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- Yeah! So, come along with me, Utahime - to the battling center!; Exercising is best when you're irritated. Come on, let's go!
- — Gojo to Utahime; JJK Phantom Parade game
GojoHime is the het ship between Satoru Gojo and Utahime Iori from the Jujutsu Kaisen fandom.
Canon[]
Gojo and Utahime are teachers at Tokyo Jujutsu Tech and Kyoto Jujutsu Tech respectively. They've known each for over ten years, presumably since Gojo's second year, with Utahime being three years his senior.
Gojo is often seen teasing Utahime, eventually getting on her nerves.
Due to their relationship, Utahime annoyed with his comments and even though she gets agitated, they manage civilly get along when in action.
Kyoto Goodwill Event Arc[]
Utahime's reaction to Gojo's antics (Ep. 14)
In Chapter 32, once Utahime and the Kyoto students arrive for the Sister School Goodwill Event, she asks everyone where 'the idiot' is, in reference to Gojo. As soon as this is said, he appears, to which Utahime reacts with "Tsk. Gojo Satoru", with a rather annoyed look on her face.
He's seen rolling a metal box along with souvenirs for the Kyoto students from his overseas business trip, but notes that none are for Utahime, clearly teasing her. She responds with annoyance, claiming that she wouldn't need one anyway.
In Chapter 33, while Principal Yaga is explaining the event, he is holding down Gojo and Utahime can be seen laughing softly at him. Later, Gojo and Utahime are shown alone per Gojo's request to talk. Gojo asks her why she looks pissed, to which she replies that she's not. He quickly replies that that's what he thought, as he didn't do anything wrong, further irritating Utahime.
While he's explaining her why he believes that a human is working with curses, Utahime asks him what would he do if she was the traitor to which Gojo responds that it can't be her since she's too weak and doesn't have the guts to try and betray them. In response, she throws her drink at him. Gojo then tells her that men don't like hysterical women.
At the beginning of Chapter 34, Gojo is counting down for the start for the start of the event, and when there's one minute left, he asks Utahime to say some words of encouragement. Since Utahime wasn't ready, she struggles to say something, and stutters. Gojo cuts her off after she musters something by saying "time's up!", making her angry. She continues to shout at Gojo for embarrassing her and tells him that he should respect his elders.
In Chapter 40, while Gojo and Utahime are watching the students, Utahime says that the students should just get along with each other. Gojo replies by saying "They must take after you, Utahime", but she says that Gojo is the only one that she has a problem with.
In Chapter 43, Gojo's shown surprised by Utahime suddenly standing up to go and pick up her student Miwa, she explains that's dangerous to leave her student who'd just fallen asleep because of Inumaki's cursed technique, out there alone in a forest full of cursed spirits.
In Chapter 45, Gojo and Utahime alongside Principal Gakuganji, are shown running together to help the students. Utahime tells Gojo to go on ahead before the curtain fully forms, but he replies that he can't, as the curtain is already complete. When they arrive, Gojo approaches it and gets repelled, but not Utahime, who manages to get her hand inside and prompts her to ask him why did he get rejected and not her.
Gojo smiles and tells her that the curtain was made with the condition to deny his entrance in exchange of allowing everyone else in. This condition set for the barrier alarms Utahime, who realizes that, a barrier that singles out a specific individual, needs to be created by someone very skilled. Gojo completes her thought aloud, explaning that there's a very skilled curse user in the place with information about them.
In Chapter 52, as Utahime is running inside the barrier, she's shown thinking about the curtain's effect and the conversation he previously had with Gojo, accpeting that he's probably right about the existence of a curse user inside the school or someone working with a curse user. A moment later, she gets attacked by one the curse users inside the forest Haruta Shigemo, but before their battle could start, the curtain gets dispelled by Gojo.
Death Painting Arc[]
Some time later Gojo and Utahime are seen talking on the phone. Gojo briefly tells her about the first-year students, boasting about the triumphal ending of their last mission. He says their success must be the direct consequence of his "awesome teaching".
Utahime interrupts him and tells him to hurry up, since it's her day off, and she doesn't want to talk to him during her free-time. (despite this, it is shown in the anime their call lasted for at least three minutes). She mentions that staff members are all busy and cannot attend "a party", meaning she didn't find the traitor among the faculty. He figuratively asks whether the mole is a student, and she says that she will keep asking around.
Gojo's Past Arc[]
The flashback begins with Utahime investigating a cursed mansion in Hamamatsu City alongside Mei Mei. While both sorcerers figured out a plan to get out of it, the house is suddenly torn apart by a young Gojo who just arrived to the scene. As Utahime is getting out of the rubble, Gojo says "I came to save you...Utahime! You crying?" to which she strongly replies that she's not and to respect his elders. Mei Mei, who's already safely out of the debris and next to Gojo, joins teasingly asking him if he'd console her if she cried, adding that she wouldn't say no to that. Gojo is confused replying that she wouldn't cry as she's strong.
Utahime, trying to insist that she didn't need help, gets distracted and is almost hit by what's left of the curse but gets saved by Suguru Geto, who joins the conversation as well by mentioning that "It's not nice to pick on the weak". Gojo replies that no one would pick on someone strong and Mei Mei says that Geto is the only one who's teasing Utahime without knowing it. A moment later, another of her juniors, Ieiri Shoko, shows up on the scene revealing that they had been worried about Utahime as she didn't call her for two days, to which Utahime runs to hug and breaks down in tears and asks her kouhai to not turn out like Gojo and Geto. Later, Gojo who said he would put up the curtain and quickly rushed into action, gets punished by Yaga for forgetting to do so.
Shibuya Incident Arc[]
Utahime telling the first years about the information she collected with Gojo
In chapter 79, Utahime is shown waiting in the rain for Gojo's first year students. Once they get inside the parking lot, Utahime proceeds to ask them if Gojo has informed them all about the mole and begins to explain that Gojo and her both suspect there're two or more people feeding intel to the curse users.
One mole of a higher rank than the principals and another that's feeding information to the higher ups, the latter being the target for this mission. On their way to apprehend the mole, Utahime continues to explain to Megumi, Yuji, and Nobara that they suspect this person because Gojo and her came to that conclusion by process of elimination.
Shinjuku Showdown Arc[]
After a month of preparation, Gojo's shown ready to leave to fight Sukuna. As he walks down the stairs, Utahime shows up right behind him. And alongside Ijichi and Gakungaji, Utahime is brought with Gojo as a team to Shinjuku for the first move in the battle. With Ijichi preparing the curtain and Gakuganji playing his instrument, both Utahime and Gojo begin to prepare the complete rituals for their respective cursed techniques.
Utahime reveals her technique: "Solo Forbidden Zone", which enhances the cursed energy reserve and output of any sorcerer of her choosing and herself, temporarily, as long as they remain in her range. By including incantations, hand signs, dances, and instruments, she manages to channel it to 120% of it's normal effect, and just like Utahime, Gojo doesn't skip a single step in his ritual either. With Utahime's technique to its full potential alongside Gakuganji's support and Ijichi's efforts to hide theor location, Gojo's complete ritual, he shoots a 200% output Hollow Purple. Utahime helped making the strongest sorcerer even stronger.
As the battle wraps up, Utahime stands next to Gakuganji, watching over Nobara’s return. She comments that Nobara just woke up from her coma. This plan appears to be shared only between the Gojo and the adults, and Gojo trusted Utahime and Gakuganji to keep Nobara safe as she delivered the final nail against Sukuna.
Behind The Scenes[]
- “At first, I went to make a character that was a quite specialized in Tsukkomi, but there was direction that she was elegant, beautiful, and only changed when Gojo involved. She often gets angry, but that's why I wished I could make a character that makes people think she's cute. It's a difficult point of view but I think that the nuance is different from hate or distaste. I feel that it is necessary to have a very delicate play as to where Utahime's feelings and how to reconcile with the places she hates to lose. There are many parts that have not been revealed yet, so I'm looking forward to playing the role in the future.”
- — Hikasa Yoko[1]
- “I couldn't get over the fact that she disliked Gojo and became confused as to why she disliked him so much, so I used to talk to Suga-San about it.”
- — Nakamura Yuiichi[2]
- “She is usually respectable as a teacher with good quality and dignity, but she loses her temper every time she gets involved with Gojo-san...”
- — Hikasa Yoko[3]
Fanon[]
This ship took off during the Kyoto Sister School Goodwill Event episodes. Their main trope includes "Opposites Attract", especially due to the extreme differences between the two personalities, with Utahime being more calm and Gojo being playful. On top of that, a lot of shippers love how despite their contrasting personalities, and despite the fact that Utahime is canonically said to hate Gojo, the two have still maintained a colorful dynamic for the past decade; both working together well and having implicit faith in each other especially when it comes to the sake of their students.
This ship is largely popular within Japanese fans, who call them the "Five Songs Couple" (GoUta - "Five Songs", in Romaji): Go (五) from Gojo's surname, which directly translates to "Five", and Uta (歌) from Utahime's given name, which also directly translates as "Song". GojoHime has been popular within manga fans for some time now, which explains the relatively large amount of fanfictions and fanarts of the ship. Their interactions in the anime adaptation has also welcomed new shippers to the boat.
On AO3, GojoHime is the fourth most written ship for Gojo and the most written for Iori. It is also the seventh most written ship in the Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga) tag and the seventh most written in the Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime) tag, currently sitting at over 3,330 works.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Satoru/Utahime tag on AO3
- Satoru & Utahime tag on AO3
- GojoHime hashtag on Twitter
- GoUta posts on Twitter
- 五歌 posts on Twitter
- 五歌 hashtag on Twitter
- 고죠우타 posts on Twitter
- 고죠우타 hashtag on Twitter
- โกะอุตะ hashtag on Twitter
- gouta_60min hashtag on Twitter
- @GojoHimeZine on Twitter
- @goutacafe on Twitter
- DISCORD
- GoUta Nation on Discord
- GOJOHIME/GOUTA WEEK
- GojoHime/GoUta week was held from July 15th to July 21st (2023)
- GojoHime Week 2023 hashtag on Twitter
- GoUta Week 2023 hashtag on Twitter
- GojoHime/GoUta week was held from October 5th to October 6th (2024).
- GoUta Week 2024 Announcement
- GoUta Week 2024 hashtag on Twitter
- MUSIC
- GojoHime Playlists on Spotify
- WIKIS
- Gojo Satoru/Iori Utahime on Fanlore
Trivia[]
- According to the official fan book, there are certain contrasts between their personalities as well as their aesthetics: Utahime dislikes sweets and enjoys drinking alcohol, while Gojo likes sweets and dislikes alcohol. Utahime has purple/black hair and wears white clothes, whereas Gojo has white hair and wears purple/black clothes.
- Gojo is listed as Utahime's source of stress, despite the two living very far away from each other.[4]
- Utahime's "You should respect your seniors" vs Gojo's "Doesn't matter to me~" was what started his teasing. After that, it became a reflex.[5]
- Though, not pointed out in the fan book, an additional tidbit of their matching aesthetics is how Gojo and Utahime also wore/wears white bandages/white ribbons.
- A volume 5 extra states that she hates Gojo "most of the time". When asked about this, Gege Akutami said that Gojo is not aware that Utahime hates him; thinks of her reactions as a joke and their interactions fun banter.[6] In Gojo's relationship chart (2024), Utahime's feelings towards Gojo are described as "hate". [7]
- During the Kyoto Goodwill Event arc, Gojo invited Utahime, Nanami and Ijichi to help him pick a sport for the event. Utahime and Gojo play baseball, and Gojo adds the sport to the list of possible games for the exchange event. Gojo rigged the choices to add baseball, futsal, odoma korogashi (giant ball) and rugby. Yuji picks baseball as the chosen sport, which is also Utahime's favorite sport. [8][9] ; "Utahime, the one into the baseball game the most!" said by Gege in his sketch of Utahime and Momo.[10]
- In the Jujutsu Kaisen Light Novel Volume 2: "Thorny Road to Dawn", there's a conversation between Noritoshi Kamo and Mechamaru about Utahime, mentioning that she becomes a bit strange when it comes to sports or Gojou Satoru.[11]
- Gege mentioned that chapter's title, "Accomplices", refers to all duos who appeared in chapter 63, making Gojo and Utahime accomplices, as well.
- In chapter 34, Gojo announced the start of the Goodwill Event and was proceeded by Utahime’s “respect your seniors!” line. This is actually a reference to Ichiro Suzuki, a Japanese baseball superstar, who said the same line in this video during a tournament.
- Gojo is also shown to be a fan of the baseball player as he’s seen in the manga doing body stretches like how Suzuki does it. These could imply that Gojo and Utahime are probably both fans of Ichiro Suzuki.
- Utahime and Gojo are shown to have opposite teaching styles. While Utahime is the kind to encourage her students to work as a team and support each other[12], Gojo prefers to emphasize the importance of individual strength, as he considers it crucial to survive and strive as a sorcerer.[13]
- It's also noted that the Kyoto students have good skills for planification on the battlefield as well as a better performance in the classroom compared to the Tokyo students[14], which would indicate Utahime's teaching methods are more theoretical, in contrast to Gojo who leans heavily on being practical and taking the students on missions.
- Gojo and Utahime are both good at singing. Utahime's talent is mentioned in the fanbook while Gojo's ability was mentioned by himself on a special bonus chapter.[15]
- In Jujutsu Kaisen's Brazilian Portuguese dub, when Utahime throws her tea cup at Gojo, he responds with, "Ow! Retract your claws, kitten!"[16]
- In 2021, Jujutsu Kaisen collaborated with Niigata Rice Cracker Museum & Bakauke Inari. One of the crackers' packages depicts Gojo and Utahime as small, cartoonish crackers Borin and Barin - who are boyfriend and girlfriend, respectively[17]. However, the crackers were removed from sale for unknown reasons. [18]
- In July 2021, EnSky released a set of Jujutsu Kaisen playing cards with Gojo and Utahime featuring King and Ace of Clubs and 6 and 9 of Clubs, respectively.
- In the official Jujutsu Kaisen snacks chibi figures blind box series, Utahime is seen holding a cup full of tea, while Gojo some mochi, which go great when eaten together.
- Japanese manga artist, Takako Shimura, an author whose work Akutami Gege always finds interesting[19], expressed on her personal Twitter that Gojo's "I'm here to help you! Are you crying?" looks like a great shoujo comedy moment.[20][8]
- Adam McArthur (Yuji's English Dub VA) liked Tara Jayne Sands (Utahime's Eng VA) Tweet mentioning Utahime and Gojo.[21]
- Hikasa Yoko (Utahime's seiyuu) said that when she watched the first episode, she thought Gojo's voice was cool.[22]
- Nakamura Yuiichi (Gojo's seiyuu) thought Utahime and Gojo were on good terms even though she says she doesn't like him, so he was very confused when the anime director told her that Utahime hated him.[23]
- Utahime's English VA, Tara Jayne Sands, responded to an artist who drew a commission for Kaiji Tang (Gojo's English VA) with: "Oooooh, now we need one of Gojo and Utahime together!"[24]
- GojoHime artist @mewnbyul claims Utahime's English VA Tara Jayne Sands liked her GojoHime artwork thread.[25]
- Tara also tweeted about a painting of Gojo and Utahime portrait that was also liked by Kaiji Tang (Gojo's English VA).[26]
- During the MomoCon 2023 panel, Kaiji Tang was requested to say the iconic line Gojo says to Utahime during their high school days, "You crying?".
- The actor who played Gojo in the second Jujutsu Kaisen The Stage play quote retweeted a post featuring Gojo and Utahime posing together, with Gojo acting coyly in the first picture, that the actress who played Utahime posted.[27]
- On October 18, Tara Sands announced on her Twitter how she and Kaiji Tang would be attending NYC Comic Con 2024 together, to which Kaiji replied with the iconic line "You crying?", and Tara, also responding in character, "I'm not crying! And be more polite!"[28]
- Additionally, a few days later, she replies to her own Tweet, saying how she thinks they both need to "commission a #gojohime print for their Streamily" while mentioning Kaiji Tang.[29]
- GojoHime ranked as the 4th most searched ship of 2023 on Fandom.[30]
- GojoHime ranked as the 6th most popular ship of 2024 on Pixiv by Japanese fans.[31]
- The two, although seen bickering in almost all their moments together, are also capable of holding casual exchanges with each other as seen in the anime adaptation's Jujutsu Stroll from S1 EP 15[32] as well as in one manga panel where Utahime asked Gojo where Mei Mei was and he comedically finds her for Utahime by dropping a ¥500 coin on the ground, to which Utahime asks Mei Mei if she is okay being treated like that.[33]
- In the Jujutsu Stroll bonus, Gojo, unlike the female students, is not asked the question about who his type is, and instead seems to be holding a completely different conversation with Utahime, asking about who the nice student with the notable bangs is: "The kid with notable bangs who seems nice". (The literal translation is "good child" or "good kid"). Utahime told Gojo he was asking about Miwa, her student. [34]
- Utahime's innate technique name seems to be inspired by Akina Nakamori's song "Kinku", a song about falling in love with a dangerous man - something that can be used to describe Gojo.
- In the same Q&A about Gojo, Gege mentions how his seniors "It must've been difficult for them to get along with a kouhai who was ridiculously powerful and came from one of the Big Three families" [35] . Despite this, Utahime does not seem to have any issue putting Gojo in his place when she dislikes his banter.
- Gege also reveals how the Gojo clan are based on Kyoto, and is where Satoru grew up but left to Tokyo at a young age - Kyoto is the same place where Utahime currently lives and works at.[36]
- Gege reveals that Gojo's Infinity is "almost always on" and that it is only rarely ever turned off[37], it is worth noting that one of the only times he supposedly has it turned off is when he is inside school grounds when speaking to Utahime, and that the only time he turns it back on was when the tea cup she threw was hurtling towards him.
- Gojo can be observed to always be smiling whenever he is with or speaking with Utahime.
- During close up scenes of the two's faces, it can be observed that they both wear the same shade of lipgloss.
- In the anime, the phone call, between Gojo and Utahime is shown to last for a duration of 3 minutes and 41 seconds.
- In the infamous flashback scene during the Gojo's Past arc, Gojo can be seen happily playing with the curse that almost killed Utahime, followed by Gojo asking Geto to not fully consume the curse when the latter stops it from attacking Utahime again, telling Geto he'll "save it for later".
- In the same flashback, the reason Gojo, Geto, and Shoko got in trouble with Principal Yaga was because Gojo forgot to put up a curtain because he was too busy teasing Utahime. When asked who was responsible, the two single him out, resulting in the Six Eyes user to get reprimanded.
- The yagasuri pattern used in the background of the chapter 34 cover photo Utahime and Gojo are featured in represents the tail feathers of an arrow, wherein it is seen as good luck in event ceremonies such as gradutations, weddings, etc. It also depicts the Japanese saying of "Once an arrow is shot, the only way to move is forward." which can be interpreted as paralleling the dragonfly pattern on the young Gojo's yukata during a flashback symbolizes how dragonfly can only fly forward and never look back.
- It can be noted that despite not getting along well, Utahime trusts Gojo as a sorcerer, and is ready to support Jujutsu Tech as a teacher and fellow comrade.
Gallery[]
- Main article: GojoHime/Gallery
References[]
Variations[]
- GojoHimeNao refers to the ship between the two and Naoya Zenin
- GojoShokoUta refers to the ship between the two and Shoko Ieiri
- SatoUtaNana refers to the ship between the two and Kento Nanami
- UtaSatoMei refers to the ship between the two and Mei Mei
