45 Facts About Jotaro Kujo

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

The main protagonist of the series' third story arc, Stardust Crusaders, Jotaro is depicted as a rough delinquent with a noble heart who journeys from Japan to Egypt with his grandfather, Joseph Joestar, and their allies to defeat his great great grandfather's killer, Dio Brando, and save his mother's life.

Jotaro Kujo has a Stand named Star Platinum, whose power is incredible strength, speed, and precision.

Later, Star Platinum gains the ability Star Platinum: The World, enabling Jotaro Kujo to stop time for a few seconds.

Jotaro Kujo appears briefly in Golden Wind when he sends Koichi Hirose to Italy to spy on Dio's son, Giorno Giovanna, and in Stone Ocean to aid his daughter Jolyne Cujoh against the forces of Enrico Pucci.

Araki wanted the protagonist of Stardust Crusaders to be Japanese when Phantom Blood was serializing and intended for Jotaro Kujo to be stoic to differentiate him from Jonathan and Joseph.

Jotaro Kujo was voiced by Jurota Kosugi in the original video animation adaptation of Stardust Crusaders and by Abie Hadjitarkhani in its English dub.

Critic and fan reception to Jotaro Kujo's character has been positive, with Araki himself stating that Jotaro Kujo has become so well known that he could act as a "synonym" for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as a whole.

Critics have praised his stoic personality and heroic actions, and although some reviewers noted Jotaro to be overpowered, others found his fights appealing and unique, such as the gambling battle with Daniel J D'Arby.

Jotaro Kujo was additionally designed to symbolize the part's story and setting.

Jotaro Kujo's catchphrase "good grief" was an imitation of the type of lines Eastwood would say in his movies.

Araki intended for Jotaro Kujo to be economical in his movements, and have "a presence that could be felt just by him standing".

Araki wrote that Jotaro Kujo has become "big enough" that he can act as a synonym for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as a whole.

Jotaro Kujo revealed that he has based the visual designs of subsequent JoJos on Jotaro's and then worked to differentiate them from there.

Jotaro Kujo made Kakyoin Jotaro's first real Stand opponent to visually convey the concepts between short-range and long-range Stand abilities.

In Japanese, Jotaro Kujo was voiced by Jurota Kosugi in the OVAs, but has been voiced by Daisuke Ono since JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle.

Jotaro Kujo takes those two contradictory elements and makes them work together at a high level.

In English, Jotaro Kujo was voiced by Abie Hadjitarkhani in the OVAs, and Matthew Mercer in the television anime.

Jotaro Kujo has been arrested, and refuses to leave his cell, believing he is possessed by an evil spirit.

Joseph is able to pass that information on to Jotaro Kujo, but is fatally wounded by Dio, who uses his blood to increase the duration of his ability.

The battle ends with Jotaro Kujo defeating Dio using the time-stop ability and subsequently killing him, before transfusing Dio's blood back into Joseph, and destroying the vampire for good by exposing his remains to the sun.

In Golden Wind, Jotaro Kujo asks Koichi to go on a mission to Italy.

Jotaro Kujo's objective was to get a skin sample of a boy named Haruno Shiobana, which would then be given to the Speedwagon Foundation for analysis.

Sometime later, Koichi reported back to Jotaro Kujo that Haruno Shiobana, who now goes by Giorno Giovanna, was a Stand user.

Jotaro Kujo then revealed to Koichi that Giorno was the son of Dio and wanted to get the skin sample to confirm this.

However, now knowing that he was a Stand user, Jotaro Kujo called off the mission.

In Stone Ocean, Jotaro Kujo comes to visit his imprisoned daughter, Jolyne Cujoh, and informs her that a disciple of Dio's framed her so that he could kill her in prison, and urges her to escape.

Jotaro Kujo succeeds in sending both of Jotaro's discs to the Speedwagon Foundation.

Jotaro Kujo arrives to defend Jolyne and her friends from Pucci.

Pucci aims Made in Heaven to maneuver Jolyne's Stand Stone Free into successfully killing her ally Narciso Anasui, but Jotaro Kujo is able to stop time.

The siblings share visual and personality traits with Jotaro Kujo but have their own Stands unrelated to Star Platinum.

Jotaro Kujo appears in the live-action adaption of Diamond is Unbreakable, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I, portrayed by Yusuke Iseya.

Jotaro Kujo is a playable character in the following games: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure for the Super Famicom, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, it's remaster JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Last Survivor.

Jotaro Kujo appears in the video game JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven.

Jotaro Kujo leads Jotaro and his allies on a journey through time, space, and alternate universes, in order to stop another iteration of Dio.

Jotaro Kujo is shown attempting to be a better father to Jolyne, even bringing her to Morioh with him during the events of Part 4.

The character of Jotaro Kujo is present in the Weekly Shonen Jump crossover games Famicom Jump II: Saikyo no Shichinin, Jump Super Stars, Jump Ultimate Stars, and Jump Force.

Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network enjoyed seeing Part 2's Joseph team up with Jotaro Kujo and noted another element in the narrative was Jotaro Kujo's responsibility when dealing with an innocent girl who might act as a weak point.

David King of Bubbleblabber praises Matthew Mercer's portrayal of Jotaro Kujo for capturing his rough personality.

Joel Loynds of The Linc praises his Stand, Star Platinum, due to how it fights alongside Jotaro Kujo using a barrage of multiple punches while Jotaro Kujo constantly yells the Japanese word "Ora".

Ian Wolf of Anime UK News praised the fight Jotaro Kujo has with the gambler D'Arby, finding it unique among fight sequences presented in shonen demographic as rather than employing brutality, they instead play poker.

William Irvine of The Little Hawk feels Jotaro Kujo's reveal to be able to stop time as a cop-out as there are barely moments that hints to it and it makes his and Dio's battle as being forced.

Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku found this censorship as one of the most ridiculous ever done in anime as even though Jotaro Kujo's face is covered, his cigar can be clearly seen.

In retrospect, Thrilist commented that Jotaro Kujo possessed several positive qualities which are in parallel with his daughter during Stone Ocean.

Jotaro Kujo has been used as a piece of merchandise including super action figures, Nendoroids, earphones sets, clothes, smart watches, and chocolates.