Hello! こんにちは！¡Bienvenido! مرحب! Salve! Merhaba! Hallo!
I'm Kojo, an expat from a few different countries with a passion for a multitude of things and many dreams to accomplish, despite my procrastinative habits. On this wiki, I mostly just edit whatever interests me, which tends to be the game pages. I also use my love of programming to help with templates where useful. Otherwise, I have many other passions, and even "own" another wiki: JoJo's Bizarre Modding Wiki.
I currently have a measly 7,630 edits on this wiki.
My real name is, although not fully, Kojo Bailey. The name "Kojo" comes from the Fante people of Ghana 
, simply given to boys born on Monday; and although Ghanaians tend to have multiple names besides just this one, Kojo is my only name. The surname "Bailey" isn't particularly special, but the combination of "Kojo" and "Bailey" together is quite unique, as a quick Google search will prove.
I was born in Liverpool and have since lived in many different countries, including:
England
Malaysia
Vietnam
La Palma (Las Canarias)
Ireland
QatarMy heritage is also mixed, being English-Irish-Ghanaian-German, although I can't say I have much of any contact with my German roots as my German grandmother was an anglophile. Therefore, I'm unfortunately only a native speaker of English, but am learning Spanish and Japanese, as well as many other languages less seriously, including Chinese and Italian.
One thing I've noticed about myself, is that when I'm genuinely interested in something, I can become incredibly invested in it. This is how I came to edit for the JoJoWiki, being a huge JoJo fan, and I've considered looking deeper into the communities of my other interests. However, despite how much people (and ourselves) say otherwise, the JoJo community really is one of the best fandoms out there.
I have many "hobbies", although I hesitate to call them so as they are all things I would like to pursue in my future. When I become invested in something, I tend to put a lot of time and focus into it, which is how I came to edit for JJBE, and my current main interest is in the modding of JoJo videogames - none of which is particularly supporting my performance in school unfortunately...
I am currently 17 (although turning 18 very soon), and have just completed my first year of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which is apparently said to be one of the hardest in the world. Afterwards, I do plan to study computer science in university and land some kind of job in software engineering - but really, I just want to find the financial stability to properly pursue my passions for the rest of my life, and support others in the process.
I only started watching the Phantom Blood anime in early 2020, but am currently up to date with the recent Stone Ocean anime. I can't remember what even inspired me to start watching JoJo, but I was hooked as soon as I did. The artstyle and 3D opening were nothing like I'd ever seen before in an anime. Phantom Blood only being 9 episodes allowed me to get a sense for what the series would hold, and once Joseph Joestar showed up in Battle Tendency, it was full speed ahead.
Despite watching the anime first, I'm a big manga reader (and books in general). My brother decided to buy all the available JoJo English manga on his Kindle, which I read all the way through – stopping at Volume 4 of Vento Aureo. Since then, I've gone on to read JoJo's Colored Adventure: Steel Ball Run digitally, and have bought many volumes (of different languages) physically, including TSKR. I am currently reading JoJolion, and afterwards plan to read through the Stone Ocean manga. Hopefully I can finish JJL before a lot of The JOJOLands is out.
One of my biggest hobbies currently is the modding of videogames - in particular, All-Star Battle R. This craze began shortly after the game released, and since then, I've rose to become an administrator of the JoJo's Bizarre Modding Community on Discord and the creator of JoJo's Bizarre Modding Wiki on Miraheze. You can find most of my mods on Nexus Mods, and I've modded more than just ASBR, like Plants vs. Zombies.
Outside of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, I've watched/read quite a few anime/manga. The ones that stick out to me the most are:
Personally, I'd say I prefer manga over anime in most instances, especially for more complicated, less action-packed series like Death Note. Therefore, I typically enjoy watching the anime for the opposite, such as Demon Slayer. That being said, some manga are simply incredible (and way ahead of the anime), like in the instance of One Punch Man. Despite my preferences, I have a deep appreciation for both manga and anime, unless one of the mediums is notoriously bad.
I'm also a huge Whovian, and was a pretty avid reader of the Alex Rider series. If I was to nominate a fiction book - that isn't a manga - as my favourite, it would either be Ready Player One or its sequel, Ready Player Two, both by Ernest Cline. For non-fiction, it has to be Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale for the interactions between Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook.
I'm also a bit of a gamer, having spent ungodly amounts of time playing Terraria, Smash Ultimate and Brawl Stars (I've done more, but these are easily my top 3 most played). I've loved Plants vs Zombies since childhood.
Below are some of my JoJo-related YouTube videos, although I've done other content in the past.
(outdated)
Below are a list of my contributions to the wiki that I can recall. Random, one-time edits are not included:
Notes of what I might work on next (mostly for my own reminding).
Whether it be personality, backstory, character arc, or some other magic element, these are my favourite characters across the series (including TSKR). Note that I am yet to finish JoJolion.
Characters are ordered from more (left/top) to less (right/bottom) favourite.
What I look for in a Stand is its design, connection to its user, and – of course – ability.
Stands are ordered from more (left/top) to less (right/bottom) favourite.
My ranking of the JoJo Parts, excluding JoJolion since I haven't yet finished reading it.
Note that I like all the Parts (although some are more flawed than others).
These opinions are currently outdated.
These refer to overall openings, rather than strictly opening themes.
Also, instead of choosing my favourites here, I've ranked them in order of best to worst (top to bottom). If it isn't obvious, I'm a sucker for the 3D openings.
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Cover | Name | Artist | Use | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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JoJo: The Memories of That Blood ~end of THE WORLD~ (ジョジョ その血の記憶 ～end of THE WORLD～) |
JO☆STARS ～TOMMY, Coda, JIN～ |
SC Episodes 25 - 48 |
January 28, 2015 |
| 2 | 
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BLOODY STREAM | Coda | Episodes 11 - 26 |
January 30, 2013 |
| 3 | 
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Fighting Gold | Coda | GW Episodes 2 - 21 |
November 14, 2018 |
| 4 | 
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chase | batta | DU Episodes 15 - 26 |
July 27, 2016 |
| 5 | 
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JoJo ~The Fate of That Blood~ (ジョジョ～その |
Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga | Episodes 2 - 9 |
November 21, 2012 |
| 6 | 
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Great Days | Karen Aoki & Daisuke Hasegawa | DU Episodes 27 - 38 |
October 19, 2016 |
| 7 | 
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Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town | THE DU | DU Episodes 2 - 13 |
April 27, 2016 |
| 8 | 
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STAND PROUD | Jin Hashimoto | SC Episodes 2 - 24 |
April 23, 2014 |
| 9 | 
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Requiem for a Traitor | Daisuke Hasegawa | GW Episodes 22 - 39 |
March 27, 2019 |
| 10 | 
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Stone Ocean | ichigo | SO Episodes 2-12 |
December 1, 2021 |
Same as above, but with the endings.
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Cover | Name | Artist | Use | Release Date |
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| 1 | 
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Roundabout | Yes | Episodes 1 - 25 |
January 4, 1972 |
| 2 | 
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Last Train Home | Pat Metheny Group | SC Episodes 25 - 48 |
July 7, 1987 |
| 3 | 
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Walk Like an Egyptian | The Bangles | SC Episodes 3 - 24 |
1986 |
| 4 | 
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I Want You | Savage Garden | DU Episodes 2 - 38 |
May 27, 1996 |
| 5 | 
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Great Days UNITS ver. | JO☆UNITED (Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga, Coda, Jin Hashimoto, Jun Shirota, Taisuke Wada, Jeity, Tatsu Hoshino, Karen Aoki, Daisuke Hasegawa) |
DU Episode 39 |
December 24, 2016 |
| 6 | 
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Villain◇Concerto ~Hol Horse & Boingo~ (アク役◇協奏曲～ホルホースとボインゴ～, Akuyaku Kyōsōkyoku ~Horu Hōsu to Boingo~) |
Hol Horse (Hidenobu Kiuchi) & Boingo (Motoko Kumai) | SC Episodes 36 & 37 |
March 27, 2015 |
| 7 | 
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Villain◇Concerto ~Oingo & Boingo~ (アク役◇協奏曲～オインゴとボインゴ～, Akuyaku Kyōsōkyoku ~Oingo to Boingo~) |
Oingo (Makoto Yasumura) & Boingo (Motoko Kumai) | SC Episode 27 |
January 23, 2015 |
| 8 | 
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Modern Crusaders | Enigma | GW Episodes 22 - 39 |
June 14, 2000 |
| 9 | 
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Freek'n You | Jodeci | GW Episodes 2 - 21 |
May 30, 1995 |
| 10 | 
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Distant Dreamer | Duffy | SO Episodes 2-12 |
March 3, 2008 |
