Jiro Awasaka

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**Jiro Awasaka** (粟 (あわ) 坂 (さか)  二 (じ) 良 (ろう) , *Awasaka Jirō*?) is a curse user who used to kill and collect money as much as he pleased until Satoru Gojo was born. He was recruited for the Shibuya Incident by Pseudo-Geto and Uraume to guard a set of commissioned curtains and kill jujutsu sorcerers.

## Appearance

Awasaka is a short elderly man with a defined muscular tone to his body despite his old age. He has large round eyes with dark pupils and black hair. Awasaka is mostly bald but he has a tussle of hair on the top that's a similar shape to the goatee on his chin. He also sports thick eyebrows and a handlebar mustache.

In his youth over twenty years ago, Awasaka had a full head of black hair and a thin beard. He wore casual clothing including a navy blue sweater. Awasaka currently wears a white t-shirt tucked into the tall haramaki sash around his waist where he keeps his knife. He completes his outfit with a yellow haramaki around his waist and tight athletic shorts that show off his defined legs as well shoes that look more like socks.

## Personality

Awasaka is an evil, selfish, and vindictive old man who desires to live according to his own twisted code. He spent his youth using jujutsu to curse innocent people, believing he could live free and make money as long as he did what "needed to be done". Even as an old man, Awasaka enjoyed the thrill of fighting Yuji and Megumi and wanted to snuff out their promising futures with his own hands.

As a hitman of the late twentieth century, Awasaka believed it was his job to kill people and his duty to understand the human body. In order to do so, Awasaka didn't kill his victims cleanly. He tore them apart and dissected them, ripping the skin from their skulls as they begged for mercy.

Awasaka believed he was free in his youth while jujutsu sorcerers were too busy exorcising cursed spirits. However, this all changed when a child with the Six Eyes was born into the Gojo Clan. His presence stole that all away from Awasaka in his latter years. In order to get his life back, Awasaka agreed to work with Pseudo-Geto's faction to get rid of Satoru Gojo.

The curse user took the chance to get his freedom back because Awasaka believes he's always in the prime of his life. He desires nothing less than to trample on the weak until the day he dies.

## Abilities and Powers

**Overall Skill**: Awasaka is a tough, close-combat type fighter with experience in the art of killing. Most of his work came against victims incapable of fighting back, but even in his old age, Awasaka was effective in battling other sorcerers.

Awasaka's experience is made clear by his ability to his innate technique and cursed energy manipulation to make himself nigh-invulnerable in battle. It was also shown in his hand-to-hand combat skills, capable of taking on two much younger jujutsu sorcerers at the same time. He believes the harder his opponent's fight, the easier it is for him to win.

**Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant**: Awasaka is a very capable close-quarters combatant who likes to throw a mix of hand strikes and athletic kicks. He was confident in taking on both Yuji and Megumi at the same time, two very proficient hand-to-hand fighters. Awasaka user is good at picking his shots, using a wait and counter fighting style that plays to the strengths of his cursed technique. No one has ever been able to dodge Awasaka's counter-attack after a desperate full swing at him.

### Jujutsu

**Inverse** (あべこべ, *Abekobe*?): While Awasaka's technique is activated, attacks become weaker the stronger they are and stronger the weaker they are. There is a maximum and minimum limit to how much of an impact can be affected by the technique. Awasaka protects himself with cursed energy on top of inverse to effectively nullify all of his opponent's attacks.

## Battles & Events

**Shibuya Incident Arc**

* The Shibuya Incident
	+ Yuji Itadori & Megumi Fushiguro vs. Jiro Awasaka

## Trivia

* Jiro Awasaka is an only child.
* "I only became a curse user so I could make enough money to help my sick mother" is the kind of lie Jiro Awasaka would tell without a second thought.
* Jiro's surname has the kanji for "foxtail millet" (粟, *awa*) and "slope, hill" (坂, *saka*). His given name has the kanji for "two, double" (二, *ji*) and "good" (良, *ro*).

## References

1. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Vol. 11 (p. 170).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Official Fanbook
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 95 (p. 10) and Episode 35.
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 95 (p. 13) and Episode 35.
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 96 (p. 4-14) and Episode 35.
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 96 (p. 12-14) and Episode 35.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 97 (p. 13) and Episode 35.
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 97 (p. 14) and Episode 35.
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 97 (p. 12) and Episode 35.
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 97 and Episode 35, pages-12-14
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 95 (p. 10-11) and Episode 35.
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Vol. 11 (p. 170).