Minor Characters of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
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The following is a list of characters in the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure that are not one of the main heroes of the series AKA the JoJos:
[edit] Part 1: Phantom Blood
[edit] Allies
[edit] George Joestar
George is Jonathan's father. He lost his wife in a carraige accident where he met Dario Brando. After Dario's death, Dio went to live with George and Jonathan at the Joestar Estate. Eight years later, George had caught a disease uknowningly by Dio. After Jonathan had returned from Orge Street, Dio attacked Jonathan with a knife but George blocks it and gets stabbed in the back. His blood lands on Dio which causes Dio to become a vampire right after he dies.
[edit] Danny
Danny is Jonathan's dog and best friend. When Jonathan was five, his father had bought Danny who was still a puppy at the time. He was afraid of unfamiliar places and strange people. Jonathan and Danny didn't get along for awhile which involved the scared Danny biting Jonathan and Jonathan attacking Danny by throwing stones, but one day in a river, Jonathan was drowing and was saved by Danny, that rescue made Jonathan and Danny the best of friends. When Dio had arrived, Danny was kneed in the jaw by Dio and then later was put into a box that was supposed to go into the incinerator. Danny burned to death and was buried in the backyard of the Joestar Estate. That night, Jonathan laid awake, remembers Danny's death, and cried.
[edit] Dario Brando
Dario is Dio's abusive and alcoholic father. On one fateful day, Dario notices a carriage accident and tries to steal from the corpses inside. There he met George Joestar, who thought that Dario came there to save him instead of rob him. George then made a debt to Dario for saving his life. He beat Dio and worked his wife to death, as Dio recounts, "My father was a bastard, he worked my mother to death!". At one point he even made Dio sell his deceased wife's dress. Dio then went to Orge Street and bought oriental poison from a Chinese man named Wangchan. On his death bed, he then had Dio go to the Joestar Estate to repay the debt. After he died, Dio then spit on his grave before leaving.
[edit] Erina Pendleton/Joestar
Erina first appears as a small girl, when Jonathan rescues her from bullies. When she appears again, she and Jonathan begin going out, and fall in love with each other. However, after Dio seizes her, kisses her, and then brutally beats her, she is humiliated and stays away from Jonathan for a long time. She does not appear again until after Dio's first near-defeat, when she nurses Jonathan back to health. After Jonathan finally defeats Dio using the hamon. They subsequently renew their relationship and get married. They take a ship to go on their honeymoon to America, but the voyage is cut short by the appearance of Dio. The ship goes down, and Jonathan stays behind, trying to kill Dio. Erina takes an orphaned infant and escapes. Years later, she and her grandson Joseph are the last of the Joestar clan, and they travel to New York on the invitation of Speedwagon, which sets off the events of part 2.
[edit] Robert Edward O Speedwagon
[edit] William Antonio Zeppeli
[edit] Tonpeti
Tonpeti (named after Tom Petty) is a Hamon/Ripple Master who taught William Antonio Zeppeli and many others. He trained, the then 25 year-old, Zeppeli in the ripple ways and eventually told him that Zeppeli would face a gruesome death. Nevertheless, Zeppeli went on with his training. The only other known ripple students of Tonpeti were Dire & Straights who both accompanied him when they went to the town where Dio was. However, they didn't arrive to where Jonathan and Speedwagon were until Zeppeli had died. During the final battle of Jonathan and Dio, Dire had been killed but Tonpeti and Straights still helped kill Dio's remaining zombies. After the battle Tonpeti was last seen at the dock, (with Straights, Speedwagon, & others) to say farewell to Jonathan & Erina while they went on their honeymoon. The whereabouts of Tonpeti afterwords are unknown but it can be assumed the he died within the 50 year gap between Parts 1&2 and Straights became his successor.
[edit] Straizzo
Straizzo is, along with Dire, one of Tom Petty's followers. He aids Jonathan in the fight against Dio and his minions. However, when Santana is discovered in the 1930's during part 2, he betrays Speedwagon and dons one of the newly discovered Stone Masks. He explains that he always envied Dio's strength and beauty and now desires to stop his aging process. He dies battling Joseph in New York City. He, along with Dire, are named for the band Dire Straits.
[edit] Dire
Dire is a ripple/hamon user and a student of Ripple Master Tonpeti. Not much is known of Dire's past except that he was a good friend of William Antonio Zeppeli. He first encountered Jonathan and had a short match against him and then properly introduced himself. Before Dio and Jonathan had their last fight, Dire had fought Dio to avenge Zeppeli. However even Dire's best attack, the Thunder Split Attack, didn't stand a chance against Dio's ice attack which completely turned his body into ice and destroyed his body. Dire, now only a head was able to use his last ounce of ripple energy to shoot a rose into Dio's eye and with that, Dire's head was then turned to ice as well and was destroyed. He, along with Straizzo, are named for the band Dire Straits.
[edit] Poco
Poco is a young boy who lives in the village of Windknights. He falls in with the heroes after unsuccessfully trying to steal from them. His chief contribution is crawling through a narrow hole into the room where Tarkus and Jonathan are having their "chain match" so that the door can be opened and Zeppeli can help Jonathan. Dio later captures his sister and Jonathan rescues her from Doobie. He is named after the 70's rock group Poco, formed from ex-members of Buffalo Springfield.
[edit] Peggy
Peggy is Poco's sister. She was captured by Dio and taken to his castle.
[edit] Villains
[edit] Wangchan
Wangchan is a mysterious apothecary who provides Dio with the poison he needs to kill George Joestar. Later, he gets brought back to the Joestar estate and narrowly escapes the flames. As Wangchan searches for the stone mask in the rubble, Dio emerges and turns him into his zombie servant. In that regard, he serves loyally and for a considerable time, and after Dio's penultimate defeat he takes care of his master and gets him aboard the ship carrying Jonathan and Erina, where he meets his end. Wangchan is named after 80's pop duo Wang Chung.
[edit] Bruford and Tarkus
Bruford, the "Black Knight", is, along with his companion Tarkus, resurrected as a zombie by Dio to fight Jonathan, Zeppeli, and Speedwagon. He was, centuries before, a follower of Mary Stuart, and was beheaded for attempting to rise against and kill Queen Elizabeth I. He is able, as a zombie, to use his hair to attack or entangle foes using his "Danse Macabre Hair" attack. He is, despite being haunted by revenge, a noble soul, and finally Jonathan is able to awaken this nobility. When his soul returns to him, he disintegrates peacefully. Bruford gets his name from Bill Bruford, member of Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - who were integral members of the 70's band Yes. Tarkus is named for the album Tarkus by 70's progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
[edit] Doobie
Doobie is a zombie that serves Dio. His head is infested with snakes. Dio leaves Poco's sister to his tender mercies, but Jonathan takes care of him before he has a chance to do any real harm. Doobie is named for the Doobie Brothers.
[edit] Paige, Jones, Plant, and Bonham
Plant, Page, Bonham, and Jones are the four zombies Dio conjures in an effort to defeat Straizzo. They are named after Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones, from the band Led Zeppelin.
[edit] Part 2: Battle Tendency
[edit] Allies
[edit] Smokey Brown
Smoky is a young boy living in New York. Joseph saves him from brutal racist policemen, and he sticks around long enough to watch the battle against Straizzo. He also shows up at the end of part 2 with Stroheim's cavalry. Smoky is possibly named after Smoky Robinson. He is initially shown with a pigtail in Volume 5, which mysteriously dissapears for the rest of the series.
[edit] Rudolph Von Stroheim
Stroheim is the commander of the Nazi forces who discover Santana in Mexico. He is appropriately militaristic and menacing, but is also responsible for not only saving Speedwagon's life, but for trying to help Joseph defeat Santana by blowing himself (and the enemy) up. He returns later as a cyborg to assist in the fight against Cars. He is the one who made Joseph Joestar's prostetic hand. Rudolph von Stroheim is probably named after Erich von Stroheim, famous as a screenwriter and director, primarily in the 1920's.
[edit] Caesar Antonio Zeppeli
[edit] Lisa Lisa
[edit] Loggins and Messina
Loggins and Messina are Ripple Masters as well as Lisa Lisa's servents. They trained Joseph and Caesar in Ripple training for about 20 days where they had to learn things such as how to breathe in for 10 minutes straight or how to breathe in 10 times in one second. JoJo and Caesar's final test had them in a Ripple match against their teachers. JoJo would fight Loggins & Caesar would fight Messina. After a while Messina forfetted his match against Caesar atonished that in 3 weeks Caesar had gained more ripple power than he had in 10 years. However, JoJo wasn't able to fight Loggins because ACDC had killed him before JoJo had got to the place they were going to fight at. So instead, JoJo fought ACDC and killed him. Messina went with Lisa Lisa, Caesar, and JoJo Switzerland to find the Red Stone of Asia. He didn't do much in the fights knocked out by Wham. After the final battle in which JoJo killed Wham and sent Cars into space, He attended JoJo's "funeral" and, just like everyone else, was shocked to see that JoJo was alive. His wereabouts afterwards are unknown.
[edit] Suzie Q
The female assistant to Lisa Lisa, this slightly ditzy girl ends up marrying Joeseph Joestar at the end of Part 2. Her daughter is Holly Kujo, meaning that part 3 protagonist Jotaro is her grandson.
[edit] Villains
[edit] Donovan
[edit] Wired Beck
Wired Beck first appears as if merged in a door and coming out of it. He is a vampire with the ability to grow splinters from all over his body. He is quickly defeated by Lisa-Lisa.
[edit] Santana
[edit] ACDC
[edit] Wham
[edit] Cars
[edit] Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
[edit] Allies
[edit] Holly Joestar/Kujo
Daughter to Joseph and Suzie Joestar and mother to Jotaro Kujo. Her sweet and unfazable charm is known by all who know her. She is a deep believer in her son, proud of the compassion that he shows to others. A women who loves her family, she will deliberately lie about her illness as to lessen their worry. Her ailing condition becomes the catalyst for Jotaro and company's quest to Eygpt.
Her Japanese name is Sachiko.
[edit] Mohammed Abdul
[edit] Noriaki Kakyoin
[edit] Jean Pierre Polnareff
[edit] Iggy
[edit] Runaway Girl
Goes back to Hong Kong in chapter 40.
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[edit] Gray Fly
An old man known for carrying out mass killings disguised as accidents. He wields the stand known as Tower of Gray which resembles a large beetle. The Stand is faster than even Star Platinum and kills its victims by cutting out their tongues with its extendable jaws.
[edit] Captain Tennille
This Stand user masqueraded as the captain of the ship chartered to ferry Jotaro et al to Singapore. He is discovered when he falls for a bluff posed by Jotaro. His stand, Dark Blue Moon, is an aquatic Stand capable of generating massive whirlpools, shedding razor-sharp scales, and infesting its foes with energy-draining barnacles. Tennille himself can survive for up to six minutes underwater. He is named for the musical group Captain & Tennille
[edit] Forever
Forever is the user of the Strength Stand, which takes the form of an abandoned freighter, which he can control at will. He himself is a massive orangutan with a fondness for pornography and human women. His Stand is visible even to normal people because it merges with the structure of a real boat and modifies it.
[edit] Devo the Cursed
Devo is the user of the Ebony Devil Stand, which gains strength depending on how much its user hates his opponent. He is a heavily scarred man claiming to be a shaman. His battle strategy relies on forcing his opponent to injure him, at which point his hatred for them will empower his Stand enough for him to destroy them.
[edit] Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul is the user of the Stand Yellow Temperance, which devours flesh to enlarge itself and can assume any form.
[edit] Hol Horse
Hol Horse is an arrogant cowboy and the wielder of the Emperor Stand, which takes the form of a revolver. He inevitably operates with a partner, as his Stand is fairly weak and not effective without backup. While originally seen working with J. Geil, he later becomes partners with Boingo. He is named for the hip-hop group Full Force
[edit] J. Geil
J. Geil is the user of The Hanged Man, a knife-wielding zombie Stand that only appears in reflective surfaces, within which it is immune to attack. He is a hated rival of Jean-Pierre Polnareff, whose sister he raped and murdered. Geil is a deformed man with two right hands. He is named for the musical group J. Geils Band.
[edit] Nena
Nena initially appears as an attractive Indian lady and a victim of Hol Horse's seduction, but she is actually a very ugly lady in disguise. She is the user of The Empress. Her stand infects Joseph Joestar, growing from a small boil into a living being attached to his arm. Nena is named for the singer of the same name.
[edit] ZZ
This man is the user of Wheel of Fortune, which takes the form of an old car. He ambushes the protagonists on the road to Pakistan, attacking with super strength, projectile gasoline droplets, and by transforming his car into a fanged monstrosity capable of tunneling through or climbing through rock. ZZ is named for the rock band ZZ Top.
[edit] Enya Geil
Enya is an ancient woman with two right hands, the mother of J. Geil and an apparent confidante of Dio Brando. She was responsible for granting him the power of the Stand. Her own stand, Justice, takes the form of a massive mist which can take control of anyone with an open wound, allowing Enya to control them as she would a puppet. Enya is named for the artist of the same name.
[edit] Steely Dan
Steely Dan, who is named for the artist whose name her shares, is an attractive and arrogant man and the user of The Lovers, which he admits is the weakest stand of all. The Stand is a microscopic insect, which enters Joseph's ear and taps into the pain receptors of his brain, causing any pain inflicted upon Dan to be felt by Joseph tenfold.
[edit] Arabia Fats
This Stand user ambushes the protagonists in the Arabian desert. His Stand, The Sun, is capable of generating overwhelming heatwaves.
[edit] Mannish Boy
This Stand user is named for the Muddy Waters song "Mannish Boy". He appears to be a small baby of diabolical intelligence, deceiving the protagonists by behaving as an innocent child. He is the user of Death 13, a sickle-wielding clown stand that appears in dreams.
[edit] Cameo
Named for the R&B group of the same name, Cameo is a Stand user who conceals himself underground while attacking. He is the user of the Judgement Stand, which appears as a genie.
[edit] Midler
Named for Bette Midler, this Stand user is never seen save face-down in two frames of the JoJo manga. Her stand is The High Priestess, which can take the form of anything metallic.
When Capcom were doing the Series 3 fighting game, they wanted to use Midler, but because her face was never shown, they asked Araki to redesign her into something like a belly-dancer.[citation needed]
[edit] N'Dour
This Stand user is named for Youssou N'Dour, a Senegalese artist. He appears as a blind man leaning on a cane and uses his sensitive hearing to track his opponent. His Stand is Geb, an extremely fast stand of water.
[edit] Oingo and Boingo
These two brothers are named for the group Oingo Boingo. Oingo is the elder brother and the user of the Stand Khnum, which allows him to change his face at will. Boingo, the introverted younger brother, is the user of Thoth, a Stand that takes the form of a fortune-telling comic book.
[edit] Anubis
This Stand has no user. It takes the form of a sword and is capable of cutting through anything, possessing its wielder, and memorizing any attack it experiences. It claims that it can never lose to an opponent more than once.
[edit] Mariah
This woman is the user of the Bast Stand, which inflicts an increasily powerful magnetic charge upon a victim. She appears as a long-legged woman in a miniskirt and a hood. Mariah takes her name from popular artist Mariah Carey.
[edit] Alessi
Alessi is the wielder of the Stand Sethan, which may be named for the Egyptian God Set. The Stand transforms anyone who touches its shadow into a child. He is a cowardly man who prefers to battle children because he knows that he can win easily.
[edit] Daniel J. D'Arby
A compulsive gambler, D'Arby is a proficient poker player and excels at cheating. His Stand is Osiris, which transforms the soul of D'Arby's defeated opponent into a poker chip.
[edit] Pet Shop
This character is named for the British group, the Pet Shop Boys. He is a large falcon set by Dio to guard his mansion. Pet Shop is the user of the Horus stand, which attacks with large projectiles made of ice.
[edit] Terence Trent D'Arby
This character takes his name from artist Terence Trent D'Arby. He is the younger brother of Daniel J. D'Arby and a master of video games. His Stand, Atum, takes the soul of anyone who loses to Terence and places it inside a doll. It also allows D'Arby to read his opponent's thoughts.
[edit] Kenny G
This character uses the Stand known as Tenor Sax, which creates an illusory maze inside Dio's mansion.
[edit] Vanilla Ice
Vanilla Ice is named for the rapper of the same name. He is Dio's most loyal henchman. He uses the Cream Stand, which is capable of creating an invisible, spherical void by devouring itself and Vanilla, much like an ouroboros. Vanilla can control the sphere, which is capable of free flight. If any part of an object or being touches the sphere, that part is irrevocably gone, sucked into the void.
[edit] Nukesaku (The Idiot)
This minor vampire is the user of a Stand which causes him to grow a face on the back of his head.
[edit] Dio Brando
[edit] Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable
[edit] Allies
[edit] Tomoko Higashikata
Josuke's mother. Single and somewhat strict. Doesn't like to be hit on by other men because she is still madly in love with Joseph.
[edit] Koichi Hirose
[edit] Okuyasu Nijimura
[edit] Rohan Kishibe
[edit] Yanguu "Fatty" Shigekyo
[edit] Nu Mikitaka Nishi
[edit] Fungami Yuuya
[edit] Villains
[edit] Kira Yoshikage
[edit] Part 5: Golden Wind
[edit] Allies
[edit] Bruno Bucciarati
[edit] Leone Abbachino
[edit] Guido Mista
[edit] Narancia Ghirga
[edit] Pannacotta Fugo
[edit] Trish Una
[edit] Villians
[edit] Diavlo
[edit] Part 6: Stone Ocean
[edit] Allies
[edit] Jolyne's Mother
An Italian American women. It's not said how or where she met Jotaro or how they got married. She cares deeply for Jolyne, sometimes calling her "JoJo". As Jotaro is usually out-and-about, she was the only one who nutured Jolyne during her childhood.
[edit] Guess
Jolyne's first celmate in prison. She stole and bullied Jolyne the first few days they met. With her stand, Gugu Dolls, she can shrink or grow people to any height she desired. Her victim will then be tossed around and forced to wear a hollowed out animal skin if they wish to return to their normal height. She has an obsession with "cute" animal sounds and give treats to her "pets" when they say them, torturing them if they didn't.
After she is beaten by Jolyne, Guess becomes more timid and less confident than before. Her protests to belittlement are slim and she didn't seem to possess anymore pets, prefering to bury her head in a magazine instead. Her Stand name is derived from the band Goo Goo Dolls and her name is from the fashion brand Guess?.
[edit] Hermes Costello
[edit] Emporio Alnino
[edit] F.F. (Foo Fighters)
[edit] Weather Report
[edit] Narciso Anasui
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[edit] Villians
[edit] Jongali A
[edit] Xander McQueen
[edit] Mirashon
[edit] Lang Wrangler
[edit] Sports Max
[edit] Guccio
[edit] Viviano Westwood
[edit] Kenzo
[edit] D and G
[edit] Miu Miu
[edit] Wangaro
[edit] Rickel
[edit] Donatello Versace
[edit] Enrico Pucci
[edit] Part 7: Steel Ball Run
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki | |
|---|---|
| Jojo universe | |
| Series: | Phantom Blood | Battle Tendency | Stardust Crusaders | Diamond is Unbreakable | Golden Wind | Stone Ocean | STEEL BALL RUN |
| Jojos: | Jonathan Joestar | Joseph Joestar | Jotaro Kujo | Josuke Higashikata | Giorno Giovanna | Jolyne Kujo | Johnny Joestar |
| Antagonists: | Dio Brando | Pillar Men | Kira Yoshikage | Diavolo | Enrico Pucci |
| Characters: | Minor Characters of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure |
| Miscellaneous: | Videogames | Muda (battle cry) | Stands | Manga chapters | Items | Timeline | Deaths |
