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'''Norisuke Higashikata''' |
{{nihongo|'''Norisuke Higashikata'''|東方 憲助}} is a minor character in ''[[Part VII: Steel Ball Run]]''. |
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Norisuke is a mysterious Japanese competitor in the [[Steel Ball Run race]]. He accumulates significance in ''[[Part VIII: JoJolion]]'' when he is revealed to have begun the [[Higashikata Family|Higashikata bloodline]]. |
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==Appearance== |
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According to a newspaper article, Norisuke has two navels, despite his ancestors only bearing one. He is not shy about his navels, however, and proudly waves the newspaper around when meeting [[Hot Pants]]. He also carries a rifle on his back. |
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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. |
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Norisuke has two navels (although his ancestors only bore one).<ref>[[SBR Chapter 40]]</ref> |
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Despite his old age, Norisuke has shown to be rather perceptive, deducing Hot Pants' true gender from the latter's disgust at touching his navel. |
Despite his old age, Norisuke has shown to be rather perceptive, deducing Hot Pants' true gender from the latter's disgust at touching his navel. |
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===History=== |
===History=== |
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It is known from [[Tsurugi Higashikata]]'s explanation of the Higashikata family's superstitious beliefs of warding away "demons of sickness" that Norisuke, being the firstborn son of his family, was raised as a girl until he turned twelve.<ref>''JJL Vol. 5 Ch. 23: [[The Secret Room]] p. 23''</ref> |
It is known from [[Tsurugi Higashikata]]'s explanation of the Higashikata family's superstitious beliefs of warding away "demons of sickness" that Norisuke, being the firstborn son of his family, was raised as a girl until he turned twelve.<ref>''JJL Vol. 5 Ch. 23: [[The Secret Room]] p. 23''</ref> |
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Norisuke placed third during the third Stage of the [[Steel Ball Run (race)|Steel Ball Run race]] and apparently finished second overall, according to his great grandson in [[Part VIII: JoJolion]]. 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; it could be inferred that she is one of his daughters. |
Norisuke placed third during the third Stage of the [[Steel Ball Run (race)|Steel Ball Run race]] and apparently finished second overall, according to his great grandson in [[Part VIII: JoJolion]]. 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; it could be inferred that she is one of his daughters. |
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Revision as of 20:12, 3 August 2014
Norisuke Higashikata (東方 憲助) is a minor character in Part VII: Steel Ball Run.
Norisuke is a mysterious Japanese competitor in the Steel Ball Run race. He accumulates significance in Part VIII: JoJolion when he is revealed to have begun the Higashikata bloodline.
Appearance
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).[2]
Personality
Despite his old age, Norisuke has shown to be rather perceptive, deducing Hot Pants' true gender from the latter's disgust at touching his navel.
Synopsis
History
It is known from Tsurugi Higashikata's explanation of the Higashikata family's superstitious beliefs of warding away "demons of sickness" that Norisuke, being the firstborn son of his family, was raised as a girl until he turned twelve.[3]
Steel Ball Run
Norisuke placed third during the third Stage of the Steel Ball Run race and apparently finished second overall, according to his great grandson in Part VIII: JoJolion. 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; it could be inferred that she is one of his daughters.
In the aftermath of the race, he uses its prize money to start a successful business importing foreign fruit - a business his descendants continue to maintain well into 2011.
Trivia
- He shares his hometown of Sendai, Japan with Hirohiko Araki, the author of the manga.
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 JJL Chapter 11: Family Tree, p.18
- ↑ SBR Chapter 40
- ↑ JJL Vol. 5 Ch. 23: The Secret Room p. 23
