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Joseph Joestar

Joseph Joestar

ジョセフ・ジョースター
JoJo

❓ Joseph Joestar Full Character Profile

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How old is this character?
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18 (Part 2), 68 (Part 3), 78 (Part 4)

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When is this character's birthday?
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September 27, 1920

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How tall is this character?
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195 cm (6'5")

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How much does this character weigh?
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97 kg (214 lb)

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What is this character's blood type?
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B

📜 About Joseph Joestar

Age: 18 (Part 2), 68 (Part 3), 78 (Part 4) Birthday: September 27, 1920 Zodiac: Libra Height: 195 cm (6'5") Weight: 97 kg (214 lb) Blood type: B Nationality: British-American Occupation: real estate agent Stand: Hermit Purple Joseph Joestar is the main protagonist of the second part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Battle Tendency, and the second JoJo of the series. He also appears as a primary ally in Stardust Crusaders (Part 3) and a secondary ally in Diamond is Unbreakable (Part 4). Joseph is a natural-born Ripple user and eventual Stand user, wielding the psychic photographic Stand, Hermit Purple. An exuberant troublemaker with an exceptional talent for trickery, Joseph meets the fantastic threats approaching him throughout his life with initiative and impressive ingenuity, battling Vampires, the Pillar Men, and malevolent Stand users. Background: Part 2: Battle Tendency Part 3: Stardust Crusaders Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable Timeline: Part 2: Battle Tendency Part 3: Stardust Crusaders Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable Stand - Hermit Purple Ability type: Close-Range, Reconnaissance Form type: Natural Non-Humanoid Power: Spirit Photography Joseph's Stand, Hermit Purple, manifests itself as a tangle of thorny vines, which Joseph can wield as both a weapon and a hazardous defense. Furthermore, it has been shown to conduct the Ripple, which makes Hermit Purple one of the more effective Stands against those weak to it such as Vampires. One of its special abilities is to use cameras, televisions, and other things to perform a form of fortune-telling referred to as "spirit photography." (Source: JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia, edited)

💬 Comments (10)

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QuestLogFull
The voice actor for Joseph Joestar has said in interviews that they played the character with a specific hidden emotion that's never directly stated in the dialogue. Once you know what that emotion is, every scene plays completely differently.
BebopBountyHunter
The detail most people miss about Joseph Joestar is hidden in the source material's early chapters. There are foreshadowing clues that completely recontextualize their motivations once you know the ending. Re-reading those scenes hits completely different.
BankaiBurst
Joseph Joestar taught me that protecting people sometimes means letting them hate you for it. The loneliest kind of love is the kind you can never explain because explaining it would undo the protection. That's their entire character in one sentence.
OshieteAgesou
Joseph Joestar is the character that made me realize strength isn't about never breaking—it's about choosing to put yourself back together every single time. I went through a period where I genuinely modeled my resilience after them, and it genuinely helped.
DungeonDiver
Joseph Joestar's design isn't just aesthetic—every element references their core conflict. The creators embedded their entire character arc into visual details that most viewers never catch on first watch. That level of storytelling craft is rare.
SakugaBro
Most discussions about Joseph Joestar miss the crucial background detail from the official databook. Their stated age and actual experience don't line up, which suggests there's a hidden period in their backstory that was never explicitly shown but explains everything.
DattebayoBro
The scene where Joseph Joestar finally opens up to someone is the most realistic depiction of vulnerability I've seen in anime. The hesitation, the shame, the relief—it's not dramatic, it's quiet and painful and exactly what real emotional honesty looks like.
OnigiriNight
I know Joseph Joestar gets criticized for certain decisions, but put yourself in their shoes: you're carrying trauma nobody else can understand, every option leads to someone getting hurt, and you have to choose anyway. They didn't always pick right, but they always picked.
BankaiReserve
Rewatching Joseph Joestar's arc as an adult hits so much harder than as a teenager. When I was younger I thought they were being dramatic. Now I understand that the weight they were carrying was genuinely unbearable and they handled it better than most adults would.
SevenDeadlySinsX
I've been analyzing Joseph Joestar's fighting style frame by frame and there are techniques they only use once that foreshadow their entire power development. The animation team buried clues years in advance that nobody caught.