Yuji Itadori is a lean, muscular teenager with spiky pink undercut hair and piercing light brown eyes. His initial wardrobe features a light-colored hooded jacket and casual attire, later replaced by a modified Jujutsu High uniform: a black gakuran layered over a red hoodie, paired with black pants and crimson shoes. When Ryomen Sukuna overtakes his body, temporary emergence of additional eyes and inky black markings manifest, vanishing once the ancient curse departs. Post-Shibuya Incident scars—a vertical line between his brows and a jagged cut across his mouth—mark encounters with Mahito. Strategic sacrifices and Sukuna’s interventions later claim his left pinky and ring fingers. Raised in Sendai by his grandfather Wasuke, Yuji internalizes ideals of selflessness and securing a "proper death" for others. Fragmented memories linger of parents Jin Itadori and Kaori Itadori, the latter’s body usurped by Kenjaku. To protect Megumi Fushiguro and classmates from a curse, he swallows Sukuna’s finger, binding himself as the curse’s vessel. Honor-bound to consume all 20 fingers for Sukuna’s eradication, he joins Tokyo Jujutsu High under Satoru Gojo’s tutelage, training alongside Megumi and Nobara Kugisaki. Yuji’s moral code, anchored in a profound respect for life, compels him to spare humans unless forced. Outgoing and quick-witted, he forges bonds effortlessly, though trauma from Sukuna’s rampages and allies’ deaths—Kento Nanami, Nobara Kugisaki—steels his demeanor. Post-Shibuya, he frames himself as a disposable "cog" in jujutsu’s machinery, prioritizing pragmatism over self-worth. His hatred for Mahito and Sukuna fuels an unrelenting drive to destroy them, even at personal peril. Yet he later questions rigid fatalism, asserting that life’s value exists independent of death’s dignity. Preternatural physicality grants Yuji superhuman strength, speed, and reflexes—evading supersonic strikes, sprinting 50 meters in three seconds. He merges Taido martial arts with cursed energy, deploying techniques like Divergent Fist and Black Flash. As Sukuna’s vessel, he resists toxins and perceives souls, countering Mahito’s Idle Transfiguration. Post-Shibuya training unlocks Blood Manipulation via Choso, Reverse Cursed Technique healing, and Simple Domain barriers. A latent Domain Expansion later awakens, channeling childhood memories into a restorative space targeting souls. Key bonds include a brotherly tie to Choso, linked through Kenjaku’s experimentation, and mentorship from Aoi Todo, who sharpens his combat instincts. His rapport with Megumi shifts from wary allies to inseparable comrades, while Sukuna’s possession of Megumi escalates their rivalry. Determined to liberate Megumi and annihilate Sukuna, Yuji consumes cursed objects, trains with Yuta Okkotsu to replicate Sukuna’s techniques, and navigates Kenjaku’s Culling Game, confronting inherited legacies while clinging to his creed of salvation amid cascading tragedies.