Jotaro Kujo

"Good grief... all I wanted was a goddamn donut."

**Jotaro Kujo** is a major protagonist from **Jojo's Bizarre Adventure**. He made his series debut in *It's So Wonderful*.

## Canon

On the outside, Jotaro appears rough and abrasive to those around him. He’s known for his no-nonsense attitude, often snapping at any who annoy him or get on nerves, and disrespecting his parents. However rough he seems, though, his tough veneer masks a heart of gold and a fierce loyalty to the ones he loves: Though he may have at first seemed to disrespect and spite his mother, he was shown to care deeply for her and risk his life to defeat DIO in order to save her. He puts it all on the line for his friends, loyal to the end as he battles with all his might to keep them safe. He shows no mercy to those who harm innocents, taking great care to spare any spectators and punish those who would do harm to bystanders with relentless force.

Jotaro is also incredibly intelligent, possessing a PhD in marine biology and working as a man of science. He is highly perceptive, thinking quickly in the heat of battle to pull off incredible strategies that help him turn the tide in his favour. Complemented well by this is his courage: Jotaro possesses nerves of steel, and is almost never shocked, shaken or scared by his enemies. Even when his soul and the fate of his family was on the line, he kept his cool and bluffed in front of the professional gambler Daniel D’Arby and shook the normally cool and collected servant of DIO to his core.

When his mother, Holy, falls ill due to DIO's reawakening, Jotaro journeys across the world to Egypt, alongside his grandfather and an unlikely group of friends, in order to save Holy and end DIO's reign of terror. He later appears alongside Josuke Higashikata to hunt down the vicious serial killer stalking Morioh, and with his daughter Jolyne Cujoh, battling the last remaining bastion of DIO's fanatic followers.

## Pre-ArcRift

Under the effects of Made in Heaven, Jotaro's soul was abandoned in the dying universe after he was killed at the hands of Enrico Pucci. However, Pucci's soul suffered the same fate as a result of Emporio's actions: The two met in the dying universe, and Jotaro finally defeated Pucci's soul and escaped into what he presumed to be the afterlife. However, this was not to be the case, and Jotaro would find himself embroiled in the mysterious Reaper's Game.

## Plot Involvement

### It's So Wonderful

*This information will be elaborated upon within further progress of the Arc.*

## Character Relationships

* *Meta Knight* - A major character from the **Kirby** series who debuted in *It's So Wonderful.* After Meta Knight approached Jotaro about the Reaper on the roof, the two teamed up to investigate. Afterwards, Jotaro confided in Meta Knight about the note he had found and the plot he had uncovered: The two agreed to become allies, and work to stop the conspiracy.

* *Emerl the Gizoid* - A minor protagonist from **Sonic the Hedgehog** who debuted in *It's So Wonderful*. Meeting in Cat Street, Jotaro clued an inquisitive Emerl into the conspiracy, and offered to let him join the detective group. He accepted, and Emerl became Jotaro's ally and team member.

* *Malachai Parker* - A major antagonist from **The Vampire Diaries** who debuted in *It's So Wonderful*. After Kai killed Herbert Moon during the first trial, Jotaro was outraged at him and demanded to know why. When Kai revealed he was a vampire, however, Jotaro was sent into a furious rage, pummeling Kai into oblivion during stopped time. Though he survived for a short time after, he eventually succumbed to his wounds and was finished off by Kirei Kotomine.

## Trivia

* Hirohiko Araki, the creator of JJBA, has stated that Jotaro has become iconic enough to represent "Jojo" as a whole. The future designs of characters were based around him, and several characters in the later parts of Jojo pay homage to him.
* Jotaro has previously experienced multiversal crossover in the game Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven, although it was restricted only to Jojo characters. He later would appear in Jump Force alongside his nemesis DIO and the latter's son Giorno, crossing over with characters like Goku, Naruto and Monkey D. Luffy.
* Due to a variety of evidence, including: Sensitivity and angry snaps towards repetitive loud stimuli, difficulties in verbal communication and preference for gestures, difficulty expressing and understanding emotions, repetitive physical and vocal actions, a hyper fixation on very specific topics, and a strong focus for small details, many fans theorise that Jotaro is on the autism spectrum.
* Alongside Kirei Kotomine, Jotaro holds the record for being the first player character to kill another player character in both *It's So Wonderful* and the RP as a whole. He and Kirei killed the vampyric Kai Parker in response to the latter's murder of Herbert Moon during Day 1 of the Reapers' Game.