Hagane Daido

Hagane Daido is a character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series. He is the incarnation of a nameless master swordsman and is currently participating in the Culling Game.

Appearance
Hagane is an elderly man with a stocky build, short grey hair, and a thick unkempt mustache. He has black eyebrows, a large nose and eyes with small light-colored pupils. Upon his initial incarnation, Hagane wore a white t-shirt with black shorts and sandals. While fighting in the Sakurajima Colony, he's donned a more traditional samurai attire, sporting a mid-toned kimono.

Personality
Hagane is from an era where katanas were the very soul of a Japanese man. Incarnated in modern times where carrying a sword is illegal, Hagane was confused and distraught about not being able to find a single katana. All he could do was frantically run around with tears in his eyes and scream the word katana while looking for one.

Abilities and Powers
Overall Skill Level: Hagane is a reincarnated master swordsman who possesses peerless skills with a blade. He is a non-sorcerer, making him an outlier among Culling Game players who can wield a sword but not cursed energy. Even without cursed energy, Hagane's swordsmanship empowers him tremendously, putting him on equal terms with jujutsu users.

Hagane wielded a sword with greater skill than even Maki Zenin before she was fully realized. Hagane bifurcated the vengeful spirit, Naoya Zenin, with ease, an opponent Maki struggled mightily against in their first encounter. Upon receiving Maki's sword, everyone around Hagane was overwhelmed by an aura of sheer lethality. Hagane cannot physically see cursed spirits, but he's able to "see everything else" around them, allowing him to accurately target curses with his attacks. He can also sense if the katana he's wielding is a cursed tool, referring to Maki's sword as a demonic blade.

Battles & Events
Culling Game Arc
 * Culling Game
 * Maki Zenin, Hagane Daido & Rokujushi Miyo vs. Cursed Naoya

Trivia

 * Hagane's surname has the kanji for "big, large, thick" (大, dai) and "road, way" (道, dō). His given name means "metal, steel" (鋼, hagane).