Ikumi Fujimoto

**Ikumi Fujimoto** (藤本郁美,  *Fujimoto Ikumi*) is a major supporting character in Jujutsu Kaisen. She is a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer transformed by Mahito into a half-cursed spirit. After her disowning, she is mainly referred to by her alias "**Black Maria**".

## Appearance

Ikumi Fujimoto is a young woman of incredible beauty with long blond hair, which is intricately pinned, similar to a geisha. Two swords, a kushi and kanzashis are also woven into her hairstyle. Her eyes are sky blue and a strand of hair tends to dangle in front of her left eye. She also has a pair of long, slightly curved red horns on her head, and she wears prominent lipstick. In addition, she can often be seen with a long pipe.
She wears a dark kimono with a plunging neckline and a floral pattern, which always hangs down from her right shoulder. An obi is also tied around her waist.

She has the Kanji 女 難 (Kanji means "woman's problem"?) tattooed on her back.

## Personality

Ikumi is a flirtatious, courtesan-like figure who takes a laid-back approach to her missions and duties as a Jujutsu Sorcerer. When assigned to fight or hunt a target, Ikumi prefers to stay out of the action and escape to safe places away from all the commotion while she spreads her aroma around the area and watches it unfold its effects. She also has a soft spot for children.

Ikumi is generally loved and respected by her peers, who refer to her as "Big Sis."

## Abilities and Powers

**Overall Skills:** Ikumi is a very capable and powerful sorcerer and the former head heir of the Fujimoto Family. Thanks to her high intellect combined with her Inherited Technique, she is revered as a great example of a Grade 1 sorcerer and is respected by many sorcerers throughout japan.

Ikumi has confidence in her own strength, enough to believe she could easily kill all student of Tokyo Jutsu High and successfully escape. When the higher-ups put doubt in her ability to do so, Ikumi felt that she was being underestimated and threatened them.

Her skills and abilities were dangerous and deadly enough that the Students of Kyoto Jutsu High, deemed it impossible and practically suicide to fight her head on without back up or a plan.

Befitting her oiran image, she is a skilled musician, being a capable shamisen player and songstress.

**Great Tactical Intellect**: Ikumi is incredibly intelligent. She posses a vast understanding of jujutsu as well as having great experience fighting cursed spirits and other curse users. She has also proven to be a shrewd strategist, dragging out her fights so that her technique has a nasty effect on her opponents. She even came up with an ingenious trap to lure out cursed spirits.

**Enhanced Speed and Reflexes:** Ikumi is able to move at incredible speeds and has reflexes fast enough to keep up for a short time with Sukuna, the King of Curses.

## Equipment

Unlike normal fans, they are extremely sharp and suited for combat, being able to slice and slash as well as swords, as well as generate huge gusts of wind, to deflect incoming attacks. She also uses the fans to spread her fragrance.

Her fans are golden color with several patterns resembling flowers engraved on the side complete with a ring with silky hair.
They are shown to be extremely durable, withstanding multiple sword slashes and attacks without breaking.

## Trivia

* She is the ideal type of Yuji Itadori and Aoi Todo
* Her name 郁 (*iku*) meaning "fragrance" and 美 (*mi*) meaning "beauty". While her surname Fujimoto (藤本) means **(one who lives) under the wisteria**'
* Favorite food: Macarons
* Least favorite food: Vegetables
* She is one of the best singers in the series
* She likes to spend her time in tea houses