blade is lavender-blue in color.

Shinobu has a pet goldfish named Fugu.

Shinobu can't stand furry animals.

Shinobu heavily altered her body by absorbing highly concentrated wisteria-based poison over a period of a year.

Backstory: Shinobu was born as the youngest daughter within the Kocho household, living alongside her mother, father, and older sister Kanae Kocho. She was raised in a loving and caring household, until her parents were slaughtered by demons right before her and her sister's eyes. She and Kanae were saved by the Stone Hashira, Gyomei Himejima.

Later in her life, while accompanying her sister Kanae on a trip, the sisters encountered a young girl being led away as a slave on a bridge. Intrigued by her, Kanae took an interest and decided to take the girl back to the Butterfly Estate, against Shinobu's initial wishes. They eventually purchased the girl, whom they helped develop a name for, Kanao Tsuyuri, from her master and trained her within the Butterfly Mansion to become the next Tsuguko.

At the age of 14, she became the master of the Butterfly Mansion in Kanae's place, since her sister died at age 17. Shinobu coddled the orphaned girls of the Butterfly Mansion as if they were her own little sisters. They included one teenager, and 3 prepubescent girls. In addition to Kanao, she had at least 3 other girls train as her Tsuguko. However, all were killed by demons, further adding onto her intense hatred of demons and intense anger which she belied with a cheerful persona that she adopted following Kanae's death.