Anjuro Katagiri (片桐 安十郎, Katagiri Anjūrō), better known as Angelo (アンジェロ, Anjero), is an antagonist featured in the fourth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Diamond is Unbreakable, specifically in the "Josuke Higashikata! Meets Angelo" story arc.
Angelo is a hardened criminal made a Stand User by Keicho Nijimura whose presence prompts Jotaro Kujo to come to Morioh to arrest him. He then tries to attack the Higashikata Family and battles both Jotaro and Josuke Higashikata. His Stand is the water-based Aqua Necklace.
Angelo is a tall muscular man with short spiked hair, prominent facial features and a lack of eyebrows. Outside his prison attire in flashbacks, he's only ever seen wearing a milkman outfit consisting of a long sleeve shirt and overalls.
Angelo is a notorious criminal having seemingly no standards, with some even saying that he is cursed to be an evil man who doesn't care about other people's lives. While he agrees with everything said about him, he doesn't feel the need to change and continues engaging in his crimes. He doesn't take the blame for his actions, at one point blaming Josuke for his grandfather's death when it was Angelo who killed him, saying Josuke didn't watch him so it was all his fault. Angelo also displays sexual depravity, guilty of raping three young boys and planning to rape Tomoko Higashikata. He has a disgust towards people who he believes are cocky and enjoys seeing these people in agony.
He is highly intelligent, having an IQ of 160, which he demonstrated along with patience by waiting for it to rain before striking Jotaro and Josuke. He states when things go his way, he feels like laughing from the bottom of his heart. As such, he is virtually immoral and enjoys committing as many murders as possible while not being caught from the law. When finally defeated, he demonstrates hypocrisy and cowardice, saying that Josuke didn't have the right to judge him when Angelo himself did the exact same things.
Angelo is able to control a water-bound Stand, Aqua Necklace, which has the ability to take control or kill anyone whose body it enters, shapeshift, and maintain itself even as vapor.
At the age of 12, Angelo was convicted for robbery and rape, and since then spent 20 years in prison. He became known as one of the biggest criminals in Japan, having been guilty of the rape and murder of three boys, on March 1994. He was eventually arrested by Ryohei Higashikata, and obtained his stand in prison from Keicho Nijimura using the Bow and Arrow. He was hanged in October, but he mysteriously survived his sentence and escaped two weeks later after the failed execution. Once out of prison, Angelo goes on a killing spree, getting people to drink his watery stand before using it to cause their heads to be torn apart from within, as well as possessing people's bodies to commit crimes.
Angelo was detected by Hermit Purple as a man representing danger to Josuke Higashikata. In March 1999,[1] Angelo met Josuke after his plan to use an ordinary man to commit a robbery was foiled by Josuke. As an act of vengeance against Josuke and Ryohei, Angelo tricked and killed Ryohei, planning to do the same to Josuke before assaulting his mother. Angelo waited until a rainy day came to get an advantage over Jotaro and Josuke in Josuke's home.
He was eventually defeated and smashed to pieces by Crazy Diamond's fists into a rock. Josuke then restored him and the rock at the same time, fusing them. Angelo then tried to take a child as a hostage with his stand, but insulted Josuke's hair and, as a result, Josuke fused him even further with the rock, effectively turning Angelo into a hideous statue that becomes a historical landmark for Morioh. Josuke eventually waved to Angelo when passing by the rock, a habit which Koichi Hirose also developed to imitate Josuke.
Rohan Kishibe passes by Angelo Rock, which now seems to have a playground built near it.[2]
Manga Appearances
Anime Appearances
QuotesAngelo makes his game debut as a playable character in Diamond Records.
Angelo and his Stand in a photo taken by Joseph Joestar's Hermit Purple.
Surviving his own execution by hanging
Angelo being shot with the arrow by Keicho Nijimura
Angelo disguised as milk deliveryman
Angelo with his Stand
Angelo biting a dog's snout off
Angelo drinks while waiting for Josuke to trigger his Stand.
Begging Josuke to spare his life
Beaten to a pulp by Crazy Diamond
Angelo, sealed for eternity in the "Angelo Rock"
Angelo, now a town landmark
A young Angelo's mugshot
Angelo murdering a man with a baseball bat
Angelo prepares to rape a helpless woman
Angelo raping a teenage boy
Angelo, about to dismember and murder a little boy
Angelo in a prison cell
Surviving his own execution by hanging
Angelo escapes prison
A picture of Angelo's Stand taken by Joseph's Hermit Purple
Multiple spirit photos of Angelo and his Stand
Angelo with his Stand
Angelo stepping in dog feces
Angelo recognizing Ryohei
Pissed over his assassination attempt failing
Biting a dog's nose off
Angelo drinks while waiting for Josuke to trigger his Stand
Angelo has complete control of the Higashikata residence
Begging Josuke to spare his life
Beaten to a pulp by Crazy Diamond
Angelo, sealed for eternity in the "Angelo Rock"
Angelo, now a town landmark
"Yo, Angelo."
Angelo's silhouette in Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town
Key Art of Angelo
Angelo eating the dinner of the Yamashita couple
Angelo escaping Ryohei and the Morioh Police
Angelo getting shot with the Bow And Arrow
Angelo awakening Aqua Necklace
Angelo floods the interrogation room
Angelo escapes the police station
Angelo waiting in the park to take over someone
Angelo deciding to go after Josuke for getting in his way
Hermit Purple's spirit photo of Angelo and Aqua Necklace
Angelo getting Keicho Nijimura's attention in the street from a bridge
Angelo and Keicho eating dinner at a restaurant
Angelo being attacked by Bad Company after offering to kill people for Keicho
Angelo looking through the sewer grate for Josuke
Angelo ordering Aqua Necklace to murder Josuke and his family
Angelo being tossed around as Josuke shakes the bottle with Aqua Necklace in it.
Angelo being tossed around rougher, after killing Ryohei Higashikata
Angelo pleading with Josuke not to hurt him
Angelo turned into a rock
"Angelo Rock", now a Morioh landmark
Angelo as an Area Boss in Diamond Records
3-star Statue
Angelo Rock in one of the loading screens, DR
Angelo's Revenge
Angelo's Grudge
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