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The hundred-man killing contest (Japanese: 百人斬り競争, romanized: hyakunin-giri kyōsō, Chinese: 百人斬比賽) was a newspaper account of a contest between Toshiaki Mukai (3 June 1912 – 28 January 1948) and Tsuyoshi Noda (1912 – 28 January 1948), two Japanese Army officers serving during the Japanese invasion of China, over who could kill 100 people the fastest while using a sword.
Lieutenants Toshiaki Mukai and Tsuyoshi Noda: The two main participants in the "Contest to kill 100 people using a sword": Both sentenced to death and executed in 1948. Captain Gunkichi Tanaka: Personally killed over 300 Chinese POWs and civilians with his sword during the Nanjing Massacre. Sentenced to death and executed in 1948. [4]
Toshiaki Mukai (Japanese: 向井 敏明; June 3, 1912 – January 28, 1948) was a Japanese Army officer during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Mukai is best known for his involvement in the Nanking Massacre (1937–1938), where he was implicated in atrocities against Chinese civilians and prisoners of war.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (鬼滅の刃, Kimetsu no Yaiba, rgh. "Blade of Demon Destruction") [4] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2016 to May 2020, with its chapters collected in 23 tankōbon volumes.
A swordsmith who makes swords for the Demon Slayer Corps, who made Inosuke's blades and is later assigned to make Muichiro Tokito's blade. Despite being calmer than Hotaru, he is also angered at Inosuke purposely chipping his swords. He is nearly killed during Gyokko's attack on the Swordsmith Village, but Muichiro saves him. Kotetsu (小鉄)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba won "Animation of the Decade" at the Funimation's Decade of Anime poll, where the fans voted for their favorite anime across multiple categories. [115] In the other fan poll, Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado were chosen as one of the "Best Boys" and "Best Girls" honorees, respectively. [ 116 ]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village (Japanese: 鬼滅の刃 刀鍛冶の里編, Hepburn: Kimetsu no Yaiba Katanakaji no Sato-hen), also known simply as Demon Slayer: To the Swordsmith Village is a 2023 Japanese animated dark fantasy action film based on the "Entertainment District" and "Swordsmith Village" arcs of the 2016–20 manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no ...
The protagonist of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Tanjiro Kamado is the oldest son of a late charcoal-seller, Tanjuro. In the first chapter of the manga, his family (his mother and his younger siblings) is massacred by a demon named Muzan Kibutsuji , with only his sister Nezuko Kamado surviving only to become a demon.