Yuta Okkotsu

Yuta is a slim and tall teenager. During Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, he often wore his black hair disheveled and much of it covered part of his forehead. As of Jujutsu Kaisen, he has his hair arranged and parted in the middle, part of it falls to the left, covering part of his face [6]. His eyes are dark blue [7] and it is characteristic that he has dark circles under his eyes due to lack of sleep. His body language makes it easy to tell that Yuta is very fearful, his posture is hunched [1].

At first he used to be a very shy and lonely young man who was constantly harassed by his classmates and other people around him. Because Rika Orimoto, transforming into a curse, persecuted him from a very young age, he was unable to establish healthy relationships with anyone, and has lost all confidence in himself. This makes Yuta someone who finds it difficult to interact with others, and is fearful of more explosive personalities such as, for example, Maki Zenin[1].

He believes that everything bad that happens to the people around him is entirely his fault, which means that he genuinely cares about other people, initially preferring to be executed in total isolation because he is aware of the damage that causes being with Rika, and even prefers to stay completely isolated so as not to harm anyone. Maki accused Yuta of being a child who had acted like a victim all his life due to his friend's curse, and treated him as naive for believing he could go through the Tokyo Metropolitan Magic Technical College without the necessary determination, given this. Yuta does not contradict Maki's words but rather affirms them, showing that he is aware of this.

Later when he has a mission with Maki, the overwhelm of not only having two injured children but also his partner, helps him determine his first goal in life, which is to be able to have connections with someone, this helps Yuta to realize that he deeply desires the confidence to feel that, despite harming people, it is okay for him to stay alive[1]. From that point on, his personality changes for the better, he begins to appear more relaxed and confident, although his shy nature remains intact. He even tries to understand someone like Toge Inumaki, and manages to establish a friendly connection with him [8].

Gaining friends helps Yuta gain even more self-confidence, and he begins to want to find a way to exorcise Rika, since he feels responsible for her becoming a curse. Yuta also begins to try much harder in his training with Maki, he began to take advice and even ask for it. In essence, Yuta wants to become someone who can help keep others out of danger[10].

Yuta has shown extreme appreciation for his friends, so when they get hurt he does not hesitate to show the darker side of himself. This is clearly seen moments before his fight with Suguru Geto, when he saw his friends hurt by him, he did not hesitate to tell Geto that he would kill him for it. His anger also allowed him to dominate Rika, since when she was there she wanted to hurt Maki Zenin, Yuta for the first time managed to consciously make Rika retreat. He was even willing to give his life to Rika to kill Geto, all in order to avenge his friends, who were the only people who gave him the confidence to continue living [9]. Currently, it can be noted that Yuta still has this appearance, since when he learned that during Sukuna's attack in Shibuya, Toge Inumaki had lost an arm, he determined that he would kill Yuji Itadori, ignoring the condescending attitude of the school's higher-ups. jujutsu they had against him, and also not caring that Yuji Itadori was the student of Satoru Gojo, the teacher who a year before had saved his life[5]

When Yuta returned to wizardry high school after some time abroad, he was accompanied by a new Rika and it seemed as if he was lost in his darkness. He agreed to kill Gojo's other student, Yuji Itadori, for the superiors and claimed it was revenge for cutting off Toge's arm. Yuta had a deadly serious and cold personality that got straight to the point. He attempted to kill Yuji before exchanging words and then apologized as he committed the act. However, this was all an act to help protect Yuji from the higher-ups. Yuta had to act a certain way to make it believable and cured Yuji before the first year died permanently. Although Yuta never met Yuji, he tried his best to deceive authority and help Yuji because Gojo asked him to. Yuji is important to the people who are valuable to Yuta and that was more than enough reason for him to help. He also sympathizes with Yuji because he was in the exact same situation, ready to be executed with a power he couldn't hope to contain. Yuta doesn't blame Yuji for Sukuna's actions.

Without the facade of a cold killer, Yuta is still a naturally friendly person who has developed a lot as a person. He is much more sociable and less shy than he used to be. When Gojo visited Yuta in Africa, the teacher was surprised that his student was telling jokes. Upon meeting Maki, Yuta was excited to see her and expressed concern for her injuries.