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{{Item Infobox
|title           = Joseph's Walkman
|image           = {{Tabber
|Manga|[[File:Joseph's Walkman.png|{{ImageSize}}]]
|Anime|[[File:WalkmanAnime2.png|{{ImageSize}}]]
}}
|ja_kanji        = ジョセフのウォークマン
|ja_romaji       = Josefu no Wōkuman
|engname         = 
|litname         = 
|type            = {{W|Portable media player}}
|owner           = [[Joseph Joestar]]
|debut           = [[Chapter 113]]
|animedebut      = [[Episode 26]]
|colors          = BattleTendency
}}{{Nihongo|'''Joseph's Walkman'''|ジョセフのウォークマン|Josefu no Wōkuman}} is a recurring device that is featured at the end of every part where [[Joseph Joestar]] is present. The {{W|Walkman}} is a portable cassette player allowing Joseph to listen to music.

==Appearance==
Joseph's Walkman is initially a Sony WM-701C at the end of ''[[Battle Tendency]]'' and ''[[Stardust Crusaders]]''. It is black with a slim, sleek design and a compact rectangular shape. It has an integrated remote control and headphone socket. The top has buttons for opening, locking, and stopping the music, whereas the side has a volume slider and buttons to change tracks. Compared to its real-life equivalent, the headphone socket and buttons on the side are reversed.

In ''[[Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', Joseph uses a Sony MD {{W|Walkman}} MZ-E3 instead.

==History==
[[File:Joseph Walkman Part3 Anime.png|thumb|250px|Joseph's WM-701C Walkman]]
During ''[[Battle Tendency]]'''s epilogue, Joseph is seen walking through the {{W|John F. Kennedy International Airport|John F. Kennedy Airport}} on his way to visit [[Holy Kujo]] in Japan. After briefly assaulting a Japanese man for bumping into him, he announces his disdain for the "Japanese" due to Holy marrying [[Sadao Kujo|Sadao]]. Joseph then proceeds to listen to a cassette by {{W|The Beatles}} with his cassette player, which he admits to liking despite being a Japanese product.<ref name=C113>{{Ch|Chapter 113}}</ref><ref name=E26>{{Ep|Episode 26}}</ref>
[[File:SdOKr.png|thumb|180px|Joseph's MZ-E3 Walkman]]
At the conclusion of ''[[Stardust Crusaders]]'', Joseph and [[Jotaro Kujo]] are shown saying their goodbyes to [[Jean Pierre Polnareff]] before he boards the plane to France. As they head their separate ways, Joseph once again puts on his headphones and inserts a cassette of "{{W|Get Back}}" by {{W|The Beatles}} into his Walkman.<ref name=C265>{{Ch|Chapter 265}}</ref><ref name=E48>{{Ep|SC Episode 48}}</ref> In the 1993 [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)|OVA]], Joseph is shown listening to the {{W|Gipsy Kings}} instead.

At the conclusion of ''[[Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', Joseph and Jotaro discuss Morioh's future as they depart the town via boat. [[Josuke Higashikata]] arrives to see them off before using [[Crazy Diamond]] to steal Joseph's wallet. Joseph is angry at first, but eventually pulls out his Walkman and inserts a {{W|MiniDisc}} into it.<ref name=C439>{{Ch|Chapter 439}}</ref> In the [[Diamond is Unbreakable (Anime)|anime adaptation]], the device is omitted entirely.

===[[El Aleph]]===
{{Canon}}
Around 1987-1988, Joseph has a long conversation with [[Lisa Lisa]]. While heading to the airport to drop [[Suzi Q]] back home, he listens to a cassette of {{W|Ben E. King}}'s songs, which he had recently grown fond of listening to. It is implied to have the song "{{W|Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)|Stand by Me}}", as Joseph comes up with the name "[[Stand]]" for the ability afterward.<ref>{{Ch|El Aleph Final Chapter}}</ref>

==Chapters / Episodes==
{{Appearance|BG=BT|BG2=BT2
|Chapters = 
{{Tabber
|Part 2|
*{{Ch|Chapter 113}}
|Part 3|
*{{Ch|Chapter 265}}
|Part 4|
*{{Ch|Chapter 439}}
}}
|Episodes = 
{{Tabber
|Part 2|
*{{Ep|Episode 26}}
|Part 3|
*{{Ep|SC Episode 48}}
|OVA|
*{{Ep|Episode 13 (OVA)}}
}}
|NovelChapters = 
*{{Ch|El Aleph Final Chapter}}
}}

==Creation and Development==
[[File:JosephWalkmanOmit.jpg|thumb|Left: [[Volume 12]]<br />Right: WSJ 1989 No.15]]
In the original [[Weekly Shonen Jump]] publication of [[Chapter 113]], Joseph mentions that he is listening to "{{W|Get Back}}" by The Beatles on his Walkman. The name of the song is omitted in the volume release as well as the TV Anime, but is still present on his cassette at the end of ''[[Stardust Crusaders]]''.<ref>[http://blog.livedoor.jp/jojolab/archives/30687847.html ジョジョの奇妙な研究所 あの時ジョセフが聞いていた曲は？]</ref>

Joseph's Walkman was drawn by [[Hirohisa Onikubo]] in the last chapter of ''Battle Tendency''. [[Hirohiko Araki]] purchased the same Walkman model for [[Reki Taki]] as a bonus at the end of 1988, which Onikubo referenced for his drawings. The earphones and cassette tape inside the Walkman also have the same appearance as what Taki was using at the time, although Taki wasn't listening to The Beatles.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://twitter.com/xs1100T/status/1641600504563404800|title=ジョジョ原作での裏話を一つ...|date=March 30, 2023|author=@xs1100T|platform=Twitter}}</ref>

==Video Games==
===[[Stardust Shooters]] (Android/iOS)===
Joseph's Walkman appears with Joseph in a commemorative SSR unit in the mobile game ''[[Stardust Shooters]]''. When the unit is equipped, the background music will be changed at the beginning of the round.
{{#lst:Stardust Shooters/Joseph Joestar|walkman}}

==Gallery==
{{tabber
|Manga|
<gallery>
azBgO.png|[[Battle Tendency|Part 2]]
Josephwalkman2.png|[[Stardust Crusaders|Part 3]]
SdOKr.png|[[Diamond is Unbreakable|Part 4]]
</gallery>
|Anime|
<gallery>
JosephWalkmanPart2.png|[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation|Part 2]]
Joseph Walkman Part3 Anime.png|[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders|Part 3]]
US BD Set 2 MS 9.png|[[Model Sheet Archive|Model Sheet]]
File:SO-OP (27).png|[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean|Part 6]]'s [[STONE OCEAN (Opening)|opening]]
</gallery>
|OVA|
<gallery>
JosephwalkmanOVA.png|[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OVA)|Part 3]]
</gallery>
|Games|
<gallery>
HFTF Walkman.png|[[Capcom Fighters]]
HFTF_Jotaro_9.png
Unit_Joseph_Joestar_(Commemorative).png|[[Stardust Shooters]]
</gallery>
}}

==Trivia==
*Joseph's Walkman makes a cameo appearance in the [[Stone Ocean (Anime)|''Stone Ocean'' anime]]'s first opening, "[[STONE OCEAN (Opening)|STONE OCEAN]]". The director [[Kenichi Suzuki]] suggested that [[Kamikaze Douga]] could include motifs from the past parts during the scene where a pen falls on a piano. Kamikaze Douga's director, Junpei Mizusaki, searched for iconic items he could reference from the previous parts and included Joseph's Walkman falling on the piano as a result.<ref>{{IN|Animage (March 2022)}}</ref>
*During the release of the [[Stardust Crusaders (Anime)|''Stardust Crusaders'' anime]] in April 2015, the manufacturer [https://voxpop.jp/ VOXPOP] released Sony Walkman cases featuring the [[Joestar Group]]. They are compatible with the following models: NW-S14, NW-S15, NW-E083, NW-S784, NW-S785, and NW-S786.<ref>[https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10315838 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Walkman Case]</ref>
<gallery>
File:JotaroWalkmanCase.jpg|[[Jotaro Kujo]]
File:JosephWalkmanCase.jpg|[[Joseph Joestar]]
File:AvdolWalkmanCase.jpg|[[Muhammad Avdol]]
File:KakyoinWalkmanCase.jpg|[[Noriaki Kakyoin]]
File:PolnareffWalkmanCase.jpg|[[Jean Pierre Polnareff]]
File:IggyWalkmanCase.jpg|[[Iggy]]
</gallery>

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