Gender: Female Characteristics: Always smiling but internally angry. Uses the speech habit "Ara ara." Beautiful. Uses poison. Loves butterflies. Speaks politely. Uses Insect Breathing. The Insect Hashira. Lost her older sister and parents to demons.

Gender: Female Characteristics: Beautiful. Likes Obanai. Rengoku's former disciple. Cheerful. Uses Love Breathing. The Love Hashira. Was once hated by men because of her hair color and strength.

Gender: Male Characteristics: Expressionless. A man of few words. Cold. Uses Water Breathing. The Water Hashira. Lost his friend, family, and older sister to demons.

Gender: Male Characteristics: Very angry. Uses Wind Breathing. The Wind Hashira. His mother turned into a demon and killed all his siblings except one. When he killed his mother to protect that one brother, he was met with words of resentment from him.

Gender: Male Characteristics: Dazed. Quiet. Uses Mist Breathing. The Mist Hashira. His father died while gathering herbs for his sick mother, and his mother also passed away from illness. After his twin brother Yuichiro was killed by a demon, he became a Hashira.

Gender: Male Characteristics: Large build. Blind. Often says "Namu Amida Butsu." Uses Stone Breathing. The Stone Hashira. While raising children at a temple, seven were killed by a demon; he killed the demon to protect one remaining child. People accused him of killing everyone, and that one child did not testify in his favor.

Gender: Male Characteristics: Likes Mitsuri. Has scars on his mouth, so he wears bandages. Keeps a snake named Kaburamaru. Has heterochromia. Speaks in a lingering, viscous tone. Uses Serpent Breathing. The Serpent Hashira. Born into a clan that worships a Snake Demon as the first male in 370 years; the demon slit his mouth, and he was imprisoned until age 12. He escaped at 13 and was rescued by Shinjuro.

Gender: Male Characteristics: Loud voice. Bright personality. Uses Flame Breathing. The Flame Hashira. His mother died of illness when he was young. His father quit being a Hashira, stopped training Kyojuro and his brother, and fell into alcoholism. He became a Hashira to earn his father's recognition.

Gender: Male Characteristics: Has three wives. Loud voice. Uses Sound Breathing. The Sound Hashira. Was a ninja from a young age and saw his siblings die.