Who is Gege Akutami in Jujutsu Kaisen?

Last Modified Oct 26, 2023 16:56 GMT

Gege Akutami is one of the biggest manga story creators and artists the anime world has ever seen. He has created multiple events including one of the biggest and highest selling stories Jujutsu Kaisen. He has been one of the most prominent storytellers of the modern era and has given us various mind bending plots to wrap our heads around.

In this article, we will delve into the background, history, and personal background of our beloved writer. Do note that this information has been curated through various news platforms available online.

Background

Gege Akutami is a Japanese manga artist, who was born on February 26, 1992. While "Gege Akutami" is the writer's professional name, as of 2023, nobody knows his full name. Born in Iwate Prefecture, Japan the writer got interested in creating manga at a very young age. It was claimed that he was inspired by Tite Kubo's work in Bleach. It was also revealed that Gege was impressed with manga like Hunter × Hunter and Neon Genesis Evangelion, which ignited his fire to write alongside Yasuhiro Kanō as an assistant in Kiss x Death during his early years.

Work

Who is Gege Akutami in Jujutsu Kaisen?
Gojo, as seen in the anime. (Credit: MAPPA)

Gege Akutami has released multiple projects from the time he entered the zone of a manga writer. He has worked on projects like Kamishiro Sousa which was a One-shot published in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump Next! during 2014. Later he worked on No.9 in 2015 and was also released in weekly Shōnen Jump. Later in 2016 he worked on a manga called Nikai Bongai Barabarujura which was released in One-shot published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

After that it was in 2017 when Gege Akutami released his manga Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School which was published and serialized in Shueisha's Jump GIGA platform. After its success, Gege started his most successful manga series called Jujutsu Kaisen. The writer aired his first chapter in 2018 and has been working on the story till date. Being one of the most popular stories of all time, Jujutsu Kaisen was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Relationship and Personal Life

As mentioned earlier, we know that Gege Akutami is the writer's professional name and he has not revealed his real name on any online sources. The writer is quite secretive of his personal life and has done an excellent job in keeping things hidden and protected from the online platform. Due to this currently there is no information available about Gege's family, friends or wife on any platforms.

FAQs

A. Gege Akutami is one of the biggest manga stories creators and artists the anime world has ever seen.

A. Gege Akutami was born on February 26, 1992 in Japan. 

A. Gege Akutami has worked on various manga series such as Kamishiro Sousa, No.9, Nikai Bongai Barabarujura, Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School and Jujutsu Kaisen.

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