Josuke Higashikata

Full Name:

Josuke Higashikata-Joestar

Alias(es):

JoJo Josuke-kun Higashikata-san

Origin:

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable

Occupation:

High school student, Vigilante

Powers/Skins:

High Intelligence Athleticism High Endurance Willpower Crazy Diamond: Superhuman strength Superhuman speed Restoration Ability to fuse two objects into one Ability to alter the shape of an object any way Josuke sees fit Healing capabilities

Hobby:

Watching TV. Playing video games. Listening to Prince's music. Spending time with Okuyasu Nijimura and Koichi Hirose.

Goals:

Protect his mother and Morioh Town from any evil Stand users (ongoing). Avenge his grandfather. Defeat Yoshikage Kira (both succeeded).

Family:

Tomoko Higashikata (mother) Ryohei Higashikata (Maternal grandfather; deceased) Jonathan Joestar (Paternal great-grandfather) George Joestar ii (Paternal grandfather) Joseph Joestar (father) Holy Joestar Kujo (Paternal half-sister) Shizuka Joestar (adoptive sister) Sadao Kujo (Brother-in-law) Jotaro Kujo (Paternal half-nephew) Jolyne Cujoh (Paternal great half-niece) Giorno Giovanna (great-uncle) Dio Brando (adoptive great-granduncle)

Friends/Allies:

Koichi Hirose (close friend) Okuyasu Nijimura (best friend) Reimi Sugimoto Rohan Kishibe Tonio Trussardi Mikitaka Hazekura Toshikazu Hazamada Shigekiyo "Shigechi" Yangu Yuya Fungami Hayato Kawajiri Hol Horse

Enemies:

Yoshikage Kira Anjuro "Angelo" Katagiri Keicho Nijimura (formerly) Akira Otoishi Terunosuke Miyamoto

Type Of Hero:

Dissociative Protector

About Josuke Higashikata:

Josuke Higashikata is a major protagonist in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure franchise. He is the titular main protagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable and the titular deuteragonist of the spin-off manga Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak. Josuke is a high school freshman residing in the town of Morioh. He soon meets Jotaro Kujo, who informs him that he is Joseph Joestar's illegitimate son. He takes it upon himself to protect his town from villainous Stand users. Josuke wields the Stand known as Crazy Diamond. In Japanese, Josuke was voiced by Wataru Hatano in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle, JoJo's Bizarre: Eyes of Heaven, and various Ultra Jump commercials, Yūki Ono (who also voiced Wen Yang) in the anime and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Records, and Yō Taichi in the anime as a child. In English, Josuke was voiced by the late Billy Kametz normally and Maureen Price as a child. In the live-action movie adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, he is portrayed by Kento Yamazaki.

Personality:

Josuke is generally a docile, harmless, and a pacifist until someone insults his rockabilly/Elvis-pompadour hairstyle. Upon hearing the insult, Josuke loses all restraint and rationale and unleashes his feral and violent persona. While angry, Josuke may not fix things 100% perfectly and literally goes blind with rage.

Biography:

Past Josuke was born in 1983 out of an affair. His parents are Joseph Joestar and Tomoko Higashikata, though Joseph would remain unaware of his son's existence until 1999. After DIO stabbed himself with the arrow and awakened stands within the Joestar family, Josuke began to grow sick as he was unable to handle a stand. He and his mother were stuck in a blizzard on their way to the hospital. However, they were saved by a man with a pompadour. Josuke inspired his hairstyle after this man and took offence whenever his hair got insulted.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable

was tasked with guarding the docks where Red Hot Chili Pepper's stand user appeared. Josuke was able to beat the enemy stand user and the team succeeded. Josuke however was stuck with his father and the 2 soon found an invisible baby which they wound up having to protect from various threats. However, Josuke lost a large portion of his money due to Joseph spending it on baby products. Sometime later, he and Okuyasu decided to investigate the house of Rohan Kishibe upon noticing their friend Koichi's strange behavior. Josuke was soon cornered by the mangaka and was forced to charge at him blindly. Rohan however made the mistake of insulting the teenager's hair which allowed him to beat the mangaka into submission. A few days later, he and Jotaro decided to hunt down 2 rats with stands. Josuke was able to kill the first one on his own but the second one proved to be difficult to catch. Jotaro wound up having to use himself as bait which soon allowed Josuke to get a clear shot on the rat. While Josuke was short on cash, He decided to ask Okuyasu for some help. The two befriended a short stand user named Shigechi and his stand Harvest. While examining the many objects Harvest collected, Okuyasu discovers a lottery ticket which had won one of the prizes. This ends badly when Shigechi steals the ticket and attempts to run off, ending up on a roof which the teenagers were able to climb. Upon arriving however, they were incapacitated by Harvest. Okuyasu however was able to use his stand to swipe the ticket right out of Shigechi's hands, allowing Josuke to trick him into calling off his stand. In the end, the 3 were able to split the money with minimum quarreling. They eventually discover the serial killer in Morioh. After getting the distress call from Koichi, Josuke arrived at the scene and healed the two before recognizing Yoshikage Kira as the serial killer. He and Okuyasu chased after him, only for him to escape and change his face. Sometime later, Josuke joins the main cast while they were looking for information regarding a serial killer. They entered a house, only to be locked in by a stand. Luckily Jotaro was able to counter the enemy stand and they were able to exit the house. Sometime later, he and Okuyasu discovered a teenager who appeared to be an alien. Josuke decided to use him to gamble against Rohan. Multiple defeats irritated the mangaka greatly to the point that he forgot that his house had burned. Josuke was able to escape and later investigate a transmission tower which turned out to be an enemy stand which soon traps him. He and Okuyasu decide to attack it and the two learned that it could reflect damage. Luckily, the alien was able to help and with their combined effort, Josuke was able to defeat and escape the enemy stand user. Sometime later while walking through a tunnel, Josuke found Rohan being drained by an enemy stand. After a long pursuit and some help from Koichi, Josuke was able to track down the enemy stand user and beat him up. Later, he enlists the help of that same user whose name is Yuya Fungami to help find Koichi who had been kidnapped by Terunosuke Miyamoto. Unfortunately, Josuke was captured by the kidnapper, leaving Yuya on his own. He was able to beat the kidnapper before Josuke finished the job, turning Terunosuke into a book. Before the final battle, Hayato was able to call Josuke who came to the intersection with Okuyasu. This allowed the 2 to discover Kira without activating Bites the Dust. After a lengthy stand fight, Kira decided to reveal his secret weapon, explosive air bubbles created by Stray Cat. Okuyasu was blown up by the bubble, forcing Josuke and Hayato to retreat. The teenager quickly realized how he was being followed and grabbed a photo containing Kira's father from Hayato's jacket. Josuke tricked Kira into killing his own father before taking him on. The teenager was unfortunately wounded in the fight and came close to dying as an explosive air bubble approached him, until Okuyasu used his stand to erase the air bubble and rip Stray Cat out of Killer Queen. After Kira's death, Josuke appears when Reimi ascends to heaven and later joins Jotaro and Joseph to say his goodbyes. Before he left however, he used his stand to steal Joseph's wallet.

Powers and Abilities:

Did you forget that my Stand can restore broken objects to their original form? If you forgot, you'd better write this down! JOSUKE TO KEICHO NIJIMURA ON CRAZY DIAMOND. Using Crazy Diamond, Josuke has the ability to restore any object or person it hits. However, it cannot revive the dead, Josuke can't heal himself, and objects that aren't broken so infections.

Trivia:

According to Araki, as of an interview held around the time of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run, Josuke is his favorite "JoJo". He explains that because of the general everyday neighborhood setting of his part, he felt more attached to Josuke, and considered him somewhat like a friend or a senior. In contrast, Jotaro was "more of someone you would admire as a hero". Josuke is the JoJo with the smallest killing spree, with only killing Bug-Eaten and Yoshihiro Kira, the latter also being an indirect kill. Despite this, Josuke does, however, tap into the "fate worse than death" strategy against Anjuro Katagiri and Terunosuke Miyamoto, damning them to be confined to an object for the rest of time, unable to do anything by lament on their current situation.