Noriaki Kakyoin (花京院 典明, Kakyōin Noriaki) was confirmed to return for All-Star Battle R during the game's initial announcement trailer.[1]
His moveset is fundamentally the same as his from All-Star Battle, with a few tweaks being made to both balance the character and fit him into the overall gameplay tweaks that All-Star Battle R brought.
Replacing Kōji Yusa, Daisuke Hirakawa reprises his role as Kakyoin's voice actor from the Stardust Crusaders anime adaptation. As with the majority of the game's roster, voicelines for Kakyoin were either added or re-recorded.
Kakyoin has 1000 health and uses the Stand (スタンド, Sutando) Battle Style, fighting foes with Hierophant Green. During a fight, he can use several different attacks that were featured in Stardust Crusaders.
Outside of the All-Star Battle Mode, Kakyoin has unique interaction dialogue for both his match entrances and victories when facing certain characters.
1. Attack the opponent's Stand: 1000 G 2. Use a Heart Heat Attack: Star Platinum Publicity Artwork
Entrance Dialogue
Jotaro: Evil is stomping all over the weak just for your own gain! Kakyoin: The loser is the evil one, the victor is just. Whoever survives, wins. That's the law of the land.
Victory Dialogue
Jotaro: Evil never wins. And you know what that means.
Defeat Dialogue
Kakyoin: The loser is the evil one. That's all there is to it.
The player's defense is increased. The opponent's attack power is increased. The opponent's health continuously refills.
Secret Missions
1. Land a First Attack: 1000 G 2. Land the "Hierophant's Barrier" skill: Hierophant Green Publicity Artwork 3. Land a Great Heat Attack: Kakyoin's Theme 4. Win with a Dramatic Finish: Kakyoin Special Outfit A
Entrance Dialogue
Kakyoin: I'm gonna unravel the secret of your Stand, DIO! DIO: You fool. Know this... the power of The World allows you to rule over everything!
Victory Dialogue
Kakyoin: I got it! It's time! He can stop time itself!
Defeat Dialogue
DIO: You haven't even noticed that you're dead. No way you would ever realize it...
Kakyoin's theme is Hierophant Green (法皇の緑, Hōō no Midori), and can be unlocked in-game by landing a Great Heat Attack in the All-Star Battle Mode's Kakyoin vs DIO Boss Battle.
An ally from Part 3: Stardust Crusaders, with the StandHierophant Green. He has a reserved and honorable personality. He takes the lead in the showdown with DIO, and despite being mortally wounded, managed to warn Joseph about The World's time-stopping abilities before taking his last breath.[3]
Noriaki Kakyoin's long-range, humanoid Stand made of a coil that can unravel very fast. It can strike at a range of more than 100 meters, but with low power. Its Emerald Splash attacks are highly destructive, however.
Changed the attack type from a hit throw/grab to a strike
This corrects a bug that caused the opponent to become unable to act when performing a move that generates an activation sequence (such as HHA) after being hit.
1.4.0
"Emerald Splash" Ground and Aerial versions
Fixed so that if the same skill hits 3 times or more, the opponent now gets downed (unintended bug)
1.5.0
"I'll need to punish you" HHA
Modified to apply combo scaling up to a maximum of 50% (common rule not previously applied)