Tanjiro Kamado (竈門かまど 炭たん治じ郎ろう, Kamado Tanjirō?) is the main protagonist of Kimetsu no Yaiba. Tanjiro is a kind-hearted young man who has taken it upon himself to support his family, finding happiness despite their lives hardened by his father's death. But that brief warmth is shattered one day when Tanjiro finds his family slaughtered, and the lone survivor, his sister Nezuko Kamado, turned into a demon. However, to his surprise, Nezuko still showed signs of human emotion and thought.