Hiromi Higuruma

Hiromi Higuruma is a calm, highly intelligent, and modest individual who often appears detached and aloof. His perpetually weary expression can give the impression of apathy, but beneath it lies a deep and uncompromising devotion to justice. Higuruma is intensely dedicated to his work and was known among his peers for repeatedly taking on difficult cases with little chance of acquittal, an inclination some colleagues half-jokingly described as masochistic. Rather than pursuing recognition or success, Higuruma was driven by a personal inability to ignore situations he believed were fundamentally wrong. Despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of criminal trials in Japan result in guilty verdicts, Higuruma consistently chose to defend those he believed were wrongfully accused. His motivation was not rooted in a desire to protect the weak or powerless, but in his refusal to avert his gaze from injustice. He believed that while Lady Justice wears a blindfold to represent impartiality and society chooses to look away from uncomfortable truths, he alone was willing to keep his eyes open, even if it meant standing alone. As a defense attorney, Higuruma frequently bore the emotional burden of unjust outcomes. When his clients were convicted despite insufficient or contradictory evidence, he was often blamed and resented by those he sought to defend. While he intellectually understood that their anger stemmed from desperation, the hollow, accusatory expressions of clients found guilty weighed heavily on him. This emotional strain deeply affected his mental state and was a source of concern among his peers. Higuruma eventually reached a breaking point when the justice system found his most recent client guilty despite overwhelming evidence of innocence. In that moment, compounded by the awakening of his cursed technique, he snapped. Demanding a retrial in open court, Higuruma murdered both the prosecutor and the judge involved in the case. This act marked a decisive fracture in his worldview and mental stability. Following this incident, Higuruma became profoundly disillusioned with society and its laws. He openly admitted to feeling disconnected from moral and social norms and claimed to care very little about anything at all. Seeking stimulation, he began deliberately engaging in behavior he previously would not have considered, such as lying fully clothed in a bathtub as a form of idle experimentation. Despite the severity of his internal collapse, he maintained a dry sense of humor, casually joking with Yuji Itadori and likening his behavior to a midlife crisis. He even made a passing remark about wanting to become the money-driven lawyer he never allowed himself to be. This mindset led him to initially reject Yuji’s request to use his points to help end the Culling Game. When pressed, Higuruma admitted that among the new experiences he had been forcing himself to try, killing those who annoyed him felt disturbingly satisfying. He attacked Yuji with lethal intent, attempting to eliminate him.

Appearance: Hiromi Higuruma is a man of average height with lightly tanned skin and a slender build. He has short, well-kept, dark-brown hair with a stringy texture that is styled to flow toward the back of his head. Hiromi has a large nose and brown eyes with very small pupils. He almost always has a tired and bored expression on his face due to overwork and the nature of his career. As a lawyer, Hiromi dons the professional attire of a typical black suit and tie, dress pants, and shoes. He also sports the sunflower pin on his left shoulder symbolizing that he's an attorney.

Hiromi Higuruma (日ひ車ぐるま寛ひろ見み, Higuruma Hiromi?) is a supporting character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series. He is a defense attorney who often took on impossibly difficult cases in order to protect the wrongfully accused. Awakened as a Jujutsu Sorcerer during the Culling Game, Hiromi gave up on the justice system completely and participated as one of the game's top players. Hiromi initially serves as an antagonist of the Culling Game Arc before a change of heart leads him to cooperate with Yuji Itadori and his allies during the Shinjuku Showdown Arc.