Vampire

"I reject my humanity, JoJo! (おれは人間をやめるぞ！ジョジョーーッ!!)"

- Dio Brando,

Vampires (吸血鬼) are a supernatural undead creature featured in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Many vampires serve as antagonists in the first three parts of the series, Phantom Blood, Battle Tendency, and Stardust Crusaders.

Summary
Vampires were created by the Pillar Men with acupuncture techniques that they developed through the use of the Stone Mask. The purpose of the vampires were to become food for the Pillar Men and to explore human potential. This would then lead the Pillar Men to discover the Red Stone of Aja, which can be combined with the Stone Mask to make them perfect, granting them immunity to sunlight and allowing them to rewrite their DNA.

Vampires can be created in two ways. One way is to wear the Stone Mask while exposing it to blood. The other way is for a vampire to give a corpse some of their own blood. According to the dynamics of the arts of the Ripple and Will Anthonio Zeppeli, all living beings on Earth bear energy from the sun, but vampires are considered beings whose natural "flow" of energy has been reversed and perverted. As such, both the sun and the Ripple are capable of quickly destroying vampires, as they return this "flow" back to normal.

Abilities
Vampires are known for their battle cry and numerous superhuman traits. Their most obvious abilities are their raw strength, regeneration, blood-sucking tentacles at their fingers and near-immortality. On top of that, many vampires are capable of manipulating their bodies in creative and unique ways. Some as skilled as Dio have created their own unique abilities.

Zombie Creation
A secondary undead, created by a vampire who dons the Stone Mask, is commonly referred to as a ; is also sometimes used.

Differences from Popular Culture Vampires

 * Apart from sunlight, JoJo vampires are unaffected by traditional weaknesses such as crosses.
 * Vampires are commonly converted when they are bitten by another vampire. In JoJo, vampires are created through the use of a Stone Mask or receiving blood from another vampire. A vampire simply sucking blood from a victim results in the birth of a zombie.
 * Another myth of popular culture is that vampires can turn into bats, wolves or other animals, and are capable of squeezing through small crevices. In JoJo, though vampires can manipulate their own bodies in various inhuman ways, they show no indication of being able to use their bodies in either of the above manners. However, Kars, a Pillar Man and the creator of the Stone Masks, has been shown to be capable of such transformation after becoming the Ultimate Thing. Santana has also been shown to be able to break down his own body in order to pass through small gaps in a ventilation shaft.
 * Normal vampires suck blood through biting the neck of their victims. JoJo's vampires are mostly seen sucking blood through blood vessels in their fingers. However, like traditional vampires, JJBA vampires are shown to bear fangs, and the anime implies that Dio can suck blood with his fangs.
 * In some myths, vampirism is genetic. In those myths, cases of male vampires conceiving a child with human women result in the child being a Dhampir (a half-vampire). Dio Brando's sons show no indication of having inherited his vampirism, although Giorno sometimes uses the characteristic "WRYYY" battle cry of a vampire. It should be noted, however, that the circumstances behind their births were not straightforward, as Dio had not yet fully synchronized himself with Jonathan's human body.
 * It is believed that a reflection in the mirror reflects a person's soul, so vampires are commonly missing reflections as they lack souls. However, DIO has a reflection in the cover of Chapter 130.