Josuke Higashikata

appearance

Josuke is a tall young man of average build. He wears a small earring in each ear. The most important quality for him is his well-maintained pompadour haircut ; stylized after an unknown man who saved his life when he was a child. His pompadour has a tendency to become bristly with his mood, such as when he is irritated or angry. He wears a modified dark gakuran Japanese school uniform . His jacket fits close to his body, extending to mid-thigh, accompanied by a pair of wide-legged pants. He keeps his jacket unbuttoned and pushed aside to the sides, revealing a light T-shirt (yellow in the anime) with a short zipper on each side of his chest. He sports golden metallic emblems on the right and left of his chest. To the left of the collar of his uniform is a modified anchor, and to the right of it a row of two small hearts. Leaning his open jacket against his chest to the right of him is a peace symbol (☮), and to the left is a heart (occasionally enclosing a palm, as on Jotaro 's hat ). He wears a gold band on both wrists, above his sleeves (under more elaborate pieces in some illustrations). Appreciating the footwear, he wears a pair of original Mr. JUNKO socks and ¥25,000 black Bally shoes.  His most common color scheme consists of a dark blue or purple uniform and a green or yellow jersey.

Personality

Josuke is an experienced, confident and brave teenager. Friendly and loyal, his amiable nature helps him make friends with people during the whole history Josuke's main trait is his general kindness, reflected in his Stand, Crazy Diamond, which restores objects and heals wounds. When a random person helped save Josuke's fever as a child due to his kindness, Josuke subconsciously reflected that kindness back to him. Even after learning that he was Joseph's illegitimate son, Josuke's first thought was the trouble he had caused the Joestars and ignored any talk of inheritance, only wanting to reassure his biological father that he was doing well. Acceptable by nature, Josuke is not as susceptible to violence as other Jojos, and can even tolerate bullying from high school students or Shigechi's selfishness. Josuke is loyal to his friends and loved ones; he risks his life after Koichi is impaled by a bow, and carries Okuyasu's body when he is apparently dead during the first part of his battle with Yoshikage Kira. When his grandfather died, Josuke took it upon himself to become Morioh's protector. When meeting someone under less than antagonistic circumstances, Josuke will generally be polite and friendly. Overall, Josuke acts like a teenager, and aside from his overall goal of protecting Morioh from any Stand threat, he is concerned with more mundane matters such as hanging out with his friends. As a result, Josuke was almost never seen alone on the streets of Morioh. Josuke passively defends his city and only acts when asked to do so by the much more active Jotaro or when directly confronted by a Stand user. Interestingly, Josuke is quick to investigate any unusual phenomenon, which often leads him to a Stand user. Josuke is very prone to expressing his feelings openly, expressing surprise, amusement, fear and anger, which is why he appears to be a stupid person.

Personality

Quite modest, Josuke admits to being nervous around famous people, deciding not to go with Koichi to his first meeting with Rohan Kishibe due to his great fame as a "mangaka". Josuke also has a fear of turtles and tried to touch a turtle to get rid of this fear. Josuke is not shy about admitting his limitations and has admitted that he doesn't know much about manga and is not good at video games, although he is not happy for anyone to know these facts. In the same way, Josuke tries to live up to Jotaro, whom he admires, and becomes nervous around him, fearing that he won't be able to handle the task Jotaro assigned him. He has also shown a mild fear of ghosts (in the beginning), as shown when Koichi wonders if he saw a ghost in the house next to Josuke's, and Josuke nervously tells him to shut it down. However, in battle, Josuke is much calmer and more confident in Crazy Diamond's abilities, but his confidence does not extend to himself, as Josuke can still get nervous if something goes wrong. Additionally, Terunosuke Miyamoto can reveal that in terms of body language, Josuke's first unconscious reaction when he is unsure is to bite his lip. In general, his attitude will be a mixture of calm and goofiness, and Josuke can switch between a mocking one-liner and a serene statement of the situation. Josuke sometimes gets distracted by the fight, often ruminating on the stupidity of the situation he's currently in or trying to act cool. Even if Josuke is kind by nature, he has no qualms about violently beating up an enemy, and in case someone hurt or endangered a family member, Josuke will be even more vengeful, as he fused Angelo with the stone and Terunosuke with the book.

Personality

Josuke has a tangential respect for the law at best, having inherited his father's deceitful side, shown primarily in relation to winning money. After practically emptying his bank account on frivolous spending, Josuke tried to get some extra money quickly. When he and Okuyasu meet with Shigechi, he quickly devises a plan to use Shigechi's Harvest Stand to find the first discarded lottery ticket and then collected coupons from all over Morioh, even going so far as to commit a felony to earn the money in the winning ticket. Likewise, after meeting Mikitaka, he uses his shape-shifting Stand power by convincing him to turn into dice to trick him into taking money from Rohan, with whom he has a bad relationship. Finally, in a knowing gesture, he steals Joseph's wallet with his Stand, returning it to his possession with the image fragment planted there. The fact that his Stand can almost fix or heal anything means that Josuke can get away with destroying property or putting someone in danger, thus he is not really concerned about all the consequences of his actions, since they will be without consequences, at least for him. When it comes to women, he is moderate between Joseph and Jotaro. He is not a ruthless flirt or pervert like Joseph, but when girls around him show interest in him, he is flattered and shows that he gets along well with his classmates and admirers. He doesn't chase them away like Jotaro, but he doesn't flirt or pursue them. When Jotaro asks Josuke to go hunting, Josuke initially assumes he means hunting girls and says with a blush and a smile that he is more of a loving guy. However, he seems willing to hit them if they are enemies, as he threatened to kill Yukako if she tried to do anything to Koichi, whom she was obsessed with. Although he expresses interest in women, it is not his main priority.

Personality

As a catchphrase, Josuke often says "Great" in English. He also displays a strange quirk whenever he says a Japanese phrase, a male compliment essentially meaning "cool", where he will always pronounce it strangely, like "Kappyoii" or "Kacchoii". These mispronunciations translate to "kewl" in Crunchyroll's English subtitles. In typical idiosyncrasy, Josuke adopts an oversensitive reaction to comments whenever his hairstyle is insulted, which Koichi interprets as Josuke reacting to insults towards his savior, although Josuke personally claims to not know the reason for his anger. After being insulted, Josuke automatically falls into a blind rage, regardless of the circumstances and interlocutors, and becomes much more rude and cruel. First, the swaggering high school student whom Josuke initially puts off gets hit and advances before Crazy Diamond briefly and indefinitely restores his nose due to Josuke's mood. Later, during his fight with Rohan, in an attempt to manipulate Josuke into looking at his Stand by openly mocking his hair, Josuke becomes enraged; This leads to Rohan being hospitalized for a one month break.

Ability

Josuke's Stand, Crazy Diamond, can restore objects (and organisms) to a previous state in their history. He is able to repair damage and heal injuries. It can also roll an element back to its components state (for example turning a wooden table into lumber). That being said, Crazy Diamond can perform a number of interesting skills: catch an enemy by restoring parts of a broken object around them, or track by repairing something, such as a torn item of clothing, that is trying to reattach itself to the original item. However, this Stand is not limitless: Crazy Diamond can only restore condition, not life, hence a lifeless body will still remain dead even after being "fixed" by Crazy Diamond's power. Additionally, the healing power cannot be used on Josuke himself or, strictly speaking, on anything that could be considered part of his body or even his own clothing.

Ability

Josuke shows great experience using Crazy Diamond in battle. Due to his great physical prowess, Josuke can use Crazy Diamond's fists to perform unconventional tactics such as punching through a wall to avoid an attack. Additionally, he has demonstrated that he can throw projectiles with great efficiency due to the sheer durability and accuracy of his Stand. Additionally, Josuke has been shown to use his seemingly limited power for a wide range of tactical purposes. Crazy Diamond's power to repair anything makes Josuke a great healer if he can reach his allies before they die, and he works exceptionally well with a partner as a result. Since he can break objects and repair them indefinitely, Josuke is free to break everything to get what he wants, such as even destroying his motorcycle to avoid colliding with a baby stroller; he then restores everything he broke, undoing any consequences his antics would have. Josuke can easily use the environment to his advantage thanks to Crazy Diamond. His ability to repair makes it such that he can manipulate the environment to a certain point, such as creating a shield out of concrete or setting a trap with broken parts of an object only to repair it around an enemy. His lethality is also increased as he can create a boomerang effect, causing the piece to return to him, hitting the enemy from behind.