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Tanaka Kato

(Hair is brown with blue streaks, but the rest of the picture is accurate)

Name: Tanaka Kato

Birthday: March 21st

Age: 20

Height: 5'4

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Straight 

Rank: Hashira 

Breathing Form: Paint Breathing; this type of breathing allows her to strike in smooth yet powerful slices, almost as if she were truly painting 

First Form: Water Colors; this form requires fast movements and power, having to cut upwards 

Second Form: Paint Splosh; this form requires more strength than speed, using a more stabbing motion than a slicing motion 

Third Form: Oil Painting; this form can be more time-consuming than the others, but requires  patience and swift hand movements with the blade, cutting in a diagonal motion

Crush: Kyojuro 

Personality: Tanaka is a calm yet cheerful person, she works hard as a Demon Slayer and does her best to get along with everyone she meets. 

Likes: Painting, especially for others, helping people out, training with the other Hashira, successful missions, sweet and savory foods

Dislikes: Ruining her paintings, sour foods, seeing people she cares about hurt, unable to complete a mission 

Hashira Uniform: She wears the normal Hashira uniform with a purple and white haori like the picture above 

Katana: She has a purple katana that is long and sharp, the handle almost looks like a paintbrush handle 

Backstory: As a child, she had always loved painting, and never considered being a demon slayer, as she hated violence. When she was 12, however, demons attacked her home, and she lost her parents, and her younger sister, She and her brother were about to be killed when demon slayers saved them. She was terrified, she and her brother were brought to the Demon Slayer headquarters, where they were given an opportunity to join the Demon Slayer Corps, her brother wanted nothing to do with it, as he didn't want to encounter any more demons. On the other hand, Tanaka wanted to join, not to seek revenge, but to keep others safe, and hopes to rid the world of evil. She trained hard and was much weaker than most of the demon slayers, however, she met Kyojuro during a mission, before either was a Hashira. The two would train for hours and go on missions together until both had become Hashiras, Koyjuro becoming a demon slayer before Tanaka. After becoming Hashira, the two started to fall for each other and dated for a while. (I'll only go this far for people who aren't caught up) 

Extra: A way she trains, other than normal with her katana, is painting, as she imagines each paint stroke is a strike, which actually helps her