A boy who lost his family to demons. Tanjiro joined the Demon Slayer Corps to save others from the same tragic fate and to turn his sister Nezuko, who was transformed into a demon herself, back into a human. He is both kind and devoted to his family. His eyes and hair glow with a red sheen, the mark of a "Child of Brightness." They are considered to be bringers of good fortune among families that deal in fuel for fire, like his own. A practitioner of Water Breathing.