Rina Higashikata

Rina Higashikata
File:Rinacgashi.jpg
Japanese Name	東方 理那
Namesake*	Erina Pendleton
Profile
Age	27
Birthday	1874
Gender	Female
Nationality	Japanese
Other Information
Relationships	Johnny Joestar (Husband) Norisuke Higashikata I (Father) Teru Higashikata (Mother) George Joestar II (Son) Unnamed daughter Norisuke Higashikata II (brother) Holy Joestar-Kira (Great-Granddaughter) Yoshikage Kira (Great-Great Grandson) Kyo Nijimura (Great-Great Granddaughter) Josuke Higashikata (Fusion of Great-Great Grandson) See: Joestar Family Tree
Status*
Status	Deceased
Cause of Death	Natural causes
Media
Manga Debut	SBR Chapter 95 The World of the Stars and Stripes -Outro
FinalAppearance	JJL Chapter 22 Morioh Town: Year 1901

Rina Higashikata (東方 理那, Higashikata Rina) is a minor character briefly shown in Steel Ball Run and introduced in JoJolion. She is the wife of Johnny Joestar and daughter to Norisuke Higashikata I.

Appearance

Rina was a young Japanese woman with a square face, typically seen in a yukata. She first had a traditional hairstyle, but is later shown with a ponytail.

Personality

Rina is described as a loving and caring wife. She is also seen as faithful during her peculiar ailment as she trusted Johnny to save her. While she was cured by the corpse parts, she showed great concern for her son George II, as it is revealed that he contracted the disease as well.

History

After the events of Steel Ball Run, she meets Johnny Joestar on the ship crossing the Atlantic back to America with her father Norisuke. The two fall in love and eventually marry and live together on a ranch. Years later, Rina comes down with an incurable illness causing her to lose her memories and eventually turning her skin stiff and folded like origami. Johnny decides it is best to bring her to Japan to spend the last few days of her life in her hometown of Morioh. He eventually travels back to New York to re-obtain the Saint Corpse Parts as a way of curing his wife's illness. After she is cured, the disease passes to their son George II. Johnny finally uses Tusk to take it upon himself, sacrificing himself for the sake for his family. Afterwards, she is charged with Johnny's murder, but is released due to lack of evidence. She is not seen again, but it is assumed that she raised George as a single mother in Morioh for the rest of her days and died of natural causes at some point.

Chapters

Manga Appearances

Chapters in order of appearance

• Steel Ball Run Chapter 95: The World of Stars and Stripes - Outro

• JoJolion Chapter 11: Family Tree (Mentioned only)
• JoJolion Chapter 21: "Shakedown Road", Part 4 (Flashback)
• JoJolion Chapter 22: Morioh 1901 (Flashback)
• JoJolion Chapter 27: Norisuke Higashikata, Tsurugi Higashikata, and Yotsuyu Yagiyama, Part 1 (Mentioned only)

Gallery

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  Johnny & Rina: A loving young couple

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  Rina wearing her typical kimono

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  Rina on a ranch wearing a casual dress, with loose hair.

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  Rina under an unknown & fatal Origami illness

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  Rina's first appearance after the Steel Ball Run race

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  Rina charged with Johnny's Death

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  Young Rina

Trivia

• She is the SBR counterpart of Erina Pendleton.
  • Like Erina, she raises her child by herself after her husband dies.
• Although she is introduced and named in Part 8 as Johnny's wife, she is first seen in Steel Ball Run alongside her father greeting Johnny in its last chapter, foreshadowing the events described in JoJolion.