List of Breathing Techniques of Demon Slayer

Do you know the power and name of all forms of breath of each type in Demon Slayer or Kimetsu no Yaiba? In this article we will list all the breathing techniques presented in the anime and manga.

It is worth remembering that some were not presented either in the anime or in the manga, so despite the number of forms of each category of breathing, we will not have the name of all of them.

The names of the breathing forms of Kimetsu no yaiba will first be in romaji, then in ideograms with the reading in furigana followed by a basic translation.

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The numbering of breath forms in Japanese

Those who have a basic knowledge of Japanese can count from one to ten and even recognize the characters [一二三四五六七八九十], but in Kimetsu no Yaiba breathing forms this is quite different.

Although the reading and pronunciation of the numbers of the forms is practically the same, old ideograms are used to number. Throughout the article you will find different ideograms commonly used in old documents.

• First Form – [壱ノ型] – Ichi no Kata;
• Second Form – [弐ノ型] – Ni no Kata;
• Third Form – [参ノ型] – San no Kata;
• Fourth Form – [肆ノ型] – Shi no Kata;
• Fifth Form -[伍ノ型] = Go no Kata;
• Sixth Form – [陸ノ型] – Roku no Kata;
• Seventh Form – [漆ノ型] – Nana no Kata
• Eighth Form – [捌ノ型] – Hachi no Kata;
• Ninth Form – [玖ノ型] – Ku no Kata;
• Tenth Form – [拾ノ型] – Jyuu no Kata;
• Eleventh Form – [拾壱ノ型] Jyuu ichi no Kata;

The first character in the list above represents the number. The [ノ] is the particle [の] only written in katakana. The last character [型] means shape and style.

Ways of Breathing the Sun

Breathing derived from the Hinokami Kagura dance, the first and strongest breathing technique, the Hi no Kokyu [日の呼吸] or Breath of the Sun used by our protagonist Tanjiro Kamado.

The Sun Breath form has a total of 12 techniques, the infinite joining of the first and last forms an unnamed thirteenth form. Below we will see the name of each form of the breath of the sun:

1. Enbu – [円舞えんぶ] - Dance;
2. Hekira no ten – [碧羅の天へきらのてん] – Clear Blue Sky;
3. Reshijitsu koukyou – [烈日紅鏡れつじつこうきょう] – Furious Sun;
4. Gennichikou – [幻日虹げんにちこう] – False Rainbow;
5. Kasha – [火車かしゃ] - Fire Wheel;
6. Shakkotsu enyou – [灼骨炎陽しゃっこつえんよう] – Burning bones, summer sun;
7. Youkatotsu – [陽華突ようかとつ] – Sunflower Boost;
8. Hirin kagerou – [飛輪陽炎ひりんかげろう] – Solar Heat Haze;
9. Shayou tenshin – [斜陽転身しゃようてんしん] – Sunset transformation;
10. Kiki onkou – [輝輝恩光ききおんこう] – Beneficent Radiance;
11. Nichiun no ryuu kaburimai – [日暈の龍・頭舞いにちうんのりゅう かぶりまい] – Sun Dragon Halo Dance;
12. Enbu – [炎舞えんぶ] - Dance;

There is an extra form that Tanjiro uses called Enbuissen – [円舞一閃えんぶいっせん];

Ways of Breathing Water

The Breath of Water

1. Minamogiri – [水面切りみなもぎり] –
2. Mizuguruma – [水車みずぐるま] – Water wheel;
3. Ryuuryuuumai – [流流舞いりゅうりゅうまい] –
4. Uchishio – [打ち潮うちしお] –
5. Kanten no jiu – [干天の慈雨かんてんのじう] – Welcome rain after a dry weather;
6. Nejireuzu – [ねじれ渦ねじれうず] – Twisted vortex;
7. Shizuku hamondzuki – [雫波紋突きしずくはもんづき] –
8. Takitsubo – [滝壺たきつぼ] –
9. Suiryuu shibuki ran – [水流飛沫・乱すいりゅうしぶき・らん] – Drops and disturbances of water flow;
10. Seiseiruten – [生生流転せいせいるてん] – I will transform myself into a life;
11. Nagi – [凪なぎ] –

Ways of Breathing Flowers

1. [壱ノ型いちのかた：] – First Form
2. Mikageume – [弐ノ型にのかた：御影梅みかげうめ] –
3. [参ノ型さんのかた：] – Third Form
4. Benihanagoromo – [肆ノ型しのかた：紅花衣べにはなごろも] – Safflower coat;
5. Ada no shakuyaku – [伍ノ型ごのかた：徒の芍薬あだのしゃくやく] – A potion of peony;
6. Uzumomo – [陸ノ型ろくのかた：渦桃うずもも] – Peach vortex;
7. Higanshugan – [終ノ型ついのかた：彼岸朱眼ひがんしゅがん] –

Insect Breathing Forms

1. Chou no mai – Tawamure – [蝶ノ舞 ちょうのまい：戯れたわむれ] – Playful;
2. Houga no mai -Manabiki – [蜂牙ノ舞ほうがのまい：真靡きまなびき] –
3. Seirei no mai – Fukugan Rokkaku – [蜻蛉ノ舞 せいれいのまい：複眼六角ふくがんろっかく] – Compound eye hexagon;
4. Goko no mai – Hyakusokujyabara [蜈蚣ノ舞ごこうのまい：百足蛇腹ひゃくそくじゃばら] – Belly of a hundred-legged snake;

Forms of Serpent's Breath

1. Idagiri – [壱ノ型いちのかた：委蛇斬りいだぎり] – Snake cut;
2. Kyouzunodokuga – [弐ノ型にのかた：狭頭の毒牙きょうずのどくが] – Narrow-headed venomous fangs;
3. Togurojime – [参ノ型さんのかた：塒締めとぐろじめ] –
4. [肆ノ型しのかた：] – Fourth form;
5. Enenchouda – [伍ノ型ごのかた：蜿蜿長蛇えんえんちょうだ] – Snake coiling;

Flame Breathing Forms

1. Shiranui – [壱ノ型いちのかた：不知火しらぬい] – Unknown fire;
2. Noborienten – [弐ノ型にのかた：昇り炎天のぼりえんてん] – Rising flames;
3. Kienbanshou – [参ノ型さんのかた：気炎万象きえんばんしょう] – Air flames;
4. Seiennouneri – [肆ノ型しのかた：盛炎のうねりせいえんのうねり] – A wave of fire;
5. Enko – [伍ノ型ごのかた：炎虎えんこ] –
6. [陸ノ型ろくのかた：] – Sixth Form;
7. [漆ノ型しちのかた：] – Seventh Form;
8. [捌ノ型はちのかた：] –
9. Rengoku – [玖ノ型くのかた：煉獄れんごく] – Purgatory;

Breath of Love Shapes

1. Hatsukoi no wananaki – [壱ノ型いちのかた：初恋のわななきはつこいのわななき] – The trap of my first love;
2. Ounoumegurukoi – [弐ノ型にのかた：懊悩巡る恋おうのうめぐるこい] - I'm in love;
3. Koinekoshigure – [参ノ型さんのかた：恋猫しぐれこいねこしぐれ] – A love cat bath;
4. [肆ノ型しのかた：] – Fourth Form;
5. Yuramekurenshou Midaredzume – [伍ノ型ごのかた：揺らめく恋情・乱れ爪ゆらめくれんじょう・みだれづめ] – Trembling love, troubled claws, flickering;
6. Nekoashikoikaze – [陸ノ型ろくのかた：猫足恋風ねこあしこいかぜ] – Cat feet love the wind;

Rock Breathing Shapes

1. Jyamongen soukyoku – [壱ノ型いちのかた：蛇紋岩・双極じゃもんがん・そうきょく] – Bipolar coil;
2. Tenmenkudaki – [弐ノ型にのかた：天面砕きてんめんくだき] – Trimming of the top surface;
3. Ganku no Hadae – [参ノ型さんのかた：岩軀の膚がんくのはだえ] – The skin of the rock;
4. Ryuumongan Sokusei – [肆ノ型しのかた：流紋岩・速征りゅうもんがん・そくせい] – Fast rock fluid;
5. Garingyoubu – [伍ノ型ごのかた：瓦輪刑部がりんぎょうぶ] – Rock rotation;

Forms of Wind Breathing

1. Jinsenpuu sogi – [壱ノ型いちのかた：塵旋風・削ぎじんせんぷう・そぎ] – Dust swirl;
2. Sousou shinatokaze – [弐ノ型にのかた：爪々・科戸風そうそう・しなとかぜ] – Claws of the wind;
3. Seiranfuujyu – [参ノ型さんのかた：晴嵐風樹せいらんふうじゅ] – Wind tree;
4. Shoujyou sajinran – [肆ノ型しのかた：昇上砂塵嵐しょうじょうさじんらん] –
5. Kogarashi oroshi – [伍ノ型ごのかた：木枯らし颪こがらしおろし] –
6. Kokufuuenran – [陸ノ型ろくのかた：黒風烟嵐こくふうえんらん] –
7. Keifuu tengukaze – [漆ノ型しちのかた：勁風・天狗風けいふう・てんぐかぜ] –
8. Shoretsukaza – [捌ノ型はちのかた：初烈風斬りしょれつかざ] –

Shapes of Mist Breathing

1. Suitentoogasumi – [壱ノ型いちのかた：垂天遠霞すいてんとおがすみ] –
2. Yaekasumi – [弐ノ型にのかた：八重霞やえかすみ] –
3. Kasan no buki – [参ノ型さんのかた：霞散の飛沫かさんのしぶき] –
4. Iryuugiri – [肆ノ型しのかた：移流斬りいりゅうぎり] –
5. Kaun no umi – [伍ノ型ごのかた：霞雲の海かうんのうみ] –
6. Tsuki no kashou – [陸ノ型ろくのかた：月の霞消つきのかしょう] –
7. Oboru – [漆ノ型しちのかた：朧おぼろ] –

Forms of Breath of Thunder

1. Hekireki issen – [壱ノ型いちのかた：霹靂一閃へきれきいっせん] – A flash of lightning;
2. Inadama – [弐ノ型にのかた：稲魂いなだま] –
3. Shuubunseirai – [参ノ型さんのかた：聚蚊成雷しゅうぶんせいらい] –
4. Enrai – [肆ノ型しのかた：遠雷えんらい] – Distant Thunder;
5. Nekkairai – [伍ノ型ごのかた：熱界雷ねっかいらい] – Heat ray;
6. Dengouraigou – [陸ノ型ろくのかた：電轟雷轟でんごうらいごう] – Lightning bombardment;
7. Honoikadzuchinokami – [漆ノ型しちのかた：火雷神ほのいかづちのかみ] – Fire Thor;

Sound Breathing Style Forms

1. Todoroki – [壱ノ型いちのかた：轟とどろき] – Bang;
2. – [弐ノ型にのかた：] –
3. – [参ノ型さんのかた：] –
4. Kyouzanmuken – [肆ノ型しのかた：響斬無間きょうざんむけん] – The sound is infinite;
5. Meigensousou – [伍ノ型ごのかた：鳴弦奏々めいげんそうそう] –

Forms of the Breath of the Beast

1. Ugachinuki – [壱ノ牙いちのきば：穿ち抜きうがちぬき] – Drilling;
2. Kirisaki – [弐ノ牙にのきば：切り裂ききりさき] – Rifts;
3. Kuizaki – [参ノ牙さんのきば：喰い裂きくいざき] – Eating torn;
4. Komazaki – [肆ノ牙しのきば：切細裂きこまざき] – Slitting
5. Kuruizaki – [伍ノ牙ごのきば：狂い裂きくるいざき] – Torn madness;
6. Ranguigami – [陸ノ牙ろくのきば：乱杭咬みらんぐいがみ] – Wind stake bite;
7. Koukanshikikaku – [漆ノ型しちのかた：空間識覚くうかんしきかく] – Spatial knowledge;
8. Bakuretsumoushin – [捌ノ型はちのかた：爆裂猛進ばくれつもうしん] – Blast fury progress;
9. Shin Unerizaki – [玖ノ牙くのきば：伸・うねり裂きしん・うねりざき] – Stretching and Swelling;
10. Entensenga – [拾ノ牙じゅうのきば：円転旋牙えんてんせんが] – Rotating tines;

Shapes of the Moon's Breath

1. Yumitzuki Yoinomiya – [壱ノ型いちのかた：闇月・宵の宮やみづき・よいのみや] –
2. Shukanorougetsu – [弐ノ型にのかた：珠華ノ弄月しゅかのろうげつ] –
3. Enkidzuki – [参ノ型さんのかた：厭忌月・銷りえんきづき・つがり] –
4. [肆ノ型しのかた：] – Fourth Form;
5. Geppakusaika – [伍ノ型ごのかた：月魄災渦げっぱくさいか] –
6. Tokoyokogetsu Muken – [陸ノ型ろくのかた：常夜孤月・無間とこよこげつ・むけん] –
7. Yakkyou Dzubae – [漆ノ型しちのかた：厄鏡・月映えやっきょう・づきばえ] –
8. Getsuryuurinbi – [捌ノ型はちのかた：月龍輪尾げつりゅうりんび] –
9. Kudaridzuki Renmen – [玖ノ型くのかた：降り月・連面くだりづき・れんめん] –
10. Senmenzan Ragetsu – [拾ノ型じゅうのかた：穿面斬・籮月せんめんざん・らげつ] –
11. [拾壱ノ型じゅういちのかた：] – Eleventh Form;
12. [拾弐ノ型じゅうにのかた：] – Twelfth Form;
13. [拾参ノ型じゅうさんのかた：] – Thirteenth Form;
14. Kyouhen Tenmansengetsu – [拾肆ノ型じゅうしのかた：兇変・天満繊月きょうへん・てんまんせんげつ] –
15. [拾伍ノ型じゅうごのかた：] – Fifteenth Form;
16. Gekkou Katawaredzuki – [拾陸ノ型じゅうろくのかた：月虹・片割れ月げっこう・かたわれづき] –