Jotaro Kujo
Jotaro Kujo is the main character of Part 3, Stardust Crusaders, in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, the stoic JoJo whose Stand is Star Platinum. He is voiced by Daisuke Ono in Japanese and Matthew Mercer in English.
About Jotaro Kujo
Jotaro Kujo leads Part 3, Stardust Crusaders, and becomes the face of JoJo for many fans. A quiet, intimidating student, he awakens the Stand Star Platinum and crosses half the world to defeat Dio and save his mother. He returns in later parts as an experienced mentor, a marine biologist with the Speedwagon Foundation, and eventually as Jolyne's father. Calm on the surface, he is one of the sharpest fighters in the series.
Appearance
Jotaro is a very tall, broad teenager with dark hair that seems to merge into his torn school cap, a long coat style uniform and a chain at his collar. He almost never smiles. His whole design is built around stillness: hands in pockets, head slightly lowered, eyes flat. When Star Platinum appears behind him, huge, wild haired and shouting, it looks like all the emotion Jotaro refuses to show has been given its own body.
Personality
Jotaro says little and scowls a lot, which makes people think he is a delinquent with no feelings. In truth he notices everything, stays calm under pressure and cares fiercely about his family and friends. He just shows it through actions: standing between danger and others, solving a fight in seconds, quietly paying debts he owes people. He dislikes cruelty and wasted words in equal measure. His patience snaps only when someone threatens the people he protects, and that is when he is most frightening.
Background & Story
Jotaro is a Japanese high school student, Joseph's grandson through his mother Holy. When Dio returns and Holy falls ill from a Stand she cannot control, Jotaro sets out for Egypt with Joseph and a small group of Stand users, fighting Dio's agents across Asia and the desert. The journey costs the group dearly and ends in a night battle in Cairo. Jotaro later studies marine biology, works with the Speedwagon Foundation, appears in Morioh in Part 4 and in Italy's story, and becomes the father of Jolyne, whose crisis in Part 6 draws him back into danger one last time.
Powers & Abilities
- Star Platinum: A close range Stand with top class strength, speed, reflexes and eyesight. It can catch bullets, shatter diamond hard teeth and deliver the famous Ora Ora barrage.
- Time stop: Late in Part 3, Star Platinum gains Dio's power: stopping time for a few seconds, a window Jotaro uses with cold precision.
- Tactical mind: Jotaro reads enemy abilities quickly, keeps his own limits hidden and turns small details, a magnet, a book, a bluff, into wins.
- Star Finger: Star Platinum extends its fingers into a sudden long range jab, one of Jotaro's few reach attacks.
Key Relationships
- Joseph Joestar: His grandfather, who leads the Egypt trip with him. Joseph's experience and Jotaro's power cover each other's gaps.
- Dio Brando: The enemy at the end of the road. Their Cairo fight, Stand against Stand and time stop against time stop, is the series' most famous battle.
- Noriaki Kakyoin: A fellow student and ally whose calm intelligence matches Jotaro's. Their friendship is one of Part 3's emotional anchors.
- Jolyne Cujoh: His daughter. Their relationship is strained by his long absences, which were spent keeping enemies away from her.
Quick Answers
What is Jotaro's Stand?
Star Platinum, a close range Stand with extreme strength, speed and precision. It later gains the ability to stop time briefly.
Who voices Jotaro Kujo?
Daisuke Ono in Japanese and Matthew Mercer in the English dub.
How is Jotaro related to Joseph and Jolyne?
He is Joseph Joestar's grandson and Jolyne Cujoh's father, linking Parts 2, 3 and 6.
Which part is Jotaro the main character of?
Part 3, Stardust Crusaders. He later returns as a supporting character in Parts 4 and 6 and appears in Part 5's story.