Joseph Joestar³

Name: Jonathan Joestar.
Alias: JoJo (nickname in his youth), Old Man (by Jotaro Kujo), Mr. Joestar (by the Joestar Group).
Stand: Hermit Purple.
Age: 67 (Part 3).
Birthday: September 27, 1920.
Zodiac Sign: Libra.
Chinese Zodiac: Monkey.
Gender: Male.
Height: 195 cm (6 ft 5 in).
Weight: 97 kg (214 lb).
Blood Type: B.
Nationality: British-American.
Occupation: Real Estate.
Favorites: Color: Marine blue; Food: Fried chicken, Chewing gum; Actor: Jean Gabin; Animal: Dogs.
Woman Type: Cute (smarts don't matter).
Hobbies: Collecting comic books and manga.
Dislikes: Cows (because they slobber).
Marital Status: Married.
Relationships: Jonathan Joestar (grandfather), Erina Joestar (grandmother), George Joestar II (father), Unnamed stepfather, Lisa Lisa (mother), Suzi Q (wife), Holy Kujo (daughter), Sadao Kujo (son-in-law), Jotaro Kujo (grandson).

Joseph Joestar is the main protagonist of the second part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Battle Tendency, and the second JoJo of the series. He also appears as a primary ally in Stardust Crusaders.

As the grandson of Jonathan Joestar, Joseph is a natural-born Hamon user and eventual Stand user, wielding the psychic photographic Stand, Hermit Purple. An exuberant troublemaker with an exceptional talent for trickery, Joseph meets the fantastic threats approaching him throughout his life with initiative and impressive ingenuity, battling vampires, the Pillar Men, and malevolent Stand users.

In 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀, Joseph has considerably mellowed out, having lost much of his aggression and laziness. Still irascible towards the Japanese in general, due to a Japanese man marrying his beloved daughter Holy, Joseph is otherwise nice to his grandson and Noriaki Kakyoin. His self-confidence and penchant for befriending people are still present, notably with the appearance of his new friend Muhammad Avdol, and his tendency to approach the locals first and communicate with them, overall being the one to deal business with them. For instance, he takes it upon himself to order food in Hong Kong, gladly approaches an Indian barman to try sugar cane juice, tries to salute a hotel owner in Pakistan as well as order doner kebab in Karachi.

Joseph is much more responsible than in Battle Tendency, being more proactive in his quest to Egypt, and also sometimes reminding his younger companions of their goals when they are distracted. Years of peace and the appearance of the much stranger Stands means that Joseph lost some of his talents at outsmarting enemies, and is often the victim of the Stands he encounters. However, Joseph still has a few tricks left up his aged sleeve and is capable of outsmarting enemies, having successfully cheated against Telence D'Arby, and figuring out The World time stop's limits.

Joseph's goofy side is also still present, and his somewhat frequent failures at blending with the local culture and his struggle at battling Stands are a constant source of humor. Moreover, his boastful nature leads him to occasional goofs, such as misreading Chinese so much he orders dishes completely different from what he figured, or pretending to know how to ride camels only to ridicule himself. At the end of the saga, he demonstrates again his love for pranks, briefly making Jotaro believe that he was a resurrected DIO.

Joseph inherited the Hamon and its capabilities from his grandfather, Jonathan Joestar, as well as his mother, Lisa Lisa. In addition, he uses techniques commonly present in stage magic to confuse his foes. After his Hamon training, Joseph frequently combines his Hamon with other objects to perform complex and creative attacks. Later in Stardust Crusaders, he shows that he is able use the Hamon in conjunction with his Stand, Hermit Purple. However, as he grew older, due to neglecting his Hamon training, he became unable to do the same things he was capable of when he was younger and ended up aging at a relatively normal pace.

During his battle with the Pillar Men, Joseph had demonstrated several techniques similar to his grandfather's.

Overdrive/Hamon Overdrive: The most basic application of the Hamon, where the user attacks with either their limbs or an object imbued with the Hamon. Joseph first uses it on a bottle of coke, causing the cap to fly off and break the finger bone of a police officer. He mostly uses it by charging his hand with Hamon and striking with a chop. Joseph uses it against Kars in a duel and shatters Kars's Light Blade which could cut through anything without fail up until that point.

Hamon Hypnosis: When he's young, Joseph uses the Hamon on a pilot's head while Speedwagon's plane is being hijacked, which knocks the pilot out. He later uses this technique on a pigeon, controlling it to go inside the mouth of a woman that Caesar hypnotized. In his final battle against Wamuu, he controls the Vampire Horses by using the Hamon on their reins.

Hamon Hair Attack: Joseph infuses his Hamon into strands of hair to make them hard enough to form a barrier, which blocks incoming projectiles. Joseph uses it to block bullets fired by Santana after ripping a fistful of Stroheim's hair.

Hamon Beat Overdrive: Joseph traps the opponent with ropes made of 100% wool, then imbues the ropes with the Hamon. It has enough force to slice through Esidisi's face.

Rebuff Overdrive: Joseph charges Hamon into his elbows and delivers a powerful strike. This was used during Joseph's fight with Wamuu to retaliate his falling attack.

Zoom Punch: Similar to his grandfather's move, Joseph uses the Hamon to dislocate his shoulder and arm to strike opponents at a longer range.

Joseph's Stand, Hermit Purple, manifests itself as a tangle of thorny vines, which Joseph can wield as both a weapon and a hazardous defense. Furthermore, it has been shown to conduct the Hamon, which makes Hermit Purple one of the more effective Stands against those weak to it such as vampires. Joseph develops the Stand after DIO pierces Jonathan's body with the Arrow, upon which it responded to DIO and Enya awakening The World.

One of its special abilities is to use cameras, televisions and other things to perform a form of fortune telling referred to as spirit photography. When introduced, it was demonstrated that he had to smash an expensive Polaroid camera to do this, and the camera would dispense a picture of DIO. Later on he is seen using televisions for this ability without having to damage them.

Hermit Purple is also shown as being able to connect to electronics. Joseph can then check the electronics for tampering, or even control them (such as, he uses Hermit Purple on a TV, and can use it to change channels).

The Hermit card of the Tarot primarily gives a meaning of solitude, introspective, or soul-searching, which could symbolize Joseph's lifelong journey. It also carries a more direct meaning of teaching or advising, which is Joseph's main role in Part 3 on the subject of Stands.

Joseph is quite adept at using his Stand, although he does so imperfectly. Joseph notably understands how versatile Hermit Purple's ability is and that it can be used on cameras, TV sets, and even dust to divine information. However during Stardust Crusaders, Joseph brutally breaks cameras to obtain spirit photographies whereas it is demonstrated that a simple tap will grant the same results.

Joseph also manages to exploit the vine-like nature of his Stand to its fullest, using it as a controllable rope to swing from place to place or tie enemies up. By combining it with the Hamon, Joseph also made Hermit Purple an effective but limited defense against DIO.

Familial Bond: As a part of the Joestar Family, Joseph bears the Star Birthmark and a connection to the supernatural. According to Avdol, the bond shared between DIO and the Joestar family has awakened their spiritual power. In Joseph's case, he developed Hermit Purple, and is capable of sensing DIO's presence.

Joseph is an exceptionally agile fighter, performing acrobatics on a regular basis.

Being quite athletic, Joseph distinguishes himself through feats of agility, in contrast to his grandfather Jonathan Joestar who performed feats of strength. He can for instance perform an aerial cartwheel when Esidisi grips his fist to escape the lock (all the while setting up a string to slice his arm), has performed impressive jumps, for instance pole vaulting into Wamuu's chariot to escape being crushed or a somersault while sliding underneath a layer of oil, and has managed to perform corde lisse tricks against Kars.

As he aged, Joseph's skills in that regard became less relevant, although he was still in shape and could still swing across rooftops with Hermit Purple.

Joseph Joestar's mind is his deadliest and most valuable asset.

Joseph's favorite strategy is to psych out his opponents. To do so, he notably predicts what his enemies will say next or more commonly provokes them to unnerve them and make them predictable in their next move. Joseph is incredibly proficient in analyzing the personalities of those he faces and guessing information about them by observing small details about them, then shamelessly exploits any character flaw they have in order to return whatever they will be doing next against them, most commonly their overconfidence. Of note are particular quirks such as Wamuu's pride as a warrior or Kars's obsession for the Red Stone of Aja. However, Joseph is unknowingly as susceptible to these tactics as his opponents, leading him to be psyched out himself by Esidisi.

Having great prestidigitation skills, his goofy demeanor serving as the greatest distraction and facade he can rely on, Joseph is able to attack from unexpected angles or make critical moves under the guise of simple stupidity or ignorance; Joseph will often use one obvious strategy hiding another, more advanced one to fool and trap his opponents.

Joseph is maybe the most proficient man in the series at using his environment to his advantage, the Hamon increasing the danger and combative capability of any item he gets his hands on. Among others, Joseph has used mirrors, glass shots, hair, a well, pasta, pigeons, wool hats, icicles, pebbles, and an entire plane as tools and weapons to grasp the upper hand, each use having had applied efficiency and imagination. Joseph also keeps a number of tools handy just in case, concealing weapons on his person for when he expects danger.

When cornered, Joseph can still rely on his particularly quick wits to come up with a viable solution in an near-instant. The most successful instance being Joseph using the Red Stone of Aja to amplify Ultimate Kars's Hamon Attack so as to cause a volcanic eruption and send him into space.

Joseph's tendency to use so many tricks stems from his particular mindset. He considers that in combat, every move is fair-play with the exception of involving civilians and being needlessly cruel. Thus he isn't bound by any code and doesn't hesitate to flee, or cheat if the ends justify the means, as seen against the D'Arby brothers.

Near-Death Survival Technique: After he lit his scarf on fire, Joseph told Kars that he was putting his life in danger so he would be pushed beyond his own limits to find a new technique before the flame reached him. This was actually part of a plan to trick Kars, who would be too distracted to notice Joseph's plan to save Lisa Lisa.

The Joestar family's "secret technique". Usually utilized as a last resort, Joseph invented this move to use when battling the enemy seemed hopeless. It was also used by his grandson Jotaro later in the series during his fight against Rubber Soul.

The secret technique consists of carefully and quickly retreating from the opponent, while keeping a close eye on surroundings for things to use to defeat or assist in defeating them. To the untrained eye, it looks like Joseph is simply running away like a coward, augmented by his panicked shouting when doing so, but in reality it was actually used to stall time in order for Joseph to formulate a plan. He will also use this technique to try to lure an enemy away from others.

Joseph Joestar was born on September 27, 1920 to George Joestar II and Elizabeth, establishing him as the grandson of Jonathan Joestar.

When his mother was forced to go into hiding after killing his father's murderer, one of Dio Brando's surviving zombies, his grandmother Erina Joestar decided it would be best if he assumed his parents died, out of fear he might get caught up in the same fatal situation his father and grandfather suffered.

It was then both Erina and Robert E. O. Speedwagon who took care of Joseph. Joseph spent his youth in England, raised by his grandmother. It is stated that he was imprisoned seven times and expelled once for causing fights. He eventually graduated high school.

The young Joseph developed early an ability to use the Hamon inherited from his grandfather. One day, Joseph was victim of an plane hijack as he accompanied Speedwagon. Unconcerned at first since Speedwagon was the target, Joseph kept to himself and read a comicbook in a backseat. When one of the criminals hit him in the nose, Joseph's blood stained his shirt that Erina gave him, which angered him. As retaliation, Joseph used the Ripple for the first time in public, and knocked out the pilot. Joseph, Speedwagon and the pilot survived the crash by hiding near a seat that cushioned them as the plane crashed against a cliff.

Visiting New York with Erina, Joseph encounters Smokey Brown, an African-American youth who steals his wallet. Nonetheless, Joseph befriends the pickpocket after giving a beating to two corrupt policemen who brutalized Smokey. Both he and Erina acquaint themselves with Smokey. While dining in a restaurant, Joseph personally publicly humiliates a racist mafioso who kept insulting Smokey; that mafioso's companion then suddenly informs him that Speedwagon is reported dead in Mexico, as the bodies of members of the Speedwagon Foundation when found floating down a river. Joseph punches the man for startling Erina.

Later that night, Joseph relaxes in a bar with Smokey. He then spots Straizo, an old companion of his grandfather Jonathan turned-Vampire, and confronts him. Declaring war on Straizo, Joseph unveils a Tommy gun and empties his magazine on the Vampire, sending him flying through the glass window into the bar. However, Straizo's Vampire constitution allows him to shrug off the bullets. Joseph tries to fire again but realizes that he's out of bullet while Straizo shoots his aqueous humour out of his eyes. Straizo hits a mirror that Joseph had set up and Joseph smashes his gun into Straizo's face, with a dose of the Hamon for good measure. However, Straizo is protected by his special scarf and shoots again, forced Joseph to get away. Joseph then pulls a string and reveals that he's pinned a grenade to said scarf. Although Straizo swats the grenade away, Joseph reveals that he's also pinned more grenades to Straizo's back. The explosion tears Straizo apart but the Vampire slowly reconstructs himself. Joseph and Smokey use the reprieve to run away. Straizo catches up to Joseph on Brooklyn Bridge and takes a woman hostage to test the man's resolve. Joseph tries to bluff and pretend he doesn't care, but is enraged when Straizo yanks out a tooth from her. Joseph climbs up the cables and defeats Straizo by returning his Space Hamon Stingy Eyes against him with Hamon-reinforced shot glasses that redirect the stream back at the him, then lands a Hamon punch on the Vampire. Straizo falls but Joseph catches him to interrogate him about tossing the corpses into the river. Straizo thus reveals to Joseph the existence of a man in a pillar whose might could surpass that of the Vampires.

Joseph goes to Mexico in search of Speedwagon. He arrives at a village where the locals try to bully him but he turns the situation around by showing off his ability and gets them to resupply him. In the desert, Joseph is attacked by a Nazi scout named Donovan. The agile soldier manages to give Joseph trouble but Joseph then uses the Hamon on the ground, making a nearby cactus explode right in Donovan's face. Joseph then tortures the soldier and forces him to reveal that Speedwagon is alive and kept prisoner in a secret underground Nazi facility where the Nazis are trying to revive a man who seems to have been trapped in a stone pillar for 2,000 years. Joseph locates the hacienda harboring the facility but the guards see through his clever disguise when he tries to enter. Joseph knocks them out by making coconuts fall on their heads.
Joseph infiltrates the underground laboratory. At the same time the Nazis the Pillar Man christened "Santana" escapes his containment room. Joseph intervenes to save Speedwagon and Rudol von Stroheim from bullets that Santana spits back at the nazis. Despite the others' warning, Joseph tries to be friendly with Santana but is ignored. Frustrated, Joseph nags Santana until the Pillar Man tries to impale him with his ribs blades. Joseph resists the attack with the Hamon but is sent flying into a wall. Interested by the Hamon, Santana tries to attack Speedwagon to see if all humans possess it, which makes Joseph furious. Santana's skin is impervious to the Hamon and Joseph almost gets his hand eaten by Santana's moving skin. Santana is powerful enough to flick Joseph and send him flying into a wall but can also twist his body in unnatural ways to avoid his attacks. Thus, Joseph is forced to let himself get absorbed into Santana to inject the Hamon through his skin.

Joseph is exhausted but binds Santana torso to drag him into the sunlight. When Santana sends pieces of himself stick themselves on Joseph's legs, Stroheim comes in to open the door. His leg is captured but the nazi officer tells Joseph to cut it off so that they can win. The door is opened, but Santana suddenly plunges into Stroheim through his leg wound. Before he blows himself up with a grenade, the nazi reveals that three more "sleeping pillar men" have been discovered underneath the Colosseum in Rome and that Joseph must stop them and meet with an ally. Santana is again forced into the open and dives into a well, which Joseph has planned for. Because it is high noon, the sun reflects itself at the bottom of the well and Joseph blocks Santana's body, preventing him from falling into the safety of the water. Santana is turned to stone again and Joseph is victorious.

In Rome, Joseph meets Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli, a trained Hamon user near his age who is supposed to show Joseph the ropes. However, Joseph meets him in a restaurant wooing another woman and tries to send spaghettis at him out of jealousy. Only when Caesar effortlessly sends the pasta back at Joseph that he understands who he is dealing with. At first, they are unable to do anything but argue; Caesar blames Jonathan Joestar for causing the death of his grandfather Will Anthonio Zeppeli through his incompetence. Joseph is furious that someone insults his ancestor and a fight ensues. Caesar's superior Hamon training allows him to hypnotize a woman, commanding her to beat Joseph up. Caesar then unleashes his Bubble Launcher, imprisoning Joseph in a soap bubble. However, Joseph has put a pigeon inside of the woman and it knocks out Caesar when the Italian tries to kiss her. The fight ends in a draw.

Joseph, Caesar and Speedwagon then wait for the nazis to bring them to the secret cave in Rome. During their wait, Joseph and Caesar try to play poker but they both cheat, causing another fight. A young german soldier named Mark arrives and drives them to the Colosseum, where they find the three pillar men, Wamuu, Esidisi, and Kars, awakened. Mark is casually killed by Wamuu, enraging Caesar and causing the pair to fight him. Looking for an exciting fight, Wamuu steps in to fight the Hamon Users. He easily defeats Caesar. The three Pillar Men prepare to leave but Joseph reminds them that he exists. He unveils his Hamon Clackers technique, only to hit himself in the head and ridicule himself. However, Joseph recomposes himself and though he misses a first throw, the clackers fly back at Joseph, hitting Wamuu from behind in the head. Joseph follows up with multiple strikes with the clackers but Wamuu then uses his special technique, the Divine Sandstorm. Protected by a stone pillar, Joseph survives but is heavily wounded. To protect his companions, Joseph then lures Wamuu to a mine cart with him and drives him away. After Wamuu foils Joseph's plan to attack him with a dynamite stick, they both crash outside.

Joseph then manipulates Wamuu. He reminds the warrior that he is untrained in the Hamon, yet could hit him in the head. However, killing him in this state would only leave a bad taste in Wamuu's mind. Thus, to "regain his honor", Wamuu should let Joseph train for a month and have a rematch with him to prove that he is the superior warrior. Despite himself, Wamuu agrees to spare Joseph for the moment. To ensure that Joseph does not chicken out, Wamuu and Esidisi both end up inserting a "wedding ring" inside Joseph's heart and throat. They explain that the rings are internal time bombs set to release poison into his blood if he does not defeat them and retrieve the antidote they carry within a month. Joseph realizes that he will have to train or die and Caesar decides to bring him to Venice to meet his Hamon master.

Joseph and Caesar go to Venice, where they meet a masked gondolier who antagonizes Joseph. The gondolier soon reveals herself to be Lisa Lisa, Caesar's Hamon master. Lisa Lisa suddenly somersaults over Joseph and puts a mask on him forcing him to breathe to produce the Hamon continuously. Lisa Lisa then brings her two students to her base, Air Supplena Island. Upon arrival she immediately pushes them down a pit, telling them to climb the 'Hell Climb Pillar', a pillar covered with oil that requires expert control of the Hamon to climb. Without experience in the use of the Hamon, Joseph has trouble climbing, he initially tries to make a rope to help himself but Lisa Lisa cuts it, forcing him to learn how to concentrate the Hamon in his fingertips. Near the top of the pillar, Joseph tries to rest his hand inside of a cavity in the rock but activates a high pressure oil jet that blocks his and Caesar's path. While Caesar breaks through by reinforcing his body with the Hamon, Joseph decides to jump, stick to the the projected stream of oil and slide down until the pressure is weak enough for him to pass through. He almost falls to the bottom but Caesar catches his hand.

Joseph is furious but Lisa Lisa tosses him an upside down glass of water. Realizing that he can now keep the water inside with the Hamon without focusing, Joseph acknowledges Lisa Lisa as his master. In the next weeks, Joseph trains under the harsh Messina and Loggins, two other Hamon masters who teaches him how to breathe in for 10 minutes straight and how to breathe 10 times in one second. As his last test, with only a week left before the poison takes effect, Joseph needs to defeat Loggins in a battle to earn the right to be recognized as a proper Hamon user.

However, the evening of the trial Joseph finds Loggins murdered by Esidisi, who learned of the Super Aja in Lisa Lisa's possession. Thanks to his training, Joseph can pierce the hard skin of the Pillar Man. Esidisi grabs Joseph's hand but the man vaults over his enemy and ties his arm with a string. Joseph yanks the string and cuts off Esisidi's arm, hoping to make him lose his cool. Unexpectedly, Esidisi bawls for a minute until he regains his calm. Esidisi proves that he too is adept at psychological warfare by grafting Loggins' arm to himself and burns away his corpse with his scalding hot blood. Joseph attacks hastily only to be have hot blood sprayed onto his mask. Joseph takes it away before the heat reaches him. Jumping around, Joseph lays a net with his string but Esidisi catches onto him and cuts the string with his vein tentacles. However, Joseph reveals a second net he weaved with his wool hat and binds Esidisi, covering him in the Hamon. Esidisi reveals his horn and attempts a last ditch attack but Joseph breaks the horn and the Pillar Man explodes.

Joseph ingests the antidote in his opponent's nose ring, but doesn't realize that his attack only reduced Esidisi to a disembodied nervous system. Esidisi then takes over Suzi Q's body to mail the Red Stone to Kars in Switzerland while taking a last stand to deal with Joseph and the Hamon Users. Joseph tries to bluff again by saying Suzi Q's life is well worth the safety of the world but cannot bring himself to kill her. He and Caesar eventually manage to safely force Esidisi out of Suzi Q by using opposing ripples on each end of Suzi Q's body that cancel out in her heart but harm the Pillar Man's breain. Esidisi is dissolved by the sunlight. Joseph mentions being impressed by Esidisi's resolve and loyalty, having gone so far to help Kars succeed. Joseph and Caesar try to interrogate the post office clerk and cause a scene, but Lisa Lisa discovers that Esidisi sent the Aja to Switzerland, and the Joestar Group leaves Venice for the Alps.

While pursuing the Super Aja, Joseph and his companions see a platoon of German soldiers confiscating the Red Stone of Aja and are invited to a chalet by their mysterious commander who seems to be familiar with Joseph himself. That night, Kars infitrates the Nazi chalet in search for the Aja and kills several soldiers. Joseph runs to the living room where he discovers that Kars is fighting none other than Stroheim, who's been rebuilt as a cyborg. Stroheim's machine body is quickly cut in half by Kars, who instinctively knows Joseph killed Esidisi and expresses hidden hatred towards who he initially considered a source of amusement. The fight is taken outside when Kars is blown outside of the chalet by Stroheim's chalet. However, Kars reveals his true abilities with his blades and easily defeats Stroheim. While Kars takes the Super Aja, Stroheim shoots a UV ray from his eye and makes Kars drop the Aja, which then begins to slide toward a cliff.

Joseph and Kars give chase to the Aja. Unfazed at the prospect of falling at the bottom of a ravine, Kars runs faster and grabs the Stone but Joseph kicks some snow into his eyes and steals it back. However, Kars creates a blade out of his leg and hooks Joseph with him. At first vulnerable, Joseph protects himself by putting the Red Stone in the path of Kars's attack and grabs on to some icicles, sticking to them with the Hamon. Caesar comes to help and adds his own icicles to create a makeshift rope. Joseph manages to keep the Stone while Kars disappears at the bottom of the ravine.

The next day, the group discuss whether they should investigate the address of Esidisi's package: an abandoned hotel. Joseph voiced being against going after Kars in daylight, sensing a trap. This result in Joseph saying words that drive Caesar off the edge as he leaves to do the job himself, Joseph learning his friend's story and changing his mind. However, by the time he and Lisa Lisa arrive, they see Caesar had already died fighting Wamuu and used the last of his strength to get the Pillar Man's lip ring. All Joseph and Lisa Lisa could do was weep for the death of Caesar. Out of respect for Caesar, Joseph decides to not take the antidote until he defeats Wamuu. Joseph and Lisa Lisa decide to pursue the likely wounded Wamuu inside the mansion.

Joseph and Lisa Lisa find Kars and Wamuu but also find themselves outnumbered by Kars´s vampires. Lisa Lisa bluffs destroying the Super Aja unless the Pillar Men accept her terms to settle things in two one-on-one showdowns at the Skeleton Heel Stone arena. Sent to retrieve the stone, Joseph notices the photo of an infant with Erina, Speedwagon, and Straizo and confronts Lisa Lisa about it. She tells only half of the photo's significance before Joseph engages Wamuu in a deadly Roman chariot race-battle.

The race starts. By secretly piling rocks near Wamuu's chariot, Joseph takes an early lead and grabs a war hammer for himself. But, Wamuu grabs a stone pillar and crushes Joseph's chariot. On the ground, Joseph avoids being trampled by pole vaulting onto Wamuu's horses with his warhammer. Wamuu counterattacks with the Divine Sandstorm and sends Joseph flying back into his chariot but Joseph manages to counter it by tying the arms with a Hamon-infused rein. Not only Joseph survives, but Wamuu's arms are damaged and his spirit shatters. As a seasoned warrior, Wamuu uses a psychological switch to regain his composure and gouges his eyes. Instead, he'll use his horn to read the wind.

Both are given crossbows but Joseph makes the mistake of grabbing the biggest one, which is so big he cannot bend it. Using the wind, Wamuu still retains a great accuracy with his crossbow. Joseph tries to place himself opposite to Wamuu behind the great fire, but this only allows Wamuu to know Joseph's exact position. By bouncing his projectile from the wall, Wamuu hits Joseph in the kidney, but as Joseph fall, the impact manages to bend his crossbow. Grounded, Joseph seemingly misses his shot but has used the same trajectory as Wamuu while the Pillar Man is standing in the same location Joseph was. The bigger projectile pierces Wamuu in the guts. Gravely wounded, Wamuu propels his arms to armlock Joseph to a wall and uses his ultimate mastery, Atmospheric Rift. Wamuu sucks in a lot of air to create an air blade and Joseph is too exhausted to escape. Joseph throws a molotov cocktail which Wamuu cuts and then lights Caesar's headband on fire and throws it at Wamuu. The heaband's flaming pieces and the gas from the molotov cocktail are sucked into Wamuu's body. Wamuu explodes and is reduced to a mere head. Joseph wins and to honor to the warrior, gives Wamuu some of his own blood to ease his pain before drinking the antidote to give his opponent peace of mind.

Kars proves to be less honorable than Wamuu and breaks his promise to fight Lisa Lisa one-on-one and sacrifices one of his weaker vampires in order to defeat her. Angered by Kars's treachery, Joseph then challenges Kars, who looks upon him as a weak Hamon user and not even worth fighting seriously.
All seems to be over in this fight against Kars until a newly rebuilt Stroheim and his Nazi soldiers, Speedwagon, and Smokey arrive to help. Thanks to their help, Joseph reaches Kars and but Kars attaches Lisa Lisa to a rope and lets her fall, forcing Joseph to hold the rope. By distracting Kars with his burning scarf and other shenanigans, Joseph creates a secret noose that closes on Kars's leg after he cuts the rope that is attached to Lisa Lisa. Kars trips and this allows Joseph to perform a last Hamon attack, sending Kars into the spike pit below. Stroheim and his Nazi soldiers blast Kars with ultraviolet light, but unknowingly gave him the light necessary for his Super Aja-embedded stone mask to trigger and transform him into the Ultimate Thing.

Taking the Super Aja while running off, Joseph steals one of the Germans' airplanes to lead Kars away while devising a strategy to defeat him. Somehow, he must make Kars fall into a volcano. Flying close behind, Kars shoots transforming scales that turn into pirhanas wreaking havoc inside the plane and octopus tentacle that entangle the engines. However, Joseph tricks Kars into approaching a dummy with a parachute and crashes into Kars. Moreover, Stroheim, who has been hiding in the plane, also attacks to keep Kars occupied. The plane crashes into the lava pit of a volcano situated on an island while Joseph and Stroheim safely jump down the plane, at the cost of the cyborg's legs. Though it appears Kars is dead while sinking into the magma, the Pillar Man evolves a continuous and inorganic porous material to protect himself while digging his way out and slicing Joseph's arm off.

Kars seems invincible and he can even produce the Hamon now. The Ultimate Thing decides to kills Joseph with the Hamon but Joseph unconsciously puts the Red Stone of Aja in front of him. The Red Stone absorbs the Hamon, amplifies it, and shoots it into the volcano, which causes an eruption that blasts the land the two fighters are on into the air. As a last move, Joseph distracts Kars long enough for him to be knocked out of Earth's orbit by debris. But gravity runs its course and Stroheim assumes Joseph dead at sea near Italy.

Weeks later, a funeral is held for the presumably-dead Joseph, but Joseph himself crashes the event and reveals that after he fell back down from the sky, he ended up in Italy where he was helped by some local fisherman and nursed back to health by Suzi Q. Moreover, he's also married her. Joseph then returned to America to find his friends bewildered and shocked; he comes to the realization that Suzi Q had evidently forgotten to telegram them reassuring his survival. Angry, Joseph playfully chases after her.

In 1942, after learning of his ties to Lisa Lisa and moving to New York, Joseph and Suzi Q started a family and had a daughter named Holy. Eight years later, Joseph was at Erina's bedside in her final living moments. When Holy married Sadao Kujo and moved to Japan in 1967, Joseph developed an intolerance towards the Japanese.

Little is known about Joseph's life between Battle Tendency and Stardust Crusaders but Joseph does talk about several anecdotes showing that he was well-traveled. Joseph has notably claimed to have been in Hong Kong several times, at least enough times for him to have the impression he could read Chinese well enough to order at a restaurant. He also befriended the Egyptian Muhammad Avdol at one point in his life. Joseph also learned somewhere to greet people in Arabic. On the other hand, Joseph acquired his knowledge of camel riding only through watching Lawrence of Arabia three times in the past, having slept through the second and third viewings. In 1983, Joseph cheated on Suzi Q with a Japanese college student named Tomoko Higashikata. Joseph also became a real estate agent at one point.

In 1987, Joseph is called by Holy who needs his expertise in an "evil spirit" that is possessing her son, Jotaro Kujo. Joseph arrives to the JFK Airport where he bumps into a Japanese man. While he initially apologized for bumping into him, Joseph realized the man's nationality and kicks him. Joseph then subsequently explains his hatred of the Japanese due to one marrying his daughter and convincing her to move to Japan. In contrast, Joseph is content with his Japanese-made Sony Walkman and after putting his headphones on, he boards the plane to Japan.

Once arriving to Japan and reuniting with his daughter Holy, Joseph is brought to the police station with his friend Muhammad Avdol where Jotaro has confined himself in. Joseph orders his grandson to come out but Jotaro refuses to leave his cell, demonstrating his evil spirit's potential as it steal Joseph's mechanical pinkie. Joseph thus asks Avdol to force his grandson out of his cell while explaining the concept of Stands to Jotaro. Jotaro admits his loss after being tricked into walking out of his cell. At a café, Joseph then explains the reason of their sudden power: DIO, Jonathan Joestar's archenemy, has returned and also acquired a Stand as he stole Jonathan's body. Although Joseph tries to recruit his grandson against the Vampire who has long eluded him, Jotaro barely believes his story and proof until his fight with Noriaki Kakyoin. For the time being, Joseph moves into the Kujo residence where he helps in dispatching the Flesh Bud controlling Kakyoin.

A few days later, to Joseph's horror, Holy's own Stand manifest and begins to slowly kill her because she lacks the fighting spirit to dominate it. The only means to save Holy within the next fifty days is to find and kill DIO to break his link to the Joestar line. Jotaro's Stand, later named Star Platinum, detects a fly in the background of one Hermit Purple's photographs depicting DIO. Avdol identifies it as a Hue-hue fly from Egypt and Kakyoin confirms that DIO is hiding in Cairo. Thus, the destination is set. Joseph contacts the Speedwagon Foundation to care for Holy and the quatuor depart from Japan to Egypt aboard a plane.

But, the group encounters the assassin Gray Fly and his Stand Tower of Gray. Although Kakyoin defeats the enemy, the pilots have already died and Joseph is forced to pilot the plane. He makes and emergency sea landing 35 km off the coast of Hong Kong. The group later enter the city and discuss their status over a meal. With Joseph's suggestion to ensure a path where there be less risks for civilians, the group decides to take a sea route through the Indian Sea that should get them to Egypt within 50 days. A French tourist named Jean Pierre Polnareff accosts them, asking help for translating the menu. Joseph instead invites him to his table and takes upon himself to order. However, he cannot read Chinese so he messes up the dishes. Polnareff then reveals himself as one of DIO's agents and attacks. His Silver Chariot comes out of a soup and pierces Joseph's hand. Avdol is Polnareff's first target, but the Egyptian prevails after a quick battle. Impressed by Polnareff's chivalry, Avdol spares Polnareff and Jotaro extracts the flesh bud from him. Regaining his senses, Polnareff asks Joseph to show his hand and he does show his mechanical hand. Polnareff explains himself by stating that a Stand user with two right hands killed his sister. Sure to encounter his sister's murderer along the way, Polnareff joins the group.

The Joestar Group takes a private ship manned by men from the Speedwagon Foundation. On the way the crew discovers a stowaway girl which jumps into the water and is saved from a shark by Jotaro's Star Platinum. However, an enemy Stand is lurking in the water. The group briefly wonder if the girl could be a Stand user but realize that she has no idea of what is happening. However, Jotaro unmasks the captain of the ship, Captain Tennille, as an impostor working for DIO. Joseph has to stay on the boat while Jotaro fights the Impostor Captain Tennille and his Dark Blue Moon underwater. Even though the impostor is killed, he had planted bombs on the ship beforehand and they explode, forcing the crew to call for rescue and evacuate the ship.

They then encounter a deserted ship on which they go aboard, but the ship is empty save for an orangutan. When one of the men dies in suspicious circumstances, the group tries to search the ship for any enemy Stand and potential user. However, it is revealed that the orangutan is the enemy and that the whole ship is the Stand, the crew is slaughtered and the Joestar Group is almost crushed by the living hull. Jotaro swiftly defeats the ape and the Joestar Group can evacuate the ship with the stowaway girl.

The group is eventually rescued and arrives in Singapore, where they go rest at a luxurious hotel. In his room, Joseph receives a phone call from Polnareff who warns him about a Stand user which Avdol explains could be Devo the Cursed, a shaman mercenary. Polnareff defeats Devo's Ebony Devil. When Jotaro, the girl and Kakyoin leave the hotel to visit the city, Joseph uses Hermit Purple to divine more information and receives a warning about Kakyoin. Plus, DIO detects his spying and psychically destroys the television set. Jotaro uncovers the mercenary Rubber Soul, who had disguised himself as Kakyoin, and defeats him. The group board a train across Malaysia to India.

Joseph and his companions arrive in Calcutta, where Joseph discovers that his preconceptions are actually true as he is swarmed by beggars and the dirty street are full of the diseased and the homeless. While the group rests at a café, Polnareff is attacked by Hanged Man, the Stand of his sister's murderer. Hanged Man quickly disappears but Polnareff separates from the group after a fight with Avdol. Joseph and Jotaro search for him across the town, but when they learn that Avdol was wounded, decides to keep his survival a secret in order to operate more freely. Polnareff and Kakyoin eventually defeat J. Geil and confront Hol Horse, who flees but is cornered by Joseph and Jotaro. Although Hol Horse is surrounded, the timely intervention of a girl named Nena who pins Polnareff down allows Hol Horse to escape. Joseph is splattered with a drop of Nena's blood on his arm during the struggle. A strange swelling appears where his arm was splattered. The group takes a bus to Varanasi.

In Varanasi, Joseph's swelling has grown so much that he decides to have it treated and goes to a questionable Indian clinic. However, the swelling is revealed to be the Stand Empress which grows into a miniature humanoid attached to its arm. Empress kills a doctor and makes Joseph appear as the culprit, forcing him to run throughout the town. Joseph tries to use the Hamon on it, to no avail and Empress mocks Joseph's pitiful abilities. As Joseph runs through the streets, Empress snatches food and steadily grows, to the point it can threaten Joseph physically. During a particular violent fight, Joseph sneakily use Hermit Purple to divine where a barrel of tar is placed and plunges Empress in it, immobilizing the Stand. Joseph then binds the growth and manages to shred it, which also kills Nena. The Joestar Group then buy a car in order to travel to Pakistan.

On their way, they are attacked by an unknown driver whose actions almost kills them. Angry, Polnareff follows the car to a roadside cafe named Cafe Marhaba where Joseph discovers sugar cane juice. When the group sees the enemy car, Joseph tries to rough up the clients alongside Jotaro and Polnareff to learn who is the driver but the real driver leaves on his car. The group resumes the pursuit. As the group reaches a dead end near a cliff, Jotaro and Kakyoin's teamwork saves them and plunges the enemy car down the cliff. However, the enemy reveals himself as the user of the Stand Wheel of Fortune. Joseph seemingly watches his grandson being burned to death but Jotaro manages to defeat the enemy Stand and its user ZZ. He then takes ZZ's passport so he can't follow them again.

In Pakistan, the Joestar Group enters a foggy city where everyone is unwelcoming and eerily apathetic, even in presence of a corpse. Joseph, trying to jump on his car in order to drive away, finds himself falling on the spikes of a barrier and nearly impales himself. Enya the Hag accosts the group, acting as a gentle hotel manager. Enya invites the group to rest in her hotel and eventually reveals herself as an enemy Stand user. Thankfully, Jotaro swiftly defeats her when Star Platinum sucks Justice, smothering the old woman. After making fun of Jean Pierre Polnareff's plight, Joseph decides to keep Enya in order to interrogate her later.

The group eventually arrives in Karachi, where Steely Dan kills Enya before she can reveal anything and subdues Joseph by having his Stand Lovers infiltrate his brain. Thus Joseph perceives tenfold whatever pain Steely Dan feels, and the group cannot harm Steely Dan. Helpless but determined, Joseph flees alongside Polnareff and Kakyoin while Jotaro is forced to become Steely Dan's whipping boy. Joseph decides to use Hermit Purple on a television set while Kakyoin and Polnareff shrink their Stands in order to fight Lovers directly inside his brain while Hermit Purple allows them to see inside it. Lovers and Steely Dan are eventually defeated.

In Arabia, Joseph decides to cross the desert with camels. However, their attempt to cross it is thwarted when they are attacked by the Sun Stand. Jotaro manages to make a shelter against the Sun, but everyone is trapped. Joseph, trying to find a solution, sees his companions laugh maniacally and thinks that they are suffering from a psychotic break. It turns out that Joseph was the only one not to spot their enemy's ridiculous hiding spot. Arabia Fats is swiftly defeated. He complains about how easy Arabia was defeated and how they didn't even learn his name.

Joseph and his companions stop by Yabrin to buy a Cessna in order to fly across the desert. The deal is hindered when a sick baby needs to be brought to the hospital. All parties eventually agree to have the Joestar Group transport the baby with them. In reality, the baby Mannish Boy is an enemy Stand user whose Death Thirteen attacks its victims in their dreams. Polnareff and Kakyoin are attacked in their dreams and while Polnareff is woken up, Kakyoin is left alone with Death Thirteen. His violent struggle causes the plane to lose altitude and although Joseph uses Hermit Purple to regain control of the plane, he crashes into a palm tree. The group is stranded in the desert and must spend the night there until rescue arrives. Kakyoin accuses the baby of being a Stand user but everyone thinks he is going crazy and and Polnareff knocks him down when he summons Hierophant Green. When the rest of the group goes to sleep, they are attacked by Death Thirteen. Fortunately, Kakyoin manages to defeat the Stand as he has kept his Stand on when he lost consciousness. The next morning, Joseph wakes up but does not remember Kakyoin's action due to Death 13's powers and feeds Mannish Boy food, which unbeknownst to him has poop in it.

Joseph and his companions reach the Red Sea. Joseph goes to a particular island where Avdol's father supposedly lives. After Polnareff falls victim to Judgement, only to be saved by Avdol, the group finally reveals what has happened to Avdol in India. Avdol's submarine surfaces and will transport the group underwater to safely reach Egypt. However, the submarine is then attacked by High Priestess, a Stand that can turn into inorganic material. It slices Joseph's hand and battles the other Stands Users, proving itself to be able to stand up to Star Platinum. High Priestess sabotages the submarine, forcing the group to evacuate. Joseph must teach his companions how to use scuba gear and the rudiments of scuba diving. When the group nearly reaches the surface, High Priestess reveals that it has merged with the seafloor and turned into a giant head. Joseph participates in the group's ill-fated attempt to woo Midler, which angers her. Jotaro then smashes apart High Priestess' teeth, defeating her. The group finally reaches Egypt.

Joseph calls Suzi to give her an update on his activities although he keeps Suzi in the dark.

In Egypt, Joseph and the Joestar Group meets with men from the Speedwagon Foundation who provide supplies, give them the Stand user dog Iggy, and inform them of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods, nine other henchmen DIO kept up his sleeves. The first of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods, N'Doul, attacks the Speedwagon Foundation envoys and then the heroes in the middle of the desert. N'Doul manages to injure Kakyoin and Avdol. However the combined efforts of Jotaro and Iggy manages to prevail.

In Aswan, Kakyoin and Avdol are given to the care of local doctors. Joseph, Polnareff and Jotaro decide to rest at a cafe. Although Joseph wants to act prudently and tells the server to give the group unopened bottles of cola, Polnareff dissuades him from acting so paranoid, and the group has to drink tea when the server tells them the fridge is broken. Their tea time is ruined when Iggy, causes a scene, forcing the trio to leave without drinking a single drop of tea. Jotaro then separates himself from the group to go to the hospital, but Joseph and Polnareff find him near the car, with a fresh set of clothes. Jotaro acts strangely during the whole ride to the hospital and it is revealed that he has a stomachache. Joseph and Polnareff then leave him on the side of the road to relieve himself and are surprised to see him near the hospital when they arrive, with his old clothes on.

With Avdol healed, the group navigate down the Nile while Kakyoin stays in Aswan.

In Luxor, Joseph finds a strange power outlet stuck to a rock. Curious, he approaches the outlet only to be shocked. Unbeknownst to him, Joseph is attacked by Mariah and her Stand Bastet and becomes magnetized. He notices strange occurrences around him but these events are dismissed as coincidence until the next day. Alone in his room, Joseph finally realizes that he's magnetized when metallic objects stick to him, notably the metal studs on the dresses of two women. Pursued by silverware, Joseph becomes stuck on an escalator when thing metal cables bind him to the machinery. He tries to call the person in front of him for help, but that person is Mariah, who reveals her true color. Joseph is saved by Avdol, and the two pursue Mariah to the toilet, mistaking an old woman for Mariah because of their legs. Joseph and Avdol must jump out of the building and try to pursue Mariah in the streets only to get stuck to each other. Avdol has been magnetized as well.

Joseph and Avdol spend a long, embarrassing moment trying to detach from each other and the pair fall down a slope onto train tracks. Joseph and Avdol survive an approaching train when Avdol's Magician's Red digs a hole under the tracks. Although Joseph and Avdol manage to approach Mariah, she throws nuts and bolts at the pair and escapes. Joseph decides to be serious. He uses Hermit Purple to create a map of the city and devise a strategy. Joseph and Avdol run through the streets, accumulating metal junk. While they surround Mariah eventually, she cuts two power lines above the duo, and the cables get attracted to the heroes. Avdol is overwhelmed by the weight of the metal objects, but Joseph has trouble keeping the cables away. Joseph is reduced to begging Mariah for mercy and while she confesses some attraction for the old man, she is fully loyal to DIO. Joseph thus completes his stratagem. He lets go his grip on the pavement at the same time as Avdol and the two fly toward each other.

The mass of metal crushes Mariah. Joseph and Avdol are victorious.

Joseph creates a photography of DIO's Mansion during lunch, after Jotaro and Polnareff defeat Alessi.

After receiving a call from the Speedwagon Foundation, Joseph informs everyone that Holy had only four or five days left to live. In order to speed things up, they then take a train from Luxor to Cairo.

In Cairo, Joseph has produced a spirit photograph of DIO's Mansion and the group searches for the building for a day. They eventually try to get information in a bar situated in the outskirts of the city. One man named Daniel J. D'Arby claims to recognize the building but strangely asks for the information to be waged and gained with a simple bet. Out of frustration, Polnareff accepts but loses and loses his soul to D'Arby, who reveals himself to be one of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods.

Determined to save Polnareff, Joseph challenges D'Arby to a game where each have to put coins into a glass nearly full of liquor and whoever makes the glass spill loses. D'Arby inspects the glass to ensure nothing is wrong with it, then boldy puts five coins. Joseph then tries to psychologically destabilize D'Arby by maliciously misnaming him. Joseph estimates that there is only enough room for two coins, Joseph puts one coin but sneakily pours extra brandy in the glass. However, D'Arby manages to put another coin. Unable to understand this, Joseph is taken by fear and his soul is stolen. It is revealed that D'Arby has placed a small piece of chocolate that tilted the glass and caused Joseph to miscalculate. Fortunately, Jotaro manages to win everyone back.

The group searches the street of Cairo, interrogating the locals to find the building. At one point, Hol Horse and Boingo try to assassinate the group and a truck crashes into the group. Luckily, the problem solves itself as Hol Horse takes himself out and Boingo is defeated by Iggy. The group tries to hire a local beggar to look for DIO's Mansion but their effort is fruitless. After Noriaki Kakyoin rejoins the group, Iggy is the one to lead the Joestar Group to the mansion.

The Joestar Group is welcomed by Telence T. D'Arby, the butler of the mansion. D'Arby drags Jotaro, Joseph and Kakyoin into a void. The trio finds themselves on an island in the middle of the sea where Telence challenges them to video games. Kakyoin loses the game and his soul, but Jotaro and Joseph cheat together in order to win the second round. When Jotaro pummels Telence, Telence is propelled through the fake sky of the underground room.

Not out of the cellar yet, Joseph, Kakyoin and Jotaro notice that another battle is taking place as they try to escape.

Joseph, Jotaro and Kakyoin meet Nukesaku, a vampire, and bully him into indicating where DIO is. They decide to flank DIO from the outside of the building, breaking through a wall to enter a second time, and interrupt Polnareff and DIO's clash. Joseph and the rest of the group follow Nukesaku to the room where DIO sleeps, but Nukesaku somehow is teleported inside the coffin and defeated in the middle of the room, and Joseph, sniffing an ambush, flees through a window with the rest of the party. As the sun sets, Joseph decides that they flee because fighting the vampire without the slightest hint of his power is suicidal. He and Kakyoin flee into the streets whereas Polnareff and Jotaro wait in ambush in order to follow DIO.

Joseph buys a truck from a local. However, DIO also hijacks a car, makes Wilson Phillips his chauffeur and pursues them. At the same time, Kakyoin tries to attack DIO, without results, but notices that DIO's Stand The World is similar to Jotaro's. DIO throws Philips at the truck, making it crush. Thus, Joseph and Kakyoin take it to the roofs, using their Stand to swing across the skyline. Still, DIO follows them.

However Kakyoin devises a plan to force DIO to use his power openly. DIO stops time, taking everyone by surprises and punches through Kakyoin. However Kakyoin manages to tip off Joseph about the true nature of The World. Joseph manages to decipher the cryptic message Kakyoin leaves in regards to DIO's power and even figures out some of The World's weaknesses. Joseph is cornered by DIO but Joseph surrounds his body with a Ripple-infused Hermit Purple. The World smashes a chimney and send the rubbles at Joseph who falls from the roof. Joseph then crosses path with Jotaro and warns him about DIO's Stand. However, Joseph is stabbed through the throat and taken out as he meets with Jotaro and warns him against The World. Later DIO sucks the entirety of Joseph's blood to power himself up, and Joseph seemingly dies, his specter talking one last time to Jotaro. Jotaro then manages to kill DIO.

Jotaro and Polnareff's injuries were dealt with by the Speedwagon Foundation. Since DIO had taken much of Joseph's blood, Jotaro asked for a blood transfusion from DIO's body to Joseph's. After using Star Platinum to restart Joseph's heartbeat, the transfusion began. The shriveled-up body that Joseph had after losing so much blood began returning to his normal muscular figure and Joseph fully revived. Joseph uses the opportunity and plays a joke on Jotaro, claiming to be DIO possessing Joseph's body which nearly causes Jotaro to attack him. Luckily Joseph quickly reveals his joke and proves that he is himself.

Later, Jotaro and Joseph took the remainder DIO's body outside, where it evaporated with the rising sun. They then gave one final moment of thought for Kakyoin, Iggy, and Avdol.

At the airport, Joseph and Jotaro gave a final goodbye to Polnareff, who was finally ready to return to his home country of France. Joseph asks Polnareff to come with him to America, knowing that the latter had no one waiting for him back home. Polnareff refused the offer, stating that despite being alone, France was his homeland. The trio gave their final goodbyes and left, promising to see one another again someday. In Japan, Holy awoke fully healed and freed from the curse. Even miles away, she knew her son and father were coming home.

Jonathan Joestar: Joseph had no real knowledge of his grandfather prior to his battle with Straizo because of Speedwagon keeping the events of the past secret. However, Joseph holds great respect towards Jonathan due to his relationship with Erina and friendship with Speedwagon. When Caesar insults Jonathan, it enrages Joseph that he brought up the past. Joseph's respect for his grandfather is even more apparent in his later years, as he's shown to be angry that DIO is now using Jonathan's body as his own.
Erina Joestar: Joseph and Erina are very close due to Erina having raised Joseph all his youth in the absence of his parents. Erina loves Joseph dearly but is quite severe with him because of his indiscipline. Prior to meeting Lisa Lisa, Joseph only respects her authority and is very attached to her, being angry and becoming physically violent that one would ruin a coat she gave him or that someone would even make her distraught.
Lisa Lisa: Joseph never knew his mother and thought she died in an accident. He meets Lisa Lisa thinking she is an unrelated Hamon user and her severity and prowess in the Hamon quickly shut Joseph's arrogance and belligerence. Joseph respects Lisa Lisa's authority and becomes close to her, getting angry when Kars humiliates Lisa Lisa to get at him. Joseph also finds Lisa Lisa attractive and has opportunistically peeped on her, (unaware of their relation); he is notably dismayed to find that she is 50 years old and makes fun of her for it.

Suzi Q: Joseph expresses some attraction towards Suzi Q upon meeting her early on in Battle Tendency, though does show some degree of exasperation at her airheadedness, notably when he realizes that she had not sent a telegram bearing news that he was alive to his family and friends. Both eventually marry and presumably live a happy life. It is shown that they enjoy teasing each other. Fifty years later into the marriage, Suzi Q is shown to trust her husband completely and believes that he had never failed her once. However, in Part 4, she is said to have been enraged when Joseph had an affair with Tomoko Higashikata. Her anger is mentioned again when Joseph brings home an adopted Shizuka, who Suzi Q initially believed to be another illegitimate child.
Holy Kujo: Joseph is incredibly attached to his daughter and is shown to be very close to her. Both are comfortable enough to tickle each other in public, and Joseph developed a hatred toward Japanese people in general because of Sadao Kujo taking Holy to live in Japan, where he couldn't meet her or his grandson Jotaro very often. Being her father, he naturally cares for her, becoming angry at Jotaro for disrespecting her (despite the latter's good intentions for doing so) and immediately becoming worried for his daughter's health after seeing her affected harmfully by her own Stand.

Sadao Kujo: While there is no on-screen interaction between them since he is the man who made his daughter move to Japan, Joseph presumably greatly disliked his son-in-law. As evidence of this, Joseph basically stated that Sadao was responsible for his hatred for the Japanese (with a few exceptions).
Jotaro Kujo: Joseph is close to his grandson. Although Jotaro's aloofness makes their relationship difficult, Joseph's friendly nature makes it so they ultimately appreciate each other as family members, and Joseph trusts Jotaro's ability. Throughout the course of the series, he and Jotaro are able to get along more easily and eventually work together to defeat Telence T. D'Arby in DIO's mansion without even a need for words to understand the same plan of action. Joseph's apparent death and desecration by DIO notably enraged Jotaro. By the time of Part 4, Jotaro isn't as cold with Joseph, and Joseph confides more in Jotaro, sharing with him his observation of the spirit and will of the residents of Morioh.

At age 68, Joseph retains most of his health and muscularity, though his face displays his age. His hair is short and gray, and he sports a thick, well-trimmed beard.

During the group's journey to Egypt, he wears an outfit akin to the one worn by Indiana Jones: a fedora; a light, short-sleeved, buttonless shirt; khaki pants; dress shoes; and white gloves with dark wristbands concealing his prosthetic left hand (a result of his fight with Kars).

At his introduction, he is seen wearing a trench coat and a turtleneck sweater with a red gem on the neck. It's shown during the 'Bastet' Mariah story arc that underneath his pants is a pair of polka dot boxers.