Haru Kiritani

Haru Kiritani (桐谷はる *Haru Kiritani?*) also known as "Kiri" or "Aru", is a character in *Jujutsu Kaisen.* He is a first-year at Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College, and is the son of *Hikaru Kiritani*, he is part of the Kiritani Family.

## Appearance

Haru is a boy of average height and slim, skinny build. He is described to be "Feminine" and "Beautiful" by the members of the *Kiritani Clan*. Others say he almost looks identical to his mother, whom died at a young age.

Haru is a boy with pale skin, and shoulder-length pale blonde hair, when he was still 14, he had bluish-teal eyes, paired with an array of eyelashes. Due to the abuse his father did to him in the past, his body has scars on it.

During school time at Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College, he wears a Jujutsu Tech Uniform that consists of a plain white undershirt, matching pants, and black sports shoes. While training, he wears a plain black T-shirt, with baggy pants, and sports shoes.

After the Shibuya Incident, Haru used too much cursed energy, the result to this is that his eyes changed into a yellow color and his body became stronger than before, his hair also grew a tad bit longer.[1][2]

## Personality

Said by other students at Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College, Haru is seen being alone all the time, eating lunch alone, going on walks alone, studying alone, no matter how much people try to get something out of him, he is always seen with a blank look and rarely shows any emotion. Haru is an introverted and quiet boy, he is sometimes blunt and sometimes unintentionally blurts out mean things, this results in people calling him a "Weirdo" and "Freak".

Haru is top of the class, his inspiration, Satoru Gojo, told him that he should never give up on something, no matter how hard it is, Haru cringed at it at first, but soon to realize that he was right. Haru is seen hiding under trees, doing sketches or studying, he is barely seen with anyone and mostly people just talk to him just to ask some questions. Haru didn't want any friends because it will distract him from being "Perfect".

But, Haru was never like this back when he was a kid. Haru used to be an innocent and sweet boy that wanted to impress his mother and father, but he would always get shadowed by his siblings to which made him feel invisible and irrelevant. After the abuse he went through, Haru started believing that nobody in this world cares for him, other than his senpai, Satoru Gojo.

## Abilities

**Overall Skill Level:** Even if he is considered a "Freak", Haru is surprisingly a special grade sorcerer, making him quite powerful. Other students at school even told others that "He is one not to be messed with". Just like Yuta Okkotsu, he is mentored and enrolled in Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College, by Satoru Gojo. Despite having an introverted personality, Haru has dangerously-powerful abilities and powers, during his training with Satoru Gojo, even Satoru said that he has surprisingly unique and strong skills.

Kento Nanami also stated that his swordsmanship and archery skills were impressive, even saying that there is a chance that he might be able to beat the King Of Curses himself, Sukuna if only he knew how to use his abilities.

**Immense Physical Abilities:** Having trained by Satoru Gojo for 8 years, even with a frail and skinny body, Haru has very good physical abilities, he is extremely fast, even with both blade or not. During training with Satoru, even the famous sorcerer can't believe his eyes after seeing Haru's abilities, even seeing Haru as the new "Honored One".

**Keen Intellect:** Being top of the class, Haru is born as a super genius, able to foresee his enemy's movements and attacks, strengths, strategies, and weaknesses, making him the most youngest genius in the school.

**Master Swordsmanship:** Haru's signature weapon is a katana he stole from his ancestor, *Kamokuji Kiritani*, this gained him a lot of cursed energy which he uses during battle and training. Haru has been practicing swordsmanship with his grandfather ever since he was still 4 years old. Out of all the members of the clan and students of Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College, he is the most skilled one, especially when it comes to both academics, combat, archery, and swordsmanship.

**Master Hand-to-Hand combat:** Not only was he trained by using a sword, Haru was strictly trained by a professional martial artist, whom taught him all kinds of fighting styles and martial arts techniques. Just from one single punch, the enemy is already blown away and lost their breath and sense of hearing.

**Immense Strength:** Haru was born with immense strength, even with a frail body, he is able to lift a whole house with just his arm, he proved this during his strength and physique training with Satoru Gojo, he also showed his strength during his practice battle with Satoru, even if Haru can't beat Satoru, he was still able to deliver a few attacks towards him.