Why You Keep Seeing Gojo on Clear Cards from Japan

Satoru Gojo Jujutsu Kaisen Clear Card Gum No.05

One of Anime’s Strongest Characters, on a Card Built to Glow

This is a trading card from the Jujutsu Kaisen Clear Card Gum series — a collectible released through Japan’s shokugan (food-toy) market, where small prizes are packaged alongside gum and sold at convenience stores, candy shops, and toy retailers. What sets this format apart is the material: instead of matte cardstock, Clear Card Gum inserts are printed on thin, transparent film that lets light pass through. Hold one up to a window and the character illustration seems to float against it.

The card is No.05 in the series, featuring Satoru Gojo. That number tells you something useful about the format: a complete set exists, spread across multiple numbered cards, and acquiring specific numbers is built into the experience. Cards like this typically reach the secondary market because buyers — who often can’t see which card is in a given pack — purchase multiples to complete a set, then pass along the extras.

Jujutsu Kaisen and the Character Who Defines It

Jujutsu Kaisen is a manga by Gege Akutami, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from March 2018. The anime, produced by MAPPA, ran its first season from October 2020 to March 2021, followed by a theatrical film in December 2021 and a second season in 2023. VIZ Media publishes the English-language volumes, and the series has found wide audiences across North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia through streaming platforms.

Satoru Gojo is introduced as a teacher at Tokyo Jujutsu High School and, by the series’ own framing, the strongest sorcerer alive. He mentors the story’s main protagonist and wields two abilities central to his identity: the Six Eyes, a rare ocular power, and Infinity, a technique that makes him essentially untouchable in combat. His appearance — white hair spiked upward, combined with a black blindfold or white sunglasses — is grounded directly in the lore: the Six Eyes are said to be so draining that they require constant suppression. On this card, he is depicted with his right hand raised near his face, a gesture that fans of both the manga and anime will place immediately as one of his characteristic poses.

The Shokugan Tradition and How This Card Left Japan

Shokugan has roots going back to the Meiji era, when Japanese confectioners began including small extras with their products. By the 1990s and early 2000s, the format had matured into a serious collector market, with miniature figures, wafer cards, sticker gum, and clear-film inserts all appearing as tie-ins to major manga and anime properties. The Clear Card Gum series sits squarely in that tradition.

The specific manufacturer behind this release isn’t confirmed from the card itself — Japanese companies including Lotte, Bandai Candy, and Maruka have all produced comparable formats over the years. The copyright line reads ©GA/S, JKP, reflecting rights held by Gege Akutami, Shueisha, and the Jujutsu Kaisen Production Committee. The production period is estimated to fall between 2020 and 2023, aligned with the anime’s major rollout phases, though a precise date can’t be confirmed from available information.

Because the Clear Card Gum line moved through Japanese domestic retail — convenience stores, candy shops, toy outlets — it was never distributed internationally. Items like this reach overseas collectors only through the secondary market, which is the typical path for Japan-original shokugan discovered by fans who weren’t in Japan when the series first launched.