CHARACTER PROFILE
Wang Chan
- Primary work
- Phantom Blood
Other recorded work links
Wang Chan (ワンチェン, Wan Chen) is a primary antagonist featured in the first part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood.
Originally a black market merchant in the slums of London, he becomes a faithful servant of Dio Brando after being transformed into a zombie.
Image attribution details
Wang Chan. Source illustration via JoJoWiki; copyright remains with the original rights holders.
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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
- Japanese Name
- ワンチェン↗
- Romanized Name
- Wan Chen↗
- Gender
- Male↗
- Nationality
- British-Chinese↗
- Occupation
- Fortune Teller↗
- Species
- Zombie | Human (Formerly)↗
- Affiliation
- Agents of DIO↗
- Manga Debut
- Chapter 7 (Flashback) | Chapter 10 (1st Full Debut)↗
- Anime Debut
- Episode 2 (Flashback) | Episode 3 (1st Full Debut)↗
- Game Debut
- JoJo's Venture (Playable)↗
02Appearance
Wang Chan is a short, scrawny, elderly Asian man. His hair is spiky and firmly stands upwards. Along with a prominent widow's peak, he has very long eyebrows, a small mole under his right eye, and a fu manchu mustache. After becoming a zombie, he grows fangs and a long tongue.↗
He wears a traditional Chinese attire, consisting of a long-sleeved, buttoned changshan top accented with a trim along the cuffs and the central button line.↗
03Personality
As a human, Wang Chan shows a nasty and greedy personality, selling poison to Dio for fun without any regard for its use. He also doesn't mind violence, smiling when Dio stabs George Joestar. Later, he heads back to the Joestar Mansion after it burns to the ground to salvage the Stone Mask in order to sell it for a profit.↗↗↗
Upon becoming a zombie, however, Wang Chan becomes entirely devoted to Dio's wishes. At first very quiet, the zombified Wang Chan becomes more brutal and cruel, becoming unrestrained in expressing his urges. Despite his recklessness, Dio trusts him enough to be responsible for taking care of his head and implanting it onto Jonathan's body.↗
Being versed in the art of fortunetelling, Wang Chan is supremely confident in his predictions, knowing that Dio would escape imprisonment at the Joestar mansion.↗
04Abilities
As a human, Wang Chan was a fortune teller and an expert on Eastern poisons.↗
After being zombified, he appears to have retained his personality, though he shows a more bloodthirsty side and selflessly serves Dio. In terms of physical ability, he can jump great distances much like one trained in martial arts. However, as one of the shorter zombies in Dio's army, he usually takes to running away or hiding in self-defense unless directly told by Dio to attack. Wang Chan is shown to be capable of fighting one-handed while holding Dio's head with the other.↗
05Story
SPOILERS
Background
Wang Chan was a shop owner operating in Ogre Street, the most dangerous part of London. When a young Dio Brando came to buy slow-acting poison from him to kill his father Dario Brando, he was unconcerned by Dio's evilness and told him of a man in his own land who had a similar birthmark to Dio's. The man in question had a harsh life, but lived to be over 183 years old.↗↗
Phantom Blood
Years later in 1888, Dio reuses the same poison to murder George Joestar. However, Jonathan discovers Dio's schemes and, with the help of Robert E. O. Speedwagon, manages to find Wang Chan's shop. Wang Chan is arrested by the police and taken to the Joestar Mansion. As he witnesses Jonathan approaching Dio to cuff him, Wang Chan claims that Dio is far too lucky to have fully given up this early. Dio uses George's blood to become a vampire, and Wang Chan manages to escape during the chaos.↗↗
Wang Chan takes care of Dio while he is recovering from his injuries, showing great loyalty to him. He is seen pushing Dio in a wheelchair during their meeting with Jack the Ripper. He attacks Jonathan during his training, but Jonathan's Zoom Punch introduces him to Ripple energy. Wang Chan escapes and later informs Dio about the Ripple. When Jonathan's group reaches Dio's mansion, Wang Chan remains hidden and manages to survive the battle.↗↗↗↗
Wang Chan stows away on the ship Jonathan and Erina board for their honeymoon. After being spotted by Jonathan, he retrieves Dio's head from his coffin. Dio fires Space Ripper Stingy Eyes at Jonathan, piercing his neck and rendering him unable to create Ripple energy. However, Jonathan uses the last of his energy to crush Wang Chan's head and send Ripple into his body.↗↗
06Plot details
SPOILERS
Personality
Notably, he recklessly attacks a fatally wounded Jonathan, underestimating him despite Dio's warnings.↗
Abilities
He successfully predicted that Dio would have great luck in his life, which proved to be true in his many near-death experiences.↗
Appearances
Chapter 43: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 5 (Death)↗
Chapter 44: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 6 (Corpse only)↗
(Death)↗
Phantom Blood Musical Scene 18: The Adventure Begins, 1889 (Death)↗
Profile details
Status: Deceased (Part 1)↗
Date of Death: February 7, 1889↗↗
Cause of Death: Obliterated by Ripple energy↗
07Appearances
Chapter 7: A Letter from the Past, Part 2 (Flashback)↗
Chapter 9: The Stone Mask, Part 2 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Chapter 18: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 1↗
Chapter 19: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 2 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Chapter 20: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 3↗
08Sources & attribution
- Wang Chan
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 (9)
- Chapter 7: A Letter from the Past, Part 2 Open ↗
- Chapter 44: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 6 Open ↗
- Chapter 11: The Stone Mask, Part 4 Open ↗
- Chapter 17: The Birth of DIO Open ↗
- Chapter 20: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 3 Open ↗
- Chapter 11: The Stone Mask, Part 4 and Chapter 17: The Birth of DIO & JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 3: Youth with Dio and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 4: Overdrive Open ↗
- Chapter 18: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 1 & JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 4: Overdrive Open ↗
- Chapter 41: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 3 & JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 9: The Final Ripple! Open ↗
- Chapter 42: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 4 to Chapter 44: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio, Part 6 & JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 9: The Final Ripple! Open ↗
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