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Two fine lines cross his face in semicircles passing the inner corners of his eyes. Okuyasu is a young man of above-average height and medium to athletic build. 4.2.4 Let's Go Play at the Mangaka's House.^ The kanji shizuka ( 静) has an alternate Go-on W reading as jō.a b The kanji sada ( 貞) has an alternate Kan'yō-on W reading as jō.a Giorno Giovanna ( ジョルノ・ジョバァーナ, Joruno Jobāna), due to phonetic similarities between the Italian syllable ' Gio' ( dʒo) and the Japanese syllable ' ジョ' ( (d)ʑo).a b c The kanji suke ( 助) has an alternate Go-on W reading as jo.This is hinted at by Araki when at the end of Part 3, the song Joseph listened to on his walkman was this song. The name 'JoJo' may have also been a reference from the song 'Get Back' by the Beatles, in which there are the lyrics: 'Get Back JoJo'.The only time the stylized 'GioGio' is mentioned by another character is during the ending of the light novel Purple Haze Feedback wherein Pannacotta Fugo and Giorno Giovanna discuss the events of the story, Giorno tells Fugo to 'do him a favor' and call him 'GioGio' instead of 'Boss', Fugo replies by swearing his allegiance and refers to him as 'GioGio'.Giorno Giovanna and Josuke Higashikata are the only main protagonists who were never referred to by the nickname 'JoJo' (or the stylized 'GioGio') by other characters in canon works.Araki mentions that it was risky using this type of name, as using a foreign name for a main protagonist at the time was considered taboo.Īraki also admits that stories such as East of Eden and the TV series Roots inspired him to use a periodical style where the main character changes, but the story continues although this was not a very Jump-style format for manga at the time.

The two decided the protagonist's first name would be Jonathan, and Araki, using Steven Spielberg W's name as a reference, decided the last name should follow the same format, and thus Joestar was decided. Jesus (given name Yeshua ben Yusef, anglicized as Joshua Josephson)Īraki admits that the idea for the name came from his neighborhood's local Jonathan's restaurant where he and his editor would often hold midnight meetings.Norisuke Higashikata IV (born Josuke).However, it's notable that their names are able to be shortened as 'JoJo': The following characters are not protagonists in the series, and some do not even belong to the Joestar bloodline.

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