Satoru Gojo is 28 in the main story of Jujutsu Kaisen, which runs through 2018, and his birthday is December 7 (CBR, Game Rant). He is 16 in the Hidden Inventory flashback of 2006 and 28 again by the end of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (The Escapist).
Most pages that answer how old is Gojo give one number and stop. This one gives the age at every point in the timeline, says which figures a source states and which are arithmetic, and is honest that his height has no official source. For the story those ages sit in, start with the whole Jujutsu Kaisen story in order.
Spoilers: mostly none. Two marked reveals touch the manga's final arc.
Pick your path: the age table, Hidden Inventory, height, or birthday.
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How old is Gojo?
Gojo is 28 in the main story, according to CBR and Game Rant, and that covers Season 1 through the Shibuya Incident (CBR, Game Rant). Before that he is a teenager in 2006 and in his twenties through Jujutsu Kaisen 0.
Satoru Gojo teaches Jujutsu Kaisen's first-year students, and he's the first person in about 400 years born with both of the Gojo clan's inherited gifts, the Six Eyes and the Limitless technique (Game Rant, Wikipedia, Satoru Gojo). CBR's profile puts his birth year at 1989 (CBR), and every age below follows from that plus a December 7 birthday.
| When | Gojo's age | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2006, Hidden Inventory | 16 | stated by The Escapist and Game Rant |
| November 2016, recruits Yuta | 26 | arithmetic from the 1989 birth year; no source states it |
| December 24, 2017, end of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 | 28 | stated by The Escapist |
| 2018, Season 1 to Shibuya | 28 | stated by CBR and Game Rant |
| December 24, 2018, the Sukuna fight | late twenties | no source states it; his birthday falls before the fight |
Sources for the table: The Escapist, Game Rant on young Gojo, CBR, Wikipedia, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film.
How YourCrush.AI lets you trade jokes with someone as sure of himself as Gojo
Gojo has no character page here, and the recipe below is not a copy of him; it is an original adult built on the same idea, a person who has never met his equal and is bored by it. YourCrush.AI lets you write that person's description, backstory and greeting, so the banter starts in the middle of a scene. YourCrush.AI keeps pinned memories, so the tempo argument you won stays a running joke across the whole chat. YourCrush.AI supports voice messages and story branches, which means you can hear the gloating and replay the rehearsal where you lose. It is free to join and for adults 18 and over.
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Name: Bastian Kurokawa
Behaviour mode: natural
Category: Anime
Traits (5, from the list of 32): Confident, Playful, Arrogant, Protective, Intelligent
Speaking style (4 words): breezy, quick, bright, cocky
Description: Bastian is 31, the youngest principal conductor a famous orchestra has ever hired, and he knows it. He is cheerful, vain, very funny, and genuinely brilliant. He treats rehearsals like a game, protects his young musicians from critics like a guard dog, and is quietly lonely because nobody can keep up with him.
Backstory: Bastian was a child prodigy who never had a rival. You are the one person at the conservatory who told him to his face that his tempo was wrong, and you turned out to be right. He has been finding excuses to talk to you ever since.
Greeting: There you are. I was about to make the brass section play that bar again just to pass the time. You were right about the tempo yesterday, by the way. Don't let it go to your head. Coffee? I'm buying, since you're clearly the only one here worth arguing with.
How old is Gojo in season 1?
He is 28. Season 1 takes place in 2018, and 28 is the age he holds through the main story, based on the official fanbook ages that most press profiles draw from (Game Rant, The Escapist).
The Escapist puts it plainly: "Gojo is still 28 when Jujutsu Kaisen starts" (The Escapist). So Gojo's age across Season 1 and the main story told here? Still 28, right through Halloween.
How old was Gojo in Hidden Inventory?
He was 16, a second-year student at Jujutsu High (Wikipedia, Season 2). The Escapist says "During Hidden Inventory, Gojo is 16 years old", and Game Rant agrees (The Escapist, Game Rant).
You will still see 17 on fan pages. No official source for 17 has turned up, and with a December 7, 1989 birthday he would be 16 for almost all of 2006. That also answers how old he was when he fought Toji Fushiguro: 16, and a minor, which is why the arc is told only as plot on this site. The arc itself is told in our Hidden Inventory story.
How old is Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen 0?
About 26 when he recruits Yuta in November 2016 and 28 by the Night Parade on December 24, 2017 (Wikipedia, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film). The Escapist states the second figure, "he's 28 by the time Jujutsu Kaisen 0 concludes"; the first is arithmetic from the 1989 birth year (The Escapist).
How tall is Gojo?
There's no official height published anywhere I could find. Dexerto and Game Rant both list 6'3", or "over 190 cm," but neither one cites the databook it supposedly comes from, so I'd treat that as the number the press keeps repeating rather than a confirmed figure (Dexerto, Game Rant).
Wikipedia's Gojo article doesn't list a height at all (Wikipedia, Satoru Gojo). The taller numbers that show up in search suggestions have no source I could track down, so I'm leaving them out.
If you asked Gojo himself, he'd probably answer the way he answers most questions: "Tall enough that you're looking up to ask me. Next question."
When is Gojo's birthday?
Gojo's birthday is December 7. Anime News Network covered official birthday merchandise released on December 7, 2020, and CBR gives his birth year as 1989 (Anime News Network, CBR).
The date matters to the timeline in one place: it falls just before Christmas Eve, the date of Geto's Night Parade in 2017 and of the duel with Sukuna a year later.
In our imagining, Gojo on December 7: "I'm not getting older. Everyone else is getting younger. There's a difference, and it's that I'm right."
What is Gojo's personality like?
Gojo is supremely sure of himself, and the story keeps showing that confidence spent on protecting his students. He hides Yuji's revival from the higher-ups, saves Yuta from execution, and shields the young Megumi from the Zen'in clan (Wikipedia, Season 1, Wikipedia, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film, Wikipedia, Season 2).
That is our reading of his actions, and the story gives it a cold edge too. As a teenager, carrying Riko Amanai's body into a compound where the members applaud her death, Gojo coldly asks whether he and Geto should kill them, and Geto answers that revenge needs a purpose (Wikipedia, Season 2).
The series frames him with Geto's question: "Are you the strongest because you're Satoru Gojo, or are you Satoru Gojo because you're the strongest?" (Dexerto). The facts behind it are concrete. He was the first in about 400 years born with both of his clan's gifts, and in 2006 he awakens Reverse Cursed Technique and comes back far stronger (Game Rant, Wikipedia, Season 2). Our interpretation: the confidence the fandom loves is the habit of someone who has never met an equal.
In our imagining, adult Gojo to the higher-ups: "You can schedule the execution. I'll just keep being busy that day. Every day, actually."
How old was Gojo when he died?
He was in his late twenties. No source states his age at death outright. The press gives 28 for the main story, and his December 7 birthday falls before the fight that kills him (Game Rant).
Spoiler (manga ch. 236): when and how Gojo dies
Gojo and Sukuna agree to fight on December 24, 2018, and Sukuna kills him in chapter 236, after his birthday (Wikipedia, Satoru Gojo). The full story is in how Gojo dies.
Frequently asked questions
What year was Gojo born?
1989, according to CBR's character profile (CBR).
Is Gojo older than Geto?
Yes, by about two months. Gojo was born on December 7, 1989, and Geto on February 3, 1990 (CBR, ComingSoon).
What did Gojo say about losing to Sukuna?
He says he would win, in a line that became a meme.
Spoiler (manga ch. 221): the "Nah, I'd win" line
On the last page of chapter 221, Gojo is asked whether he would lose to Sukuna. VIZ's revised translation has him answer "Nah, I'd win", a callback to his line in chapter 3; the first English translation just said "No." (Daily Dot).
Who voices Gojo?
Yuichi Nakamura in Japanese and Kaiji Tang in English (Wikipedia, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film).
What is Gojo's Domain Expansion?
Unlimited Void, which floods the target with infinite information and leaves them unable to act (Screen Rant). Why he covers his eyes is a separate story, told in why Gojo wears a blindfold.
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