Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Countdown: Release Date, Cast, Plot, and Must-Know Details
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 hits Crunchyroll on January 8, 2026, as MAPPA dives headlong into the Culling Game Arc—Gege Akutami’s dark phenomenon returns, sharper and deadlier than ever.
Good news for anyone who has been pacing since the Shibuya chaos: Jujutsu Kaisen is finally rolling into its next big saga, and yes, it is the Culling Game. Season 3 is locked, dated, and showing off new faces, new fights, and a lot of rule-madness that is going to make power-scaling arguments unbearable in the best way.
Release date and where to watch
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 premieres Thursday, January 8, 2026, with a special two-episode drop at 9:00 a.m. PT. Crunchyroll is streaming it across North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, India, and Southeast Asia. Same home as the previous seasons, no subscription hop needed.
What this season actually covers
Season 3 picks up after the Shibuya Incident and doesn’t sprint straight into the Culling Game without context. First up: Itadori’s Extermination Arc and the Perfect Preparation Arc. Those set the table for the Culling Game proper, which is basically a deadly, rule-bound tournament spread across multiple colonies in Japan. It’s big, it’s messy, and it keeps introducing heavy hitters just when you think the cast is full.
Two important arrivals get spotlighted before things really pop off: Kinji Hakari, a third-year with a knack for gambling and a knack for getting suspended, and Kirara Hoshi, another third-year who has their own tricky technique. Expect a ton of matchups fans have been waiting for, including Yuji vs Hakari, Megumi vs Reggie, and Yuji vs Higuruma. On the more brutal end, Maki takes on the Zenin Clan, and Choso mixes it up with Naoya Zenin. Also, if you start hearing the rules narrated like they’re popping up from a game system, that’s Kogane doing its thing.
Trailer, theme song, and the Jump Festa drop
At Jump Festa 2026, the show rolled out a fresh trailer that finally gives a proper look at the Culling Game’s structure and the new roster moving into place. Alongside the footage, we got a preview of the opening theme, "AIZO," by King Gnu. If that name rings a bell, it’s because they also did "SPECIALZ" for Season 2 and "One Way" for the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 movie. Solid track record, pun intended.
Cast
- New in Season 3: Kinji Hakari voiced by Kazuya Nakai (Roronoa Zoro in One Piece)
- New in Season 3: Kirara Hoshi voiced by Yuki Sakakihara (Joel Gear in Dr. STONE)
- New in Season 3: Hiromi Higuruma voiced by Tomokazu Sugita (Gintoki in Gintama)
- New in Season 3: Fumihiko Takaba voiced by Satoshi Tsuruoka (General Are in Sand Land)
- New in Season 3: Reggie Star voiced by Yutaka Aoyama (Narrator in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War)
- New in Season 3: Kogane voiced by Neeko (Reborn in Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
- Returning: Yuji Itadori voiced by Junya Enoki
- Returning: Megumi Fushiguro voiced by Yuma Uchida
- Returning: Maki Zenin voiced by Mikako Komatsu
- Returning: Panda voiced by Tatsuhisa Suzuki
- Returning: Yuta Okkotsu voiced by Megumi Ogata
- Returning: Choso voiced by Daisuke Namikawa
Who is making it
MAPPA is still steering the ship, with Shota Goshozono directing again. Hiroshi Seko returns as series composer, character designs are handled by Yosuke Yajima and Hiromi Niwa, and Yoshimasa Terui is back on the score. Translation: expect the usual MAPPA flex on action scenes and a soundtrack that knows when to punch and when to haunt.
The bottom line
Season 3 is set up to be the show’s biggest swing yet: two-episode launch on January 8, 2026, the Culling Game incoming, and a batch of new problem children joining the chaos. If you’ve been waiting to see how Yuji, Megumi, and company crawl out of the Shibuya fallout, clear your morning on Crunchyroll.