01Basic information

Japanese Name
11人の男たち↗
Romanized Name
Jūichi-nin no Otoko-tachi↗
Stand
TATOO YOU!↗
Gender
Male↗
Nationality
American↗
Affiliation
Valentine's Subordinates↗
Manga Debut
SBR Chapter 45↗

02Appearance

All eleven men share similar outfits consisting of a flat brim cowboy hat, a range coat, and a belt with a holster for their gun. Most of them have a pattern featuring small writing spread all over their hair and facial hair like a newspaper or a book.↗

03Personality

Not much is known about their personalities beyond stoicism, but they have an uncanny ability to act in unison.↗

Araki suggests that each of the men are labelled in a cardinal manner as Tatoo 1 (タトゥー 1, Tatū Wan), Tatoo 2 (タトゥー 2, Tatū Tsu), and so on. It's also assumed that one among the undecet is the leader, but nobody knows who it is.↗↗↗

04Abilities

Stand

All Eleven Men share the same Stand ability, named TATOO YOU! It allows them to use each other's bodies as portals, letting them merge with each other and displace themselves.↗

05Story

SPOILERS

Steel Ball Run

The Eleven Men are dispatched by Funny Valentine as the Steel Ball Run enters its 6th Stage. Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli detect their presence in the forests near Milwaukee, following their trace. Gyro, listening to their pace, notes that they are unusually synchronized. The Eleven Men continue to trail the duo in Milwaukee until they find the two in a seedy casino in the city.↗↗

One of the men approach and Johnny shoots him twice, blowing a hole in his head. However, the rest of the group has suddenly disappeared. Unbeknownst to them, the Eleven Men are using their collective power, TATOO YOU!, to merge together and they shoot Gyro in the arm by surprise. Gyro is crippled and can only use one Steel Ball. Johnny shoots again but the men use their dead comrade as a shield.↗

While Gyro tries to negotiate with the gangsters besides them, the Seven Men drag the corpses of their dead comrades to approach Johnny and Gyro unimpeded. The moment the duo is surrounded, all of them come out. With his remaining nail, Johnny shoots a man in the wrist and forces him to shoot everywhere for an instant. Gyro smashes another's tibia with his Steel Ball, making him miss and merely shoot Gyro's shoulder but the duo is now truly out of weapons.↗

However, Johnny finds the lone man and makes a deal with him. Johnny gives him the ears and right arm for a half-empty bottle of wine. Crying, Johnny tells him to go away. Suspicious at first, the man accepts the deal and leaves. During the exchange, he witnesses a map on the snow created by the Saint's Corpse and sees the location of the next Corpse Part. The remaining man returns to Valentine with the Corpse Parts and informs him of what he knows.↗↗

06Plot details

SPOILERS

Personality

They are also ruthless murderers, patiently hunting after Gyro and Johnny then during their fight, and exploit any setback thrown to them, using their comrades' corpses as shields and hiding spots for surprise attacks. Despite their ruthlessness, they seem to have a sense of honor, as they don't go out of their way to kill anyone but Johnny and Gyro, and the only surviving gunman left Johnny alone after acquiring the Corpse Part from him.↗

Appearances

Steel Ball Run Chapter 46: The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain, Part 2 (Death of one)↗

Profile details

Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: 10 deceased, 1 alive (Part 7)↗

Date of Death: November 1890↗↗

Cause of Death: Shot to death in a bar fight↗

Final Appearance: SBR Chapter 47 (Dead except one) | SBR Chapter 48 (Only one) | SBR Chapter 54 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗

As Funny Valentine 's henchmen, they track down Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli during the 6th Stage of the Steel Ball Run to take their Saint's Corpse parts.↗

07Appearances

Steel Ball Run Chapter 45: The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain, Part 1↗

Steel Ball Run Chapter 47: The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain, Part 3 (Deaths of nine)↗

Steel Ball Run Chapter 48: Tubular Bells, Part 1 (Only one)↗

Steel Ball Run Chapter 52: Wrecking Ball, Part 2 (Only one) (Flashback)↗

Steel Ball Run Chapter 54: Wrecking Ball, Part 4 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗

08Sources & attribution

Source text: JoJoWiki and its contributors. This entry has been reorganized and condensed for readability under CC BY-SA 4.0. Archived records reflect their capture dates. Referenced manga, anime, and artwork retain their respective copyrights.
Source bibliography (5)
  1. Calculated based on dates given in Steel Ball Run Chapter 56: Civil War, Part 1 and Steel Ball Run Chapter 60: Both Sides Now, Part 1 Open ↗
  2. JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - TATOO YOU! Open ↗
  3. SBR Volume 12, Steel Ball Run Chapter 47: The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain, Part 3 Tailpiece Open ↗
  4. Steel Ball Run Chapter 46: The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain, Part 2 Open ↗
  5. Steel Ball Run Chapter 48: Tubular Bells, Part 1 Open ↗

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