Giorno Giovanna
| Giorno Giovanna | |
| (汐華 初流乃) | |
| (ジョルノ・ジョバアーナ) | |
| Birth Name | Haruno Shiobana |
|---|---|
| Namesake | JoJo+Dio=GioGio
Giorno is Italian for "day", as in "Buon Giorno"; Giovanna is the feminine form of Giovanni, Italian for Jonathan |
| Debut | Vol. 47, chapter 440, Gold Experience (1) |
| Final Appearance | Vol. 63, Chapter 594, Sleeping Slaves (5) |
| Seiyuu | Romi Paku |
| Profile | |
| Age | 15 (part 5) |
| Date of birth | April 16, 1985 |
| Blood type | AB |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Hair color | Black (before part 5), Gold (part 5) |
| Height | 172 cm |
| Weight | ?? kg |
| Stand | Gold Experience |
| Relatives |
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| Hero | a nameless gangster |
Giorno Giovanna is a fictional character from the Japanese manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Giorno is the main hero of part 5. He is the son of the main villain of the series, Dio Brando.
Storyline
Early Life
Born Haruno Shiobana, Giorno is the son of Dio (fathered using Jonathan Joestar´s body, which would make him genetically related to the Joestar family) and a Japanese woman. When he was six years old his mother remarried, to an Italian man, and they moved to Italy; hence Haruno Shiobana became Giorno Giovanna. He had trouble getting along with his stepfather and eventually abandon his home.
Vento Aureo (2001)
When we are first introduce to Giorno, he does his famous ear-canal trick in which he stuff his entire ear into his ear canal. From there own its clear that Giorno seemly wants to take advantage of any stupid tourist in this case, a newly arrived Koichi Hirose. At first Koichi, doesn't fall for Giorno's tricks but eventually seen the long line for a taxi he takes Giorno's offer and the youth quickly tries to get away with Koichi's luggage but Koichi uses his ability to increase the weight of the tires. Giorno doesn't let this effect his plans and he runs away with the luggage. Giorno then meets up with Leaky Eye Luka, who demands a protection money from him. Luka, takes Giorno's wallet and shows to us a picture of Dio Brando. As Luka, get more violent Giorno keeps telling him that he has no money, upon seen a frog clinging to Giorno's pants Luka order him to kill it. When Giorno, refuses Luka tries to strike at it but the attack end up reflecting on himself, killing him.
When we next see Giorno he is spending the stolen money from Koichi, this leads to a small confrontation between the two of them. In which Koichi become aware of Giorno's Stand Golden Experience. Soon however news of Luka's dead spread causing a few problems for Giorno among them the fact that while in the train he is visited by Bruno Bucciarati. Soon Bucciarati interrogation turns violent which forces Giorno to bring out Golden Experience, seen how he only obtained the ability about a month ago he was afraid of the effect Golden Experience life giving powers would do to a person who already has life within them. After a furious battle Giorno confesses to Bucciarati, that he wants to become the leader of Passione. Upon hearing about this and his good heart Bucciarati, tells Giorno that the way people join the gang is through a test put by Polpo, which includes keeping a lighter light for 24 hours.
Giorno's great ambition in life is to become a mafia boss (a "Gang Star"), and as such he eventually joins the mob squad Passione. Though he is its youngest and newest member, he quickly proves his mettle and eventually becomes the de facto leader of the group.
Unlike typical mafia bosses, he wanted to give divested riches to the poor, giving him an agenda similar to Robin Hood. He eventually influences all of Passione, all but their boss, who later became their worst enemy.
Stone Ocean
While he never physically shows up, we do learned that Giorno wasn't the only son Dio had, he however is not aware of his multiple half-brothers. While Pucci attracted three young men who were all sons of Dio, Giorno was nowhere to be seen even if he had Dio blood in him. It could be do to his personality or the fact he never became aware of his origins, or combination of both.
Personality
Giorno used to be an unhappy and lonely child until until he befriended a gangster. Since then, he's become a more confident person. His clever mind helps him and the gang get out of tough situations, which also helps him win the support of the most stubborn members. While he may seem to be a troublemaker at times, he has a good heart and wants to help out anybody who has shown him kindness. And of course, he has no trouble punishing those that needlessly and intentionally hurt other people.
Stands
Trivia
- Giorno's name written in katakana is not ゴルノ・ゴバアーナ (Goruno Gobana) or ギョルノ・ギョバアーナ (Gyoruno Gyobana), but as ジョルノ・ジョバアーナ (Joruno Jobana). This is to reflect the pronunciation of GioGio in Italian, as it is done using a "j" sound (as in jo or ji), not a "g" sound (as in gi or go) as spelled. Giorno's ジョ (jo) in his name would look like being separated into ジ ョ (jiyo) when pronounced in English.
- Giorno's hair used to be black and worn in a bowl cut style. However, when his stand powers awakened, his hair became gold and spiked with spiral-like bangs.
- Since Giorno is Dio's son, his battle cry is also "Muda Muda Muda Muda...Muda!". Giorno also pulls off a "WRYYYYYY!" during his fight with Cioccolatta.
- Giovanna is a typical Italian female name.
- Hates repeating things more than once, saying its a waste of energy.
- Giorno has the odd ability to stuff his entire ear into his ear canal.
- His favorite musician is Jeff Beck and his favorite musical is Les Misérables. Favorite foods include chocolate, pudding and octopus salad; dislikes chicken and especially duck.
