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 ing 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 ing 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 - [Enbuえんぶ] - Dance;
2. Hekira no ten - [碧羅の天へきらのてん] - Light Blue Sky;
3. Reshijitsu koukyou - [Blazing Sun Red Mirrorれつじつこうきょう] - Furious Sun;
4. Gennichikou - [Parhelionげんにちこう] - False Rainbow;
5. Kasha - [火車かしゃ] - Wheel of fire;
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 Impulse;
8. Hirin kagerou - [Hirin Kagerou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] - Transformation of the sunset;
10. Kiki onkou - [輝輝恩光ききおんこう] - Beneficent Radiance;
11. Nichiun no ryuu kaburimai - [Halo of the Dragon - Head Danceにちうんのりゅう かぶりまい] - Dance of the Solar Halo Dragon;
12. Enbu - [Flame Dance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 - [Surface Cuttingみなもぎり] -
2. Mizuguruma - [Water Wheelみずぐるま] - Water wheel;
3. Ryuuryuuumai - [Flowing Danceりゅうりゅうまい] -
4. Uchishio - [Uchishio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 spell;
6. Nejireuzu - [Twisted Vortexねじれうず] - Twisted vortex;
7. Shizuku hamondzuki - [Droplet Ripple Thrustしずくはもんづき] -
8. Takitsubo - [Waterfall basinたきつぼ] -
9. Suiryuu shibuki ran - [水流飛沫・乱すいりゅうしぶき・らん] - Water flow droplets and disturbances;
10. Seiseiruten - [生生流転せいせいるてん] - I will transform into a life;
11. Nagi - [凪なぎ] -

Ways of Breathing Flowers

1. [First Typeいちのかた：] - First Form
2. Mikageume - [Second Styleにのかた：Mikageumeみかげうめ] -
3. [Third Styleさんのかた：] - Third Form
4. Benihanagoromo - [Fourth Styleしのかた: Carmine Robeべにはなごろも] - Safflower coat;
5. Ada no shakuyaku - [Fifth Formごのかた: Ada's Peonyあだのしゃくやく] - A potion of peony;
6. Uzumomo - [Riku no Kataろくのかた: Uzumomoうずもも] - Vortex of the peach;
7. Higanshugan - [Final Formついのかた：Higan Shuganひがんしゅがん] -

Insect Breathing Forms

1. Chou no mai - Tawamure - [Butterfly Dance ちょうのまい：Playfulnessたわむれ] - Playful;
2. Dance of Houga - Manabiki - [Bee Fang Danceほうがのまい : True Twistingまなびき] -
3. Dance of Spirits - Compound Eye Hexagon - [Dance of the Dragonfly せいれいのまい：Compound Eye Hexagonふくがんろっかく] - Hexagon of compound eye;
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 the hundred-legged snake;

Forms of Serpent's Breath

1. Idagiri - [First Formいちのかた：Idagiriいだぎり] - Cobra Cut;
2. Kyouzunodokuga - [Second Formにのかた：Narrow-headed Venomous Fangsきょうずのどくが] - Narrow-headed venomous fangs;
3. Togurojime - [Third Formさんのかた: Den of Serpentsとぐろじめ] -
4. [肆ノ型しのかた：] - Fourth form;
5. Enenchouda - [Gato no. 5ごのかた：Endless Long Snakeえんえんちょうだ] - Cobra winding;

Flame Breathing Forms

1. Shiranui - [First Styleいちのかた：Shiranuiしらぬい] - Unknown fire;
2. Noborienten - [Second Formにのかた: Ascending Flame Heavenのぼりえんてん] - Flames in ascent;
3. Kienbanshou - [Third Formさんのかた：Blaze of All Thingsきえんばんしょう] - Flames of air;
4. Seiennouneri - [Style Fourしのかた：Surging Flamesせいえんのうねり] - A wave of fire;
5. Enko - [Fifth Formごのかた：Flame Tiger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. [Ha no kataはちのかた：] -
9. Rengoku - [Style of the Ninthくのかた：Purgatoryれんごく] - Purgatory;

Breath of Love Shapes

1. Hatsukoi no wananaki - [Type Oneいちのかた：The Trap of My First Loveはつこいのわななき] - The trap of my first love;
2. Ounoumegurukoi - [Second Styleにのかた：Tormented Loveおうのうめぐるこい] - I am in love;
3. Koinekoshigure - [Third Styleさんのかた：Love Cat Shigureこいねこしぐれ] - A bath of the Love Cat;
4. [肆ノ型しのかた：] - Fourth Form;
5. Yuramekurenshou Midaredzume - [Type Fiveごのかた：Flickering Love, Disturbed Clawsゆらめくれんじょう・みだれづめ] - Tremendous love, disturbed claws, glimmer;
6. Nekoashikoikaze - [Land Typeろくのかた：Cat Paw Love Windねこあしこいかぜ] - Cat paws love the wind;

Rock Breathing Shapes

1. Jyamongen soukyoku - [Type Oneいちのかた：Serpentine bipolarじゃもんがん・そうきょく] - Serpentina bipolar;
2. Tenmenkudaki - [Second Styleにのかた：Sky Surface Smashてんめんくだき] - Upper surface appearance;
3. Ganku no Hadae - [Style Threeさんのかた：Skin of Rockがんくのはだえ] - The skin of the rock;
4. Ryuumongan Sokusei - [Fourth Formしのかた：Rhyolite - Rapid Dispatchりゅうもんがん・そくせい] - Rapid rock fluid;
5. Garingyoubu - [Gono Kataごのかた：Garingyoubuがりんぎょうぶ] - Rock rotation;

Forms of Wind Breathing

1. Jinsenpuu sogi - [First Formいちのかた：Dust Whirlwind: Sogiじんせんぷう・そぎ] - Dust whirlwind;
2. Sousou shinatokaze - [Second Formにのかた：Claws of the Windそうそう・しなとかぜ] - Claws of the Wind;
3. Seiranfuujyu - [Third Styleさんのかた：Seiran Wind Treeせいらんふうじゅ] - Wind Tree;
4. Shoujyou sajinran - [Type Fourしのかた：Ascent Sandstormしょうじょうさじんらん] -
5. Kogarashi oroshi - [Fifth Typeごのかた：Kogarashi Oroshiこがらしおろし] -
6. Kokufuuenran - [Riku no Kataろくのかた：Kokufuu Enranこくふうえんらん] -
7. Keifuu tengukaze - [Shape of Lacquerしちのかた: Strong Wind - Tengu Windけいふう・てんぐかぜ] -
8. Shoretsukaza - [Hachinokataはちのかた：Shoretsukazekiriしょれつかざ] -

Shapes of Mist Breathing

1. Suitentoogasumi - [First Styleいちのかた: Faraway Haze from the Hanging Skyすいてんとおがすみ] -
2. Yaekasumi - [Second Formにのかた：Eight Layered Hazeやえかすみ] -
3. Kasan's Weapon - [Third Formさんのかた: Mist's Splashかさんのしぶき] -
4. Iryuugiri - [Type Fourしのかた：Flowing Cutいりゅうぎり] -
5. The Sea of Kaun - [Style Fiveごのかた: The Sea of Haze Cloudsかうんのうみ] -
6. Tsuki no kashou - [Type of Landろくのかた：Disappearance of the Moonつきのかしょう] -
7. Oboru - [Shichinokataしちのかた：Oboroおぼろ] -

Forms of Breath of Thunder

1. Hekireki issen - [First Formいちのかた：Sparking Flashへきれきいっせん] - A flash of lightning;
2. Inadama - [Second Formにのかた：Rice Spiritいなだま] -
3. Shuubunseirai - [Form Threeさんのかた：Gather Mosquitoes and Create Thunderしゅうぶんせいらい] -
4. Enrai - [Fourth Styleしのかた：Distant Thunderえんらい] - Distant Thunder;
5. Nekkairai - [Style Fiveごのかた:Heat Thunderねっかいらい] - Heat Ray;
6. Dengouraigou - [Land Typeろくのかた：Thunderclap Thunder Roarでんごうらいごう] - Bombardment of rays;
7. Honoikadzuchinokami - [Shichinokataしちのかた：Honoiakazuchinokamiほのいかづちのかみ] - Thor of Fire;

Sound Breathing Style Forms

1. Todoroki - [Type Oneいちのかた：Explosionとどろき] - Boom;
2. - [Second Styleにのかた：] -
3. - [Third Stylesan no kata：] -
4. Kyouzanmuken - [Fourth Formしのかた: Sound Slash Infiniteきょうざんむけん] - The sound is infinite;
5. Meigensousou - [Fifth Styleごのかた：Melody of Sounding Stringsめいげんそうそう] -

Forms of the Breath of the Beast

1. Ugachinuki - [First Fangいちのきば：Piercingうがちぬき] - Penetration;
2. Kirisaki - [Second Fangにのきば：Cuttingきりさき] - Rifts;
3. Kuizaki - [Third Fangさんのきば:Ripping intoくいざき] - Eating torn;
4. Komazaki - [Fourth Fangしのきば: Komazakiこまざき] - Slitting
5. Kuruizaki - [Fang of the Fifthごのきば：Ripping Madnessくるいざき] - Ripped 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 - [Urushi no kataしちのかた：Kūkan shikikakuくうかんしきかく] - Spatial knowledge;
8. Bakuretsumoushin - [Hachinokataはちのかた：Bakuretsumoushinばくれつもうしん] - Progress of the explosion's fury;
9. Shin Unerizaki - [Nine Toothくのきば:Extend & Distortionしん・うねりざき] - Stretching and Swelling;
10. Entensenga - [Tooth of the Tenthじゅうのきば：Circular Rotating Toothえんてんせんが] - Rotating Prey;

Shapes of the Moon's Breath

1. Yumitzuki Yoinomiya - [First Formいちのかた：Dark Moon - Yoinomiyaやみづき・よいのみや] -
2. Shukanorougetsu - [Second Styleにのかた：Shukan no Rougetsuしゅかのろうげつ] -
3. Enkidzuki - [Third Styleさんのかた：Ill-Fated Month, Dischargeえんきづき・つがり] -
4. [肆ノ型しのかた：] - Fourth Form;
5. Geppakusaika - [Type Fiveごのかた:Moon Phantom Disaster Vortexげっぱくさいか] -
6. Tokoyokogetsu Muken - [Roku no Kataろくのかた: Tokoyokogetsu Mukenとこよこげつ・むけん] -
7. Yakkyou Dzubae - [Shichinokataしちのかた: Yakkyou - Dukibaeやっきょう・づきばえ] -
8. Getsuryuurinbi - [Hachi no kataはちのかた：Getsuryuurinbiげつりゅうりんび] -
9. Kudaridzuki Renmen - [Type Nineくのかた: Descending Moon - Renmenくだりづき・れんめん] -
10. Senmenzan Ragetsu - [Jū no Kataじゅうのかた：Senmenzan: Ragetsuせんめんざん・らげつ] -
11. [Type Elevenじゅういちのかた：] - Eleventh Form;
12. [Shin'ni no Kataじゅうにのかた： - Twelfth Form;
13. [Thirteenth Formじゅうさんのかた：] - Thirteenth Form;
14. Kyouhen Tenmansengetsu - [Jūshi no Kataじゅうしのかた：Kyōhen Tenman Sengeketsuきょうへん・てんまんせんげつ] -
15. [Fifteenth Formじゅうごのかた：] - Decima Quinta Forma;
16. Gekkou Katawaredzuki - [Sixth Formじゅうろくのかた: Moonbow - Half Moonげっこう・かたわれづき] -