Hana Kurusu

**Hana Kurusu** (来 (くる) 栖 (す) 華 (はな) , *Kurusu Hana*?) is a character in *Jujutsu Kaisen*. She is a sorcerer who shares her body symbiotically with the Angel, an incarnated sorcerer from the Heian Era, and thus wields the latter's jujutsu. Hana participated in the Culling Game so that the Angel could hunt down and kill the other incarnated players, including the Disgraced One, Sukuna.

## Appearance

Hana is a teenaged girl, around the same age and height as Yuji and Megumi. She has green eyes and chin-length blonde hair styled into a bob, with blunt bangs and ends that have a deep inward curl. Due to the Angel's influence, the girl herself looks angelic, possessing a pair of feathered, bluish-white wings on her upper back and a yellow halo over her head; similar to Sukuna within Yuji, the Angel can manifest a mouth on Hana (like her cheek or hand) to speak through.

Initially during the Culling Game, Hana wore a tan, oversized sweater. It had a thick, capelet-like top portion with a high collar, which reached over her chest and was vertically striated (as were its tight sleeve cuffs and bottom hem); the sweater overall was long enough to go just above Hana's knees. For lower wear, the girl donned black leggings tucked into light-colored, ankle-high boots with high heels.

During her failed attempt to drive Sukuna out of Megumi, Hana was critically injured by the King of Curses, losing her right arm; her wings were also damaged, such that they were (temporarily) reduced to a diminutive size. Prior to the Shinjuku Showdown, Hana changed outfits to a light-colored, midi-length dress with a button-down bodice (with striated hems on the sides), long sleeves, a dark bow tie frontally on the waist, a turtleneck undershirt, and a pleated skirt. Hana later returned to the same outfit she wore during the Culling Game for the Shinjuku Showdown, wearing the same sweater again.

Hana in the manga (gray).The Angel sharing a body with Hana.
## Personality

Hana is a calm, friendly, and well-mannered person whose actions betray a brave, outgoing nature. She wants to help people and was inspired as a young child by Megumi to do so. When they were both children, Megumi rescued Hana from a cursed spirit who had held her hostage for a year, a kindness that she never forgot. Hana not only developed romantic feelings for Megumi but a profound desire to do for others what he did for her; she believes that destiny is everything and so continues to help people in hopes of becoming someone worthy of standing by Megumi's side. Buying so deeply into the idea of fate, Hana is also shown to have a poetic side to her, calling Megumi "Destined One" (運 (うん) 命 (めい) の人 (ひと) , *Unmei no Hito*?) upon first speaking to him. Thereafter, however, Hana became more reserved around her crush, not wanting him to know who she was just yet, and was embarrassed when the Angel nearly revealed her secret, telling the latter not to say anything.

How Hana's relationship with the Angel started out is unknown, but she has never expressed an issue with the ancient sorcerer's possession of her, hence the Angel's decision to live in symbiosis with Hana and leave the girl in control of her body. The Angel is close enough to Hana to know about her past and secret feelings for Megumi, which she was shown teasing the girl with in a light-hearted manner, though when Hana expressed her want to not yet reveal her feelings to Megumi, the Angel respected her privacy. Hana, in turn, showed annoyance on the Angel's behalf when Yuji spoke to her rudely over a disagreement. The Angel was shown to prioritize Hana's protection over helping people alongside Yuji (though was open about the reason being that putting Hana at risk meant endangering the Angel herself); yet, Hana decided to place herself in danger on behalf of others regardless.

Even after Hana paid the price for letting her feelings get the better of her, failing to purge Sukuna while being injured enough by him to be rendered unable to fight, Hana's relationship with the Angel appeared to remain unchanged.

Hana has good social skills and got along well with Yuji and Fumihiko Takaba shortly after meeting them. In general, the girl appears to put positivity above any kind of tension and maintains a friendly disposition even when things become unpleasant. Despite Yuji's argument with the Angel, which she found unsettling, Hana still playfully offered him an invitation to apologize and mend the tension shortly thereafter. In addition, Hana has appreciated Yuji making her look good around her crush and was shown joking with Yuji about Megumi in the same way that Nobara Kugisaki used to.

Hana's passion for and devotion to Megumi made her act entirely out of emotion when he was taken over by Sukuna. She fought desperately to save Megumi and was blinded by her love when Sukuna led her into a trap; the King of Curses easily fooled Hana into believing that Megumi had regained control of his body and thus was lured into Sukuna's embrace despite the Angel's protests, allowing Sukuna to defeat the girl. Despite her injuries and ostensibly losing Megumi to Sukuna, Hana still remained worried about Megumi's fate while remaining an ally to jujutsu sorcerers. Upon freeing Satoru Gojo and, initially, believing that she might have harmed him in the process, Hana was flustered and tried to play it off.

## Abilities and Powers

**Overall Abilities**: Hana is a willing combatant, but her abilities have scarcely been on display during the Culling Game. While the Angel is responsible for all of Hana's jujutsu prowess, the girl is still a skilled sorcerer despite her young age and appears to have wholly mastered the Angel's innate technique. She has shown herself very capable at mid-range, using her wings to fly while accurately casting her ability, and she can employ the Angel's signature move, Jacob's Ladder, on a massive scale with maximum cursed energy output.

During the Culling Games, Hana mainly used her powers outside of combat. She can not only fly using the wings manifested through the Angel's power but also employ the Angel's technique, which allows Hana to "extinguish" all other cursed techniques without prejudice. This afforded the girl a number of advantages during the Culling Game that no other sorcerer enjoyed. This included being able to pass through barriers freely. Hana was the only player who could cross Colony borders, whereas others were trapped within single Colonies until the game's 12th rule was added. Although Hana did score points in the Culling Game, she was mainly seen acting to rescue people while around Megumi and Yuji, her wings making it easier to move around and carry others to safety.

It was when Hana came to face Sukuna himself that she showed how exceedingly dangerous she can be when wielding the Angel's technique, especially to incarnated sorcerers who are effectively cursed objects. In fact, Hana could possibly have purged Sukuna right then and there because the King of Curses had not yet achieved a strong hold over his new host (nor was he at full strength yet); she failed to do so because Sukuna was able to lure the girl into disengaging her technique halfway through using it.

Arguably Hana's greatest contribution to Yuji, Megumi, and their allies was when she used Jacob's Ladder on the "Back" of the Prison Realm to free Satoru Gojo.

**Flight**: Using the Angel's power to manifest wings, Hana can fly and stay suspended in the air.

## Battles & Events

**Culling Game Arc**

* Culling Game
	+ Yuji Itadori, Maki Zenin & Hana Kurusu vs. Sukuna

## Trivia

* Hana's surname comprises the kanji for "come, arrive, next, since, due" (来, *kuru*?) and "nest, rookery, hive, den, web" (栖, *su*?); her given name is the kanji for "flower, petal" (華, *hana*?).
	+ Hana's name may potentially be an implicit reference to her love for Megumi, by playing on the Western name Hannah (of Hebrew origin) that means "favor" or "grace" and thus holds the same meaning as the Japanese name "Megumi" that means "blessing" or "grace".
* When saving a US soldier from a curse during the Culling Game, Hana was seen approaching him while floating in the air, her arm stretched out towards the man while the latter extended his own arm towards Hana; the scene is an obvious allusion to the famous fresco painting *The Creation of Adam* by Michelangelo.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 145 (p. 18-19).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 199 (p. 12-19).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 145 (p. 19).
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 *Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 173 (p. 12).
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Vol. 24, Cover art.
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 199 (p. 13-14).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 214 (p. 1-2).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 220 (p. 10-11).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 221 (p. 3-5).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 225 (p. 1-3).
11. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 210 (pp. 1-2, 13-17).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 199 (pp. 5, 12-15).
13. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 199 (p. 12-15).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 210 (p. 7-8).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 210 (p. 6-7).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 220 (p. 10-13).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 240 (p. 3-6).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 199 (p. 7-9).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 210 (p. 7-8, 19).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 210 (p. 17).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 213 (p. 12-23).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 220 (p. 13).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 231 (p. 19).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 221 (p. 8).
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 *Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 213 (p. 11-20).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 199 (p. 11-14).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 211 (p. 7-8).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 199 (p. 9-11).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 199 (p. 8).
30. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 210 (pp. 12, 16).
31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 221 (p. 5-11).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 199 (p. 14).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 199 (p. 14-16).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 210 (pp. 16).