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Star Platinum making its famous Stand Cry

A number of Stands and/or their users make a battle cry while executing their basic mode of offense; informally described as a Stand Cry.

The cry is suggested or depicted as being made in a similar rhythm and intensity with the attack of the Stand, which is usually very rapid, strong, and unbroken.

The Stand Cry is among the trademarks of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, as many central Stand users have one.

Origin

Earlier in the series, in a style common to action-oriented manga, certain characters would scream the names of their attacks (including Jonathan Joestar, Joseph Joestar and Dio Brando); so it is possible that the Stand Cry follows from this.

Examples

User	Stand	Stand Cry	Notes
Jotaro Kujo	Star Platinum	ORAORAORA ... !	"Ora" is also used by many non-Stand users, such as Jonathan Joestar, Joseph Joestar, and Gyro Zeppeli and is interpreted as a sort of grunting sound.
Jean Pierre Polnareff	Silver Chariot	HORAHORAHORA ... ! (JP) Come On Come On Come On ... ! (ENG) Toma Toma Toma ... ! (BR and LA) Allez Allez Allez ... ! (DEU)	Can also be translated as "Hey!" In the Brazilian Portuguese dub and Latin Spanish dub, the term "Toma" can be translated as "Take that!". In the German dub, the term "Allez" can be translated as "Let's go!" or "Go!" in French.
Chaka	Anubis	USHYAAAAA...!
Dio Brando/DIO	The World	MUDAMUDAMUDA ... ! Inútil Inútil Inútil ... ! (BR and LA) Raika Raika Raika ... ! (Thai) Sia Sia Sia Sia ... ! (Indonesian)	"Muda" translates to English as "Useless." In the Brazilian Portuguese dub and Latin Spanish dub, Dio Brando's VAs uses the word "Inútil" as a translation of Muda (無駄). In Thai dub "Raipra" is a short term for "Rai prayochn"(ไร้ประโยชน์) which means "Useless" "Sia-sia" is an Indonesian word that can be translated as "Futile" or "Useless"
Josuke Higashikata	Crazy Diamond	DORARARA ... !
Yoshikage Kira	Killer Queen	SHIBABABA ... !	Can be translated as "Death!"
Giorno Giovanna	Gold Experience (Requiem)	MUDAMUDAMUDA ... ! Inútil Inútil Inútil! ... ! (BR and LA) Raika Raika Raika! ... ! (Thai)	Identical to his father's cry. In the Latin Spanish dub, Gold Experience's VA uses the term "Inútil" as a translation of Muda (無駄). (Originally the Stand Cry used the word "Desperdicio" which means "waste")
Bruno Bucciarati	Sticky Fingers	ARIARIARI ... ! ARRIVEDERCI!	"Arrivederci" is Italian for "Goodbye" or "Farewell".
Leone Abbacchio	Moody Blues	URYAAAAA ... !
Guido Mista	Sex Pistols	PASSPASSPASS ... ! YEE-HAW!
Pannacotta Fugo	Purple Haze	UBASHAAAAAAA ... ! ARUARUARU ... !
Narancia Ghirga	Aerosmith	VOLAVOLAVOLA ... ! VOLARE VIA!	"Volare via!" is Italian for "Fly away!" (or "Go flying!" in the anime).
Trish Una	Spice Girl	WAAAAANNABEEEEEEEEEE ... !	Derives from the Spice Girls' debut single "Wannabe."
Risotto Nero	Metallica	LOOOOOOOAAAAAAD	Likely derives from the Metallica album of the same name.
Secco	Oasis	OAAAAAAAAAAASIS ... !	The only cry which includes the name of the stand.
Jolyne Cujoh	Stone Free	ORAORAORA ... ! ¡Toma Toma Toma ... ! (LA, Trailer and Episode 2)	Like Giorno's, Jolyne's cry is identical to her father's. In the Latin Spanish Dub, Stone Free's VA used the term "Toma" instead of "Ora" in the trailer and the second episode in Spanish. In the rest of the anime, Stone Free says "Ora".
Ermes Costello	Kiss	OSHAAAAAAA ... !
Enrico Pucci	Whitesnake C-MOON	UOSHAAAA ... ! USHYAAAA ...	In the English dub, Whitesnake uses the cry "Berserk!" at some moments in addition to "USHYAAAA".
Johnny Joestar	Tusk	CHUMIMI~IN ... ! ORAORAORA ... !	Johnny's "ORA" cry is identical to the cry used by Jotaro.
Diego Brando	Scary Monsters	USHAAAAAA ... !
Parallel World Diego	THE WORLD	MUDAMUDAMUDA ... !	Identical to the original DIO's battle cry.
Josuke Higashikata (JoJolion)	Soft & Wet	ORAORAARA ... !	Mostly identical to previous "ORA" cries, but occasionally an "ORA" is changed to "ARA".
Yoshikage Kira (JoJolion)	Killer Queen (JoJolion)	WRYYYYYEEEEAH ... !	Derived from Dio’s battle cry.
Jobin Higashikata	Speed King	SPEEEEYYY SPEYAHH ... ! MERARYARYA ... !	"Mera" is onomatopoeia for flames burning in Japanese.
Joseph Joestar (JoJolion)	Joseph Joestar's Stand	ORAAAAAA ... ! URYAAAAAAAAH ... !
Usagi Alohaoe	THE MATTEKUDASAI	NYUUUUUN
Dragona Joestar	Smooth Operators	ISHI! ISHI! ISHI!

Spin-off Examples

User	Stand	Stand Cry	Notes
Sheila E	Voodoo Child	ERIERIERI ... !
Lisa Lisa	The House of Earth	YAWAYAWAYAWA!

Trivia

• In the 2020 Anime Expo interview, Kensho Ono (voice actor for Giorno Giovanna), Hiroyuki Omori (producer for the anime), and Nobutaka Kasama (producer for the anime) talked about how the voice actors for the main cast mostly tried to adhere to the exact number of exclamations as the manga. According to Kensho Ono, it was a difficult task for him. Omori said the production team went back and forth about this because sometimes the cuts wouldn't fit the length of the battle cries. Takehito Koyasu seems to have been an exception, as Kensho Ono stated that Koyasu told him that he never thought of doing that and matched his battle cries to the length of the cut directly.
  • Kensho Ono found it challenging to say "muda muda" rapidly and had to train while driving to get it right. He mentions that scrunching up the face helped him say the battle cry more rapidly.