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Jujutsu Society

Leadership

Jujutsu Headquarters

The higher-ups who comprise the command center of the jujutsu world and possess ultimate authority over all jujutsu sorcerers in Japan.

Ambiguous Situation: The Shinjuku Showdown arc reveals they were all killed, but who murdered them isn't specified. In Chapter 191, Kenjaku told Noritoshi Kamo that he's essentially controlling HQ after usurping the Head of the Kamo Clan, but with his endgame approaching he may have killed them once they were no longer useful. But their deaths are only revealed in Chapter 223, after Gojo is freed from Prison Realm, with a Smash Cut to their bodies directly after Gojo and Gakuganji were talking about them in relation to Masamichi's death, offering the possibility that Gojo may have finally done what he's always threatened to do and just killed them all out of revenge for all their crimes after he was unsealed.
Asshole Victim: In Chapter 223, it's revealed all were killed offscreen. Given that their every appearance paints them as smug obstructionists trying to cling to power under the veneer of tradition, and who actively make things harder for the heroes following the Shibuya Incident, it's impossible to pity them.
Evil Reactionary: The conservative faction holds the most sway in Jujutsu HQ. Not only do they forgo any progressive policies in lieu of regulating jujutsu based on tradition, but they look down on any jujutsu sorcery they consider unconventional, like Hakari's pachinko machine-inspired Idle Death Gamble. To maintain their ideal of traditional jujutsu, they'll order teenagers executed for the dangers they pose as vessels, frame their political enemy as a scapegoat for Shibuya, and execute innocent sorcerers like Masamichi Yaga unless they provide them with information that can make them more powerful.
Hate Sink: Despite the group serving as the rulers of the jujutsu world, they're portrayed as a band of faceless obstructionists who care more about maintaining the status quo than actually implementing new policies that will prepare jujutsu sorcerers to face escalating threats. While they do have a point that Yuji is a danger so long as he's Sukuna's vessel, their actions post-Shibuya show them for the slimy, power hungry politicians they really are when they no longer have to fear Gojo.
Hypocrite: Despite pushing for Yuta's execution and Gojo managing to instead teach him to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer against their wishes, the higher-ups have no problem employing Yuta afterwards to kill another teenager that Gojo saved from execution and trained to be a sorcerer.
Jerkass Has a Point: For all that they're unpleasant obstructionists who want to have two teenagers executed at two different points, both Yuji and Yuta were hosts to two of the strongest Cursed Spirits in existence, either of which was capable of unleashing mass destruction if their host slipped up. Their concern is justified following Shibuya, where Sukuna gaining control over Yuji's body leads to the death of hundreds.
Killed Offscreen: The only time they're shown onscreen from behind the doors that concealed them is after they've all been killed.
Minor Major Character: The group as a whole has supreme authority over all jujutsu sorcerers, but they only appear sporadically, are never established as individual characters just a monolithic group, and none of them are even seen onscreen or named.
Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering: Despite holding their meetings in ominous darkened rooms where their appearances are hidden by illuminated doors, the group is more a batch of slimy politicians that spend much of their screen time arguing with and being undermined by Gojo.
Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: Ostensibly Jujutsu HQ is working to protect jujutsu society and non-sorcerers, but in practice they're only interested in preserving their own power and keeping jujutsu as "traditional" as possible. Best exemplified in the aftermath of the Shibuya Incident, where they take advantage of their biggest political obstacle, Satoru Gojo, being sealed in Prison Realm to frame him as complicit in Shibuya and forbid any sorcerer from freeing him. At the same time they threaten Masamichi Yaga with death unless he divulges his secret to creating cursed corpses so they can build themselves an army, and have him executed when he doesn't comply.
Obstructive Bureaucrat: They're a group of bureaucratic sorcerers that block any progressive policy changes to the way jujutsu is regulated in Japan. Gojo is normally at odds with them because they're more focused on maintaining the status quo than they are changing their policies to prepare for the curses and curse users that are steadily escalating in power and posing a greater threat to the world if left unchecked.
Puppet State: The Kamo Clan backs the conservative faction that hold dominant power over Jujutsu Headquarters. Once Kenjaku usurps the position as Head of the Kamo Clan, he turns Jujutsu HQ into his puppet government.
The Voice: They're never seen onscreen, only heard as voices coming from behind the doors they use to conceal their identities.
Would Hurt a Child: They attempt to execute the fifteen-year-old Yuta and Yuji upon finding out they're hosts to two very dangerous Special Grade Cursed Spirits. They only postpone their respective executions after Gojo convinces them they can be useful, but in the case of Yuji they go around Gojo's back to send Yuji's class on a suicide mission to eliminate Sukuna as a threat, not caring if Yuji's two innocent classmates are killed as collateral damage.

Independent Jujutsu Sorcerers

Mei Mei

Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese), Amber Lee Connors (English)

Cursed Technique: Black Bird Manipulation

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^{Click here to see her in the Hidden Inventory arc}

A Grade 1 sorcerer and an intelligent, confident opportunist of a woman with a great love for money.

Her Cursed Technique, "Black Bird Manipulation", allows her to manipulate crows, and see through them.

The Ace: Mei Mei is good at pretty much everything she sets out to do, such as fighting, business management and even Ping Pong. She admits that she reached her physical peak a long time ago, but that doesn't stop her from being one of the most competent sorcerers we see in the series.
Ambiguously Evil: In addition to the very disturbing implications of her and Ui Ui's relationship, her Only in It for the Money mentality implies she's only fighting for Jujutsu High because Gojo pays her to. She tellingly abandons them and Japan entirely after an encounter with Kenjaku convinces her staying isn't worth the trouble. She comes back once Gojo is unsealed and the situation looks manageable again, even helping to gather the Sorcerers together to monitor his battle with Sukuna.
Animal Eye Spy: Mei Mei's main use of her technique is to see through the eyes of any bird under her control, making them very useful for scouting and surveillance.
Animal Motifs: Crows. Mei Mei can control crows using her Black Bird Manipulation and is an intelligent, opportunistic woman only interested in doing something if it financially benefits her, like a crow obsessing over shiny things.
The Beastmaster: Her technique, Black Bird Manipulation, lets her control crows in their entirety. She primarily uses them for scouting.
Braids of Action: Mei Mei has two braids, one hanging in front of her face and the other on the back, and she's a Grade 1 Sorcerer with the power her position entails.
Brother–Sister Team: Mei Mei brings her younger brother Ui Ui with her to fight cursed spirits during the Shibuya Incident, relying on Ui Ui's Simple Domain to exorcise the special-grade Smallpox Deity.
The Bus Came Back: Mei Mei returns to Japan after Gojo is released entirely to host bets on his fight with Sukuna and live-stream the thing using her control over crows.
Character Tics: She is often seen playing with the braid that covers her face.
Contralto of Strength: Amber Lee Connors gives her a suitably low and sultry voice in the English dub, fitting her combat prowess and elegance.
Creepy Crows: Her cursed technique "Black Bird Manipulation" lets her control crows and see through them. She can even make a crow hurl itself at an enemy, committing suicide with the trade-off of erasing the crow's cursed energy limit to make it more powerful.
Debt Detester: She says it goes against her principles to owe anybody anything, which is why she brings Ui Ui along into battle to handle domains for her instead of relying on other sorcerers for help.
Dirty Coward: Implied. In spite of her skills as a sorcerer, Mei Mei values her life above all else. When confronted by Kenjaku she attempts to fight him, but once she realizes she could seriously die, she uses her brother's cursed technique to escape and abandons everyone to prioritize her survival and financial investments. She does return later but only after Gojo is freed and the situation looks salvageable.
Early-Bird Cameo: She first appears during Volume 0 as an unnamed background sorcerer present at Jujutsu High, but isn't properly introduced until Chapter 40 of the main series.
Eyes Out of Sight: A comically exaggerated example; Mei Mei's bangs are so long that she ties them into a large braid that often covers her entire face. This actually has a practical use, as many high-level sorcerers obscure their eyes to stealthily observe curses.
Foil: To Kento Nanami, a fellow jujutsu sorcerer who treats exorcising curses as a job and who focuses on money. Nanami treats sorcery like a nine-to-five job that he hates, even quitting briefly to focus on earning enough money to retire early, but ultimately returned to Jujutsu High because he genuinely enjoys helping people over getting a high salary. In contrast, Mei Mei doesn't care about helping people and only exorcises curses because she gets paid to do so, cheerfully meeting performance incentives to earn bonuses and exploiting loopholes to squeeze even more cash out of her employers. In Shibuya, while Nanami continues to fight even when half-dead to save lives and ultimately gives his life for the cause, Mei Mei flees the country when the assignment becomes too difficult, leaving Japan to its fate so she can prioritize her survival and preserve her financial investments.
Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Mei Mei is a very feminine and graceful woman who wears a dark purple dress.
Heart Is an Awesome Power: Mei Mei's technique is this, thanks to a sub-technique she calls Bird Strike. She has absolute control over crows, which sounds simple but then you remember she can cause crows to impose contracts on themselves just like any other sorcerer. By using the crow's life in a binding vow, she can remove the cap on its cursed energy, turning an ordinary bird into a ridiculously powerful projectile that she can control.
Incest Subtext: Heavily implied to be in some kind of incestuous relationship with her little brother Ui Ui, since she Sleeps in the Nude in the same bed as him (although he is fully clothed) and loves to tease him.
It's All About Me: Even with the years she had with her classmates, Mei Mei cares only about herself and money. Her care for her younger brother is heavily implied solely for her own survival due to his curse technique revolving around teleportation. She abandons everyone near the end of the Shibuya Incident to save herself and her financial investments.
Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Destroys cursed spirits with a stone axe, all while wearing a form-fitting purple dress.
Lady of War: Mei Mei is an elegant woman who wears a purple dress and manages to fight gracefully while wielding a large stone axe.
Long Hair Is Feminine: She has pale blue hair that falls past her shoulders and has a feminine, graceful air about her.
Magic Knight: Mei Mei originally believed her cursed technique to be weak and left her vulnerable, so she trained her body with cursed energy to its absolute limit in order to compensate for it. Afterward, she went back to master the full potential of her technique and learned powerful offensive abilities, allowing her to bloom into the powerful and versatile Grade-1 sorcerer that she is in the present.
Meaningful Name: Mei Mei's name contains the kanji for 'the underworld' if by itself. In compound form, the two characters mei-mei in Japanese means dark/dim, alluding to her "Black Bird Manipulation".
Money Fetish: Mei Mei is an opportunist when it comes to money, flat-out stating that she doesn't understand connections not based around money and the main reason she hangs out with Gojo is that he's part of Old Money and loose with his pursestrings, blushing bright-red at the thought of getting him in debt to her. Humorously, she sees the value of life itself as lying in one's service potential, something meant to be applied to assets in a business, not people.
Ms. Fanservice: Mei Mei is a beautiful, busty woman in a tight-fitting dress who appears nude (with Godiva Hair, mind you) on the cover of Volume 12◊ and also Sleeps in the Nude.
One-Hit Kill: Her Bird Strike technique is this, due to the limitless amount of cursed energy within the crow projectile after it is put in a binding vow. She claims that the only opponent to ever survive the attack is Satoru Gojo.
Only in It for the Money: In keeping with her Money Fetish, Mei Mei believes money is the most important thing in the world and only works as a Jujutsu Sorcerer exorcising Curses because she gets paid handsomely for it. It's heavily implied the only reason she decides to return to help fight against Sukuna is because Gojo pays her for the help, as she never bothers to contact any of them until after Gojo is freed.
Punch-Clock Hero: The only reason Mei Mei exorcises Curses is because she gets paid to do so, not because she cares about actually helping people. She hits performance incentives only to earn bonuses and takes advantage of every loophole to milk additional fees out of her employers. When the danger becomes too much, she has no trouble bailing even if the consequences for Japan can be catastrophic. She only returns after Gojo is unsealed and even then she runs bets on his fight against Sukuna.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Leaves Japan for Kuala Lumpur using Ui Ui's cursed technique after being nearly killed by Geto, exchanging all of her yen in preparation against the economic fallout in Japan due to the Shibuya Incident.
Seeing Through Another's Eyes: She is able to see through the eyes of the crows she has under her control.
The Scrooge: Gojo demonstrates in an omake that he can summon her by dropping a coin on the ground.
Mei Mei: "Did someone call?"
Utahime: "...Are you okay being treated like this?"
Sultry Bangs: Mei Mei is a graceful and busty sorceress with a coy demeanor who often has her left eye concealed by her single braid.

Ui Ui

Voiced by: Yuko Sanpei (Japanese), Sarah Anne Williams (English)

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Mei Mei's little brother.

Big Sister Worship: Ui Ui adores his older sister and acts as her lapdog, even willing to die for her as seen when they fight the Smallpox Deity. This takes a darker tone when it is implied that their relationship is incestuous, with Mei Mei naked while the two are in bed together, teasing each other with him blushing.
Blind Obedience: He is unwaveringly dedicated and obedient to his sister, who he sees as greater than the world itself.
Brother–Sister Team: Mei Mei brings Ui Ui with her to fight cursed spirits during the Shibuya Incident, relying on Ui Ui's Simple Domain to exorcise the special-grade Smallpox Deity.
Counterspell: He can activate a Simple Domain, which he uses to counter an opponent's Domain Expansion.
Incest Subtext: Heavily implied to be in some kind of incestuous relationship with Mei Mei.
Power Limiter: He has placed a Binding Vow on himself that prevents usage of Cursed Energy or his Cursed Technique unless he gets permission to do so from his sister.
Teleportation: Heavily implied to have a technique related to this, which Ui Ui uses to take Mei Mei and himself to safety in Kuala Lumpur when Geto's plan starts falling into place.
Undying Loyalty: He possesses this towards Mei Mei, willing to follow her into Shibuya during the middle of an act of mass jujutsu terrorism so he can use his cursed abilities to help her. At one point during a difficult fight, Mei Mei asks him if he's willing to die for her, only for Ui Ui to express giddy enthusiasm at the prospect.

Yuki Tsukumo (Spoilers!)

Yuki Tsukumo

Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka (Japanese), Anjali Kunapaneni (English)

Cursed Technique: Bom Ba Ye

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A mysterious Special Grade sorcerer who trained Aoi Todo, she spends the majority of her time Wandering the Earth on a motorcycle and is despised by Jujutsu Headquarters as a result, but is far too powerful for them to rein in. She accidentally inspired Geto's Misanthrope Supreme views by telling him of her plan to break the cycle of curses Sorcerers are stuck in.

She is in actuality a Star Plasma Vessel like Riko Amanai who rejected her fate of being fused with Master Tengen and wants humanity to break away from Cursed Energy entirely despite her grand achievements as a Sorcerer.

Her Cursed Technique, Bom Ba Ye^noteStar Rage in the Viz translations, imbues "virtual mass" into Yuki's body or her Shikigami Garuda without making them carry the weight of such a mass, allowing Yuki to strike cartoonishly hard even for the standards of Sorcerers. She is also a master of the Simple Domain, having taught it to Todo.

Action Girl: With Kenjaku's true nature being a complete mystery, Yuki is probably, if not easily the World's Strongest Woman, considered at least as powerful as Yuta and far more destructive.
Animal Motifs: After getting a taste of why that Special-Grade label is no fucking joke, Kenjaku envisions her as an enormous great cat on the prowl. Her blonde hair and large staring eyes as well as her gritting her teeth to the point of it looking painful when attacking only further the resemblance.
Kenjaku: Is it even possible... to hunt this wild beast?
Anti-Magic: She's immune to being conceptually targeted by Techniques, waltzing through Kenjaku's initial trump card in the Elephant God as a result, as it targets "Obstacles". Kenjaku believes that this is because the virtual mass conferred by Bom Ba Ye is near infinite and makes her register as one object with two absurdly different amounts of mass, and thus too overwhelming to meaningfully constrain or even define for Techniques that need a definitive target.
Bare-Fisted Monk: Her Cursed Technique makes her impossibly heavy through the overwhelming mass that she doesn't feel, so she uses it to punch and kick her enemies.
Big Damn Heroes: During the Shibuya Incident, she suddenly appears to confront Kenjaku, casually blocking Uraume's ice attack while doing so and saving the lives of almost the entire cast.
Boobs-and-Butt Pose: Strikes this pose when introducing herself to Geto and Haibara.
Character Catchphrase: "What kind of girl is your type?". Todo adopted this as his personal mantra after training under her.
Counterspell: Knows how to use a Simple Domain.
Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Her ability to ignore the imaginary mass she adds to her body is limited... but there is no limit to how much mass she can add. If she adds an infinite amount, she collapses like a Black Hole -a realistic one- which can destroy the world.
Determinator: During her battle with Kenjaku, after being heavily wounded by his Domain Expansion, Yuki foregoes the opportunity to use Reversed Cursed Technique to heal herself in favor of just running up and engaging him in a relentless close quarters assault, denying him the breathing room to recover his Cursed Technique. This is despite being so mangled that one of her arms is twisted around several times over and left hanging by scraps of skin and muscle.
Kenjaku: Heal yourself!
Yuki: Hell no!
- Even after being completely bisected by Kenjaku, Yuki still manages to cling to life long enough to attempt one last ditch effort to take Kenjaku out with her by condensing herself into a black hole.
Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors: Against almost anyone else Yuki's last resort of turning herself into a black hole would be inescapable, however Kenjaku's third technique is Antigravity System, which allows him to create zones that nullify the effects of gravity, by using his own body as a domain for the technique he is able to just barely survive.
Everyone Loves Blondes: She has a strikingly natural shade of blonde hair to go along with her red eyes, despite being Japanese and a Star Plasma Vessel (which shows no leaning towards unnatural hair colors if Riko can be used as an example).
Fastball Special: By giving Garuda an impossibly huge mass, making it coil into a sphere and kicking it, Yuki turns Garuda into a projectile capable of instantly exorcising Kenjaku's Elephant God spirit.
Familiar: She is usually accompanied by a Shikigami/Cursed Tool hybrid named Garuda resembling a floating spine with a square beak which can be used as a target for her Technique.
Grey-and-Gray Morality: Her dream is to create a world without cursed spirits, either by making humanity lose all cursed energy or by having every single human learn how to control the energy. However, she gives Geto's Misanthrope Supreme plan to exterminate all non-sorcerers serious consideration and admits that it would solve the world's problem with cursed spirits easier than either of her plans, but wouldn't go through with it because she is not insane. That doesn't stop her from encouraging him to attempt it. Following the Shibuya Incident, she even states herself that she is not necessarily on the heroes' side despite her benevolent goal.
Grievous Harm with a Body: She can wield Garuda like a whip, grabbing it by the beak and lashing its extended body with enough force to shatter entire buildings.
Half the Woman She Used to Be: Kenjaku splits her in half at the midsection with his Gravity Master attack after blasting a hole through her.
Hartman Hips: Yuki has a big butt in addition to her athletic build, with her hips being the widest part of her body. It's implied that she was the direct inspiration for Todo's preference in women.
Has a Type: Her type is a rough, hard-working guy^noteThe specific word in Japanese means "covered in mud", which is usually a term of endearment towards "unrefined" countryside types of men. She asks this of all Sorcerers she meets as an unorthodox way to gauge them, and is the one who inspired Toudou to do the same thing. To this day she is annoyed that she doesn't know Geto's type, and his lack of response to her question in Shibuya is what lets her connect the dots that someone else took over his body.
- Her fight with Kenjaku even has her mention that, while her type is a hard-working guy who's rough, Choso shows up right after saying this getting the drop on Kenjaku.
Heroic Sacrifice: Knowing Kenjaku is too much even for her and Choso together, she sacrifices her life to save Choso and give him a chance to live as a human. She helps him escape while she uses her powers in a last-ditch effort to kill Kenjaku using a Black Hole to suck him into oblivion. Sadly, he survives and Choso is left in despair over her death.
Hollywood Density: Played With in her Technique, Bom Ba Ye, which allows her to imbue herself and her shikigami Garuda with seemingly limitless volumes of virtual mass (the same stuff Gojo shoots when he uses Hollow Purple), increasing their density and impact without being affected by any negative physical factors such as momentum, the Square-Cube Law or gravity that should make such a mass self-destructive. However, it has a limit before she gets affected by her immense density. That limit is when she reaches the density required to become a Black hole.
I Know Madden Kombat: Her opening move against Kenjaku is essentially using her Familiar like a football. A hundreds of tons heavy football that instagibs the Elephant God like it was made of paper-maché, causing Kenjaku quite an Oh, Crap!. Gege admitted he was getting hyped up about Japan's exceptional performance in the 2022 FIFA World Cup at the time of writing despite not caring much for soccer normally.
It's Personal: Her resentment of Tengen stems from the fact that she was a former Star Plasma Vessel, a candidate for merging with him.
Lazy Bum: Subverted. Despite being one of only four special-grade sorcerers, she has a reputation for wasting time overseas and not going on missions, though this is only due to her chasing an unconventional goal.
Lightning Bruiser: Yuki is not only capable of striking with incredible force due to imbuing her blows with near infinite mass but also doing so while moving very quickly since this virtual mass does not affect her momentum.
Little Black Dress: In one of the flashbacks of her and Choso discussing strategy, she's wearing one of these in a bar scene conjured from Tengen's barrier, along with her hair tied up into a chignon.
Logical Weakness: The fact that she isn't affected by the virtual mass she generates means that it doesn't increase her durability in any way and she has to defend herself consciously with Cursed Energy against physical and Cursed Energy attacks like any other Sorcerer. Once Kenjaku realizes that she's just tough as nails and not outright invulnerable, he prepares a rapid succession of two Uzumakis, while hiding behind a Cursed Spirit big enough to seem threatening and also cover his preparation, resulting in a Torso with a View.
Loophole Abuse: According to Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook, because she is a special grade, her salary does not stop despite refusing requests and constantly being overseas.
MacGuffin Super-Person: Yuki is revealed to be a Star Plasma Vessel, a person eligible for a merger with Master Tengen, much like Riko Amanai, though apparently one less suited for it, and one who never had any plans of going through with it.
Made of Iron: She survives being subjected to the full brunt of Kenjaku's Domain Expansion, albeit heavily wounded and mangled, and gets back up to keep fighting immediately afterward without bothering to heal herself.
Megaton Punch: Her ability to add imaginary mass is typically utilized with her punches, which lets her blow up Special Grade curses like balloons.
The Mentor: Implied to be one for Todo, whom she met when he was in the 3rd grade of elementary school. She was the one who taught him how to create a Simple Domain.
Ms. Fanservice: She's introduced in a Boobs-and-Butt Pose asking for Geto's type of girl, and seems to have a mostly Form-Fitting Wardrobe. She even strikes a model-esque pose when she introduces herself to Kenjaku at the end of the Shibuya Incident.
Muscles Are Meaningless: Yuki is tall and fairly athletic in build but she isn't particularly muscular, being more on the slim and lean side, which belies just how hard she can physically hit something. This is justified due to the fact that, between Cursed Energy reinforcement and her Cursed Technique, how hard Yuki can punch has next to nothing to do with her actual muscles.
Older Than They Look: She was already a Special Grade Sorcerer when Gojo and Geto were themselves students at Jujutsu High and when she started tutoring Todo. She doesn't look a day older from back then when she reappears in the present day, meaning that at least she's pushing 40. Whether this is just her being particularly youthful-looking or directly tied to Tengen's Immortality is left unclear.
Person of Mass Destruction: Bom Ba Ye has no limit to the amount of virtual mass it can generate, causing her physical attacks when fully uninjured to become insanely destructive, and past a certain point the ensuing mass overrides the fact that Yuki isn't normally affected by virtual mass Bom Ba Ye generates. This means that if she increases her mass past a certain point she condenses into a singularity, a realistic one, which could and would destroy the entire planet if she and Tengen didn't limit the damage to the inside of his barrier. Suffice to say, this is probably why she comes with the Special-Grade label; with no barrier to contain her, Yuki could blow up the planet on a whim.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: She chews Tengen out for having relied upon using the bodies of others, especially children, to sustain his humanity for centuries, only to suddenly abandon the method of merging with others after Riko Amanai's death on the logic that merging with Star Plasma Vessels was always merely delaying the inevitable, as he essentially admits Riko's death and all the Star Plasma Vessels before her were for nothing. She further denies Tengen the closure of knowing what the Vessels within him have to say about the situation, reasoning that he doesn't deserve the opportunity to use that knowledge to justify his actions.
Ship Tease: She seems to have taken a liking to Choso, as after the two decide to protect Tengen together they seem to have bonded with each other. In her fight with Kenjaku has her even admitting she likes hard working guys, and Choso happens to be that guy, hinting she's attracted to him. The fact she knows he's a human/curse spirit and does not care about that makes this even more notable. A flashback shows them even dressed up in a bar, thanks to Tengen's powers, almost as if they were on a date.
Shout-Out: The name of her Cursed Technique, Bom Ba Ye, is a Lingala war cry that became iconic when the crowd at Muhammad Ali's match with George Foreman chanted "ALI BOM BA YE!", or "Kill 'em, Ali!", for the majority of the match. Antonio Inoki would also take a liking to the phrase and even named one of his promotions after it, making it a mainstay of his entrance theme. This also neatly ties her in with Toudou, whose Technique's name "Boogie Woogie" is a direct reference to a Blues piano piece Muhammad Ali once played in an interview.
Star Power: The ruby text for her technique reads as "Wrath of the Star", involves impossibly huge mass and scientific phenomena not clearly understood to function, and by maxing out her Technique's output, she becomes a Black Hole but dies in the process like a collapsing star.
Statuesque Stunner: She's 190cm tall, positively gigantic compared to the Japanese female statistic and as tall as Gojo and Todo, and she frequently puts on display what exactly shaped Todo's preference in women, being a gorgeous woman twice most of the cast's age with a very big butt and the Hartman Hips to match.
Story-Breaker Power: She's not a Special Grade for nothing. Tsukomo's ultimate technique is extremely powerful and were it not for some very specific factors she'd have succeeded in killing Kenjaku and ending the threat.
Super-Strength: She hits so stupefyingly hard that she sends Kenjaku tumbling like a leaf in the wind through Tengen's barrier, which has a circular definition built into it, which should make it infinitely big on the inside, through sheer physical force, with the initial impact ripping off his right arm below the elbow and leaving his left hand dangling by a string of flesh from the elbow from attempting to block or parry her punch.
Kenjaku: That hit me so hard it broke through the Sunyatta Barrier's circular definition... Mass, huh? That's the Technique's target concept! Such overwhelming mass to a point that it couldn't be contained semantically or pragmatically!
Taking You with Me: Attempted, but averted. When her, Choso and Tengen's plans fall apart and Yuki ends up mortally wounded without the time to heal herself, she decides to go for the nuclear option; Turning herself into a Black Hole right next to Kenjaku. Unfortunately, his Gravity Master Technique allows him to just barely weather the cosmic forces on his body, though he admits the attack had him seriously sweating for a second and he had to improvise fast.
Technicolor Eyes: Her eyes are a striking shade of red.
Torso with a View: Courtesy of Kenjaku blasting a small Uzumaki through her stomach at point-blank range.
Training from Hell: According to Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook, Todo got the scar across his nose from one of her harsh training sessions.
Unrealistic Black Hole: A notable aversion, as the black hole is realistic. By adding near infinity imaginary mass to her own body she collapses herself into a true singularity that can spell an Earth-Shattering Kaboom. The only reason it doesn't is because of her own focus to keeping it stable and Tengen's barrier barely keeping it together until it fizzled out.^note.

Jujutsu Society Affiliates

Junpei Yoshino

Voiced by: Yoshitaka Yamaya (Japanese), Nicolas Roye (English)

Cursed Technique: Moon Dregs

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A meek, reclusive young man who strikes up an odd friendship with Mahito, and later Yuji.

His Cursed Technique, “Moon Dregs”, conjures a jellyfish-like Shikigami that can poison anyone it ensnares with its tentacles.

Advertised Extra: From the first opening, it looked as though he would be a major character and join Jujutsu Tech along with Yuuji, Megumi, and Nobara. But then Mahito transfigures him, causing his death at the end of his arc.
Bully Magnet: Junpei has been subjected to horrifically cruel bullying at his school, with at least one teacher aware of it but willingly turning a blind eye. Junpei's been savagely beaten multiple times, kicked out of his clubroom, had his property stolen, been force-fed a cockroach, and his main tormentor has been torturing him by burning his forehead with cigarettes, the scars of which Junpei hides beneath his bangs.
Commonality Connection: He quickly bonds with Yuji over their shared love for movies, especially American films. Junpei was in the film club, and Yuji had just marathoned countless classic films in his jujutsu training.
The Corruptible: He's a young man who's been subjected to vicious bullying that his teachers are aware of but do nothing to stop. After Mahito murders three of his bullies, he takes Junpei under his wing, telling him that human lives are meaningless, desensitizing him to killing by showing him humans he's transfigured, and giving him permission to kill as well. When Yuji befriends Junpei and begins pulling him back from his misanthropy, Mahito has Junpei's mother killed and frames one of Junpei's bullies knowing Junpei will try to kill said bully in revenge.
Cruel and Unusual Death: He gets turned into a monster by Mahito, with his soul giving out and dying immediately after.
Despair Event Horizon: Junpei goes on a vengeful rampage after his mother is killed by a cursed spirit attracted to one of Sukuna's fingers, which was intentionally left in his home by Mahito. Yuji manages to comfort Junpei by not judging him and telling him to come to Jujutsu High. Sadly, Mahito aggressively transfigures and kills him.
Distinction Without a Difference: When we're introduced to him, he states that if he was offered a button that would kill everyone he hates, he wouldn't press it. He follows this up however by claiming that if he was offered a button that would kill everyone who hates him, i.e. the guys currently kicking the crap out of him for no other reason than that he's an easy target, he would press it.
Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: When Mahito arrives at the school, Yuji is about to attack him. Junpei immediately jumps to his defense before recalling the humans Mahito transfigured.
Yuji: Junpei! Run!! I don't know how you know this guy, but just run away! Please!
Junpei: Don't worry, Itadori! Mahito isn't a bad per- a bad... ...person.
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Downplayed. While Junpei isn't deliberately malicious, he's anti-social and possesses some deep-seated anger over his lot in life; negative emotions that Mahito encourages. Still, he genuinely loves his mother. It's her death that finally puts him over the edge.
Forced Transformation: Mahito uses his Idle Transfiguration on him to turn him into a monster to attack Yuji. The transformation is so extreme that it actually ends up killing Junpei only a few minutes later.
Heel–Face Door-Slam: Yuji manages to get through to him briefly after their fight, telling Junpei that he can join him at Jujutsu High. And then Mahito arrives.
Hellbent For Leather: Played for drama. After his mother's death, he takes a black jacket from her closet before going off to punish who he thinks was responsible for her death.
Hiding Behind Your Bangs: Has these to signify his withdrawn, closeted personality. They also hide the burnt-cigarette marks from his bullying.
Horrible Judge of Character: He views Mahito as a helpful aid in developing his misanthropy. However, the latter saw him as nothing more than a plaything the entire time and ends up killing him for amusement. This is right on top of killing his mother and goading the boy into this mindset in the first place for shits and giggles. Mahito even managed to convince him that his bullies were the ones that somehow got ahold of a Sukuna finger and planted it in his home to kill his mother, despite Mahito being literally the only person aware of the existence of Cursed Objects he knows of^note. Mahito even mocks him for this before killing him, cruelly remarking that Junpei was just as stupid as the people he derided as idiots for being too trusting of someone who didn't try to hide his nefarious nature.
Ironic Name: The "yoshi" in his surname means "good luck" in Japanese. Anyone who knows anything about Junpei knows that he's been anything but lucky.
Let's You and Him Fight: Mahito arranges the death of Junpei's mother and frames one of his bullies for the deed, purposefully setting up a fight between Junpei and Yuji.
Madden Into Misanthropy: Thanks to constantly being abused by his peers, Junpei appears to be inching down this route until he is pushed into full-blown misanthropy with Mahito's help and the death of his mother.
Misanthrope Supreme: Starts out with a very poor view of people due to bullying, and is pulled away from this briefly by Yuji, but fully goes down this route after Mahito has his mother killed, now fully willing to kill others as he sees fit.
Moral Myopia: Discussed with Mahito. When Mahito shows off some of the transfigured humans he's been experimenting with, Junpei admits he doesn't really feel anything. However, if Mahito had targeted someone he loved like his mom, he'd truly hate him.
Morality Chain: His mother, the only shining person in his life keeping Junpei from slipping into full on misanthropy. After her murder, nothing can stop Junpei's hatred from unleashing.
No Social Skills: This is Junpei's Fatal Flaw, and one that is thoroughly exploited by Mahito.
Perpetual Frowner: Given what he's been through, and his mood, Junpei is rarely ever seen without a sad frown on his face, which makes the very few smiles that Yuji draws out of him all the more outre.
Poisonous Person: His shikigami's tendrils emit poison created by cursed energy.
The Power of Legacy: It's Implied that his death, which was covered up as him being forced to move away, prompted his school to come down hard on bullying, with questionnaires asking students about their respective experiences with it being handed out and one of the teachers, who was rather ignorant of Junpei's circumstances, confronting one of his former bullies and saying that he'll be keeping a close eye on him.
Sacrificial Lamb: He's introduced in the Vs. Mahito arc and through his friendship with Yuji is built up as a potential main member of the cast. Then he's murdered by Mahito, both to establish Mahito and Yuji's rivalry, as well as to show to Yuji that he won't always be able to save everyone or even ensure they die "properly". Aside from that, he has little impact on the overall plot.
Shrinking Violet: When we first meet him, he's very shy, reclusive and moody.
Super-Empowering: The reason some humans are capable of using cursed energy and some aren't is because of a physical difference in their brains which allows sorcerers to tap into the energy. Mahito's Idle Transfiguration allows him to "flick" this switch in Junpei's brain without harming him, giving him access to Cursed Energy and capable of using his Innate Technique, a poisonous jellyfish Familiar.
Summon Magic: Mahito awakens Junpei's latent affinity for cursed energy, allowing him to call upon a jellyfish-like shikigami summon known as "Moon Dregs".
Took a Level in Badass: Mahito awakens his latent affinity for cursed energy, gaining abilities such as telekinesis and summoning a shikigami called "Moon Dregs".
Tragic Monster: He's forcibly transfigured into a monster by Mahito and ordered to attack Yuji. He's left with just enough intelligence to beg Yuji for help, but has no other control over his body as he tries to kill his friend. The transformation ends up being so extreme that Junpei ends up dying from it much sooner than Mahito expected.
Unabashed B-Movie Fan: He's a member of his school's film club but the genre he enjoys most is schlocky horror movies like the Human-Earthworm films. Yuji sharing his taste in movies is one of the things they bond over.
Unskilled, but Strong: In the short time that he has his abilities, he was able to fend off Yuji with "Moon Dregs". However, he understandably didn't know any other techniques besides just throwing its tendrils, and sadly never got to learn further due to his death by Mahito shortly after.
Walking Spoiler: As a Sacrificial Lamb, his death is an integral part of his character, and it's pretty hard to discuss him without whiting-out a good portion of his entry.
Who's Laughing Now?: He was consistently bullied throughout his high school years. His encounters with Mahito allow his potential for cursed energy to come out, using his newly-acquired abilities to torture his classmates.
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: It's hard not to see why he's bordering on becoming a Misanthrope Supreme considering that he's constantly bullied, assaulted, and disrespected by those around him, with the only good people he knows being his mother, Mahito (or so he thinks), and Itadori. His mother apparently getting brutally killed by said bullies is just icing on the cake, and what drives him to villainy in the end.
You Killed My Mother: The impetus of his Face–Heel Turn is him believing one his bullies killed his mother by luring a cursed spirit to her with one of Sukuna's fingers.

Shiu Kong

Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto (Japanese), Mick Lauer (English)

A Korean career criminal and member of the Jujutsu underworld who works as a handler and middleman to arrange jobs for Curse Users. He's the man who gave Toji the hit on Riko Amanai on behalf of the Time Vessel Association. After the Association is taken over by Geto, Shiu is seen working with him instead.

Affably Evil: He works for a Cult with ties to Curse Users with goals to cause widespread global unrest, but is an easygoing man capable of making friends with someone like Toji Fushiguro.
Author Appeal: Akutami has said his favorite character from Hidden Inventory was Shiu Kong and his love of the smooth, chain-smoking middleman role is very evident in how much effort he put into giving Shiu a Small Role, Big Impact on the arc as a whole.
Consummate Professional: He refuses to get too close to his clients, denying Toji's invitation to get some food together after a mission. Although this is also due to Shiu knowing that Toji tends to never pay for his food.
Even Evil Has Standards: He has no problem giving out a merciless hit on a young girl, but expresses concern that his organization's goals would lead to the end of the world.
Foreshadowing: Shiu expresses concern with a potential End of the World as We Know It caused by their actions' consequences on Tengen after Sonoda speaks of his cult's true purposes; Wanting for Tengen to "merge with impurities", and other equally ominous cult jargon that eerily resemble Kenjaku's plans for the Culling Game. Suffice to say, Shiu's worries were well-founded.
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: He is often seen sparking a cigarette, usually while talking to Toji or during and after a job or meeting.
Karma Houdini: The fact that Geto of all people was willing to work with him, probably unaware that Shiu caused his Start of Darkness, in the wake of him taking over the Time Vessel Association to speedrun the creation of his own Cult of Personality sort of speaks for itself. Matter of fact, Shiu might be the character with the happiest exit from the story to date.
Named by the Adaptation: Inverted. He's never named in the anime even though it cut none of Shiu's relevance to Hidden Inventory.
Not So Stoic: He gives a small chuckle while fumbling for a cigarette when Toji starts making mocking faces and spinning his finger around his ear after Sonoda Shigeru gives a long-winded Large Ham speech peppered with Cult nonsense.
Punch-Clock Villain: As one might expect of a middleman, Shiu is emotionally detached from the groups he works with, and while he might help Toji out with the Job, it's made fairly clear that he has standards and treats it all as Nothing Personal. He let a hostage that was no longer of use to him and Toji be rescued instead of killing her, though he did end up using the success of the rescue to drop Geto and Gojo's guard.
Spanner in the Works: Despite being a Muggle and the kidnapping of Misato going up in smoke immediately, Shiu indirectly ends up giving Geto and Gojo a lot of trouble precisely because he didn't kill her when Toji told him to dispose of her. By having to fly back and forth to Okinawa and giving them the opportunity for a vacation where they nonetheless have to keep their guard up 24/7 for potential assassins until Toji's bogus Dark Web bounty on Riko's head expires. As a result, he masterfully played into Toji's plan of striking when the two Sorcerers were least expecting it; Right after seemingly completing their mission and being able to rest easy inside of Jujutsu High's barrier, which Toji can walk right through and set up a scenario where he could win against the two seemingly unbeatable sorcerers.
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Shiu is no Sorcerer, but any man sharp enough to be a foreigner career criminal in the heavily policed place that is modern Japan has to be as clever as no other. And even with absolutely no way to stand up to Geto and Gojo, he throws a serious Spanner in the Works without ever getting his hands dirty.
Villainous Friendship: He's the only person we see Toji treat as a genuine friend, though Kong refuses to socialize too much with him. He still jokes around with Toji and is at least close enough to know his son Megumi's name and even asks how he is doing when even Toji briefly forgot he gave Megumi that name.

Riko Amanai

Voiced by: Anna Nagase (Japanese), Reba Buhr (English)

A teenage girl who became a Star Plasma Vessel, the next human to merge with Tengen. Second-years from Tokyo Jujutsu High were assigned to escort her in the past, driving the plot for the Hidden Inventory arc.

All for Nothing: All of Gojo and Geto's efforts to escort and protect her, and give her the option to refuse the merger to live a normal life, are rendered meaningless after Toji Fushiguro suddenly shoots her in the head.
Antiquated Linguistics: In the original Japanese script, she uses rather old and proper speech patterns, using the rather old pronoun of 'warawa' for herself.
Body Surf: As a Star Plasma Vessel, her purpose is to merge with Tengen as his new physical body to maintain his immortality technique. She handles this responsibility quite well, having been groomed since a young age for her role.
Boom, Headshot!: She dies when Toji shoots her in the head wih a handgun when she's about to take up Geto's offer to leave instead of accepting her role as a sacrifice.
Broken Tears: After Geto gives her the choice of either merging with Tengen or escaping, Riko finally breaks down crying at the unfairness of everything that has happened to her. Geto giving her the first real choice of her life helps her understand just what a cruel situation she is in, and she appeared ready to accept his offer of escape before her Surprisingly Sudden Death.
Curtains Match the Windows: Her eyes and hair are both blue.
Cynicism Catalyst: The events surrounding her merger with Tengen really did a number on Suguru Geto's psyche, with her tragic death and its aftermath driving him towards his extreme Misanthrope Supreme views.
Damsel in Distress: Due to her role as the Star Plasma Vessel, certain groups try having her assassinated for various reasons. She first meets Gojo and Geto when they save her from the organization Q's attempt on her life.
Foil: To Yuji, as an ordinary teenager forced to become a supernatural "vessel" by extenuating circumstance. However, unlike Yuji, she lacks actual agency, even when she decides to buck against this role.
I Just Want to Be Normal: Riko wished to spend her last days before the merger as a normal girl. This played a big role in her decision to accept Geto's offer rather than merge with Tengen.
The Needs of the Many: She was apprehensive at first to merge with Tengen, but later came to accept it as her duty. Once they reach their destination, Geto calls her out for accepting her fate so easily and gives her the choice to either merge with Tengen or escape to live her own life.
Never Bareheaded: She kept a bandana over hair throughout most of her appearances until it came off after Toji fatally shot her in the head.
Parental Substitute: Her parents died when she was young, causing her to view her caretaker Misato as her mother. She is the one person Riko wanted to see most before her merger.
The Pollyanna: Despite the unfair circumstances that surround Riko's situation, she always attempts to maintain a positive attitude.
The Power of Legacy: Riko's death is pretty much the main factor for the Big Good Satoru became in the present. As she was the first "weak person" Satoru genuinely grew to care for, being unable to save her caused him to finally develop a genuine sense of responsibility and dedication to protect normal humans rather than simply wanting to grow stronger. While it was Suguru's betrayal that finalized Satoru's growth and started his desire to revolutionize the jujutsu world through raising good and talented students in the right way, even that desire can be attributed to Riko as well, considering how his failure to protect Riko was the major cause for Suguru's Face–Heel Turn.
Raised as a Host: She has been raised since a young age to prepare for her merger with Tengen.
Sliding Scale of Free Will vs. Fate: Riko accepts her role as the next Star Plasma Vessel, believing it to be her destined fate. Geto, however, challenges this notion and wants Riko to choose her own fate for herself.
Surprisingly Sudden Death: As soon as Riko chooses to live a normal life than to merge with Tengen, Toji Fushiguro shoots her in the head, killing her instantly. The anime makes this worse by having the ending song play while Riko gives her speech to Geto, tricking the viewer into thinking it's a happy ending, and then having the music abruptly cut when she's shot.
Walking Spoiler: Not Riko per se (aside from her status as a Posthumous Character), but her arc heavily involves Suguru Geto and reveals the nature of his relationship with Gojo. It's difficult to discuss some parts of her character without mentioning that Geto used to be a good guy.

Misato Kuroi

Voiced by: Risa Shimizu (Japanese), Jeannie Tirado (English)

A woman who comes from a line of servants for the Star Plasma Vessel, acting as Riko Amanai's caretaker.

Combat Pragmatist: She immediately defeats the masked clone sorcerer by striking him hard in the groin with her broom.
Improbable Weapon User: She battles the cloning sorcerer with nothing but a broom.
Legacy of Service: Her family has aided the Star Plasma Vessel for generations, something she initially tried to distance herself from before she developed an attachment to Riko.
Mama Bear: She loves Riko like a daughter, having raised her after the death of her biological parents, and is fiercely protective of her to the point that she's willing to take on Curse User assassins without any powers of her own to keep her surrogate daughter safe.
Ninja Maid: While not a sorcerer, she is still skilled in combat and capable of fighting off an enemy curse user without using jujutsu.
Older Than They Look: She is in her 30s, but is often mistaken for a teenager due to her looks.
Parental Substitute: Acts as one towards Riko due to the death of the girl's parents. Riko's love for Misato is a major part of her decision to reject her role as the Star Plasma Vessel.
Uncertain Doom: She is heavily wounded by Toji Fushiguro when he infiltrates Jujutsu High, to the point that he isn't sure whether she survived or not. The last we see of Misato is her collapsed body in a pool of blood, and she has never been mentioned since. Confirmation comes in Chapter 236 which shows Misato in Gojo's Afterlife Antechamber along with Riko, Geto, Nanami, Haibara and Principal Yaga, confirming she died from Toji's attack.
Undying Loyalty: Towards Riko, who she's practically raised since the death of Riko's biological parents.

Shigeru Sonoda

Voiced by: Shunsuke Sakuya (Japanese)

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A representative of the Time Vessel Association that worships Tengen and made a contract with Shiu Kong and Toji to assassinate Riko Amanai.

Ax-Crazy: After his rantings about their worship of Master Tengen and how he doesn’t care of the possibility of his rampage causes even Toji thinks he's nuts.
Create Your Own Hero/Create Your Own Villain: Having Toji assassinate Riko Amanai leads to Gojo becoming the series Big Good, while Geto later kills Sonoda and becomes the Big Bad in 0.
Darkhorse Victory: While the higher-ups of the Jujutsu world know that the Time Vessel Association is gunning for Riko, they don't consider a group of non-sorcerers to be a serious threat compared to their direct rival, Q, an organization of curse users. The Q assassins end up being easily bested by Gojo and Geto, while Toji, who was hired by Shigeru, succeeds in assassinating Riko and preventing Tengen's merger. Even he didn't believe his faction was going to win and only hired Toji so his followers wouldn't be angered that their leadership seemed to be doing nothing to "help" their god. Not that Shigeru gets much time to enjoy the fruits of his victory.
The Fundamentalist: Shigeru is an unhinged zealot who doesn't care about the damage Tengen can unleash on the world or the deaths of himself and his group from Tengen's merger being prevented; to him, an "impure" Tengen is the highest form of heresy that must be prevented at all costs, even if it is something Tengen himself desires. Even Toji thinks he's insane after listening to Shigeru's rantings.
Karma Houdini Warranty: After he and the Time Vessel Association get away with having Riko Amanai assassinated and reorganized themselves, Suguru Geto takes over the organization to further his plans and kills him in order to make an example for any members that don’t accept his leadership.
Make an Example of Them: When Shigeru objects to Geto's takeover of the organization, Geto gruesomely murders him to make everyone else fall in line.
Meaningless Villain Victory: He and his faction's leadership successfully have Riko Amanai assassinated and manage to get away before Gojo and Geto can show up for revenge. While he succeeds in preventing Riko from becoming Tengen's new mortal body, the Time Vessel Association's already shaky hold over their followers means the group needs to reorganize, which happens just in time for Geto to take over the new group for his own ends and murder Shigeru as a message to his new followers.
Red Right Hand: His most distinguishing physical feature is a golfball-sized lump on his forehead.
Small Role, Big Impact: His group and role in Riko Amanai's death would lead to Suguru Geto’s downfall and death, and allowing Kenjaku to take over his body and further his plans leading to the events in the main story.
Villain: Exit, Stage Left: He and the rest of the Time Vessel Association leadership flee right after confirming Riko's death, meaning they're not present when Gojo and Geto finally arrive for justice. This only buys Shigeru a little time before Geto kills him.

Civilians

Itadori Family

Wasuke Itadori

Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba (Japanese), Kyle Hebert (English)

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The hospitalized grandfather of Yuji Itadori, who he raised. He passes away suddenly in his hospital bed in the middle of talking with Yuji and his death serves as the impetus for Yuji saving people from curses.

Ambiguous Situation: Just how much did Wasuke know about Kenjaku and his machinations? It's shown that he knew something was wrong with "Kaori" but, as Wasuke was never told Yuji the truth of his parents before he passed away, it's unlikely that the reader will ever find out just how much Wasuke knew.
Cassandra Truth: A flashback shows him during Yuji's infancy trying to warn his son Jin that he'll die if he stays with his wife Kaori, but Jin refuses to talk about it. This same flashback reveals Yuji's mother Kaori was possessed by Kenjaku.
Final Speech: Wasuke gives one to Yuji before he dies, encouraging Yuji to help people and die surrounded by loved ones, instead of dying alone like Wasuke. What makes it shocking is that Wasuke shows no signs of dying while he says this, it just sounds like a normal conversation with Yuji until Yuji replies and Wasuke doesn't respond.
Grumpy Old Man: He's cranky and stubborn, insulting the nurses who help him and even complaining that Yuji visits him every day.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite his abrasive personality, he truly loves Yuji and encourages him to live his life by helping people so Yuji can one day die surrounded by those who love him.
Plot-Triggering Death: His sudden and unexpected death is one of Yuji's key motivators in forming Yuji's belief that people should "die properly" and joining Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School to save regular people from being killed by cursed spirits and curse users.
Raised by Grandparents: What exactly happened to Yuji's parents hasn't been made clear yet, but Wasuke took in Yuji and raised him as his own.
Surprisingly Sudden Death: He seems to just be having a regular conversation with his grandson where he gives him life advice when Wasuke suddenly stops replying.
Tell Me About My Father: Inverted. He tries to tell Yuji about his parents but Yuji steamrolls over him and takes the conversation in a different direction. It turns out what Wasuke had to say may have helped Yuji in the long run considering The Reveal about Yuji's mother.
We Hardly Knew Ye: He dies in the first chapter of the manga in his very first scene though not without getting a decent amount of characterization.

Jin Itadori

The late son of Wasuke Itadori and father of Yuji Itadori.

Ambiguous Situation: The exact nature of Kaori's and Jin's relationship is called into question in light of the reveal that Jin is the reincarnation of Sukuna's twin brother. The story indicates that Kaori was a sorcerer as she possessed an Innate Technique (and a very good one at that), but Jin, if Wasuke's and Yuji's lack of knowledge on curses is anything to go by, is indicated to have been a nonsorcerer. One certainly does wonder whether Jin and Kaori truly got married by chance or if Kaori specifically sought Jin out due to his circumstances.
Cain and Abel: Jin turns out to be the reincarnation of Sukuna's unborn twin brother who Sukuna cannibalized in the womb, making Jin's past life the Abel to Sukuna's Cain.
Chekhov's Gunman: Jin is casually introduced in a brief flashback which establishes that Kenjaku is Yuji's mother, but he's later revealed to be a lot more important in the grand scheme of things than he first appeared, as he's actually the reincarnation of Sukuna's unborn twin brother.
Disappeared Dad: Jin died prior to the events of the series. Wasuke tries to tell Yuji more about his parents during their final conversation, only for Yuji to steamroll over what his grandpa wanted to tell him. A memory from Yuji's infancy implies Jin ended up being killed by Kenjaku, who had taken his deceased wife Kaori as a host.
Love Makes You Dumb: Jin was devoted to his wife Kaori and wanted to have a child with her. Unfortunately, he was so blinded by love that he apparently didn't see Kaori dying and coming back to life with a scar across her forehead, as well as Wasuke warning him he'd die if he stayed with her as major red flags.
Reincarnation: Jin Itadori was, in truth, the reincarnation of Sukuna's twin brother whom the King of Curses cannibalized in the womb.
Strong Family Resemblance: A flashback shows Jin looking nearly identical to his son Yuji, save for wearing glasses and wearing his hair down. He also looks strikingly similar to his former twin brother Sukuna.

Kaori Itadori (Major Spoilers)

Kaori Itadori

Cursed Technique: Antigravity System

Kenjaku inhabiting Kaori Itadori's dead body

The deceased wife of Jin Itadori who posthumously gave birth to Yuji Itadori via Kenjaku.

Ambiguous Situation: The exact nature of Kaori's and Jin's relationship is called into question in light of the reveal that Jin is the reincarnation of Sukuna's twin brother. The story indicates that Kaori was a sorcerer as she possessed an Innate Technique (and a very good one at that), but Jin, if Wasuke's and Yuji's lack of knowledge on curses is anything to go by, is indicated to have been a nonsorcerer. One certainly does wonder whether Jin and Kaori truly got married by chance or if Kaori specifically sought Jin out due to his circumstances.
Came Back Wrong: According to Wasuke, Kaori died prior to Yuji's birth, only to mysteriously come back to life. While Wasuke warns Jin that he'll die if he stays with her, only the audience is aware that Kaori is dead and Kenjaku is controlling her corpse.
Gravity Master: Her innate Cursed Technique is Antigravity System, which allowed her to counteract gravitational forces. Kenjaku inherited it after possessing her corpse, and it was strong enough to help save him from Yuki Tsukumo creating an impromptu black hole.
Kill and Replace: In light of the reveal that Jin is the reincarnation of Sukuna's unborn twin brother it's all but outright stated that Kaori was killed by Kenjaku so that the 1000 year old sorcerer could copulate with her husband.
Missing Mom: She and her husband died prior to the events of the series, leaving Yuji to be raised by his grandpa, Wasuke. Wasuke actually tries to tell Yuji about both his parents in their final conversation only for Yuji to steer the conversation in a different direction. In hindsight, hearing what his grandpa had to say about his mother may have helped Yuji in the long run.
Mysterious Past: Pretty much nothing is known about the woman who Kaori Itadori was in life, but it's indicated that she was a sorcerer due to possessing an innate technique. Exactly how she ended up with a nonsorcerer, the reincarnation of Sukuna's twin brother no less, is completely up in the air.
Red Right Hand: The scar over her forehead marks her as a corpse taken over and possessed by Kenjaku.
Walking Spoiler: It's impossible to discuss her without mentioning she was one of Kenjaku's many previous hosts, making Yuji the son of the main villain.
Wham Shot: Her first onscreen appearance counts as one, since it shows her with a scar identical to the one Suguru Geto has over his forehead since being taken over by Kenjaku.

Sugisawa Third High School

Setsuko Sasaki & Takeshi Iguchi

Setsuko voiced by: Mariya Ise (Japanese), Xanthe Huynh (English)

Takeshi voiced by: Takahiro Sumi (Japanese), Kyle Hebert (English)

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Iguchi (left) and Sasaki (right)

A pair of second-year students at Sugisawa Third High School and members of the school's Occult Research Club alongside Yuji at the start of the series.

Agent Mulder: Though they're mostly shown messing around in the Occult Research Club, Sasaki and Iguchi do have actual interest in the supernatural, with Sasaki even researching a man's disappearance and concluding he was murdered and buried on school grounds with his ghost causing the rugby team to fall ill. The Student Council President tells her the team got sick from ticks, but Megumi confirms a dead body is buried on the school grounds and has attracted a Cursed Spirit.
The Bus Came Back: They exit the main story in Chapter 2 of the manga after Yuji transfers to Jujutsu High, but reenter the plot in Chapter 160 during the Culling Game, where Sasaki interacts with Kenjaku as he escorts her from one of the battlefields.
Deep Sleep: Iguchi falls into a coma after being attacked, and required the aid of a sorcerer to fully recover.
Eyes Always Shut: Iguchi usually sports this look, though he does open his eyes in some instances.
Facial Horror: Iguchi is attacked by a cursed spirit that latches onto his face in a disturbing manner.
It's All My Fault: Sasaki blames herself for the horrors that occurred after opening the sealed finger.
Small Role, Big Impact: Their idea to open up the sealed Sukuna finger is what kicks off the plot of the series. It is heavily implied in Chapter 160 that this decision was no accident.
Social Circle Filler: They serve as Yuji's friends before he becomes involved in the greater plot and fall out of relevance once he joins Jujutsu High.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Sasaki had no idea that attempting to open up the sealed object would have such dire consequences. Her interaction with Kenjaku in Chapter 160 implies that she was an Unwitting Pawn in one of his schemes.

Yuko Ozawa

Voiced by: Aimi Terakawa (Japanese), Kayli Mills (English)

A former classmate of Yuji's who attended the same Junior High School and harbors a crush on him.

Aborted Declaration of Love: She wished to let Yuji know her feelings after running into him again, but couldn't go through with it after realizing that getting Yuji to like her for her new looks would've made her a hypocrite since she hated how boys judged her for her looks in Junior High.
Formerly Fat: She used to be overweight while she and Yuji were classmates, but lost a lot of weight and went through a growth spurt in the six months they hadn't seen each other, now sporting a thin and waifish figure. Nobara is appropriately surprised that Yuko was her own height and now towers over her in the span of a year.
I Got Bigger: She grew 15cm within six months due to her growth spurt.
Shout-Out: Her former appearance and dramatic weight loss is very similar to Kuroko Satou from YuYu Hakusho, something that Nobara points out upon seeing an old picture of Yuko.
Shrinking Violet: She comes across as shy and nervous, and is unable to express her feelings for Yuji after meeting him.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Back when they were being classmates Yuko developed a crush on Yuji, who didn't make fun of her for being overweight. When asked if he liked any of their female classmates in particular, he praised her delicate handwriting and use of her chopsticks while looking past her superficial deficiencies. When he recognizes her on sight in the present despite her radical increase in height, decrease in weight, and dyed hair, Nobara and Megumi can do nothing but silently approve.

Satozakura High School

Sotomura

Voiced by: Akira Harada (Japanese), Mick Wingert (English)

A teacher at Satozakura High School in Kawasaki City.

Adults Are Useless: The main reason Junpei doesn't like him: even though he's a teacher, he's wilfully oblivious to Junpei being bullied. The realization that Junpei tried to kill Shota for bullying him and then got himself killed makes Sotomura realize that he failed Junpei, and resolves to do better so that his death is not in vain.
The Atoner: Following the incident with Junpei, Sotomura realizes how badly he failed the boy, and plans to keep an eye on Shota and others like him to prevent such bullying from ever happening again.
Bystander Syndrome: A flashback shows Sotomura witnessing Junpei's bullying and looking away rather than putting a stop to it.
Fat Idiot: Is quite overweight and is poor at reading people.
Horrible Judge of Character: He asks Junpei why he didn't go to his friends' funerals. Said "friends" were actually bullying Junpei, and the fact that he couldn't tell irritates Junpei.
Innocently Insensitive: He makes Junpei uncomfortable by waiting for him at his own doorstep, assumes he was friends with his deceased bullies and insists he go pay his respects to them.
Karmic Nod: While Sotomura hasn't been punished yet for failing Junpei as a teacher, he agrees that he would deserve it if he was, and though his punishment is yet to come, he'll stop any such bullying from ever happening again under his watch.
My Greatest Failure: Sotomura realizes how badly he failed Junpei by willfully turning a blind eye to the bullying he was undergoing. Though a story is given about Junpei transferring schools and moving away to cover up Junpei and his mother's deaths, Sotomura says he'll have to live with the guilt of "killing Junpei's heart" for the rest of his life.

Shota Ito

Voiced by: Takamasa Mogi (Japanese), Steve Staley (English)

A second-year student at Satozakura High School and one of Junpei's bullies.

Barbaric Bully: He's the worst of Junpei's bullies, beating him and putting out cigarettes on his forehead to the point Junpei's forehead is a collection of burn marks.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: While he is a popular student who comes off as charming to both students and teachers alike, he's actually an abusive bully who loves to torment those weaker than him.
The Bully: Is quite happy to beat up Junpei for the slightest provocation.
Karma Houdini: ZigZagged. He and his friends get away with bullying Junpei for several months, but unlike the rest of his gang who are killed by Mahito, Shota survives Junpei's rampage with only a cursed arm and several bruises. However, Sotomura becomes aware of Shota's true character and lets him know he and the other bullies at school will be exposed.
Never My Fault: Even after Junpei ends up killed, Shota refuses to verbally admit that he is to blame in any way.
Villain with Good Publicity: Though he's an especially barbaric bully, the teachers and students of his school seem to love him because he's handsome, rich, and can be charming to those he's not actively tormenting.

Other Civilians

Tsumiki Fushiguro

Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese), Suzie Yeung (English)

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The older step-sister of Megumi Fushiguro and step-daughter of Toji Fushiguro.

Ambiguous Situation: The exact nature of the curse she has is unknown, and there is no indication that she will ever recover from her coma. It is eventually revealed that she fell unconscious after being marked by Kenjaku's cursed energy, and she has been turned into a cursed technique user upon waking up.
Came Back Wrong: Non-fatal example; She finally wakes from her coma in Chapter 136, but she is marked by Kenjaku's cursed energy and therefore is now a curse user who had her latent technique awakened. Then it's revealed to be even worse than that, as it turns out Tsumiki isn't the one who awoke, but rather, an incarnated Sorcerer possessing her body, enabling them to use her knowledge of the present to masquerade as her until they get 100 free points in the Culling Game and use those to enable travel between colonies, announcing their intent to use Tsumiki's body to fight Sukuna, of all people.
Dead All Along: She was put into a coma after being cursed. Kenjaku reveals that he cursed her in order to create a vessel for an ancient curse user. While it initially seems like the events of the Culling Games finally woke her up, it's later revealed that the curse user Yorozu had been impersonating Tsumiki all along, meaning that Tsumiki effectively died when she was put into the coma. If there was any trace of her soul left, it was definitely extinguished when Sukuna kills Yorozu.
Deep Sleep: She is currently in a deep coma due to being cursed by unknown means. She finally awakens in Chapter 136, only to be subverted in Chapter 212 when it's revealed Tsumiki never woke up.
From Bad to Worse: The entire Culling Game situation becomes insanely grim for our heroes when it's revealed that not only was it not Tsumiki who woke up from the coma but an incarnated Sorcerer by the name of Yorozu, she also masqueraded as Tsumiki to score herself free 100 points and instigate a fight with Sukuna right as Megumi was hitting a Hope Spot, which Sukuna exploits to feed him the fingers instead of Yuji.
Mark of the Supernatural: The mark that appeared on her forehead upon falling into a coma is revealed to be a mark created by Kenjaku's cursed energy. When he activates his technique, she wakes up as a cursed technique user thanks to his elaborate scheme.
Promotion to Parent: She had to take on a parental role in Megumi's life after being abandoned by Toji and her mother.
Scare Dare: In the past, she was dared to check out a haunted location called Yasohachi Bridge with some classmates. This happened before she fell into a coma and is unrelated to her curse, but it becomes relevant once Megumi and the others start investigating the bridge and its occurrences.
Stuffed into the Fridge: Only really exists in the story to motivate Megumi's career as a sorcerer and her death is used by the villains to demoralize him. She has very few character traits and even less story presence outside of that.
Too Good for This Sinful Earth: She was a very kind girl, and Megumi believes that her terrible fate is proof of the world's unfairness. To make this worse, Tsumiki is eventually killed by Sukuna using Megumi's own techniques.
The Unfavorite: Toji didn't think much about her.

Nobuko Takada

Voiced by: Tomoyo Kurosawa (Japanese), Laura Post (English)

A popular idol that Aoi Todo likes.

Hero's Muse: She serves as this to Aoi Todo, with Todo going so far as to hallucinate her giving him life-saving advice in the middle of fighting Hanami, and, in an anime exclusive scene, imagines Takada fighting side-by-side with him to beat up Mahito in Shibuya.
Idol Singer: She's a popular idol singer with Aoi Todo being her biggest fan. The anime adds a snippet of one of her songs to Todo's fight against Mahito and he imagines her beating up Mahito together with him during his delusion.
Nice Girl: Takada is incredibly nice to her fans, always willing to shake hands with them and ask about their well-being at meet-and-greets. Even the prickly Mai was taken in by her unconditional niceness.
Statuesque Stunner: She's very tall, being 180 centimeters in a country where the average height for women is approximately 160 centimeters. She's also a very beautiful lady and Todo considers her height to be a major factor in her beauty.

Nagi Yoshino

Voiced by: Junko Noda (Japanese), Amber Lee Connors (English)

Junpei's laid-back mother.

Anti-Education Mama: Nagi encourages Junpei to skip school and smoke/drink with her, but he refuses. Downplayed in that she still thinks her son can succeed even if he doesn't finish high school, and since Junpei was being bullied in school, Nagi encourages him to skip school more for his own well-being than because she doesn't want him to get an education.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Geto and Mahito leave one of Sukuna's fingers in front of Nagi as bait while she's asleep. When she wakes up and examines the finger in curiosity, a cursed spirit approaches her from behind and kills her. While the specific details are not revealed, the lower half of her corpse is reported missing.
Excellent Judge of Character: Takes a liking to Yuji the moment she realizes that he's friends with her son and that Junpei enjoys his company.
Good Parents: It quickly becomes clear that Nagi really wants what's best for her son and that she cares a lot for his well-being. When Junpei becomes a victim of bullying at school, Nagi allows him to skip school if he wants to, and believes that he could make it in life even without a proper education. Yuji only needs to meet her once to tell that she's a good person at heart. Which makes her death all the more saddening. Is it any wonder that Junpei goes off the deep end?
Half the Man He Used to Be: Whatever the cursed spirit that killed her did, the lower half of her body was not found after her death.
Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Drinks herself asleep after inviting Yuji to join her and Junpei for dinner.
Mellow Fellow: Nagi is always relaxed and tends to not take things too seriously.
Wacky Parent, Serious Child: Nagi likes nothing more than having a good time and seeing her son be well and happy, which is rather difficult when being bullied at school leaves him with a cynical disposition. Though Nagi enjoys drinking and smoking, Junpei frequently asks her to stop and to take better care of her health.

Saori

Voiced by: Rie Suegara (Japanese), Cristina Valenzuela (English)

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An older friend of Nobara whom she looked up to when she still lived in the countryside.

All of the Other Reindeer: Saori and her family ended up moving back to Tokyo after their home was vandalized and they were ostracized by the rest of the village for allegedly being "outsiders who thought lowly of the locals". Nobara never forgave the villagers for it.
Cool Big Sis: Nobara and Fumi certainly looked up to Saori as one. They would frequently visit her home, and Saori would always welcome them with tea and snacks. In the present, Saori looks back fondly on them, cherishing her relationship with them since she never had any siblings of her own. The only reason she didn't give them her contact information when she moved is because she was worried of them all growing apart as they grew older.
From New York to Nowhere: Saori's family initially moved to Nobara and Fumi's village while she was still in middle school. The locals then demonized and ostracized her family until they were forced to return to Tokyo.
Jaded Washout: From what's seen of her in the present, she's afraid she's become one. She doesn't enjoy her office job and wonders if she should've gotten married at her age or if her life was supposed to turn out the way it did. She also worries that Nobara would be disappointed in how "boring" Saori turned out.
Married to the Job: Saori is shown in the present working late at night in the office, unsatisfied with her current prospects and wondering if Nobara and Fumi would be disappointed if they saw her now.

Fumi

Voiced by: Azusa Aoi (Japanese), Emi Lo (English)

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A former classmate and childhood friend of Nobara.

All of the Other Reindeer: Fumi was bullied in grade school for showing up with a light blue backpack instead of a red or black one, like everyone else.
Childhood Friends: With Nobara, who was the first kid in grade school not to bully Fumi.
Nosy Neighbor: Fumi didn't really understand why Nobara disliked living in a village that was so small it made it harder to be a stranger than a friend with your neighbors, thinking that this was a good thing. She only understood what Nobara meant years later when one such neighbor gave her red bean rice to celebrate Fumi getting her first period.
The Quiet One: She's silent most of the time with her having far more lines in her inner monologue than she's ever shown directly voicing aloud.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: She's the timid, quiet, and passive Blue Oni to her best friend Nobara's hot-blooded, outspoken, and aggressive Red Oni.
Reunion Vow: Right before boarding the train to Tokyo, Nobara promised to Fumi that the two of them, along with Saori, would meet again one day. Fumi did not reply, but as the train departed she silently agreed with tears in her eyes.
Satellite Character: Fumi is Nobara's best friend from her home village, but even when she acts as a POV it's to show what Nobara was like as a kid and how she changed due to Saori's influence. Even her internal narration centers around Nobara and Fumi's onscreen depiction as timid and passive further highlights the differences between them.

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