Gloria Costello (グローリア・コステロ, Gurōria Kosutero) is Ermes Costello's late sister. She was killed 3 years prior to the events of Stone Ocean, at the age of 27.[1]
At age twenty, Gloria inherited her father's Mexican restaurant and managed it, constantly chastising her sister Ermes for not helping her. One night, as Ermes left the restaurant to avoid fighting with Gloria, the latter tried to follow her. Gloria witnessed Sports Maxx committing murder, and though she had no reason to denounce the crime, when Sports Maxx caught a glimpse of Ermes going away, Gloria was forced to call the police on Maxx to protect Ermes. Sports Maxx had her assassinated.
Because of Gloria's death, Ermes willingly went to Green Dolphin Street Jail to kill Sports Maxx as vengeance.
Wes Bluemarine (ウェス・ブルーマリン, Wesu Burūmarin) was a newborn who died before seeing the light of the sun. His mother swapped his dead body with Domenico Pucci, who was born the same day and lived without knowing this story.
Miss Jones is a guest on a TV show when the time acceleration begins. Mrs. Yoshimura is an unseen woman who received a call from the wrong number during the time acceleration. Kenichi is a man seen making love with his girlfriend. Rocky is an employee who solidified in a freezing room.
Urmd Avdol (ウルムド・アブドゥル, Urumudo Abuduru) in Steel Ball Run may be the alternate universe counterpart of the original universe's Muhammad Avdol (or one of his ancestors, given the timing).
Coming from Egypt, Urmd was said to have crossed the Sahara desert three times annually. Unlike the other contestants in the race, Urmd's choice of transportation was a camel, which made him a prime candidate for winning the race. Due to the camel's long legs, it had the ability to keep up with a horse's speed, but at the same time crush any other racers with its 800 kg body.
During the 1st stage of the race, Urmd attempts to knock Gyro out from the race by crashing into him. However, Gyro uses his Steel Ball to locate a hidden cactus cluster and lure Urmd into it. The nomad crashes into the cacti and is unable to continue the race.[2]
Dot Han (ドット・ハーン, Dotto Hān) is a Mongolian[3] competitor in the Steel Ball Run. A descendant of Genghis Khan, Dot Han is renowned for being an Equestrian master and is deemed one of the race's favorites. His horse is named
#1. He consistently ranks well in the Stages, but in the fifth Stage, Sandman covers him with sound bombs to attack Gyro and Johnny. He is eventually obliterated by Sandman's powers.
Dot Han riding his horse #1
Dot Han's death by Sandman's Stand
Race Standings
Stage
Placement
Points
First
16th
6
Second
8th
15
Third
7th
20
Fourth
5th
30
Dot Han never completes the fifth stage of the race, ending with a total of 71 points.
Baron Roocatugo (ロッカチュゴ男爵, Rokkachugo-danshaku) is a German racer who decides to drive an automobile instead of riding a horse. Believing his primitive car to drive him across the USA faster than a horse, he ends up being eliminated early due to its fuel consumption.
Gaucho (ガウチョ, Gaucho) is a Spanish[4] competitor in the Steel Ball Run. He rode on a horse named Peg. During the third stage of the race, he is shown going the long way around a lake to reach the finish line. During the fourth stage of the race, Gaucho is among those who become trapped in the orchard surrounding Ringo Roadagain's cabin. Overcome by frustration, he tries to take Ringo out, but is promptly killed. Gaucho appeared to be quite level-headed when he's first introduced to Hot Pants, Gyro, and Johnny. However, he quickly shifts into being impatient and quick to anger which leads to his downfall against Ringo.
Race Standings
Stage
Placement
Points
First
17th
5
Second
Outside point range
0
Third
10th
12
Gaucho never completes the fourth stage of the race, ending with a total of 17 points.
David Hagen (D・ヘイゲン, Debitto Heigen) is one of the three men killed by the Boom Boom Family. His name may be a reference to Steely Dan member Donald Fagen.
Dixie Chicken (デキシー・チキン, Dekishī Chikin) is an American racer with the horse Ramblin' Man (ランブリン・マン, Ranburin Man). Dixie Chicken ranked 8th place in the first stage, 19th place in the second stage, and 9th place in the fifth stage. His name is a reference to the 1972 Little Featalbum of the same name. The horse's name is a reference to Ramblin' Man by The Allman Brother's Band.
Zenyatta Mondatta (ゼニヤッタ・モンダッタ, Zeniyatta Mondatta) is an Indian racer with the horse Roxanne (ロクサーヌ, Rokusānu). Zenyatta Mondatta ranked 12th place in the first stage, 7th place in the second stage, 10th place in the 4th stage, and 8th place in the fifth stage. The character's name is a reference to the 1980 The Policealbum of the same name. The horse's name is also a reference to the Police, in their single Roxanne.
Caravan Serai (キャラバン・サライ, Kyaraban Sarai) is a Mexican racer with the horse Moon Flower (ムーン・フラワー, Mūn Furawā). He ranked 13th place in the first stage, 15th place in the second stage, 11th place in the 4th stage, and 7th place in the 5th stage. His name is a reference to the blacksmith from Part 3 and the album by Santana. The horse's name refers to another album by Santana.
Baba Yaga (バーバ・ヤーガ, Bāba Yāga) is a Russian racer with the horse Nut Rocker (ナットロッカー, Natto Rokkā). He wears a full black army uniform, has long flowing white hair, and sports a black hat. He ranked 14th in the first stage, 15th in the second stage, 8th in the third stage, 10th in the fifth stage, and 5th in both the 6th and 7th stages before retiring in the 8th stage. Baba Yaga's name is a reference to a Russian folktale. His horse's name is a reference to a 1962 single by B. Bumble and the Stingers.
Nellyville (ネリビル, Neribiru) is an American racer with the horse Country Grammar (カントリーグラマー, Kantorī Guramā). They ranked 15th place in the first stage and 5th place in the race overall, being one of the few remaining racers who survived. After 116 days, 6 hours, 33 minutes, and 23 seconds, their total result was 122 points and their prize money acquired was 120,000 yen. The character's name is a reference to the 2002 album by rapper Nelly. The horse's name is a reference another Nelly album, Country Grammar.
Sloop John B (スループ・ジョン・B, Surūpu Jon Bī) is an American racer with the horse Catch a Wave (キャッチ・ア・ウェイヴ, Kyatchi A Weivu). He ranked 20th place in the first stage, 10th in the second stage, 8th in the fourth stage, 6th in the fifth and sixth stages, 4th in the seventh stage, and 1st place in both the eighth and ninth stages. After 116 days, 6 hours, 33 minutes, and 16 seconds, his total result was 314 points and he ranked 3rd place overall. His name is a reference to the Beach Boys track Sloop John B. The horse's name refers to the 1963 Beach Boys track Catch a Wave.
Billy White (ビリー・ホワイト, Birī Howaito) is an American racer with the horse Love Unlimited (ラヴ・アンリミテッド, Ravu Anrimiteddo). He ranked 22nd place in the first stage, 19th place in the 2nd stage, and 14th place in the 5th stage. His results afterwards are unknown. His name may be a combination of Billy Idol's name and his track White Wedding. The horse's name is a reference to female vocal trio Love Unlimited.
Iglesias (イグレシアス, Igureshiasu) is a Portuguese racer with the horse Natalie (ナタリー, Natarī). He ranked 23rd place in the first stage, 16th place in the second stage, and 12th place in the 5th stage. His name is likely a reference to singer Julio Iglesias (father of singer Enrique Iglesias). The horse's name is a reference to a 1982 song on one of his albums.
Fritz von Stroheim (フリッツ・フォン・シュトロハイム, Furittsu Fon Shutorohaimu), or F.V. Stroheim, finishes the first stage in 6th place (after Gyro Zeppeli's demotion) and is awarded 25 points. His horse is named Europe Express (ヨーロッパ・エクスプレス, Yōroppa Ekusupuresu).
F.V. Stroheim is introduced as a cyborg, and attempts to kill Gyro and Johnny Joestar, but is quickly taken out by Gyro's steel balls.
Nightfly (ナイトフライ, Naitofurai), and unnamed horse. Character's name is most likely a reference to the 1982 album The Nightfly by Donald Fagen, co-founder of the band Steely Dan.
Shigechi (シゲチー, Shigechī), and unnamed horse. This character is likely a reference and/or SBR universe counterpart of Shigekiyo Yangu, often referred to as 'Shigechi', from Part 4.
Mister. (ミスター・, Misutā.), and unnamed horse. Name is likely a reference to the 1980s band Mr. Mister. Japanese spelling is similar to that of Part 5 character Mista's (ミスタ).
Georgie Porgie (ジョージー・ポージー, Jōjī Pōjī), and unnamed horse. 4th place winner from France. This character's name is a reference to the 1840s English nursery rhyme of the same name.
Dario Brando's Steel Ball Run counterpart, only known as Dario. He is much younger in appearance, but has an even crueler personality. He shows no qualms in burying his own infant son, Diego, alive and then leaving him into a river to die. His fate afterwards is unknown.
The wife of George Joestar I and the mother of Nicholas and Johnny. She is seen eating dinner with the family. When George scolds Johnny and tells him to go drown Danny, she looks visibly sad but stays silent.
Danny's Steel Ball Run counterpart is a white mouse raised by a young Johnny Joestar. At his brother Nicholas' suggestion, Johnny sets Danny free into the woods when his father orders him to kill it. Afterward during a practice run, a new wild stallion Nicholas was riding is startled by a white mouse and accidentally throws Nicholas off, killing him. Johnny believes the mouse, which he saw scurrying away into the woods, was Danny.
During the Steel Ball Run, just as Funny Valentine is about to kill Johnny, he notices a white mouse nearby and wonders why a mouse would be drawn by Ticket to Ride's powers, before realizing that he is being drawn back when Lucy is taken by Gyro Zeppeli. It is unknown whether the mouse was Danny or simply another white mouse that happened to be nearby.
His name could be a reference to the Michael Jackson song "Danny," which is about a rat. He is also a reference to Danny the dog, Jonathan's pet in Part 1.
Lucy Steel's father, aged 42 when she was 14. He is the son of Silas and Mary Pendleton and owns a small farm in Oklahoma. He is heavily indebted to the mafia after the death of his wife. He inevitably had to make a decision of giving up his eldest son or daughter to the mafia to pay off his debts and decided to give away Lucy to work as a servant.
Steven Steel showed up to his farm one day and convinced him to tell the mafia that his daughter was damaged goods and married to Steven so that they wouldn't want her anymore. Adam was furious and started crying at first, but listened to Steven in order to save his daughter.
Silas and Mary are the father and mother of Adam Pendleton and the grandparents of Lucy Steel. They immigrated from Ireland and live on the farm with their son and grandchildren.
Lucy's mother, deceased at age 37 when Lucy was 12. After her death came a cloud of misfortune upon the family as her husband spiraled into a mire of debt.
Lucy has an older brother named Tom (16) and two younger brothers named Will (11) and Charles (3). She also has two younger sisters named Liza (9) and Reggie (5).
Captain Valentine is a soldier who after coming back from the war, went to the house of one of his friends, who also served in the Army. He tells his friend's son, Funny, the story of his father. Captain Valentine would reveal how Funny's father sacrificed himself for the sake of his family and his country, and taught Funny that patriotism was the most beautiful virtue in the world. Captain Valentine then gave Funny the handkerchief his father used to remind himself of his son, and told Funny that he was proud of being his father's friend.
As the name suggests, Captain Valentine remarried later with Funny's mother, giving him the family name of Valentine.
George is Johnny and Rina's first son and their second and last child, brother of his unnamed sister. He was born in 1898. When George's mother was on the verge of death, Johnny used the corpse to remove her disease, but the equivalent exchange only caused the illness to move onto George. The boy was saved when Johnny transferred the illness to himself with Tusk ACT 4, but the transfer also caused him to fall off his horse onto a bed of leaves with Les Feuilles, leading to a large rock being displaced onto his head shortly after. George was later found by agents from the United States and his mother, Rina.
As an adult, he is the father of two daughters and two sons, one of them being Joseph Joestar.
Joseph Joestar is the second son of George II and Elizabeth as well as their fourth and last child. He was born in 1924 and is the husband of Suzi Q and father of Holy Joestar-Kira. Likely the SBR universe counterpart of Joseph Joestar.
Born Johei Higashikata in 1872, he is the third child and first son of Norisuke Higashikata I. He married Toyoko and fathered three daughters and two sons, one being Josho Higashikata.
Tomoko was the mother of Norisuke Higashikata IV (whose birth name was Josuke Higashikata). She reassured him when he asked questions about the family's curse.
Iwasuke (岩助) is a strange-looking dog currently in the care of Tsurugi Higashikata. Its appearance may be connected to the Wall Eyes. In Chapter 33 he is seen going through a wall to eat a Rokakaka, which is likely the result of an ability related to the Rock Human's power.
Sadafumi Kujo (空条 貞文, Kūjō Sadafumi) is the father of Josefumi Kujo. He divorced with Kiyomi and left her to care for Josefumi. He is the SBR universe counterpart of Sadao Kujo.
Kiyomi Kujo (空条 聖美, Kūjō Kiyomi) is the mother of Josefumi Kujo. She was a voluptuous woman with long blond hair, but was irresponsible and neglectful toward her son. She was fired because of repeated absenteeism while claiming to be sick and subsequently promising herself that she would become more responsible. One day at the beach, she nearly let Josefumi drown in the sea, being completely bothered by his presence. However, she still dived in to save him. After the incident, her relationship with Josefumi became practically nonexistent.
Atsunori Iwakiri (岩切 厚徳, Iwakiri Atsunori) is a star baseball player, nicknamed "God shoulder A-kun" by the crowd. He damaged his shoulder with small hope of recovery just before he was going to be accepted into the major leagues. Desperate, he bought a Rokakaka fruit from Aisho Dainenjiyama to heal his shoulder. He made a full recovery in exchange for his teeth and lower jaw, which turned to stone.
Zaihei Nigatake (苦竹 財平, Nigatake Zaihei) is a man who tricked Joshu Higashikata into being cursed by the Milagro Man's money, which he received by stealing from a cursed man in Europe who was pretending to be homeless. Once confronted, he explains the curse to Joshu and gives him advice on how to get rid of it. Joshu decides to return the curse to Zaihei using his Stand, and walks away afterwards, leaving Zaihei overwhelmed by the Milagro Man's money.
Rena Nanami (菜々美レナ, Nanami Rena) is a famous idol with many fans (especially male ones). Joshu is particularly infatuated with her and pressures his father to give him money to go to one of her conventions. After meeting her, he states it was an awesome experience and that her fingers are so smooth; however, her fingers and cuteness take a backseat to Yasuho's.
Mr. O is the editor of Boingo for his book The Oingo Boingo Brothers' Great Adventure. He is a Shueisha employee who met Boingo in Egypt while on vacation. The employee received the Tohth book and later photographed its pages when it only had the predictions shown during Stardust Crusaders (indicating it happened shortly after the end of Part 3). Mr. O fears that the book runs out of pages after numerous predictions.
Shuichi (修一, Shūichi) is the fiancé of Naoko Osato, set to be married after her graduation. The marriage was arranged by their respective families. One day, Shuichi comes to visit Naoko at her home and suspects she was with another guy. She was actually with her secret boyfriend Gunpei Kamafusa but just murdered him a few moments earlier in an accident. She manages to hide his corpse before Shuichi sees her in the kitchen and he apologizes for getting the wrong idea.
After their marriage, he seems to care about her, but she continues to love Gunpei even as a corpse. Their life together was happy, and even though they didn't burn with passion for each other, they were blessed with two kids (actually Gunpei's children, but Shuichi didn't know this).
Batsudera is a real estate agent, exclusive to the OVA version of Mutsukabe Hill. He is introduced following Rohan in the mountains and nagging him to convince him to sell his lands, which Rohan refuses. He almost surprises Rohan in the compromising situation of looking like he's killed a little girl.
Frida Giannini (フリーダ・ジャンニーニ, Furīda Jannīni) is the creative director of the Gucci brand. The Gucci brand strives the philosophy that respects traditions within the convention of beauty that gives birth to a new beauty that creates the best in quality and innovation, and that's why Frida is at the pinnacle of the brand Gucci has given birth to numerous icons to this day, icons that Frida respects and, with her unique talents, gives them a new interpretation which gives birth to an innovative design. The artisans give this a physical form and breathe life into them, so they could be called Frida's right hand men. For many generations the artisans continued using traditional skills combined with Frida's innovative design for Gucci, earning the world's trust. She's based on the real-life Frida Giannini.
The Gods of the Mountain (山の神, Yama no Kami) are the entities that put the Village of Millionaires under a curse. The residents (or those who want to be one of them) of the village who show good manners gain something, usually money, while those who don't lose things, mostly the life of a friend. The village had 11 residents, all at the age of 25, that became rich from one day to another after living in there. Kyoka Izumi, who wanted to buy a house in there, went to the village with Rohan Kishibe and was greeted by the gods' butler, Ikkyu. Izumi failed at her test and lost the lives of her mother and fiancee. The gods can give as many chances as they want, but one by one things will be lost if the person keeps failing. After realizing the identity of Ikkyu's master to be the Gods of the Mountain through Heaven's Door, Rohan decides to leave the place with Izumi and never go back.
Virgina (ヴェルジーナ, Verujīna) is Tonio Trussardi's girlfriend who lives in his hometown, Amalfi, Italy. She has a large brain tumor that even Pearl Jam couldn't heal and could no longer walk or stand. Rohan discovers that Tonio brought her to Morioh in hopes of Morioh's disk abalone cooked together with Pearl Jam having a possibility of healing her.
Some time after Rohan successfully poaches some abalone, he is glad to see Virgina together with Tonio in the kitchen, with her no longer in a wheelchair.
The Mochizuki Family (望月家, Mochizuki-ke, the names have been changed) are a cursed family comprising the the father Noboru (昇, 50 years old), his wife Haruko (晴瑠子, 46 years old), his eldest daughter Aki (亜貴, 21 years old), his youngest son Takeru (猛, 15 years old), and his mother Mitsu (ミツ, 78 years old). The father is a company employee while his wife is a housewife, and both his children are still students.
Unbeknownst to them, the family is stalked by a spirit taking the form of a man with a rabbit mask who brings misfortune to anyone in the family who doesn't spend the harvest moon night watching the moon. The family as a whole is incredibly unlucky, but those who watch the harvest moon have had long lives. The family lived like this since the battle of Sekigahara.
The Moon Rabbit (月の兎, Tsuki no Usagi) is a supernatural creature taking the form of a man wearing a grid patterned suit and a rabbit mask, but also has attributes of a hare such as unnaturally clawed fingers, long hare ears and prominent front teeth. It also possesses a wristwatch. It is invisible to humans.
The Spirit stalks the Mochizuki Family and is responsible for many unfortunate events that endanger the family, seemingly taking pleasure in tormenting the family. However, the Spirit cannot take the life of a former family member (such as a Mochizuki woman who becomes engaged to another).
Obanazawa (尾花沢) is a divorced law firm employee. Having given his sperm at the sperm bank, he is the biological father Mao Katahira and also has a son named Tomoya. Due to a twist of fate, he and Mai Katahira end up meeting each other and fall in love, eventually getting together and forming a family. He shares uncanny quirks with his daughter and is reminiscent of Mai's former fiancé.