CHARACTER PROFILE
George Joestar II
- Primary work
- Steel Ball Run
- Occupation
- Horse Trainer↗
George Joestar II (ジョージ・ジョースターⅡ世, Jōji Jōsutā Nisei) is a tertiary character featured in the seventh part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Steel Ball Run.
George is the father of Johnny Joestar and Nicholas Joestar, the former with whom he maintains a difficult relationship. He is a horse breeder by trade.
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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
02Appearance
George Joestar is a mature man of average height who is slightly overweight. He has a double chin and several wrinkles. In the past, he has short, dark hair that is styled neatly, along with a mustache and long sideburns. His hairline is receding and the hair on the top of his head is combed to one side, creating a side parting. A single, wavy lock swoops down onto his forehead. Over time, his hair grays with age. In his final appearance, he has a visible widow's peak and no longer has the lock over his forehead or the side parting. Instead, his hair has a rounded, bushy appearance, sticking out on the sides. His face also has more wrinkles compared to before.↗
In his first appearance, George wore a dark top hat and suit. While having dinner with his family, he wears a dark single-breasted suit with notched lapels on top of a light dress shirt with a dark tie. When he's outside caring for Nicholas's horse, he wears sunglasses with small circle lenses. When arguing with Johnny about Nicholas's boots, his outfit consists of a dark vest over a light, collared dress shirt, and light pants. In his final appearance, George wears a dark duffel coat with horseshoe shaped accessories on top of a light turtleneck sweater.↗
03Personality
George is an acclaimed horse trainer. He is a strict father, not only forbidding a young Johnny from bringing an adopted mouse to the table while they're eating, but then ordering that the mouse is shown to him and then drowned. Since he is mindful of his reputation among the British, George is particularly severe when it comes to gentlemanly manners.↗
George shows favoritism toward his eldest son. According to Johnny, George would spend the next seven years reminiscing about Nicholas's immense talents while downplaying Johnny's own achievements. He is adamant about not letting Johnny use Nicholas's riding boots, blaming Johnny for not taking care of his own boots. He also believes Johnny can't beat Diego Brando but that Nicholas could.↗↗
George ultimately changes his mind over time, regretting how he treated his son. Crying seeing how much Johnny has achieved, he meets with his son again in New York during the Final Stage of the Steel Ball Run, waving Nicholas's boots as a silent gesture of reconciliation. Finally, he publicly declares his shame over letting his son suffer and that he is proud of his achievement of having crossed the United States.↗↗
04Story
SPOILERS
Background
George Joestar II was born in a family with ties to the aristocracy which fell on hard times. However, George himself was famous and rich as a horse racer and then breeder, having won the Triple Crown seven times and owning several farms with the facilities to breed racing horses. Although he settled in Danville, Kentucky, he made journeys to England with his family.↗↗
When Johnny was five and first rode a horse, George declared that his son was a genius. However, the rest of Johnny's childhood was marked by a strained relationship as George was unnecessarily severe and overtly favored Nicholas. After Nicholas's death, Johnny sought to use his old riding boots, but George saw him in Nicholas's room and refused to hand them over and "insult Nicholas's memory".↗↗
George would then disappear from Johnny's life, not even visiting him when his spine was broken.↗↗
High Voltage
When the Final Stage of the Steel Ball Run race begins in New York, George pushes through a crowd to reconcile with Johnny. A father angrily grabs his collar for hurting his daughter by pushing her. Johnny manages to see George, causing George to tremble and shed tears. He presents Nicholas's riding boots to him, surprising Johnny. George then speaks to the surrounding crowd with passion, confessing his mistreatment of his son.↗↗
06Appearances
Steel Ball Run Chapter 3: Johnny Joestar (Flashback)↗
Steel Ball Run Chapter 42: Silent Way, Part 3 (Flashback)↗
Steel Ball Run Chapter 57: Civil War, Part 2 (Flashback)↗
Steel Ball Run Chapter 58: Civil War, Part 3 (Civil War 's ability)↗
Steel Ball Run Chapter 79: D4C, Part 12 -Love Train- (Flashback)↗
07Relationships
| Character | Relationship | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Anne Joestar | Wife | ↗ |
| Johnny Joestar | Son | ↗ |
| Nicholas Joestar | Son | ↗ |
| George Joestar III | Grandson | ↗ |
08Sources & attribution
- George Joestar II
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.
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