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Atsuya Kusakabe ( (くさ) () () (あつ) () Kusakabe Atsuya?) is a supporting character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series. He is a grade 1 jujutsu sorcerer and instructs the second-year students at Tokyo Jujutsu High.

Appearance

Atsuya is a tall man with spiky brown hair and sharp dark eyes. Atsuya wears a dust brown peacoat over a white dress shirt with a jade necktie, black pants, and black shoes.

Personality

Kusakabe appears to be a fearful individual and focused on his own self preservation as top priority. He is also willing to be deceitful to save his own skin as shown during the Shibuya Incident where he lied repeatedly to Panda so as to keep him around for safety, while directing him away from B5F where Gojo was sealed as to avoid clashing with special grade curses. He does however have a courageous side, as seen when he protected Kasumi Miwa from Kenjaku's Maximum: Uzumaki.

Abilities and Powers

Overall Skill: Despite not possessing an innate technique, Kusakabe is a respected grade 1 sorcerer and a master swordsman of the New Shadow Style. Mei Mei regarded Kusakabe as the only sorcerer of his grade to make that rank without an innate technique.[1] According to her, Kento Nanami and Satoru Gojo, Kusakabe is the strongest grade 1 sorcerer. Satoru specified that his statement may not be accurate if sorcerers from the Big Three Families were to be taken into account.[2]

Despite such praises, Kusakabe openly admits on several occasions he has no chance of defeating a special grade and avoids them at all costs. However, he is fully confident he can defeat other adversaries such as the curse users Toshihisa Negi and Manami Suda, who he considered below his level.[3]

While several jujutsu sorcerers in training were fighting to get Prison Realm from Pseudo-Geto, Kusakabe intervened just in time to save the lives of all his allies. Pseudo-Geto even commented on Kusakabe's knowledge on New Shadow Style, seemingly out of respect for his skill.[4]

Master Swordsman: Kusakabe's swordplay is his main weapon in battle, relying heavily on physical prowess. In combination with the swordsmanship techniques of the New Shadow, he has showcased high proficiency in wielding his blade. Using Batto-Sword Drawing, Kusakabe made short work of three curse user henchmen in an instant.[5]

Jujutsu

Cursed Energy Manipulation
Great Cursed Energy: As a grade 1 sorcerer, Kusakabe possesses respectable levels of cursed energy. To compensate for his lack of an innate technique, Kusakabe has mastered the New Shadow Style. This requires finely controlled cursed energy applications such as casting Simple Domain and coating his katana's blade with cursed energy. Kusakabe also has a keen sense for judging his opponent's strength, able to recognize someone on his level from a special grade in an instant.[6]
Anti-Domain Techniques
Kusakabe's Simple Domain New Shadow Style: Simple Domain (シン・ (かげ) (りゅう)   (かん) () (りょう) (いき) Shin Kageryū: Kan'i Ryōiki?): An anti-domain technique that neutralizes cursed techniques in a set area of space around the user. Kusakabe used Simple Domain to weaken Sukuna's cursed technique, reducing the damage of the slashes done to him.[7]
Batto Sword Drawing ( (ばっ) (とう) Battō?): A fast sword drawing technique that coats Kusakabe's blade in cursed energy and rotates it around the blade to increase its drawing speed dramatically, enough so to make it the fastest iai-sword drawing technique of the New Shadow Style. Kusakabe using Batto (Anime)
Evening Moon Sword Drawing ( () (あい) (ゆう) (づき) Iai・Yūzuki?): Another sword-drawing technique with a different stance than Batto Sword Drawing. Its capabilities are unknown because Kusakabe was interrupted before fully performing it.[8] Kusakabe using Evening Moon Sword Drawing (Anime)

Equipment

Cursed Tools
Kusakabe protects the girls from Maximum Uzumaki (Anime) Kusakabe wields a traditional katana with a gold guard and a dark red handle.[9] It is his primary weapon in combat and is constantly imbued with his cursed energy, making it comparable to a cursed tool.

Battles & Events

Cursed Child Arc

Shibuya Incident Arc

Shinjuku Showdown Arc

  • Jujutsu Sorcerers vs. Sukuna

Trivia

  • According to Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook[10]:
    • His hobby is fishing.
    • Favorite dish: Torotaki-maki (fatty tuna and pickled radish roll).
    • Least Favorite dish: Tuna eye.
    • Cause of stress: All missions.
  • Atsuya's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
    • Atsuya ranked 39th in the second Popularity Poll with 58 votes.
    • Atsuya ranked 25th in the third Popularity Poll with 197 votes.
  • Atsuya's surname has the Nanori reading for "day" ( kusa?), the Kan-on reading for "underneath, end" ( ka?), and the Kun reading for "division, section, department" ( be?). His given name has the Kun reading for "cordial, warm-hearted" ( atsu?) and a Jinmeiyo kanji "to be" ( ya?).

References

  1. Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 88 (p. 8).
  2. Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 253 (p. 1).
  3. Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 114 (p. 14).
  4. Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 134 (p. 11-12).
  5. Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 115 (p. 9).
  6. Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 115 (p. 11).
  7. Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 246 (p. 3-4).
  8. Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Chapter 114 (p. 15).
  9. Jujutsu Kaisen Manga: Vol. 13, Cover
  10. Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook: (p. 48-49).

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Characters
Tokyo Jujutsu High
Faculty Akari Nitta  •  Atsuya Kusakabe  •  Kiyotaka Ijichi  •  Masamichi Yaga  •  Satoru Gojo  •  Shoko Ieiri
Students Kinji Hakari  •  Kirara Hoshi  •  Maki Zenin  •  Megumi Fushiguro  •  Nobara Kugisaki  •  Panda  •  Toge Inumaki  •  Yu Haibara  •  Yuji Itadori  •  Yuta Okkotsu
Kyoto Jujutsu High
Faculty Utahime Iori  •  Yoshinobu Gakuganji
Students Arata Nitta  •  Aoi Todo  •  Kasumi Miwa  •  Kokichi Muta  •  Mai Zenin  •  Momo Nishimiya  •  Noritoshi Kamo
Jujutsu Sorcerers
Professional Sorcerers Kento Nanami  •  Mei Mei  •  Takuma Ino  •  Tengen  •  Yuki Tsukumo
Zenin Clan Chojuro Zenin  •  Jinichi Zenin  •  Naobito Zenin  •  Naoya Zenin  •  Nobuaki Zenin  •  Ogi Zenin  •  Ranta Zenin
Culling Games Players Angel  •  Charles Bernard  •  Chizuru Hari  •  Dhruv Lakdawalla  •  Fumihiko Takaba  •  Haba  •  Hagane Daido  •  Hajime Kashimo  •  Hana Kurusu  •  Hanyu  •  Hiromi Higuruma  •  Iori Hazenoki  •  Reggie Star  •  Remi  •  Rin Amai  •  Rokujushi Miyo  •  Ryu Ishigori  •  Takako Uro
Non-Combatants Misato Kuroi  •  Riko Amanai  •  Shino  •  Ui Ui
Fukuoka Jujutsu High Kaito Yuki  •  Kensuke Nagino  •  Saki Rindo
Curse Users
Suguru Geto's Group Larue  •  Manami Suda  •  Miguel  •  Mimiko Hasaba  •  Nanako Hasaba  •  Suguru Geto  •  Toshihisa Negi
Kenjaku's Group Haruta Shigemo  •  Jiro Awasaka  •  Juzo Kumiya  •  Kenjaku  •  Niji Ebina  •  Ogami  •  Ogami's grandson  •  Sukuna  •  Uraume
Q Bayer  •  Kokun
Non-Curse Users Shigeru Sonoda  •  Shiu Kong  •  Toji Fushiguro
Cursed Spirits
Mahito's Group Dagon  •  Hanami  •  Jogo  •  Mahito
Vengeful Spirits Kuchisake-Onna  •  Michizane Sugawara  •  Rika Orimoto  •  Tamamo-no-Mae Incarnate
Death Paintings Choso  •  Eso  •  Kechizu
Other Curses Akuro-o Otake  •  Finger Bearer  •  Fly Heads  •  Ganesha  •  Ko-Guy  •  Kurourushi  •  Rainbow Dragon  •  Rika  •  Smallpox Deity
Non-Sorcerers
Sugisawa Third High School Setsuko Sasaki  •  Takagi  •  Takeshi Iguchi
Satozakura High School Junpei Yoshino  •  Shota Ito  •  Sotomura
Saitama Urami East Junior High Fujinuma  •  Taichi Kanada  •  Takeda  •  Tsumiki Fushiguro
Civilians Furudate  •  Fumi  •  Jin Itadori  •  Keita Oe  •  Nagi Yoshino  •  Saori  •  Tadashi Okazaki  •  Takada-chan  •  Wasuke Itadori  •  Yuko Ozawa
U.S. Government Cyrus Veil  •  Garry K. Johnson
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