Kiyotaka Ijichi

Ijichi is built tall and lean. Mid-length black hair shapes his head and parts down the front of his forehead, and a pair of glasses usually sits over his small, dark eyes. Curved black brows and sunken cheeks give him a look of constant weariness. On the job he sticks to the standard manager's uniform of a black suit, shirt, and tie.

Steady, clear-headed, and reserved, Ijichi handles himself with the professional authority his position calls for. He treats the work seriously, supervises both auxiliary managers and students, and keeps respectful ties with everyone in his charge. Losing an ally always pains him, and he carried regret over Yuji's death back at the detention center, later moving to keep the boy from facing Junpei Yoshino so as not to repeat the error.

His years of sorcerer training help him stay calm when things turn dangerous. When Mimiko and Nanako, a pair of curse users fresh from murdering several managers, crossed him during the hundred-demon parade, Ijichi refused to back away; he held his ground and even tried to reason the two of them out of their path. The Shibuya Incident saw him shoulder a heavy load, marshaling every auxiliary manager and managing the flow of communication among sorcerers in the field.

He turns noticeably jumpier near former classmates, and it is Satoru Gojo together with Kento Nanami who most fray his nerves, leaving him braced for punishment over the smallest error. Gojo had once driven him off the sorcerer track by flatly calling him useless and threatening a slap unless he quit, which led Ijichi to believe Gojo held him in low regard. Only with time did he see that Gojo had been protecting him, and during the battle with Sukuna he risked everything to prove worthy of that trust.

Ijichi enrolled at Tokyo Jujutsu High meaning to become a full sorcerer like Gojo and Shoko, only for Gojo to nudge him toward the assistant manager's path instead. Though he holds no innate technique, he can call up shikigami and erect barriers, and his thorough grasp of jujutsu makes him an asset on any assignment, especially ones involving students. His forte lies in overseeing the missions of young sorcerers while drawing curtains to keep matters hidden.

Directing several teams of sorcerers and managers at once is well within his ability. As communications fell apart in Shibuya, he saw at once how vital the managers were and made relaying messages to sorcerers inside the city his priority. Haruta Shigemo deliberately targeted managers of his stripe for precisely that reason, which underlines his value despite his slim combat ability. From his student days he kept only rudimentary fighting skill, enough that a grade 3 cursed spirit could be exorcised should he be cornered into combat. He is proficient with simple barriers and the Curtain, a dome that conceals its interior, turns the sky within to night, and lures cursed spirits out, and he can place concealment talismans, as he did against Sukuna to keep the Hollow Technique: Purple of Gojo out of sight.