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"I was very impressed by your lecture earlier, Mr. Head Doctor."

- Taoka to Satoru Akefu

Taoka (田岡) is a minor character featured in the eight part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJolion. He is a reporter from the science journal "Pangea Land" (パンゲア ランド). He attends Satoru Akefu's lecture on regenerative medicine at the TG University Hospital.

Appearance
Taoka is a Young adult Japanese man with an average build. He has short, slightly dark hair tied up into two ponytails. One of his most prominent features are his pimples. He wears a Green coat with a Yellowish tint with pants and shoes that are of the same color.

Personality
Taoka is a mysterious individual. Josuke feels that Taoka is just like him, appearing lonely and melancholic. Despite being a gangster, the man has a strong sense of justice and repays his debts. Although he would keep his distance and only watch Josuke from afar, Taoka treats Josuke with respect, ultimately teaching Josuke the importance of trusting people from their silent interactions. He acts somewhat cruelly by not speaking to Josuke, trying to ensure that Josuke doesn't get involved with gangs.

The anime expands on his personality by adding more to his flashback. He seems to be respected in his community, as the owner of an ice cream shop says the man always takes care of him and gives Josuke a free ice cream. He has no qualms about killing a boy's father because the man was selling drugs on his turf to even women and children. Josuke inherits how the man feels about drugs and eventually gains the dream of ridding Italy from gangsters who sell drugs to children.

History
Taoka makes his first appearance at the TG University hospital lecture hall awaiting to hold an interview with the Head Doctor Akefu Satoru. While typing on his laptop he recieves a package and opens it with the upmost caution, finding an SD card containing a video of Holy-Joestar Kira along with a jar containing the locacaca fruit. With this evidence Taoka realizes the sinister history of Head Doctor Satoru's research.

He makes his way to the waiting room to hold his interview with the Head Doctor, intending to confront and expose him for his unethical medical research. He introduces himself and praises Satoru's work but without any acknowledgement from the doctor who's ominously facing a wall. When he turns around suddenly, Taoka stammers for a moment and reintroduces himself. Taoka begins his interview. He picks up the package and opens it, detailing the contents and questions Satoru about the locacaca fruits use. He continues and threatens the Head Doctor about the use of Holy-Joestar Kira as a test subject for the fruit. Satoru is uneased at this confrontation but simply asks Taoka about his intention to 'pursue'.

Taoka states his intention to pursue, and threatens to expose Satoru's research along with the hospital. With the trigger for his ability activated, Satoru begins to doubt Taoka's conclusion about the jar even containing a fruit. He explains how it's not possible to certainly know without opening it, and predicts that Taoka consumed the fruit in some fashion. Taoka stands bewildered throughout this monologue, and asks what the Head Doctor is trying to say. Satoru walks out the room, stating that he answered his question and suggests Taoka take a look at his own neck. Taoka still confused demands that the Head Doctor comes back but notices that his pimples are gone. The locacaca under influence of the calamity, slowly took effect to treat his pimples. As a result of the equivalent exchange, his neck was turned to rock and broken killing the reporter.

Trivia

 * The gangster is named Man X in the anime credits and Stardust Shooters. He is referred to as Mr. X in the English dub.