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Nobara Kugisaki ( (くぎ) (さき) () () () Kugisaki Nobara?) is the tritagonist of Jujutsu Kaisen. She is a first-year at Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College.

Appearance

Nobara is a short girl with orange eyes and orange hair (dyed).

Nobara school uniform consists of a black button down jacket, black long skirt, black stockings, and black shoes. She also wears a light colored belt to hold her hammer, nails, and straw doll.

While training, Nobara wears a light colored hoodie with a dark flower pattern around her shoulders, black pants, and white shoes.

While in casual clothes, Nobara wears a black sleeveless shirt, a sweat wrapped around her neck, and a long black skirt.

Personality

Nobara Kugisaki is a brash and self confident woman with a strong belief in being "true" to herself, and has an unshakable character. She prides herself on her physical appearance, taking great offense to anyone insulting her or attempting to hit her face. She also is very talkative during battle, belittling and verbally sassing her opponents even on the verge of death.

Abilities and Powers

Overall Skill Level: Nobara Kugisaki is a Grade 3 Sorcerer. But she has showcased above-average skill when it comes to being a Jujutsu Sorcerer. Her abilities were enough to be recognized by Aoi Todo and have him recommend her to be promoted to a Grade 1 Sorcerer.

Enhanced Strength: She has been shown to be physically stronger than she looks, capable of kicking away an 80kg Yuji with not much visible effort.[2]

Nobara using Resonance to stun Eso and Kechizu

Nobara showing the extent of her determination.

Enhanced Pain Tolerance: Nobara has shown incredible pain tolerance when she faced off against Eso and Kechizu's cursed technique. During that fight she not only withstood the Decomposition Technique, but also struck her arm with her nails in order to use them to attack her opponents with Resonance. Some of the nails have also been inserted through her entire wrist.

Nobara uses Resonance on Momo's broom

Nobara outsmarts Momo by using Resonance on her broom.

Weapon Mastery: She has shown exceptional combat skill when using her hammer, nails, straw doll, and rubber mallet.

Great Tactical Intellect: Nobara has demonstrated to have a strong grasp on Jujutsu and the various ways she can combat her opponents. This is a result of her Innate Technique being very technical and requiring a lot of thought. Nobara has shown her tactical thinking during pretty much every battle she participated in. The tactical intelligence she has allows Nobara to gain the upper hand in one-on-one battles.


Jujutsu

Cursed Energy Manipulation
Yuji and Nobara unleash Black Flash Black Flash (黒閃 Kokusen?): A technique that creates spatial distortion when 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. Nobara learned how to use Black Flash during her fight against Kechizu. Currently, she has performed it once.
Innate Technique
Straw Doll Technique Straw Doll Technique (芻霊呪法 Sūrei Juhō?): Nobara's Innate Technique allows her to use a straw doll to attack the opponent from distance. She can also use charm weapons to perform her Technique. She does this by “shooting” the nails from distance when hitting them with her hammer. Upon hitting a Curse, her Cursed Energy surrounds and enlarges around the nails, exorcising it.[3]
Resonance (共鳴り Tomonari?)[4]: By using a straw doll and part of the curse, she links the doll to the curse and anything the doll experience, the curse will too.[5] Nobara using Resonance on Eso
Hairpin ( Kanzashi?)[6]: Nobara scatters the nails on the solid objects such as trees and destroys the objects to control the environment. Nobara exorcises Kechizu

Equipment

Nobara's hammer & nails Hammer: Nobara uses the hammer to either hammer the nails into the straw doll for her technique, hit the nails and fire them like projectiles, or simply hit the target with it.
Nobara destroying a curse Nails: Nobara uses these to for multiple purposes. She can use them with her technique, or fire the nails like projectiles.
Nobara's Straw Doll Straw Doll: By placing a piece of her target within or on the straw doll, Nobara hammers a nail into the straw doll to cause the target to be destroyed.
Nobara's Squeaky Hammer Rubber Mallet: Nobara uses this hammer to attack humans with so that she doesn't kill them.

Trivia

  • Nobara's surname contains the kanji for "nail, peg, tack" ( kugi?) and "peninsula, cape" ( saki?), and her first name contains "wilderness" ( no?) and "rose" (薔薇 bara?).
  • Nobara is just short of 160 centimeters (5'3).
  • Nobara's hair is dyed and it is naturally dark.
  • Nobara goes shopping during her spare time.
  • Nobara buys a lot of food and tries a lot of clothes, enjoying her life in Tokyo.
  • Nobara ranked 6th place in the manga's 1st Character Popularity Poll with 9,590 votes.

References

  1. Volume 1 Profile
  2. Volume 1 Extras
  3. Chapter 5, Page 2
  4. Chapter 1, Page 30
  5. Chapter 5, Page 12
  6. Chapter 41


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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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