Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi


Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shōichi Usui. It began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in June 2024, with its chapters collected in six volumes as of November 2025.

Plot

After losing his parents at the hands of demons at a young age, Kiyoshi Harai set out to become an exorcist capable of protecting many people. The youngest exorcist to graduate from the Exorcist Academy, and valedictorian of his class, Kiyoshi is the strongest exorcist ever. However, even he had a weakness: extreme shyness and introversion. He is assigned to work at the Naraku City Exorcist Association Branch Outpost, inside the Chinese restaurant Gates of Hell, where his life-saving mentor, Sakaki Tenma, is stationed. Alongside his peers, Kiyoshi fights to exorcise demons and become a shield protecting the weak.

Characters

Main

;Kiyoshi Harai
;Sosuke Hitsugi
;Tenma Sakaki
;Akari Jogasaki
;Nehan Sanzugawa
;Jack Joe

Other exorcists

Concordia/Knights of Light

;Tsurugi Hijiri
;Mako Kusakari
;Wincheser Matagi
;Karuta Jogasaki

Sanguis/Iron-Blooded Knights

;Kyoka Kurogane
;Yohko Ono
;Iwao Tatejima

Demon Realm Special Forces

;Goro Shishido
;Toji Shuten
;Zangi Tosaka

Demons

;Yamada
;Asuta Roth
;Helze Bub
;Helze Gaga
;Helza Lulu
;Helze Bobo

Publication

Written and illustrated by Shōichi Usui, the series began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on June 24, 2024. As of November 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected into six volumes.
Viz Media and Manga Plus are publishing the series in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.

Chapters not yet in ''tankōbon'' format

These chapters have yet to be published in a volume.

Reception

The series was recommended by manga artist Eiichiro Oda, the author of One Piece, which Usui worked on as an assistant. It was nominated for the 11th Next Manga Award in the print category in 2025, and was ranked sixteenth.