Shiden Yagyu

Yuta Okkotsu (Distant Relative)
 Satoru Gojo (Distant Relative)
 Michizane Sugawara (Ancestor)

**Shiden Taira-no-Tokikuni Yagyu** (柳生紫電平時国 (やぎゅしでんたいらときくに), *Yagyū Shiden Taira-no-Tokikuni*?) is a special grade jujutsu sorcerer, widely recognized as the **World's Greatest Swordsman** (世界最強の剣士 (せかいさいきょのけんし), *Sekai Saikyō no Kenshi*?) and a second year student at Tokyo Jujutsu High School alongside Yuta Okkotsu, Toge Inumaki, Maki Zenin, and Panda. Renowned as the **Domain Killer** (領域殺し (りょいき ごろし), *Ryōiki Goroshi*?), he is the heir to the Yagyu clan, the clan's first ever **Sword Saint** (剣聖 (けんせい), *Kensei*?) and the first person to possess both eyes of the Eternal Eyes since the Sengoku period, four hundred years ago.

## Appearance

Shiden is a tall young man with a lean and muscular physique. He has brilliant emerald eyes, a biproduct of the Yagyu clan's Eternal Eyes. As a first year student he kept his indigo hair in a loose ponytail, but come his second year, he cuts it a bit shorter and changes to a swept back style.

Shiden's school uniform consists of a black red-lined shitagi, a dark blue coat with light neon blue serpentine patterns and three separated coattails with jujutsu high buttons, blue pants, purple suneate, and blue sneakers. When not in uniform he likes to wear sport jerseys and t-shirts.

While training for the Goodwill Event, Shiden wore a black vest with black pants and blue shoes.

### Gallery

Shiden as a first year student.Shiden while training.Shiden during his Maximum.
## Personality

On the surface, Shiden presents himself as a hardened warrior, cocky and headstrong, confident in his abilites. He can be incredibly flippant, casually mouthing off to even the most powerful of curses, behavioural patterns he has picked up from his father and Satoru Gojo. He also displays a fearless, almost disinterested attitude towards incredibly dangerous situations, such as when he showed more interest in finishing reading his manga than fight against a special grade during the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons. Despite his care-free, devil-may-care attitude, Shiden can be serious when the situation calls for it, but still maintains an overall laid-back demeanor during tense situations, and is never without a witty taunt or comeback. Beneath the surface, Shiden is well-intentioned and many who are close to him can see through the cracks in his hardened persona, recognizing he is softer deep down. As a result of coming from a family of famed Samurai, he is very passionate about the art of kenjutsu, and values honour and the old bushido way above everything else, possessing a very strong sense of justice, and prefers a fight fair. He can be counted on to pull through most situasions, even if he makes humorously cynical quips about it the entire time.

When not performing mission, Shiden likes to relax by doing activites considered slow and tidious. Thanks to his upbringing close to the imperial court, he knows when to be polite and when he can take a relaxed tone, though he only reserves his politeness for when speaking with someone of significantly higher social status than him, in practice non-jujutsu nobility and members of the Imperial Family. He harbours a dislike for the way the higher-ups in the Jujutsu world do things, a dislike he has picked up from Satoru Gojo.

Shiden holds special contempt for Naoya Zenin, and relishes in any situation when he can laud his special grade classification over the Zenin heir. This contempt comes a great part from Maki's stories as a child, but also stories from his older sister. This is exemplified best during the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, where he effortlessly exhibited the difference in ability, and threatened to kill every present member of the Hei, including Naoya himself.

## Abilities and Powers

**Overall Skill Level**: Shiden has honed his technique from childhood, becoming familiar with the intriquesies from a young age. From a combat perspective, Shiden is able to go to toe to toe with Yuta Okkotsu, being the only one the cursed child felt comfortable going all out with.

**Unparallelled Swordsman**: Recognised from an early age as a prodigy in kenjutsu, Shiden defeated one of his uncles, a master swordsman in his own right, as a seven-year-old, striking him in multiple areas across his body faster than the eye can process.

As scion to the prestigious Yagyu clan, Shiden is extremely skilled with a katana or any type of sword, having been granted the title of Sword Saint (剣聖 (けんせい), ***Sword Saint***?) at only fourteen years of age, and is the greatest swordsman currently working in the Jujutsu world. Shiden slashes extend over a massive range and often completely decimate everything around him. His cuts are always clean, devoid of any imperfections. Wielding the Yagyu Shinkage-Ryu in conjuction with his cursed techniques and tools makes him a formidable opponent. In addition to his mastery over the Yagyu Shinkage-Ryu, he is also skilled in Niten Ichi-ryu, Itto-ryu, Hokushin Ittō-ryū Hyōhō, Mugai-ryu, Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryu, Tennen Rishin-ryu, as well as New Shadow Style, and the Daki-kubi.

**Immense Speed & Reflexes**: By reinforcing his muscles' performance with cursed energy, Shiden is able to greatly increase his speed, agility, and maneuverability, outpacing Yuta and Hakari while brandishing a katana, and even able to keep up with Gojo for a time. He is extremely agile as well; able to jump to great heights or even balance himself on a flying projectile, as well as run up vertical walls. In addition, his agility allows him to perform amazing feats of acrobatics that easily surpass even the finest non-sorcerer acrobat. Through the use of his Eternal Eyes, Shiden is able to react with a speed that is matched only by Satoru Gojo.

    With the ability to see the world in a slow down state, there are very few things that can outlist Shiden when he gets serious. He is skilled enough to draw and cut so quickly it appears his katana is only partially unsheathed, to create a dry bubble by cutting raindrops from hitting the ground in a heavy downpour, and swings his sword fast enough that he can catch bullets and even launch them.

**Superior Precision & Technique**: Shiden is an extremely technical fighter whose vast knowledge of sword techniques gives him many options to exploit an opening in his opponent. His aim with his cursed technique is exeptional, almost always striking his intended target, and able to stop his attacks at a micrometre's breadth. Against opponents Shiden cannot wear down with his cursed technique alone, he calmy assess his situation and picks out a cursed tool that will suit the fight, then he bombards the opponent with superior sword skills and a torrent of swords.

### Jujutsu

**Immense Cursed Energy**: As expected from his special grade status, Shiden has a massive reserve of cursed energy at his disposal, possesing far larger volumes of cursed energy than even a grade 1 jujutsu sorcerer. He is exceptionally proficient at manipulating his cursed energy and his skills are befitting his rank. Shiden can easily switch between his innate technique, reverse cursed technique, and anti-domain techniques such as simple domain, or should the time call for it, the Timeless Eye.
His abilities are greatly enhanced thanks to his Eternal Eyes, the ace of the Yagyu clan.

Shiden is able to enhance his physical capabilities tremendously. His strength and agility are improved to such a degree that he can contend with Maki's Heavenly Restricted body. Every one of Shiden's attacks carries tremendous destructive force, giving him the opportunity to end a fight in a single strike, and his defense is so dense that it can restrict all incoming damage to a minimum.

Shiden can also fortify his body with cursed energy to make him extremely difficult to take down. He survive point blank gunshots, leap from the top of a building and crumble the side of the road from the impact without doing any damage to himself. Coupled with his ability to heal himself, Shiden comes off as near invulnerable to even the strongest assault.

**Black Flash** (黒閃 *Kokusen*): A technique that creates spatial distortion when a user connects with an impact of cursed energy within 0.000001 seconds of a physical hit. The phenomenon causes cursed power to flash black, creating a more potent attack to the power of 2.5 of a normal hit. Shiden currently holds the record of most consecutive uses of Black Flash. His classmates claim it as a fluke, while Shiden attributes the feat to his Eternal Eyes.

**Reverse Cursed Technique** (反 (はん)転 (てん)術 (じゅつ)式 (しき), *Hanten Jutsushiki*?): Shiden is one of few sorcerers able to utilize reverse cursed energy to heal himself. To unlock reverse cursed energy, Shiden watched a fingerbearer perform it, in addition he performed two black flashes in a row, furthering his comprehension of cursed energy. Having unlocked reverse cursed technique, Shiden uses it to access the full length of abilities his cursed technique possesses.

**Mirage Blade** (蜃気楼剣 (しんきろけん), *Shinkirōken*?): Shiden's innate technique lets him create ethereal blades that he controls with his mind. By channeling his cursed energy through his soul, Shiden essentially creates mini Split Soul Katana he can fire like piercing projectiles. Shiden can control every properity of his blades, including their sharpness, speed, tangibility, toughness, and the manner they disappear, exploding with cursed energy or calmly fizzling out. It is an extremely efficent technique, requiring very little cursed energy to create a handful of blades. While effective as a long-range attack, they're also capable of binding enemies. Masamichi Yaga described it as a relentless technique, as foes trapped in a storm of these blades will find no reprieve, only death.

**Maximum Cursed Energy Output: Mirage Blades Barrage** (出力最大 (しゅつりょくさいだい)「蜃気楼剣弾幕 (しんきろけんだんまく)」, *Shutsuryoku Saidai・Shinkirōken Danmaku*?): A highly amplified version of Mirage Blades unleashed when its been charged to its full power in order to achieve maximum cursed energy output. This produces a large number of Mirage Blades, numbering in the hundreds, sometimes even thousands that Shiden fires at his enemies.

**Spiral Blades** (渦状剣 (かじょけん), *Kajōken*?): Shiden summons up to eight blades at once, spinning them in a ring around him that acts as a shield. They will remain around Shiden until he releases the technique, at which point they shoot out from him in every direction. This technique can also be applied to an enemy, except then the blades will point inwards towards the target. They will remain around the target until Shiden releases the technique, at which point they attack all at once, skewering the target.

**Grim Blades** (惨い剣 (むごいけん), *Mugoiken*?): Shiden sends a singular blade into his target, marking it. Then, as the target essentially has Shiden's soul stuck to it, Shiden repairs his soul, transporting him to his target. Though it is not instant, it is extremely quick. Should he have several targets marked, he can pick and choose his destination.

**Soul Edge: Heavencutter** (霊剣 (れいけん)「天切 (あまぎり)」, *Reiken・Amagiri*?): An extension technique of Soul Edge that releases highly condensed cursed energy at the tip of the blade, which, magnifying the slash attack, flies forward. This slash takes the form of a crescent moon or the shape of a wave. Heavencutter is a powerful technique with great force, capable of causing large-scale damage and destruction, and as it is an extension of Soul Edge and Mirage Edge, will strike the soul directly.

**Maximum: Shadow Soul** (極 (ごく)ノ (の)番 (ばん)「星 (ほし)影魂 (かげたま)」, *Gokunoban・Kagetama*?): Shiden's maximum technique lets him summon an ethereal copy of himself, essentiall shaping his soul instead of a blade. The copy can use every technique he can, and either copy his every move or fight completely independently from Shiden should he wish. It can even activate Shiden's Domain Expansion, but doing so will expel the clone. For the duration of the technique, Shiden's clothes lose ther colour.

**Uncertainty** (不確定 (ふ かくてい), *Fu Kakutei*?): A Binding Vow Shiden has opposed onto himself. Shiden forces his blades to adhere to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, so their sharpness is decreased if Shiden wishes to amplify their speed even further than the standard technique allows. At full effect, Mirage Blades becomes blunt weapons, unable to cut anything. In exchange for this lowered ability to cut, the speed attained by these blades rises to relativistic, making his attacks the fastest of any sorcerer, though he must charge up first, and if the blade were to move over 40% of lightspeed, he has to recite the technique's incantation: "**Divine Gate.**" "**Rupture.**" "**Beginning and End.**" (〝神 (かみ)の門 (もん)〟〝破裂 (はれつ)〟〝発端 (ほったん)にして終焉 (しゅえん)〟, *"Kami no Mon" "Haretsu" "Hottan nishite Shūen"*?). He used this Binding Vow to great effect to escape from Sukuna in Shibuya, firing a blade at 80% of lightspeed to wound the King of Curses and escape before he was able to react.

**Domain Killer** (領域殺し (りょいき ごろし), *Ryōiki Goroshi*?): Shiden does like his forefathers before him and uses a binding vow that restricts his use of the cursed tecnique innate to the Timeless Eyes to make the eye an anti-domain technique that only work inside Domain Expansions. In exchange the technique automatically activates when the Eternal Eyes detects the automatic hit of a domain. Subsenquently he can decide to use the technique at will should he want to if the Domain lacks a sure hit effect. However, the Domain Killer vow will not allow the activation of the Timeless Eyes if the sure-hit effect is supressed due to a domain-clash, nor will it allow the activation within the user's own domain. After having used the technique, he cannot use it again for a week.

**Curtain** (帳 (とばり), *Tobari*?) : Shiden can create a barrier that surrounds a certain area. The barrier can seal the area off from other people or a specific person wanting to get in. He is notoriously unhappy with his curtains, and would much rather dump the resbonsibility of making one onto someone else.

**New Shadow Style: Simple Domain** (シン・陰 (かげ)流 (りゅう)　簡 (かん)易 (い)領 (りょう)域 (いき), *Shin Kageryū: Kan'i Ryōiki*?): An anti-domain technique Shiden can use to resist the can't-miss attack of any domain targeting him. Despite knowing how to erect a simple domain, Shiden very rarely uses the skill as his binding vow protects him automatically should he enter a domain.

**Batto Sword Drawing** (抜刀 (ばっとう), *Battō*?) is a New Shadow Style technique that allows the user to strike with their sword at incredibly fast speeds. As a master swordsman, Shiden felt it was only proper to master the New Shadow Style as well. When using the technique, it is said that Shiden draws too fast for the eye to register.

**Dimensional Sword Drawing** (居合 (いあい)「次元斬 (じげんざん)」, *Iai・Jigenzan*?): An iai-sword drawing that is the personal creation of Shiden. It is thought by Atsuya Kusakabe to be the peak of the New Shadow Style. Shiden extends his simple domain as far as he can, incorporating a binding vow to make the domain encompass an area five times as large as the normal size, but as a result, lessening the technique's ability to counter Domain Expansions. With the simple domain outstreched, Shiden assumes a iai stance. Then he unsheaths his sword and slashes his enemies with tremendous speed, cleaving the air itself while he dashes around the area encroached by the domain with such speed that he appears at multiple places at once. Then he sheates his sword again, and the enemies succumbs to the cuts.

**Wargod's Final Vista** (武神終景 (ぶしん しゅけい), *Bushin Shūkei*?): Shiden's domain creates an grassy open space on the bank of the Sanzu River, with Red Spider Lilies streching out as far as the eye can see, with a partial eclipse in the sky, and rows of Mirage Blades floating just above each other and circle around Shiden and his opponent in a continuously moving, column-like array. On activation, one sword will drop to each individual inside the domain, which will cause the sure hit effect to target Shiden instead if he his touched three times by a singular sword. However, he may at any time activate the sure hit effect himself, so the rule is simply there to give him some excitement and give the target some hope. For the sure-hit attack, the swords fly towards their target all at once, impaling them with thousands of swords. As his skill with the Domain increases, so does the amount of swords.

**Eternal Eyes** (不変眼 (ふへんがん), *Fuhengan*?): The Eternal eyes is a visual jujutsu innate to the Yagyu clan. The Eternal Eyes are derived from the Six Eyes, but with some major differences. The Eternal Eyes can be deactivated, nor is it locked to one user at a time. The Eternal Eyes is the most common cursed technique in the Yagyu clan. The Eternal Eyes come in two different variation, with a 99-1 percent distrubution within the clan. Having both eyes is extremely rare.

* **Timepeering Eyes** (時間を見て眼 (じかのみてがん), *Jikanomitegan*?): The most common configuration of the Eternal Eyes, the Timepeering Eyes take on the appearance of an emerald eye with a ruby pupil and four ruby tomoe in the cardinal directions on the iris. It allows the user to percieve the world in a slow downed state, and precisely gauge the time for cursed energy and cursed techniques to be released. The amount time is slowed and the precision of the timing of techniques depend on the user's skill and cursed energy. When used by an extremely skilled user, it is in theory possible to increase the chances to land a Black Flash. Shiden has the Timepeering eye in his left eye.

* **Timeless Eyes** (無時刻眼 (むじこくがん), *Mujikokugan*?): The Timeless Eyes is the less common variation of the Eternal Eyes, and is a closely guarded secret only known to the heads of the Three Major Clans, and a few others. It is considered to be the strongest of the two Eternal Eyes. It takes on the appearence of an emerald coloured eye with a ruby hourglass. Though it is very strong, its strength comes with a massive drawback: A single use without a binding vow in place will leave the user permanently blind and unable to use the technique more than once. It allows the user to halt the flow of time completely, and entierly. Only the user is able to act within his world of stopped time. The world within stopped time allows a user to bypass the Infinity of Limitless, as they technically possess infinite speed. This is the major contributing factor for the Gojo clan's close bonds with the Yagyu clan. The user can move their own body freely along with any object they touches that they wishes to move, allowing them to strike their defenseless enemies without any fear of retaliation. All force the user applies while time is stopped continues to exist after time resumes. Any objects thrown or projectile's launched will therefore momentarily move during the stopped time before grinding to a halt, and then regaining its initial momentum once time starts moving again. Since there is no gravity when time stands still, the user can float, moving about freely as he wishes. The technique will penetrate through any and all Domain walls, regardless of if it was cast from within a sepearate Domain or not, and as such will halt the flow of time everywhere. The duration of the stop varies, depending on the matter of its activation and the skill of the user. Against complex Domains like Satoru Gojo's Unlimited Void, the activation is instant to prevent the user falling subject to the Domain's sure-hit. But against Domains with straight-forward sure-hit effects, like Mahito's Self Embodiment of Perfection, the technique will activate right before a hit, or Shiden may choose to supress the activation if he believes he can survive the domain without its use. The eye will activate regardless should it sense a sure hit attack with high enough lethality. Shiden has the Timeless Eye in his right eye.

The Eternal Eyes, like the Six Eyes let's the user reduce their cursed energy consumption from technique activation. Though unlike the Six Eyes, the Eternal Eyes only let's one reduce the amount by one fourth, a far cry from the infinitesimally reduction of the Six Eyes.
Shiden is the second member of the Yagyu clan on record to exhibit the use of both the Timepeering Eye and the Timeless Eye. The first was Jubei Yagyu, who famously wore an eyepatch, the result of using the Timeless Eye without a binding vow.

### Equipment

**Benizakura** (紅桜 (べにざくら), *Benizakura*?, literally meaning "Crimson Cherry Blossom"): The personal sword of Shiden, forged in celebration of his birth and his preferred weapon of choice. It is a Grade 1 cursed tool. Its edge is reinforced with cursed energy, making it very sharp. The blade is coloured a beautiful pink, reminicent of cherry blossoms blooming in moonlight. It is destroyed during the Shibuya Incident by Sukuna. It's designated number in the Sutoken was 0009.

**Zekairi** (超絶乖離 (ぜかいり), *Zekairi*?, literally meaning "Absolute Rupture"): The replacement of Benizakura, which Shiden wields following the Shibuya Incident. Having inherited the blade from his father, Shiden becomes the last in a long line of Yagyu to wield Zekairi as their primary weapon, a line that reaches back to Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyu, the original wielder. Zekairi is a Special Grade cursed tool, with a tremendous cutting ability. It is far sharper than most blades, and is imbuded with a cursed technique that allows the blade to cut the very fabric of space itself to create portals for its wielder to travel through. It takes the place of Benizakura in the Sutoken, so it's designated number is 0009.

**Ashura Muramasa** (天魔炎村正 (あしゅうらむらまさ),  *Ashura Muramasa*?, literally meaning "Heavenly Demon Flame Muramasa") is Shiden's secondary weapon. It is a Grade 1 cursed sword forged by the master swordsmith Sengo Muramasa in the Muramachi period. The blade is blood red, and gives off a malicious and bloodthirsty aura. It's cursed technique allows it to produce and manipulated flames from the blade that can be used to launch ranged attacks or coated along the blade. The flames Ashura Muramasa produces are inextinguishable and will only stop burning their target when they are nothing but ash or the cursed technique is deactivated. It's designated number in Sutoken is 0010.

**Kusanagi no Tsurugi** (草薙の剣 (くさなぎ の つるぎ), *Kusanagi no Tsurugi*?, literally meaning "Grass-Cutting Sword") is a Special Grade cursed tool and one of three Imperial Regalia of Japan. The cursed technique imbuded in the blade lets it unleash powerful gusts of wind with each swing, capable of leveling buildings with ease. Though it is possible to summon it through the Sutoken, it is not kept in the Yagyu vault but instead in Ise Shrine. Due to its divinity in the Shinto religion, Shiden is heavily discouraged from using it in public. The sword can at any time be called to use by the Emperor of Japan and out of the hands of the Yagyu. It's designated number in Sutoken is 0000.

**Seishin, Chokudo** (誠心 (せいしん)・直道 (ちょーど),  *Seishin, Chokudo*?, literally meaning "Earnest Heart, Straight Way") are Grade 2 cursed tools. They were the twin bokken of Musashi Miyamoto. Seishin is the size of a katana while Chokudo is the size of a wakizashi. They do not possess a cursed technique, but makes up with the lack of technique with power and durability. The wooden swords are many times more durable than regular bokuto, and possess the striking power to shatter concrete with little difficulty. When in the hands of a trained user, a normal bokken can shatter a human skull, so Seishin, Chokudo becomes on the level of grade 1 cursed tools in offensive capabilities when wielded by a master. Their designated number in Sotuken are 0061 and 0062.

**Kogarasu Maru** (小 (こ)烏 (こがらす)丸 (まる), *Kogarasu Maru*?, literally meaning "Little Crow Circle") is a Grade 1 cursed tool, and an heirloom of the Taira family. It has the shape and size of a tachi, except that it is double edged. The blade is pitch black. It possess a cursed technique that seeps out a dark mist that obscures the battlefield. Only the wielder regains their sight. It's designated number in the Sutoken is 0008.

**Shiko Ichimonji** (至高一文字 (しこいちもんじ), *Shikō-ichimonji*?, literally meaning "Supreme Straight Line") is a Special Grade cursed tool, and the strongest tool in the Yagyu vault. It is an extremely sharp sword forged by Japan's greatest swordsmith, Gorō Nyūdō Masamune during the 16th century. Its cursed technique makes it so its blade is impossibly sharp and its edge impossibly smooth, making its sharpness and cutting ability unrivaled; it never chips or scratches from use, and blood slides off it immediately. Even the King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna's slashes makes way for Shiko Ichimonji's supreme edge. For a master swordsman, it is the most dangerous technique a tool can have. Because of its cursed technique, no sheath can hold it, which means it fails to meet the basic definition of a sword, and is why Masamune himself considered it a failed creation. When summoned through the Sutoken, it appears directly into the summoners hand. Its designated number is 0001.

## Battles & Events

**Cursed Child Arc**

* Shiden Yagyu, Kasumi Miwa, & Utahime Iori vs. Cursed Spirits
* Shiden Yagyu vs. Finger Bearer
* Shiden Yagyu, Mechamaru, & Noritoshi Kamo vs. Cursed Spirits
* Shiden Yagyu vs. Rohan Kamo
* Shiden Yagyu & Yuta Okkotsu vs. Aoi Todo & Noritoshi Kamo
* Shiden Yagyu vs. Aoi Todo
* Night Parade of a Hundred Demons
	+ Shiden Yagyu vs. Tesso, Ibaraki Doji, & Oiwa
	+ Shiden Yagyu vs. the Hei

**Fearsome Womb Arc**

* Shiden Yagyu & Sumire Yagyu vs. Feilian

**Vs. Mahito Arc**

* Shiden Yagyu, Yuji Itadori & Kento Nanami vs. Mahito

**Kyoto Goodwill Event Arc**

* Kyoto Sister-School Goodwill Event
	+ Spirit Bash Race
		- Shiden Yagyu vs. Kyoto Students
		- Shiden Yagyu vs. Kasumi Miwa
	+ Baseball Game
* Shiden Yagyu, Megumi Fushiguro, & Maki Zenin vs. Hanami

**Shibuya Incident Arc**

* The Shibuya Incident
	+ Shiden Yagyu vs. Jogo
	+ Shiden Yagyu vs. Choso
	+ Shiden Yagyu & Rohan Kamo vs. Geto's family
	+ Shiden Yagyu vs. Feilian
	+ Sukuna vs. Mahoraga (Involved)
	+ Jujutsu Sorcerers & Choso vs. Pseudo-Geto & Uraume

**Itadori's Extermination Arc**

* Shiden Yagyu vs. Yuta Okkotsu
* Shiden Yagyu vs. Naoya Zenin

**Culling Game Arc**

* Culling Game
	+ Shiden Yagyu vs. Jubei Yagyu
	+ Dance of Sword Saints
	+ Shiden Yagyu, Yuji Itadori, Maki Zenin, & Hana Kurusu vs. Sukuna

## Etymology

Shiden's family name contain the kanji for willow (柳) and living (生), while his given name contains the kanji for purple (紫) and electricity (電). His middle name contain the kanji for the peace (平), time (時), and country (国).

## Trivia

* Shiden is naturally ambidextrous.
* The seal Shiden performs to cast his domain is the seal of Vaiśravaṇa, a member of the Four Heavenly Kings, and the god of warriors and punisher of evildoers.
* He can play the Shamisen.
* He enjoys stargazing.
* In his dorm he stores a copy of The Book of Five Rings.
* According to Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook:
	+ Enrollment method: Family lineage.
	+ Favourite subject: History.
	+ His hobbies are reading manga, photography, baking, and watching football.
		- One Piece is his favourite manga and he owns every released volume. It is partly at fault for everyone thinking he has little space in his room. His favourite character is Zoro.
		- His speciality is baking Mochi.
		- Domestically he supports Kashima Antlers, and internationally he supports Liverpool F.C..
	+ Favourite dish: Sushi.
	+ Least favourite dish: Ramen.
	+ Cause of stress: Breakweek, and Yuta pulling strange sword moves.

* According to Volume 0:
	+ Among the first years, he and Toge are the best cooks.
	+ He enjoys riding motorcycles.
		- This comes from his childhood fixation on Transformers.
	+ He prefers egg and bacon for breakfast.

* He hold the current record for most consecutive Black Flashes, with seven, which he performed during the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.

## Quotes

* (To Megumi Fushiguro): *If you have time to think of a beautiful end, then live beautifully until the end.*
* (To Yuki Tsukumo): *Living without protecting what needs to be protected is the same as death...*
* (To Kenjaku): *No matter how hard you blow, you can never extinguish our fire. As long as a single flare remains, the others can be relit.*
* (To Masamichi Yaga): *As long as I’m alive, I’ll live by my own rules. I’ll live as I see fit and protect that which I hold dear.*