Jotaro Kujo

Jotaro is established as a tall figure at 195 centimeters, handsome and solidly built even as a teenager, with dark hair that blends into his hat, a firm jaw, heavy brows, and green eyes. He carries the star-shaped birthmark shared by the Joestar family, and bears a faint resemblance to Jonathan and to a young Joseph.

His trademarks are a peaked, ornamented cap that is torn at the back and merges with his hair, and a long coat with a standing collar hung with chains. The details shift with each part: a modified gakuran in Stardust Crusaders, a paler, mostly white look through Diamond is Unbreakable across three outfits, and a heavily detailed dark coat printed with repeating stars in Stone Ocean.

Introduced as a rough delinquent, Jotaro hides a gentle heart and unwavering loyalty beneath a cold surface. He is sharp, perceptive, and quick-witted, expressing himself in curt phrases and keeping an unbothered, almost disinterested air. His steadiest quality is composure under pressure, best shown when he bluffs the expert gambler D'Arby into folding while wagering the souls of everyone he loves.

For all his gruffness, he cares deeply for his companions, staying jailed early on to keep his Stand from harming anyone and forming true bonds with Kakyoin, Polnareff, Avdol, and Iggy. He grows more mellow and mature by Diamond is Unbreakable, mentoring Josuke and Koichi. In Stone Ocean he is a distant father to Jolyne, having stepped out of her life to protect her, yet he loves her enough to spend his last frozen seconds shielding her from harm.

Born in 1971, Jotaro drifted into delinquency by seventeen, around the time Star Platinum awakened. After badly injuring gang members, he turned himself in, sure that an evil spirit had seized him, and stayed locked up until Joseph and Avdol proved the entity was a Stand. With DIO revived and his mother Holy dying from an uncontrolled Stand, Jotaro sets out for Egypt alongside Joseph, Avdol, and the reformed Kakyoin.

The journey pits him against a parade of DIO's assassins, from Gray Fly and the false Captain Tennille to Rubber Soul, Steely Dan, and both D'Arby brothers, whom he beats through nerve and cunning as much as force. In the climactic duel he learns that Star Platinum can also halt time, matching DIO's World long enough to shatter him and revive a drained Joseph through a transfusion.

In 1999 he travels to Morioh, meets Josuke, and helps hunt down the arrow and the killer Kira. He later sends Koichi to Italy over DIO's son Giorno. By Stone Ocean, a forty-year-old marine scientist, he rushes to a Florida prison to rescue Jolyne, only for Whitesnake to strip his Stand and memories into DISCs, leaving him comatose. He recovers and returns for the final battle, but Enrico Pucci exploits his love for Jolyne during a crucial time stop and kills him as Made in Heaven awakens.