CHARACTER PROFILE
Josuke's Savior
- Primary work
- Diamond is Unbreakable
Josuke's Savior (仗助の恩人, Jōsuke no Onjin) is an unnamed tertiary character featured in the fourth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Diamond is Unbreakable.
He is a mysterious teenage high school student who helps a young Josuke Higashikata and his mother Tomoko get to the hospital by pushing their car when it is stuck in a blizzard. Josuke catches a glimpse of the boy and aspires to become a hero like him. He imitates the boy's hairstyle and doesn't forgive anyone who would insult it, as he would feel like they were insulting his hero.
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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
02Appearance
The boy has a pompadour hairstyle and a delinquent's school uniform. His jacket is styled with three vertical metallic stripes on the left side of his collar and a metallic emblem with vertical holes inside on the right side. Beneath his school jacket, he wears a sweater with long sleeves.↗
03Personality
Based on the boy's appearance in Josuke's flashback, he is an empathetic and perceptive individual. Although it was a dark night, the boy could tell that Josuke was sick in the back of Tomoko's car. He voluntarily helps them move their car out of the snow despite being in a rough state with several fresh bruises and open cuts on his face. He also sacrifices his school jacket, which is considered his badge of honor, underneath the car's tires without any hesitation.↗↗
04Story
SPOILERS
For unknown reasons, the young man had just been in a fight with several fresh bruises and open cuts. He stood alone in the middle of a blizzard on a country road with no houses for more than a kilometer in any direction.↗
Josuke was four years old at this time and came down with a strong fever resulting from DIO activating his Stand, causing the Stands in the Joestar family to activate as well. His mother tried to drive him to the hospital but the car's tires lodged themselves in the snow during a blizzard. Suddenly, this young man wearing a school uniform appeared and was noticed by Tomoko peering into their car through her rearview mirror. Initially wary, she told the boy to go away.↗
Tomoko attempts to find the boy but does not succeed. Since then, Josuke replicates his hairstyle as homage to his hero, and aspires to become someone who would save others like the young man.↗↗
05Plot details
SPOILERS
Profile details
Status: Unknown (Part 4)↗
06Appearances
Chapter 324: Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 7 (Flashback)↗
Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 15: Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 2 (Flashback)↗
The Book ~jojo's bizarre adventure 4th another day~ Chapter 4: Lacrimosa (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Crazy Heartbreakers Chapter 3: Dissonance (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Crazy Heartbreakers Chapter 6: Double doubt (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
07Behind the Character
The identity of Josuke's savior is a commonly discussed subject in the fandom, dating back to when Part 4 was first publicized in Weekly Shonen Jump.↗↗
In a 1994 interview with OVA director, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, when asked about the flashback and whether it was Josuke who met himself, Hirohiko Araki replied, "That's irrelevant, it was merely Josuke's memory". David Production 's TV anime director, Naokatsu Tsuda, also inquired Araki on who the mysterious boy was during production of the anime adaptation, though Araki seemingly chose not to comment.↗↗↗
08Sources & attribution
- Josuke's Savior
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 (4)
- By contrast, Josuke tells Jotaro that he doesn't even know why being insulted about his hair pisses him off. He frames it as just instinct, with no particular reason behind it. Open ↗
- Chapter 324: Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 7 Open ↗
- DU Episode 15, Naokatsu Tsuda, Blu-ray limited edition commentary Open ↗
- Kitakubo Special Talk (July 1994) Open ↗
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