Character

Yuta Okkotsu

乙骨憂太

Yuta Okkotsu is the main protagonist of Jujutsu Kaisen's prequel series Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Jujutsu High. 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 is currently a second-year student at Jujutsu High. He was studying overseas until after the Shibuya Incident. Yuta is a young man of average size with disheveled black hair and dark blue eyes. His body language makes it easy to tell that Yuta is very stressed. His posture is very unconfident and his eyes have dark spots under due to lack of sleep. At his old school, Yuta wore a suit for their uniform. For casual wear, Yuta sports a long-sleeve shirt that stops at his forearms, or a black t-shirt, and dark green pants. After transferring to Tokyo Jujutsu High, Yuta received a specialized uniform. Yuta has a loose white jacket with sleeves that stop at his forearms. The rest of his uniform appears to be the usual Jujutsu High dark colors and he also often carries his sword on his back. Yuta was a very timid and lonely boy who was bullied a lot growing up. Due to Rika haunting much of his early life, Yuta was unable to make connections 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. Even so, Yuta genuinely cared about other people and decided to isolate himself from them even if it means remaining alone. Maki called Yuta out for being a moody kid who's lived his entire life without goals. He acknowledged that this was true and used her advice to gain a resolve for being a Jujutsu Sorcerer. This helps Yuta realize that deep down he truly desires the confidence to feel like he belongs. While his timid nature stays intact, Yuta slowly begins to become more social and interact with others normally. Even after early signs of improvement, Yuta still struggled to understand someone like Toge. He was initially scared of Toge until he realized how kind of a person he truly is and made an effort to establish a friendly connection. Gaining friends helps Yuta gain confidence in himself and establish the goal to help set Rika free. He felt responsible for her turning into a curse in the first place and worked extremely hard to find a way to help her. He pushed himself during training and took the words of all his friends and mentors to heart, showing a more determined side of himself. At his core, Yuta wants to become someone who can help keep others out of danger. Against Suguru Geto, Yuta showed the darkest side of himself. Geto hurt Yuta's only friends, and the young man was more than willing to kill him for it. Yuta's rage allowed him to even command Rika's power at will. He was even willing to sacrifice his life to use Rika to kill Geto in order to avenge his friends, the only people who give him the confidence to continue living.