Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

**Jojo's Bizarre Adventure** is about an eternal conflict between a generation-spanning JoJos (with one GioGio) and the evil-doers such as the vampire named Dio, a Pillar Man named Kars, and many more. Many of them are also fighting with a special ability that is called "Stands", which cannot be seen by a naked human eye.

Also, is *that* a Jojo reference?

## The Fandom and the "Jojo Reference"

Both the Love Live! and the JoJo fandom often had a very friendly relationship with each other due to the shows being popular in the 2010s, which also starts a series of Music Videos with Love Live's songs added and various crossover fanart. Because of the chemistry, the crossovers have been mostly continued since.

Some or most of the crossover memes can be found at r/Otonokizaka/.

## The Jojo's Bizarre Shout-outs in Love Live! Media

### What are the actual Jojo references in Love Live?

The examples below feature the most explicit references.

One of Fumie's Nishimura's books features a crudely-drawn picture of Joseph Joestar. (Note the book's cover.)Tomori doing the Jonathan Joestar pose. (https://twitter.com/tomori\_tmr/status/1248657369979957248)In the "Forbidden Fruche Evening Party" Livestream, Akari Kito (Kanata Konoe does a familiar pose, with her partner Yuki Kaji calling this as it was from "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" (Go to 46:26 for context)In the second episode of the *Nijiyon Animation* web series, The "rumbling" unsound effects on Lanzhu is similar to the "menacing" effect.

### What's (and what's ***not***) the ***closest*** thing to having a Jojo reference in Love Live?

"*Sometimes things are a Jojo reference. Sometimes things are not. Most of the time when Jojo fans say "thats a Jojo reference", it tends not to be.*"
―A fan from r/Otonokizaka[src]
Some of the context in *Love Live!* features similar things such as the poses, outfits, the unsound effects, and the quotes from the series, though whether these examples are actual references are currently in the ***grey area*** unless otherwise specified.

However, due to the *extremely vocal* fanbase plus the extensive popularity of the memes, A portion of the fans also latched on to even the ***most** tangential* of details as a "reference" to the series, coincidental or not. (Whether the fans are joking or otherwise depends on the individual.)

Shiga Hitomi, a character from the School Idol Festival game, wore a very similar-looking outfit that resembles Jotaro's, although this attire is commonly used by the delinquent leaders in Japan, known as Banchou.Any girl that points on the camera is sometimes seen as a reference to Jotaro's signature pointing pose.Mari screaming "Oh My God!" in *Sunshine!!* S1EP12, with the said line being associated with Joseph Joestar's signature line in *Stardust Crusaders*.A scene of the male alpaca licking Kotori in the School Idol Project Anime is occasionally conceived as a reference to Bruno's signature "This is a taste of a liar" lick.Some of Yoshiko's Fallen Angel poses are inspired by *Jojo*, with one of them being based on Noriaki Kakyoin's pose (right), though with one pinky finger off.The 3rd comic strip from the April issue of Nakane Nata's official Sunshine 4komas has one of the statues striking a familiar-looking pose.Furihata's similar-looking Killer Queen pose, albeit with incorrect arm gestures.Aina Kusuda's (Left) Kakyoin-like pose, albeit with incorrect finger poses, even though this was meant to be a nod to Yoshiko's fallen angel gesture.Any images of the girls facing each other (with the left girl standing from the rear and the right girl standing on the front) is often compared with the signature "Oh, You're Approaching Me?" scene in Stardust Crusaders.One of Nozomi's trademark Tarot Cards: The Star, is pretty much associated to Star Platinum.Hanayo's "form X" gesture in "We Have to Do Something!" (and sometimes, Dia Kurosawa's "Bzzt Bzzt" pose) is sometimes viewed as th***YOU FELL FOR IT FOOL! THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK! THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF OFFENSE AND DEFENSE!***The KanaMari duo's name for the second volume of the Duo Trio Winter Collection is called "星河一天 (Seiga Itten)" which literally means a river of stars covers the sky. But given the Katakana/English-translated name of the words "**Stardust**" and "**Ocean**", some believe that this also "officially" references *Stardust Crusaders* and *Stone Ocean*.Setsuna Yuuki's "CHASE!" song is occasionally compared with *Diamond is Unbreakable'*s "Chase", mainly due to similar-sounding titles despite being completely different songs.Any of the three idols on-screen that poses or dances on the camera is seen as a "Reference" to a Pillar Men pose in *Battle Tendency* or the Torture Dance in *Vento Aureo*.This particular scene from "My Wish" is occasionally seen as a "reference" to that stair scene in "Dio's World" from *Stardust Crusaders*.Due to her distinctive dialect, Hanamaru uses "ora" as a first-person pronoun to refer to herself. Said tic is also conceived as a "reference" to Star Platinum's battle cry.This illustration (left) of Aqours from the Aqours First Love Live! ~Step! ZERO to ONE~ poster is shown doing the "upwards finger pointing" pose. Said pose is also seen as a "reference" to the same pose made by the characters from *Diamond is Unbreakable* in the "Great Days" opening. This is also accompanied by the "Let the voice of love take you higher!" chorus.The star marks on the MIRACLE WAVE outfits are similar to a Joestar birthmark, albeit placed on the left face cheek.Several of the girls' side-view stance (The climax of the Sunshine!! movie, and the CD cover for AWAKEN THE POWER) is often compared with the main characters' similar-looking posture in the Stardust Crusaders opening.In the 54th *Appare Inami! Ichimei-sama Yattemāsu* radio broadcast, Anju's difficulty in pronouncing English, such as the "za wawawa (The Wawawa what)" is often viewed as the ***VERY*** closest thing on her pronouncing Dio's signature time-stopping line. (Context (skip to 1:00))The poses in the first 2 pictures above are often compared with Dio Brando's signature "It was Me!" scene, both the *gesture and facial expression*.Karin Asaka's triple moles on her chest also made some fans point out its similarities to DIO's on his ear.Yu Takasaki pointing that that she has a dream (before it was interrupted by Ayumu) is compared with Giorno's signature line.Kaori Maeda doing a Killer Queen-styled pose in the *Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 5th Live! Nijigasaku Basho‎* concert.Kanon peeking the School Idol Club's keyhole in "Street Corner Galaxy" is *sometimes* seen as a "nod" to Joseph peeking Lisa in *Battle Tendency*.Kasumi's pose in the "Senobi Shitatte" lyric Music Video is very similar to one of Josuke's signature poses, albeit flipped.
## Fanfic appearances

*List your fanfiction here if this character appears in it:*

### ***Honoka's Bizarre Adventure***

A fanfiction penned by MiyuShinohara, thisis a crossover between Love Live and JoJo, which while focusing on the concept of the girls of µ's and original characters developing Stands, as well as several other themes from JJBA and returning characters from the franchise.

## Notes & Trivia

* Aside from *one* easter egg in *School Idol Festival* and the voice actors' involvement as usually minor (and sometimes major) characters for the Anime adaptations, The *Love Live!* franchise has yet to officially collaborate with *Jojo* or even made shout-outs to the franchise in the live concerts' intermission stories.
* Junichi Suwabe, Leone Abbracchio's voice actor, provides the voice work for a commercial promoting the January 2018 issue of Ultra Jump, which also features Aqours from *Sunshine!!*.
* The events of the first half of *Love Live! The School Idol Movie: Over The Rainbow* and and the entirety of *Golden Wind* took place in Italy.
* The second round of "Tomori Kusunoki The Music Reverie" radio streaming features "*BLOODY STREAM*" on the playlist.
* KLab (a Mobile Game company) distributes both the *Love Live!* (until MyNet Games took over in 2021) and *Jojo's Bizarre Adventure* mobages. (KLab already released *School Idol Festival* since 2013 while a *Golden Wind*-based Mobile Game, titled "黄金赞歌" (roughly translated as *Golden Hymn*) is released exclusively on Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau on 2021.)
* Both *Love Live! Super Star!* and the animated adaptation of *Stone Ocean* are revealed on April 4, 2021.
* The official Tarot-styled Nijigasaki trading cards has drawn some comparison with the Tarots featured in *Stardust Crusaders*.
* Shu Uchida (Mia Taylor's VA) owns a cake with DIO's stenciled image printed on it.
* In the "*Yohane the Parhelion: BLAZE in the DEEPBLUE‎‎*" game, Mari features a time-stopping ability like DIO's, though her way of calling her move is slightly different than DIO's signature "Toki wa tomare!" line.

### Voice Actor-related

* At least a number of confirmed voice actors from *Love Live!* also voiced a few supporting/minor characters for the franchise:
	+ Yurika Kubo (Hanayo Koizumi) - A Girl in the 17th Episode of *Stardust Crusaders*
	+ Ayaka Suwa (First-year Student B in LLSIP Episode 3) - a female tourist in *Stardust Crusaders* Episode 5
	+ Sayuri Hara (Mika in LLSIP) - Reimi Sugimoto in *Diamond is Unbreakable*
	+ Nana Mizuki (Riko Sakurauchi's Mother): Erina Pendelton in the *Phantom Blood* movie
	+ Hibiku Yamamura (Riko's Piano Teacher) - Nukesaku's female form
	+ Shigeru Chiba (*CYaZALEA Kiss Dadandaan'*s narrator) - Yoshihiro Kira
	+ Sayami Suzushiro (Female Student in LLSS Episodes 1-4, and 7-9) - Girl 1 in *Golden Wind*
	+ Ryoko Shiraishi (the voice of Setsuna Yuuki/Nana Nakagawa's mother) - Foo Fighters in All Star Battle/Eyes of Heaven
	+ Sayaka Senbongi (the voice of Kasane Hasekura) - A female student in the 22nd episode of *Diamond is Unbreakable*, and Trish Una from *Golden Wind*
	+ Akio Otsuka (the voice of Mari's father in Yohane the Parhelion) - Mohammed Avdol
* Both Arisa Komiya (Dia Kurosawa) and Kensho Ono (Giorno Giovanna) played two characters in the live-action adaptation of *Omaera Zenin Mendokusai!* (*All of Them Are Troublesome Girls*) in 2019.
* Fairouz Ai (the voice for Jolyne Cujoh from the anime adaptation of *Stone Ocean*) and Kaori Maeda (Shizuku Osaka) interacted in the *Maeda Kaori & Fairouz Ai FUN'S PROJECT LAB* radio show.
* Akio Otsuka (Mari's father in *Yohane the Parhelion*) voices Muhammad Avdol in the *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure* Drama CDs, and Wammu in the anime adaptation of *Battle Tendency*.
* Tomokazu Sugita (Joseph Joestar in *Battle Tendency*) voices Yohane's father in the *Yohane the Parhelion* Drama CD.

### Meta and ***Out*** of Canon

* In general, any of the things in various Anime/Manga (For example road rollers, daggers, banchous) is considered as "**actual**" *Jojo* shout-outs.
* Any *Love Live!*-themed context, such as fanarts and memes, is sometimes responded with *Jojo*-based comments.
* The "To Be Continued" logo is a popular meme, as it can be seen in several *Love Live!* fanarts and fan videos as well.
* The word "stand (or ***Su-tan-do*** if one prefers to pronounce it that way)" is frequently associated with the said supernatural ability of the same name.
* Kars' "***I've waited for 4...no, 5000 years for this***" line is often used as a reaction to the fans' reaction to new content. (*Love Live! i*ncluded)
* The search results for "*Love Live!*" on the MyAnimeList site also had some of the Jojo titles lumped together. This doesn't last after new additions for the *Love Live!* series has included in the search.

#### Love Live!-related

##### General

* In some fanarts and many memes, the male characters in *Jojo* are often seen alongside the School Idols, possibly owning the memetic chemistry between the two franchises.
	+ This is ironic considering that many foreign fans treated the Male gender in Love Live! as completely "non-existent".
* Umi's archery equipment is sometimes replaced with the Bow and Arrow (not the actual weapon, the one that also boosts Stands)

##### The International fanbase's POV

* The fandom pointed out the "similarities" between *Love Live!* and *Jojo'*s core themes (Which they also refer to them as "one and the same"), such as:
	+ The ship tease subtext between the characters.
	+ Their popularity in the 2010s, mainly due to Love Live! airing in the same year in 2013 before *Phantom Blood/Battle Tendency* ended on April 5.
	+ The idea of "saving the ones they love", such as: Holly Kujo in *Stardust Crusaders*, and Otonokizaka High School in *School Idol Project".*
	+ The idea of legacy, as the actions of the previous generations, play a powerful role in the origins of the next, along with the symbolic thread of fate that strings them all together.
	+ The "redemption arcs" for some characters.
* Both Honoka's and You Watanabe's Father is sometimes nicknamed as Jotaro, with the latter being compared with Jotaro's *Stone Ocean* appearance due to wearing similar marine-themed uniforms, or the "Josuke Higashikata" from *Jojolion*.
* Nanjo Yoshino, Eli Ayase's voice actress, is often joked as a Stone Mask wearer or a Hamon user due to a meme of her "aging backwards" a la Jojo's creator, Araki Hirohiko.
* Noriaki Kakyoin is mentioned by some of the fans if one talks about the school idols' mothers.
* Both Nozomi Tojo and Muhammad Avdol share a similarity when it comes with having esoteric knowledge.
* Tsubasa Kira's name is sometimes used for the modified version of the infamous Yoshikage Kira copypasta.
* Given her name alone, Dia Kurosawa is also a subject of various *Jojo*-based memes:
	+ Dio is occasionally associated with Dia due to sharing similar namesakes, with the latter's name being meme'd as "Kono ***Dia*** Da!", a variant of Dio's signature line.
	+ Her grin in "We've Got Stewshine!" is sometimes conceived as a "*Jojo face*", mainly due to the eyes and shading.
* Tsuki Watanabe's fluency in the Italian language is sometimes seen as a "similarity" with Giorno's Italian voice lines.
	+ Ironically, this has yet to apply on Emma Verde's occasional tendencies of adding "buono" on her speeches.
* Pannacotta Fugo and Honoka Kousaka had a similarity when it comes to them having average intelligence.
* In 2019, Mari became an example of being Dio Brando's daughter with Giorno Giovanna as her brother, and Mari's mother being a wife/candidate for Dio.
* The *CYaZALEA Kiss Dadandaan'*s narrator is occasionally mistaken as Okuyasu's voice, most likely due to Shigeru Chiba's and Wataru Takagi's similar vocal tones.
* Setsuna Yuuki/Nana Nakagawa's dual identity is sometimes compared with Diavolo's dual identity, referring to her as his "fluffier" counterpart.
* The strange and unique aesthetic for the Cotton Candy Ei Ei Oh!  Music Video is sometimes conceived as a reference to the Oingo Boingo Brothers' drawing style, though it closely resembles the *Pop Team Epic'*s Bob Epic Team aesthetic.
* The multiple "A I" sewn in the upper skirt section at Ai Miyashita's "Saikou Heart" outfit is conceived as a reference to the opening chorus of the Pillar Men theme.
* Yoshiko's "YohaTaro" appearance in the Guilty Kiss 2nd Live's Intermission Story features a rather masculine and muscular build. This has led a few fans to call it as a reference to Jojo's art style, though YohaTaro's face closely resembles *Golgo 13'*s facial design, and her forearm bandages is based on Kenshiro's from *Fist of the North Star*.
* The visual for Liella's "What a Wonderful Dream!" 2nd Live concert has led some (international) fans to compare it with several context from *Diamond is Unbreakable*, particularly the circular/fish eye-ish perspective from the opening and the cover of the Morioh RADIO 4 GREAT radio talk show.
* The "Cotton Candy Ei-Ei-Oh!" live performance at the *Aqours 6th LoveLive! ~KU-RU-KU-RU Rock 'n' Roll TOUR~ (SUNNY STAGE)* concert features Arisa Komiya as a support dancer for Ai Furihata. The former is also occasionally joked as a "Stand" given her role.

##### The Japanese fanbase's POV

*NOTE: The information below are taken from the "ジョジョライブ" entry from Pixiv dictionary*

* Rin's "Cute Splash!" in Happy Halloween! is sometimes parodied as "Emerald Splash", Hierophant's power.
* Nanjo's nickname, Nanjolo, is similar to the pronunciation of "Giorno" in Romaji.
* The "***in***" in "Sansha***in*** (Romaji for *Sunshine*)" is replaced with "院" as if it's a reference to Kakyoin's name.
* Chika Takami is sometimes associated with the Nijimura brothers (Okuyasu and Keijou), mainly due to their one Kanji names (千 (***Chi***ka)、億 (***Oku***yasu)、兆 (Kei***cho***)), which combines into 千億兆, translated as "Trillion".

## See Also

* Dio Brando
* Joseph Joestar
* Jotaro Kujo
* Noriaki Kakyoin
* Yoshikage Kira
	+ Killer Queen
* Giorno Giovanna
* Diavolo
* Okuyasu Nijimura

## External Links

* Love Live/Jojo crossover fanfics @ Archive of Our Own