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Wang Chan

Character

Wang Chan is a fortune-telling black-market dealer from London's slums and the secondary antagonist of Phantom Blood. After Dio Brando turns him into a zombie, he becomes a devoted servant, aiding Dio's schemes until Jonathan Joestar destroys him aboard a burning ship.

Eyes: Grey
Hair: Grey (manga); black (anime)
Death: February 7, 1889
Gender: Male
Status: Deceased
Species: Zombie (formerly Human)
Ja Kanji: ワンチェン
Namesake: Wang Chung (English New Wave band)
Occupation: Fortune teller
Affiliation: Ogre Street; Dio Brando
Manga Debut: Chapter 7 (flashback); Chapter 10 (full)
Nationality: Chinese
Cause Of Death: Obliterated by Ripple energy
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Appearance

Wang Chan is a small, wiry old Chinese man whose spiky hair juts straight up above a sharp widow's peak. His face carries very long eyebrows, a fu manchu mustache, and a little mole beneath his right eye. Once turned into a zombie, he sprouts fangs and a lengthy tongue.

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Personality

In life Wang Chan is a greedy, callous merchant who happily sells Dio the poison used in his crimes without any concern for its purpose, and he grins as Dio stabs George Joestar; he later even picks through the burned Joestar mansion to salvage the Stone Mask for resale. Once Dio makes him a zombie, he becomes wholly devoted to his master, and though quiet at first he grows brutal and unrestrained, recklessly throwing himself at Jonathan despite being warned how dangerous the young man remains. A practiced fortune teller, he places supreme confidence in his own predictions, having foreseen that Dio would slip free of his imprisonment at the mansion.

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History

From his cluttered curio shop in the Ogre Street slums, the figure once known only as the Oriental Man sells Dio the poison used to murder his father Dario and to attempt the same on George Joestar, unconcerned with how it will be applied; he also remarks that a man back in his homeland bore a birthmark like Dio's and lived past a hundred and eighty. Captured by Jonathan and brought to the Joestar estate, he is present when the police try to take Dio in, and he becomes Dio's zombie servant after Dio drinks George's blood to turn vampire.

He nurses the wounded Dio, wheeling him about during the Jack the Ripper encounter, and attacks Jonathan during his training before being beaten off and reporting the Ripple back to Dio. When the heroes reach Dio's lair, Wang Chan hides and survives as one of the last remaining zombies, later recovering Dio's severed head and mourning that his master has no body. Entrusted with that head, he stows away aboard the ship carrying Jonathan and Erina and retrieves it from a coffin, but Jonathan spends the last of his strength crushing Wang Chan's skull and driving the Ripple through him, flinging his headless body into the vessel's machinery, which sets off the explosion that consumes the ship and its zombies.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What happened to Wang Chan JoJo?

Wang Chan, a fortune-telling black-market dealer, sold Dio Brando the poison used against the Joestars and was later turned into a devoted zombie servant. He was ultimately destroyed by Jonathan Joestar's Ripple energy aboard a burning ship after trying to recover Dio's severed head.

Who is the Chinese guy in JoJo?

The Chinese character in Phantom Blood is Wang Chan, a small, wiry old fortune teller from London's Ogre Street slums who becomes a secondary antagonist after Dio Brando turns him into a zombie.

How did Wang Chan become a zombie?

Wang Chan became a zombie after Dio Brando drank George Joestar's blood and transformed into a vampire, turning his followers, including Wang Chan, into zombie servants.

What did Wang Chan do for Dio Brando?

Wang Chan sold Dio Brando the poison used to murder his father Dario and to attempt to kill George Joestar, and after becoming a zombie he nursed Dio's wounds and attacked Jonathan Joestar on his master's behalf.

How does Wang Chan die?

Jonathan Joestar kills Wang Chan by crushing his skull and driving Ripple energy through him, then flings his headless body into the ship's machinery, triggering the explosion that destroys the vessel and its remaining zombies.

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