Jotaro Kujo/Games

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Major Battles

In the OVA

Naturally, Jotaro is the main protagonist of the Part III OVA, serving the same roles as ever. That said there are a number of differences.

Notably, Jotaro's victory over Forever is instead given mostly to Jean-Pierre Polnareff, who slices the orangutan in half before the latter could use his Stand to crush Jotaro.

Whilst the 1993 episodes also keep Jotaro's role intact, he is instead made the victim of Dio's brief time manipulation when Jotaro tries to climb a set of stairs (Polnareff was on the receiving end in the manga.) Jotaro is then knocked out of the mansion by Dio (in the manga, Jotaro escaped the mansion of his own accord along with the others when they suspected an ambush from Dio.)

In the penultimate episode "Kakyoin: Duel in the Barrier", a scene is added where Jotaro briefly ruminates on Dio's power and how his World Stand and Star Platinum seem similar in nature.

The final episode recreates Jotaro and Dio's final battle accurately, albeit with some changes, such as removing Jotaro's magnet trick as well as changing the Jump magazines that save him from Dio's knives into wooden splints that he put on his broken ribs beforehand.

In Videogames

Famicom Jump II: Saikyo no Shichinin (NES Game)

Jotaro (circa part 3) is one of the seven main heroes. His standard attack is a Kick, which can only be used at short-range, and for armor he wears his usual gakuran uniform. For his special attack, he summons Star Platinum and is able to hit distant enemies. Unlike the rest of the heroes, who gain their special attack at level 2, Jotaro is able to use Star Platinum from the start of the game. The final boss of his scenario is an unidentified stand user mentioned only as "Stand Messenger ".

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (SNES Game)

Jotaro (circa Part III) makes a playable appearance as the game's main protagonist. The game begins at his household and ends with his and DIO's final battle. Jotaro is usually the default on-screen character when out of battles. Most of Jotaro's moves revolve around Star Platinum's "ORA ORA!" fist barrage, although Star Finger also makes an appearance. Notably in this game, Jotaro's Time Stop ability is a result of the player obtaining and quipping a special cap item on Jotaro as opposed to an innate ability of Star Platinum's.

Cult Jump (GB Game)

Jotaro appears as the representative protagonist from the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure franchise on the game.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future (PS1/DC/Arcade Game)

Jotaro's gameplay is more oriented on offense. He is a lot more effective with his Stand off. This is because of his Blazing Fists, and Jotaro's ability to attack the enemy by himself, while the Stand is attacking. This, in turn, increases the hits and the damage in comparison to attacks with the Stand activated.

As such, his gameplay is more on poking the enemy until he or she budges. Jotaro players are known to be very pesky and can cover a lot of ground in a short time, but their nature of gameplay requires them to put defense strategies on a backseat, to take advantage of the strength from his Blazing Fists.

His Star Finger can be held until an opening is seen at the enemy. It draws the enemy closer, which can be capitalized for further offense.

Also, the inactive Stand version of Putzun Ora may not deal that much damage in comparison to the active Stand version by itself, but when the player attacks with Jotaro going around the enemy, the hits and damage become significantly larger than the latter version.

Star Breaker can connect from a normal attack, whether from Jotaro himself or from his Stand, but its Inactive version is not very strong. The active Stand version can be charged until it becomes unblockable, but this takes too much set-up time to be very effective.

Jotaro's "Stop World" isn't as powerful as Dio's, and with the attack speed from Putzun Ora, players are forced to perform the move before the super meter is depleted of one level during Stop World.

One of Jotaro's alternate colours resembles his Part IV outfit. Jotaro is normally the last opponent faced by the player in arcade mode when playing as a villain.

Jotaro, alongside Polnareff and Joseph are the only character whose endingg in Arcade Mode matches the original story, while the entire cast received an original ending.

Giogio's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Whirlwind (PS2 Game)

Jotaro appears in the game's intro (wearing his PART IV attire), along with Jonathan, Josuke and Part III-era Joseph in a composite image along with Giorno.

This game marks the first and olny time so far that Jotaro used his PART IV attire.

Jump Super Stars (DS Game)

Jotaro appears as a playable character on the DS game. Both he and DIO appears as the playable representative charater from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure franchise.

His special attacks consist primarily of his trademark "Ora Ora!" punches. Many of his koma use one of his Stardust Crusaders companions as his other special attack. His 4-KOMA specials includes him using Avdol to use Magician's Red's Crossfire Hurricane Special and a small period of time using his "ora ora", his 5-KOMA specials includes him using a barrage of "ora ora" along with Polnareff using Silver Chariot's "hora hora hora" and Kakyoin's Hierophant Green's Emerald Splash as a projectiles attack, his 6-KOMA specials includes the time stop (stopping anything on the screen for 5 seconds or the amount of special's bar the player has at the moment) and a large period of time using his "ora ora". Iggy appears as his 2-KOMA support, where Jotaro uses Star Platnium to throw Iggy on the enemy, who defends himself by using The Fool.

His help koma gives the affected battle character invincibility for a short time. He is one of the battle characters in the pre-made deck "Gekitou no Machi" and the sole battle character in the pre-made "Help-Koma" deck. Together with Luffy from One Piece, he can perform a special tag-team move called "Gomu Gomu no ORA ORA!!" which unleashes a barrage of punches.

Jump Ultimate Stars (DS Game)

Jotaro returns as a playable charater, along with DIO, representing the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure franchise. He retains all of his previous attacks and special moves.

He can now receive an ally boost from Josuke Higashikata, by saying he and Jotaro are a great team even in taro terms (two references, one being Josuke's catchprase "Great!", while the other being the taro terms, Jotaro's entire arc's enemies was based on taro cards), Jolyne Kujo, by saying she will watch the stars until she meets him and wants to see his starlight (Jolyne said those lines during later events on PART VI) and Yusuke Urameshi (from the series YU*YU*HAKUSHO), by saying "the more fights, the more wins!" (since both Jotaro and Yusuke are introduced as delinquents who constantly beats other students..

Jotaro also appears in one of the pre-made decks centered around "delinquents" such as Yusuke Urameshi, Maeda Taison (from the ROKUDENASHI BLUES franchise) and Sakuragi Hanamichi (from the SLAM DUNK franchise).

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (PS3 Game)

Jotaro was one of the first four characters announced for the game (the others being: Gyro Zeppeli, Wamuu and Joseph Joestar) and the first character to appear on the game's first trailer. Most of his attacks are reminiscent of those from the Capcom game (Heritage for the Future) complete with hard hitting punches that can launch the victim very far indeed. His only new move has Star Platinum take a mighty breath that pulls his helpless opponent in, reminiscent of his victory over Enya Geil's Justice stand.

Jotaro's HHA is "Oraoraoraora!", his signature flurry of punches that lasts around 4-5 seconds, while his GHA is "You pissed me off", which freezes time before delivering even more punches on the enemy. Jotaro can also stop time for up to 10 seconds depending on how much heart gauge he has. Jotaro is also the only character who can counter attack DIO's GHA (his famous Road Roller along with his famous war cry punches muda muda), when the attack hits the player, Jotaro will retaliate with his "Oraoraora" barrage. At some point during the animation, if Jotaro activates his own time stopping ability a new animation will begin recreating the moment Jotaro activated his own Time Stop ability and damage will be minimized.

Jotaro also possesses alternate costumes, primarily taken from famous volume covers along with the ones seen in JOJO-A-GOGO! and JOJO 6251. Besides some characters from PART III (like Avdol, Kakyoin, Old Joseph and DIO), Jotaro has two alternate pre-fight dialogue intros with different characters such as Jolyne and Josuke. Josuke mistakes the younger Part III Jotaro for the older Part IV mentor while Jotaro has no idea who Josuke is. Against Jolyne, Jotaro merely asks if she's a new Stand wielder. In return, Jolyne shocking says "How can that be possible!!?...so young!!!.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Shooters (Android/iOS Game)

Jotaro is one of the first 3 avaible characters the player must choose to be his first team leader (alongside Jonathan and Joseph). Also during the Loading screen, if the player touchs the screen, Star Platinum's punch will appear on the screen along with the ORA kanji.

Jotaro's FINISH move it's an animation where Star Platinum appears and uses several of his ORA ORA punches on the defeated Metal Striker.

Presumably to match Jotaro's new color scheme seeing in the PART 3 anime adaptaion, his color scheme is now a black coat and green shirt (unlike Jonathan and Joseph, who remains their original color scheme from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle).

J-Stars Victory VS. (PS3/PS4/PS Vita Game)

While Jotaro does not appear in form in the game, hidden data were found in the game for him and Dio as playable characters (alongside other Jump characters Yoh and Dai, from Shaman King and Dragonquest respectively).

However, only Jotaro's moveset and character stances were almost completed, meaning at least Jotaro was suppose to be a playable character, alongside the other two Joestars in the game, Jonathan and Joseph.

The reasons for his cut is unknown, but it can be assumed it's due his anime wasn't even released yet when the game was announced, complicating his inclusion since the game tries to be more faithful to the character's anime counterparts instead their manga appareance.

This makes Jotaro the second knowing character to be cutted from a game in the Jojo-related media, Koichi being the first in the PS2 Giogio game.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven (PS3/PS4 Game)

Jotaro was one of the first confirmed characters for the game (alongside Part II Joseph, Caesar, Stroheim, Kakyoin, Josuke, and Diego). Since most of the game's animation, effects and attacks were reused from All-Star Battle, Jotaro's moveset remains the same: A powerful close-ranged fighter with high damage output and the ability to stop time (though he can now stop time for no longer than 2 seconds).

Jotaro's solo GHA uses a different animation compared to All-Star Battle, removing the time stop section of the move entirely, and instead having him slide his finger along the rim of his hat (a callback to his fight with Kakyoin) before Star Platinum pummels the opponent in real-time. His "You pissed me off." line is removed as well.

Kakyoin appears as Jotaro's partner, with the latter being the only player-controlled fighter in the first demo. They possess a Dual Heat Attack together, where Kakyoin holds the opponent in place with Hierophant Green, allowing Jotaro and Star Platinum to pull them in by Hierophant Green's tail and unleash a barrage of punches that sends the opponent flying, before Kakyoin appears once more behind the enemy mid-air to deliver an Emerald Splash. Throughout the whole attack, Jotaro and Kakyoin converse about sumo. This, coupled with the nature of the DHA, makes reference to the Wheel of Fortune chapters.

Jotaro and Kakyoin are the only two characters who have appeared in both demos. Unlike the previous game, his main color scheme is now based on his anime appearance.

Trivia

  • His catchphrase, "Yare yare daze" has no direct translation but is usually translated to the effect of "Gimme a break." It can also mean "Well well well..." or "Alright, alright...", since "yare yare" commonly translates to "Oh well..." It is generally an expression of boredom or exasperation. In the official Viz Media translations, the phrase is considered cursing and is censored. In the official Shonen Jump Advanced manga series he is seen saying "Give me a !@$&*# break..." and the English dub of the OVA translates it as "What a pain..." In the Crunchyroll subs, it is translated as "Good grief."
    • All-Star Battle gives Jotaro the mellow version of this catchphrase, dubbed as "Man, what a pain." His daughter gets the dirtier cuss-like variant, as dubbed: "Man, give me a (*&*%^*&^ break!"
  • Jotaro is the first JoJo to be mostly referred to by his birth name, due to the presence of more than one JoJo in his series. This trait is followed for all subsequent Parts.
  • Jotaro's trademark hat, while torn in the back, often seems to blend with his hair. While they are first shown as being completely separate, later publications cause more uncertainty as to where his hat and his hair actually meet. His hat is most likely a Japanese student cap that was normally worn along with the gakuran prior to the 1970s. He is seen wearing an undamaged cap in the first page of part 3 during flashbacks to his youth.
    • According to Araki in an interview, Jotaro's cap is actually a part of his body. He drew him this way intentionally, which is supported by the fact that Jotaro has never removed his hat. (This may have been a joke, due to the fact that Jotaro was shown without his hat on a couple of occasions.) This was in order to make him seem more elegant and he also wanted readers to recognize Jotaro even from his back, and not just his forefront.[7]
  • Jotaro is seen reading a Shonen Jump in his cell, with Shonen Jump being the magazine in which JoJo is published in Japan. In the manga, these magazines also saved Jotaro from being fatally impaled by Dio's knives (In the OVA he's instead protected by wooden splints he put on his broken ribs after a prior attack.)
  • Jotaro's belt has the same design as the late Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli's headband.
  • Jotaro has two unique lying-down sprites when he is knocked down or K.O'ed in the Capcom fighting game. When he is merely knocked over, he is leaning on one side of his body, slightly upright. When defeated completely, he lies flat down on the ground.
    • In ASB, he merely crumples on the ground and does not lie down, showing signs of struggling, even when "retired" from the match.
  • Jotaro's basic design bears similarity to that of Tsurugi Momotaro of the earlier Sakigake!! Otokojuku.

In Popular Culture

  • In the first episode of Puni Puni Poemy, the Director and his alien opponent humorously fight a battle between Stands. The alien fought using a Star Platinum look alike.
  • Araragi Koyomi from Nisemonogatari in the 9th episode of the series parodies Jotaro's trademark pose.
  • The character Asuma Sarutobi from Naruto, is voiced by the same voice actor as Jotaro from the OVA. Likewise, Asuma Sarutobi uses the phrase "Yare yare daze", and "Ora ora", especially in the Naruto PS2 games.
  • Sol Badguy, the main character from the popular video game series Guilty Gear, uses the phrase "Yare yare daze".
  • The shoujo manga group Clamp are fans of JoJo. In their later publication, Wish, the main angel character, Kohaku, closely resembles Kakyoin's hairdo and appearance. Ironically, the love interest of said character roughly resembles a hatless Jotaro, named Kudo Shuichiro. Although the angel is sexless, some fans have speculated this story is a shounen-ai interpretation of the two. In their early years, Clamp also created doujinshi of part 3 of JoJo which featured their original character, Jotaro and Kakyoin's love-child Jota (hatched from an egg) and his stand Charmy Green (which looks like a green Star Platinum).
  • In the NBC drama, Heroes, a fictional Japanese salaryman named Hiro Nakamura is a fan of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In his blog, he states that he wants to "be like JoJo and Vaan and go on adventures". One of his powers includes time manipulation, a gift shared with both Jotaro and Dio Brando. Hiro later posts on his blog under the pseudonym of Jotaro Kujo.
  • Jotaro is said to have been a fan of Columbo when he was a child.
  • Jotaro exhibits an anime archetype exhibited commonly by "genius" characters by forever staying young through all of his appearances in spite of age. Other characters that noticeably share this trait are Maximilian Jenius and Hiko Seijuro.
  • Daishi, ex-vocalist of the former Japanese Visual Kei group Psycho le Cému, dressed like Jotaro in Love is Dead, the group's last PV.
  • In Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, Juste can use an item that allows him to use rapid punches while yelling "ORA ORA ORA".
    • Furthermore, in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, if Soma obtains a Cagnazzo Soul, a figure will appear from Soma and repeatedly punch directly in front of him. The Cagnazzo Guardian also shouts "ORA ORA ORA," immediately after being summoned.
  • One of the characters in the Sega fighting game Fighting Vipers, Bahn, heavily resembles Jotaro, wearing a similar cap.
  • In Tekken series Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima's combat gloves resemble Star Platinum's gloves.
  • Jotaro's physical appearance as well as his "bad boy" persona may have been inspired by Marlon Brando's image in the 1953 classic film The Wild One . This further connects him to Dio Brando, who was named for the actor. 
  • In the video game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Monokuma beats Monomi with rapid punches while yelling "ORA ORA". In response, Monomi says "This is your Stand?!". This is clearly a reference to Jotaro's Stand, Star Platinum.

References

  1. ↑ Chapter 118: The Terrible Invader
  2. ↑ Dark Blue Moon (story arc)
  3. ↑ Strength (story arc)
  4. ↑ Yellow Temperance (story arc)
  5. ↑ Wheel of Fortune (story arc)
  6. ↑ The Lovers (story arc)
  7. ↑ Interview with Shoko Nakagawa
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