Jonathan Joestar

*“I strive to be a true gentleman! There are times when a gentleman has to be courageous and fight, even when his opponent is bigger than he is and he knows he's going to lose!”*

— Jonathan Joestar, Chapter 1 "Prologue"

## Jonathan Joestar

### Affiliation

Joestar Family
Hamon Users

DIO

### Family

George Joestar I (father)
Mary Joestar (mother)

Erina Joestar (wife)

George Joestar II (son)

Joseph Joestar (grandson)

Holy Kujo (great-grandaughter)

Jotaro Kujo (great-great-grandson)

Jolyne Cujoh (great-great-great-grandaughter)

Josuke Higashikata (great-grandson)

Giorno Giovanna (biological son)

Rykiel (biological son)

Ungalo (biological son)

Donatello Versus (biological son)

### Status

Deceased

**Jonathan Joestar** is the protagonist of *Phantom Blood*and the first JoJo of the *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure* series.

He is characterized as being kind, honest, and loyal, as a direct counterpart to his adopted brother, the evil Dio. He sacrifices himself at the end of Part 1 in order to defeat Dio, but his sacrifice was in vain, as Dio was able to survive and attach his severed head onto Jonathan's post-mortem.

Jonathan fathered one child with his wife Erina before his death, George Joestar II, and through DIO using his body to procreate, is technically the father of Giorno Giovanna, Rykiel, Ungalo, and Donatello Versus.

He is posthumously the Stand User of The Passion, a Stand similar to Hermit Purple that is used by DIO in Part 3 through Jonathan's body.

## Physical Appearance

Jonathan is a large physically fit man. He has blue longish hair and blue eyes. His usual outfit consists of him wearing a large blue short-sleeve crop top. He wears a backpack and grey jeans with brown boots.

### Occasional Appearances

In *Dio the Invader*, Jonathan wears a brown coat over his main outfit.

In *Dio the Invader*, as a 12-year-old boy, he has well-kept blue hair and wears a fancy suit over a white undershirt.

In *Dio the Invader*, he wears a striped jumpsuit while fawning over Erina.

In *Dio the Invader*, he also appears wearing a white tank-top and red boxing gloves while in a boxing match with Dio.

In *Dio the Invader*, as an adult playing rugby, he wears a large, long-sleeved jersey with white and aquamarine stripes.

In *A Letter From the Past*, when confronting Dio about poisoning their father, he wears a formal suit with a white ascot.

In *Overdrive*, Jonathan's entire body is completely bandaged while being cared for by Erina.

In *Overdrive*, on his walk with Erina when he first meets Will A. Zeppeli he wears a similar outfit to that of when he was young, but it is brown, and he wears a pink scarf.

In *Overdrive*, following his father's death, he wears some weird ass sweater over a brown long-sleeved shirt and wears a baseball cap backwards on his head.

In *The Final Ripple!* he wears a black tuxedo during his wedding with Erina.

In the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation Season 1 official reveal, Jonathan wears an outfit similar to that which appears in the Volume 4 illustration.

In *Beyond II*, Jonathan is revived, and wakes up rejuvenated after having his head reattached. (non-canon)

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## History

Jonathan was born into the rich Joestar family in the late 1860s. When he was a young baby, he was in a carriage accident, which caused the death of his mother and the fateful meeting of his father, George Joestar, and Dario Brando.

10 years later, when Jonathan is 12, Dario Brando passes away, and his son, Dio, is adopted by Jonathan's father. The two of them instantly become rivals, while Jonathan tries to welcome his new brother, Dio is plotting the downfall of the Joestars so that he may steal their fortune.

## Age

In the first episode Jonathan is 12 years old, and then in the rest of Part 1 he is 20 years old.

## Personality

Jonathan is described, mostly by himself and by other people, as a true gentleman. He never acts out of his own self-interest, which directly mirrors his archrival Dio.

## Powers and Abilities

### Hamon

Having been taught this ancient technique by Will A. Zeppeli, Jonathan harnesses the sun in order to defeat vampires and zombies such as Dio and his minions.

#### Some of his attacks:

* **Zoom Punch-** Allows him to dislocate his arm and stretch it a few feet in order to hit an opponent.
* **Overdrive-** Basic punch imbued with Ripple.
* **Sunlight Yellow Overdrive-** Sends Hamon through his body directly.
* **Scarlet Overdrive-** Ripple attack imbued with flame.
* **Turquoise Blue Overdrive-** Ripple attack performed underwater.
* **Metal Silver Overdrive-** Ripple conducted through metal.
* **Life Magnetism Overdrive-** Conducting Ripple through organic matter, magnetizing it.

### *The Passion* (non-canon)

#### Clairvoyance

In Part 3, using Jonathan's body, DIO is able to use a Hermit Purple-like Stand to spy on the Stardust Crusaders. This is intended to be Jonathan's latent Stand ability (named "The Passion" in the non-canon light novel *Jorge Joestar*,) which has the basic powers of Hermit Purple, those being clairvoyance and Hamon transmission.

### Part 1: *Phantom Blood*

* Episode 1: Dio the Invader
* Episode 2: A Letter from the Past
* Episode 3: Youth with Dio
* Episode 4: Overdrive
* Episode 5: The Dark Knights
* Episode 6: Pluck for Tomorrow
* Episode 7: The Successor
* Episode 8: Bloody Battle! JoJo & Dio
* Episode 9: The Final Ripple! (death)

### *JORGE JOESTAR*

* Chapter 1: Tsukumojuku (mentioned)
* Chapter 3: Wounds (mentioned)
* Chapter 5: Box (corpse)
* Chapter 7: Airplanes (mentioned)
* Chapter 9: Cliff (mentined)
* Chapter 11: Gremlin (mentioned)
* Chapter 13: Enemy (mentioned)
* Chapter 15: Beyond (mentioned)
* Chapter 16: Beyond II

### Part 2: *Battle Tendency*

* Episode 10: JoJo of New York (mentioned)
* Episode 11: Master of the Game (mentioned)
* Episode 14: Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times (flashback)
* Episode 20: Caesar: A Lonely Youth (flashback)
* Episode 21: A Hundred Against Two (flashback)
* Episode 24: The Bond That Binds JoJo (mentioned)
* Episode 25: The Birth of a Superbeing!! (flashback)
* Episode 26: The Man Who Became a God (photograph)

### Part 3: *Stardust Crusaders*

* Episode 1: A Man Possessed by an Evil Spirit (mentioned)
* Episode 2: Who Will Be the Judge!? (flashback)
* Episode 24: High Priestess, Part 2 (mentioned)
* Episode 36: Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 1 (mentioned)
* Episode 39: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 2 (flashback)
* Episode 42: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 1 (mentioned)
* Episode 46: DIO's World, Part 2 (mentioned)
* Episode 47: DIO's World, Part 3 (flashback)
* Episode 48: The Faraway Journey, Farewell Friends (mentioned)

### ***OVER HEAVEN***

* Chapter 3 (mentioned)
* Chapter 12 (mentioned)
* Chapter 13 (mentioned)
* Chapter 14 (mentioned)
* Chapter 15 (mentioned)
* Chapter 16 (mentioned)
* Chapter 17 (mentioned)
* Chapter 18 (mentioned)
* Chapter 20 (mentioned)
* Chapter 22 (mentioned)
* Chapter 23 (mentioned)
* Chapter 29 (mentioned)
* Chapter 30 (mentioned)
* Chapter 31 (mentioned)
* Chapter 32 (mentioned)
* Chapter 35 (mentioned)
* Chapter 36 (mentioned)
* Chapter 37 (mentioned)
* Chapter 38 (mentioned)
* Chapter 39 (mentioned)
* Chapter 42 (mentioned)
* Chapter 45 (mentioned)
* Chapter 48 (mentioned)
* Chapter 49 (mentioned)
* Chapter 50 (mentioned)
* Chapter 51 (mentioned)
* Chapter 52 (mentioned)
* Chapter 56 (mentioned)
* Chapter 58 (mentioned)
* Chapter 59 (mentioned)
* Chapter 60 (mentioned)
* Chapter 62 (mentioned)
* Chapter 65 (mentioned)
* Chapter 67 (mentioned)
* Chapter 69 (mentioned)
* Chapter 70 (mentioned)
* Chapter 73 (mentioned)
* Chapter 74 (mentioned)
* Chapter 75 (mentioned)
* Chapter 78 (mentioned)
* Chapter 79 (mentioned)

## Trivia

* Jonathan's birthmark, which is a staple among members of the Joestar Family, is never shown in the manga, but in the anime, it is retconned into the Tarkus and Bruford fight.
* It is a misconception that Jonathan was named after a restaurant that Araki went to called "Jonathan's" as he was actually called Jonathan Joestar because Araki wanted to have a protagonist whose name had alliteration, like the name Steven Spielberg.
* The animators for the Part 4 OP "Great Days" intended for Jonathan to be added somewhere in the OP, but the writers stopped them, and included the rising sun at the beginning to be a representation of him.

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