Yuji Itadori

Yuji Itadori is the main protagonist of Jujutsu Kaisen. He is a first-year at Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School.

Appearance
Yuji is a muscular teenager with big light brown eyes and black and pink spiky hair. After eating the finger and consequently becoming a host for Sukuna. He gets a 2nd pair of eyes that only open when Sukuna is controlling the body.

At the start of the series, Yuji wore a light-colored hooded jacket, black pants with bottoms of it are rolled up, and white shoes.

After Yuji enrolled into the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School, he began wearing his version of the uniform: a black long sleeve shirt resembling a gakuran over a red hoodie, black pants, and black shoes.

Personality
Yuji is a fair person who cares greatly for not only his comrades, but anyone he views as people with their own wills, despite how deep or shallow his connection to them is. He cares greatly for the "value of a life" and to this end he will ensure that others receive a "fair death". He is easy to anger in the face of pure cruelty and unfair judgment of other people.

One of Yuji's defining traits is his willingness to sacrifice himself for others, triggered by his grandfather's last words to him to die surrounded by others. When Megumi and him were about to be killed by a curse, Yuji swallowed Sukuna's finger in order to exorcise it and save them, despite just meeting Megumi for the first time.

Abilities
Yuji is famous for his superhuman physical abilities, earning him the nickname "Tiger of Middle School" before becoming a Sorcerer. As a vessel he has the exceedingly rare ability to contain Sukuna's soul without any ill effects. This natural skill allows him to 'perceive the contours of the soul' and lets him harm Mahito.

Physical Power

 * Strength: He is able to destroy walls with ease and can throw a lead ball with enough force to bend a soccer goalpost. Yuji has also been able to throw several cars in succession.


 * Durability: Yuji's durability surpasses the average Sorcerer - he was still able to fight the special-class curse after losing a hand and multiple fingers.


 * Speed and Reflex: He can finish a 50-meter track within 3 seconds. When students from Kyoto School tried to murder him, he was able to dodge the attacks of all five opposing Sorcerer.


 * Intelligence: Yuji is a curious person, tending to ask many questions to his instructor. He is also good at progressing - being quick at Satoru's Movie Appreciation Training, and realize Aoi Todo's guide quickly. According to Akutami, he is best at cooking among the trio of the First Years. Yuji has shown that he can easily master a weapon with a short amount of time.
 * Hand to Hand Combat: Yuji is a skilled combatant that can make quick judgments and power blows. Yuji can make refined attack, like stopping his attack just before it hit and adjust his power within his fist. Yuji is also skilled in a martial arts style, Taido Martial Arts.
 * Knee Release: The technique is an ancient martial arts technique that eliminates starting movements. Yuji is not only able to release his knees, but also his hips and shoulders, to instead of falling down, is able to guide himself to his opponent's feet.
 * Taido Martial Arts: Yuji is able to preform this martial arts techniques.
 * Manji Kick: After dropping to his opponent's feet, Yuji uses the momentum to throw his right leg upwards and land a kick to his opponent's head. By adding Cursed Energy to this technique, it is able to harm Cursed Spirits.


 * Poison Resistance: Since Yuji is the host to Sukuna, the King of Poisons, he has a resistance to all kind of poisons. Yuji will feel the pain from the poison, but he is largely unaffected.

Weapon Mastery
Yuji was not trained in the use of weapons, however, due to his physical power and intelligence, he can still master one quickly.
 * Slaughter Demon (屠坐魔) : A charm weapon given by his instructor Satoru Gojo, originally belongs to Maki Zenin, is effective against curses. It was destroyed by a Special Grade Curse.

Jujutsu
Cursed Technique: His Cursed Energy originates from the parts of the Special Grade Curse Ryomen Sukuna. Currently, he primarily uses Cursed Energy to reinforce his punches, increasing their impact.

Sorcerer Techniques: These technique are ones that any Sorcerer is capable of using.
 * Divergent Fist (逕庭拳) : After Yuji lands a punch on a target, his Cursed Energy flows and makes a second impact.
 * Black Flash (黒閃): A technique that creates spatial distortion with a user connects with an impact of Cursed Energy within a span of 0.000001 seconds of a physical hit. The phenomenon causes Cursed Energy to flash black, creating an attack that is equal to a normal hit to the power of 2.5. Currently, Yuji is capable of using Black Flash four times in a row, and has performed it a total of seven times.

Trivia

 * Yuji is 173cm tall, and according to Akutami, will continue growing.
 * Yuji weighs about 80kg, but his body fat percentage is in the single digits.
 * Yuji loves watching TV.
 * He has a huge repertoire of half-cocked impressions.
 * He isn't picky about food.
 * Yuji isn't actually a hoodie guy, but wears it because he can be indecisive.
 * His type is "tall girls with big butts... like Jennifer Lawrence".
 * Yuji ranked 1st place in the manga's 1st Character Popularity Poll with 21,735 votes.