Ryomen Sukuna

is a fictional character and one of the central antagonists of the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen created by Gege Akutami. A Heian Era sorcerer, he was once known as the King of Curses over a thousand years ago, the undisputed most powerful Curse of all time. Believed to always have been a Cursed Spirit, yet he was in fact a human sorcerer before sealing himself as a cursed object, wherein his immense power was so strong that he had to be contained within 20 fingers. At the beginning of the story, Yuji Itadori ate one of his fingers, becoming his Vessel and bringing Sukuna back to life. In the anime adaptation, he is voiced by Junichi Suwabe in Japanese and Ray Chase in English. Sukuna's sadistic and "terrifying" demeanor as the series' villain was praised, along with the dual nature of his relationship with Yuji. Concept and creation According to Akutami, Sukuna is "less of a sorcerer and more of a walking disaster." Sukuna was created as a cruel, narcissistic, depraved and supremely arrogant figure within the story. The real person turned mythological figure "," who was the character's inspiration, traces back to the classical Japanese book Nihon Shoki, where Sukuna's fantasized physical figure (two faces and four arms) and malicious demonic personality are shared with the character. In ancient history, Sukuna was an enemy to the Yamato family but was also worshiped by some as a deity, though his association with demonic imagery was formed after the Imperial House of Japan declared him a vicious force of nature. His given name, Ryomen, means "two-faced," which can be applied to the character both literally and figuratively. Sukuna did not ever have a wife or family in his life as a human, and that he was feared as a human less than Satoru Gojo due to how vicious the world of Curses was at the time he lived. Furthermore, Gege stated Sukuna "will kill anybody in an instant" and that he has no morals, taking pleasure out of making things tough for Yuji. According to his English voice, Ray Chase, his favorite aspect of the character was his relationship with Yuji sharing the same body, saying that "Sukuna has such a different view of pain, power, life, than Itadori, as he has existed for more than one thousand years.