Joshu Higashikata

Joshu is a 19-year-old male of average to above-average height and medium build. His eyes are slanted, and in his first appearances, they were curved at almost unnatural degrees. After Yasuho consumes a New Locacaca to regrow her right arm, Joshu loses his right arm. Joshu also loses his left index finger after getting hit by a calamity via a leaflet, after attempting to attack Toru.↗↗↗

His distinctive hairstyle consists of a nearly bald head, with long, straight, rectangular strips of hair that grow from the center of his scalp and only fall towards the front and back of his head, leaving him with eyebrow-level bangs in front, and totally bald on both sides and underneath; Kaato believes it's because he hardly drank milk.↗↗

Joshu is a 19-year-old college student and the third of Norisuke Higashikata IV 's four children. Entitled, loud-mouthed and self-absorbed, Joshu is the archetypal spoiled teenager.↗

One of Joshu's most prominent traits is his general unpleasantness. He is rude and disrespectful to not only his regular entourage but also most people he interacts with. In general, Joshu is quite vulgar and regularly insults or disparages those he interacts with. Partly out of resentment, Joshu regularly bad-mouths Josuke and has at one point mocked him for not having a family. He also has a habit of bantering and playing pranks on his sister Hato. When Hato reveals her unattractive boyfriend, Tamaki Damo to her family, he immediately chuckles at the sight of Damo and also consistently acts rude to his guest.↗↗↗↗

Joshu also has violent tendencies and is able to ignore the law for his own interests. For instance, Joshu drew a knife with the intent of using it against Josuke during a dispute after slapping him for seemingly stealing his money. He also stole Zaihei Nigatake 's wallet when Nigatake left it on the counter and drew money from his bank account as a petty revenge, justifying it as Nigatake being "dumb enough to have an obvious credit card code".↗↗↗

Stand

Joshu's Stand, Nut King Call, allows him to easily disassemble or fuse objects and people by planting nuts and bolts in them. These nuts and bolts act as physical objects that can be seen and felt by non-Stand users. The bolts themselves have been shown to cause no pain to the target when fused into them or when detaching pieces of them. The fusing or dismembering can be either permanent or temporary based on Joshu's wishes. Nut King Call was originally activated subconsciously, but over the course of JoJolion, Joshu learns to be more proficient in his use of his Stand's power.↗

Personal Skills

Joshu has a level of fighting competence, shown when he easily overtakes a newly-awakened Josuke who has shown to be proficient in unarmed combat.↗

Family

Josuke Higashikata: Joshu's adoptive brother. Joshu initially attacks him during their first meeting, fueled by his jealousy after seeing him nude beside Yasuho, before he is subdued by Josuke himself. Joshu retains a powerful sense of insult after the Higashikata family adopts Josuke and his relationship with Josuke remains neutral later on. When the two pass through Shakedown Road while traveling to school together, Josuke exerts an arms-length reception of Joshu, who persistently curses and discriminates against him. However, during the end of the Radio Gaga Incident arc, he seems to fully accept Josuke as part of the Higashikata family, alongside the rest of his siblings.↗

Norisuke Higashikata IV: Joshu's loving father. While Norisuke spoils his youngest son like with his siblings, Joshu often exploits this, straightforwardly asking his father to give him money to attend a meet-and-greet with his idol. Norisuke considers Joshu a problem child and often scolds him for his attitude.↗↗

Jobin Higashikata: Joshu looks up to his eldest brother with respect. When Jobin shows Josuke his stag beetle collection, Joshu displays an extensive amount of knowledge of the creatures, implying that his brother may have taught him before. He sides with his brother during his beetle match against his adoptive brother.↗

Friends and Allies

Yasuho Hirose: Joshu's childhood friend whom he is also in love with. Despite Yasuho constantly rejecting his feelings, he seems to pursue her no matter what, often with the intention to make Josuke jealous. When she was under Paper Moon King 's effects, she mistakes Joshu for Josuke and he interprets her comfortableness with him at the time as her wanting to have sex. However, Joshu realizes something is wrong and stops, only to be knocked out by Yasuho. Later, devastated by his family's tragedy, Joshu tries to protect an injured Yasuho during the calamity cast by Toru and his Wonder of U.↗

Enemies

Toru: Joshu first encounters Toru during his attack on the Higashikata family, and lacking any familiarity, immediately determines that Toru is an enemy. Joshu repeatedly insults Toru and attempts to attack him to no avail. Toru pays no real mind to Joshu as a threat.↗