Jin Zenin

Jin Zenin (ぜにんじん *Zenin Jin*) is a grade 1 jujutsu sorcerer, a second year at Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College, and a powerful member of the Zenin Family. He's the main deuteragonist of Jujutsu Kaisen: Project Z, the "accidental" son of Jinichi Zenin and the best friend of Zakai. He's known as the Prodigy of the Zenin as even at his young age he's above many of his fellow clan members. He was kidnapped by Kageyama Kyugeru and the Sins two years ago and was one of the main victims of the Seven Sins Event.

After the Event he would leave the world of Jujutsu and go to live with his half-sister. He trained for an entire year away and returned much stronger both mentally and physically. He aids the main cast in the Shibuya Arc and reunites with his best friend in the Shinjuku Showdown Arc.

## Appearance

Jin has a toned muscular body but is rather small which allows him to move more flexibly when fighting. His jujutsu uniform is a skin tight shirt, fingerless gloves, a wrap around his waist, with baggy pants and shoes. He has long grown out hair which he keeps tied to look presentable. His hair itself is a dark blue which fades to a dyed gray. His face is slender much like his body and wears a scar and lip piercing.

## Personality

Jin's personality is rather split. The expectations of the Zenin showed themselves in his outward appearance and his personality when he was younger, with the Shround and Zenin Family over his head he had to always show himself as the perfect golden children that he didn't wish to be. He had to be trained daily and was never allowed to act as a child even though he was one. This brought him great strength but he truly hated his life and wished he could run away and acquire the freedom he longed for more then anything.

After meeting Zakai around the age of 9 or so, he freely met someone who he could be his goofy and childlike self around. He changed and become a much more open boy speaking to his friends about his life and even decided to meet more people outside of the Zenin Family. Though he had to keep this side hidden he enjoyed these years and never truly forgot them, he often thanks Zakai for helping him become the free boy he wished.

Jin was always very passive in his life. He never truly held a grudge on anyone even when they did him wrong. He showed this before the slaughter of the Zenin Family as he had no ill will to them even after treating him the way he did and was even saddened by the loss of his father who wanted little to do with him. The dispute would lead to a battle between himself and his cousin Maki Zenin but after his victory he quickly forgave her and even aided her to recovery.

After kidnapped and tortured for months on end. He realized just how unsafe the world of Sorcerers were and felt as if he wasn't strong enough to exist in it and therefore left. Though he has his passive style and ways even after two years he still hasn't completely recovered from the wounds the event inflicted on him but even still returned to the Jujutsu World.

One thing Jin will always make sure is that his others are well even if he himself is not. After finally gaining friends he becomes very attracted and would rather see himself lose his life if another he cared for would live on in his place. He's been told that the world of sorcerers didn't that way but regardless he continues to have this mindset.

## Abilities and Powers

**Overall Skills:** He's known as the Prodigy of the Zenin due as he was born with the natural talent to surpass all of his higher ups. He was trained in martial arts many years before he even started school and it came to him much faster then his clan members thought possible. He could outmaneuver grown men such as his father and defeat them with little effect. Many believed he was the world's fastest sorcerer second only to Satoru Gojo while he was only a boy and Zenin hoped that he would one day moving even faster then the strongest himself. As he grew so did his talents and is now close to the rank Special Grade which is his current goal.

**Enhanced Strength:** After see the strength needed to fight as a Jujutsu Sorcerer he mainly forced on his physical strength. Though it isn't nearly as physically strong as someone like Zakai or Yuji he's still much stronger then many other students and could easily beat any Cursed Spirits grade 2 or lower with his strength alone. During his training arc he built his body to attack with not only speed but strength and his sister believes with the combination of the two, he'll be unmatched. With the aid of the Ignite techniques as well he's also granted even higher level of strength. Though formerly his second form was used to grant speed he combined two different phases into one making what seems to be the perfect mode for high speed and strength as well. This mode allowed him to stand on equal ground with a 15 finger Ryomen Sukuna even if only for a few minutes. Along with that he gave Jogo some high troubles as well and even caused to cursed spirit to flee from him.

**Enhanced Speed:** He's unbelievably fast. He can attack at speeds which many of his classmates can't imagine to perceive and can hit someone multiple times in what seems like a single attack. Along with that he can move at blinding speeds leaving numerous afterimages behind him and at times he uses it the trick opponents or make what seems to be clones so he can't be distinguished when fighting someone. He shows this speed in his battle against Kage as he was always in the front, attacking and kept up with him all the time. Even when he wasn't attacking he could see and tell when Zakai needed help or wished to switch without either of them saying anything. Naturally during their battle as well he was able to keep up with two golden Eye of Horus at the same time who could perceive attacks before they even happened showing his reaction speed as well.

**Enhanced Agility:** Jin also possess agility leagues above many. As a child he grew to achieve this by constant and hard training forced upon him by Naobito Zenin. Along with the fact that most of his ability only improve his physical body he needs this to preform many of the Ignite technique's abilities along with using it's coat form. After spending a year training, this ability has grown much higher as now he's able to use the coating inside and out of his body. Using the flame on the inside loosens his entire body which almost doubles his movements ability.

**Enhanced Durability:** One of the Ignite's greatest weaknesses is when it's activated it burns the users body. Due to this it's inheritors must train their body to withstand that heat and Jin is no different. With his many years of training under the Zenin he's built almost stone like defense as seen when his fight against Kageyama he was able to withstand lots of punishment from the Blood Kama along with fighting while poisoned and would have winning if it wasn't for the intervention of the other Sins. Because of the years of burns he sustained from Ignite is body is also completely immune to any form of fire attacks taking even the heat of blue fire and standing completely unfazed. When Jogo preformed his Maximum Technique in his battle against Sukuna, Jin tanked the move and left it without so much as a scratch on his body.

**Enhanced Flexibility:** For a male Jin is extremely flexible. Due to do thin body he's able to bend himself in inhuman ways. He often uses this in battle allowing himself to pull off attacks the normal human body can't. Along with it he can escape capture from enemies either being held or tied down. Many of his classmates have to use a specific knot customized for his body to keep him tied down and no one has been able to keep him held in their hands. With the inside coating he can move and bend inhumanly allowing him to get through even the smallest and tightest spaces.

   **Coordinated Fighting:** Similarly to his best friend Jin is very adaptive during a battle. Due to the fact that himself and Zakai fought together for many years when the two battle together they work together almost as one single body. This is shown when in their fight against Kage they almost never let the cursed spirit get a break due to their ability to switch places with each other in an instant and continue each other's attacks if stopped or left open. Gojo himself stated that if the two were to fight seriously together against him even he wouldn't be able to beat them.

**Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant:** Jin has been training his Martial Arts for over 10 years and can take on multiple Semi-Grade 1's with nothing but his hands alone. He's taken on numerous masters as well just to name a few is Satoru Gojo while in school, Jinichi Zenin many times when he was growing up, and Toji Fushiguro before and after he was revived in Shibuya. His fighting style is similar to taekwondo but he adds his own little spin too it using his hands as well as his feet. When he's fighting someone he's underestimating he'll use both his hands and feet but if they're a grade 1 or higher he'll only use his feet as he's better attacking with his feet then hands

**Flow Style:** When Jin grew with his best friend he also watched him create his main fighting style when not using his cursed techniques. Jin believed it was brilliant but had no interest in the style but even still Zakai showed him everything he could when he got the chances. After seeing the effectiveness of Flow Style during most of Zakai's battle in the Sins Attack, Jin would look back at those past memories when his friend taught him the style and decided to adapt his own version of it. As his friend mostly used swords Jin had to substitute most of the attacks for his hand to hand combat abilities making almost a completely different fighting style all together though it still retains the advantages and works better due to his flexibility and speed. Since Zakai no longer uses Flow Style as much anymore, this is now his main way of battle.

**Weapon Mastery:** Though Jin has never trained or used weaponry often when battling he has still shown the ability to held weapons rather well. When himself and Zakai fought against Kage, Zakai lost his sword for a moment and Jin, quick on his feet, grabbed the blade to clash with Kage. He only used it that single time but even so it shows he has some slight ability to use swords.

## Trivia

* Jin is actually a junior but heavily prefers his nickname over his actual one.
* Jin has always loved and natured plants his entire life.
* He was taught how to sing by Zakai and always went with him to karaoke.
* His favorite anime is Akira
* His favorite artists are The Temptations
* According to Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook:
	+ Enrollment method: Family lineage.
	+ His specialty is botany
	+ Favorite dish: Spicy Onigiri
	+ Least Favorite dish: Anything Bland
	+ Cause of stress: Safety of his best friend.