Birthday: 1971
Age: 17 (Part 3), 28 (Part 4), 30 (Part 5), 40–41 (Part 6)
Zodiac: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Blood Type: B
Height: 195 cm (6'5")
Weight: 82 kg (181 lb)
Stand: Star Platinum
Joutarou is the protagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3, and the only JoJo to appear across five different story arcs. He's best known for his signature look: a trenchcoat-length school uniform jacket with yellow chains draped on the collar, paired with a beat-up student cap that seems to blur into his hair (fans still debate where one ends and the other begins). His defining catchphrase, "Yare yare daze"—roughly "gimme a break"—perfectly captures his perpetually bored, exasperated vibe.
Joutarou's got a quick temper and a rough delinquent streak, but underneath that tough exterior he's genuinely intelligent, loyal, and deeply caring—he just refuses to show it openly. He figures his feelings are obvious enough without spelling them out. Girls constantly chase after him; he ignores most of them. He respects his grandfather Joseph Joestar and loves his mother Holy, even if his actions don't always make it obvious.
When he first appears, Joutarou's in jail convinced that his Stand is an evil spirit possessing him. To prove it, he steals a guard's gun and tries to shoot himself—a phantom hand shoots out from his arm and catches the bullet. Only his mother witnesses it. Joseph and Muhammad Avdol eventually show up to help, and after a scuffle, Joutarou learns the truth: that hand belongs to Star Platinum, one of the series' strongest Stands. It's a fierce, muscular spirit with machine-like precision, capable of devastating rapid-fire barrages. Star Platinum can also stop time—though Joutarou doesn't discover this until his climactic fight with Dio Brando, when Dio's about to crush him with a steamroller.
Joutarou shows real moral complexity in how he treats his enemies. He spared Noriaki Kakyouin and Polnareff despite them attacking him, recognizing they were under Dio's control and not truly evil. Both became crucial allies. He showed respect to N'Dour, an enemy who fought with blind loyalty rather than greed, and gave him a proper burial in the desert. By contrast, the D'Arby brothers got the full force of his ferocity. He's simultaneously brutal and merciful depending on what he senses in his opponent.
By Part 6 (Stone Ocean), Joutarou's reinvented himself as an oceanographer living in the U.S. He's married and has a daughter, Jolyne, who inherits Stand powers and a knack for getting dragged into wild adventures—much like her father. She even adopts an outfit style similar to his, inspired by her respect for him. In Part 6, Joutarou becomes fiercely protective, taking near-fatal hits meant for Jolyne. When her companion Anasui asks for his blessing to marry her, Joutarou plays deaf at first, but once he sees Jolyne lean against Anasui's chest, he pulls her back into his arms—not quite ready to let his daughter go.
Many fans regard Joutarou as the most charismatic character in the entire JoJo series. He's got that cool-guy thing down to an art form, yet he never feels cold or distant—just genuinely indifferent in a way that makes him more interesting.
Star Platinum is an absolute powerhouse with superhuman senses, strength, speed, accuracy, and stamina. It can see incredible distances and magnify its vision dramatically. It's got a "Star Finger" attack that extends its finger like a projectile. The main catch? It only works within a 2–3 meter radius of Joutarou. It's fundamentally similar to Dio's The World Stand, and like that Stand, it can freeze time—a game-changing ability that saves Joutarou's life more than once. Thematically, the Star card represents hope, which fits Joutarou perfectly: he's the young new hope the series needed.
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