This article lists possible references made in popular series and by popular artists to art or concepts defining to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Discussion of the legitimacy of these references can be found here.
References range in nature from tribute to plagiarism. Many are comic, while the "JoJo poses" in particular cross into greater cultural significance, with the greatest examples being those reproduced by a handful of popular Japanese performing artists.
Hello! Project  The idol groups of Hello! Project, like ANGERMEFW, consists of a few JoJo fans. Their girls strike JoJo poses on their blog and sometimes mix JoJo references into their dance choreography.
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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Fashion model and musical artist Kyary Pamyu Pamyu often references the series through the iconic JoJo Pose. During an interview she has also mentioned having felt like a Stand user and has named her dog JoJo. In her music video for "PONPONPON", she can be seen doing several different poses referencing different anime throughout the video with the last featuring aforementioned pose.
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RADIO FISH
J-pop group, RADIO FISH, featuring Atsuhiko Nakata and Shingo Fujimori of comedy duo Oriental Radio, performed their songs "PERFECT HUMAN" and "ULTRA TIGER" at the Halloween Music Festival 2016. The crew dressed up as characters from Parts 4-6 of JoJo with Fujimori as Narancia and Nakata as Yoshikage Kira. |
Shoko Nakagawa Otaku idol Shoko Nakagawa (a.k.a. Shokotan) is a dedicated fan of the manga series and is known to imitate JoJo poses during interviews and live performances on stage. An avid fangirl of Jotaro on social media, she had at one point broken her tailbone on tour while trying to imitate Naranicia's pose.[1] She even once interviewed Araki on the Japanese Tv Show "溜池Now", seen here.
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Starbomb
In the animated music video for the song "SMASH!," performed by American comedy supergroup Starbomb and animated by Studio Yotta, LuigiFW at some point does Dio's infamous "Wryyy" pose. Immediately after he is seen surrounded by Wii Fit TrainerFW, RosalinaFW, and Princess ZeldaFW while mimicking Giorno Giovanna's famous "I have a dream!" pose.[2] Joel C, the director of the music video, has confirmed the references were intentional in his blog.[3] |
Yuka Kashino Yuka Kashino (a.k.a. Kashiyuka) from Japanese electropop group Perfume often talks about her love for JoJo in the media and has struck the pose with other members during photo ops. In addition, the choreography inspired by JoJo’s pose appears in Perfume’s music video “Natural ni koi site” that was released in 2010.
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Ai Mai Mi
In Episode 4, while Mai is wondering if Mi had courage she suddenly summons a Stand-like figure engraved with the kanjis for "courage" (度胸, dokyō) that looks much like Magician's Red. |
Air Gear
When Minami ItsukiFW gropes a naked SimcaFW, Noyamano RingoFW is so furious that a monstrous Star Platinum-shaped shadow appears behind her and Ikki replies "Star Platinum!!?". At one point Ikki even uses one of Jonathan's ability, the "Zoom Punch" from Part 1. |
Aoharu X Kikanjuu
Aoharu X Kikanjuu's protagonist, Hotaru TachibanaFW, can be seen doing a JoJo-inspired pose and having her toy-gun depicted in the manner of a Stand behind her in episode 4FW. |
Assassination Classroom
In chapter 176, we see various memories of the students hanging out/trying to kill their teacher KorosenseiFW. In one of them we can see that one student painted the drawing in Boingo's Thoth style where we see Jotaro being hit by two bullets, but instead replaced Jotaro with Koro-sensei while there's another student waiting to fire at him with two guns, thus recreating the scene where the bullets pierce the drawing to hit its target. |
Baka and Test The series is littered with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure references, ranging from poses to art style and even plot aspects. During a specific scene, Akihisa YoshiiFW is seen trying Mizuki HimejiFW's bento box, only to be dragged into the darkness by a bunch of hands. There is also a scene in episode 7FW where an annoying man with Josuke Higashikata's hair and his girlfriend try to get married at the Kisaragi Grand ParkFW. The scene features JoJo-inspired like frames and the character even does several poses from Jonathan Joestar, Jotaro Kujo, and Killer Queen.
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Binbō-gami ga! Being a parody show, it has several brief and subtle references. In episode 1FW, Ichiko SakuraFW monologues her popularity and beauty, while imagining herself posing similar to Kars. In episode 6FW, there is a scene of Ichiko looking like Josuke after returning Keita TsuwabukiFW his handkerchief. For the same scene, in chapter 9 of the manga, we only find a quote from Josuke's Speech about "wearing new panties on New Year's Day". In the 21th chapter of the manga, Nadeshiko AdenokoujiFW expresses her jealousy and rage with Ichiko and Ranamaru RindouFW, resembling the scene when Josuke and Jotaro are being attacked by Yoshihiro in Kira's house in Diamond is Unbreakable. In Chapter 32, the scene of a random girl attacking BobbyFW resembles the scene of Esidisi attacking Caesar after having taken control of Suzi Q's body, in Battle Tendency. In chapter 40, a Binbōgami Item turns a pumpkin into a horse carriage that resembles one of the chariots used during the chariot race between Joseph and Wamuu, also in Part 2.
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Busō Renkin In chapter 8 (episode 4), Kazuki MutoFW draws a picture of missing school student Koushaku ChonoFW to show to other classmates, this picture is humorously drawn in the artsyle of Hirohiko Araki, much to everyone's surprise. Later on chapter 48 (episode 15), the Warrior Chief Captain BravoFW quotes Avdol's line of "YES I AM!" upon being recognized by the other characters on the beach. In chapter 49 (episode 16), he also mimics Polnareff's "Bravo, oh bravo!" pose (while riding a surfboard).
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Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis
Episode 16 of Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis has the characters imitate the poses of characters from JoJo. Kumi OkazakiFW is doing Josuke's pose, Luna YumizukiFW does Jotaro's, Tokoha AnjouFW does Jonathan's, and Am ChounoFW does Rohan's. |
CLAMP
The famous manga studio CLAMP have been fans of the JoJo series since before becoming well-known themselves. They have done several JoJo-based dōjinshi, the most notable of which is CLAMP in Wonderland: 1994 Summer and features the heroes of Stardust Crusaders. The JoJo character they created in that doujinshi also appears at the end of their first CLAMP in Wonderland video,[4] alongside their own series' characters. |
Denki-gai no Honya-san In the first episode DirectorFW is asking to UmioFW what happen between he and HiotanFW, Umio says "nothing", and then, Director come closer to Umio and "licks" his ear, saying that he has the "taste of a liar"; making a reference to the Giorno and Bruno's "taste of a liar" scene from Vento Aureo. In Episode 2, Director an Umio makes JoJo poses (Director as Jonathan, Umio as Joseph). In Episode 7, Director makes a JoJo reference. |
Excel Saga
Ropponmatsu2FW is an android who appears in various episodes. In episode 16 is found by ExcelFW in a delivery box and shows the Joestar Birthmark. |
Fairy Tail
LamyFW, a enemy character from the dark guild TartarosFW in Fairy Tail, is seen doing a JoJo pose in Part 5-Part 6 era art style in Episode 238FW and in the 20th opening to the song "NEVER-END TALEFW". |
Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
In chapter 22, a character by the name of Rory MercuryFW goes on a rampage against foreign special forces during the Hakone IncidentFW. The Japanese Minister of Defense, an avid of fan of anime, asks if she had "put on the stone mask and feeds on blood". This was omitted from the anime adaptation. |
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG One of the Tachikomatic DaysFW sketches during Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG shows that after getting outfitted with a new "Agent" equipment one of the TachikomaFW gets an Araki-style appearance and an ability to summon a stand-like Agent that has time-stopping power "Reset The World" (Resetto Za Warudo).[5] |
Gintama One of the arcs has the protagonists entering a haunted inn that services spiritual beings called "stands" (which are actually just ghosts), so that they may attain the happiness necessary for them to reach the afterlife. The "stands" may possess the "stand user" to grant him special abilities, which parody the conventional Stand naming derived from musical themes. The anime equivalent of the arc has Sakata GintokiFW defining a "stand" while Star Platinum appears as an example, donning Gintoki's trademark attire, and includes a reference to Araki Hirohiko as a "backwards-aging fairy". The main antagonist of the arc, OiwaFW, also uses Star Platinum's battle cry "ORAORAORA".
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GJ Club In the episode 2 of GJ Club, [[wikia:gj-bu:Kyōya Shinomiya:{{{2}}}|{{{2}}}]]FW is reading Volume 14 of the JoJo's Bizarre adventure manga. In the episode 7, he turns into ORE-MAN and does several poses, a couple taken from JoJo.
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Gokujo In both the anime and manga, the main character, Aya Akabane, is often seen doing JoJo-like poses when discussing things relating to beauty.
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Gugure Kokkuri-san In episode 6FW, InugamiFW puts Kohina IchimatsuFW's head in the mouth of a big spirit to change her face, and Inugami is beaten by Kokkuri-sanFW for his actions and Kohina does Risotto Nero's pose over Inugami's body.
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Haiyore! Nyaruko-san As a gag-series, it features one of the highest amounts of references to JoJo.
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Hayate the Combat Butler In one episode Klaus SeishirouFW parodies the famous scene of Dio turned into a vampire by the Stone Mask, with the same SFX that arises on the screen. Yukiji KatsuraFW also mimics the technique "Sunlight Yellow Overdrive", exclaiming "Violet Overdrive" as her battle cry while attacking him.[9] |
Hanebado!
In episode 9, when Connie Christensen calls the others to attention in the school tennis court from the second floor, main character Ayano Hanesaki, standing below Connie, signs to her that she "can see her panties" using the same unconventional signs ("pan-tsu-maru-mie") Polnareff makes during the High Priestess attack.[10] |
Hellsing In an omake of the manga, one character states that "volume 6" can be read as "ro-kan" while another says that it sounds like "Kishibe Rohan". A picture of Rohan in the Hellsing-omake style is present as well. In an omake for the second volume of Drifters Kouta HiranoFW describes Hirohiko Araki as "an ex-Shinsengumi vice-commander mangaka who can stop time, is a magic boy and a BT, screams "Baru-baru-baru-baru!", has four testicles in the alternate universe and is under execution, under jailbreak". |
Hozuki no Reitetsu
At the end of episode 9, during the next episode preview, HoozukiFW is heard using the battle cry "Ora Ora" (very distinctly an impersonation of OVA Star Platinum) while he punches Enma DaioFW; this is followed by a reference to Fist of the North Star. |
Hyakko
In chapter 43, a person cosplaying Johnny can be seen in the background. |
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