Rohan Kishibe
Rohan Kishibe (岸辺 露伴, Kishibe Rohan) is a character featured in the ninth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, The JOJOLands.
Rohan is a wealthy and successful professional manga artist, having created the series Pink Dark Boy, which has an anime adaptation. He is on a sightseeing vacation in Hawaii alone, staying in a villa on the Big Island of Hawaii for 15 days.
Appearance
Rohan is an adult with a muscular build and average height. His hair is slicked sideways with an undercut. He wears a headband with serrated edges and earrings designed to look like pen tips. Rohan's outfit in Hawaii consists of a button shirt, shorts, and sandals. His shoulders, the sides of his shorts, and his wristbands also have pen tips stitched on.
Personality
Rohan Kishibe is a passionate manga artist dedicated to his work. To gain inspiration, Rohan is constantly seeking new experiences or facts, investigating anything regardless of the danger or legality. For instance, he explores a volcanic area, takes detailed photos, and brings back samples of cooled lava with him despite the area being forbidden to tourists.
In addition to his own work, Rohan pursues art in all its forms. At his villa, he possesses a notable amount of statues, antiques, and bottles of alcohol.[3]
Abilities
Stand
Jodio Joestar states that Rohan is capable of seeing Stands, though his ability has not been revealed yet.[3]
Chapters / Episodes
Manga Appearances- The JOJOLands Chapter 1: Departure (1st mentioned)
- The JOJOLands Chapter 2: South King Street (1st full appearance)
- The JOJOLands Chapter 3: The Villa on Hawaii Island, Part 1
History
Background
Rohan has a pet dog, though he presumably left him in Japan when he traveled to Hawaii.[3] Upon arriving at Kona Airport, Rohan declared to customs that he has a 24-carat diamond with him, news of which reaches Meryl Mei Qi through her underground connections.[2]
When he arrives, he goes to a volcanically active area that is forbidden to tourists and takes several photos of the volcanoes and lava on his iPad. He also brings back samples of ʻAʻā lava with him to research, storing them in several flasks and in a safe behind his bookcase together with the diamond. He has a polyhedron encyclopedia with him as well.[3]
The JOJOLands
Three days into his vacation, Jodio Joestar, Dragona Joestar, Paco Laburantes, and Usagi Alohaoe are sent to steal the diamond from his villa. The group arrives at the villa while Rohan is swimming in its pool. Jodio discovers Rohan's identity while spying on him with binoculars, mentioning that he owns multiple volumes of his manga and watches its anime adaptation online.[5]
Jodio hides behind a chair, excited to see Rohan swimming in the pool in front of him, as well as the manga artist's Pink Dark Boy drawings on his iPad. Rohan sees a cat and gets out of the pool, seeing it jump onto his roof. Rohan wonders whether that was a stray cat, thinking that it's strange to suddenly appear and might actually belong to someone. As soon as Rohan gets dressed and heads inside, Jodio uses November Rain to make it rain on the balcony. Rohan is confused about the sun shower, but heads back to retrieve his iPad and book. When he picks up the iPad, his finger is pricked by a cactus spine from a potted plant behind the chair. Jodio used his Stand to make the spines drop with the water dripping from the cactus. This makes Rohan suspicious, realizing that the stray cat and the rain both aren't natural phenomena and that something else is happening.[3]
Trivia
- In 2013, Hirohiko Araki stated that it is absolutely set in stone that Rohan would not appear in JoJolion, but another weird manga artist might appear instead.[6]
See also
A version of Rohan Kishibe appears as a primary ally in Diamond is Unbreakable and as the main protagonist of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan.
References
- ↑ Jump Square - December 2007: Memo from Araki
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The JOJOLands Chapter 1: Departure
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 The JOJOLands Chapter 3: The Villa on Hawaii Island, Part 1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rohan au Louvre
- ↑ The JOJOLands Chapter 2: South King Street
- ↑ All-Star Battle's Guidebook (August 2013)
