Jotaro Kujo

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## Summary

**Jotaro Kujo** (空条 承太郎 *Kūjō Jōtarō*) is the grandson of Joseph Joestar, the third "JoJo" in *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*, and the main protagonist of *Part III: Stardust Crusaders*. ​​​​​A short-tempered, troublemaking delinquent, he discovers that he is haunted by an "evil spirit" in 1988, and, fearing this spirit, he gets himself locked away in prison. Here, he is confronted by his grandfather and his friend, Muhammad Avdol, who reveals that this evil spirit is the manifestation of his vital energy, a Stand - Star Platinum.

After being told of the reappearance and story of his great-great-grandfather's killer, DIO, Jotaro expresses disinterest and contempt, but due to DIO's use of the Stand Arrow, the Joestar bloodline begins to awaken Stands of their own; including his mother, who is too peaceful to survive and exist with such a power. Driven to save his mother, Jotaro sets on a course to Egypt with his grandfather and their allies to defeat the immortal DIO, as the *Stardust Crusaders*.

Ten years later in *Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable*, Jotaro arrives in the town of Morioh to locate his grandfather's illegitimate son, Josuke Higashikata, and warn him of the dangers lurking in his unassuming town. Even later in *Part VI: Stone Ocean*, Jotaro would end up helping his daughter Jolyne with her fight against Enrico Pucci.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** **9-B**, at least **6-C** with Star Platinum

**Powers and Abilities:**

* Abilities
* Resistances

* Jotaro
* Star Platinum
* Star Platinum: The World

* **Superhuman Physical Characteristics**
* **Multiple Selves** (Type 2; Star Platinum is a spiritual entity derived from Jotaro's soul, with a consciousness of its own, able to act in situations where Jotaro himself otherwise couldn't)
* **Rage Power** & **Statistics Amplification** (His Stand went from being weaker to one shotting The World due to anger)
* **Afterimage Creation** (Shown here)
* **General Stand User abilities**
* Limited **Accelerated Development** (In his youth only. Could learn how to stop time within minutes, while DIO and himself later on, took months to make the same amount of progress)
* Limited **4th Wall Awareness** (References his status as the main character of Part 3)

* **Superhuman Physical Characteristics**
* **Afterimage Creation** (Its attacks often leave numerous afterimages, even being able to seemingly appear in multiple places at once)
* **Enhanced Senses** (At least vision, possibly more due to the ambiguity of having "extreme precision")
* **Size Manipulation**
* **Body Control** (Can extend its index and middle fingers to attack others)
* **Super Breath** (Can continuously draw in air with his lungs, managed to remove fog from nearly an entire town)
* **Flight** (Within its effective range)
* Capable of **Telepathy**
* **General Stand abilities**
* **Aura**
* **Accelerated Development**
* **Rage Power**
* **Statistics Amplification**
* Limited **Heat Manipulation** (Star Platinum managed to light Jotaro's cigar with it's fingers through sheer speed)

All previous abilities;

* **Time Stop** (Was able to stop time for up to five seconds during his fight against DIO, allows Jotaro to stop time as well)

* Star Platinum: The World

* Limited **Resistance to Time Stop** (Can see and think within stopped time as well as move at the cost of using his own personal five seconds limit)

**Stamina:** Superhuman (Jotaro's willpower and resilience are phenomenal, enough for him to withstand many beatdowns from DIO and the World during their climactic showdown, persisting to deliver a killing blow even after having multiple bones broken. In *Diamond is Unbreakable*, Jotaro was able to continue advancing on and dodging attacks from Bug-Eaten despite continually stopping time whilst being affected by his poison. After being nearly killed by Sheer Heart Attack, Jotaro was still able to force himself to his feet and catch Kira off guard before beating him down with Star Platinum)

**Range:** Standard Melee Range physically; Star Platinum has an effective manifestation range of 2 meters; Standard Melee Range physically, Extended Melee Range with Star Finger, at least Hundreds of Meters with projectiles (Can flick projectiles up to seventy meters with perfect accuracy before outside conditions effects his precision and threw Iggy nearly 400 meters at N'Doul), Universal with Time Stop (Range-Irrelevant Ability that affects time of the whole world)

**Standard Equipment:** Star Platinum, Lighter

**Intelligence:** Gifted (Though he may appear short-tempered and straightforward, Jotaro is remarkably cunning and resourceful, taking after his grandfather in many ways. Though his Stand may be the simplest of all, Jotaro's intelligence more than makes up for this straightforwardness, as he can easily bluff and lure opponents into vulnerable positions from which to beat them senseless. When cornered, Jotaro will even rely on the Joestar secret technique of simply running away, though to a more advantageous position, such as luring Rubber Soul into the water so that he'd have no choice to breathe. Impressively, he even bluffed Daniel J. D'Arby, who was able to cheat even his grandfather, into passing out. He showcased his intelligence best in his final battle with DIO, using a simple magnet trick to buy time by convincing DIO he can move within stop time before the trick was revealed, baiting DIO into attacking him during stopped time and leaving himself vulnerable to counterattack. He also had the foresight to pad his clothing with magazines to lower the impact of any projectiles, and he lured DIO into yet another trap by playing dead, taking the opportunity to crush his skull. As an adult, Jotaro has become calmer and even more intelligent, so much so that he's stated to always be calm and collected in a fight, carefully analyzing Kira's household to profile him and his motivations, coming to many accurate conclusions regarding his personality and motivations. He has also become a marine biologist who contributed greatly to the field. Jotaro is also bilingual, fluent in at least Japanese and English). Star Platinum has been shown to have it's own self-sentience being described as violent and hard to control, Star Platinum despite following Jotaro's commands has shown the intelligence to act on its own in some situations for the benefit of Jotaro, such as finding and bringing Jotaro items to entertain himself with or in most cases, self-preservation, acting on its own if given the chance when Jotaro otherwise can't or is unable to.

**Weaknesses:** Jotaro is quick to anger, though he becomes calmer as he matures. Any damage dealt to Star Platinum is reflected onto Jotaro. In Stone Ocean, he can only stop time for up to five seconds with Star Platinum: The World, and must wait a moment before he can use it again, due to how taxing it is on the body, which doesn't affect his *Stardust Crusaders* and *Diamond Is Unbreakable* self. Disuse of this ability over a long period of time will cause his maximum duration to decrease, potentially as low as half a second. If someone Jotaro cares about is in danger, he will prioritize protecting them over attacking the enemy.

**Feats:** Star Platinum Respect Thread

**Notable Attacks/Techniques:**

* Sphg1.gifA held back pummel incapacitating Kakyoin
* Stand eye gif.gifStar Platinum's machine-like eyesight
* Sp catch.gifStar Platinum catching the microscopic Lovers between his fingers
* Star fing.gifThe Star Finger
* Sp throwing.gifStar Platinum's throwing arm in action
* Stand gyfc.gifStand leaps, levitation and Stand propulsion utilization
* Sp vs za world.gifStar Platinum Vs. The World
* Sp strength.gifStar Platinum's strength in full force against Dio
* Ezsp.gifAn OraOraOra puncturing holes in Dio
* Phase.gifStar Platinum's phasing
* Jojo heart.gifStar Platinum stopping and then restarting Jotaro's heart
* Sp punch.gifStar Platinum's casual strength in action
* Sp feat.gifVarious feats of strength
* Steely Dan Dies.gifStar Platinum beating Steely Dan to a pulp
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* Sp tm.gifStar Platinum's Time-Stop Barrage
* Sp time 1.gifTime Stop
* Sp vs kq.gifA weakened Star Platinum blitzing Killer Queen
* Sp4 vs kq.gifStar Platinum on the verge of death defeating Kira
* Sp4.gifPummeling Sheer Heart Attack within stopped time
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* **Star Platinum:** Jotaro's Stand, a muscular, violet humanoid close-range Stand with a violent reputation. Rather straightforward for a Stand, Star Platinum's powers focus near entirely around beating down opponents in close quarters with brutal, high-speed barrages of punches and kicks. It is one of the strongest Stands of all, proving itself to be a match for Stands as fast and powerful as Silver Chariot, Crazy Diamond, and even The World, which is the same type of Stand.
	+ **Precision:** Star Platinum is incredibly precise, capable of catching a bullet inches away from Jotaro shooting himself as a test and surgically removing DIO's flesh buds from Polnareff and Kakyoin's brains without causing any damage, something that even the world's greatest surgeons couldn't accomplish. It was also able to accurately sketch a photorealistic drawing of a tsetse fly from a small, low-quality photo, as well as catching the Lovers, an incredibly small Stand. Lastly, its eyesight can make out objects from kilometers away as well as catch Daniel J. D'Arby cheating by second dealing.
	+ **Star Finger:** Star Platinum stores energy within its index finger before jabbing it forwards, extending it up to two meters. This can be used to catch opponents by surprise and attack other close-range Stands from a safer distance.
* **Star Platinum: The World:** During Jotaro's dramatic final battle with DIO, he unlocked the ability to move within stopped time, and eventually, to stop time himself. Within his world of frozen time, only Jotaro and Star Platinum can move normally, and they have up to five seconds to do so. Initially, Jotaro could only move for up to three seconds at a time, and, due to disuse, the maximum duration lowered to a measly second, but he eventually raised it back to its peak of five seconds. Unlike DIO, Jotaro is only human, and repetitive use of the ability is extremely taxing on his stamina thus making it a requirement to take some pause between each use.

**Note:** Star Platinum: The World does not stack damage it does while time is stopped. This has been shown to be false when DIO punched through Kakyoin, when Jotaro broke Kira's hand, when Jotaro and DIO damaged the steamroller and when Jotaro damaged Sheer Heart Attack. All of these times, the damage was dealt to the opponent while time was stopped.

**Note 2:** During VS Threads, the OP should specify which version of Jotaro is being used in his second key. Even though *Stone Ocean* and *Diamond Is Unbreakable* Jotaro are in the same key, their weakness are different.

## Gallery

Star Platinum's first stats in Part 6.jpgStar Platinum's first stats in Part 6JotaroPart3Full.jpgJotaro, as drawn by Araki in his most iconic pose
## References

1. ↑ JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Chapter 16
2. ↑ JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Chapter 19
3. ↑ JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable Chapter 60
4. ↑ JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Chapter 74
5. ↑ Tokai Lecture
6. ↑ JoJo-A-Go!Go!: Standology