Tetsumotonaka

As with all the village smiths, Tetsumotonaka keeps a Hyottoko mask over his face, his distinguished by short, bushy eyebrows. He wears a yellow haori striped in black, loose black trousers gathered above the ankles, and a gray cloth wrapped about his head.

His nature is only faintly drawn. Loyalty to the village reads as strong, given that he and the others are first shown holding swords, seemingly to protect them through the turmoil. Compassion shows in him as well: he weeps at the sight of Tanjiro clutching the sister he thought dead, and afterward he helps tend the wounded slayer once he collapses.

In the closing phase of the Swordsmith Village attack, Tetsumotonaka hides in brush at the village outskirts with Tetsudoji and Tetsutani, guarding a store of blades. They are sighted by Urami, the resentment born of Upper Rank Four Hantengu. Armless and gravely hurt, the towering demon seeks humans to restore his fading regeneration and pursues the fleeing smiths.

A wounded Tanjiro, armed by the Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito, catches and beheads Urami, who simply regrows and resumes the chase. Sunrise sets both demons aflame, yet Urami's mass lets him withstand the light long enough to endanger the smiths, prompting Nezuko to kick Tanjiro free so he can rescue them. Tanjiro cuts off Urami's arms, frees the smiths, and slices the demon open to expose and kill Hantengu's true form. Believing his sister gone, Tanjiro grieves until Tetsumotonaka and Tetsutani tell him she lives, and the two carry the injured boy to her. When Tanjiro then faints, Tetsumotonaka urges him to hold on and snaps at Tetsudoji for declaring him dead. Later, when Hotaru Haganezuka furiously demands the unfinished sword, Tetsumotonaka admits he holds it, but his words are drowned out. He is presumed to have relocated to a backup village afterward and is implicitly referenced when Gyomei Himejima praises Tanjiro's choice to protect the smiths.