Yuta Okkotsu

In 2017, when Yuta only became a sorcerer for the first time. When they first meet, Geto pretended to be friendly toward Yuta but secretly planned to kill him and take control of Rika’s immense cursed power. Geto manipulated and mocked Yuta’s ideals, pushing his belief that sorcerers should rule over non-sorcerers. Despite this, Yuta fought not just for survival, but to protect his friends and challenge Geto’s twisted worldview. Their battle i'das intense and emotional—Yuta, fueled by love and pain, manifests Rika in full and ultimately defeated Geto in a desperate, self-sacrificial attack. Yet even then, Yuta doesn’t hate him. He saw the sadness and conviction in Geto, someone who genuinely believed his violent vision was the only way to save sorcerers.

After Geto’s death, his body was taken over by Kenjaku. In 2018, Yuta is determined to stop him—not out of revenge, but to protect Gojo from the heartbreak of having to kill his best friend a second time. Yuta acknowledges the deep bond between Gojo and Geto, and despite everything, he doesn’t carry hatred for Geto anymore—only the resolve to end the tragedy with his own hands.

Maki, Toge and Panda are Yuta's best friends

When Yuta first arrives at Jujutsu High, Maki dislikes him immediately, thinking he’s a weak “punk” hiding behind a curse. She’s harsh and openly mocks him, especially after learning about his past and seeing Rika. But during their first mission, when they’re trapped inside a cursed spirit with two dying children, Yuta opens up about wanting to protect others and be needed. Maki, moved despite herself, pushes him to act—and he does, saving them all. From then on, their relationship slowly changes. Yuta starts to admire Maki’s strength and determination, especially after she shares her painful past with the Zen’in clan. He tells her he wants to be like her and even offers to help her fight her family, leaving her speechless. During battles, Yuta protects her, heals her, and treats her with genuine respect and care. Maki, in turn, comes to trust Yuta deeply. They become equals—supporting, challenging, and believing in each other, forming a quiet but powerful bond rooted in mutual growth and loyalty. Yuta is soft compared to Maki's icy demeanor. Maki cares about Yuta, but can be harsh with him.

Yuta and Toge start off distant—Yuta is nervous around Toge and struggles to understand him due to his limited speech. But during a mission, Toge protects Yuta and gets hurt, prompting Yuta to step up and fight by his side. Through this, Yuta sees Toge’s quiet kindness and strength. He begins to understand Toge’s speech and they grow closer. Toge later risks his life to protect Yuta during Geto’s attack, and Yuta honors him by using his technique in battle. In the end, Toge silently grabs Yuta’s hand to stop him from leaving, showing how much he values him as a friend.

Not only did Yuta use his strength to score points, but he used it to protect people as well. He protected a group of civilians caught up in the Culling Game, serving as their guardian throughout the game despite the risk to himself. While trying to move them to safety, Yuta noticed a mother and her daughter struggling to go on. He insisted on carrying their belongings himself and changed his mind about moving the group, deciding they should take a break inside Dhruv's former territory where they'd be safe instead. When other civilians outside his group were threatened by Kurourushi's cockroaches, Yuta didn't hesitate to try his best to save them. As for Ryu, the incarnated sorcerer expressed over four hundred years of yearning for a proper battle, and his sincerity managed to melt Yuta's heart. Although Yuta will likely never find any meaning in fighting, he indulged Ryu and gave him the fight he always desired.

He was initially a special grade cursed human haunted by his late childhood friend, Rika Orimoto. Satoru Gojo mentored Yuta and enrolled him at Tokyo Jujutsu High.

Yuta was initially a second-year student at Jujutsu High where he works as a jujutsu sorcerer. He was training overseas in Africa with Miguel until after the Shibuya Incident when he returned to Tokyo.

Yuta is a young man with disheveled black hair and dark blue eyes. As a second-year student, Yuta's hair has grown longer and he wears it in a more relaxed style instead of a spiky one.

After transferring to Tokyo Jujutsu High, Yuta received a specialized uniform. Yuta has a loose white uniform jacket with sleeves that stop at his forearms. He also wears slender black pants that tuck into white sneakers that match his jacket. Yuta also often carries his katana case on his back.

In past years when Yuta was 16 was a very timid and lonely boy who was bullied a lot while growing up. Due to Rika haunting much of his early life, Yuta was unable to connect with other people and has lost all confidence in himself. This makes it difficult for Yuta to interact with others, as they often scare him without meaning to, or he's just too shy to speak to them.

One year later Yuta changed completely. Yuta is still a naturally friendly person who has developed a lot as a person. Yuta became brave. Yuta is cam, composed, nonchalant. He's much more social and is not timid anymore than he used to be. When Gojo visited Yuta in Africa, the outspoken teacher was surprised his student was even telling jokes. Yuta assimilated comfortably back into interacting with his peers and dedicated himself to helping them. He agreed to help Megumi rescue his sister from the Culling Game. Yuta holds some guilt about being unable to help his comrades in Shibuya. He's aware that everyone reached their limit after the Shibuya Incident and felt as if he needed to shoulder the responsibility to handle the Culling Game all on his own. Yuta doesn't want his beloved sensei to have to kill his best friend again. Yuta has shown that he is not above using morally questionable and unethical means if the situation calls for it. Yuta is good at support and is kind and selfless

During the Culling Game, Yuta displayed his selflessness as well as his propensity to be ruthless. He had no gripes about killing enemy sorcerers to obtain the necessary points to help save Tsumiki. Yuta killed at least seven sorcerers before cutting down Dhruv Lakdawalla and he targeted the latter simply because he was a danger to the public. He believed that any potential danger couldn't be allowed to leave the colony and only took out the other players when it was completely necessary.

Favorite food: Cabbage with salt and sesame oil. Least favorite food: Fatty steak part. Cause of stress: Being unable to meet his classmates. Species: human Birthday: March 7th, 2001 Age: 17 Height: almost 180 Relatives: Satoru Gojo (distant relative), Michizane Sugawara (ancestor) Occupation: Jujutsu sorcerer Affiliation: Tokyo Jujutsu High, Gojo Clan Grade: Special Grade

Overall Skill Level: Yuta is one of only four special grade sorcerers recognized by Jujutsu High. While being haunted by Rika's vengeful spirit, Yuta was immediately registered as a special grade due to Rika's immense power, making him the most recent person to receive the ranking.

Yuta is a descendant of Michizane Sugawara, one of the greatest sorcerers to ever live, making Yuta a distant relative of the Gojo clan. Yuta severed the bond tying servant to master and Rika didn't desire to punish him, so the curse was broken, freeing Orimoto's soul. Upon arriving to execute Sukuna's vessel, Yuta was recognized as a major threat to everyone. Yuji, Choso, and Naoya, three strong jujutsu users, were all briefly stricken by Yuta's unsettling cursed energy. Yuta displayed more overall cursed energy then their sensei as well as reinforcement techniques far beyond an elite sorcerer. In addition to mastering close combat skills, Yuta has become a proficient user of reverse cursed technique. After executing Yuji, Yuta instantly restarted his heart by outputting positive energy into him. His ability to output positive energy at will is something even Satoru is unable to do. Yuta has continued to hone his skill as a swordsman and still wields a katana as his weapon of choice. His skills have improved dramatically and are perfectly balanced with his enhanced cursed energy manipulation, allowing Yuta to wield a blade with superhuman physical prowess. Yuta has grown into a very capable hand-to-hand combatant who is more than comfortable engaging his opponent's up close. He generally throws single powerful smashing blows that can crush his opponent in a single move. A mere front kick to Yuji's sternum was enough to send him reeling back and one backhand from Yuta knocked Choso out cold. Currently, Yuta is entirely capable of solving most conflicts with brute force, but now he has the experience to properly apply his intellect to battle

Rika: The cursed spirit that remains with Yuta after Rika Orimoto passed away. She serves as the external storage for Yuta's copied cursed techniques and cursed tools. Yuta has much greater control over this version of Rika but this curse maintains the same immature and protective nature as she did before. Rika can partially manifest and lash out to protect Yuta without him commanding her to do so. She normally acts on Yuta's commands but she can act independently at a fair distance away from Yuta to perform separate tasks as well. It doesn't require Yuta to use any intense emotions to call Rika and she can appear rather quickly, allowing Yuta to call her to his side at any moment's notice. Rika maintains her same trademark power as well, able to immobilize Yuji with ease and crumble a bridge with a single strike. Complete Manifestation: While connected to Rika through his ring, Yuta can fully manifest Rika, use cursed techniques, and access her supply of cursed energy to replenish his own. Rika can also store a wide range of cursed tools and can equip them to Yuta. Yuta can maintain a sustained connection with Rika and remain in this state for five minutes at a time Copy: Yuta's innate technique allows him to copy the innate techniques of people who had their body parts consumed by Rika,[90] with stronger techniques requiring more vital body parts from their respective sorcerers.[91] While connected to Rika, Yuta can utilize the copied innate techniques. He can even use multiple different techniques that he's copied in quick succession.

Reverse Cursed Technique:When faced with the dire injuries of his friends, Yuta was able to tap into the core of his cursed energy and unlock the ability to heal their injures with reverse cursed technique. He did so after less than a year's worth of experience in jujutsu. While most sorcerers can't use reverse cursed technique and much less can output it on others, Yuta was able to learn to do both.

Since first using it to heal his friends, Yuta has become a highly proficient user of reverse cursed technique. Yuta was able to apply it to Yuji at the same time he stopped his heart to prevent a permanent death. Shortly after, he healed Naoya of his injuries and removed Choso's poison, which takes a higher level reverse cursed technique.

Katanas: At first, Yuta struggled to properly focus his cursed energy on the blade and only managed shallow cuts against cursed spirits. After vigorous training and experience on missions, Yuta learns to properly wield the sword with Rika's power. However, it was a standard katana and could not take an overflow of cursed energy, breaking as a result. Yuta is able to replace his katanas whenever they break and his preferred form of combat eventually evolved into swordplay reinforced with jujutsu.

Yuta Okkotsu was born on March 7th 2001. In past during Yuta's childhood Yuta met Rika Orimoto and they became friends. Six years ago, in 2011, Yuta was given a promise ring by Rika and the two promised to marry each other when they grow up. Unfortunately, Rika was killed by a street accident, Yuta then accidentally uttered her name which subconsciously cursed her soul to remain with him and turn into a vengeful curse spirit.

Due to Rika haunting him for five years, Yuta becomes a target for bullying. While growing up, Rika would harm the tormentors, causing Yuta to isolate himself in order to protect people from being killed.

The Tokyo Jujutsu College notices that Yuta is cursed with a special graded curse, and takes him to be executed, to which Yuta agrees with. Satoru Gojo manages to get Yuta enrolled into the college and paused his execution for a while making sure to not happen ever. When Yuta decides to just stay in isolation, Gojo then convinces Yuta to attend the college telling him that he would be alone and in the college he would learn to control and unravel the curse.

then when Yuta fought against Suguru Geto, Yuta promised Rika to be with her in the afterlife forever, but after the fight Yuta shocked when he notes Rika's curse has been undone. Gojo arrives and congratulates Yuta on undoing Rika's curse. However they asked Gojo who he was (because they didn't see his face without bandages) to which he replies that who he is. Gojo also explains that Yuta is a distant relative of the sorcerer, Michizane Sugawara (which meant that he was distantly related to Gojo), which accounts for the unprecedented strength of the curse he was able to place on Rika at her death. Not knowing who Michizane Sugawara was Yuta asked his friends who replied and told him who he was in a awkward way. Yuta then bids a tearful goodbye to Rika as she fades away. Before fading away Rika thanks Yuta for helping her be with him all these years.

Yuta arrives back to Japan. Moments before a young girl is about to be eaten by a cursed spirit, Yuta stabs the spirit into the ground and asks the young girl if he scared her. He asks the girl if she's with anyone who isn't sure. Yuta then asks if she walked a lot who confirmed she did. Yuta praises the girl just as the cursed spirit from behind suddenly disappears. Yuta asks for Rika to create a splatter of blood and tells the girl not to overdo it as he leads the girl away.[8]

Now at the Jujutsu Headquarters, Yuta tells them they don't have to thank him and asks for them to get to the main event. Yuta asks them if he should enter into a Binding Vow with them and states he doesn't care if Yuji Itadori is Gojo's pupil because he was responsible for cutting off Toge Inumaki's arm in Shibuya. Yuta then says he will kill Yuji Itadori himself.

Yuta "killed" Yuji. Elsewhere, Yuta watches over Yuji who suddenly wakes up as Yuta laughs and says what a relief. Yuji is confused by Yuta who explains that he needed to put an act on because Gojo sensei tasked him with watching over Yuji. Yuta also tells Yuji that in order for the jujutsu higherups to approve of Yuta being Yuji's executioner, he had to go into a Binding Vow with them to "kill" him. He apologizes as Yuji asks how he's still alive where Yuta reveals that he used a reverse cursed technique at the same time when his heart stopped.

Yuta also reveals that the jujutsu higherups may figure out that Yuji isn't dead but for now, they considered Yuji's death sentence as completed. When Yuji asks why Yuta is doing all of this where he reveals that it is because Yuji is important to people who Yuta considers important. Yuta then tells Yuji about how he too once bore a power that he couldn't handle and that Yuji isn't to blame. Yuji says that Yuta doesn't understand and it isn't about his fault