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78-696: Araki found it difficult to find the familial ties of the protagonist of Golden Wind , before deciding to have Giorno be the son of Dio who has Joestar blood. While Giorno is the main character of Golden Wind, Araki's difficulty in writing the team in Golden Wind eventually progresses to him making the entire team protagonists. He was voiced by Romi Park in GioGio's Bizarre Adventure , Daisuke Namikawa in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven , and Kensho Ono and Phillip Reich in

156-423: A .44 Magnum . His catchphrase "good grief" ( やれやれだぜ , yare yare daze ) was also an imitation of the type of lines Eastwood would say in his movies. Araki intended for Jotaro to be economical in his movements, and have "a presence that could be felt just by him standing". This is why the character might seem "rough" compared to other Weekly Shonen Jump protagonists; however, Jotaro fits Araki's own image of

234-408: 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 . JoJo's Bizarre Adventure creator Hirohiko Araki decided to have a Japanese main character for Part 3 around the ending of

312-865: A CD. In 2016, Park was scheduled to appear in the Box Contents 2016 theater, but she did not participate as a result of poor physical condition. On November 15, 2017, she left the Yen theater group she had been with for 22 years, and established the entertainment and voice actor office LAL. In August 2018, she read the Your Name audiobook. In 2019, she made her first musical appearance as Madame Thenardier in Les Misérables . 2003: Voice Actor award, 26th Anime Grand Prix . 2004: Voice Actor Award, Tokyo International Anime Fair 2004 . 2006: Best Actress Award for Nana as Nana Osaki, 1st Seiyu Awards . 2013: starred in

390-407: A blood of a Joestar. He also tried to portray the character differently as he doesn't want him to be too similar to Jotaro Kujo . There were also issues with what to do with the possibility of vampirism on the character, but it had been abandoned in the end. Araki's editor at the time, Hiroshi Sekiya, thought that Araki originally intended for Giorno to be a woman due to their discussion and how Giorno

468-423: A character he voiced back in the anime adaptation of Diamond is Unbreakable , as two people with a sense of honor and responsibility, but he sees Giorno's as greater as he wants to eliminate the drug trade running rampant. He enjoys portraying the character's sense of justice and sees him as being more down-to-earth in comparison to other anime protagonists. Reich explains that he watched the anime's original dub as

546-447: A character, and feeling like a plot device providing more as an observer. The reviewer also criticizes his Stand for being complicated whose abilities don't unify as a single power in comparison to Star Platinum and Crazy Diamond's being straightforward and Araki not utilizing some of the cited power-ups. Surreal Resolution thinks that Giorno's characterization doesn't feel realized, with his familial baggage not being touched upon throughout

624-452: A clue he left behind after Shigekiyo's murder, he barely escapes after a violent battle and assumes the new identity of local businessman Kosaku Kawajiri by using Aya Tsuji's Stand ability. After his identity is eventually discovered by Josuke, Kira attempts to use a paramedic to activate his Stand Killer Queen's new ability, Bites the Dust, and rewind time, but is stopped by Koichi and Jotaro. Kira

702-422: A counterbalance to the rest of the cast". Sakaki of Toonami Faithful feels Giorno is a "Jo-bro" of his own part, as the reviewer finds the other characters to be more interesting than him. Reverse Thieves sees Giorno as boring that the reviewer feels Bucciarati is more of a protagonist, citing that Giorno barely gets the time to shine in spite of his backstory, appearance, and ambitions, how he ends up falling flat as

780-483: A disciple of Dio's framed her so that he could kill her in prison, and urges her to escape. This plan goes awry when a Stand named Whitesnake uses its power to remove Jotaro's Stand and memories, in the form of discs. Jotaro sinks into a deathlike state, and Jolyne vows find a way to recover the discs from Whitesnake's user, the mysterious prison chaplain Enrico Pucci. She succeeds in sending both of Jotaro's discs to

858-493: A full recovery. In the fourth story arc, Diamond Is Unbreakable , Jotaro arrives in the Japanese town of Morioh to meet Josuke Higashikata after finding out the latter is Joseph's illegitimate son, intending to inform him of this fact and work out his inheritance. Soon after, along with Josuke, Koichi Hirose and Okuyasu Nijimura, they investigate to find the identity of Red Hot Chili Pepper's Stand user, Akira Otoishi, who stole

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936-649: A hero perfectly as a "loner" who does not do the right thing for attention. The author said the character wearing his school uniform in the desert has its roots in Mitsuteru Yokoyama 's Babel II . Araki wrote that Jotaro has become "big enough" that he can act as a synonym for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as a whole. He also revealed that he has based the visual designs of subsequent JoJos on Jotaro's and then worked to differentiate them from there. Other characters in Part 3 were written to contrast with Jotaro. Because Joseph

1014-474: A journey to Egypt to kill Dio and save Holly's life. On the way, they are joined by another reformed assassin named Jean Pierre Polnareff, who seeks to avenge his sister, whose murderer is among Dio's forces and Iggy, a troublesome dog who developed a Stand and was captured by Avdol offscreen. After Avdol and Iggy are murdered by Dio's right-hand Vanilla Ice, the remainders of the group ultimately find Dio and unnerved by his unknown power, escape his mansion as

1092-403: A live-action film Akaboshi , which was nominated for a viewpoint at the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival . Japanese dub Jotaro Kujo Jotaro " JoJo " Kujo ( Japanese : 空条 承太郎 , Hepburn : Kūjō Jōtarō ) is a fictional character in the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki . The main protagonist of

1170-568: A mafia member changes him. The reviewer also notes that while his introduction made him come off as a jerk, his attitude when protecting innocents shows his nobility and appreciates him to be different from the past protagonists. Jenni Lada of Siliconera lauds the first volume of how Giorno is being investigated by Jotaro Kujo and Koichi Hirose provides an interesting premise and that his childhood and heroic, yet criminal qualities make him worth rooting for. Spencer Legacy of Noisy Pixel appreciates how in comparison of Golden Wind 's past fan translations,

1248-479: A member of Passione. After a reencounter with Koichi where the latter is convinced of the goodness living within Giorno, he passes the test. He indirectly kills Polpo through the use of a gun possessing as a banana. Giorno is recruited into Bucciarati's team and is introduced to Leone Abbacchio , Guido Mista , Narancia Ghirga , and Pannacotta Fugo . The team goes on a quest to find Polpo's hidden treasure. As Bucciarati

1326-403: A new universe with no precognition and no Pucci. In this new universe, Emporio meet reincarnated Jolyne, Ermes, Anasui, and Weather Report who all go by different names, and with Pucci never existing they never go to jail. Irene and Annakiss, the reincarnations of Jolyne and Anasui, plan to meet reincarnated Jotaro for his approval on their planned marriage. Jotaro Kujo himself does not appear in

1404-477: A result, Mercer becoming Jotaro's English actor was, according to him, "a huge nerd full circle." In the recording of the early episodes, Mercer was excited with the lines he was given. In the pilot episodes of the dub, while Jotaro was still voiced by Mercer, his Stand, Star Platinum, was voiced by Dio's voice actor, Patrick Seitz . Mercer became the official voice for Star Platinum after the pilot episodes. A Japanese high school delinquent, Jotaro Kujo, appears as

1482-501: Is Unbreakable festival event, Daisuke Ono performed Jotaro's catchphrase, a multitude of "ora"s. Manga–.Tokyo described it as "a moment any JoJo fan wouldn't want to miss". In retrospect, Thrilist commented that Jotaro possessed several positive qualities which are in parallel with his daughter during Stone Ocean . IGN felt that Jotaro's decay in Stone Ocean provided an interesting premise for Jolyne to explore in this storyline as she

1560-488: Is a 50/50 equivalent exchange fusion of the mortally wounded Yoshikage and his decade-younger friend Josefumi Kujo. Josuke continues to follow their goal to heal Holly after regaining his memories and swears during the ending to pursue this further despite coming to the conclusion that he is his own person. Jotaro appears in the live-action adaption of Diamond is Unbreakable , JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I , portrayed by Yusuke Iseya . Jotaro

1638-477: Is a character who's cool and collected and on the verge of boiling over all at the same time. He takes those two contradictory elements and makes them work together at a high level." In English, Jotaro was voiced by Abie Hadjitarkhani in the OVAs, and Matthew Mercer in the television anime. Mercer first learned of the series at an anime convention in 1996, where he was impressed by an episode of Jotaro facing Dio. As

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1716-579: Is a playable character in the following games: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (1993) 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 . He also appears in the video game JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven . In the story mode Jotaro and his allies, who had just defeated Dio, are attacked by friends and enemies who have either disappeared or died along

1794-586: Is able to stop time. Made in Heaven greatly shortens Jotaro's time stop, and upon saving Jolyne from Pucci's attack, Jotaro and Ermes Costello are killed in front of Emporio Alniño, and Jolyne gives her life so Emporio can survive. The universe then promptly collapses, or "runs out of time". Although Pucci accelerates time once more, creating a new universe, where everything is the same but people have precognition and "fate", Emporio uses Weather Report to kill Pucci. The universe collapses, and another cycle of time leads to

1872-599: Is also playable in Jump Force as DLC and Puzzle & Dragons in collaborations of the anime and the game's 10th anniversaries from December 26, 2022 to January 9, 2023. Some critics praised Giorno's ties to both Dio and the Joestar family and his sense of justice despite the vicious side of his personality. Steven Blackburn of Screen Rant praises Golden Wind for making the decision of Giorno of being Dio's son with Joestar blood, as it presents an interesting narrative and how it

1950-483: Is also 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 is also present in the Weekly Shōnen Jump crossover games Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin , Jump Super Stars , Jump Ultimate Stars , and Jump Force . Jotaro in his Stone Ocean appearance and a limited starter pack with him and Jolyne as one character

2028-479: Is covered, his cigar can be clearly seen. Eric Gaede of THEM Anime Reviews criticized how the OVAs primarily focused on Jotaro rather than his allies and criticized his constant yelling when facing Dio. The Fandom Post enjoyed Jotaro's inclusion in Part 4 and how the characters had to find other antistereotypical ways to defeat villains that avoided brute force. Manga.Tokyo enjoyed the meeting between Jotaro and Josuke for going from an interesting conversation about

2106-467: Is created. Araki thought that in addition to being a good person, the protagonist needs to be a hero as well – which he thought would require the character to solve problems alone through their own abilities; although the Bucciarati gang has a unified goal, they were depicted as standing on their own when fighting, and as a group of outcasts rather than a leader and his followers. Araki sees that writing for

2184-484: Is entertaining with some of the best moments to come out of it of the series. Despite not reaching legal smoking age for Japan in Stardust Crusaders , Jotaro often smokes in the manga series. When the series was adapted into a television series, Jotaro's face was covered in black when smoking. Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku found this censorship as one of the most ridiculous ever done in anime as even though Jotaro's face

2262-453: Is in conflict with the Joestars in the early chapters. The reviewer also highlights how Giorno is the only son of Dio's that has an entire part centered around him and that his heroism "serves as a stunning rebuke of Dio's legacy". Jordan Richards of AIPT Comics considers Giorno to be interesting and compelling due to his relation with Dio, his abusive childhood, and how his life-changing of saving

2340-681: Is incredible strength, speed, and precision. Later, Star Platinum gains the ability Star Platinum: The World ( スタープラチナ　ザ・ワールド , Sutā Purachina Za Wārudo ) , enabling Jotaro to stop time for a few seconds. Jotaro returns in subsequent story arcs of the manga as a supporting character. In Diamond Is Unbreakable , he meets his 16-year old biological uncle Josuke Higashikata . Jotaro also 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

2418-443: Is one of the playable characters of Monster Strike , from July 15 to August 2, 2022 in a collaboration with the anime adaptation of Stone Ocean and in his Stardust Crusaders appearance is a playable character of Puzzle & Dragons in collaborations of the anime and the game's 10th anniversaries from December 26, 2022 to January 9, 2023. Critical reception to Jotaro's character has been positive. Joel Loynds of The Linc enjoyed

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2496-405: Is promoted, they are given the task to protect Trish Una and bought her to Passione's mysterious boss, where they have to fight against the traitorous assassination team who plan to take him to find the boss's identity. While fighting against Melone, Giorno discovers the ability to create body parts and use them as a healing ability. Realizing that Bucciarati and Trish are in danger on the church from

2574-438: Is the son of Dio, unaware that Haruno is now Giorno. After escaping from Koichi when he took his briefcase, he fought against Passione member Leaky-eye Luca. He is then sought by Bruno Bucciarati who's investigating Leaky-eye Luca's case. Giorno manages to win over Bucciarati by giving his reasons as to why he wants to join the mafia and find commonality in their goals. He was advised to take a test by capo Polpo in order to become

2652-439: Is then accidentally run over by an arriving ambulance and dies. Following the battle, Jotaro leaves Morioh with an older Joseph Joestar who joined him in his adventure earlier and an invisible baby (due to stand powers) taken in by Joseph and named Shizuka Joestar . In Golden Wind , Jotaro asks Koichi to go on a mission to Italy. His objective was to get a skin sample of a boy named Haruno Shiobana, which would then be given to

2730-744: The Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music and studied Korean at the Korean Language Institute (한국어학당) in Yonsei University . She won numerous awards, including the Best Actress Award at the 1st Seiyu Awards . Park is known for her roles as tough, calm and mature preteen or teenage boys who are often called prodigies in their fictional universes (for example, Tao Ren , Ken Ichijouji , Tōshirō Hitsugaya , Edward Elric , Kosuke Ueki and Natsume Hyūga ). Her female roles also fit

2808-555: The anime adaptation of Golden Wind in Japanese and in English, with the former being his current Japanese voice actor since then. Critical reception of Giorno has been mixed, with some critics considering the premise of Giorno having the blood of Dio and a Joestar as intriguing and praising his personality, with his beatdown against Cioccolata as a particular highlight, while others find him bland due to lacking independent moments that help him stand out on his own. Like other protagonists in

2886-451: The anime adaptation of Golden Wind , he is voiced by Kensho Ono . Ono views Giorno as a calm and composed character with a strong will and determination and he wants to portray that aspect of the character. During the first recording, he felt grateful of being with Yūki Ono as it helped him on getting a grasp of the atmosphere of the series. For the English dub, Giorno is voiced by Phillip Reich. Reich both compares Giorno and Yuya Fungami,

2964-597: The "tough lady/punk girl" archetype ( Temari , Nana Osaki and Teresa of the Faint Smile ). Park was born in Edogawa, Tokyo . She attended and graduated from Wayo Konodai Girls' High School  [ ja ] (和洋国府台女子高等学校) in 1990. She entered the theater department at Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music where she graduated in 1992. She later studied at the Korean language school in Yonsei University . In 1993, she joined

3042-517: The Institute for Drama, and two years later she was promoted as a member of the theater group Yen in 1995. On January 22, 2020, which was the same day as her 48th birthday, she announced on her official website and Twitter that she married fellow voice actor Kazuhiro Yamaji . In 1998, she made her voice acting debut as Kanan Gimms in the anime series Brain Powerd . In 2006, Park sang and released

3120-399: The Joestar bloodline to an intense fight scene when the former insults the latter's hair. Anime News Network praised how Jotaro interacts with the lead of Part 4, Josuke, finding both characters appealing. David Kalsof of Bubbleblabber enjoys the relationship between Jotaro and Josuke, highlighting their unusual familial relations and the mentor role he displays to the teenager. In a Diamond

3198-555: The Joestars and attained a Stand known as The World Over Heaven, which allows him to rewrite reality. Though Dio succeeds in absorbing the souls of the Joestar lineage and the Saint's Corpse parts, Jotaro manages to defeat him as his Stand develops the same powers since it is the same Stand as The World. After killing Dio once more, Jotaro uses his new powers to rewrite his timeline so that the Joestars and their allies who died in Parts 1-7 survived. He

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3276-521: The Speedwagon Foundation for analysis. Sometime later, Koichi reported back to Jotaro that Haruno Shiobana, who now goes by Giorno Giovanna, was a Stand user. Jotaro 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 called off the mission. In Stone Ocean , Jotaro comes to visit his imprisoned daughter, Jolyne Cujoh, and informs her that

3354-565: The Speedwagon Foundation. Jotaro arrives to defend Jolyne and her friends from Pucci. However, Pucci is able to survive and realizes he can use his new Stand C-Moon to replicate the gravitational conditions required for his plan. Unlocking his ultimate stand, Made in Heaven, Pucci speeds up time itself causing the rapid acceleration of the world around Pucci and the Joestar group to create a new universe in his and Dio’s image. Pucci aims Made in Heaven to maneuver Jolyne's Stand Stone Free into successfully killing her ally Narciso Anasui, but Jotaro

3432-535: The Stand-granting Bow and Arrow after killing Keicho Nijimura, Okuyasu's brother. Afterwards, Manga artist Rohan Kishibe finds out about a serial killer loose in Morioh from the ghost of one of his victims, Remi Sugimoto. The killer, Yoshikage Kira, goes on to kill Shigekiyo Yangu, a student at Josuke's school, causing Jotaro and the rest of the group to grow suspicious. After almost managing to catch him by following

3510-539: The art of him depicting him as expressionless as possible. He was additionally designed to be taller and have more of a sense of weight to his body compared to Jonathan and Joseph, to make him seem fantastical, while his clothing – a school uniform – was meant to represent normalcy. Jotaro was additionally designed to symbolize the part's story and setting. Araki modeled Jotaro after American actor Clint Eastwood , including his poses and catchphrases; Jotaro's signature finger-pointing pose came from one of Eastwood's poses with

3588-454: The beatdown to be satisfying in spite of the length in the anime. Katherine Simon of The Ball State Daily believed that David Production delivered the scene, due to its animation of the barrages and Kensho Ono's screams. The reviewer also viewed it as being a fitting end to Cioccolata. Anime Trending reveals Giorno is ranked 4th in the poll of Male Characters Charts in Fall 2018 Anime Season. Giorno

3666-458: The boss of Passione as the reviewer wants the character to show a little more charisma, resulting in the reviewer believing that it doesn't hold as much importance as Diavolo's defeat. Moreover, the reviewer felt that in comparison to the characters seen in the part who feel more engaging, Giorno doesn't hold the same emotional attachment and how his and Diavolo's "legendary battle between obvious good and obvious evil isn't developed enough to serve as

3744-408: The boss, Giorno rushes to save them and heals Bucciarati, unaware that the latter is now a living corpse. They both left Passione to protect her along with the others except Fugo. After fighting against Passione's elite team and finding a likeness of the boss's face at the cost of Abbachio's death, the team reach the colosseum to find the informant that could reveal the identity of the boss. Giorno and

3822-451: The concepts between short-range and long-range Stand abilities. In order to have him not overlap with Jotaro and Joseph, Polnareff was given a distinctive look and personality, which in turn made him stand out in the group. In Japanese, Jotaro was voiced by Jūrōta Kosugi in the OVAs , but has been voiced by Daisuke Ono since JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle . Ono first learned of

3900-430: The distinct personalities of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure , pointing out how Jotaro's stoicness contrasts with Joseph. Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network enjoyed seeing Part 2's Joseph team up with Jotaro and noted another element in the narrative was Jotaro's responsibility when dealing with an innocent girl who might act as a weak point. The reviewer suggested a parallel between her and Jotaro and Joseph and Caesar in

3978-497: The duration of his ability. Jotaro then fights Dio alone, slowly discovering that he shares Dio's time-stopping ability, due to Star Platinum having similar abilities to The World. The battle ends with Jotaro 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. Jotaro and Joseph then bid Polnareff farewell before returning to Japan, as Holly has made

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4056-427: The forces of Enrico Pucci . The siblings Yoshikage and Kei Kira take his place in the Joestar family tree in the alternate universe of JoJolion . Araki wanted the protagonist of Stardust Crusaders to be Japanese when Phantom Blood was serializing and intended for Jotaro to be stoic to differentiate him from Jonathan and Joseph. The character was also inspired by American actor Clint Eastwood . In order to make

4134-542: The hat is always worn. David King of Bubbleblabber praises Matthew Mercer's portrayal of Jotaro for capturing his rough personality. Joel Loynds of The Linc praises his Stand, Star Platinum, due to how it fights alongside Jotaro using a barrage of multiple punches while Jotaro constantly yells the Japanese word "Ora". Ian Wolf of Anime UK News praised the fight Jotaro 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. On

4212-654: The latter gains the Arrow. Awakening his Stand to Gold Experience Requiem ( ゴールド・エクスペリエンス・レクイエム , Gōrudo Ekusuperiensu Rekuiemu ) , his Stand punishes Diavolo to an endless timeloop of various ways of being murdered. After Diavolo's defeat, Giorno installs himself as the boss of Passione. Giorno appears as a playable character of the following related games: GioGio's Bizarre Adventure , JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle , it's remake JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R , JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven , and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Last Survivor . Giorno

4290-472: The manga's first part. When Araki started working on Stardust Crusaders , his primary goal was to create characters with different personalities compared to those from Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency , the previous parts of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ; for instance, whereas Jonathan from Phantom Blood is a traditional portrayal of a man of justice, and Joseph from Battle Tendency is a "cheerful and flashy" character, Jotaro keeps his emotions hidden, with

4368-517: The new universe that began with Steel Ball Run outside of a cameo in a volume-exclusive interlude detailing the mechanics and limitations of Stand abilities. His place in the Joestar bloodline is taken over by the 29-year-old marine surgeon Yoshikage Kira and the 22-year-old housekeeper Kei Kira who takes on the last name Nijimura to disguise her identity. Both infiltrate the Higashikata family to heal their mother Holly Joestar-Kira and end up murdered by

4446-466: The official English-translated manga makes him feel more authentic and how he is "much more passionate and memorable here, making him a character worth following". Natasha H. of IGN considers Giorno to be the heart and soul of the story, thinking that he has the best traits of each previous Joestar and him being the son of Dio provides a great contrast. The reviewer also feels that his honorable yet quick-thinking deceitfulness makes him interesting compared to

4524-408: The other hand, Nick Creamer from Anime News Network felt that Jotaro was too overpowered due to how he often defeats enemies using brute force in early episodes of Part 3. William Irvine of The Little Hawk feels Jotaro'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. However, the reviewer notes that their battle

4602-444: The practice of achieving the screams of "Muda". He notices that while watching the clips, Kensho Ono puts an emphasis on the "da" to make it faster, thus he ended up applying the technique. He practices it daily to pick up the pace. Giorno is in an airport, trying to swindle the belongings of unsuspecting tourists when he encounters Koichi Hirose , who is trying to find Haruno Shiobana by the orders of Jotaro Kujo after finding out he

4680-538: The previous arc where "ultimately Caesar's protection of Joseph cost him his life." Jordan Richards of AIPT Comics finds Jotaro to be the one the reviewer likes the most out of the characters introduced due to how despite how his introduction making him seem like an unruly delinquent, he has moments that shows his kindness such as willingly putting himself in jail when unaware of his Stand’s nature and his desire to save her life despite his rudeness towards her. Gita Jackson of Kotaku liked Jotaro's design, and joked about how

4758-446: The previous protagonists. Jennifer Sherman of Manga Tokyo praises Kensho Ono's portrayal of Giorno for being powerful and youthful and providing a sense of brightness to the character that none of his previous voice actors the reviewer feels they achieve. Other critics dislike Giorno's characterization, specifically as Golden Wind reaches its finale. Sam Leach of Anime News Network feels that Giorno isn't deserving of his new position as

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4836-438: The protagonist of Stardust Crusaders . Jotaro has been arrested, and refuses to leave his cell, believing he is possessed by an evil spirit. After being called by Holly, Joseph's daughter and Jotaro's mother, Joseph arrives with an associate, Mohammed Avdol. They explain that Jotaro's "evil spirit" is actually a manifestation of his fighting spirit, called a Stand, and reveal that they possess Stands as well. Joseph explains that

4914-677: The rest finds themselves swapped in each other's bodies, with Giorno now residing in Narancia's. They met the informant, Jean Pierre Polnareff about the Arrow and Silver Chariot Requiem's goal of safekeeping the Arrow. As Narancia died, Giorno goes back to his original body. Attempting to take the Stand Arrow to provide an advantage against Diavolo , the team finds out that he is residing alongside Trish in Mista's body. As everyone else goes back into their bodies, Bucciarati says his final goodbyes to Giorno and

4992-430: The review of the first batch dislikes how quickly their relationship has resolved as he believes there are barely any emotional moments between the two that is deserving of Jolyne's forgiveness and it ends up being rushed and unearned. Thus, in his review of the second batch, he praises the handling her newfound appreciation towards Jotaro better as it includes a heartfelt moment between the two. Jose Arroyo's review during

5070-401: The series when he was studying in college during his free time and came to enjoy the manga. He felt pressure when doing Jotaro's voice, stating that "Jotaro's a representative character of the series." The audition process for the Stardust Crusaders television series was separate from that of the game he previously worked on. Ono had to re-audition for Jotaro's character. He further said "Jotaro

5148-456: 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. He has a Stand (a physical manifestation of his fighting spirit) named Star Platinum ( 星の白金 （ スタープラチナ ） , Sutā Purachina ) , whose power

5226-426: The series, Giorno was designed to symbolize the part's story and setting and to stand out among the previous protagonists in terms of appearance, clothing, and silhouette. Araki finds it difficult on deciding who to choose as the next protagonist. Since the tactic of someone being Joseph Joestar's illegitimate son has already been used on Josuke Higashikata, he decided for Giorno to be the son of Dio who happens to have

5304-499: The story and how wasted it is that Polnareff couldn't provide any insight on the character due to their connection with Dio. Critics praised the beatdown against Cioccolata which is seen as a famous and anticipated fight amongst the fandom. Jennifer Sherman also commends Kensho Ono's depiction of Giorno during the scene, calling it amazing that they find the rest of the episode to be a blur. Sam Leach finds it to be one of Giorno's most satisfying victories. David King of Bubbleblabber finds

5382-580: The story more appealing, Araki created characters who would not overlap with Jotaro's characterization. Jotaro was voiced by Jūrōta Kosugi in the original video animation adaptation of Stardust Crusaders and by Abie Hadjitarkhani in its English dub. In the later television anime adaptation and in the rest of his occurrences in future parts, he was voiced by Daisuke Ono in Japanese and Matthew Mercer in English. Critic and fan reception to Jotaro's character has been positive, with Araki himself stating that Jotaro has become so well known that he could act as

5460-450: The sudden appearance of their Stands is caused by the nemesis of his grandfather, Jonathan Joestar : Dio . Soon after, Jotaro defeats the first of these assassins, Noriaki Kakyoin, managing to rescue him from the influence of Dio's parasitic flesh bud. Holly soon becomes gravely ill due to a Stand manifesting in her, which is slowly killing her due to her reserved personality. With little hesitation, Jotaro, Joseph, Avdol, and Kakyoin begin

5538-471: The sun sets. A chase across Cairo follows, leading to Kakyoin confronting Dio and his Stand, The World. Though fatally wounded by The World, Kakyoin deduces the Stand's ability to stop time for a few seconds and relays it to Joseph by using Emerald Splash on a nearby clock tower before dying. Joseph is able to pass that information on to Jotaro, but is also fatally wounded by Dio, who uses his blood to increase

5616-440: The team becomes a challenge and as the story progresses, they all become the protagonists rather than Giorno on his own. The curls in Giorno's hair were inspired by Michelangelo 's statue David . In the GioGio's Bizarre Adventure video game, he was voiced by Romi Park . In the games JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven , he was voiced by Daisuke Namikawa. Starting from

5694-491: The third batch expresses happiness of Jotaro and Jolyne's reunion and Jotaro witnessing her maturity and showcasing his pride. Jotaro has been used as a piece of merchandise including super action figures, Nendoroids , earphones sets, clothes, smart watches, and chocolates. An attraction in Cinema 4-D based on the fight between Jotaro and Dio Brando had been created by Universal Studios Japan . IGN listed Jotaro as one of

5772-415: The villainous Rock Humans throughout the story, set in 2011, with Holly remaining comatose at the plot´s conclusion. The siblings share visual and personality traits with Jotaro but have their own Stands unrelated to Star Platinum. Yoshikage wields a new version of Killer Queen and Kei possesses the autonomous Born This Way. Yoshikage Kira lives on through JoJolion´s protagonist Josuke Higashikata, whose body

5850-421: The way. They are then approached by a young Robert E. O. Speedwagon, who possesses a piece of the Saint's Corpse that allows him to travel through time and space as well as vanquish the evil influence possessing the other characters. He leads Jotaro and his allies on a journey through time, space, and alternate universes, in order to stop another iteration of Dio. This alternate Dio defeated his timeline's version of

5928-447: Was also felt to be in possession of a Stand more interesting to see play than Star Platinum. Both Polygon and Anime Feminist agreed that Jotaro had become a typical poor father figure to Jolyne, a common trend that anime and manga explore though the former enjoyed how during the series, father and daughter have to work together to defeat the villain showing in the process a more caring side to his persona. Jose Arroyo of The Review Geek in

6006-508: Was also the "JoJo" of his own story arc, Araki made sure to make it clear that Jotaro was the main character of Stardust Crusaders . Araki stated that he had Kakyoin act as a foil to Jotaro. Although they both wear school uniforms, Kakyoin's well-tailored one gives him the feel of an honor student, while Jotaro's loose-fitting uniform and accessories convey that he is a delinquent. He made Kakyoin Jotaro's first real Stand opponent to visually convey

6084-478: Was ranked 10th of the craziest hairstyles in Charapedia. Merchandise has been created on Giorno's likeness including a Nendoroid , clothing, sneakers, accessories, watches, fountain pens, wallets, coin purses, card holders, card cases, and chocolates. Romi Park Romi Park ( 朴 璐美 , Paku Romi , born January 22, 1972) is a Japanese actress and singer. Park is affiliated with LAL. She graduated from

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