60 Fun Facts About Jujutsu Kaisen

Who wrote and illustrated the Jujutsu Kaisen manga?

Gege Akutami wrote and illustrated Jujutsu Kaisen; Akutami has cited Bleach's Tite Kubo and Yoshihiro Togashi as influences on the series.

Which animation studio produces the Jujutsu Kaisen anime?

MAPPA animates Jujutsu Kaisen; the studio's other credits include Chainsaw Man and Yuri!!! on Ice.

How many of Sukuna's fingers must Yuji consume before his planned execution?

Yuji must consume all 20 of Sukuna's fingers; the legendary Ryomen Sukuna who inspired him was described with two faces and four arms, hence twenty fingers.

In which Shueisha magazine was the main Jujutsu Kaisen manga serialized from 2018 to 2024?

Jujutsu Kaisen was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from March 2018 until its final chapter in September 2024.

How many tankōbon volumes make up the completed Jujutsu Kaisen manga?

The completed manga fills 30 tankōbon volumes; the 30th and final volume was released in Japan in December 2024 with extra epilogue pages.

Which real historical figure are Yuta Okkotsu and Satoru Gojo said to descend from?

Yuta and Gojo are both distant descendants of Sugawara no Michizane, the Heian-era scholar counted among Japan's three great vengeful spirits.

In Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Yuta Okkotsu is haunted by the cursed spirit of which childhood friend, who died six years earlier?

Rika Orimoto and Yuta had promised to marry when they grew up, and he keeps wearing her engagement ring after her spirit passes on.

Under what title was Jujutsu Kaisen 0 originally published in 2017?

It first ran as Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, a four-chapter series later retitled Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and reissued as a prologue volume.

The four-chapter prequel that became Jujutsu Kaisen 0 first ran in which magazine?

The prequel ran in Jump Giga, Shueisha's seasonal magazine, across four 2017 issues before the response earned Akutami a full weekly serialization.

When did the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 anime film premiere in Japanese cinemas?

A novelisation based on Hiroshi Seko's script was published the very same day as the premiere.

Who directed the first season of the anime and the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film?

Sunghoo Park directed season 1 and the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film; he had previously directed The God of High School for MAPPA.

Which director took over from the first season's director for season 2?

Shōta Goshozono directed season 2, which adapted the Hidden Inventory / Premature Death and Shibuya Incident arcs in 2023.

How many episodes were in the first season of the anime?

Season 1 ran 24 episodes from October 2020 to March 2021, adapting the manga through the Death Painting arc.

Season 2's second arc, the Shibuya Incident, ran for how many episodes?

The Shibuya Incident arc filled 18 episodes (6 to 23) of season 2, after the Hidden Inventory / Premature Death flashback took the first five.

Which artist performs 'Kaikai Kitan', the anime's first opening theme?

Eve performs 'Kaikai Kitan', the opening for the first cour of season 1, whose ending theme was 'Lost in Paradise' by ALI.

Which band performed 'Specialz', the opening theme for the Shibuya Incident episodes?

King Gnu performed 'Specialz', the opening for the Shibuya Incident arc, whose ending theme was 'More Than Words' by Hitsujibungaku.

How many awards did the second season win at the 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards, a record at the time?

Season 2 won 11 awards at the 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2024, including Anime of the Year, a record haul at the time.

Jujutsu Kaisen took the Guinness title of most in-demand animated TV show in 2024 from which series?

Attack on Titan held it before; Parrot Analytics measured Jujutsu Kaisen's demand at 71.2 times the average TV show, peaking at 128 times on December 29.

The author said the series' magic system was largely inspired by which Yoshihiro Togashi manga?

Akutami cited Hunter × Hunter, whose Nen system shaped Jujutsu Kaisen's rules for cursed energy, and also reworked Naruto's Nine-Tails idea for Sukuna.

Which anime did the author credit with influencing the mythological aspects of the series?

Akutami cited Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hideaki Anno's 1995 series, as the influence on Jujutsu Kaisen's mythological aspects.

The historical Ryomen Sukuna who inspired the villain appears in which classical Japanese text?

Ryomen Sukuna appears in the Nihon Shoki (720), described with two faces and four arms as an enemy of the Yamato court, though Hida locals later revered him.

Ryomen Sukuna of Jujutsu Kaisen was feared as the strongest sorcerer of which era, the story's golden age of jujutsu?

The Heian era is called the golden age of jujutsu sorcery in the story, and Sukuna's true form finally reappears during the Shinjuku battle.

Which ability inherited from the Zen'in family lets Jujutsu Kaisen's Megumi Fushiguro summon shikigami such as his divine dogs?

The Ten Shadows Technique can call ten different cursed spirits through shadows, but once a shikigami is destroyed it can never be summoned again, which is why Mahoraga is so dangerous.

What is the name of Megumi Fushiguro's Domain Expansion?

Sukuna nearly levels Shibuya after Megumi summons the uncontrollable Mahoraga in desperation.

Nobara Kugisaki fights with a hammer and nails in Jujutsu Kaisen; what is her innate cursed technique called?

Nobara's Straw Doll Technique channels cursed energy through nails and a hammer; its Resonance lets her wound a distant target through a doll holding a piece of them.

Nobara transferred to Tokyo Jujutsu High from which city in northern Japan?

Nobara comes from Morioka in northern Japan's Tōhoku region but grew up in a small village, and she seized the chance to move to Tokyo by enrolling at Jujutsu High.

What is Gojo's inherited ocular ability to see and read cursed energy in detail called?

Gojo's Six Eyes, a rare trait in the Gojo clan, let him perceive cursed energy in minute detail and run his Limitless technique at almost no energy cost.

During the Kyoto Goodwill Event, Gojo blasts the curse Hanami with which signature attack?

Gojo hits Hanami with Hollow Purple, the Limitless technique that fuses the Blue and Red of his attraction and repulsion forces to erase whatever it touches.

Toge Inumaki keeps his mouth covered and speaks only in rice-ball ingredients because of what ability?

Inumaki's Cursed Speech makes any command he utters binding, so he limits his vocabulary to onigiri fillings like 'salmon' and 'kelp' to avoid accidental orders.

Aoi Todo swaps the positions of people and objects by clapping using which technique?

Todo's Boogie Woogie swaps the positions of anything carrying cursed energy whenever he claps; he first uses it to throw Hanami off during the Kyoto Goodwill Event.

Which percussion instrument does Aoi Todo attach to his arm so he can keep swapping after losing a hand?

Todo fixes a vibraslap, a percussion instrument sounded by a knock, to his prosthetic arm so one strike mimics a clap and triggers Boogie Woogie.

Kento Nanami's technique creates weak points by dividing a target into what proportion?

Nanami's Ratio Technique divides a target's length into a 7:3 ratio and marks the 7:3 point as a forced weak spot for his blunt blade.

Mahito reshapes the souls and bodies of his victims with which cursed technique?

Mahito's Idle Transfiguration reshapes any soul he touches, which warps the body; Kenjaku later absorbs Mahito to awaken techniques in Culling Game players.

Which bullied high-school student befriends Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen, only to be transfigured and killed by Mahito?

Junpei Yoshino fell under Mahito's influence after the curse murdered his tormentors; Mahito then forcibly awakened a jellyfish shikigami in him by transfiguring his brain.

Maki Zen'in traded cursed energy for superhuman physical ability, a condition known as what?

Maki's Heavenly Restriction trades cursed energy for a superhuman body; after Mai's death her last trace of cursed energy is gone, making her a second Toji Fushiguro.

Which second-year student is a sentient Cursed Corpse with three cores, including a gorilla mode?

Panda is a sentient Cursed Corpse built by Principal Masamichi Yaga; besides his Gorilla mode, his third core is the Triceratops mode.

Kinji Hakari's Domain Expansion, Idle Death Gamble, is themed on which Japanese gambling machine?

Idle Death Gamble turns the area into a pachinko parlor; hitting the jackpot gives Hakari four minutes and eleven seconds of unlimited cursed energy.

Which volcanic Special Grade curse force-feeds Yuji ten fingers during the Shibuya Incident?

Jogo, the volcano-headed Special Grade, forces ten fingers into Yuji in Shibuya; Sukuna then burns him down but tells him to stand proud, he is strong.

Toji, the 'Sorcerer Killer', once left teenage Gojo near death and killed which Star Plasma Vessel?

Toji shot Riko Amanai, the Star Plasma Vessel meant to merge with Master Tengen, in 2006; watching cultists applaud her death helped push Geto toward curse use.

Aoi Todo picked up his habit of asking men what type of woman they like from which mentor?

Yuki Tsukumo, one of four Special Grade sorcerers, asked young Todo that question; she later dies fighting Kenjaku in the Culling Game arc.

Mei Mei's cursed technique lets her control and share the vision of which animals?

Mei Mei's Black Bird Manipulation lets her control crows and see through their eyes; her Bird Strike even turns a crow into a suicidal kamikaze projectile.

Who voices Yuji Itadori in the original Japanese version of the anime?

Junya Enoki voices Yuji Itadori in Japanese; Enoki also supplies the Japanese dub voice of Tom Holland's Spider-Man.

Which actor voices Satoru Gojo in the English dub?

Kaiji Tang voices Satoru Gojo in the English dub, alongside Adam McArthur as Yuji and Robbie Daymond as Megumi.

Yuji's surname Itadori is the name of which plant, used in traditional medicine?

Itadori is the Japanese name of Japanese knotweed, a folk remedy whose name is read as 'pain remover' (itami-tori), a nod to Yuji's caring nature.

Megumi's given name is usually a girl's name in Japan; what does it mean?

Megumi (恵) means 'blessing' and is usually a girl's name, which is why Fushiguro mostly goes by his surname; his father Toji chose the name.

In the Japanese voice cast, Yūichi Nakamura plays Gojo; who voices Sukuna?

Junichi Suwabe voices Sukuna in Japanese; Suwabe is also the voice of Archer in Fate/stay night and Grimmjow in Bleach.

Which fast-food chain sold a Jujutsu Kaisen 'Special Grade Garlic Sauce' in 2024?

McDonald's sold the Jujutsu Kaisen 'Special Grade Garlic Sauce' in the US in 2024, with eight series characters printed on the dipping-sauce lids.

Which theme park hosted a Jujutsu Kaisen 4-D show and a themed roller coaster from 2022 to 2023?

Universal Studios Japan in Osaka ran Jujutsu Kaisen The Real 4-D and a themed Hollywood Dream: The Ride, whose onboard speakers played the anime's music.

What is the title of the 2024 Bandai Namco fighting game based on the series?

Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash, a 2v2 arena fighter developed by Byking, was published by Bandai Namco in February 2024 on PC and consoles.

Which Death Painting womb brother swears to protect Yuji Itadori as his younger sibling?

Choso, eldest of the Death Painting Wombs, fights Yuji in Shibuya, then has a vision of him as a brother and devotes himself to protecting him.

In which prefecture was the author of Jujutsu Kaisen born?

Gege Akutami was born in Iwate Prefecture and moved to Sendai in fifth grade, where he began drawing manga by copying a friend.

Before his debut, the author worked as an assistant on Kiss x Death under which manga artist?

Akutami assisted Yasuhiro Kanō on Kiss x Death; his own first published work, the one-shot 'Kamishiro Sōsa', appeared in Jump NEXT! in 2014.

Which company has published the Jujutsu Kaisen manga in English in North America since December 2019?

Viz Media holds the print licence, while Shueisha runs the series in English on its Manga Plus app simultaneously with Japan.

Two Jujutsu Kaisen light novels, including Summer of Ashes, Autumn of Dust, were written by whom?

Ballad Kitaguni wrote both Jujutsu Kaisen light novels, Summer of Ashes, Autumn of Dust and Thorny Road at Dawn, for Shueisha's Jump J-Books imprint.

After the Shibuya Incident, Tokyo principal Masamichi Yaga is executed by which Kyoto principal?

The executioner fights by amplifying cursed energy through the melody of his electric guitar.

Besides Crunchyroll, the English dub premiered in December 2020 on which US streaming service?

HBO Max began streaming the English dub in the United States in December 2020, alongside Crunchyroll, which produced the dub.

Which studio developed the free-to-play mobile RPG Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade?

Sumzap, a CyberAgent subsidiary, developed Phantom Parade; announced in 2021, it launched in Japan in November 2023 and internationally in November 2024.

How many episodes made up the anime's third season, The Culling Game: Part 1, in early 2026?

It aired from January 9 to March 27, and a fourth season, The Culling Game: Part 2, was announced after the finale.

Which Japanese retailer's annual manga prize, then in its third year, did the series win in 2019?

Jujutsu Kaisen won the Tsutaya Comic Award in 2019, a prize decided by votes from customers of the Tsutaya bookstore and rental chain.

Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo, the 2025-26 short manga, was co-created by Akutami and which artist?

Yūji Iwasaki drew Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo from Akutami's story; the short spin-off began in Weekly Shōnen Jump in September 2025.