Gege Akutami

is a Japanese manga artist known for the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen.

Biography Gege Akutami was born in Iwate Prefecture, 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. 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.

He published his first work the same year, titled , a one-shot chapter published in Shueisha's Jump NEXT! vol. 2 on May 7, 2014. His next work was No.9, with a one-shot chapter published in Jump NEXT! vol. 2 on May 1, 2015, and another one-shot in the 46th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on October 10, 2015. Akutami would publish the one-shot 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.

In 2017, Akutami published , a 4-chapter series that ran in Jump Giga from April 28 to July 28, 2017. This series later served as a prologue to his next work, Jujutsu Kaisen, being retroactively titled as Jujutsu Kaisen 0. Akutami began the publication of Jujutsu Kaisen in the 2018 14th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released on March 5, 2018. The series ended in the 44th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on September 30, 2024.

Works TitleYearMagazinePublisher(s)Notes 2014 Shōnen Jump Next! Shueisha One-shot No. 9 2015 Shōnen Jump Next! Shueisha One-shot No. 9 2015 Weekly Shōnen Jump Shueisha One-shot 2016 Weekly Shōnen Jump Shueisha One-shot 2017 Jump Giga Shueisha Viz Media Manga 2025–2026 Weekly Shōnen Jump Shueisha Manga (illustrated by Yuji Iwasaki)

Awards In 2016, Akutami's one-shot Nikai Bongai Barabarujura was nominated for Weekly Shōnen Jumps 11th Gold Future Cup contest. In 2019, his manga Jujutsu Kaisen was nominated for the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category. 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. In 2021, Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen was listed as a nominee for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

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