Original Continuity
Phantom Blood
The original Joestar Group starts in the year 1888 with Jonathan Joestar, aided by his mentor Will A. Zeppeli and friend Robert E. O. Speedwagon, assisting Jonathan in an effort to deter the incoming threat to mankind, Jonathan's own adopted brother, Dio Brando.
Legend of Symbols
★: The character is leader
(✩: Subsequent leader or secondary leader/ ✦: Leader of their own faction within the group)
☮: The character has resigned
Battle Tendency
50 years later, in 1939, Jonathan's grandson Joseph Joestar is inadvertently embroiled in a conflict between the Ripple Clan, the secretive Nazi forces and the Pillar Men - ancient creators of the Stone Mask, who have awakened from their long slumber. Joseph, his partner Caesar A. Zeppeli, their mentor Lisa Lisa, and a tenuous ally in Rudol von Stroheim are forced to engage the Pillar Men to stop them from reaching ultimate power.
Legend of Symbols
★: The character is leader
(✩: Subsequent leader or secondary leader/ ✦: Leader of their own faction within the group)
☮: The character has resigned
Stardust Crusaders
49 years later, in 1988, Jotaro Kujo, the grandson of Joseph Joestar, learns that DIO has returned from the bottom of the ocean. Jotaro, having now acquired a Stand called Star Platinum due to DIO's own awakening, journeys to Egypt to defeat DIO and release his mother Holy from his curse. He is accompanied by his grandfather Joseph, Muhammad Avdol, Noriaki Kakyoin, Jean Pierre Polnareff and a dog named Iggy.
DIO once dismissively called this group the .[1]
Legend of Symbols
★: The character is leader
(✩: Subsequent leader or secondary leader/ ✦: Leader of their own faction within the group)
☮: The character has resigned
Diamond is Unbreakable
11 years later, in the year 1999, the illegitimate son of Joseph Joestar, Josuke Higashikata with his Stand, Crazy Diamond, takes it upon himself to protect his hometown of Morioh from enemy Stand users after his grandfather is killed. He is mainly aided by Jotaro, his classmates, and a strange mangaka. They target Stand users who use their Stands to harm others such as Anjuro Katagiri, Akira Otoishi, and ultimately Yoshikage Kira.
Legend of Symbols
★: The character is leader
(✩: Subsequent leader or secondary leader/ ✦: Leader of their own faction within the group)
☮: The character has resigned
Vento Aureo
2 years later, in 2001, Giorno Giovanna, the son of DIO, joins Bruno Bucciarati's team of Passione gang members in order to rise within the ranks and overthrow their mysterious boss, who is flooding the streets of Naples with drugs. By doing so, Giorno hopes to set the mafia's moral standards straight again. The group is also incidentally aided by previous Joestar Group members Polnareff and Koichi.
Legend of Symbols
★: The character is leader
(✩: Subsequent leader or secondary leader/ ✦: Leader of their own faction within the group)
☮: The character has resigned
Stone Ocean
Ten years later, in 2011, Jotaro's estranged daughter, Jolyne Cujoh, is incarcerated for a crime she didn't commit. Put in a prison where a conspiracy is being orchestrated by DIO's old confidante, Enrico Pucci, she's initially meant as bait to draw in her father so that his soul can be stolen. Jolyne decides to stay, reclaim her father's soul and put a stop to Pucci's plans, aided by fellow inmates and the prison's various odd denizens.
Legend of Symbols
★: The character is leader
(✩: Subsequent leader or secondary leader/ ✦: Leader of their own faction within the group)
☮: The character has resigned
Steel Ball Run Continuity
Steel Ball Run
In an alternate universe, in the year 1890, Gyro Zeppeli rides coast to coast to compete in the Steel Ball Run race. He is joined by Johnny Joestar, who follows Gyro in hopes of learning his Spin techniques which might restore Johnny's ability to walk. While racing, they discover the Saint Corpse Parts, sought after for their many blessings. The price is out on the duo's heads as they fight off other racers, mercenaries, & even the US president.
Legend of Symbols
★: The character is leader
(✩: Subsequent leader or secondary leader/ ✦: Leader of their own faction within the group)
☮: The character has resigned
JoJolion
120 years later in 2011, Josuke Higashikata is joined by his love interest Yasuho Hirose, his adoptive family, their business partner, and various people from his past, as they work together to discover Josuke's original identity, which might hold a clue to overcoming the Higashikata Family's generational curse. Their investigations lead them to uncover Morioh's deepest secrets and run afoul of the mysterious Rock Humans.
Legend of Symbols
★: The character is leader
(✩: Subsequent leader or secondary leader/ ✦: Leader of their own faction within the group)
☮: The character has resigned