01Basic information

Japanese Name
エンポリオ・アルニーニョ↗
Romanized Name
Enporio Arunīnyo↗
Age
11 (Self-Proclaimed)↗
Birthday
February 17, 2001 (Self-Proclaimed age of 11)↗
Gender
Male↗
Height
~140 cm (4 ft 7 in) | 100 cm (3 ft 3 in) (Anime)↗↗
Nationality
American↗
Affiliation
Team Jolyne↗
Manga Debut
SO Chapter 10↗
Anime Debut
SO Episode 3↗
Game Debut
Eyes of Heaven (NPC) | Monster Strike (Playable)↗

02Additional facts (spoilers)

SPOILERS
Stand
Burning Down the House | Spoiler Weather Report (DISC) (Temporarily)↗

03Appearance

Emporio is a presumably 11-year-old boy of average build. He has light, curly hair, and light eyes. He tends to be characterized as shorter than he truly is and owns a golden colored baseball glove.↗

Emporio is always seen wearing a striped baseball uniform and cap based on those worn by the Chicago Cubs, complete with matching insignia. The anime and other depictions produced after the manga replace the cap insignia with an overlapping G and D to represent Green Dolphin Street Prison, while the walking bear emblem on the chest and shoulders is replaced with a dolphin.↗↗

04Personality

Emporio is first shown as a timid, awkward boy, who is rather unwilling to fight.↗

However, as he continues to help the heroes, he is slowly dragged into the fight himself. He seems to be trustworthy as Jolyne trusted him with her father 's DISC. He proves to be helpful by using his computer to gain information regarding the villains' powers, and in helping Jolyne out of several tight spots by hiding her in his "ghost room."↗

Emporio is a timid fighter but proves able to follow the directions given to him by the group, although when caught in a conflict, he is not usually able to fight back due to the non-offensive nature of his Stand. The main exception to this is his final confrontation with Pucci when he is helped by Weather Report 's Stand. He is also knowledgeable, as he is capable of driving a car and piloting a helicopter at the age of 11.↗

05Abilities

Burning Down the House

Emporio's Stand Burning Down the House grants him the ability to use what he refers to as "ghost objects", referring to anything that has been destroyed at a location in the past. He primarily uses his ability to manifest a secret music room in Green Dolphin Street Prison that contains various imperishable objects, such as a harmless gun, a computer, and a chocolate bar which may be tasted but not eaten. Emporio may grant entry into the room to other people.↗

Weather Report

Emporio temporarily receives the Stand Weather Report at the end of Stone Ocean. It affords him a great degree of control over the weather, and/or the atmosphere.↗

Personal

Piloting: Emporio is shown to be able to pilot a helicopter and drive a car.↗

Knowledge: Being stuck in prison for all his life, Emporio spent a lot of time reading books about various subjects of life, including how to pilot a helicopter as well as the secret and mechanisms of Rods.↗

06Story

SPOILERS

Background

Emporio was born to an unnamed prisoner in Green Dolphin Street Prison. Since then, he has lived there in secret with the help of his Stand, Burning Down the House, by using it to hide within a "ghost room" on the premises. His mother was killed by Enrico Pucci, who stole her DISCs and left her to slowly rot away. The boy kept a bone from his mother's body as a keepsake and a precaution against Whitesnake. However, Pucci was originally unaware of Emporio's existence.↗↗

Jotaro Kujo's Visit

One day, Emporio learns that Jotaro Kujo is coming to visit Jolyne Cujoh. He confronts her and warns her not to see him or else she will suffer a fate worse than death. Emporio then disappears. The next day as Jolyne is summoned to the visit room, Emporio reappears again hidden in a trash bin and warns her. Wanting to save Jolyne from the evil that lurks within the walls of the prison, Emporio tells her not to go but Jolyne refuses as she believes her mother is here.↗

Ermes's Stickers

Emporio is told to keep and eye on Ermes Costello and he confronts her on the staircase two days later. He drags her to the ghost music room so they can talk in private, although Weather Report and Narciso Anasui are present too. Emporio presents his ability to Ermes and how the ghost room works. Emporio then explains what is happening with Jolyne and asks him what she's learned from the janitor.↗

Operation Savage Garden

After Jolyne calls the Speedwagon Foundation to agree on a delivery point for Jotaro Kujo 's Stand DISC, Emporio calls her for a meeting in the music room, alongside Weather Report. Emporio shows Jolyne a map of the prison and explains that the way to the courtyard is blocked by heavy doors that need a card to be opened and also advises Jolyne to take Weather with her. Weather sees an enemy and the group runs back to the corridor, seemingly evading him by hiding in a jacket.↗

Ultra Security House Unit

After Ermes defeats Sports Maxx, the heroes examine his memory DISC and learn of DIO's Bone, an important item that is now in the Ultra Security House Unit. Jolyne lets herself be brought there to find it. Foo Fighters is worried about Jolyne and asks Emporio to help it reach the punishment ward but Emporio says that it is impossible for him to safely go to it. Surprisingly, Narciso Anasui accepts to help F.F. reach the ward. However, the operation turns sour.↗

Battle Against Rikiel

Visiting Romeo Jisso 's house, the trio acquire a helicopter and Romeo leads the police off their trail. In the helicopter, Jolyne feels Pucci 's presence and asks Emporio to head West toward Orlando. Ermes notices that one of the windows is open and closes it, but feels something passing close to her hand. Suddenly Emporio's eyelids fall down and he is blinded. As Ermes's eyelids close too, she can see that everyone's eyes are now forcefully shut and Jolyne is bleeding.↗

Heavy Weather Unleashed

In Orlando, Emporio is given Jotaro Kujo 's memory DISC by Jolyne. In the hospital, Jolyne and Ermes fight Donatello Versus and are trapped in the memory of a plane bound to crash. Using his computer, Emporio manages to find information on the crash and gives Jolyne and Ermes the positions of two seat whose passengers survived. It allows them to survive the crash as well.↗

Countdown to Heaven

As they approach the Kennedy Space Center, the group try to plan their approach. However, the group then falls victim of a gravitational anomaly pushing them sideways. The ground can now be considered as an enormous cliff with the sideways gravity keeping them away from the space center. The group must escape the falling car but Ermes fails to catch Jolyne as a debris knocks her out and Ermes is pushed away.↗

Battle Against Pucci and Made in Heaven

Some time later, the group wakes up unharmed while approaching helicopters confirm that gravity has returned to normal. Somehow, everyone was moved 200 meters from the shuttle, and the priest has disappeared. Jotaro can still sense Pucci though, and Ermes claims that Pucci is hiding, entering a building to protect herself from an incoming rain. However, everyone finds themselves soaked, and the rain has already stopped.↗

History in Eyes of Heaven

In the video game Eyes of Heaven, reality is being overwritten by Heaven-Attained DIO, which results in strange phenomena. As Jolyne 's group was fighting Enrico Pucci at Kennedy Space Center, Ermes Costello and Narciso Anasui inexplicably turned against Jolyne and Emporio. Thankfully, Jotaro appeared to help them, but it turned out it was Jotaro from the year 1989 who travelled to Jolyne's era to solve the situation.↗

07Plot details

SPOILERS

Profile details

Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Alive (Part 6)↗

08Appearances

Stone Ocean Chapter 10: Green Dolphin Street Prison↗

Stone Ocean Chapter 11: The Visitor, Part 1↗

Stone Ocean Chapter 13: The Visitor, Part 3 (Flashback)↗

Stone Ocean Chapter 14: The Visitor, Part 4↗

Stone Ocean Chapter 15: The Visitor, Part 5↗

09Behind the Character

Hirohiko Araki heard about a child being born in a women's prison and thought he could include it in Stone Ocean in the form of Emporio Alnino. Araki reveals that during the year in which he introduced Emporio, the Chicago Cubs won a regional game, which is why Emporio dons baseball attire.↗↗

Due to Emporio's outfit having numerous emblems related to the Chicago Cubs baseball uniform, such as a walking cub and a "C" emblem, his design had to be censored in the anime adaptation. This censorship was originally done on the anime's Netflix release by simply covering the emblems with a plain blue overlay, but was later updated on the TV airing and Netflix release of Stone Ocean with anime original Green Dolphin Street Prison emblems, with Emporio's hat featuring a "GD" emblem and his shirt a dolphin instead of a cub.↗

10Sources & 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. Stone Ocean Chapter 100: Jail House Lock!, Part 5 p.20 Open ↗
  2. Globe-Trotter Travel Guidebook p.14 Open ↗
  3. Stone Ocean Chapter 15: The Visitor, Part 5 Open ↗
  4. Stone Ocean Model Sheet No.CR004-01 Open ↗
  5. JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Burning Down the House Open ↗

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