Hanami emerges as a special grade cursed spirit born from humanity's collective fear of forests and land-based natural disasters. This origin forges a deep connection with nature, fundamentally shaping their motivations and powers. Achieving physical manifestation after gaining consciousness from concentrated cursed energy focused on terrestrial fears, Hanami allied with fellow disaster curses Jogo, Dagon, and Mahito, each embodying different natural phenomena.
Physically, Hanami presents a towering, muscular form clad in tan skin etched with black, fissure-like lines. Their head resembles a helmet featuring exposed teeth and no visible mouth. Branch-like protrusions extend upward from their eye sockets, serving as sensory organs and a critical vulnerability. A large flower blooms from their left shoulder, accentuating their botanical essence. Typical attire consists of loose black pants secured by a white sash and a white cloth draped over their left arm, which, when uncovered, reveals an entirely black limb with white fingers.
Personality reveals a contemplative and reserved nature compared to other cursed spirits. Hanami operates under the conviction that humanity's exploitation necessitates eradication to restore ecological balance. While acknowledging rare human kindness toward nature, they deem human existence ultimately incompatible with the Earth's well-being. This drives their alliance with the disaster curses to eliminate humans and establish cursed spirits as the dominant species. Despite this calm exterior, Mahito's influence gradually awakens a capacity for visceral enjoyment in combat, especially during intense battles.
Hanami's core abilities revolve around plant manipulation via their innate technique, Disaster Plants. This enables generation and control of flora using cursed energy, creating constructs or enhancing existing vegetation. Key techniques include: Roots for offense, defense, or mobility; Wooden Ball spheres firing spikes or acting as platforms; parasitic Cursed Bud seeds absorbing cursed energy; Flower Field flowers sapping opponents' will; and Offering Flowers, channeling cursed energy through their left arm for high-powered blasts.
As a special grade curse, Hanami possesses immense durability, rapid regeneration, enhanced strength, and exceptional stealth—capable of evading even Satoru Gojo's Six Eyes. Their Domain Amplification neutralizes opposing techniques on contact. Their unrevealed Domain Expansion, *Shining Sea of Growing Branches*, appears in non-canonical media as an environment guaranteeing plant-based attacks.
Hanami first appears aiding Jogo against Gojo, deploying Flower Field to distract and facilitate Jogo's escape. Later, they spearhead the assault on Jujutsu High during the Kyoto Goodwill Event, breaching barriers and battling students Megumi Fushiguro, Toge Inumaki, and Noritoshi Kamo. During this raid, Hanami articulates their philosophy of protecting nature through human extinction. The conflict culminates in a fierce clash with Yuji Itadori and Aoi Todo, where Hanami nearly activates their Domain Expansion before Gojo intervenes, obliterating half their body with Hollow Technique: Purple.
In the Shibuya Incident, Hanami joins Jogo and Choso to ambush Gojo. Utilizing Domain Amplification to bypass Gojo's Infinity technique proves fatal when deactivated: Gojo rips out their eye branches, crippling their abilities, and crushes them against a wall using Limitless. Hanami's demise occurs off-screen, later appearing in an afterlife sequence with Jogo and Dagon, expressing hope for curses' eventual rebirth.
Hanami shares a notably close bond with Jogo, risking their life to save him and demonstrating mutual respect. Relationships with Mahito and Dagon remain more transactional, united by shared objectives rather than deep camaraderie. Hanami views all humans and jujutsu sorcerers as existential threats to their vision of a curse-dominated world.