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2Jujutsu Kaisen is home to many strong characters, from the King of Curses Sukuna to Satoru Gojo. Strength in the series is determined by how much jujutsu energy and cursed energy someone can put out, though there are exceptions like Toji Fushiguro that are beyond cursed energy.
The series has shown many examples of strength throughout its tenure, from strength of mind and durability, to being able to strike directly at someone through multiple barriers. The grading system exists to determine how strong a threat is, but sometimes people are surprised when the rankings don't match their skills and abilities like with Maki Zenin.
From Maki to Sukuna, there are plenty of strong characters in Jujutsu Kaisen.
Disclaimer: As Jujutsu Kaisen is still ongoing, the following article will contain spoilers for the manga. Likewise, the opinions therein reflect only those of the author.
20 of the strongest Jujutsu Kaisen characters, from Aoi Todo to Sukuna, ranked
20) Mai Zenin
Despite having more jujutsu energy than her sister Maki, Mai Zenin never had the talent or ability necessary to truly tap into that potential for one very simple reason: she never wanted to be a sorcerer. She was shoved into a role that she never fit because Maki left their clan.
That isn't to say that she's not good at what she does. Having almost no real affinity for jujutsu, she makes up for it with ranged weaponry skills and a sharp eye for marksmanship. She used this to great effect during the Kyoto Goodwill event, and later during the Shibuya Incident.
In the former, she knocked out Nobara, In the latter, she shot Kenjaku so precisely that he had to put effort into blocking her shots.
19) Kasumi Miwa
Although Kasumi Miwa calls herself useless, this is, in fact, not true. She makes up for lacking an innate technique with her drive and work ethic.
The caveat is that the few times she's seen in combat, it's either against curses that she cuts through with ease as in Jujutsu Kaisen 0, or opponents that could easily annihilate her as seen in the Kyoto Goodwill arc.
The latter is particularly cruel since Miwa was tricked into fighting Maki. Although Miwa did her best, Maki bested her and Toge Inumaki's voice technique knocked her out for the majority of the arc. Likewise, her blade broke trying to cut Kenjaku at the end of the Shibuya Incident arc.
While alive, Miwa hasn't been seen in action since so it's difficult to rate her any higher.
18) Nobara Kugisaki
One of the current main trio of the series has sadly not been seen or mentioned since the Shibuya Incident arc. Nobara Kugisaki is arguably the craziest between herself, Yuji, and Megumi.
She's shown quite a few instances in which she leapt into battle with her signature hammer and nails and managed to succeed.
She and Yuji were able to kill the special-grade cursed womb paintings Eso and Kechizu, with Nobara even using Black Flash after using Resonance to injure the curses. She fought through Shiegmo's blows and even succeeded in mortally wounding Mahito.
Unfortunately, since she was incapacitated, she cannot be rated any higher.
17) Kento Nanami
A grade 1 jujutsu sorcerer with plenty of skill and power behind him who hates working overtime, Kento Nanami went into being a salaryman rather than a fulltime jujutsu sorcerer.
He has been on call ever since and got occasionally called in more than once. As Yuji's mentor, he was a prime example of what a Grade 1 jujutsu sorcerer should be.
He was able to contend with special-grade curses like Dagon and Mahito, even suffering a blow to his soul with no real side effects. He beat down Shigemo and forced Miracle to work overtime to keep Shigemo alive.
He likewise was able to keep up with Dagon and kill the killer fish curses inside the domain.
Even after suffering Jogo's flames during Jujutsu Kaisen's Shibuya Incident, he was able to kill a swarm of transfigured humans before Mahito killed him.
16) Mei Mei
Another Grade 1 sorcerer, Mei Mei is obsessed with the value life has to her and is strong enough to prove it. In her youth, it was said that if a mission ran long and Mei Mei was involved, it was a problem.
Mei Mei originally believed herself to be born with a weak innate technique but trained physically to make up for it.
This results in an extremely powerful foe to anyone who crosses her path. Not only was she able to defeat the semi-grade 1 curse user Niiji Ebina, but she was also able to escape The Smallpox Deity's attack and kill it with Ui Ui's aid. Her bird strike technique has only ever been survived by Gojo.
She's acknowledged as crafty and strong by both Kenjaku and Gojo.
15) Mahito
One of the most sadistic, childish, and annoyingly resilient of the Disaster Curses for refusing to die, Mahito has survived more than one thing being thrown at him throughout Jujutsu Kaisen. He's survived Nanami and Yuji double-teaming him, Ultimate Mechamaru, and even Sukuna twice.
Mahito is pretty powerful due to his innate technique of attacking people's souls. During the Shibuya Incident, he was able to transfigure over 1,000 humans without rest, kill Mechamaru at full power, kill an already wounded Nanami, blow the side of Nobara's head open, and survive against Yuji and Todo.
Mahito was absorbed by Kenjaku but managed to wreak plenty of chaos before that.
14) Choso
The last of the Death Womb Paintings and currently on the jujutsu sorcerer's side, the blood mage Choso proved himself to be no fool during the Shibuya Incident.
Able to incapacitate and nearly kill Yuji, Choso shows up again near the end of the arc to fight off Kenjaku but is frozen by Uraume.
In the arcs following, Choso would continue proving his worth. Even after being frozen, Piercing Blood pierced Uraume and poisoned them. Choso was able to defeat Naoya Zenin and force Kenjaku to focus on fighting him instead of killing him in one shot.
He likewise survived that encounter with Kenjaku whereas Yuki was forced into a lethal last stand.
13) Aoi Todo
When it comes to pure physical power, nobody on the jujutsu sorcerer side has Aoi Todo beat. He was able to show off his stuff during the Kyoto Goodwill Event, able to not only dominate Yuji but also last a long time against Hanami and help Yuji against Mahito later on in the Shibuya Incident.
He holds a record for curses slain during Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and didn't even need to use his innate technique, and continued to prove himself afterward. He hasn't been mentioned since the Shibuya Incident, as his technique requires both hands to clap and he lost a hand there.
He's still in that range of Grade 1 despite having not been seen since.
12) Megumi Fushiguro
The third among the main cast of Jujutsu Kaisen possesses plenty of strengths that should not go unheeded. Aside from his ultimate shikigami summon Mahoraga, Megumi mainly uses the Ten Shadows technique to his advantage to compensate for his average melee skills in the beginning.
As Jujutsu Kaisen moves on, however, it's clear Megumi gets progressively more intelligent and strong over time.
He's able to cut into Dagon's Domain to get everyone out, whereas not even Maki, Nanami, or Naobito were able to do that. He was able to contend with Sukuna more than once, and able to aid Yuji in defeating Jiro Awasaka and fight his reborn father to a standstill.
By the time of the Culling Game arc, he was able to defeat an entire group of powerful jujutsu sorcerers practically by himself.
11) Yuji Itadori
Yuji Itadori was already athletic and strong before he became a jujutsu sorcerer. He was able to contain Sukuna, run really quick, and kick a curse and damage it as a regular human. Yuji has only grown in skill and strength since the start of Jujutsu Kaisen and continues to do so.
Yuji's strength is his own and is not totally attributed to Kenjaku or Sukuna. His Black Flashes have defeated Mahito even in his ultimate form, damaged Hanami, and killed Eso.
Yuji has, as of the Culling Game, been one of the first to hit Sukuna seriously and live through his counter punch and Malevolent Shrine.
He is up for fighting Sukuna alongside Higuruma as of Jujutsu Kaisen chapter 238. He's come a long way since the first episode, his only hindrance being a lack of defense against Domain Expansions.
10) Jogo
The "Mount Fuji head" curse, as Yuji once referred to him, is no slouch when it comes to power. Jogo's control over fire and lava is such that, when really angry, it affects the world around him and causes non-sorcerers to spontaneously combust.
Kenjaku considered Jogo about as powerful as 8 or 9 of Sukuna's fingers.
Jogo's domain expansion is an instant kill for even skilled sorcerers. Despite getting stomped by Gojo in his failed ambush, Jogo showed his prowess against Nanami, Maki, and Naobito Zenin by defeating all three in a matter of seconds. This came immediately after they had struggled against Dagon and Toji.
Sukuna even praised Jogo's strength, before killing him with a fire arrow in a clash that devastated Shibuya.
9) Suguru Geto
One of the four special-grade jujutsu sorcerers and the man who turned on jujutsu society, Suguru Geto was on the same path as Gojo to being a great jujutsu sorcerer before falling to darkness.
His cadre of abilities included collecting thousands of cursed spirits, and enough hand-to-hand experience to overpower Panda and duel Yuta and Rika at the same time with the Playful Cloud cursed tool.
He was considered one of the most powerful people in his prime due to manipulating thousands of curses at the same time and having immense curse energy. He could also cast overwhelmingly powerful attacks like Uzumaki that used over 4,000 curses.
That last one was a last-ditch effort against Yuta that ultimately failed.
8) Toji Fushiguro
For someone who got a hole punched through him when Gojo unlocked Hollow: Purple in Jujutsu Kaisen's Hidden Inventory arc, Toji Fushiguro doesn't play around when he gets serious.
The relatively short time the audience had with Toji showed that he was smart enough to let fodder curses and sorcerers wear down Gojo before going in to fight him, and was able to overwhelm Geto.
Granted, that was against a tired Gojo and a tired Geto. A better demonstration would be his revival in the Shibuya Incident, where he not only beat Ino down but killed Ogami and Dagon without much effort on his part.
He was considered an anomaly of a sort, much how Maki is currently.
7) Maki Zenin
Maki Zenin is a good example of systemic bias and oppression holding people back. Born with a severe lack of cursed energy and heavenly restriction, plus a bias against her from the Zenin Clan, Maki was forced into the Grade 4 category after defying their expectations and becoming a jujutsu sorcerer. However, this did not stop her one bit in either Jujutsu Kaisen 0 or the series proper.
Being able to move after taking the full brunt of Jogo's fire was one special feat, as it killed Naobito Zenin and led to Nanami's death. Being able to slay the entire Zenin clan following the Shibuya Incident was another impressive feat. She has become Toji's equal, if not his successor, following the Perfect Preparation arc.
She proved it in the Culling Game, as she was able to effortlessly kill a cursed Naoya and keep up with the Sukuna-possessed Megumi.
6) Kinji Hakari
The second student to be recognized as extremely strong by Satoru Gojo, Kinji Hakari was known for having attitude problems during his time at Jujutsu High.
The subsequent suspension he received caused him to open a Jujutsu fight club. He's an anti-authority type, but very strong in jujutsu sorcery and with his own set of techniques.
During jujutsu kaisen's Culling game arc, Kinji was able to triumph over Kashimo, who is widely considered one of the best jujutsu sorcerers in the Culling Game. His hand-to-hand surpasses Yuji and he would've defeated Charles in pure physical prowess. His domain being extreme luck is an X factor, making him nearly invulnerable if he gets a Jackpot.
The only reason why he's not above Yuta is the time limit and Yuta's wider technique collection.
5) Yuta Okkotsu
One of the few special-grade jujutsu sorcerers and protagonist of Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Yuta started off much like Yuji only in a worse position. He had no knowledge of jujutsu or sorcery and, unlike Yuji, didn't have an athlete's background to give him a start. So, why is he up so high on this list?
Yuta was recognized as the second-greatest sorcerer in modern times after Gojo. He was born with one of the largest reserves of Cursed Energy ever recorded, knows the Reverse Curse technique, his innate technique lets him unconditionally copy other innate techniques and he has an extremely powerful special grade cursed spirit, Rika, as his guardian entity.
This makes him arguably one of the strongest in the jujutsu sorcerer's side, surpassed only by Yuki and Gojo.
4) Yuki Tsukumo
The title of strongest woman alive doesn't even begin to describe Yuki Tsukumo's abilities. As one of the special-grade jujutsu sorcerers in Jujutsu Kaisen, she has a massive amount of cursed energy and quite a few aces up her sleeve. She not only trained Aoi Todo, but is above Yuji, Nanami, the young Gojo, and Geto.
The only reason why she isn't in the top three has to do with her appearances. She appears all of four times in the series proper: once in the Hidden Inventory arc, and then in the story from the end of the Shibuya Incident to the Culling Game arc as one of Tengen's bodyguards.
While she had a showstopping fight against Kenjaku, including using black holes, many fans were outraged at her death after so few appearances.
3) Kenjaku
It would be proper to include one of Jujutsu Kaisen's main villains in the top five. Kenjaku is an enigma of a character, being a rather strong sorcerer himself but more of a parasite than anything else.
His powers are the result of absorbing countless people and masquerading as them, including Noritoshi Kamo and Suguru Geto.
His accomplishments are many by the time of Jujutsu Kaisen chapter 239. He possessed Suguru Geto's body, sealed Gojo, knocked Choso out several times, fought Yuki, and made her use up all her energy in a last-ditch effort to kill him and survived that.
While not being focused on now, Kenjaku will have to be dealt with eventually.
2) Satoru Gojo
The one over heaven and above all of Jujutsu Kaisen's heroes and jujutsu sorcerers, Satoru Gojo comes in near the top of the list. Second place isn't bad, considering he's dead by this point.
Blessed with the Six Eyes and Limitless technique, Gojo was considered an absolute menace to curse users and cursed spirits.
The strongest sorcerer alive has plenty to back that up. He killed strong opponents and special-grade curses like Hanami and Toji, sent the Ogami family scurrying like rats as a kid, and required months of planning to seal.
Even though Sukuna killed him, it took every ounce of thought and several unorthodox techniques like cutting the world and having Mahoraga adapt to everything to do so.
Even with all that, Sukuna nearly died several times over and respected Gojo for that.
1) Sukuna
Admittedly, putting Sukuna over Gojo almost feels like cheating. Many fans already feel that his victory over Gojo was cheating likewise, since it involves techniques never before seen until that point.
Still, Sukuna achieved victory over both Gojo and Kashimo and is now unquestionably the strongest character in Jujutsu Kaisen.
Even before possessing Megumi, Sukuna was already a problem even when sealed in Yuji's body. He was able to kill special-grade curses with barely any movement, kill curses like Jogo and his mere presence brain-fried Mahito, destroy almost two city blocks worth of people, and consider all that barely worth any effort.
Controlling Megumi has only made him worse, doubling all the death and havoc he's wreaked since the Shibuya Incident.
Thus ends the list of the 20 strongest Jujutsu Kaisen characters, ranked based on their strength. Before this ends, a comment must be made on the series proper.
The series has shown that even the supposed strongest character can die if the villain, or hero, outwits them. This is a constant in new shonen anime like Demon Slayer or Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
In other words, just because one happens to hold the title of "the strongest alive" doesn't make them invincible. Some Jujutsu Kaisen theorists and fans will do well to remember this, as characters have encountered Sukuna and other powerful people and lived to tell the tale. Likewise, just because Gojo is out of the picture doesn't mean hope is gone.
