30 Facts About Joseph Joestar

Joseph "JoJo" Joestar is a fictional character in the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki.

Joseph Joestar initially uses a pair of Hamon-empowered clackers in battle, but relies more on mind games rather than brute strength in fights, employing his uncanny ability to predict his opponent's actions down to what they say.

Joseph Joestar uses this stand to fight or perform predictions using electronic equipment such as cameras and television sets.

Joseph Joestar leads the team of men to confront Dio in Egypt to save his daughter, Holly.

Joseph Joestar's personality was made to contrast with that of his predecessor, with Joseph being cockier.

Joseph Joestar gave him the role of "navigator", introducing the readers to the Joestar family, Dio, Hamon and Stands.

Joseph Joestar partly achieved this by making drastic changes in his appearance, justified by his age.

Intrigued, Joseph Joestar goes to Mexico where he saves Speedwagon, who survived, from the awakened Pillar Man named Santana, and tricks Santana into being turned to stone by the sunlight reflected from a well.

Joseph Joestar plays on Wamuu's pride and convinces Wamuu to let him live to be a more worthy opponent.

Joseph Joestar is nursed to health by Lisa Lisa's assistant Suzi Q, whom he marries.

Joseph Joestar explains that the sudden appearance of their Stands is caused by the nemesis of his grandfather: Dio.

Joseph Joestar is able to pass it on to Jotaro, but is killed by Dio, who extends his ability duration from 5 to 9 seconds thanks to Joseph Joestar's blood.

Now an old man and nearly senile, Joseph Joestar is revealed to be the father of Part 4's protagonist Josuke Higashikata without knowing that had had a child, Resulting from an affair with Tomoko Higashikata whom he later abandons after the affair, with no real interest in seeing her again.

Joseph Joestar tells Yukako Yamagishi about the Cinderella beauty clinic, which leads to the "Yukako Yamagishi Dreams of Cinderella" story arc.

The scene in which Joseph Joestar has his money stolen is the last scene in the series in which Joseph Joestar is present.

Joseph Joestar has his money stolen from him in his first scene which is mentioned earlier in this page.

The grandson of Steel Ball Run protagonist Johnny Joseph Joestar, Fumi has some similarities to his original counterpart along with a humanoid version of Hermit Purple as his Stand.

Joseph Joestar meets Suzi Q in 1952 through the Speedwagon Foundation and marries her.

Holy Joseph Joestar-Kira, based on Holy Kujo, and the new character Barbara Ann Joseph Joestar are their daughters.

Joseph Joestar inherited a natural capacity for the energy-based Hamon martial arts technique.

Joseph Joestar frequently uses the tactic to mentally attack his opponent, either making them annoyed or fearful.

Joseph Joestar has a "secret technique" that he uses as a last resort.

Joseph Joestar will run away from his opponent, making himself look cowardly but in actuality using the tactic to stall for a plan while getting his opponent into a more advantageous location.

Silverman felt positively about how strikingly different the protagonist Joseph Joestar is from Part 1's Jonathan due to the former's cockier personality.

Similarly, Joel Loynds of The Linc enjoyed the distinct personalities of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure the contrast Joseph Joestar has with Jonathan and his successor, Jotaro.

The Fandom Post was harsher, stating that while Joseph Joestar has charisma, he is still too cocky in the narrative due to how he manages to convince the Pillar Men to let him train so that he fight in a stronger form.

The writer felt that sometimes Joseph Joestar was more comical to the point it feels he is breaking the fourth wall.

Comic Book Resources made an article centered solely on Joseph Joestar, pointing out multiple appealing traits from his character that do not make sense when taken seriously such as his ability to predict others' following line or surprising the actual narrator of the series who states he dies in Battle Tendency.

Comic Book Resources still felt that Joseph Joestar was a still appealing supporting character for retaining the intelligence despite his age.

Joseph Joestar's middle-aged persona ranked as 18th best coolest character in Japan while his beard ranked sixth in another.