Joseph Joestar

Background

Joseph is raised by his grandmother Erina and Speedwagon. His enemies are the ancient Pillar Men, superhuman beings whose kind created the Stone Mask. Their appearance sets up a confrontation between a modern young man and powerful beings from antiquity.

Personality

Unlike his grandfather's steady, gentlemanly nature, Joseph is flamboyant and energetic. He likes solving problems with the least effort possible, even resorting to shortcuts, but shows a strong sense of justice when it counts. He both respects and fears his grandmother and deeply values personal bonds, making him well liked among friends and family. Even in old age, he retains his sharp tongue and is renowned as one of the series' clever tacticians.

Hamon

In Battle Tendency, Joseph's main ability is Hamon. He can channel it through everyday objects such as bottle caps, hair, drinking glasses, and steel balls to defend himself, reflect attacks, or walk on water. He also uses techniques such as Overdrive and Zoom Punch. When Stands are introduced in Part 3, Hamon takes a secondary role.

Combat Tricks

Joseph is best known for his improvised tricks: pretending to flee, playing dead, using sleight of hand, and predicting an opponent's next words to throw them off balance. These tactics repeatedly help him turn the tables when he is greatly outmatched.

Stand: Hermit Purple

Joseph's Stand, awakened later in life, is Hermit Purple, named after the Hermit tarot card. It takes the form of thorny vines and can produce spirit photographs through media such as cameras and televisions, revealing distant people and events. It can also turn sand into a map and manipulate electrical appliances. Although its ratings are modest, its versatility makes it a useful support Stand when paired with Joseph's strategic thinking.

The vines are also physical tools: Joseph can swing from them, bind objects and conduct Hamon through them as protection against a vampire. He initially smashes cameras to obtain spirit photographs, but later uses other media, such as televisions, without destroying them.

• Part 2: defeats Straizo, Santana, Esidisi, and Kars, including his Ultimate Life Form; draws with Caesar; initially loses to Wamuu, then defeats him in the arena.
• Part 3: takes part in victorious battles against Nena, Steely Dan, Mariah, and Telence T. D'Arby; loses to Daniel J. D'Arby and Dio Brando. Jotaro later revives him using Dio's blood.

• “Crazy My Beat” (The anthology songs 2, 2015).
• “Oh My God! Jahhhhhhh!” (The anthology songs 3, 2015).