All-Star Battle R/Josuke Higashikata

"What did you say about my hair? (今おれのこの頭のことなんつった！)"

Josuke Higashikata (東方 仗助) was confirmed for during the game's initial announcement trailer. He was 1 of 15 playable characters during the 2022 Demo on August 5.

His moveset is fundamentally the same as his from, with a few tweaks being made to both balance the character and fit him into the overall gameplay tweaks that All-Star Battle R brought.

In the English localization of the game, Josuke's Stand, Crazy Diamond, is localized as "Shining Diamond", carried on from its debut.

Replacing Josuke's previous voice actor, Wataru Hatano, is Yuki Ono, who has voiced him since the Diamond is Unbreakable anime adaptation. Because of this, and like the majority of the game's roster, voicelines for Josuke were either added or re-recorded.

Gameplay
Josuke has 1000 health and uses the Stand (スタンド) Battle Style, fighting foes with Crazy Diamond. During a fight, he can use various moves from his appearance in Diamond is Unbreakable.

Dialogue
Outside of the All-Star Battle Mode, Josuke has unique dialogue for both his match entrances and victories when facing certain characters.

"Watch your mouth!" comments
Just like in, when triggering Josuke's "Watch your mouth!" ability, characters have unique lines that all pertain to insulting, mocking, or unwittingly offending Josuke and his hair. They will use the same "taunting eyes" pop-up also used by Joseph's "Your next line is...". Josuke will then reply with "What the hell did you say about my hair!" (今おれのこの頭のことなんつった！) while entering his enraged state.

All-Star Battle Mode
All missions in the All-Star Battle Mode starring Josuke as either the Player or Enemy, in order of appearance.

1.3.0

 * Jumping Heavy Attack [Stand Off]
 * Increased pushback to the side.
 * Crouching Medium Attack [Stand On]
 * Reduced knockback amount to make move easier to use in combos.
 * "Break through, beat you up!" skill
 * Adjusted launch force when hitting an airborne opponent so final hit is more likely to connect.
 * Increased pushback when hitting airborne opponent to make it easier to combo off of.
 * Changed so that if the same skill hits 3 times or more, the opponent now gets downed.
 * "Here's my homing missile" HHA follow-up
 * Changed attack types to prevent reduced damage on downed opponents after this move.

1.4.0

 * "Break through, beat you up!"
 * Fixed so that if the same skill hits 3 times or more, the opponent now gets downed.
 * This change was implimented in 1.3.0, but was bugged.