Jujutsu Kaisen Characters: Full List & Guide

Jujutsu Kaisen turned "cursed energy" into a household phrase almost overnight, and most of that pull comes from its cast — a school full of teenage sorcerers, a blindfolded teacher who might be the strongest man alive, and a thousand-year-old curse living inside the hero's own body. This guide walks through every major character in Jujutsu Kaisen: who they are, what their cursed technique does, and where they fit in the story.

All main characters at a glance

Character	Role	First appears	One-line description
Yuji Itadori	Protagonist	Episode 1	Superhuman student who becomes Sukuna's living vessel.
Satoru Gojo	Mentor / strongest sorcerer	Episode 1	Blindfolded teacher wielding the Limitless technique.
Megumi Fushiguro	Deuteragonist	Episode 1	Serious sorcerer who commands shadow shikigami.
Nobara Kugisaki	Main trio	Episode 3	Confident nail-and-hammer fighter from the countryside.
Ryomen Sukuna	Antagonist / vessel curse	Episode 1	The King of Curses sealed inside Yuji.
Kento Nanami	Mentor sorcerer	Vs. Mahito arc	Ex-salaryman grade-1 sorcerer with the Ratio Technique.
Mahito	Antagonist	Vs. Mahito arc	Cursed spirit who reshapes human souls.
Aoi Todo	Ally (Kyoto school)	Kyoto Goodwill Event arc	Powerhouse who swaps positions with Boogie Woogie.
Maki Zenin	Ally	Cursed Training arc	Cursed-tool expert born with almost no cursed energy.
Suguru Geto	Antagonist	Season 1 finale	Former sorcerer who commands captured curses.
Toge Inumaki	Ally	Cursed Training arc	Second-year who fights with Cursed Speech.
Panda	Ally	Cursed Training arc	Sentient cursed corpse in the shape of a panda.
Kasumi Miwa	Ally (Kyoto school)	Kyoto Goodwill Event arc	Kind, perpetually cash-strapped swordswoman.
Choso	Antagonist then ally	Shibuya Incident	Death Painting curse with blood-manipulation powers.
Shoko Ieiri	Supporting	Season 1	Doctor who heals with reversed cursed energy.

Yuji Itadori — the vessel with a heart of gold

Yuji is an ordinary, freakishly athletic high schooler until he swallows one of Sukuna's cursed fingers to save his friends, making his own body the prison for the King of Curses. Unlike most shonen leads, his driving wish isn't to be the strongest — it's to make sure people get a "proper death," a moral line the series relentlessly tests. His raw physicality, the punishing Divergent Fist, and later Black Flash make him a frontline bruiser even without a flashy cursed technique. That contrast — a gentle kid carrying humanity's deadliest curse — is the emotional engine of the whole show.

Satoru Gojo — the strongest sorcerer alive

Gojo is the teacher at Tokyo Jujutsu High and, by near-universal agreement, the most powerful character in the series. He inherited both the Six Eyes and the Limitless cursed technique, letting him bend space with Infinity, Blue, Red, and the reality-erasing Hollow Purple. Behind the blindfold and the smirk is a man trying to reshape a rotten sorcerer society from the inside, mentoring Yuji's generation as the successors he wishes he'd had. He's cocky, protective, and genuinely terrifying to every villain forced to plan around him.

Megumi Fushiguro — the shadow-wielding strategist

Megumi is the serious, calculating counterweight to Yuji's warmth, recruited into sorcery by Gojo years earlier. His Ten Shadows Technique summons shikigami from his shadow — the Divine Dogs, the Nue, the Great Serpent, and, if he ever dares to try, the undefeated Mahoraga. He fights for a lopsided justice, openly willing to save good people rather than "save everyone," which makes him one of the cast's most quietly complicated members. His blood ties to the powerful Zenin clan also drag him into the series' uglier politics.

Nobara Kugisaki — the girl who refuses to shrink

Nobara rounds out the core trio as a sharp-tongued country girl who came to Tokyo strictly on her own terms. Her Straw Doll Technique turns a hammer, nails, and a scrap of an enemy into brutal resonance damage, striking a target's body from a distance. What fans latched onto, though, is her confidence: she refuses to be defined by anyone else's idea of what a girl "should" be, and her declaration of self-worth mid-fight is one of Season 1's standout moments.

Ryomen Sukuna — the King of Curses

Sukuna is a legendary sorcerer from the golden age of jujutsu whose power was so vast that his corpse became twenty indestructible cursed fingers. Now sealed inside Yuji, he surfaces whenever the boy loses control, and his casual cruelty makes him the series' constant worst-case scenario. His Cleave and Dismantle slashes and the Malevolent Shrine domain can level a battlefield in seconds. He's less a traditional villain than a force of nature quietly waiting for its opening.

Kento Nanami — the sorcerer who clocks out at 5

Nanami quit sorcery for a salaryman job, decided both careers were miserable, and came back as a grade-1 professional who treats curse-hunting like honest overtime. His Ratio Technique carves enemies at a fixed 7:3 point to guarantee a critical hit, and his blunt, world-weary mentorship of Yuji gives the show real emotional stakes. He's the adult in the room — tired, principled, and endlessly quotable about the grind of work.

Mahito — the curse who plays with souls

Born from humanity's hatred of other humans, Mahito is Season 1's central antagonist and Yuji's philosophical opposite. His Idle Transfiguration lets him reshape any soul he touches, warping bodies into grotesque weapons and forcing Yuji to confront what a "proper death" even means. Childlike and utterly without conscience, he embodies the show's core idea that curses are simply humans' worst feelings given a body.

Aoi Todo — the best friend nobody asked for

A third-year from the Kyoto school, Todo is a mountain of muscle who decides Yuji is his "best friend" after a single conversation about their taste in women. Beneath the comedy is a genuinely brilliant fighter whose Boogie Woogie technique swaps the positions of anything around him with a clap, turning any brawl into pure chaos. His tag-team with Yuji is one of the most beloved fight sequences in the series.

Maki Zenin — the sorcerer with no cursed energy

Maki is a second-year born into the prestigious Zenin clan but nearly blind to cursed energy — a Heavenly Restriction that traded her sorcery for extraordinary physical strength. She compensates with an arsenal of cursed tools and sheer grit, determined to prove herself in a family that wrote her and her twin sister Mai off. Fierce and blunt, she becomes a role model for Yuji's class and a symbol of clawing past the hand you were dealt.

Suguru Geto — the friend who became the enemy

Once Gojo's closest friend and equal, Geto broke under the weight of protecting people who despised sorcerers and came to believe the non-sorcerer majority should simply be wiped out. His Cursed Spirit Manipulation lets him capture and command exorcised curses like a private army. As the calm, smiling face behind much of the season's chaos, he's the tragedy at the heart of the story — proof that the line between sorcerer and curse can be terrifyingly thin.

The rest of the cast worth knowing

Yuji's classmates round out the school in memorable ways. Toge Inumaki uses Cursed Speech so dangerous that he only speaks in rice-ball ingredients to avoid accidentally commanding the people around him, while Panda is a talking, fighting panda — an Abrupt Mutated Cursed Corpse built by the school's principal, complete with swappable cores. Over at the Kyoto school, Kasumi Miwa is the sweet, perpetually broke swordswoman whose kindness makes her an easy fan favorite. Choso, a Death Painting curse with blood-manipulation powers, becomes one of the franchise's most surprising figures thanks to a hidden connection to Yuji. And Shoko Ieiri, a classmate of Gojo and Geto, is one of the only sorcerers alive who can heal others using reversed cursed energy — quietly making her one of the most important people in the entire system.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the main character of Jujutsu Kaisen?

Yuji Itadori is the main character. After swallowing a cursed finger belonging to Sukuna, he becomes the King of Curses' vessel and enrolls at Tokyo Jujutsu High, where the series follows his fight to protect people and die on his own terms.

Who is the strongest character in Jujutsu Kaisen?

Satoru Gojo is widely considered the strongest sorcerer, thanks to his rare pairing of the Six Eyes and the Limitless technique. The one being who can arguably rival or surpass him is Sukuna at full power — which is exactly why keeping Sukuna contained matters so much.

How many main characters does Jujutsu Kaisen have?

The core cast is four: Yuji, Megumi, and Nobara as the first-year trio, plus their mentor Gojo. Around them sits a large supporting ensemble — Nanami, Maki, Toge Inumaki, Panda, and the Kyoto students — who take center stage across different arcs.

Is Sukuna the villain of Jujutsu Kaisen?

Sukuna is one of them. He's the ancient King of Curses sealed inside Yuji, and while Season 1's active antagonist is the cursed spirit Mahito, Sukuna is the long-term threat looming over the entire story.

Who is Yuji's best friend in Jujutsu Kaisen?

Aoi Todo, the towering Kyoto third-year, dramatically declares Yuji his best friend after they bond over their ideal type of woman. Their subsequent team-up becomes one of the most popular fights in the series.