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What are the official ranks of the Demon Slayer Corps?
In ascending order, the ten ranks are:
- Mizunoto
- Mizunoe
- Kanoto
- Kanoe
- Tsuchinoto
- Tsuchinoe
- Hinoto
- Hinoe
- Kinoto
- Kinoe
The paired names are easy to mix up. Read each pair in the order shown: Mizunoto before Mizunoe, Kanoto before Kanoe, Tsuchinoto before Tsuchinoe, Hinoto before Hinoe, and Kinoto before Kinoe.
Is Hashira one of the ten ranks?
No. Hashira is presented separately from the ten named ranks as the Corps’ elite designation, above the regular ladder. Counting it as an eleventh rank blurs the distinction between the named sequence and this elevated status.
What do the ranks tell you?
The sequence identifies a Demon Slayer’s place in the Corps’ rank structure, from Mizunoto through Kinoe. The rank list alone does not establish character-by-character placements or the full rules for advancement, so those details should not be inferred from the names.
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Where can you read more about the Corps?
Shueisha’s Japanese print edition of Demon Slayer Official Fanbook: Kisatsutai Kenbunroku includes a section listed as “鬼殺隊教程” (Demon Slayer Corps instruction). The catalog gives a release date of July 4, 2019, 216 pages, and ISBN 978-4-08-882043-9; it does not establish current stock or an English edition. See Shueisha’s official catalog listing. Shonen Jump’s official series page identifies Koyoharu Gotouge as the creator and links the fanbook among related books.
This article describes the fictional organization in Demon Slayer, not a real-world hierarchy.
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