10 Best Jujutsu Kaisen Character Designs

By Lauren Kells Published 20 minutes ago

These top ten character designs in Jujutsu Kaisen are truly remarkable visually and perfectly represent the characters’ complex personalities.

Summary

• Introduced in Jujutsu Kaisen 0 , Yuta Okkotsu's simple design reveals his complex character, showcasing his exhaustion and hidden power.
• Maki Zenin's two distinct looks capture her boldness and resilience, reflecting her growth and battle scars. The difference between the two designs does an excellent job at showing her journey as a character, both metaphorically and physically.
• Gojo Satoru's iconic design with his blindfold and striking blue eyes represents his true power and talent, making it clear why he became a fan-favorite so quickly.

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The anime and manga Jujutsu Kaisen contains numerous beloved characters that fans would surely recognize anywhere. Gege Akutami, creator of the series, has given each character a unique design that is visually appealing. These character designs not only look cool, but perfectly represent their personalities and traits in the series.

Jujutsu Kaisen is extremely popular for many valid reasons, including the fascinating plot, incredibly catchy musical score, amazing animation, and talented voice acting. However, the characters are what really keep fans coming back to the series again and again. The bold color, outfits, and style choices incorporated into all the characters make them truly distinctive and give viewers a glimpse into their personality traits.

10 Yuta Okkotsu Is Simple but Memorable

An unassuming character with powers that rival Gojo Satoru

Yuta Okkotsu's design may seem quite simple at first glance, but it is this simplicity that makes it so memorable and perfect for the character. Yuta typically wears a standard school uniform: a long sleeve white shirt with dark-colored pants and white sneakers. A katana is also often present in his design, although he usually utilizes the cursed spirit Rika in battles as well.

Yuta's design is one of the best because, although it is fairly straightforward, it tells fans a great deal about the complex character. His messy hair and the pronounced bags under his eyes showcase his exhaustion and stress levels. His relatively unassuming appearance also often causes opponents to be shocked when Yuta unveils his true power in fights. Yuta Okkotsu's laidback and simple look juxtaposes well with his strong nature, making this a wonderful character design.

9 Maki Zenin Is the Goddess of Battle

A complex character whose design reflects her journey

Maki Zenin has an astonishingly cool character design that is easily recognizable. Interestingly enough, her appearance also changes drastically before and after the Shibuya Incident arc. Pre-Shibuya, Maki sports either a purple tracksuit or the typical school uniform. Her hair is dark green and tied into a ponytail, and she wears a pair of purple eyeglasses. After the Shibuya Incident, she wears an all black uniform with a turtleneck top, short dark hair, and has scars all over her body, a drastically different look from before.

Both of Maki's two different looks are remarkably detailed and fit her well. Her appearance before the Shibuya Incident showcases her reserved, bold, and often brash attitude well, while her post-Shibuya depiction reveals her strength, and even shows off the scars and wounds she accumulated during the various battles between Jogo and even her own clan. Maki Zenin is a truly powerful and resilient character and these two designs for her are some of the best Jujutsu Kaisen has to offer.

8 Nanami Kento's Design Made Him a Fan-Favorite

The ex-salaryman with a disgruntled heart of gold

Nanami Kento is definitely a fan-favorite character and his phenomenal design is just one of the reasons he is so widely adored. His appearance perfectly fits that of a typical 9-to-5 business person. He has short, clean-cut blonde hair, a tan-colored suit, along with a dark blue long-sleeved shirt and a yellow and black spotted tie. Nanami is incredibly muscular and also carries his trademark sword in a holster.

Nanami's look is another design that may seem simple on the surface, but it actually reveals a lot about his calm, laid back personality. He can be quite blunt and reserved, but also exceptionally powerful, and he always uses these powers to protect others. Nanami Kento's professional and polished appearance is one of the best designs in the series because, aside from being visually appealing, it perfectly captures the essence of his stoic and powerful nature.

7 Geto Suguru Is a Chilling Cult Leader

Gojo's ex-friend's unique design makes him stand out as an antagonist

Another widely admired Jujutsu Kaisen character with a stunning design is Geto Suguru. In school, he wore the typical uniform. However, once he began his cult, he started to wear his trademark purple robes with a striking green and gold design on the front panel, along with a pair of white socks and sandals. He often wears a reserved and emotionless expression and his hair is long and dark, often tied up on his head.

In the series, Geto possesses a very bold personality, and is driven to reach his personal goal of eliminating all non-sorcerers, refusing to let anyone stand in his path. His headstrong personality traits come through in the appearance he has orchestrated for himself. As a cult leader, he must appear put-together and powerful, and this is why Geto Suguru's interesting character design is one of the best in Jujutsu Kaisen.

6 Toji Fushiguro Is All About His Weapons

One of the most popular characters plays a major role in setting up Jujutsu Kaisen's story

Toji Fushiguro's character design is unmistakable and exudes great power and intimidation. He is a large man who wears a skin-tight black t-shirt to showcase his prominent muscles. He also sports a pair of long, flowing white pants. While his clothes are rather plain, Toji stands out thanks to the objects he carries around: the Split Soul Katana he often uses and the purple worm-like creature that serves as his Cursed Tool and often sits on his shoulder.

Toji's design is one of the most flawless in Jujutsu Kaisen. Not only does it capture his sheer strength and aggressive nature, it is visually pleasing to behold, and the weapons included in his design are astonishingly unique. In particular, the worm he utilizes as a storage device for various weapons is a distinct piece of his appearance that fans will easily recognize anywhere, helping him stand out from other character designs.

5 Toge Inumaki Is Quirky And Charming

Toge's unique power is highlighted by his facial markings

Toge Inumaki's design is one of the most unique designs in the entire series, primarily due to his interesting facial markings. Toge has short silver hair and wears the typical dark blue school uniform. However, his uniform has an additional aspect that is distinctive to his character: a long collar that covers his face and can be unzipped when he needs to unleash his cursed speech technique.

Toge is a character of very few words, due to his intriguing cursed speech ability that allows him to speak attacks into existence. His design is particularly noteworthy due to the black line and circle markings on his face that are only revealed when he pulls his collar down. Toge Inumaki's quiet demeanor is expressed through his unassuming appearance, but his powerful technique is revealed through his recognizable facial markings. These creative aspects of his appearance that hint at his technique make it one of Jujutsu Kaisen's best designs.

Toge's inherited cursed technique is potentially dangerous to his comrades too, so to avoid accidents he only speaks using onigiri ingredients as words.

4 Mahito Is the Series' Most Disturbing Villain

This cursed spirit's terrifying look is instantly recognizable

Cursed Spirit Mahito is often not very well-liked among the Jujutsu Kaisen fanbase due to some of his reprehensible actions, but it is undeniable that his design is well-thought-out and aesthetically pleasing. He has long gray hair separated into three sections as well as striking heterochromatic eyes: one blue and one gray. His clothing is darkly colored, and he wears white shoes.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Mahito's appearance is the fact that he has markings that resemble stitches all over his body. This aspect of his design is exceptionally creative, as it calls back to Mahito's ability to fuse and manipulate human souls. Furthermore, the cursed spirit's playful, childish appearance starkly contrasts with Mahito's cruel and inhuman nature showcased later in the series. These factors make Mahito's character design a true standout of Jujutsu Kaisen.

3 Sukuna Always Looks and Behaves Like a King

The main antagonist's personality and look automatically make him a formidable threat

The King of Curses, Sukuna, is shockingly evil but possesses an extremely cool design. His look is unlike that of any other anime antagonist. His most common appearance seen in the show is similar to the protagonist, Itadori Yuji, since he was using Yuji's body as a vessel. However, his long, dark fingernails, muscles, and distinctive black facial markings and black circles around his wrists make the look his own and set him apart from Yuji.

Sukuna's appearance is truly remarkable and one of the best in the show because he manages to take an already-established character and twist his look into a truly horrifying villain with just a few simple changes. When Sukuna revealed his original form, fans could not help but feel even more intimidated by the strongest creature in the series.

2 Choso Blends the Line Between Humand and Curse

Choso's unique status as half-human half-curse is recognizable though his visually stunning design

Choso Kamo's appearance in the series is truly unlike any other character design in anime. The half-human, half-curse wears his dark hair up in two spiky buns. His typical outfit is a purple vest over a white robe with chunky, dark-colored shoes. Some of the most interesting parts of his look are the long, dark markings across his nose and his purple eyes.

Choso's design is remarkable because it hints at his Blood Manipulation Cursed Technique. When he implements this attack, he is able to make blood shoot from his body. Not only is Choso's design one of the most unique looks in shonen, it captures the powerful essence of his technique flawlessly.

1 Gojo Satoru Will Always Be at the Top

The fan-favorite mentor's striking appearance has made him a sensation in the anime community

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Gojo Satoru's design is one of the best, not only in Jujutsu Kaisen, but in anime as a whole. Often, even non-anime watchers are able to recognize Gojo's distinct look. His most commonly worn outfit in the anime series is a purple uniform, darkly colored shoes, and his trademark black blindfold that masks his eyes. His hair is white, and he usually keeps his stunning, icy-blue eyes hidden beneath his mask unless he's utilizing one of his techniques.

The strongest sorcerer's design stands out for many reasons. His character design has become somewhat of a cultural icon, recognizable to even the most casual anime watchers. It may seem fairly simple, but aspects of it, such as Gojo's striking blue eyes that are normally covered, hint at his true power and talent. Gojo Satoru's design is a perfect example of using stylistic choices to represent a character's personality perfectly, and that is why it is one of Jujutsu Kaisen's best.

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