What Chainsaw Man is really about is the craving for an ordinary life. Denji, who does not know how to be held; Makima, who can only connect through control; Aki, an avenger who lost his family and assembles one again. Read it as a story of love told clumsily by people who grew up without knowing any, and the source of its pain becomes visible.
This page reads 11 Chainsaw Man characters through three layers: MBTI as the outward personality, attachment style as the hidden side, and a Big Five type. Rather than simply assigning a type, Why this type from what they do in the story and where they came from — that is how this site works.
📊 Attachment style distribution across the Chainsaw Man cast
The comparison baseline is the attachment split across 42,256 quiz responses: 30.1% secure, 15.5% anxious, 13.7% avoidant, 40.6% fearful-avoidant.
That almost none of the leads is secure is this series' view of the world. How low Denji sets the bar for a dream is the measure of how starved of attachment he was. It asks what kind of life makes eating breakfast with someone into an ambition.
🧩 Reading the relationships in Chainsaw Man through attachment
Chainsaw Man is about a boy who does not know how to receive closeness. Denji grew up in debt, living like a dog, and when someone holds him he cannot work out the correct response. Makima never once attempts an equal relationship and connects only through control, while Aki, for all that he is an avenger, ends up building a family again. Living with Power was the only ordinary life any of them had.
📖 Character list (tap to jump)
The artwork is 16 MBTI types × 4 attachment styles = 64 combinations character images. When the same picture appears twice, those two match all the way down to the 64-type level.
🎓 Hirofumi Yoshida: MBTI ISFP, attachment Secure
High school devil hunter. He is a rare person in this world who can separate work and life.
MBTI radar (ISFP dominant four axes + attachment stability)
Big Five radar (five factors + hidden-side axis)
Why Hirofumi Yoshida is ISFP × Secure
This site reads Hirofumi Yoshida's calm response to immediate situations through the ISFP lens of introverted feeling (Fi). His easygoing manner and quick decisions are interpreted here in terms of the positions and limits he sets for himself.
🥃 Kishibe: MBTI ISTP, attachment Secure
The strongest devil hunter. We will teach you how to survive and send you off, even if you are prepared to die.
MBTI radar (ISTP dominant four axes + attachment stability)
Big Five radar (five factors + hidden-side axis)
Why Kishibe is ISTP × Secure
This site reads Kishibe's quick assessment and direct response through the ISTP lens of introverted thinking (Ti). His teaching emphasizes concrete practice and a reluctance to let sentiment steer his decisions.
🪚 Denji: MBTI ESFP, attachment Fearful-avoidant
I grew up without knowing love, and I don't know how to be hugged. Between craving and vigilance.
MBTI radar (ESFP dominant four axes + attachment stability)
Big Five radar (five factors + hidden-side axis)
Why Denji is ESFP × Fearful-avoidant
Denji begins with wishes as basic as enough food and a place to sleep. This site reads him through ESFP and extraverted sensing (Se), comparing his longing for closeness and difficulty judging its safety with fearful-avoidant tendencies.
🩸 Power: MBTI ESTP, attachment Anxious
Although he is full of lies and bravado, he shows genuine attachment to Nyako and Denji.
MBTI radar (ESTP dominant four axes + attachment stability)
Big Five radar (five factors + hidden-side axis)
Why Power is ESTP × Anxious
Lies, bluster and stolen credit — an ESTP of extraverted sensing (Se) running on pure instinct. As a devil she had no concept of a bond at all, and yet with Meowy and Denji she showed real attachment. Her fear of losing the first friends she ever had is an anxious attachment that grew after the fact…
🚬 Aki Hayakawa: MBTI ISTJ, attachment Fearful-avoidant
A paradox in which an avenger who lost his family creates a family again.
MBTI radar (ISTJ dominant four axes + attachment stability)
Big Five radar (five factors + hidden-side axis)
Why Aki Hayakawa is ISTJ × Fearful-avoidant
This site reads Aki Hayakawa's orderly life and steady routines through ISTJ and introverted sensing (Si).
🐕 Makima: MBTI INFJ, attachment Avoidant
A demon of domination who does not know equal relationships and can only be connected through domination.
MBTI radar (INFJ dominant four axes + attachment stability)
Big Five radar (five factors + hidden-side axis)
Why Makima is INFJ × Avoidant
This site reads Makima's planning and control as a dark fictional variation on INFJ and introverted intuition (Ni).
🚗 Kobeni: MBTI ISFJ, attachment Fearful-avoidant
Exploited by his family, he was only able to escape. Survival instinct in fear.
MBTI radar (ISFJ dominant four axes + attachment stability)
Big Five radar (five factors + hidden-side axis)
Why Kobeni is ISFJ × Fearful-avoidant
Kobeni struggles through frightening work yet shows striking physical ability in a crisis. This site reads her through the ISFJ lens of Si–Fe.
💣 Reze: MBTI ENFJ, attachment Fearful-avoidant
"I've never been to school either." Denji's first love was a girl who was raised to be a Soviet weapon.
MBTI radar (ENFJ dominant four axes + attachment stability)
Big Five radar (five factors + hidden-side axis)
Why Reze is ENFJ × Fearful-avoidant
This site reads Reze's ability to create closeness through ENFJ and extraverted feeling (Fe). Her training for a mission and wish for an ordinary life bring charm and vulnerability into tension.
🗡 Quanxi: MBTI ISTP, attachment Avoidant
The first devil hunter. After living for 1,000 years, the conclusion I came to was that it was a hassle.
MBTI radar (ISTP dominant four axes + attachment stability)
Big Five radar (five factors + hidden-side axis)
Why Quanxi is ISTP × Avoidant
This site reads Quanxi's economical fighting style through ISTP and introverted thinking (Ti). Her protection of the fiends beside her contrasts with her sparse words and seemingly detached manner.
👻 Himeno: MBTI ESFP, attachment Fearful-avoidant
"I got something about Aki-kun." The eyepatch-wearing senior has taken care of six of his partners.
MBTI radar (ESFP dominant four axes + attachment stability)
Big Five radar (five factors + hidden-side axis)
Why Himeno is ESFP × Fearful-avoidant
An ESFP of extraverted sensing (Se) who puts everything into enjoying tonight, with drink and jokes. In a world where partners keep dying, her brightness is the painkiller that stops her going numb to loss. She knew that the deeper the attachment the worse the losing hurts, and moved toward Aki anyway…
⚖ Asa Mitaka: MBTI INFP, attachment Anxious
A high school girl who shares her body with the demon of war. Go to the battlefield equipped with "I don't care anyway".
MBTI radar (INFP dominant four axes + attachment stability)
Big Five radar (five factors + hidden-side axis)
Why Asa Mitaka is INFP × Anxious
This site reads Asa Mitaka's inner monologue and self-consciousness through INFP and introverted feeling (Fi). Against a background of loss and isolation, self-deprecation alongside a wish to be understood offers our lens on anxious tendencies.
🔬 Longer essays on the relationships in Chainsaw Man
For readers who want more than one character at a time.the relationship itself taken apart through attachment theory.
❓ Frequently asked questions
How many Chainsaw Man characters are listed?
Chainsaw Man currently has 11 profiles here. Each one carries an MBTI type, an attachment style and a Big Five type, together with the reasoning behind them. (Hirofumi Yoshida／Kishibe／Denji and others.)
Which attachment style is most common in Chainsaw Man?
Of the 11 profiles on this page, fearful-avoidant is the largest group with 5 (about 45%). On MBTI, ISTP leads with 2. Even inside one series the ways of holding distance diverge, so two characters with the same MBTI do not relate to people the same way.
Is this type assignment official?
Not official. This is our editorial reading, based on actions and descriptions in the work. It is not a psychological diagnosis and not the view of the people or studios involved.
Can I find out my own type?
A free 46-question quiz places you in one of 64 types, from 16 MBTI types crossed with 4 attachment styles. No registration. Reading it alongside the Chainsaw Man characters makes your own way of holding distance easier to see.
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Who in Chainsaw Man are you closest to?
You are placed in one of 64 types, MBTI crossed with attachment style.
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So which of them is closest to you
Among the 11 characters from this series, the most common attachment style is Fearful-avoidant, with 5 (45%). The most common MBTI is ISTP. Once you know your own combination, the same list starts showing you who you are close to.
Seen from the outward personality Big Five test, and how you match your favourite Compatibility.
This type reading is not official. It is our own estimate from each character's publicly known words and actions, offered for entertainment.