Yuji Itadori

Biodata

Background

Yuji swallowed Sukuna’s Finger before attending Jujutsu High, where he was confined and told he had been sentenced to death. The higher-ups remained concerned about Sukuna being inside him and sent Kamiki Yūhaku to the school as a prospective teacher 33 35.

Before joining Jujutsu High, Yuji belonged to an Occult Research Club. There he read about the Kudan, a prophetic yokai whose legend later proved relevant to the Kamiki Clan’s history 45.

Personality

Yuji is curious and willing to question assumptions about others. Although initially wary of Kamiki as a Special Grade Cursed Spirit, he asked why Kamiki seemed different from other spirits and later argued that being a Cursed Spirit did not automatically make him bad 34 48.

He also shows compassion toward people caught in difficult circumstances. After Ijichi apologized for taking him on the detention-center mission, Yuji forgave him, recognizing that Ijichi had not been given a choice 46.

Abilities & Skills

Physical abilities

Yuji’s strength and speed far exceed those of an ordinary person 34.

• Dodged a speeding car after its headlights forced him to close his eyes 34.
• Smashed a training-ground wall while sparring with Nobara 37.
• Tore a page from a file reinforced with Cursed Energy 44.

Cursed Energy

Yuji can supply Cursed Energy to a special puppet. When his supply cut off as he fell asleep while researching files, the puppet punched him awake 43.

Relationships

• Satoru Gojo — Yuji’s teacher. Gojo kept his survival secret after his revival and enlisted him to investigate Kamiki 41 43.
• Nobara Kugisaki — A fellow first-year student; the two accidentally damaged the training ground while sparring 37.
• Megumi Fushiguro — A fellow first-year who joined Yuji and Nobara in searching for Kamiki 33.
• Kamiki Yūhaku — The escaped Cursed Spirit Yuji was sent to find. Yuji remained wary of his words but later treated him with sympathy and brought him an apple 34 43 49.
• Kiyotaka Ijichi — The assistant supervisor who accompanied Yuji on missions. Yuji forgave him for his part in the detention-center assignment 40 46 48.
• Ryomen Sukuna — Resides inside Yuji, making him a source of concern to Jujutsu Society’s higher-ups 33.
• Kento Nanami — A Grade 1 sorcerer from whom Yuji was sent to learn during the Kawasaki investigation 48.

Story Role

Search for Kamiki

Gojo sent Yuji, Nobara, and Megumi to find Kamiki after the Special Grade Cursed Spirit escaped. Yuji found him in a park and called Gojo, then followed him through the streets. Kamiki warned Yuji about an approaching car, but Yuji questioned whether the instruction to step back had deliberately placed him in its path 33 34.

Death and revival

Yuji died during a mission to rescue possible survivors at the Eishu Juvenile Detention Center, an outcome the higher-ups had planned. He revived as Shoko Ieiri was about to perform an autopsy, and Gojo decided to conceal his survival 40 41.

Investigation into the Kamiki Clan

While helping Gojo search old records, Yuji suggested that the higher-ups might have distorted Kamiki’s prophecies rather than Kamiki having made false predictions. He found records of three Kamiki Clan survivors, prompting a trip to Sendai to meet the remaining survivor, Ishii Ryū. Ishii recounted Kamiki’s imprisonment and the Binding Vow behind the clan’s decline 43 44 45.

Kawasaki investigation

In September 2018, Yuji and Ijichi searched Kawasaki City for Junpei Yoshino, the sole survivor of a cinema screening where three students had died. Yuji hoped to encounter Kamiki and bought two apples in anticipation. On finding him, Yuji offered him the larger apple; both called their fruit sweet, though Yuji found his sour and bitter 48 49.