Shinobu Kocho is a Demon Slayer and the current Insect Hashira, known for her expertise in healing injuries and her intense hatred for demons.
Shinobu is a petite 18 years young woman, standing at 151 cm, weighing 31 kg, with a pale complexion and large, compound-like eyes that lack pupils, only a haze of gradient purple. She has black wavy hair that fade to violet at the ends, styled at the back of her head into a flat yakai-maki bun, fastened with a white, turquoise and light purple butterfly ornament. She has center-split, ear-length, voluminous curtain bangs that flow down to frame the sides of her face, with two slightly thinner chin-length locks of hair in front of her ears below them.
Shinobu wears a dark purple standard Demon Slayer uniform consisting and hakama pants, tucked into white butterfly patterned Kyahan fading into pale turquoise then pink around her lower legs, fastened with white ribbons. Over her uniform, she wears a white haori that previously belonged to her older sister Kanae, which has a butterfly wing pattern that fades into a pale turquoise then pink color on the sleeves and hem which are cuffed with a black and white dotted trim. She wears white zōri sandals with purple straps for footwear, with a hidden blade in one of the heels.
Shinobu displays a bright, friendly and cheerful demeanor, always having an easygoing smile on her face regardless of the situation she is in. Though she enjoys teasing others, to the point of being rather sadistic about it, enjoying to especially pick on Giyu Tomioka.
Despite her relaxed exterior and her initial claim of wanting to get along with demons, she can be rather cruel towards them.
her outwardly calm and tranquil disposition is worn as a mask, as Shinobu holds an intense hatred for demons due to the loss of her sister, Kanae Kocho. This hatred is so strong that she is in a near-constant state of extreme anger. Her desire for revenge rendered her unable to live the normal life her sister had wished upon her, instead devoting the entirety of her energy to defeating demons.
she suffers from an inferiority complex due to her inferior physical abilities compared to her fellow Hashira.
Shinobu is a very powerful and skilled combatant. Being the only Hashira unable to behead a demon, she uses her creativity and instead opts to use a modified version of a katana that acts as a stinger to inject lethal wisteria- based poison that is poisonous to demons. Other than her intellect, she is extremely fast and agile, allowing her to overpower demons very quickly.
Shinobu has attained tremendous levels of stamina and endurance due to years of harsh training.
Shinobu has superhuman speed and reflexes enabling her to effortlessly evade and out-pace demons, attacking them before they can even register what happened.
Her fighting style is incredibly unique, but as effective as traditional swordsmanship styles. Shinobu's swordplay specializes in sword thrusting and piercing techniques in order to inject poison into demons.
Shinobu and Mitsuri get along quite well due to them being the only two female Hashiras. Mitsuri also teaches her western cooking.
Her parents worked in compounding medicine, a reason why Shinobu is also very talented with medicines.
