Daiya Higashikata
Daiya Higashikata is a minor antagonist of Part VIII: Jojolion.
Synopsis
Daiya Higashikata is the second daughter and youngest child of Norisuke Higashikata IV's family. She is a big fan of progressive rock, especially the band "Yes". At her first encounter with Josuke, she questions him if he likes the Misty Mellotron, an electronic instrument. When her father asks Josuke to look after her, she refuses to be treated in a special way for being blind, saying that he should act natural.
She uses her stand on the Josuke in order to take advantage of him via seduction and almost succeeds until she finds herself standing on his shadow (which reverses the memory taking abilities of her stand).
Despite her mischief, Josuke uses her to go into the secret room that Yasuho Hirose was banned from only to come across a book of the family tree which connects him with the Yoshikage Kira of that household.
Appearance/Personality
Despite her blindness, she is self assured and self-reliant. She refuses to be treated special for others. She has an odd fashion style, wearing a bear-like hood. She appears to share some design traits, such as her hair, with Bruno Buccellati.
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Trivia
- Daiya is a Polish name that means "present". In Japanese, it is phonetic shorthand for "diamond", keeping with the "card" naming theme of the Higashikata girls.
- Daiya's character type can be classified as "yandere."
- Similar to the song that her stand refers to, she is in love with the Jojolion Protagonist and even attempts to have sex with him using her stand's powers.
- When riding a bicycle she made a reference to the Real Wolrd British Rock Band "Queen" and its single Bicycle Race.
- Curiously, Yoshikage Kira from Diamond is Unbreakable had the Stand "Killer Queen" with the secondary ability of "Sheer Heart Attack", which later gained the ability Another One Bites the Dust. All Queen references. Araki likely intended the song, and the fact Josuke didn't know it.
- As a secondary reference to the real world, the line from "Bicycle Race" that she quoted (albeit wrongly) was meant to go: "Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars."
- Curiously, Yoshikage Kira from Diamond is Unbreakable had the Stand "Killer Queen" with the secondary ability of "Sheer Heart Attack", which later gained the ability Another One Bites the Dust. All Queen references. Araki likely intended the song, and the fact Josuke didn't know it.
References
- ↑ Chapter 11: p.20
