Jiji

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Jiji
Japanese	ジジ
Rōmaji	Jiji
Characteristics
Race	Human
Home Planet	Earth
Gender	Male
Age	16-17
Hair Color	Auburn
Eye Color	Brown
Personal Status
Status	Alive
Classifi-cation	Power User
Occupation	High School Student
Affiliation	Kami High (History and Culture Research Club) Family
Residence	Kamigoe City Byakuja Village (Cursed House) (Formerly)
Combat Style	Evil Eye Spiritual Power Ki Manipulation
Relationships
Family	Unnamed Father Unnamed Mother
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Kaito Ishikawa Makoto Koichi (Young)
English Voice	Aleks Le Ryan Bartley (Young)
Debuts
Manga Debut	Chapter 1 (Flashback) Chapter 27 (Debut)
Anime Debut	Episode 1 (Flashback) Episode 10 (Debut)
Movie Debut	Dandadan: Evil Eye

Jin Enjyoji (円えん城じょう寺じ仁じん, Enjōji Jin^?), also known as Jiji (ジジ), is one of the main characters of the manga series Dandadan.

He is Momo Ayase's childhood friend (and also, unknowingly, her first crush) whom he lost touch with after moving away. Years later, he enrolls into Kami High and reunites with her after he came to her grandmother Seiko Ayase for help to rid his house of the Evil Eye haunting him, which leads to him becoming the yokai's vessel. After the Evil Eye is kept under control by Okarun, Jiji becomes one of the few to lend his help to Momo and Okarun as they try to find the latter's kintama.

Appearance

Jiji is a tall and muscular young man, being even taller than his parents with short auburn hair with bangs that fall down to his eyebrows with only the center of his forehead left exposed by a bang that points upwards, and brown eyes. He is considered as very handsome, and it makes him extremely popular with girls at school.

When he was first introduced, Jiji wore a tracksuit with an undershirt.

When at school, Jiji wears a collared shirt with a tie, jeans with a belt and the school's blazer. He also wears dark hoop earrings.

Gallery

Jiji's anime concept art.

Jiji as a child

Video Games

Jiji in Grand Summoners.

Jiji (Super Awakening) in Grand Summoners.

Personality

Jiji is known for his cheerful personality, limitless enthusiasm, and a tendency for over-the-top emotional responses. He frequently communicates with a dramatic style, using grand gestures and always seizes the chance to transform even ordinary or serious moments into theatrical displays. This immaturity, however, occasionally pushes social boundaries. Upon moving into the Ayase residence, Jiji falsely claimed to Miko and Kei that he and Momo were in a "lovey-dovey relationship", a statement that irritated Momo and prompted her to get violent with him for putting her in an embarrassing situation. This aspect of his personality is also what caused their childhood friendship to fracture, as Momo felt insulted when Jiji mocked her for adhering to her grandmother's tradition back when they were kids and did not favor their reunion years later. Jiji reveals that his behavior is due to his difficulty expressing his true feelings around Momo.

In addition to his outgoing traits, he is good-natured and sociable to those around him, which allows him to quickly forge friendships, as evident by Okarun finding himself enjoying his conversation with him on the train ride to his house despite perceiving Jiji as a rival for Momo's affection. By the time he confronted the Evil Eye, Okarun ultimately confessed to considering Jiji a cherished friend after the brief moments they spent together. Jiji deeply values his friendships and is committed to protecting those close to him, striving to improve himself and act as a reliable ally in moments of danger. Despite his immaturity, Jiji demonstrates a strong sense of accountability. Recognizing the weight of his decision to keep the Evil Eye within him, Jiji committed himself to Seiko's ki training to prevent the yokai from using his body to go on a rampage. He is shown to be remorseful for past wrongdoings, having sincerely apologized to Momo for mocking her childhood rituals and to the Evil Eye for misjudging him out of fear. Jiji also demonstrated notable empathy toward the Evil Eye, having promised to play with him as many times as he wanted after learning about the yokai's tragic past and deep longing for companionship.

He is also shown to act very flirtatious whenever he is around girls he finds attractive. During his introduction to his classmates in Class 2-B, he promptly asked a female classmate for her cellphone number after her cute appearance caught his eye and proceeded to flirt with Momo's friends Miko and Kei.

Background

During his childhood, Jiji used to be friends with Momo Ayase and unknowingly her first crush. However, after Momo started to follow her grandmother Seiko Ayase's instruction in performing a ritual, Jiji rudely mocked her and eventually lost touch with her after he and his parents moved up to the mountains.

At some point, Jiji started to notice strange things happening around his house, but decided to ignore them after his parents failed to take his word for it. However, Jiji is soon confronted by a spirit in his house and found himself seeing it everywhere he went, including in his dreams, resulting in him being sleep-deprived. This encounter then leads to his father and mother being hospitalized after coming down with a sickness.

Having no choice, the family decided upon hiring well-known spirit mediums to perform an exorcism but are met with failure after three of the five mediums ultimately committed suicide. After being told from them that hiring Seiko would be a last resort, Jiji contacted her about his situation and became permitted to move into her house until his problem is solved.

Abilities and Powers

Supernatural Abilities

Spiritual Power

Spiritual Awareness
Jiji possesses the spiritual power to see spirits following his encounter with the Evil Eye in his previous house.

Ki

Jiji is one of the few people capable of harnessing the power of ki, having learned how to from Seiko Ayase in order to keep the Evil Eye within him under control. Since then, he is shown to have mastered it, whether using it for combat or other purposes. He possesses a remarkably large reserve of ki, being so vast that he was able to overload the energy absorption of Ta Kowasa's exosuit and continue fighting the other Kur.

Curse Suppression
	Jiji primarily uses his ki to suppress the Evil Eye within him if he were to come into contact with a cold liquid and activate the curse. This exertion of ki ultimately takes a toll on his stamina.
Healing
Jiji is able to channel his ki into others to ease the pain of any injuries or discomfort inflicted to them. He suggested applying this technique to Seiko after her medication caused her to feel exhausted but was interrupted by the confrontation of the Kito Family. He later applied this to Seiko after she was injured in her battle against Enenra.
Evil Gun (邪銃, Jagan?)
	As part of Seiko's training, Jiji learned how to use the palm wave application of ki where he concentrates on focusing his ki to his hands and then thrusting them forward while cupped to project an invisible blast of energy. While still practicing, Jiji was only able to unleash a palm wave that could only knock back his targets without dealing much damage. Following the Kur invasion, Jiji strengthened the power of his palm wave by applying the Power of Words, officially dubbing it the Evil Gun and allowing him to fire an energy beam. By the time of his confrontation against the Typhoon Human, he has been able to unleash the same energy beam without having to use the Power of Words.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Jiji harmlessly firing his Evil Gun through himself. The primary advantage of this ki application is that it enables Jiji to unleash powerful beams of focused energy that he can control to either deal damage to anything in their trajectory or repel an intended target. Through his mastery in ki manipulation, Jiji can direct his Evil Gun to pass through obstacles, allowing him to reach his target situated on the other side. A major weakness to the Evil Gun is that it depletes Jiji of his stamina (though he has been shown being able to fire at least four in a single day, signifying his improvement over the technique since his first usage). It should also be noted that his first usage put too much strain on his hands. Jiji claims that executing a single palm is quite difficult for him to do and is required to put all his effort to use it. While powerful, Jiji's Evil Gun can be countered or even outmatched if clashed with a blast of a higher level, as with the case of the combined blasts Suda Ko's electromagnetic projectile rifle and Ta Komeshi's anti-gravity beam.
Usage
Jiji mainly uses his Evil Gun in combat, positioning himself out of melee range and firing it off as a destructive mid-long-range attack at his targets. Jiji is able to increase the power of his Evil Gun by applying the word influence of the Power of Words and the rotation dynamics of Spiral Power, with the latter also allowing him to draw out the Evil Eye's power. He can also have his Evil Gun repel his targets. This was demonstrated during the confrontation with the Typhoon Human where Jiji worked with Momo to send the UMA's frozen sharks towards it in an attempt to have it dissipate.

Evil Eye's Power
Jiji is able to accesses the power of the Evil Eye through two distinct methods. The first is through Spiral Power, a technique in which he synchronizes his ki with the Evil Eye's and sets them both into rotation. The second involves rapidly alternating control of his body between himself and the Evil Eye, a process he compares to the flickering of a lightbulb. This second method triggers a partial transformation of the Evil Eye's possession. The black markings stretching from Jiji’s face to chest fade to a muted shade, revealing two sharp dark lines running from his forehead to his eyes. His long earrings shrink to half their usual length, the third eye on his forehead cracks slightly open, and his white hair flares upward in jagged spikes. His voice also takes on the tone of the Evil Eye's.
Statistics
Attack Power 130/110 Defense Power 100/110 Speed 100/110 Ferocity 100/110 Purity 110/110
Strengths and Weaknesses
The ki of the Evil Eye strengthening Jiji's Evil Gun. Accessing the Evil Eye's power through the method of Spiral Power enables Jiji to significantly boost the strength of his techniques, especially when his initial attacks fall short. The second method, involving rapid alternation of control between Jiji and the Evil Eye, grants him the yokai's formidable durability, allowing him to withstand high-impact blows, including those from other yokai. While this form enables him to use his own special techniques, the single drawback is that his offensive power is diminished compared to the amplification provided by Spiral Power.
Usage
Jiji first unlocked the Spiral Power method to enhance his Evil Gun while fending off the devastating blasts of Suda Ko and Ta Komeshi. The breakthrough came after recalling Seiko's earlier theory that it might be possible for him to tap directly into the yokai's power by applying this technique. Later on, Jiji developed the second method for purpose of playing with the Evil Eye during his free time. He would soon employ this technique in combat against Enenra to endure his assaults and utilize his Evil Gun to inflict damage on the smoke yokai.

Other Abilities

Power of Words

Power of Words (言霊, Kotodama?)
Jiji utilizes the Power of Words to enhance the power of his palm waves that he dubs as the Evil Gun.

Spiral Power

Spiral Power (螺旋の力, Rasen no chikara?)
Jiji utilizes Spiral Power with his Evil Gun to tap into the Evil Eye's ki and enhance his attack.

Chapter Appearances

Kintama Hunt Saga

Cursed House Arc
28. That's A Premonition About The Turmoils of Love!	Appears
29. First Love!	Appears
30. Don't Give Up!	Appears
31. The Life of an Anatomical Doll	Appears
32. Let's Go to the Cursed House	Appears
33. Better Decide Which One's Into Her	Appears
34. The Kito Family Is Coming	Appears
35. Where's The Tsuchinoko Monster?	Appears
36. The Kito Family's Old Lady	Appears
37. Like, This Is the Legend of the Giant Snake	Appears
38. Mongolian Death Worms Are Deadly	Appears
39. The Evil Eye	Appears
40. Contract	Appears
41. Jiji the Prodigy	Possessed
42. Escape! Multistage!	Possessed
43. You Won't Get Away With This!	Possessed
44. That House Is a Damn Eyesore	Possessed
45. It's a Pump	Mentioned
46. Put That Fire Out	Possessed
47. That's, Like, Way Deadly	Possessed
48. That UFO Is Awesome	Mentioned
49. He's, Like, Sealed	Appears
50. Let's All Carry Around Hot Water	Appears

Evil Eye Arc
51. We Can All Stay There Together!	Appears
52. The Hayashi Performers Are Here	Appears
53. We Became a Family	Appears
54. Get a Part-Time Job	Appears
55. Moe Moe Tri-Beam	Appears
56. Feeling Kinda Gloomy	Appears
57. Scary Dudes at School	Absent
58. Symphony No. 6	Absent
59. Symphony No. 9	Flashback
60. You Can Do It, Okarun!	Appears
61. The Evil Eye's Briefs	Appears
62. I Want to Rebuild the House	Appears

Kaiju Arc
63. School Life	Appears
64. The Secret Art of Being Attractive	Absent
65. I Can't See Them!	Absent
66. Hey, It's a Kaiju	Appears
67. The Kaiju's Wicked Strong	Appears
68. Kinta's Imagination	Possessed
69. Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot!	Possessed
70. This Is How You Beat A Kaiju, Okay?	Possessed
71. I'm Sick of Robots and Kaiju!	Appears
72. Somebody, Please Translate	Appears
73. Let's Eat Some Takoyaki	Appears

Space Globalists Arc
74. Let's Go to School	Absent
75. Ran Into Someone Deadly	Absent
76. What Do We Do With Her?	Appears
77. This Person is a Pain in the Butt	Appears
78. A Pulse-Pounding Night	Absent
79. Just Who the Heck Is This Person?	Appears
80. Ran Into Some Deadly Dudes 2	Appears
81. What Do We Do About These Deadly Dudes?	Possessed
82. Number One Deadliest Dude	Absent
83. At Work	Absent
84. Annoying Dudes	Absent
85. The Power of Nessie	Absent
86. I Just Wanna Leave Already	Absent
87. Can Never Sleep at a Manga Cafe	Appears
88. Spy	Appears
89. Argument	Appears
90. What're We Gonna Do?	Appears
91. Initiate! The Road to Counterattack!	Appears
92. Just Can't Sleep	Appears
93. Astral Body Adventure	Appears
94. Please Tell Me How To Get Back Into My Body	Appears
95. Day of the Decisive Battle	Appears
96. Motivation	Appears
97. What To Do About the Name?	Appears
98. What To Do About My Beauty Treatment	Appears
99. My Turn	Mentioned
100. Close That Gate	Absent
101. Vamola	Appears
102. Vamola 2	Absent
103. Vamola 3	Absent
104. Vamola 4	Absent
105. Banga	Absent
106. Vamola's Reasons	Appears
107. I've Decided On Takoyaki	Absent
108. I'm Gonna Kick Ya Into Tomorrow	Appears
109. Mantis Shrimp's Calculation	Absent
110. Wicked Power	Appears
111. Everyone's Reconvened	Possessed
112. Today is a Tuesday	Possessed
113. Wreck 'Em	Absent
114. A Persistent Bastard	Possessed
115. It's Kinta's Turn Onstage	Absent
116. Howl, Great Kinta!	Absent
117. Out of the Frying Pan	Absent
118. The Power of Reiko Kashima	Possessed
119. That Note	Appears
120. Reiko Kashima's Maiden Heart	Appears

Onbusuman Arc
121. Who's This Person?	Appears
122. Let's Form a Club	Absent
123. The Class Rep's Secret	Absent
124. Ombusman	Absent
125. Let's Do an Exorcism	Absent
126. It's a Parade Float. It's a Festival. It's Ninomiya	Absent
127. Float Performance Face-Off	Absent
128. Let's Be Idols	Absent

Danmara Arc
129. Kawabanga	Absent
130. Mission Impossible	Absent
131. It's, Like, Pride	Absent
132. Delinquents' Track Meet	Absent
133. Where's Zuma?	Absent
134. Deadly Magic Object	Absent
135. She Went and Entered It	Absent
136. It's, Like, a Board Game	Absent
137. That Zuma Dude	Absent
138. Start Game	Absent
139. Let 'Em Eat Cake	Absent
140. How to Use Powers	Absent
141. Eatin' Too Many Treats	Absent
142. That's Enough Of Sweets!	Absent
143. Let's Take a Break!	Absent
144. Let's Go On An Adventure!	Absent
145. Commence Castle Siege	Absent
146. Castle Sieges Are Hard	Absent
147. It's a Megabrawl	Absent
148. Game Cleared	Absent
149. That Devil, the Fairy-Tale Card	Absent
150. This Guy's a Pain	Absent
151. Get That Family Jewel Back	Absent
152. Turbo Granny vs. Brella Boy	Absent
153. Unji Zuma	Absent
154. Unji Zuma 2	Absent
155. Unji Zuma 3	Absent
156. 'Brella Boy	Absent
157. Masamichi Bega	Absent
158. That Kawabanga Girl	Absent
159. Escape from the Cursed Trunk!	Absent
160. The Power of the Demonic Fairy-Tale Card	Absent
161. Saint-Germain, the Mysterious Man	Absent
162. Let's Blow the Demonic Fairy-Tale Card Away!	Absent
163. Saviors, Don't Be Late!	Absent
164. She's Gone All Little!	Appears
165. Family Jewels—Intact	Appears

Current Saga

Kozuka Knives Arc
166. Is This a Little Fairy?	Appears
167. Hey, There's Something There	Appears
168. There's Someone Here	Absent
169. Find The Culprit!	Appears
170. A Suspicious Woman	Appears
171. Corner the Perp!	Appears
172. Those Pygmies Are Scary	Absent
173. Corner the Criminal!	Appears
174. Queen Sensei's Infirmary	Appears
175. So Who's the True Perp?	Appears
176. Scattering the Bait	Appears
177. Let's Do Some Kung Fu	Absent
178. The Power of a God	Absent
179. This Seems Kinda Deadly	Absent
180. The Owner of the Kozuka Knives	Appears
181. Must Be the Influence of a Curse	Appears
182. Something's Taken the Bait	Appears
183. So It's You!	Absent
184. The Class Rep's Head!	Absent
185. So You're The Perp!	Absent
186. Kouki Yukishiro's Power	Absent
187. Kick the Crap Outta Murakami!	Absent
188. Okarun and Kinta	Absent
189. Jumping Granny and Kung Fu Alien	Absent
190. Merging Is What Makes Us Strong!	Absent
191. The Mistake	Appears

Typhoon Human Arc
192. Departing for Shimane	Appears
193. You People?!	Appears
194. We've Been Hijacked	Appears
195. It's a Typhoon Direct Hit	Appears
196. Let's Blow Away That Typhoon	Appears
197. Earthworm! Go!	Appears
198. Smash the Typhoon's Eye!	Appears
199. Clear Skies After the Storm	Appears
200. Everyone's Whereabouts	Possessed

Shimane Arc
201. Here We Are, In Shimane	Possessed
202. Where'd the Magic Hammer Go?	Possessed
203. The Mysterious Man	Possessed
204. Enenra, the Smoke Yokai	Appears
205. Spiral Training	Appears
206. Jiji and the Evil Eye	Appears
207. What Even Is a Ninja?	Appears
208. Who's The Real Ninja?!	Appears
209. All Alone	Flashback
210. After the Ritual	Appears
211. Who the Heck?	Appears

Current Arc
212. Momo's Memories	Appears
213. Okarun's Resolve	Appears
214. Feeling Kinda Fuzzy	Appears
215. A Feeling of Distance Between Them	Flashback
216. Look, We're Being Attacked By Space Aliens!	Mentioned
217. The Ogre Club	Mentioned
218. He's a Mummy, Isn't He?	Mentioned
219. The Mummy's Weakness	Absent

Bonus Appearances

Volumes Omake
1. Volume 1	Absent
2. Volume 2	Absent
3. Volume 3	Absent
4. Volume 4	Absent
5. Volume 5	Absent
6. Volume 6	Absent
7. Volume 7	Absent
8. Volume 8	Absent
9. Volume 9	Appears
10. Volume 10	Absent
11. Volume 11	Absent
12. Volume 12	Flashback
13. Volume 13	Absent
14. Volume 14	Absent
15. Volume 15	Absent
16. Volume 16	Absent
17. Volume 17	Absent
18. Volume 18	Absent
19. Volume 19	Appears
20. Volume 20	Absent
21. Volume 21	Absent

Dandadan Daizukan Stories
1. Momo	Absent
2. Okarun	Absent
3. Aira	Absent
4. Jiji	Appears
5. Bamora	Absent
6. Kinta	Appears
7. Rin	Absent
8. Unji	Absent
9. Sanjome	Absent
10. Turbo Granny	Absent
11. Rokuro Serpo	Absent

Etymology

• The name Jin means "compassionate" (仁).
• Jin's surname Enjoji means "circle, yen, round, money, rotund" (円) (en), "castle" (城) (jo) and "temple" (寺) (ji).

Trivia

• The activation and reversal of the Evil Eye's curse affecting Jiji through hot or cold substances is similar in nature to the conditional curse of Ranma Saotome, the main protagonist of Ranma ½ who is cursed to transform into a female whenever splashed with cold water, with hot water being the only thing that can return him back into a male.
  • This comparison was evident by Jiji after he sang the first few lyrics of "Don't Make Me Wild Like You", the first opening of Ranma ½, following the revelation of the curse's condition.
• Despite having known Seiko ever since he was a child, Jiji did not realize that she is actually Momo's grandmother until after he is reunited with Momo.
• In the 2025 Shueisha Jump+ 10th Anniversary exhibition, a provided display material states that Jin "Jiji" Enjoji was named after Guido/Gigi from the 1973 novel "Momo" by Michael Ende. The same goes for Momo Ayase.
• Jiji is in Class 2-B at Kami High, like Momo Ayase.
• His favorite soccer team is "Zaint-Germain" a reference to the real club "Paris Saint-Germain F.C." that plays in the French league.
• According to Dandadan Daizukan:
  • He likes soccer, humor, and Momo.
  • He dislikes silence.
  • His hobbies are playing soccer and video games.
  • His special skill is juggling 900 times (soccer).
  • His motto is "friendship, effort, victory".