Sorcerer Clans (術師家,Jutsushi Ke?) are clans of jujutsu sorcerers that pass down inherited cursed techniques through generations. These attributes make sorcerer clans prominent figures in the jujutsu world. This is especially true for the Big Three Families (御三家,Gosanke?) who hold the most prestige and influence due to their bloodlines' innate talent for jujutsu.
The three great sorcerer clans of the jujutsu world are the Zenin Clan, the Gojo Clan, and the Kamo Clan. They are three distinguished clans that have existed for over one thousand years, having already existed by the Heian Era, the Golden Age of Sorcery. Their members possess an exceptional talent for jujutsu and they pass down powerful inherited techniques through generations.[1]
The Big Three Families possess great influence and political prominence in the jujutsu world. Alongside jujutsu headquarters, they are in contact with the Japanese government and were key in establishing the memorandum regarding the obligations of jujutsu sorcerers. The head of Jujutsu Headquarters is appointed by the Prime Minister based on nominations from the Big Three. The principals of both JujutsuHighs are appointed by the head of Jujutsu Headquarters also based on nominations from the Big Three.[2]
The Big Three are very proud to be distinguished, but each clan has a rivalry with another. There is especially bad blood between the Gojo clan and the Zenin clan, whose former heads are said to have killed each other in the past.[3] Each of the Big Three keeps tabs on each other, including information on their inherited techniques. The prior head of the Zenin clan, Naobito Zenin, has stated he wouldn't mind the Gojo clan going out of power despite Satoru Gojo being the deterrent from Japan falling into chaos.[4]
Other Sorcerer Families
There are various other sorcerer families as well. One such clan is the Inumaki Clan, who are cursed speech users who inherited the technique. While not on the same level as the Big Three, the Inumaki clan is respected and their signature technique has existed for generations.[5] A prominent sorcery family of the past was the Fujiwara Clan, whose members were among the strongest sorcerers of the Heian period.
The Zenin Clan (禪院家,Zen'in Ke?) is a combat-oriented clan where those in control only value and respect power. The sorcerers of the Zenin clan place an emphasis on talent in sorcery above all else to the point where they will oppress even their own relatives. Their ideology is self-righteous and archaic but the fighting strength of the clan is very potent. Enough so that they constructed battle units in order to defend the jujutsu world.
Following the Shibuya Incident, the Zenin clan was fractured when Megumi was named Naobito's successor. Naoya, Ogi, and Jinichi attempted to stop this by assassinating Megumi, Maki, and Mai under the pretense of criminally unsealing Gojo. Mai sacrificed herself for Maki and her sister gained an unmatched body of steel in return. Maki destroyed the Zenin clan as revenge for Mai and the decision to expel them from the Big Three is currently on hold.[6]
Members
Member
Role
Unit
Naobito Zenin: 26th and former head of the clan who was appointed over Ogi because his potential heirs were superior. He is the original user of Projection Sorcery, which he passed down to his son Naoya. After Naobito perished from injuries sustained during the Shibuya Incident, a special clause in his will named Megumi the 27th head of the clan over Naoya due to Satoru Gojo's sealing.
The Hei
Naoya Zenin: Son of Naobito Zenin, who he inherited Projection Sorcery from. He was thought to to be the heir of the Zenin clan before Megumi was named head. Naoya is also the leader of the clan's strongest unit of sorcerers, the Hei.
The Hei
Ogi Zenin: Brother of Naobito and father of Maki and Mai. Was passed over for the position of clan head due to his children, which caused him to resent and oppress them all their life. He proposed the plan to eliminate Megumi, Mai, and Maki in order to make Naoya the clan head.
The Hei
Maki Zenin: Daughter of Ogi Zenin and former member of the Kukuru Unit. Maki was oppressed due to her low levels of cursed energy and left the clan to attend Tokyo Jujutsu High. She wanted to become clan head herself until Mai's death, which led to Maki annihilating the majority of the Zenin clan.
Kukuru Unit (Formerly)
Mai Zenin: Maki's twin sister who was also oppressed due to her lack of talent for jujutsu. Mai was content with the situation until she was forced to become a sorcerer due to her sister's decision to leave. Mai resented Maki for a long time over this until she realized the reason why Maki couldn't get stronger was because of herself.
The Akashi
Toji Fushiguro: Son of the 25th head of the clan and Megumi's father. Toji was oppressed due to having no cursed energy and left the clan, even changing his surname to Fushiguro. Members of the clan believed Toji could've destroyed it on a whim but he decided not to due to the influence of Megumi's mother.
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Megumi Fushiguro: 27th and current head of the clan as well as the user of the hereditary Ten Shadows Technique. Megumi was born outside the clan and was going to be sold back into it by his father until Gojo's interference canceled the agreement. He had nothing to do with the clan until he became its leader due to the seal on Gojo.
None
Jinichi Zenin: Son of the former 25th head of the clan and Toji's brother. Was a high-ranking member of the clan alongside Ogi and Naoya at the time of Naobito's death.
The Hei
Ranta Zenin: A well-mannered sorcerer who serves under Jinichi as a member of the Hei.
The Hei
Chojuro Zenin: An elderly sorcerer who belongs to the Hei.
The Hei
Nobuaki Zenin: Captain of the Kukuru Unit and Maki's former superior.
Kukuru Unit
Inherited Techniques
Technique
Description
Users
Ten Shadows Technique: The Ten Shadows Technique is the most coveted technique of the Zenin clan, nearly as prestigious as the Limitless of the Gojo clan. It summons up to ten shikigami using shadows as an intermediary. It happened to be inherited by Megumi Fushiguro instead of any active member of the clan at the time.
Projection Sorcery: Traces movement by dividing one second into twenty-four frames and turning predetermined routes into production. Anyone touched by the user also must frame their movements into 1/24 of a second. Naobito was the first person to develop Projection Sorcery, so the technique doesn't have much of a history within the clan and was not considered when he was named head over Ogi.
The Gojo Clan (五条家,Gojō Ke?) is a clan that descends from Michizane Sugawara, one of Japan's renowned Big Three Vengeful Spirits. While the Gojo Clan has other members, Satoru Gojo is the clan head and is considered the modern era's strongest one-man act. One could say he wields all the power of the Gojo clan, as the family's political influence is comparable in strength to Satoru's inherited jujutsu in terms of power. This empowers Satoru to act selfishly and protect people like Yuji Itadori and Yuta Okkotsu against the unreasonable nature of the more conservative members of the jujutsu community.[7][1]
Members
Member
Role
Satoru Gojo: Former head of the Gojo clan and the first person in four hundred years to be born with the Limitless and the Six Eyes in conjunction. He is widely recognized as the strongest jujutsu sorcerer of the modern era.
Yuta Okkotsu: A distant relative of the Gojo clan through his shared ancestry of Michizane Sugawara. By 2035, he was recognized as the acting head of the Gojo clan.[8]
Inherited Techniques
Technique
Description
Users
Limitless: The prestigious technique of the Gojo clan and one of the most powerful cursed techniques in history. It governs infinity, making its user invulnerable. Its immense offensive might includes a variety of abilities including the powers of attraction and repulsion.
Six Eyes: An ocular trait that can detect cursed energy and analyze opposing cursed techniques. It also enables precise control of cursed energy down to an atomic level. It is a rare and unique disposition that cannot occur in two people at the same time.
Former Clan Head Satoru Gojo
Kamo Clan
The Kamo Clan (加茂家,Kamo Ke?) is considered the core of the conservative faction at the heart of jujutsu headquarters and are close with the higher-ups of jujutsu headquarters. They are an orthodox group who value tradition and blood lineage above all else but they carry a stain they cannot wipe away on their family history. In the past, they expelled the evilest sorcerer in history, Noritoshi Kamo, whose name is recanted to this day.
After the Shibuya Incident, Kenjaku took over the Kamo clan and replaced the clan head without anyone knowing. The once proud sorcerer clan has been reduced to a puppet for the curse user.[1]
Members
Member
Role
Noritoshi Kamo (Ancestor): The stain on the Kamo Clan from a hundred and fifty years ago during the Meiji Era. He forced a human woman to bear the child of a cursed spirit, creating the Cursed Womb: Death Paintings.
Unnamed: Noritoshi Kamo's father was the 24th head of the Kamo clan until he was secretly disposed of by Kenjaku.[9]
Noritoshi Kamo: Despite being named after the blight of the family and being born to the head of the clan's mistress, Noritoshi was welcomed into the clan and assumed the role of its heir due to inheriting Blood Manipulation. Noritoshi felt pressured to behave in a way becoming of a clan head because he wanted to create a home for his mother in the clan. However, once Kenjaku took over, Noritoshi was removed from the line of succession and excommunicated.
Kenjaku: The 25th and current head of the clan. An ancient sorcerer with a cursed technique that is able to take control of bodies. Kenjaku has gone through numerous identities, including the original Noritoshi Kamo. The former member of the Kamo clan corrupted and manipulated the clan as well as the conservative faction of jujutsu headquarters they're aligned with. This allowed him to take over the Kamo clan and become its new clan head.[10]
Shino: An elderly member of the Kamo clan whose mind was manipulated by Kenjaku into believing he was living in the world a hundred and fifty years ago.[11]
Inherited Techniques
Technique
Description
Users
Blood Manipulation: The prized technique of the Kamo clan that is praised for its balanced capabilities. It's a suitable technique for traditionalists who place emphasis on blood lineage. As the name implies, this technique manipulates one's own blood for a number of prolific applications.
The Inumaki Clan (狗巻家,Inumaki Ke?) is not one of the Big Three Families, but they are a widely recognized sorcerer clan made up of cursed speech users marked with the Snake Eyes and Fangs sigil across their mouths. The Inumaki clan are considered outlaws of jujutsu society, and the clan has a standing policy to have jujutsu sorcerers born in the clan die out of the family tree.[12]
Members
Member
Role
Toge Inumaki: Toge is a descendant of the Inumaki clan and a direct inheritor of cursed speech.
Inherited Techniques
Technique
Description
Users
Cursed Speech: Increases the "spirit" of words using cursed energy, forcing anyone who hears the user's commands to obey them without fail. Cursed speech user's mouths are marked with famous the Snake Eyes and Fangs sigil of the Inumaki Clan.
The Fujiwara Clan (藤原家,Fujiwara Ke?), also known as the Toh (藤氏,Tōshi?), was a prominent sorcerer family during the golden age of jujutsu. They had at least two elite squadrons of sorcerers including the Sun, Moon, and Stars Squad (日月星進隊,Jitsugetsusei Shintai?) of the Northern Fujiwara forces. It was a team of assassins who lived in darkness and forsook their names. They were led by Takako Uro, who was given a name only to be framed and sentenced to death for killing another member of the clan.[13][14]
The Five Empty Generals (五虚将,Gokūshō?) were another force directly serving the Toh that equaled the Sun, Moon, and Stars Squad. They were once bested by Yorozu who was acknowledged by the clan and was appointed to the capital from her home in Aizu. Both the Sun, Moon, and Stars Squad and the Five Empty Generals were crushed by Sukuna.[15][16][17]
Members
Member
Role
Unit
Takako Uro: Takako was the leader of the Sun, Moon, and Stars Squad. A member of the Fujiwara Clan gave her a name only to have her framed and executed for their crime of killing another member of the clan.
Sun, Moon, and Stars Squad
Abe Clan
The Abe Clan (安倍家,Abe Ke?) was a sorcerer family that existed during the Heian Era. Their elite forces were the Desshi Pacification Squad (涅漆鎮撫隊,Desshi Chinbu-tai?), a squadron of sorcerers composed of Angel and remnants of the Sugawara Clan (菅原家,Sugawara Ke?). At some point, the squad made an attack on Sukuna, but they were repelled by the King of Curses.[18]
Members
Member
Role
Unit
Angel: The Angel was a member of the Desshi Pacification Squad. After the squad's defeat, the Angel developed enough of an animosity towards Sukuna to maintain a desire to kill him even after incarnating a thousand years later.[19]
Desshi Pacification Squad
References
↑ 1.01.11.2JUMP GIGA 2022 Autumn Issue: "Three Great Families".
