Kujo

Kujo, often rendered as Kujō or Kujo in English, is a Japanese surname and a historic aristocratic family name. The Kujō family is one of the go-sekke, the five regent houses that supplied sesshō (regents for a child emperor) and kampaku (regents for an adult emperor) in the Heian and subsequent periods. The family’s name is derived from Kujo, a district in Kyoto. Over the centuries, members of the Kujō lineage held high court offices and influenced political and courtly life in Japan. In modern times, Kujō remains a surname in Japan and is borne by individuals in various fields, including politics, academia, and the arts.

In popular culture, the surname appears in the Japanese media franchise JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. English translations of the series render the family name as Cujoh (Cujo in some editions) for the protagonist Jolyne Cujoh, who appears in Part 6, Stone Ocean. The spelling variations—Kujo, Kujō, Cujoh—reflect different romanization systems and stylistic choices within the franchise.

Not to be confused with Cujo, the title of Stephen King’s 1981 novel about a rabid dog, Kujo/Cujoh is a different term with distinct historical and cultural usage. The variants Kujo, Kujō, and Cujoh may appear in texts depending on language, publication, and transliteration conventions.