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, 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 starring Josuke as either the Player or Enemy, in order of appearance.

Music
Josuke's theme is Hearts of Gold (黄金の精神), and can be unlocked in-game by landing a Heart Heat Attack in 's Josuke vs  Boss Battle.

Its name is taken from the original title of Chapter 147 of Diamond is Unbreakable in its Weekly Shonen Jump and tankobon releases, Golden Spirit!

Commemorative Giveaway
In commemoration of the release of as the 3rd paid DLC character for ASBR, the Japanese ASBR Twitter account is hosting a giveaway of 20 sets of 3 ASBR Diamond is Unbreakable badges, although only to be delivered to addresses in Japan. The badges in question contain the ASBR render images of, Keicho, and respectively.

The campaign started on March 24, 2022, and will last until April 9 at 11:59pm JST. To enter the giveaway lottery, users only have to:
 * 1) Follow the @jojo_games_jp Twitter account.
 * 2) Retweet the tweet that announced the giveaway in the first place.

However, Twitter accounts set to private are ineligible for the giveaway. Unfollowing the ASBR Twitter account before the end of the giveaway also deems users ineligible. Furthermore, attempting to join the giveaway with multiple accounts will disqualify all of the associated accounts from the giveaway.

The giveaway is directly implemented by Bandai Namco themselves, with no third party involvement, and the winners of the giveaway will be notified via Twitter DMs. Said winners will then announced sometime towards the end of April 2023. The gifts are only eligible for people in Japan, and are scheduled to be delivered in mid-May 2023.

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.

1.6.0

 * "Break through, beat you up!" skill ( version)
 * Reduced the launching force of the attack when hitting an airborne or crumpled opponent to reduce the amount of viable combo routes.
 * "Meet my homing missile!" HHA follow-up skill
 * Increased damage.
 * "You're already fixed!" GHA
 * Increased damage.
 * "Assault Assist"
 * Decreased stocks from two to one.