Joseph's Walkman

Joseph's Walkman (ジョセフのウォークマン) is a reoccurring device that is featured at the end of every part where Joseph Joestar is present. The is a portable cassette player allowing Joseph to listen to music.

Appearance
Joseph's Walkman is initially a Sony WM-701C at the end of Battle Tendency and Stardust Crusaders. It is black with a slim, sleek design and a compact rectangular shape. It has an integrated remote control and headphone socket. The top has buttons for opening, locking, and stopping the music, whereas the side has a volume slider and buttons to change tracks. Compared to its real-life equivalent, the headphone socket and buttons on the side are reversed.

In Diamond is Unbreakable, Joseph uses a Sony MD  MZ-E3 instead.

History
Joseph uses the Sony while boarding a plane to Tokyo at the end of Battle Tendency, listening to a cassette by. In Stardust Crusaders, he inserts a cassette into the player.

A decade later, Joseph upgrades to a Walkman. It is omitted in the anime adaptation.

OVA
In the Stardust Crusaders OVA, Joseph is shown listening to the instead of The Beatles.

Trivia

 * In the original Weekly Shonen Jump publication of Chapter 113, Joseph mentions that he is listening to by The Beatles on his Walkman. The name of the song is omitted in the volume release (as well as the TV Anime), but is still present on his cassette at the end of Stardust Crusaders.
 * Joseph's Walkman was drawn by Hirohisa Onikubo in the last chapter of Battle Tendency. Hirohiko Araki purchased the same Walkman model for Reki Taki as a bonus at the end of 1988, which Onikubo referenced for his drawings. The earphones and cassette tape inside the Walkman also have the same appearance as what Taki was using at the time, although Taki wasn't listening to The Beatles.