Sukuna in Soft Relief, a Jujutsu Kaisen Cushion Badge

Bandai Jujutsu Kaisen Ryomen Sukuna Cushion Can Badge, 56mm

The Series That Put Cursed Spirits on the World Stage

Jujutsu Kaisen is a manga by Gege Akutami, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from March 2018 and completed in September 2024. The MAPPA-produced anime launched in October 2020 and built a substantial international following through streaming on platforms including Netflix and Crunchyroll. A prequel film, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, released in December 2021, earned more than 13.8 billion yen at the Japanese box office. A second anime season followed in 2023, covering the Shibuya Incident arc. By the mid-2020s the franchise had established itself as one of the defining shonen properties of its era, with an active fanbase across North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

Ryomen Sukuna and the Role He Plays in the Story

Sukuna holds the title of the most powerful cursed spirit in the Jujutsu Kaisen universe — referred to within the story as the King of Curses. The series places his origins in Japan’s Heian period, describing him as a sorcerer whose death transformed him into an entity that has endured for more than a thousand years. His visual identity is hard to mistake: pale hair with pink undertones, red eyes, and tattoo-like markings traced across his face and body. In merchandise he is most often depicted inhabiting the body of protagonist Yuji Itadori — reading as human in silhouette but unmistakable from those markings. One frequently recurring pose shows him raising a hand near his mouth, expression somewhere between contempt and quiet calculation. That posture has become visual shorthand for the character across official goods. As both the story’s final antagonist and an entity woven through the protagonist’s journey from the start, Sukuna occupies an unusual narrative space, and that complexity has earned him a devoted following internationally — one that rivals, and in some surveys surpasses, enthusiasm for the main cast.

The Cushion Can Badge Format and Japanese Collecting Culture

Can badges are one of the most common anime merchandise formats in Japan, sold through specialty shops, capsule vending machines, event stalls, and convenience store prize campaigns. At 56mm, this badge sits toward the larger end of the standard range. The Cushion Series designation marks a specific variant in Bandai’s lineup: rather than a flat printed surface, the front of the badge contains a layer of padding beneath the design, giving it a softly raised, tactile quality that a standard pin does not have. Bandai developed this as a collector-focused format, where the added texture and slight dimensionality make it better suited to display as well as wear. The badge follows the standard layout for this line — a bust-up illustration of Sukuna with his name and the series title printed on the face, finished in a gloss coating — and is packaged in a blister card. It carries official copyright notation connecting it to Akutami’s work, Shueisha, and the Jujutsu Kaisen production committee. The precise release date is not confirmed from available information, but Bandai’s cushion badge line for Jujutsu Kaisen has been in production since at least the second anime season in 2023, with multiple character designs and editions released across that period.