Yuji is a first-year Jujutsu Sorcerer at Tokyo Jujutsu High who is thrown into the world of sorcery after he ate a Cursed Object: a finger belonging to Sukuna Ryomen, a powerful Cursed Spirit. Yuji is one of his school's most powerful and talented students. In high school, he had superhuman strength, reflexes, and overall athletic ability. He has contended with and defeated Grade 1 and Special Grade Curses, despite only having been introduced into the world a few months beforehand.