Jotaro Kujo
Jotaro Kujo is a male anime and manga character who features in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
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Biography
Jotaro Kujo (Japanese: 空条 承太郎, Hepburn: Kūjō Jōtarō?) was the male child of an American woman named Holly Kujo and a Japanese jazz musician named Sadao Kujo whilst his grandfather was Joseph Joestar. His mother had met his father where she fell in love with him and moved to Japan as a result. After his birth, Jotaro was noted for living a normal life as a Japanese child where he participated in a range of activities such as playing ball as a toddler then running track as a young boy along with attending school. He was noted for being supported and watched over by his mother whilst his father was on tour. By his teenage years, he was noted for becoming a delinquent. In 1989, Jotaro's mystical Stand manifested creating his own version of the power known as Star Platinum though he was not aware of its nature and initially came to believe that an evil spirit had been possessing him. As a result, he turned himself over to the police and demanded that he be locked away in a cell as he did not want to hurt anyone. Prisoners that witnessed his Stand's power came to fear him with Jotaro remaining in this confined state despite the pleas of his mother. Holly Kujo later informed her own father to enlist his aid in freeing her son from prison with Joseph Joestar arriving in Japan along with a comrade named Mohammed Avdol. Joseph and Holly went to the prison cell to convince Jotaro to leave but he decided to demonstrate what he believed was the evil spirit by having it steal a prison guard's gun and attempting to shoot himself. Platinum Star manifested with it catching the bullet thus saving Jotaro from committing suicide but it could not be witnessed by anyone thus making it appear that the bullet stopped in mid-air. Joseph later brought Avdol who revealed the nature of the Stand with a brief fight erupting between him and Kujo due to Jotaro's defiance. He then departed the prison cell and was told that his Stand was Platinum Star that was named like other Stands after the cards in Tarot. He was then informed that the reason for the manifestation of his Stand was due to the re-emergence of Dio Brando who was the adoptive brother of his great-great grandfather Jonathan Joestar. Dio had survived into the modern age due to him becoming a vampire and his head had taken over Jonathan Joestars body. By the modern day, his Stand had awakened and due to his adoptive brothers body it similarly manifested Stand's within the Joestar family bloodline thus leading to Joseph along with Jotaro's new abilities. Around this time, it was learnt that Dio had felt threatened by the Joestar family and had dispatched his Stand followers to eliminate them with the first being the student Noriaki Kakyoin. After battling Kakyoin in his school, he learnt that Noriaki was in reality under Dio's control due to a flesh bud made from Brando's body that commanded him. Kakyoin was taken to the Joestar residence after his defeat where Jotaro used his Stand's power to remove the flesh bud from his body. Around this time, his mother Holly Kujo fell into a coma as her being a Joestar meant that a Stand was manifesting within her as well but due to her lacking of a fighting spirit she was unable to control it with it slowly killing her. His grandfather Joseph and Avdol determined that the only way to save Holly was by killing Dio in order to break his Stand's influence but this had to be done within fifty days other Jotaro's mother would die. As a result, they embarked on a mission to journey to Cairo to kill Dio who was hiding there with Jotaro Kuko, Joseph Joestar, Mohammed Avdol and the newly freed Noriaki Kakyoin joining them on their mission.
Whilst at the restaurant, they were approached by a French stranger named Jean Pierre Polnareff who revealed that he was a Stand user sent by Lord Dio to eliminate them. He battled Mohammed Avdol with the two making use of their respective Stand's to fight one another. Despite Polnareff's skill in his Silver Chariot Stand, he was defeat by Avdol's strategic use of his Magician Red Stand whereupon it was discovered that the Frenchmen had been infected by Dio's flesh bud. After being freed, he agreed to join the group on their quest as he sought revenge on one of Dio's followers that had murdered his sister.
In 1999, two new developments had affected the life of Jotaro with one being the emergence of the Bow and Arrow that had the ability to impart Stand abilities in others which had been taken to Japan. The other issue was that his grandfather Joseph Joestar had an illegitimate son named Josuke Higashikata who lived in Morioh Town. As a result, Jotaro travelled to the town in order to meet Josuke where he learnt that the teenager had his own Stand ability. Kujo managed to convince Josuke to aid him in finding the Bow and Arrow as well as stop the evil Stand users that had emerged in the town. Alongside Koichi, the pair attempted to find the source of the torn button by going to Centipede Shoes where the owner revealed that the jacket for that button was in the store for repairs. Unknown to anyone, the Stand user was present in the store and used his Stand to try and kill any witnesses. Jotaro was unable to fight the enemy Stand and faced serious injuries after it exploded nearby him leaving Koichi to try and survive the onslaught from the Stand. It was then that they encountered their target who was a serial killer named Yoshikage Kira.
Afterwards, he came to learn that DIO Brando was once with a woman who bore him a child who was known as Haruno Shiobana. He came to learn that the child was living in Italy and sent Koichi Hirose to find the boy to gather a sample of his DNA for testing by the Speedwagon Foundation. Whilst in Naples, Koichi encountered the 15 year old who now went by the name of Giorno Giovanna with Hirose reporting to Jotaro about his findings.
Years later, Jotaro became an oceanologist where he moved to the United States with him eventually getting married and having a daughter named Jolyne Cujoh that inherited her own Stand powers. Jolyne adopted an outfit style similar to her father due to her fascination and respect for Jotaro.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, he wore a recognizable attire of a blue trench coat-length school uniform jacket with yellow chains on the collar and a matching hat. On his shoulder, he had a star-shaped birthmark that was present in all members of the Joestar family bloodline.
On the surface, he was shown to have a very tough exterior with Jotaro being a rather rough person and a delinquent. It was shown that he had a superiority complex and he was constantly chased by adoring girls but he simply ignored them or tried to drive them away. It was said that no one could claim Jotaro Kujo was a nice person as he had engaged in violent acts. He had beaten up people more than he had to in fights with some ending up in hospital, been aggressive to teachers a lesson to the point they never returned to class and had not paid for food that he found as being bad. However, he claimed that been a bastard like him could tell when he had seen true evil.
Despite these traits, it was revealed that he was a very dedicated person and loyal to those close to him. Jotaro was in fact a fierce and gentle who showed no hesitation to fight but spared his some of his foes rather than outright destroying them. Such a trait led to him forming invaluable allies who came to respect him for sparing their lives.
His catch phrase was often him saying "good grief" (やれやれだぜ, yare yare daze) which was often an expression of boredom or exasperation on his part.
It was said that one of his key strengths was the ability to stay calm even under pressure.
Jotaro was the son of famous musician Sadao Kujo and Holly Joestar-Kujo with her mother having moved to Japan after falling in love with her husband. It was through his mother's side that he was related to Joseph Joestar who was Jotaro's grandfather.
He later showed his protective fatherly side, often taking near fatal blows for Jolyne and keeping her out of harm's way. After he is "revived", Anasui, one of Jolyne's companions who is enthralled by her, asked Jotaro to approve of marrying her. Although he first acted deaf, Jotaro got the picture when he saw Jolyne lean against Anasui's chest. Not ready to see his daughter married off right away, he pulled his daughter into his arms, leaving Jolyne clueless to their interactions.
Powers and abilities
After the emergence of Stands, Jotaro manifested his own mystical one that was known as Star Platinum (スタープラチナ（星の白金） Sutā Purachina) which took the form of a human sized purple skinned muscular warrior. According to Noriaki, it was a Stand of incredible power with Jotaro being content with that but sometimes fearing that it could be more savage than himself. It possessed superhuman senses, strength, stamina, accuracy and speed with it striking with physical hits from its punches. The Stand could see over great distances such as four kilometers across a desert and at great magnifications allowing him to see with high-resolution images. Such was the speed and precision of the Stand that it was able to grab the likes of The Lovers Stands whilst it was in the air. Its eyesight was impressive allowing him to catch fast movements such as card shuffling and inform Jotaro of the contents of the cards. A unique attack from the Stand was Star Finger (流星指刺 スターフィンガー Sutā Fingā, lit. "Meteor Finger Thorn") whereby Star Platinum forcibly extended its middle and index fingers to one or two meters allowing Jotaro to stab opponents at a distance. It was said that Star Platinum was similar to that of Dio's own Stand that was The World. Jotaro managed to use this Stand also on his own body such as using it to block a bullet that pierced his clothing and even slowly strangle his own heart to slow his breathing to make it appear that he was dead. Jotaro's precision was further refined to the point that he helped restart his grandfathers Joseph's heart after his blood was drained by Dio. The height of Platinum Stars ability was the capacity to manipulate time as well with this initially manifesting as the power to move within frozen time caused by Dio's Stand. This eventually evolved to the point where he could also create moments of frozen time that lasted for around 5 seconds.
After Dio's defeat, Jotaro's Stand evolved and became known as Star Platinum - The World (スタープラチナ ザ・ワールド Sutā Purachina Za Wārudo) that he used to freeze time in combat settings. Within that space, he was able to interact with any object or person within his range. He was unable to use this ability consequently as he required a few seconds in-between uses. At his height, Jotaro was able to freeze time for 5 seconds though this power began to decline due to lack of use and neglect where in his later years he was only able to stop time for half a second.
As with other Stands, there were certain conditions in which it could operate namely it could only manifest in lines of sight. Furthermore, like other Stands, wounds that were inflicted on it manifested in similar locations on Jotaro's body. As the Stand was not there from childhood, it meant that when he was regressed to childhood that he lost the ability to use Star Platinum until he was restored to his true age.
Notes
- Jotaro Kujo was created by Hirohiko Araki and featured in the setting of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure universe.
- Araki in a lecture stated that Jotaro was partly influenced by muscle movies and compared to Clint Eastwood, "he doesn't run, his movements are minimal and he's a silent person".
In other media
Television
Films
Video games
- In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Jotaro Kujo appeared as a playable character in the 1990s arcade fighting video game.
- In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle, Jotaro Kujo appeared as a playable character in the fighting video game where he was voiced by actor Daisuke Ono.
- In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven, Jotaro Kujo appeared as a playable character and featured in the story mode of the fighting video game where he was voiced by actor Daisuke Ono.
- In Jump Force, Jotaro Kujo appeared as a playable character in the setting of the crossover fighting video game where he was once more voiced by actor Daisuke Ono.
Appearances
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure:
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders:
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable:
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind:
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