Kaato Higashikata

Background

Fifteen years ago, Kaato Higashikata was a loving housewife to Norisuke Higashikata IV and her family. Sharing an especially close connection with her son, Jobin, she'd take special care to make sure he was safe as a child, due to his developing Rock Disease. Unbeknownst to her, Jobin was secretly being bullied by his fellow boy scouts; one of whom forced Jobin to steal Kaato's underwear and take candid photos of her in the shower.↗

Driving to the location of a shrine, Kaato intended to save her son's life by sacrificing the bully to cure Jobin's Rock Disease. Instructing him to "keep climbing" and leave others "at the bottom", she had Jobin bury the bully alive underneath the shrine. Five years later, the bully's corpse was found and DNA evidence was linked to Kaato and her vehicle. Saving her son once again, she was arrested and imprisoned in Morioh's Stone Ocean prison for 15 years.↗

Walking Heart, Breaking Heart

She is released from prison on time served shortly after her family's encounter with Tamaki Damo. The guards warn her that society has likely not yet forgiven her for her crimes, but they all loved her dearly. As she gets dressed in her original clothes, she retrieves a deck of cards she was allowed to have while imprisoned, which reveals a cellphone hidden within them, a result of her Stand's ability to hide things within the deck.↗

Dawn of the Higashikata Household

Kaato later meets up with Jobin, who allows her into the Higashikata household. Kaato waits on the couch for several hours as her children wonder who she could be. Once Norisuke wakes up, she calmly greets him to his utter horror. She lovingly introduces herself to the family, explaining that she is their mother.↗

Dolomite's Blue Lagoon

Kaato later appears painting her nails while sunbathing in Norisuke's hammock and drinking his stash of Champagne Krug, much to his surprise. He commands her to leave immediately while she states calmly that half of the house, and Norisuke's assets, still belong to her. After Norisuke storms off, Kaato calls Jobin on her phone, telling him that she suspects Norisuke is plotting something. She also informs Jobin of Josuke's interloping, correctly assuming that he's also working against them.↗

Meeting with Jobin

Some time after the events of Poor Tom 's infiltration in the Higashikata household with his Ozon Baby, Kaato meets with Jobin to talk about the inevitable danger coming to the family. Jobin explains to her that his Miyama stag beetle had performed an equivalent exchange with his Hercules beetle. He shows the pot of the grafted New Locacaca branch that Josuke Higashikata and plant appraiser Rai Mamezuku had been searching for.↗

Space Trucking

As the Higashikata residence is caught up in Wonder of U 's calamities, Yasuho sees Kaato strangely appear in the house after Toru is hit by Josuke 's profound invisible bubbles. Seeing her son's corpse, Kaato narrates how she brought Jobin 's favorite Inca no Mezame cream stew over after telling her that he wanted some a day before. A panicked Yasuho warns her not to come closer, as Toru is a Rock Human who wants to use her to perform an equivalent exchange.↗

Kaato reveals that a branch of the Locacaca plant had been grafted and kept in between Space Trucking's cards. The sap of the branch drops on Toru and Tsurugi, causing Toru to disintegrate while Wonder of U attacks Kaato. Toru claims that because of Kaato, there will be no other plant like the Locacaca that will appear again. However, she refuses to listen, saying that he will take all of Tsurugi's illness while she will shoulder that sin.↗

Profile details

Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Presumed dead A character is labeled deceased if their last appearance portrays them dying after lethal damage and they are not implied to be alive by the end of the following story arc. (Part 8)↗

Date of Death: September 25, 2011↗↗

Cause of Death: Stabbed by a prune saw due to a calamity from Wonder of U↗