Jujutsu Kaisen is one of the most popular anime right now. It follows Yuji Itadori, a teenage boy who inadvertently eats a cursed object and ends up getting embroiled in the world of Jujutsu Sorcerers. Aside from Itadori, it has a ton of other wonderful characters. If you want to know more about them, don't worry - there's plenty of interesting trivia and details to be learned. One of the things you didn't know about the Jujutsu Kaisen characters is that Satoru Gojo is a big fan of Digimon. What's more, both of his voice actors also played Digimon characters. Here's another interesting tidbit - Toge's rice ball-themed language actually has a translatable meaning. Also, did you know that Nanami might have ended up being a villain?
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JJK doesn't spend a lot of time focusing on Megumi's relationship with his Shikigami, but it turns out that he does care about them a great deal. Whenever they're destroyed, he gets super depressed about it. In fact, losing his Shikigami impacts him more deeply than losing a person would. This isn't an empty statement - he has lost friends in the line of duty as a Jujutsu Sorcerer.
Kento Nanami is one of the most responsible and kindhearted characters in the series, but he might not have been that way if Akutami had stuck to their original idea. Nanami was originally planned to be a villain. What his role would have been is not clear, but he certainly would have been different from the Nanami we know today.
One of the more viscerally unsettling elements of Jujutsu Kaisen is the fact that Itadori literally swallows Sukuna's fingers. While Itadori makes it pretty clear that he finds the fingers disgusting, he doesn't describe what they taste like. But in a fan book Q&A, Akutami said that they tasted like soap. Still gross, but not quite what we were expecting!
In order to avoid unwanted effects from his Cursed Speech, Toge has to speak in rice ball toppings instead of actual words. But he's not just speaking randomly - his words have meaning. He uses しゃけ (shake), which translates to salmon, as an affirmation. Negation is おかか (okaka), which translates to fish flakes. こんぶ (konbu) or kelp is a greeting. Those are the only three with meanings - the rest are nonsense.
A lot of people compare Gojo to Kakashi from Naruto, but there's one area in which they're complete opposites. While Kakashi dislikes sweet food, Gojo has a major sweet tooth. At first, he started consuming more sugar to boost his brain power, but he ended up getting obsessed with all things sweet.
You probably noticed that Hanami's voice doesn't exactly sound normal. This effect was achieved by having Atsuko Tanaka, Hanami's voice actor, speak the lines in Japanese. The lines were then played in reverse.
When he was in high school, Gojo was a big fan of Digimon. He still seems to be into it now, since he references it casually in the manga. Incidentally, both Gojo's sub and dub voice actors, Yuichi Nakamura and Kaiji Tang, have played Digimon characters. Tang played Kyotaro Imura in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna while Nakamura played Charismon on Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters and Ryuji Mishima in Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory. Tang also confirmed Gojo's love for Digimon on his Twitter.
Junpei's story was one of the saddest things about Jujutsu Kaisen - especially in the anime, which included a few original scenes that helped round out his character. These may have been included because Akutami felt that they didn't spend quite enough time on Junpei. They said: Junpei started a film appreciation club with two of his friends during his first year of high school. The club room became a spot for Ito and his friends to hang out. Since [Junpei] was the only one to defend the club, he became a target for bullies. The club disbanded, and he gradually lost touch with his friends. He stopped going to school by his second year. I think I could have shown more of his good side if I had drawn these scenes. Since his fate was decided from the beginning, the story was influenced by that, and I ended up mostly depicting his troubled side. Sorry, Yoshino.
Megumi keeps track of local news, but he rarely, if ever, believes what it says. This is probably because he experiences so many things as a Jujutsu Sorcerer that the news can't possibly report on accurately.
Like in most anime, the characters in Jujutsu Kaisen are primarily Japanese. However, there are a few characters who are both Japanese and something else. Kento Nanami's maternal grandfather is Danish, making him one-quarter Danish and three-quarters Japanese. Momo Nishimiya's mother is Japanese, while her father is American, making her half Japanese and half American.
Todo might not seem like the type of guy who keeps on top of his personal hygiene, but he makes sure to shower, use deodorant, and otherwise keep his grooming on point. His female classmates apparently find the fact that he smells good to be offensive and irritating. We're not sure why this is - does he shove his deoderized pits in their faces or something?
Nobara's reddish brown hair looks great on her, but it isn't her natural color. Without hair dye, she'd have dark brown hair.
What would happen if Yuji Itadori ate a death painting? The official JJK fanbook has the answer. If he ate one instead of eating Sukuna, Itadori would be able to override the consciousness of the Cursed Womb, and Yuji would be able to use its cursed energy. If he ate one after merging with Sukuna, the Death Painting would simply disappear.
You read that right. Although her skills can't be denied, ultimately Shoko Ieiri cheated to get where she is today as Tokyo Jujutsu High's primary doctor. Just two years after graduating Shoko was able to obtain her doctor's license. While she didn't cheat on the national exam itself, she lied about her eligibility so she could take the exam and become a doctor.
Yuji Itadori's name - written 虎いた杖どり悠ゆう仁じ - comes from two interesting sources. His given name, Yuji, comes from one of Akutami's former classmates. It's not clear whether this is a meaningful homage or if Akutami simply liked the name. His surname, Itadori, is a type of medicinal plant that's also known as Japanese knotweed. It can be used as a pain reliever or as a vitamin-rich food.
Similarly to how Tite Kubo associated real-world songs with characters from Bleach, Akutami did the same with characters from Jujutsu Kaisen. Here are a few of them: Yuji Itadori: 9mm Parabellum Bullet - "Heart ni Hi wo Tsukete (Light a Fire in Your Heart)" & Kuchiroro - "Itsuka Dokoka de (Sometime, Somewhere)" Megumi Fushiguro: Uchujin - "Hakujitsumu (Daydream)" & Weezer - "Island in the Sun" Nobara Kugisaki: Sunny Day Service - "Seishun Kyosokyoku (Rhapsody of Youth)" & Natsuko Nisshoku - "Ano Depaato (That Department Store)" Satoru Gojo: Asian Kung-Fu Generation - "Mada Minu Ashita ni (Into Unseen Tomorrow)" & Avicii - "Shame on Me" You can find the rest here!
My Hero Academia's author Kohei Horikoshi is a known fan of Jujutsu Kaisen and a personal friend of Akutami. The two creators have done a lot together, from helping each other get through watching Evangelion to creating crossover art. Apparently, Horikoshi's favorite JJK character is Mahito, a villainous cursed spirit. There's not a quote for this, so take it with a grain of salt - but in case it's true, it was too cool not to share.
Though nothing about Mai Zenin's orientation has been specifically confirmed, there is a detail that implies that she might not be totally straight. An extra in one of the volumes states that whenever Mai interacts with other female characters, they look like a pair of lovers.
While we can't relate to Suguru Geto on a lot of stuff, there is one fact about him that a lot of people could resonate with: he seems to love food. In fact, he can't choose a specific as his least favorite - implying he likes them all. As for his favorite dish, however, it's hyperspecific: zaru soba served on a woven bamboo tray.
Yuta Okkotsu had been bound to the cursed spirit of his deceased childhood friend Rika for quite some time, and losing that strange yet deep bond when Rika's curse was finally dispelled was sure to change some things in Yuta's life. Notably, Yuta's character design was edited with a change in his hair. When asked if this was to indicate an emotional or mental shift for Yuta, Akutami clarified it was just because Yuta looked too similar to Toji.
Because his Heavenly Restriction keeps him from going outside, Kokichi Muta uses Mechamaru as a proxy. While the name Mechamaru seems like a fairly straightforward choice, it has a specific origin - an unnamed anime that Kokichi enjoys. It's nice to know that he's able to stay entertained despite having to stay isolated.
Akutami once tried drawing Noritoshi to look like Japanese comedian Gorgeous, but most people who saw the drawing thought that he looked like a member of KISS instead. This was revealed in Noritoshi's profile in Volume 5 of the manga. Unfortunately, the drawing itself was not included.
There's no doubt that Toji Fushiguro is one of the strongest characters in the JJK universe, and one might wonder what Grade a powerful individual like him would be granted. As it turns out, Toji doesn't and will never have an official grade in the Jujutsu world. This is because Toji is a user of Heavenly Restriction, and the Jujutsu world doesn't have any interest in grading those who gained their strength this way.
As if her cursed spirit form wasn't creepy enough, there's some speculation that Rika Orimoto did some sinister things during her short life. When Rika was five, her mother suddenly passed away due to unknown causes. Later in her life she went mountain climbing with her father, and the two of them got lost. Rika was eventually rescued alone but her father was never to be seen again. Her grandmother became her caretaker afterwards and has said that she strongly believes Rika is responsible for both her parents' deaths.
Gakuganji shocked everyone by whipping out a guitar and not just rocking out, but also using it to perform powerful cursed techniques. But he might be putting together something that goes beyond a solo act. He's looking for a drummer - could that mean that he's putting together a band?
