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A detailed chronological summary of the life of Joseph Joestar.

Passé
Joseph Joestar est le fils de et  et donc le petit-fils de.

Alors qu'il n'était encore que bébé, George II fut tué par l'un des de  qui avait réussi à survivre et à s'infiltrer dans l'armée en tant qu'officier. Sa mère tua ce zombie et elle dut se réfugier à l'étranger et prendre un faux nom. C'est donc la grand-mère de Joseph, Erina Joestar qui l'élevé durant son enfance. Elle avait décidé qu'il vaudrait mieux qu'il ne connaisse pas l'histoire de ses parents pour qu'il ne se retrouve pas dans des aventures dangereuses et elle cacha donc le passé de la famille de Joseph, disant simplement que les parents de Joseph furent mort dans un accident.

Joseph vécut son enfance en Angleterre en compagnie d'Erina et de qui devint une figure paternelle pour Joseph. Il a eu une enfance et une adolescence turbulente car il est dit qu'il fut envoyé en garde à vue sept fois et s'est fait renvoyer une fois de l'école pour avoir commencé des bagarres. Joseph réussit néanmoins son passage au lycée.

Joseph avait un talent inné pour l'Onde qu'il a hérité de son grand-père et de sa mère. Un jour alors que Joseph et Speedwagon voyageaient ensemble en avion, des pirates de l'air ont voulu kidnapper Speedwagon. Joseph était d'abord indifférent à ces pirates jusqu'à ce que l'un d'entre eux le frappe au visage, le faisant saigner sur la veste qu'Erina lui avait offerte. En colère, Joseph donna au pirate qui pilotait l'avion une décharge d'Onde, ce qui a causé un crash. Joseph, Speedwagon et leur pilote furent sauvés quand Joseph pensa à amortir leur chute avec le canapé dans l'appareil..

Battle Tendency (1938-39)
"Joestar. Joseph Joestar. Appelle-moi JoJo."

- Joseph Joestar se présentant à.

New York & Le Vampire


A l'âge de 18 ans, Joseph et Erina déménagent à aux Etats-Unis. Alors qu'il commande un soda à un vendeur dans la rue, un petit voleur à la tire Afro-Américain qui se nomme lui prend son portefeuille avant de s'enfuir. Joseph suit Smokey et le voit alors se faire brutaliser par deux policiers corrompus. Joseph tente d'aider Smokey en prétendant qu'il a donné son portefeuille en cadeau mais les policiers l'ignorent et veulent même conserver son argent comme "preuve". Quand un policier lui colle une crotte de nez au visage, Joseph s'énerge et lui donne un coup de poing. L'autre policier le met en joue mais Joseph fait exploser sa bouteille de soda, propulsant la capsule vers le policier pour lui briser le doigt. Joseph et Smokey s'enfuient ensemble et se lient d'amitié. Joseph, Smokey et vont tous diner à un restaurant. Un gangster raciste insulte Smokey et Joseph se bat avec lui. Le compagnon du gangster se manifeste alors, travaillant en lieux avec la Fondation Speedwagon. Cet homme informe alors Joseph et Erina que serait mort, tué par, l'un des vieux compagnons d'armes de son grand-père  mais qui est récemment devenu un. Joseph est choqué et cogne l'homme pour avoir dérangé Erina.

Plus tard dans la nuit, Joseph passe du temps avec. Il repère alors rôdant à l'extérieur. Joseph le confronte et l'attaque avec une mitraillette, ce qui envoie Straits dans un bar. Avec son pouvoir de régénération, Straits ignore les balles. Joseph se rend compte qu'il n'a plus de balles, ce qui permet à Straits de tirer des jets d'humeur aquese à autre pression avec ses yeux, mais le Vampire frappe en fait un miroir, Joseph s'étant positionné pour tromper son adversaire. Joseph fonce sur Straits et lui assène un coup de crosse chargé à l'Onde, mais Straits s'était préparé à cette éventualité et utilise une écharpe spéciale pour dissiper l'Onde. Straits tire une seconde fois, forçant Joseph a faire une pirouette pour éviter l'attaque et s'éloigner. Joseph accroche une grenade à l'écharpe de Straits. Cependant, lorsque Straits gifle la grenade loin de lui, Joseph se réjouit car il relié cette grenade à plusieurs autres grenades qui étaient accrochées au dos de la veste de Straits. Ceci cause une grande explosion qui déchiquète le Vampire en morceaux. Cependant, Straits se reconstitue lentement. A court d'options, Joseph utilise sa technique secrète: la fuite.

Straits rattrape Joseph sur le pont de Brooklyn en tenant une femme en otage. Joseph fait semblant de se ficher d'elle mais il se met en colère quand Straits arrache une des dents de l'otage. Joseph confronte Straits en face-à-face et ce dernier tire deux jets d'humeurs aqueuses vers Joseph. Cette fois, Joseph dévoile des petits verres à shot qu'il renforce avec l'Onde. Leurs fonds courbe renvoient les jet droits dans la tête de Straits, qui titube et tombe du pont. Joseph le rattrape, mais surtout pour le forcer à dire où est. Straits lui révèle donc que Speedwagon est bien vivant mais aussi qu'ils ont trouvé un homme dans un pilier dont la puissance et la dangerosité surpasse celle des Vampires. Straits se suicide ensuite en chargeant son corps à l'Onde.

Le Mexique et Santana, l'Homme du Pilier
Joseph se rend alors au Mexique pour rechercher. Il passe notamment par un village où des locaux essaient de se moquer de lui mais Joseph les intimide et les force à lui donner des vivres. Parcourant le désert en moto, il est attaqué par un soldat Nazi nommé. Donovan est un soldat d'élite et il donne du fil à retordre à Joseph avec ses acrobaties, mais Joseph fait exploser un cactus devant Donovan avec l'Onde pour le vaincre. Il torture Donovan et lui soutire des informations. Il apprend ainsi que Speedwagon est vivant mais détenu par des Nazis dans une base secrète. Joseph infiltre donc cette base. Il essaie d'abord de se déguiser en femme, sans succès, mais assomme les gardes et vole un uniforme. Il parvient à s'infiltrer dans un laboratoire souterrain où les Nazis, dirigé par, essayaient de réveiller l'Homme dans le pilier que Speedwagon avait retrouvé.

Cependant, cet "homme du pilier" que Stroheim a baptisé parvient à s'échapper de sa cellule par les trous d'aérations. Santana s'infiltre dans la salle de contrôle et tue tous les soldats. Cependant, Joseph intervient pour protéger Speedwagon et Stroheim des balles que Santana tire de ses doigts. Joseph salue alors Santana, essaient de converser avec lui, au grand dam de Speedwagon et de Stroheim. Santana l'ignore, ce qui agace Joseph, et ce dernier tente de lui faire un croche-patte. Cependant, Santana conserve son équilibre en se sortant le pied. A son tour agacé par Joseph, ce dernier fait ressortir ses côtes pour empaler Joseph, le propulsant vers un mur car Joseph se protège des côtes avec le pouvoir de l'Onde. Intéressé par ce pouvoir, Santana attaque Speedwagon pour voir si tout le monde l'a, et ceci enrage Joseph. Les deux se combattent alors. Cependant, la peau de Santana repousse l'Onde de Joseph qui est trop faible, et Joseph perd presque sa main dans l'affaire en donnant un coup de poing mal avisé dans le ventre de Santana. Joseph fait mine de se faire absorber pour mieux relâcher l'Onde dans le corps de Santana, et celui-ci explose en morceaux.

Joseph est épuisé, mais il enchaîne le torse de Santana pour le traîner vers la surface pour l'exposer au Soleil. Quand Santana envoie des morceaux de lui pour s'accrocher aux jambes de Joseph et l'empêcher de monter les escaliers, Stroheim intervient pour ouvrir la porte. Sa jambe se fait aussi happer par Santana et Joseph doit la couper pour que Stroheim puisse atteindre la porte et l'ouvrir. Quand le Nazi parvient à ouvrir la porte, Santana plonge rapidement dans la blessure de Stroheim pour se cacher. Horrifié, Stroheim fait le sacrifice de se faire exploser avec une grenade pour exposer Santana au soleil. De plus, Stroheim lui révèle qu'il existe encore trois Hommes du Pilier à Rome et qu'il doit contacter un allié commun là-bas. Quand la grenade explose, Santana se précipite dans un puit. Cependant, Joseph avait prévu cela, et c'est le zénith. Les rayons du soleil entrent verticalement dans le puit et se reflètent dans l'eau. Joseph n'a plus qu'à bloquer la chute de Santana et ce dernier est alors complètement pétrifié à nouveau. Joseph ressort victorieux du combat mais doit se préparer à trois autres ennemis.

Rome et les Hommes du Pilier
A Rome, Joseph fait la rencontre de, le petit-fils de. Comme son grand-père, Caesar est un guerrier de l'Onde. Joseph le rencontre par hasard dans un restaurant en train de charmer une femme, ce qui rend Joseph jaloux. Joseph veut anvoyer des pates sur Caesar mais ce dernier les bloque et les lui renvoie sans effort, montrant un peu de son talent à l'Onde. Plus tard, Joseph et Caesar se retrained dans un square avec. La relation entre Caesar et Joseph est plus qu'houleuse, Caesar dénigrant les capacités de Joseph en tant que manieur d'Onde et insultant même la mémoire de car il rejette la faute de la mort de Will sur la faiblesse de Jonathan. Joseph se met en colère et le défie. Caesar montre alors qu'il est plus fort en tant que manieur d'Onde. D'abord, Caesar hypnotise une autre femme avec l'Onde pour qu'elle frappe Joseph. Utilisant de sa technique du "Savon Launcher" consistant à créer des bulles de savons infusées à l'Onde, Caesar vainc Joseph et l'emprisonne dans une bulle. Joseph lui a caché un pigeon dans la bouche de la femme, sachant que Caesar va l'embrasser, et donc le pigeon assomme Caesar en s'envolant. La combat termine sur un match nul mais leur relation s'empire.

Joseph, Caesar et Speedwagon attendent jusqu'au soir pour que les Nazis acceptent de les emmener dans le repère secret où les Hommes du Pilier somment. Pendant leur attente, Joseph et Caesar essaient de jouer au poker mais tous deux trichent et se font prendre. Ils sont sur le point de se battre mais c'est alors qu'une voiture nazie arrivent. C'est un jeune soldat allemand nommé qui les conduit jusqu'au Colisée, dans une caverne où ils découvrent que les trois hommes du Pilier,  et  se sont déjà réveillés. Les trois hommes du piliers sont à la recherche d'une gemme nommée la Pierre Rouge d'Aja. Wham absorbe la moitié de Mark en passant à travers lui sans y penser et Caesar doit achever son ami. En colère, Caesar et Joseph défient Wham. Cars et Esidisi partent. Etant un guerrier assoiffé de combats, Wham accepte de combattre avec grand intérêt. Au gran dam des héros, les Hommes du Pilier sont familiers avec l'Onde et Wham a déjà des armes et des plans pour contrer les manieurs d'Onde. Caesar est aisément vaincu. Joseph entre en scène en introduisant des clackers chargés à l'Onde. Il se tourne en ridicule pendant un moment mais il prend Wham par surprise et lui fracasse la tête avec des clackers. En colère, Wham utilise sa technique secrète, la Tempête de Sable Sacrée. Il fait tourner ses bras pour former une violente tornade et Joseph est gravement blessé. Il est hors de combat mais parvient à attirer Wham loin de Speedwagon et de Caesar.

Joseph et Wham se retrouvent dehors. A terre, Joseph essaie alors de manipuler Wham. Il dit à Wham de l'achever, provoquant en fait Wham en disant qu'il pourrait devenir plus fort avec un peu d'entraînement et qu'il pourrait le vaincre dans un match revanche. Wham voit dans son jeu mais Joseph insiste, disant qu'un "novice" a pu le blesser à la tête et que la seule façon de regagner son honneur de guerrier serait pour Wham de laisser Joseph s'entraîner un mois puis de se battre à la loyale une seconde fois. Wham accepte alors la proposition, mais pour s'assurer que Joseph tienne sa parole, il insère autour du coeur de Joseph une Alliance de la Mort, un anneau empoisonné qui se dissoudra dans un mois. Un second Homme du Pilier,, insère lui aussi une alliance dans le cou de Joseph. Les trois disparaissent dans la nuit. Joseph se rend compte qu'il va en fait devoir s'entraîner sérieusement et donc Caesar, qui commence à le respecter, l'amène voir son maître de l'Onde.

Entrainement à l'Onde
Joseph et Caesar se rendent à Venise. Là, Joseph rencontre un gondolier masqué qui l'attaque. Cet individu se révèle être en fait le maitre de l'Onde, une belle femme au passé mystérieux. Lisa Lisa surprend Joseph et lui met de force un masque spécial qui lui forcera à respirer pour produire l'Onde. Elle emmène ensuite ses deux élèves dans l'Ile d'Air Supplena où se trouve son manoir et ses terrains d'entrainements. Dès leur arrivée, Lisa Lisa pousse Joseph et Caesar au fond d'un fossé enduit d'huile et leur ordonne de grimper le "Hell Climb Pillar" à mains nues. Sans expérience notable au maniement de l'Onde, Joseph ne sait pas comment grimper. Il essaie de se faire une corde pour grimper mais Lisa Lisa la coupe. Il observe donc Caesar et comprend qu'il doit concentrer l'Onde au bout de ses doigts pour pouvoir coller au pilier pendant qu'il grimpe. Alors qu'ils sont presque en haut, Joseph active un piège qui révèle un puissant jet d'huile leur bloquant la route. Caesar passe à travers le jet en concentrant de l'Onde là où le jet le frappe, mais Joseph va coutourner le jet en se projetant sur les parois de la fosse. Il tombe presque mais Caesar le rattrape.

Joseph est furieux et veut se battre mais lorsque Lisa Lisa lui jette un verre d'eau à l'envers, il se rend compte qu'il peut naturellement garder l'eau dans le verre avec son Onde. Joseph reconnait alors que Lisa Lisa est un grand maitre de l'Onde. Joseph et Caesar continuent à s'entrainer sous la sévère tutelle de et, deux autres maitres de l'Onde. Il doit par exemple apprendre à expirer pendant 10 minutes ou bien respirer 10 fois en une seconde. Les jours passent. Il ne reste qu'une semaine avant que les Alliances de la Mort ne le tuent. Joseph a presque fini son entrainement et sa dernière épreuve est de combattre Loggins pour qu'on le reconnaisse comme un véritable guerrier de l'Onde.

Cependant, le soir où il se rend dans l'arène privée pour combattre Loggins, il trouve que Loggins a été assassiné par qui a appris que la Pierre Rouge d'Aja est en possession de Lisa Lisa. Grâce à son entrainement, Joseph peut désormais percer la peau de l'Hommes du Pilier du doigt. AC/DC attrape la main de Joseph mais ce dernier fait une pirouette. En déployant un fil accroché au corps de Loggins et en l'infusant avec l'Onde, Joseph sectionne le bras d'AC/DC. Il s'attend à ce que l'Homme du Pilier se mette en colère mais à la place, AC/DC pleurniche avant de reprendre son calme. AC/DC prouve alors qu'il est un adepte de la guerre psychologique. Il se greffe le bras de Loggins puis fait exploser son corps avec son pouvoir spécial: son sang qu'il peut chauffer jusqu'à 600°C. Joseph attaque hâtivement et se fait asperger le visage avec du sang bouillant mais heureusement son masque le protège. Joseph se met à bondir partout pour déployer un autre fil mais AC/DC voit dans son jeu et coupe le fil avant d'attaquer en déployant ses veines pour injecter son sang bouillant dans Joseph. Cependant, Joseph a déployé un second fil derrière AC/DC, le ligotant par surprise. Alors qu'il détruit AC/DC avec une attaque d'Onde, ce dernier tente une dernière attaque où il révèle sa corne avant d'exploser dans une brillante déflagration.

Joseph ingère l'antidote pour l'alliance d'AC/DC et retourne au manoir de. Cependant, AC/DC a survécu sous la forme d'un cerveau et ses nerfs et s'accroche discrètement au dos de Joseph. En chemin, Joseph voit et flirte avec la femme de chambre de Lisa Lisa,. AC/DC s'empare du corps de Suzi Q et vole la Pierre Rouge d'Aja envoie de l'envoyer par colis à. Joseph lui est convoqué par Lisa Lisa, et en profite pour épier sur elle pendant qu'elle prend son bain. C'est alors qu'AC/DC attaque. Il s'interpose pour bloquer le passage à Lisa Lisa, Joseph et Caesar en utilisant Suzi Q comme otage. Joseph essaie encore de faire croire qu'il se fiche de Suzi mais il ne peut pas l'attaquer pour détruire AC/DC. Caesar a une idée. Joseph et Caesar injectent leurs Ondes dans Suzi à des extrémités opposées pour chasser AC/DC tout en préservant Suzi Q. AC/DC meurt alors, réduit en poussière par le Soleil. Joseph reste tout de même impressionné par la dévotion de l'Homme du Pilier à son groupe et comment il était prêt à tout pour aider Cars. Joseph et Caesar se rendent au bureau de poste pour savoir où AC/DC a envoyé le colis mais l'employé refuse de leur divulguer cette information. Ils font un scandale mais heureusement, Lisa Lisa utilise son hypnose de l'Onde pour que Suzi se souvienne qu'AC/DC a envoyé son colis en Suisse. Les maîtres de l'Onde partent alors pour les Alpes.

En Suisse
A la poursuite de la Super Aja, Joseph et ses compagnons voient une escouade de soldats allemands qui arrêtent un train et réquisitionnent le colis qu'AC/DC a envoyé. Le mystérieux commandant des soldats invite les maîtres de l'Onde dans sa base, un chalet. Le soir, attaque le chalet et massacre les soldats dedans. Joseph voit alors que le commandant est en fait a qui survécu et s'est fait reconstruire en cyborg. Cependant, Cars possède une technique spéciale, son mode de lumière. Il fait pousser des lames sur ses bras et coupe facilement Stroheim à la taille puis lui vole la Super Aja. Stroheim contre-attaque avec un laser à ultraviolet caché dans un oeil et Cars lâche la pierre qui se met à glisser vers un ravin.

Joseph et Cars courent après la Super Aja. Comme Cars n'a pas peur de tomber dans le ravin, il peut courir à toute vitesse et attrape la pierre en premier tout en se jetant dans le ravin. Joseph glisse sciemment pour projeter de la neige dans les yeux de Cars et reprend la pierre de ses main. Cependant, Cars fait pousser une lame de son pied et accroche Joseph, l'entrainant avec lui. Joseph est vulnérable mais pense à se protéger en utilisant la pierre comme bouclier. Cars ne veut pas endommager la Super Aja et se retient à contrecoeur. Joseph attrape des stalactites, les collant entre elles avec l'Onde. Caesar arrive à la rescousse et ajoute d'autres stalactites pour compléter la chaîne de Joseph et pouvoir le remonter. Cars tombe au fond du ravin. Joseph lui a pu garder la pierre rouge d'Aja.

Le lendemain, les héros discutent ce qu'ils doivent faire. Ils ont découvert qu' a adressé son colis vers un hôtel abandonné. Joseph sent que Cars doit avoir préparé quelque chose et dit qu'ils ne devraient pas aller dans l'hôtel mais Caesar l'appelle un lâche.car ce dernier veut éliminer les Hommes du Pilier le plus rapidement possible. Leur dispute dégénère en bagarre puis Caesar part seul aux devants des hommes du pilier, suivi par. raconte alors à Joseph le passé tragique de Caesar et Joseph change d'avis. Cependant, lorsque Joseph et Lisa Lisa arrivent à l'hôtel abandonné, Caesar a déjà été tué par et ils retrouvent l'Alliance de la Mort de Wham dans une bulle. Joseph et Lisa Lisa pleurent la mort de Caesar. Par respect pour son camarade, Joseph décide de ne pas prendre l'antidote avant d'avoir vaincu Wham. Joseph et Lisa Lisa décident de s'enfoncer plus profondément dans l'hôtel en suivant la trace de sang laissée par Wham. En chemin, ils croisent un nommé  mais Lisa Lisa l'élimine rapidement.

Joseph et Lisa Lisa retrouvent alors et  dans une grande salle mais Cars a une petite armée de cent Vampires prêts à attaquer. Heureusement, Lisa Lisa bluffe et prétend que s'ils ne reviennent pas à leur base dans un certain temps, alors une bombe endommagera la Super Aja. Cars se sent obligé d'accepter la requête de Lisa Lisa de se battre pour la pierre en deux combats singuliers, JoJo contre Wham puis Lisa Lisa contre Cars. Joseph est autorisé à retourner à sa base pour récupérer la pierre. Il découvre aussi dans les affaires de Lisa Lisa une photo de, et un bébé. Le soir, Joseph se rend à la Pierre du Talon-Squelette, une arène en ruine. Joseph demande pourquoi elle a cette photo d'Erina mais ne révèle que qu'elle est le bébé dans la photo. Joseph doit alors entamer une course de char spéciale contre Wham.

Course de Chars contre Wham
La course de chars commence. C'est alors que Joseph prend une avance sur car il a discrètement empilé des cailloux devant la roue de Wham alors que tous fixaient la Lune. Des armes sont mises à disposition près d'une colonne de pierre et Joseph s'empare d'un marteau de guerre. Cependant, Wham prend alors la colonne de pierre dans ses mains et s'en sert pour écraser le char de Joseph. A terre, Joseph évite de se faire écraser en sautant sur les chevaux de Wham en utilisant son marteau comme perche. Wham lui s'est infiltré dans ses chevaux et sort les bras pour utiliser sa Tempête de Sable Sacrée. Joseph est directement touché et atterit dans son char. C'est alors que tous voient que Joseph est seulement légèrement blessé alors que Wham a les bras presque sectionnés. En effet, Joseph avait attaché les bras de Wham avec les rênes infusés à l' et la friction a presque coupé les bras de Wham. Mais, comme Wham est un guerrier accompli, il utilise une technique psychologique pour se reconcentrer. Il se crève les yeux et utilise sa corne pour sentir les mouvements du vent.

On met ensuite des arbalètes à disposition des combattants. Joseph fait l'erreur de prendre l'arbalète la plus grosse, mais elle est tellement grande qu'il ne peut pas tirer sur la corde et la charger. En lisant dans le vent, Wham tire une première fois et tue l'un des chevaux de Joseph. Joseph essaie de se positionner à l'opposé de Wham par rapport au grand brasier au centre de l'arène, mais Wham devine où est Joseph et le touche par ricochet. Joseph tombe et dans sa chute, il parvient accidentellement à charger son arbalète. Il tire mais il semble que sa boule de fer manque sa cible mais puis elle revient par derrière et perce le torse de Wham. Gravement blessé, Wham utilise sa technique ultime: la Brèche Atmosphérique. Il aspire une grande quantité d'air pour ensuite générer un puissant souffle de sa corne qui devient une lame d'air. Joseph est immobilisé quand Wham lance ses deux bras pour le coincer près du brasier. Joseph lance alors un cocktail molotov dont l'huile est aspirée dans Wham, et il met le feu au bandeau de Caesar dont les lambeaux enflammées entrent aussi dans Wham. Ce dernier explose et est réduit à l'état d'une tête. Joseph gagne le combat. Pour honorer son ennemi, Joseph donne un peu de son sang à Wham pour le soulager et avale l'antidote de la dernière Alliance de la Mort devant Wham. Ce dernier meurt et ses restes sont dispersés par le vent.

La traitrise de Cars
Kars proves to be less honorable than Wamuu and breaks his promise to fight Lisa Lisa one-on-one and sacrifices one of his weaker vampires in order to defeat her. Angered by Kars's treachery, Joseph then challenges Kars, who looks upon him as a weak Ripple user and not even worth fighting seriously.

All seems to be over in this fight against Kars until a newly rebuilt Stroheim and his Nazi soldiers, Speedwagon, and Smokey arrive to help. Thanks to their help, Joseph reaches Kars and but Kars attaches Lisa Lisa to a rope and lets her fall, forcing Joseph to hold the rope. By distracting Kars with his burning scarf and other shenanigans, Joseph creates a secret noose that closes on Kars's leg after he cuts the rope that is attached to Lisa Lisa. Kars trips and this allows Joseph to perform a last Ripple attack, sending Kars into the spike pit below. Stroheim and his Nazi soldiers blast Kars with ultraviolet light, but unknowingly gave him the light necessary for his Super Aja-embedded stone mask to trigger and transform him into the ultimate life form. Taking the Super Aja while running off, Joseph steals one of the Germans' airplanes to lead Kars away while devising a strategy to defeat him. Somehow, he must make Kars fall into a volcano. Flying close behind, Kars shoots transforming scales that turn into pirhanas wreaking havoc inside the plane and octopus tentacle that entangle the engines. However, Joseph tricks Kars into approaching a dummy with a parachute and crashes into Kars. Moreover, Stroheim, who has been hiding in the plane, also attacks to keep Kars occupied. The plane crashes into the lava pit of a volcano while Joseph and Stroheim safely jump down the plane, at the cost of the cyborg's legs. Though it appears Kars is dead while sinking into the magma, the Pillar Man evolves a continuous and inorganic porous material to protect himself while digging his way out and slicing Joseph's arm off.

Kars seems invincible and he can even produce the Ripple now. The Ultimate Being decides to kills Joseph with the Ripple but Joseph unconsciously puts the Red Stone of Aja in front of him. The Red Stone absorbs the Ripple, amplifies it, and shoots it into the volcano, which causes an eruption that blasts the land the two fighters are on into the air. As a last move, Joseph distracts Kars long enough for him to be knocked out of Earth's orbit by debris. But gravity runs its course and Stroheim assumes Joseph dead at sea near Italy.

Back Home
Weeks later, a funeral is held for the presumably-dead Joseph, but Joseph himself crashes the event and reveals that after he fell back down from the sky, he ended up in Italy where he was helped by some local fisherman and nursed back to health by Suzi Q. Moreover, he's also married her. Joseph then returned to America to find his friends bewildered and shocked; he comes to the realization that Suzi Q had evidently forgotten to telegram them reassuring his survival.

Pre-Stardust Crusaders (1942-87)
In 1942, after learning of his ties to Lisa Lisa and moving to New York, Joseph and Suzi Q started a family and had a daughter named Holy. Eight years later, Joseph was at Erina's bedside in her final living moments. When Holy married Sadao Kujo and moved to Japan in 1967, Joseph developed an intolerance towards the Japanese.

Little is known about Joseph's life between Battle Tendency and Stardust Crusaders but Joseph does talk about several anecdotes showing that he was well-traveled. Joseph has notably claimed to have been in Hong Kong several times, at least enough times for him to have the impression he could read Chinese well enough to order at a restaurant. He also befriended the Egyptian Muhammad Avdol at one point in his life. Joseph also learned somewhere to greet people in Arabic. On the other hand, Joseph acquired his knowledge of camel riding only through watching Lawrence of Arabia three times in the past, having slept through the second and third viewings. In 1983, Joseph cheated on Suzi Q with a Japanese college student named Tomoko Higashikata. Joseph also became a real estate agent at one point.

Manifesting his Stand Hermit Purple at the age 65, Joseph would learn that Dio Brando, now referred to as simply "DIO", resurfaced after being last heard of in 1889. Joseph is further livid to learn that his Stand manifested because of DIO, who succeeded in taking the body of Jonathan Joestar. Joined by Muhammad Avdol who helped him understand the nature of the Stands, Joseph spent the next few years attempting to track down DIO to no avail.

In 1987, Joseph is called by Holy who needs his expertise in an "evil spirit" that his possessing her son Jotaro Kujo. Joseph arrives to the JFK Airport where he bumps into a Japanese man. While he initially apologized for bumping into him, Joseph realized the man's nationality and kicks him. Joseph then subsequently explains his hatred of the Japanese due to one marrying his daughter and convincing her to move to Japan. In contrast, Joseph is content with his Japanese-made Sony Walkman and after putting his headphones on, he boards the plane to Japan.

Stardust Crusaders (1987-88)
"Oh! My! God!"

- Joseph Joestar's catchphrase in Stardust Crusaders

Departure from Tokyo
Once arriving to Japan and reuniting with his daughter Holy, Joseph is brought to the police station with his friend Muhammad Avdol where Jotaro has confined himself in. Joseph orders his son to come out but Jotaro refuses to leave his cell, demonstrating his evil spirit's potential as it steal Joseph's mechanical pinkie. Joseph thus asks Avdol to force his grandson out of his cell while explaining the concept of Stands to Jotaro. Jotaro admits his loss after being tricked into walking out of his cell. At a café, Joseph then explains the reason of their sudden power: DIO, Jonathan Joestar's archenemy, has returned and also acquired a Stand as he stole Jonathan's body. Although Joseph tries to recruit his grandson against the Vampire who has long eluded him, Jotaro barely believes his story and proof until his fight with Noriaki Kakyoin. For the time being, Joseph moves into the Kujo residence where he helps in dispatching the Flesh Bud controlling Kakyoin.

A few days later, to Joseph's horror, Holy's own Stand manifest and begins to slowly kill her because she lacks the fighting spirit to dominate it. The only means to save Holy within the next fifty days is to find and kill DIO to break his link to the Joestar line. Jotaro's Stand, later named Star Platinum, detects a fly in the background of one Hermit Purple's photographs depicting DIO. Avdol identifies it as a Hue-hue fly from Egypt and Kakyoin confirms that DIO is hiding in Cairo. Thus, the destination is set. Joseph contacts the Speedwagon Foundation to care for Holy and the quatuor depart from Japan to Egypt aboard a plane.

But, the group encounters the assassin Gray Fly and his Stand Tower of Gray. Although Kakyoin defeats the enemy, the pilots have already died and Joseph is forced to pilot the plane. He makes and emergency sea landing 35 km off the coast of Hong Kong. The group later enter the city and discuss their status over a meal. With Joseph's suggestion to ensure a path where there be less risks for civilians, the group decides to take a sea route through the Indian Sea that should get them to Egypt within 50 days. A French tourist named Jean Pierre Polnareff accosts them, asking help for translating the menu. Joseph instead invites him to his table and takes upon himself to order. However, he cannot read Chinese so he messes up the dishes. Polnareff then reveals himself as one of DIO's agents and attacks. His Silver Chariot comes out of a soup and pierces Joseph's hand. Avdol is Polnareff's first target, but the Egyptian prevails after a quick battle. Impressed by Polnareff's chivalry, Avdol spares Polnareff and Jotaro extracts the flesh bud from him. Regaining his senses, Polnareff asks Joseph to show his hand and he does show his mechanical hand. Polnareff explains himself by stating that a Stand User with two right hands killed his sister. Sure to encounter his sister's murderer along the way, Polnareff joins the group.

South-East Asia
The Joestar Group takes a private boat manned by men from the Speedwagon Foundation. On the way the crew discovers a stowaway girl which jumps into the water and is saved from a shark by Jotaro's Star Platinum. However, an enemy Stand is lurking in the water. The group briefly wonder if the girl could be a Stand User but realize that she has no idea of what is happening. However, Jotaro unmasks the captain of the ship, Captain Tennille, as an impostor working for DIO. Joseph has to stay on the boat while Jotaro fights the Impostor Captain Tennille and his Dark Blue Moon underwater. Even though the impostor is killed, he had planted bombs on the ship beforehand and they explode, forcing the crew to call for rescue and evacuate the ship.

They then encounter a deserted ship on which they go aboard, but the ship is empty save for an orangutan. When one of the men dies in suspicious circumstances, the group tries to search the ship for any enemy Stand and potential user. However, it is revealed that the orangutan is the enemy and that the whole ship is the Stand, the crew is slaughtered and the Joestar Group is almost crushed by the living hull. Jotaro swiftly defeats the ape and the Joestar Group can evacuate the ship with the stowaway girl.

The group is eventually rescued and arrives in Singapore, where they go rest at a luxurious hotel. In his room, Joseph receives a phone call from Polnareff who warns him about a Stand user which Avdol explains could be Devo the Cursed, a shaman mercenary. Polnareff defeats Devo's Ebony Devil. When Jotaro, the girl and Kakyoin leave the hotel to visit the city, Joseph uses Hermit Purple to divine more information and receives a warning about Kakyoin. Plus, DIO detects his spying and psychically destroys the television set. Jotaro uncovers the mercenary Rubber Soul, who had disguised himself as Kakyoin, and defeats him. The group board a train across Malaysia to India.

India
Joseph and his companions arrive in Calcutta, where Joseph discovers that his preconceptions are actually true as he is swarmed by beggars and the dirty street are full of the diseased and the homeless. While the group rests at a café, Polnareff is attacked by Hanged Man, the Stand of his sister's murderer. Hanged Man quickly disappears but Polnareff separates from the group after a fight with Avdol. Joseph and Jotaro search for him across the town, but when they learn that Avdol was wounded, decides to keep his survival a secret in order to operate more freely. Polnareff and Kakyoin eventually defeat J. Geil and confront Hol Horse, who flees but is cornered by Joseph and Jotaro. Although Hol Horse is surrounded, the timely intervention of a girl named Nena who pins Polnareff down allows Hol Horse to escape. Joseph is splattered with a drop of Nena's blood on his arm during the struggle. A strange swelling appears where his arm was splattered.

In Varanasi, Joseph's swelling has grown so much that he decides to have it treated and goes to a questionable Indian clinic. However, the swelling is revealed to be the Stand Empress which grows into a miniature humanoid attached to its arm. Empress kills a doctor and makes Joseph appear as the culprit, forcing him to run throughout the town. Joseph tries to use the Ripple on it, to no avail and Empress mocks Joseph's pitiful abilities. As Joseph runs through the streets, Empress snatches food and steadily grows, to the point it can threaten Joseph physically. During a particular violent fight, Joseph sneakily use Hermit Purple to divine where a barrel of tar is placed and plunges Empress in it, immobilizing the Stand. Joseph then binds the growth and manages to shred it, which also kills Nena. The Joestar Group then buy a car in order to travel to Pakistan.

On their way, they are attacked by an unknown driver whose actions almost kills them. Angry, Polnareff follows the car to a roadside cafe where Joseph discovers sugar cane juice. When the group sees the enemy car, Joseph tries to rough up the clients alongside Jotaro and Polnareff to learn who is the driver but the real driver leaves on his car. The group resumes the pursuit. As the group reaches a dead end near a cliff, Jotaro and Kakyoin's teamwork saves them and plunges the enemy car down the cliff. However, the enemy reveals himself as the User of the Stand Wheel of Fortune. Joseph seemingly watches his grandson being burned to death but Jotaro manages to defeat the enemy Stand and its user ZZ. He then takes ZZ's passport so he can't follow them again.

The Middle East
In Pakistan, the Joestar Group enters a foggy village where everyone is unwelcoming and eerily apathetic, even in presence of a corpse. Joseph, trying to jump on his car in order to drive away, finds himself falling on the spikes of a barrier and nearly impales himself. Enya the Hag accosts the group, acting as a gentle hotel manager. Enya invites the group to rest in her hotel and eventually reveals herself as an enemy Stand User. Thankfully, Jotaro swiftly defeats her when Star Platinum sucks Justice, smothering the old woman. After making fun of Jean Pierre Polnareff's plight, Joseph decides to keep Enya in order to interrogate her later.

The group eventually arrives in Karachi, where Steely Dan kills Enya before she can reveal anything and subdues Joseph by having his Stand Lovers infiltrate his brain. Thus Joseph perceives tenfold whatever pain Steely Dan feels, and the group cannot harm Steely Dan. Helpless but determined, Joseph flees alongside Polnareff and Kakyoin while Jotaro is forced to become Steely Dan's whipping boy. Joseph decides to use Hermit Purple on a television set while Kakyoin and Polnareff shrink their Stands in order to fight Lovers directly inside his brain while Hermit Purple allows them to see inside it. Lovers and Steely Dan are eventually defeated.

In Arabia, Joseph decides to cross the desert with camels. However, their attempt to cross it is thwarted when they are attacked by the Sun Stand. Jotaro manages to make a shelter against the Sun, but everyone is trapped. Joseph, trying to find a solution, sees his companions laugh maniacally and thinks that they are suffering from a psychotic break. It turns out that Joseph was the only one not to spot their enemy's ridiculous hiding spot. Arabia Fats is swiftly defeated. He complains about how easy Arabia was defeated and how they didn't even learn his name.

Joseph and his companions stop by Yabrin to buy a Cessna in order to fly across the desert. The deal is hindrered when a sick baby needs to be brought to the hospital. All parties eventually agree to have the Joestar Group transport the baby with them. In reality, the baby Mannish Boy is an enemy Stand User whose Death Thirteen attacks its victims in their dreams. Polnareff and Kakyoin are attacked in their dreams and while Polnareff is woken up, Kakyoin is left alone with Death Thirteen. His violent struggle causes the plane to lose altitude and although Joseph uses Hermit Purple to regain control of the plane, he crashes into a palm tree. The group is stranded in the desert and must spend the night there until rescue arrives. Kakyoin accuses the baby of being a Stand User but everyone thinks he is going crazy and and Polnareff knocks him down when he summons Hierophant Green. When the rest of the group goes to sleep, they are attacked by Death Thirteen. Fortunately, Kakyoin manages to defeat the Stand as he has kept his Stand on when he lost consciousness. The next morning, Joseph wakes up but does not remember Kakyoin's action due to Death 13's powers and feeds Mannish Boy food, which unbeknownst to him has poop in it.

The Red Sea
Joseph and his companions reach the Red Sea. Joseph goes to a particular island where Avdol's father supposedly lives. After Polnareff falls victim to Judgement, only to be saved by Avdol, the group finally reveals what has happened to Avdol in India. Avdol's submarine surfaces and will transport the group underwater to safely reach Egypt. However, the submarine is then attacked by High Priestess, a Stand that can turn into inorganic material. It slices Joseph's hand and battles the other Stands Users, proving itself to be able to stand up to Star Platinum. High Priestess sabotages the submarine, forcing the group to evacuate. Joseph must teach his companions how to use scuba gear and the rudiments of scuba diving. When the group nearly reaches the surface, High Priestess reveals that it has merged with the sea floor and turned into a giant head. Joseph participates in the group's ill-fated attempt to woo Midler, which angers her. Jotaro then smashes apart High Priestess' teeth, defeating her. The group finally reaches Egypt.

In the anime adaptation, Joseph calls Suzi to give her an update on his activities although he keeps Suzi in the dark.

Egypt
In Egypt, Joseph and the Joestar Group meets with men from the Speedwagon Foundation who provide supplies, give them the Stand user dog Iggy, and inform them of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods, nine other henchmen DIO kept up his sleeves. The first of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods, N'Doul, manages to injure Kakyoin and Avdol. However the combined efforts of Jotaro and Iggy manages to prevail.

In Aswan, Kakyoin and Avdol are given to the care of local doctors. Joseph, Polnareff and Jotaro decide to rest at a cafe. Although Joseph wants to act prudently and tells the server to give the group unopened bottles of cola, Polnareff dissuades him from acting so paranoid, and the group has to drink tea when the server tells them the fridge is broken. Their tea time is ruined when Iggy, causes a scene, forcing the trio to leave without drinking a single drop of tea. Jotaro then separates himself from the group to go to the hospital, but Joseph and Polnareff find him near the car, with a fresh set of clothes. Jotaro acts strangely during the whole ride to the hospital and it is revealed that he has a stomachache. Joseph and Polnareff then leave him on the side of the road to relieve himself and are surprised to see him near the hospital when they arrive, with his old clothes on.

With Avdol healed, the group navigate down the Nile while Kakyoin stays in Aswan.

In Luxor, Joseph finds a strange power outlet stuck to a rock. Curious, he approaches the outlet only to be shocked. Unbeknownst to him, Joseph is attacked by Mariah and her Stand Bastet and becomes magnetized. He notices strange occurrences around him but these events are dismissed as coincidence until the next day. Alone in his room, Joseph finally realises that he's magnetized when metallic objects stick to him, notably the metal studs on the dresses of two women. Pursued by silverware, Joseph becomes stuck on an escalator when thing metal cables bind him to the machinery. He tries to call the person in front of him for help, but that person is Mariah, who reveals her true color. Joseph is saved by Avdol, and the two pursue Mariah to the toilet, mistaking an old woman for Mariah because of their legs. Joseph and Avdol must jump out of the building and try to pursue Mariah in the streets only to get stuck to each other. Avdol has been magnetized as well.

Joseph and Avdol spend a long, embarrassing moment trying to detach from each other and the pair fall down a slope onto train tracks. Joseph and Avdol survive an approaching train when Avdol's Magician's Red digs a hole under the tracks. Although Joseph and Avdol manage to approach Mariah, she throws nuts and bolts at the pair and escapes. Joseph decides to be serious. He uses Hermit Purple to create a map of the city and devise a strategy. Joseph and Avdol run through the streets, accumulating metal junk. While they surround Mariah eventually, she cuts two power lines above the duo, and the cables get attracted to the heroes. Avdol is overwhelmed by the weight of the metal objects, but Joseph has trouble keeping the cables away. Joseph is reduced to begging Mariah for mercy and while she confesses some attraction for the old man, she is fully loyal to DIO. Joseph thus completes his stratagem. He lets go his grip on the pavement at the same time as Avdol and the two fly toward each other. The mass of metal crushes Mariah. Joseph and Avdol are victorious.

In the anime adaptation, Joseph creates a photography of DIO's Mansion during lunch, after Jotaro and Polnareff defeat Alessi.

After receiving a call from the Speedwagon Foundation, Joseph informs everyone that Holy had only four or five days left to live. In order to speed things up, they then take a train from Luxor to Cairo.

The Genesis of Universe
(The information in this section derives from a Light Novel not written by Araki. As such, it may or may not be considered canon.)

Joseph appears in the Genesis of Universe novel in both chapters, where he is kept captive in Satanic Coupler with Avdol, but when he is rescued by the rest of the group, Joseph helps defeat the locomotive Stand. He throws his metallic hand in Satanic Coupler's way, stopping it on its tracks. He also saves Jotaro from The Scribe Ani, damaging his Stand, Ptah.

Egypt: Cairo
In Cairo, Joseph has taken a photograph of DIO's Mansion and the group searches for the building for a day. They eventually try to get information in a bar situated in the outskirts of the city. One man named Daniel J. D'Arby claims to recognize the building but strangely asks for the information to be waged and gained with a simple bet. Out of frustration, Polnareff accepts but loses and loses his soul to D'Arby, who reveals himself to be one of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods.

Determined to save Polnareff, Joseph challenges D'Arby to a game where each have to put coins into a glass nearly full of liquor and whoever makes the glass spill loses. D'Arby inspects the glass to ensure nothing is wrong with it, then bodly puts five coins. Joseph then tries to psychologically destabilize D'Arby by maliciously misnaming him. Joseph estimates that there is only enough room for two coins, Joseph puts one coin but sneakily pours extra brandy in the glass. However, D'Arby manages to put another coin. Unable to understand this, Joseph is taken by fear and his soul is stolen. It is revealed that D'Arby has placed a small piece of chocolate that tilted the glass and caused Joseph to miscalculate. Fortunately, Jotaro manages to win everyone back.

The group searches the street of Cairo, interrogating the locals to find the building. At one point, Hol Horse and Boingo try to assassinate the group and a truck crashes into the group. Luckily, the problem solves itself as Hol Horse takes himself out and Boingo is defeated by Iggy. The group tries to hire a local beggar to look for DIO's Mansion but their effort is fruitless. After Noriaki Kakyoin rejoins the group, Iggy is the one to lead the Joestar Group to the mansion.

Battle in DIO's Mansion
The Joestar Group is welcomed by Telence T. D'Arby, the butler of the mansion. D'Arby drags Jotaro, Joseph and Kakyoin into a void. The trio finds themselves on an island in the middle of the sea where Telence challenges them to video games. Kakyoin loses the game and his soul, but Jotaro and Joseph cheat together in order to win the second round. When Jotaro pummels Telence, Telence is propelled through the fake sky of the underground room.

Not out of the cellar yet, Joseph, Kakyoin and Jotaro notice that another battle is taking place as they try to escape.

Joseph, Jotaro and Kakyoin meet Nukesaku, a vampire, and bully him into indicating where DIO is. They decide to flank DIO from the outside of the building, breaking through a wall to enter a second time, and interrupt Polnareff and DIO's clash. Joseph and the rest of the group follow Nukesaku to the room where DIO sleeps, but Nukesaku somehow is teleported inside the coffin and defeated in the middle of the room, and Joseph, sniffing an ambush, flees through a window with the rest of the party. As the sun sets, Joseph decides that they flee because fighting the Vampire without the slightest hint of his power is suicidal. He and Kakyoin flee into the streets whereas Polnareff and Jotaro wait in ambush in order to follow DIO.

The Final Battle
Joseph buys a truck from a local. However, DIO also hijacks a car, makes Wilson Phillips his chauffeur and pursues them. At the same time, Kakyoin tries to attack DIO, without results, but notices that DIO's Stand The World is similar to Jotaro's. DIO throws Philips at the truck, making it crush. Thus, Joseph and Kakyoin take it to the roofs, using their Stand to swing across the skyline. Still, DIO follows them.

However Kakyoin devises a plan to force DIO to use his power openly. DIO stops time, taking everyone by surprises and punches through Kakyoin. However Kakyoin manages to tip off Joseph about the true nature of The World. Joseph manages to decipher the cryptic message Kakyoin leaves in regards to DIO's power and even figures out some of The World's weaknesses. Joseph is cornered by DIO but Joseph surrounds his body with a Ripple-infused Hermit Purple. The World smashes a chimney and send the rubbles at Joseph who falls from the roof. Joseph then crosses path with Jotaro and warns him about DIO's Stand. However, Joseph is stabbed through the throat and taken out as he meets with Jotaro and warns him against The World. Later DIO sucks the entirety of Joseph's blood to power himself up, and Joseph seemingly dies, his specter talking one last time to Jotaro. Jotaro then manages to kill DIO.

The Long Journey Ends
Jotaro and Polnareff's injuries were dealt with by the Speedwagon Foundation. Since DIO had taken much of Joseph's blood, Jotaro asked for a blood transfusion from DIO's body to Joseph's. After using Star Platinum to restart Joseph's heartbeat, the transfusion began. The shriveled-up body that Joseph had after losing so much blood began returning to his normal muscular figure and Joseph fully revived. Joseph uses the opportunity and plays a joke on Jotaro, claiming to be DIO possessing Joseph's body which nearly causes Jotaro to attack him. Luckily Joseph quickly reveals his joke and proves that he is himself. Later, Jotaro and Joseph took the remainder DIO's body outside, where it evaporated with the rising sun. They then gave one final moment of thought for Kakyoin, Iggy, and Avdol.

At the airport, Joseph and Jotaro gave a final goodbye to Polnareff, who was finally ready to return to his home country of France. Joseph asks Polnareff to come with him to America, knowing that the latter had no one waiting for him back home. Polnareff refused the offer, stating that despite being alone, France was his homeland. The trio gave their final goodbyes and left, promising to see one another again someday. In Japan, Holy awoke fully healed and freed from the curse. Even miles away, she knew her son and father were coming home.

Post Stardust Crusaders
During the next 10 years Joseph became a shadow of his former self. He had gallstone surgery, suffered cataracts, wore dentures, needed a cane to walk, and had gone a little senile.

During this time he gained a great-granddaughter named Jolyne Cujoh, but it is unknown if they have interacted with each other.

Joseph also learns of the illegitimate son from his fling with Tomoko Higashikata, who kept the child's existence a secret until he was 16 years of age. As Suzi Q got upset that he was unfaithful to her, Joseph added Josuke to his will. When Joseph attempted to use his Stand to get a picture of Josuke, he discovers an ominous figure in the photos instead, prompting Jotaro to go to Morioh to investigate.

Diamond is Unbreakable (1999)
"After seeing Josuke and his friends in this incident in Morioh, there's one thing I can say... the youth of this town... have a golden spirit. Just like the ones I saw when we headed for Egypt. A golden spirit, blessed with the radiance of justice. I saw it within Josuke and his friends... as long as it's there, they'll be fine. That spirit that they embody will naturally course into others without a word, even those who know nothing about what happened with Yoshikage Kira, and into the next generation as well..."

- Joseph Joestar talks about how the people in Morioh have a golden spirit.

Joseph ultimately travels to Morioh to help localize Akira Otoishi. He is revealed to have aged terribly, no longer being able to walk without a cane, wears spectacles, is hard of hearing, and isn't nearly as athletic as he used to be. In there he meets Okuyasu Nijimura, charged with bodyguarding him as Akira Otoishi wants to get rid of Joseph. After Akira is defeated by Okuyasu, Joseph arrives safely on the dock, where he is escorted by Josuke.

Unfortunately for Joseph, Josuke tells him that he cannot approach Tomoko and must only look at her from afar. Moreover, Joseph is saddened when Josuke doesn't acknowledges him as his father. Then, Joseph mistakenly boards a bus to Sapporo and Josuke has to run after the bus to stop it. On the roadside, Joseph then notices the traces of an invisible baby. When a stray dog attacks it, Joseph takes the baby in his arms with Hermit Purple. Joseph also confirms that the baby is a girl. When she poops in his hand, the pair has to buy baby gear, but Joseph is the one to do it because Josuke fears for his reputation if someone sees him in a baby store. The vendor confuses Joseph with his large range of baby gear and the old man decides to buy a bit of everything, spending most of Josuke's money. After the baby is clothed, she is startled and turns invisible again. Joseph's hand are also turned invisible and he must put her in a crib that also turns invisible. A passerby tosses a cigarette but in the direction of the crib and Joseph leaps to protect her, accidentally knocking the crib down the hill. The baby falls into clear water. To allow Josuke to detect the baby, Joseph slits his wrist and colors the water with his blood. As he claims he did it because he wanted to make Josuke proud, this action mends Joseph's relationship with his estranged son.

Throughout the rest of the part, Joseph is seen taking care of the baby and travelling with Josuke to places around town. At one point, he comes across a sulking Yukako and gives her advice on how to get Koichi to be interested in her, particularly by visiting Aya's Salon. Later that day, Joseph and Josuke decide to head to Kameyu department store, where they eventually meet up with Yukako, Rohan and Koichi and his family. At the store, a flash from Rohan's camera causes the baby to cry, forcing Joseph to run out of the building, but not before bumping Koichi into Yukako's arms.After Kira's demise, Joseph is among the Stand User saying goodbye to Reimi Sugimoto, witnessing her ascend to heaven. By the end, Joseph adopts the baby and names her Shizuka - this, however, leads to further conflict with his wife Suzi Q, who believes the baby to be another "secret child". When he and Jotaro leave Morioh, Joseph assures the latter that the people of the town have "hearts of gold", and that Josuke and his friends will be able to handle any future threat. Josuke himself sees Joseph off, though he ends up stealing his wallet using Crazy Diamond's power. It is mentioned that sometime after his family went through another "chaotic period", Joseph eventually returned to good health by taking care of Shizuka constantly.

Stone Ocean (2012)
In an interview with Eiichiro Funakoshi, Araki describes Joseph to be "likely still alive, albeit a little dumber." Though he does not appear in Part 6, this would put him at the age of 91 during its events.

Battle Tendency

 * Joseph Joestar vs Straizo
 * Joseph Joestar vs Donovan
 * Joseph Joestar vs Santana
 * Joseph Joestar vs Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli
 * Joseph Joestar & Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli vs Wamuu
 * Joseph Joestar vs Lisa Lisa
 * Joseph Joestar vs Esidisi
 * Joseph Joestar & Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli vs Esidisi-controlled Suzi Q
 * Joseph Joestar vs Kars
 * Joseph Joestar vs Wamuu (Skeleton Heel Stone Arena)
 * Joseph Joestar & Stroheim vs Kars (Ultimate Being)

Stardust Crusaders

 * Joseph Joestar vs Empress
 * Joseph Joestar & Muhammad Avdol vs Mariah
 * Joseph Joestar vs Daniel J. D'Arby
 * Joseph Joestar & Jotaro Kujo vs Telence T. D'Arby
 * Joseph Joestar & Noriaki Kakyoin vs DIO
 * Joseph Joestar vs DIO

JORGE JOESTAR


Joseph has a minor role in the light novel JORGE JOESTAR. Before he is born, Speedwagon sends several baby gifts to George Joestar II and Lisa Lisa. As a baby, Joseph inherits Lisa Lisa's talents and defaults to Ripple breathing. Whenever George tries to change his diaper or hold him, George would wind up hopping around after being stunned from the Ripple. When Joseph cries in George's arms, electric shocks run through George's body. George would nearly pass out each time but acts like nothing is wrong. Lisa Lisa has no problems, so she makes a made of Satiporoja beetles for George. Joseph's parents set their wedding a month and a half later when Joseph is at least capable of holding his head up. After George's disappearance and presumed death, Straizo occasionally checks in on Erina and Joseph to ensure everything is okay. Jorge Joestar from the 37th universe travels through time to the original universe where he meets Erina. He asks to see Joseph after hearing his name. Even as a baby, Jorge thinks that Joseph feels like a rascal. Kars, who is traveling with Jorge, suddenly enters the baby Joseph's room and is intrigued to see his face. Penelope de la Rosa and Erina throw themselves in between Kars and Joseph's carriage, instinctively protecting him. Kars tells them not to worry as he doesn't make it a habit to kill children, and he doesn't know how history would be altered if he killed Joseph now.

In the final battle against Dio Brando, Jorge tells Lisa Lisa to bring the baby Joseph with her. Dio thinks she's crazy for bringing a baby to a battle, but it was all part of Jorge's plan to catch Dio off guard. Lisa Lisa eventually reunites with George and gives him a kiss accidentally infused with the Ripple, while Joseph laughs happily in her arms. The Joestar family all reunite and have a group hug.

37th Universe
An incarnation of Joseph appears in the 37th universe. Although he appears exactly the same as his original universe counterpart when he is younger, the top of his head is bald and he is clean shaven when he is older. He is the son of Jodoh Joestar, grandfather of Jonda Joestar, and great-grandfather of Jorge Joestar. It is unknown who his children are.

This Joseph also resides in America and eventually defeats the Pillar Men. All 36 incarnations of Joseph after the original universe ultimately end up sending each universe's incarnation of Kars into space. Although Joseph respects his grandfather, he is not close at all with his father, who has the opposite personality of him. Joseph often tells a young Jorge stories about Jonathan and his past but Jorge wasn't really interested in hearing them. However, Jorge states that Joseph had taught him a lot.

In 2010, Joseph dies of cancer. Jorge reveals Joseph's fate to Kars, who mentions that Joseph was always a lucky one. Kars says if Joseph was still alive, he'd get his revenge for being sent into space thirty-seven times. Kars always dreamed of placing a Stone Mask on Joseph, turning him into a Vampire, having him devour other humans, and then finally eating him. He believes Joseph would be the most satisfying vampire to eat.