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|title = Norisuke Higashikata I

|colors = SteelBallRun

|image = [[File:Norisuke Higashikata I Infobox Manga.png|{{ImageSize}}]]

|ja_kanji = ノリスケ・ヒガシカタ<br />初代 東方 憲助

|standalias = Norisuke Higashikata

|gender = Male= {{Gender|Male}}

|nation = Japanese {{Flag|Japan}}

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{{nihongoNihongo|'''Norisuke Higashikata I'''|初代 東方 憲助|Shodai Higashikata Norisuke}} is a tertiary character featured in  the 7thseventh part of the ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' series, ''[[Steel Ball Run]]'', and briefly mentioned in the 8theighth part, ''[[JoJolion]]''.

Norisuke is a Japanese competitor in the [[Steel Ball Run (raceRace)|Steel Ball Run race]]. He accumulates significance in ''[[JoJolion]]'' when he is revealed to have established the success of the [[Higashikata Family|Higashikata bloodline]], founding the [[Higashikata Fruit Company]].

Norisuke is a mature man of average to above-average height and medium build. He wears small, dark spectacles, a short beard, and very short, sparse hair; with his head covered in many small patches. Norisuke has two navels (although his ancestors only bore one).<ref name="SBRC40" />

He wears plain trouserspants but has a distinctive jacket covered in large decorative patches like chainmail. Norisuke is also armed with a rifle.

How skilled he is at horseback riding is unknown. However, he seems to be professional, as he ended up being second place in the [[Steel Ball Run (raceRace)|Steel Ball Run race]].

Norisuke lived in the {{W|Sendai Domain}}.<ref name="SBRC40" /> According to [[Tsurugi Higashikata]]'s explanation of the Higashikata family's superstitious beliefs of warding away "demons of sickness", Norisuke, being the firstborn son of his family, was raised as a girl until age twelve.<ref name="JJLC23P23">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 23}}, p.23</ref> At some point when he was 68 years old, a report on Norisuke was published in a newspaper for having two navels, considering it one of the oddities of the world. His parents and grandparents only had one navel, and research was being conducted on his navels by several medical experts.<ref name="SBRC40" />

Norisuke isplaces able to place 1stfirst during the fourth4th StageSTAGE of the [[Steel Ball Run (raceRace)|Steel Ball Run race]]. Following the end of the fourth4th stageSTAGE, Norisuke is seen trying to get water for his horse while talking with [[Hot Pants]] about how he had gotten first place. He directs her to a newspaper with an article ofon him, revealing the fact that he had two navels. According to the newspaper, Norisuke's navels were one of the oddities of the world and current research was being conducted on them by several medical experts. He asks Hot pantsPants if she wantedwants to touch them, though she refuses out of disgust. He states that she had made the right choice, as it would have been improper of someone like her to touch it.<ref name="SBRC40" />

Norisuke Higashikata finishes the race in 2nd place<ref name = "JJLC7">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 7}}</ref> with a total of 353 points. As a result, he wins around $8,333 USD (¥1,000,000). In total, his prize money for the race is around $18,333 USD (¥2,200,000).{{Ref-Note|The prizes for the runner-ups are originally stated as dollar amounts in [[SBR Chapter 1]], but the final results page in [[SBR Chapter 95]] uses the same numbers as yen amounts. The dollar amounts for the yen prizes are calculated based on the conversion rate in [[SBR Chapter 1]]'s tailpiece.}} In the aftermath of the race, he is seen on board the ship that [[Johnny Joestar]] boards, and greets him with a salute. A younger Japanese woman is seen standing beside him which is eventually revealed as his daughter [[Rina Higashikata]].

Norisuke had also written a complete record of the Steel Ball Run, detailing the statistics and results of the race. In the back of the book is a Higashikata family tree where it's describes his family, consisting of his wife, Teru, and their 4four children.<ref name = "JJLC11">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 11}}</ref>

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