Gege Akutami
Name nonen芥見下々
Nonusja
Birth nameGege Akutami
Birth dateFebruary 26, 1992 (age 34)
Birth placeIwate Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
AreaManga artist
Notable worksJujutsu Kaisen
Manga artisty

Gege Akutami (芥見下々, Akutami Gege, born February 26, 1992) is a Japanese manga artist known for the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen.

Biography

Gege Akutami was born in Iwate Prefecture,[1] afterwards he moved to Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture in fifth grade. Akutami began drawing manga by mimicking a friend, which inspired him to become a professional manga artist.[2][3] Akutami has named Tite Kubo as an influence in his work after reading Bleach in fourth grade, in addition to Hunter × Hunter and Neon Genesis Evangelion among other works.[2] In 2014, Gege Akutami started working as an assistant to Yasuhiro Kanō in Kiss x Death.[4]

He published his first work the same year, titled "Kamishiro Sōsa" (神代捜査), a one-shot chapter published in Shueisha's Jump NEXT! vol. 2 on May 7, 2014.[5][6] His next work was No.9, with a one-shot chapter published in Jump NEXT! vol. 2 on May 1, 2015,[7] and another one-shot in the 46th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on October 10, 2015.[8] Akutami would publish the one-shot "Nikai Bongai Barabarjura" (二界梵骸バラバルジュラ) in the 2016 44th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released on October 3, 2016. This one-shot was nominated for the 11th "Gold Future Cup" contest of the magazine.[9][10]

In 2017, Akutami published Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School (東京都立呪術高等専門学校, Tōkyō Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō), a 4-chapter series that ran in Jump Giga from April 28 to July 28, 2017.[11][12] This series later served as a prologue to his next work, Jujutsu Kaisen, being retroactively titled as Jujutsu Kaisen 0.[13] Akutami began the publication of Jujutsu Kaisen in the 2018 14th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released on March 5, 2018.[14] The series ended in the 44th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on September 30, 2024.[15]

Works

TitleYearMagazinePublisher(s)NotesRef.
(神代捜査, Kamishiro Sousa)2014Shōnen Jump Next!ShueishaOne-shot[16]
No. 92015Shōnen Jump Next!ShueishaOne-shot[17]
No. 92015Weekly Shōnen JumpShueishaOne-shot[18]
(二界梵骸バラバルジュラ, Nikai Bongai Barabarujura)2016Weekly Shōnen JumpShueishaOne-shot[19]
Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School (東京都立呪術高等専門学校, Tōkyō Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō)[a]2017Jump GigaShueisha (Japanese)
Viz Media (English)		Manga[11][12]
Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦)2018–2024Weekly Shōnen JumpShueisha (Japanese)
Viz Media (English)		Manga[14][20]
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo (呪術廻戦, Jujutsu Kaisen Mojuro)2025–2026Weekly Shōnen JumpShueisha (Japanese)Manga (illustrated by Yuji Iwasaki)[21][22]

Awards

In 2016, Akutami's one-shot Nikai Bongai Barabarujura was nominated for Weekly Shōnen Jump's 11th Gold Future Cup contest.[23] In 2019, his manga Jujutsu Kaisen was nominated for the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category.[24] Akutami is the 2020 grand prize winner for Jujutsu Kaisen on Mando Kobayashi, Kendo Kobayashi's monthly manga variety show, where winners are selected on his personal taste.[25] In 2021, Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen was listed as a nominee for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.[26]

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ Also known as Jujutsu Kaisen 0

References

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  4. ^ Lachasse, Jérôme (June 6, 2020). "Jujutsu Kaisen: ce qu'il faut savoir sur le nouveau manga événement" (in French). BFM TV. Archived October 22, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
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  12. ^ "ja:ジャンプGIGA 2017 vol.4" (in Japanese). Shueisha. November 17, 2015. Archived August 25, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  13. ^ "ja:呪術廻戦 0 東京都立呪術高等専門学校" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived October 22, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
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  19. ^ "ja:週刊少年ジャンプ2016年44" (in Japanese). Media Arts Database. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived November 28, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
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  21. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 31, 2025). "Jujutsu Kaisen's Gege Akutami, Cipher Academy's Yuji Iwasaki Team Up for New Short-Term Manga". Anime News Network. Archived August 31, 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
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  24. ^ "65th Shogakukan Manga Awards' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. Archived June 25, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  25. ^ Parker-Dalton, Jacob (January 25, 2021). "Gege Akutami to Make First TV Appearance in Mechamaru Cosplay". Otaquest. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  26. ^ "Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen, Promised Neverland Nominated for Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize". Anime News Network. Archived March 18, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 1, 2021.