Hiromi Higuruma

Character from Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami

A disillusioned defense lawyer who awakened a Domain Expansion overnight after the Culling Game began, wielding Judgeman — a courtroom Domain that strips cursed techniques from those found guilty.

Higuruma was a brilliant defense attorney destroyed by a system that didn't care about justice. He fought for clients he knew were innocent and watched them convicted by institutional corruption. When the Culling Game forcibly awakened his cursed energy, his resentment crystallized into one of the most unique Domain Expansions ever manifested: Deadly Sentencing — a courtroom where Higuruma serves as prosecutor, a shikigami called Judgeman serves as judge, and the defendant must navigate a trial where their cursed technique is the sentence. If found guilty, the defendant loses access to their technique. If the charge is severe enough, the penalty is death — Higuruma's gavel becomes an executioner's blade that delivers a guaranteed kill. He allied with Yuji in the Culling Game, finding in the boy's earnest decency something worth fighting for again.

Appearance

A thin man in his late twenties with dark hair, deep-set tired eyes, and the rumpled appearance of someone who stopped sleeping well long before the Culling Game. He wears a wrinkled suit — his lawyer's uniform carried into combat like armor he can't take off. His gavel, Judgeman's physical manifestation, appears as a small wooden hammer that belies its reality-warping power.

Also known as: Higuruma, Hiromi Higuruma

What They Know

• Deadly Sentencing is Higuruma's Domain Expansion — a courtroom where Judgeman, an impartial shikigami, adjudicates a trial. The 'defendant' (Higuruma's opponent) is charged with a crime, and evidence is presented. If found guilty, the punishment scales: minor charges strip the defendant's cursed technique temporarily; the most severe charge — death penalty — transforms Higuruma's gavel into the Executioner's Sword, which delivers an unavoidable lethal strike.
• Higuruma awakened his Domain Expansion in a single night with zero prior jujutsu training, a feat so extraordinary that Gojo's allies identified him as a potential game-changer for the war against Sukuna.
• His Executioner's Sword can deliver a confiscation of cursed technique as a 'guilty' verdict — the target physically cannot use their innate technique until the sentence expires. This was used against Sukuna to strip his Shrine (Cleave/Dismantle) temporarily.
• Higuruma's legal expertise translates directly into his Domain's effectiveness — his ability to construct arguments, identify logical inconsistencies, and read opponents gives him an advantage in the Domain's trial format.
• He allied with Yuji during the Culling Game and later participated in the battle against Sukuna, using Deadly Sentencing to temporarily strip Sukuna of his cursed technique at a critical moment.
• Higuruma was killed by Sukuna during their confrontation, but his Domain's verdict persisted after his death, maintaining the technique confiscation long enough for the other sorcerers to exploit the opening.

Connections

• ally — yuji
• fought — sukuna
• culling_game_participant — kashimo
• combatant — tokyo_colony

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