01 | Giyuu Tomioka

Species:

• Human
  Gender :
• Male
  Age :
  — 21 years old
  Height :
  — 176 cm (5'9¼")
  Weight :
  — 69 kg (152 lb)
  Birthday :
  — February 8th
  Family :
  — Tsutako Tomioka (Big Sister) †
  — Giichi Tomioka (Descendant)

Affiliation:
— Demon Extermination Corps
Occupation :
— Demon Hunter &
— Water Pillar
Fighting style:
— Water Breathing

Giyu has the appearance of a young adult of approximately 21 years old. Of average height, white skin, black hair which is long and kept in a ponytail to the lower part of his back and sapphire blue eyes. As characteristic clothing, he uses the regulation attire of the Demon Extermination Corps, which is slightly dyed blue, also wearing a Haori divided into two colors, one red, which belonged to his sister and one in the form of geometric patterns of green, orange and yellow; this last pattern is a reminder of his friendship with Sabito.

Giyu has a reserved personality and always wears a serious expression on his face. He is shown to have a strong sense of justice with no tolerance for those who do not know their own limitations and waste their lives. Although he held a deep hatred towards demons and never hesitated to kill one, he was able to go against the rules of the Demon Slayer Corps by protecting Nezuko Kamado upon realizing that she might be different from the rest of the demons and even agreed to sacrifice his life for the sake of her and her brother, Tanjiro Kamado by committing sepukku if the young girl were to eat a human. This implied that he did not completely despise demons like the rest did, and was willing to make an exception by letting them live if they did not kill or eat humans, showing in turn that he was the most pragmatic when dealing with demons instead of hating them like the rest of the hunters did.

He is someone who doesn't talk much and seemed to have trouble interacting with others, because of this he kept his distance from his classmates. This led him to have a kind of complex with what others think of him and he refused to believe that he was hated as Shinobu Kochō claimed. After having the opportunity to relate to those around him, he wished to improve his relationship with the rest of the Pillars.

His distant attitude was due to the fact that he developed a strong inferiority complex since his participation in the Final Selection, which made him a more severe person; this affected him to the point of wanting to abandon his position as Water Pillar. He came to his senses after Tanjiro Kamado explained to him that he should not live with the guilt of being a survivor but that he should live for the people who sacrificed their lives for him.